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bandit_jin

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boon monk, advice

currently, i run

Boon Monk - divine boon, reveral, shield guardian, mantra recall, inspiried hex,draw condition, mend condition,res

- Boon Monk is good, but i find, it unable to deal with condition removal well. what happens is that i draw condition from my teammates, then when i have those conditions, i mend it but i cant mend fast enough and the other team decends upon me, and more often that not, i end up dying. any ideas on how to effectivly handle mass condition removal

i tried replace mend with removal conditions, but that has to large of a recharge time.

i need a solution to this any ideas ?

07/17/06 17:01

GodMode

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RE: boon monk, advice

since your using draw conditions, you could try going Mo/R with melandru's resilience...with that skill, the conditions and hexes will actually be good for you.

if not that, that don't use draw conditions, replace it with mend condition instead. your build seems to already have it so i suggest you remove draw conditions for something eles

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07/17/06 17:29

Goose1x1x1

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RE: boon monk, advice

if he goes Mo/R then he wont be able to use mantra of recall for energy,

when i do 4v4 pvp matches i dont use draw conditions, i find that useing mend ailment on each teammate is enough since for each condition left it heals for like 50 something hp points. so if he has 3 conditions on him itll take away one, and then heal for 100 points plus the extra ammount u get from divine favor and divine boon. You can also cast it on yourself as well.
i would suggest bringing guardian instead of draw conditions. it helps to mess up those pesky assassian combos.

Although if you do want to swtich to a different secondary other then mesmer i guess you could use air of enchanment for energy managment,i seem to see it used a fair ammount in the arenas.

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07/17/06 17:40

Aaron Rex Root

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RE: boon monk, advice

this got me thinking how martyr and melandrus resilience would work pretty good on a ranger or perhaps even a monk. too bad they are both elites.

07/17/06 17:54

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RE: boon monk, advice

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if he goes Mo/R then he wont be able to use mantra of recall for energy,

melandru's resilience becomes the energy management...you can see hp and energy regen levels beyond 10 depending on the situation. and you also won't need condition/hex removal for yourself.

07/17/06 17:55

bandit_jin

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RE: boon monk, advice

interesting, i will try mo/r c how it works. though one forseable problem is if the group isnt heavy on conditions, id be in energy trouble

07/17/06 20:36

Balthamos

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RE: boon monk, advice

My Boon Prot

Contemplation Of Purity (Divine Favour)
Guardian (Protectio Prayers)
Reversal Of Fortune (Protectio Prayers)
Mend Condition (Protectio Prayers)
Protective Spirit (Protectio Prayers)
Divine Boon (Divine Favour)
Inspired Hex/Revealed Hex (Inspiration Magic
Mantra Of Recall (Inspiration Magic - Elite)

Armour:
Full Acolytes Armour
Prophets Scalp Design

Runes:
Superior Divine Favour
Superior Vigour
Minor Protection Prayers

Attributes:
Divine Favour: 11+3+1
Protection Prayers 10+1
Inspiration Magic 10

Weapons Set 1 (Low Energy)
-5 Energy Sword +30HP Or +5 Armour mod
+45/-2 when enchanted shield

Weapons Set 2 (High Energy)
+5 Energy Sword +30HP or +5 Armour mod
+12 Energy, +45 Health, +5 Armour when enchanted Focus

Strategy, Keep MoR up all the time if you're low on energy when it wears off it can top your energy up to full (low E set). Normally fighting should be done using the low energy set, only switch if you get drained or due to a mistake have insufficient energy to cast MoR, if you are about to die switch to low energy set, which will allow you to be rezzed then switch back for an extra 22 energy.

Remove hexes as an energy management method OR if they are critical hexes (SS, Migraine). Remove conditions as a method of healing, not for the sake of removing conditions. Except blind on warriors, weakness on warriors, dazed on casters.

Use Contemplation Of Purity on yourself to remove critical conditions such as dazed, or hexes such as migraine or backfire. Other than those you should be ok, CoP is also good for self heal, stack enchants then use CoP

P-Spirit should only be used when under attack from elementalists or high damage characters.

If MoR is about to wear off and you have lots of energy left, spam skills to heal people and remove conditions, you're about to get that energy back so you should make the most of it.

Edgwalkers is coming.

07/18/06 03:07

cswella

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RE: boon monk, advice

I personally think that Draw Conditions is a waste of a skillslot on your bar. Just use Mend Condition on the players directly.

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07/18/06 03:16

maddog199

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RE: boon monk, advice

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I personally think that Draw Conditions is a waste of a skillslot on your bar. Just use Mend Condition on the players directly.

then you can't recover your own condition. i as healing monk even use mend ailment and remove/smite hex.

edit: alright, just wanted to poin that out, sorry.

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07/18/06 03:43

cswella

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RE: boon monk, advice

I just said that because it's the skill that was listed in the first build.

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07/18/06 03:46

evilmiss

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RE: boon monk, advice

Here's the basic boon that never fails for me in TA:

Divine Boon- CoP - PS - RoF - Guardian - Mend condition - Insp Hex/Holy Veil - MoR

15 or 14 Divine

13 or 12 Prot

8 Insp

For PvE I drop RoF or Guardian and take some form of rez. Just remember, Contemplation of Purity is a MUST for boon monks.

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07/18/06 04:40

evilmiss

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RE: boon monk, advice

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then you can't recover your own condition. i as healing monk even use mend ailment and remove/smite hex.

edit: alright, just wanted to poin that out, sorry.

Check the skill description for Contemplation of Purity, YES, you can recover from conditions and hexes as a boon monk.

07/18/06 04:43

maddog199

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RE: boon monk, advice

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then you can't recover your own condition. i as healing monk even use mend ailment and remove/smite hex.

edit: alright, just wanted to poin that out, sorry.

Check the skill description for Contemplation of Purity, YES, you can recover from conditions and hexes as a boon monk.

you didn't qoute my entire page though. mend condition only works on other ally meaning everybody EXCEPT you. mend ailment can be cast on everybody and yourself. and you need an enchament on you for Contemplation of Purity otherways you lose zip.

07/18/06 05:28

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