Build:Mo/W RA WoH

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A standard among RA WoH Monks.

Attributes and Skills

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Equipment

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• A 40/40 Heal Set.
• A high energy set (a wand and focus with two 15/-1 mods).
• A Furious Spear of Enchanting (20%) with "Brawn over Brains" (-5 energy) inscription for hiding energy and for casting Vigorous Spirit.
• A 40/20/20% Protection Staff (in the advent of Guardian)
• Disciple's Insignias, with a Rune of Superior Vigor and 2 Runes of Vitae.
• A Spear + Shield set with +5 energy and +5 Armor on the spear, along with a 10% chance to gain double adrenaline. You should have a variety of max Q7/Q8 Tactics shields, with all of the various +10 vs. damage (fire, lightning, piercing, slashing, etc) mods.

Usage

• Maintain Vigorous Spirit on yourself and as many teammates as possible (prioritizing to the teammates who it is most useful on).
• Constantly auto-attack in your spear set (tab+spacebar) when not casting, to build adrenaline for Bonetti's Defense and gain healing from Vigorous Spirit.
• Cast Word of Healing on targets who are below 50% health or who you think are about to drop below 50%.
• Use Patient Spirit when Word of Healing and Vigorous Spirit are simply not enough, or when you want to avoid using Word of Healing as much as possible to avoid interrupts.
• Use Bonetti's Defense to prevent physical damage and possibly even gain energy. You can even use this to prevent Ranger interrupts. If it is charged and you don't seem to be needing it much to stop melee opponents, throw up a Bonetti's before casting WoH to help avoid a Distracting Shot from a Ranger.
• Use Dolyak Signet to prevent key knockdowns and provide yourself with additional defense. You'll most want to use this when Bonetti's Defense isn't charged.
• Use Spotless Mind to keep your teammates clean of hexes. You do not need to cast this in your enchantment extending set unless you have weakness on you (it already lasts 15 seconds at 15 Healing, which is enough to remove exactly 3 hexes over time). You should cast it in your 40/40 heal set to get a quick recharge if you're trying to keep it on multiple teammates as much as possible and you should cast it in your spear+shield set if you're taking significant amounts of damage.
• Use Cure Hex For a powerful hex removal, mind the 1 second casting time.
• Use Draw Condition For strong condition removal to keep your party clean.

Counters

• Standard anti-Monk counters

Variants

• Balanced Stance, Protector's Defense, or Shield Bash - Instead of Dolyak Signet if you feel more comfortable with any of those protective abilities.
• Holy Veil - Instead of Contemplation of Purity if you find the pre-prot ability of Veil to be better than the quick cast and healing + condi removal of Contemplation.
• Contemplation of Purity - Instead of Cure Hex if you find the quick cast and deep removal potential of Contemplation to be better than the universal healing and removal of Cure Hex
• Divine Spirit and Deny Hexes - Instead of Contemplation of Purity and either Signet of Rejuvenation or Spotless Mind, to provide a combination of energy management along with a double hex removal skill.

Links

• Go to the following links and read the guide on the first page to improve your monking and yes read the whole damn thing.
  • http://guildwars.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=436581
  • http://celestialkitsune.wordpress.com/2007/01/03/monk-guide/(dated but good for basics)
  • http://www.teamquitter.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2844(dispells common myths and is a good read for anyone)