Build:Mo/Me Blessed Light Bond Monk

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The PvXwiki community finds this to be a good build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall Rating in the range from 3.75 to < 4.75 and thus qualifies for the medium category of working builds: Good. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE general

Having Blessed Light as multi-purpose skill, this bonder sacrifices some energy management for better Hex and Condition removal via use of Blessed Light. The unconditional heal and increased self-healing make it very sustainable.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Monk / Mesmer 11 + 1 + 1 Protection Prayers 12 + 2 Divine Favor 6 Inspiration Magic Reversal of Fortune Core Monk. Protection Prayers 13 Reversal of Fortune Enchantment Spell For 8 seconds, the next time target ally would take damage, that ally gains that amount of Health instead, maximum 71. Target ally gets healed for 45 Health. 2 ¼ 5 Blessed Light Factions Monk. Divine Favor 14 Blessed Light Elite Spell Heal target ally for 131 (+45) Health and remove one Condition and one Hex. 3 ¾ 10 Signet of Devotion Core Monk. Divine Favor 14 Signet of Devotion Signet Heal target ally for 94 Health. 5 2 Mantra of Inscriptions Core Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 6 Mantra of Inscriptions Stance For 54 seconds, your Signets recharge 35% faster. 20 10 Blessed Signet Core Monk. Divine Favor 14 Blessed Signet Signet For each Enchantment you are maintaining, you gain 3 Energy. You cannot gain more than 23 energy in this way. 10 2 Life Bond Core Monk. Protection Prayers 13 Life Bond Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target other ally takes damage from an attack, half the damage is redirected to you. The damage you receive this way is reduced by 26. Target ally gets healed for 45 Health. 2 10 -1 Balthazar's Spirit Prophecies Monk. Smiting Prayers Balthazar's Spirit Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally gains adrenaline and Energy after taking damage. (The amount of adrenaline gained increases depending on your rank in Smiting Prayers.) Target ally gets healed for 45 Health. 2 10 -1 Rebirth Core Monk. Protection Prayers 13 Rebirth Spell Resurrect target party member. Target party member is returned to life with 25% Health and zero Energy, and is teleported to your current location. All of target's skills are disabled for 4 seconds. This Spell consumes all of your remaining Energy. 5 10 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Ascetic's Armor or Acolyte's Armor
• Any weapon or focus item with 20/20 recharge on Divine Favor spells.
• Any weapon or focus item with +1/20 chance on increased Divine Favor when using skills.

[edit] Usage

This build is played similiarly to any other bonding build.

• Start by casting Life Bond on 4 members of the party. Then use Mantra of Inscriptions.
• Follow up with Blessed Signet.
• Cast Life Bond on the rest of the party and Balthazar's Spirit on yourself.
• While your party is in combat, so long as they take physical damage, you will have a very steady supply of energy.
• If your energy supply is high, use Blessed Light to remove hexes and conditions while healing your target.
• Otherwise for healing your party, use Signet of Devotion.
• Replace Life Bond as quickly as possible if removed.
• When a party member is low on life, use Reversal of Fortune first, then Blessed Light for a quick and effective heal.
• Use Blessed Signet whenever you are down to half of your energy. Keep Mantra of Inscriptions up all the time.
• Self-sustained you can support Life Bond on up to 9 characters.

[edit] Counters

• Ignorance is a major counter to this build.
• Energy denial / skill denial / enchantment removal.
• Damage spikes can render you helpless, especially if you're caught casting Blessed Signet.
• Hexes like Rust can be devastating if not removed properly.

[edit] Variants

• You may wish to replace Resurrect with a different resurrection skill such as Resurrection Signet, Sunspear Rebirth Signet,rebirth, or even Light of Dwayna.