Build:Mo/Me Healer's Boon Monk

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The PvXwiki community finds this to be an excellent build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall rating in the range from 4.75 to 5.0 and thus qualifies for the highest category of working builds: Great. This build has been designed for the following use: PvP HA

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This build uses Healer's Boon to provide powerful healing as well as incredibly fast cast times.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Monk / Mesmer 12 + 1 + 1 Healing Prayers 10 + 1 Divine Favor 8 Inspiration Magic Infuse Health Core Monk. Healing Prayers 14 Infuse Health Spell Lose half your current Health. Target other ally is healed for 134% of the amount you lost. Target ally gets healed for 35 Health. ¼ 10 Patient Spirit EotN Monk. Healing Prayers 14 Patient Spirit Enchantment Spell For 2 seconds, target ally is Enchanted with Patient Spirit. When this Enchantment ends, that ally is healed for 114 Health. Target ally gets healed for 35 Health. 3 ¼ 5 Dwayna's Kiss Prophecies Monk. Healing Prayers 14 Dwayna's Kiss Spell Heal target other ally for 57 (+35) Health and an additional 33 Health for each Enchantment or Hex on that ally. 3 1 5 Heal Party Core Monk. Healing Prayers 14 Heal Party Spell Heal entire party for 72 Health. You get healed for 35 Health. 2 2 15 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Cure Hex EotN Monk. Healing Prayers 14 Cure Hex Spell Remove one Hex from target ally. If a Hex was removed, that ally is healed for 114 Health. Target ally gets healed for 35 Health. 12 1 5 Healer's Boon Nightfall Monk. Divine Favor 11 Healer's Boon Elite Enchantment Spell For 43 seconds. Healing Prayers Spells cast 50% faster and heal for 50% more Health. You get healed for 35 Health. 10 ¼ 5 Channeling Prophecies Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 8 Channeling Enchantment Spell For 34 seconds, whenever you cast a Spell, you gain 1 Energy for each foe in the area. 15 1 5 Template code

• Power Drain
  Core

  Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 8

  Power Drain

  Spell

  If target foe is casting a Spell or Chant, that Skill is interrupted and you gain 17 Energy.

  

  20

  ¼

  5
   for interrupts and energy management
• Draw Conditions
  Core

  Monk. Protection Prayers 2

  Draw Conditions

  Spell

  All negative Conditions are transferred from target other ally to yourself. For each Condition acquired, you gain 9 Health.

  

  2

  ¼

  5
   for use with an RC prot
• Spotless Mind
  EotN

  Monk. Healing Prayers 14

  Spotless Mind

  Enchantment Spell

  For 14 seconds, target other ally loses a Hex every 5 seconds.

  

  12

  ¼

  5
   for more hex removal

[edit] Equipment

• Survivor's or Radiant Insignias.
• A + 5 Energy/+ 30 HP Spear with a selection of shields, one for each damage type.
• A 40/40 (Healing) Wand/Focus set
• High / Low Energy sets

[edit] Usage

• Maintain Healer's Boon at ALL times
• Patient Spirit and Dwayna's Kiss are your primary healing skills.
• Use Infuse Health to catch spikes or heal very low targets.
• Use Heal Party for a powerful party-wide heal. This must be used sparingly though, for its high energy cost will quickly drain your energy pool.
• Use Draw Conditions to pull conditions off your RC or to get blind off frontliners
• Use Spotless Mind to remove hexes from party members

[edit] Counters

• Enchant removal can be a minor problem, but this is not a significant issue as Healer's Boon only has a 10 second recharge timer.
• Standard caster counters, Diversion, VoR etc.
• Unlike many monk builds, this build will be practically invulnerable to interrupts. HB will cause most skills to have a casting time of .5 seconds or less. Heal Party will have a cast time of 1 second, which may pose a problem if a Migraine mesmer camps on the monk, but this should not be a MAJOR problem.

[edit] Variants

• Mantra of Flame to abuse the likelyhood of facing elementalists in HA.
• Healing Seed for Draw Conditions
• Cure Hex or Holy Veil instead of Spotless Mind
• Heal Other instead of Infuse if playing as a secondary healer
• Hex Breaker