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Do you actually know what Contemplation of Purity does? You say it like it's better in all ways as a Hex remover, but it's far from the same. It makes me need to cast Divine Boon again, the heals aren't that great (70 Health with 15 in Healing Prayers), it's a waste if you only got 1 Hex and no Condition and via versa. Please explain why I should take this over a Hex remover.

Thanks for the second tip, going to try it right now

You could always use The Shadestone as a replacement for The Rockmolder, gives you:

Energy +12 (req. 9 blood magic)
improves casting speed (chance 10%)
Health + 30

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Will try. Tried the skills you listed also btw. But after playing with Divine Boon, I just can't stand playing without it, and playing with Divine Boon in that build is just a no go. Thanks for the effort, but it just didn't work for me.. Luckily, the interupters in CE are less then 2 weeks ago

Don't use 2 superior runes....

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I think that Divine Boon with superior Healing and DF runes is overkill, not to mention having 380hp is kinda low. I suppose it depends on your style of play but I run only 1 major healing rune on my monk and it works fine. Suggestions:

a)keep Divine Boon and use a minor healing rune
b)dump Boon and keep your rune configuration if you're ok with 280hp OR use just a major/superior Healing Prayers rune.

I like using CoP in arenas but I sometimes use Holy Veil instead. Longer cast time and it requires some micro-management but if you cast it before the battle you can have 2x hex removal if necessary. Also it costs less energy (compared to casting CoP then Boon again)

Nice work typing out this guide.

EDIT: Damn my slow typing..

Just tried CoP, damn this thing is lovely Editing my build in a second. I'm not too sure about Holy Veil yet though, even though it's qutie nice

And people, 380 Health is not too few. Why isn't 'Healing yourself with greater heals > Much Health' just as true as 'Energy Management > Much Energy'? Even though it is pretty damn annoying when a Hammer KD Warrior comes for me (which barely ever happens), but that's the only thing I really think is bad about have 2 Superior Runes in CA.

No, 380 health is too few. It is way to few.

Believe it or not, I use the almost exact same bujild as you are. All I can say is, it's an awesome build for a casual CA pvp or SF farming.

But having 2 superior runes are too much makes your build extremely vulnerable to shatter enchantment + degen combo.

People think -150 Health is that bad, but it's not. In CA there's no such thing as timed spiking, since every build is build for indivudual owning (), so you won't be losing 380 Health all of the sudden. You always have enough time to get your Health back up. As I said, this is only annoying for Hammer KD Warriors, which smash you completly in a single combo, but noone plays Hammer KD Warrior these days, so I don't mind.

This is the prot build I use to heal prot:

1. Offering of Blood {E}
2. RoF
3. Guardian
4. Mend Ailment
5. Shielding Hands
6. Contemplation of Purity
7. Divine Boon
8. Res Sig

The basic idea: if you have heavy hexes on you, cast RoF and Guardian. Then cast CoP to remove those hexes. The reason you want CoP instead of Holy Veil is because under Migraine Holy Veil becomes a 2 sec cast, and you'll be interrupted by that pesky mesmer. CoP becomes a 1/2s cast - and you probably wont get interrupted.

CoP FTW. I've also been the lone monk for several THK pug groups using that same build.

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is rockmolder worth the -6 energy? sounds like a good idea but I'm curious as to how it actually plays...

Personally i'm a protection monk a lot of the time and in a 5 man farming team the one thing i like to see from a healer is mending, sure everyone bashes it and complains about it, but with life barrier as well, healing is a leisurely exercise.

Poisons and degens are held at bay for a quick mend ailment or remove hex.

This also allows the healer to hold back at the start of the fight so they don't draw aggro early as the warriors health isn't going down fast.

5 man team cast it on everyone apart from yourself as you will move when you need to and you know you can heal you easily.

I do play healer when groups need it and i take it every time to ease my healing needed and helps energy wise as other players don't need as much attention.

Mending on 4 players? Together with Divine Boon I'd have -1 DEGEN..

And the Rockmolder is lovely, I've been playing with it for quite a while now and I don't think I'll put it off before a nice item shows up for an update/new chapter.

I have never used devine boon personally as i've never needed it.

I farm SF with the same group of people mostof the time and no one dies, obviously with a random PUG anything can happen so mending gives you that extra time when you get a fool running out of range.

So you have mending on 4 people inside Sorrow's Furnace?

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Don't normally do the gear/keg trick as it causes extreme bordem for the warrior it might be farming but trying to keep some fun in is a good idea.

As i say it works for group's i've been in

I have done the keg trick before and mending and watchful spirit(from healer) on a tank with life barrier and vital blessing(from protector) works well for a +6 regen with extra health while only taking 50% damage. leaves very little healing to be done.

In other words, your group sucks because the Warrior is bored..? Hey, if you say so, but it's not a good idea, the keg/gear/Ural trick makes it possible to 5-man this, I can barely imagine a Monk without any regen still does this without letting anyone die..

And mending isn't that needed. Dwayna's Kiss heals for 250-300 Health (2x Essence Bond + Life Bond + Life Barrier + Life Attunment), what else do you need?

I don't know where you got the 'my group sucks from'.

As i say it works for me, thats the whole point of all the skills there are different ways to take a situation.

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to be honest, healing monks as the sole monk in 4v4 teams are pretty much the most inefficient type of monk to be. it's better to negate damage or mitigate it than it is to try to reactively mend it. most of the spells are relatively slow to cast (while one second may seem fast, it is really pretty easy to interrupt them, especially with 1/4 second cast interrupts). for this reason, i would really recommend getting away from the healing mindset and using prot/boon.

it is popular in 4v4 for a reason, that reason being it is pretty much the best all around build in terms of durability and ability to keep the red in your team's bars. since it is enchantment heavy, it is the perfect build to maximize the use of purity. i see healing monks carry purity sometimes as the solo monk in the 4v4 team and i just have to wonder about their ability to think.

the reason prot/boon/oob (or some mesmer tricks) is so powerful is because of its ability to shed hexes while keeping healing power and protection power at a solid level (while keeping energy management, which is probably one of the most, if not THE most important thing as a monk). there is a lame, newbish monk build that makes use of prot and uses the glyph of renewal(e)/divine spirit/kinetic armor build to be well protected and have pretty insane energy management, but any enchantment removal will hose the build entirely. in addition, its ability to deal with hexes is basically nonexistant since you can't use purity in the build for very obvious reasons.

this is what i use in 4v4 CA/TA:

15 df, 11 prot, 10 blood (can switch df and prot around if you prefer, i like bigger heals)

rof - guardian - boon - mend ailment - holy veil - purity - prot spirit - oob

very standard and uninspired, but basically, you have nice condition removal, great self-hex removal and the ability to remove a few hexes from your other teammates while at the same time keeping your energy management and other healing/prot staples. holy veil or prot spirit can be replaced with a rez and shielding hands if that is your cup of tea, but i am personally very fond of prot spirit since it is still possible to set up a spike in 4v4 and if covered correctly, it will be your only way to survive it. in addition, shielding hands is really only effective against rangers, and only for 11ish seconds, so i'd rather leave it out. having rez is nice, but the problem 4v4 monks (solo monks) deal with that 8v8 monks don't have to as much is being forced to "do it all." there just aren't enough skill slots available and i think that that last slot could be better put to use preventing your teammate from dying rather than rezzing them (esp since there should be 3 others who should be able to do the same).

try it out sometime...i like healing, but prot is just so much more effective in 4v4. there really is no contest. not only can you protect (no pun intended) yourself better, you can do the same for your teammates. this is an ability that no healing build can afford (since all the best heals are target other except for touch...gg).

p.s. carry sig dev is just asking to get owned. 2 second cast for ~100 hp? give me a break. that's just ranger/disrupting chop bait.

p.p.s. carry a blood staff, not a prot staff. prot spells recharge very fast and you want to be able to spam OOB as much as possible. you could carry both, but there are 2 things to consider: a) there is a delay between switching that can equal your death and b) you should be hiding a large chunk of energy in the other slot anyway.

LOL I use the exact same build except I tend to take Signet of Devotion over Holy Veil. The only downside to protection is Degen, the signet helps a bit.

Protection is blegh!

Maxiemonster, do you think that using a Fleshweaver (as a substitute to your recommendation of using Gordac's Needle + The Rockmolder) (edit: would) work just as well?

For one, it would offset the low health brought on by -150hp from the superior healing/divine favor runes and bring it up to 440hp. And it also has the 20% fast recharge...

I'd rather have 40% recharge If I really want to get rid of the low Health, I would just exchange one of the superiors for a minor, though, I still like it this way

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Nvm.....