Archive:P/Mo Angelic Bonder

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This build utilizes a similar theory to Monk Bonders, but, instead of Life Bond and Life Barrier, the P/any Angelic Bonder utilizes the Leadership skills, "They're on Fire!" for initial damage reduction, and then further covers with Angelic Bond. Allies are then further enhanced by Command skills. When used correctly, this build is capable of providing as much (or more) damage reduction than a bonder and unlike monk bonders, Angelic Bond cannot be removed which makes for more consistent reduction.

This build is primarily intended for PvE but a variant (see below) can be used for HA.

Attributes and Skills

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Paragon / Monk	Attribute Rank
Leadership	12 + 1 + 1
Command	10 + 1
Protection Prayers	8
Smiting Prayers	2

<pvxbig> ["They're on Fire!"][Angelic Bond]["Go for the Eyes!"][Blazing Finale]["Stand Your Ground!"][Shield of Absorption][Balthazar's Spirit][Rebirth] </pvxbig>

Equipment

• Centurions Armor
• Several Runes of Attunement since this build necessitates a slightly larger energy pool.
• Use a Spear of Enchanting for its fast firing rate to charge GftE even faster and to extend SoA.
• Any Shield will work, but the one from Munashe the Collector in Nundu Bay is particularly nice.

Usage

• Cast Balthazar's Spirit and Shield of Absorption on yourself.
• Blazing Finale on the tank(s) -> "They're on Fire!" -> "Stand Your Ground!"
• Use Angelic Bond on the tank(s) and on others if necessary to supplement "They're on Fire!"
• Use "Go for the Eyes!" whenever possible to activate Blazing Finale's effect.

Counters

• Spells which prevent Chants or Shouts, in particular, Vocal Minority, Ulcerous Lungs, Roaring Winds, and Well of Silence.
• Massive condition removal
• Interruption of certain key skills

Variants

• While "Stand Your Ground!" is a nice skill to have, it is the least integral and the only one which should be replaced by a variant
• Skills to Consider

  "Never Give Up!"

  "Never Surrender!"

  "Fall Back!"

  In areas where the party members you will most likely bond are likely to be taking huge amounts of damage, Protective Spirit is an interesting alternative to "Stand Your Ground!" .

  Here's why: Protective Spirit activates first and ensures that the target doesn't take more than 10% damage. Then, ToF activates and cuts the >10% damage by 53% and you would receive only half of that. If you did that you would almost certainly receive no damage. That way, if anyone was taking a large amount of damage, you could slap Protective Spirit on them, and since you would have SoA on yourself as well, you would almost be ensuring that you always took 0 damage. This skill also makes it easier to bond casters since they are likely to take more damage. In PvP, Protective Spirit can also help ensure that when people you bond are spiked, you do not take an exorbitant amount of damage although unlike "Stand Your Ground!" it can be removed.

• If Attribute Points are changed (Motivation replaces Protection Prayers) Shield of Absorption can be replaced by Finale of Restoration

HA Variant

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Paragon / Monk	Attribute Rank
Leadership	12 + 1 + 1
Command	11 + 1
Protection Prayers	6

<pvxbig> [Angelic Bond]["Stand Your Ground!"]["Go for the Eyes!"]["Fall Back!"][Song of Concentration][Balthazar's Spirit][Shield of Absorption][Resurrection Signet] </pvxbig>