Build:Mo/any WoH Arena 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 RA PvP AB PvP CM

This build is part of the current PvP meta. Remove this tag if it no longer exists in the current PvP metagame.

The WoH Arena Monk is designed to cope with the current meta in arenas packing defense through /A skills, /W skills or /D skills while having prot abilities and big heals.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Monk / No profession 12 + 1 + 1 Healing Prayers 7 + 1 Protection Prayers 8 + 1 Divine Favor Word of Healing Core Monk. Healing Prayers 14 Word of Healing Elite Spell Heal target ally for 1 (+29) Health. Heal for an additional 109 Health if that ally is below 50% Health. 3 ¾ 5 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 29 Health. 3 ¼ 5 Guardian Core Monk. Protection Prayers 8 Guardian Enchantment Spell For 5 seconds, target ally has a 50% chance to block attacks. Target ally gets healed for 29 Health. 4 1 5 Dismiss Condition Nightfall Monk. Protection Prayers 8 Dismiss Condition Spell Remove one Condition from target ally. If that ally is under the effects of an Enchantment, that ally is healed for 47 Health. Target ally gets healed for 29 Health. 3 ¾ 5 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 29 Health. 12 1 5 Holy Veil Core Monk. Unlinked Holy Veil Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, any Hex cast on target ally takes twice as long to cast. When Holy Veil ends, one Hex is removed from target ally. Target ally gets healed for 29 Health. 12 1 5 -1 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Template code

• Shield Bash: Better against Sins and an easy defense option, but isn't that great against constant amounts of physical pressure.
• Shield Stance: A good, well rounded defense skill for long amounts of blocking. However, the movement reduction can hurt.
• Balanced Stance: Very useful anti knockdown and anti critical.
• Disciplined Stance: Provides armor as well as blocking, which also helps against unblockable attacks and spells.
• Bonetti's Defense: Energy management as well as 5 seconds of blocking that doesn't require extra attrbute spread.
• Dolyak Signet: For a great anti-kd without any cost and +10 armor, but the movement reduction can hurt.

• Return: to shadowstep to allies and avoid melee.
• Dark Escape: for a great anti-spike as well as IMS.

• Armor of Sanctity: For quick panic button that prots and provides AoE weakness.
• Conviction: For use with Armor of Sanctity for a substantial armor boost.

[edit] Equipment

• Survivor's Insignias, with Runes of Vitae/Vigor
• A high set (a wand and focus with two 15/-1 mods).
• A 40/20% Protection staff.
• A 40/40 Heal Set.
• A spear with +5 energy, +30 hp and a +10 vs x shields.

[edit] Usage

• Preveil necessary targets (yourself, frontliners, etc)
• Heal with Word of Healing and Patient Spirit
• Use Guardian, Dismiss Condition, and Spotless Mind as necessary
• When under pressure, use your secondary skills to protect yourself eg:

• Shield Bash vs assassin chains.
• Shield Stance or Disciplined Stance vs melee to get Guardian up easily.
• Balanced Stance vs attackers with KD (Assassins and Hammer Warriors mostly).
• Dark Escape vs anything to reduce damage.
• Return vs any melee to snare them and get away.

[edit] Counters

• Standard anti-caster counters
• Anti-block skills, like Wild Blow and Rigor Mortis

[edit] Variants

• Shield of Absorption for a small prot.
• Protective Spirit or Spirit Bond for a hard prot.
• Signet of Rejuvenation provides a nice free heal that works well against pressure.
• Vigorous Spirit for excellent anti-pressure and a cover enchantment for Holy Veil and Spotless Mind.

• Sprint in AB

• Feigned Neutrality: powerful spike repellant and minor self-heal.
• Augury of Death: Can assist hugely to a teams damage output especially if you have no physicals.

• Kinetic Armor: huge armor boost that can be easily maintained, but which is weak to enchantment removal.
• Glyph of Lesser Energy: if often paired with Kinetic Armor for energy management.

• Shield of Force: powerful anti-spike pre-prot - not as useful as Shield Bash, but recharges faster.
• Vow of Piety: a useful stance that can be easily maintained.

• Hex Breaker Tell VoR and Frag Mesmers to gtfo.
• Physical Resistance Take 50% physical damage when you need to. Stance into Hex Breaker if that Ele looks at you.