Build:Team - 600 Ele/Smite

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This is an Elementalist spin on the 600 monk build.

[edit] Team Composition

/ 600 Ele

/ Smiter Monk

[edit] 600 Ele

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Elementalist / Monk 12 + 1 + 3 Earth Magic 12 Protection Prayers 3 + 1 Energy Storage Protective Spirit Core Monk. Protection Prayers 12 Protective Spirit Enchantment Spell For 19 seconds, target ally cannot lose more than 10% max Health due to damage from a single attack or Spell. 5 ¼ 10 Spirit Bond Factions Monk. Protection Prayers 12 Spirit Bond Enchantment Spell For 8 seconds, whenever target ally takes more than 60 damage from the next 10 attacks or Spells, that ally is healed for 88 Health. 2 ¼ 10 Shield of Absorption Nightfall Monk. Protection Prayers 12 Shield of Absorption Enchantment Spell For 6 seconds, damage received by target ally is reduced by 5 each time that ally is hit while under the effects of this Enchantment. 10 1 5 Glyph of Swiftness EotN Elementalist. Air Magic Glyph of Swiftness Glyph For 15 seconds, your next 1..3..3 Spells recharge 25% faster, and projectiles from those spells move 200% faster. 10 1 5 Obsidian Flesh Core Elementalist. Earth Magic 16 Obsidian Flesh Elite Enchantment Spell For 21 seconds, you gain +20 armor and cannot be the target of enemy Spells, but move 50% slower. 30 1 10 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Essence Bond Prophecies Monk. Unlinked Essence Bond Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally takes physical or elemental damage, you gain 1 Energy. 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.) 2 10 -1 Template code

[edit] Optionals

• Ward of Stability if knockdowns are an issue
• "I am Unstoppable!" same reason as Ward of Stability, but this increases your armor, so may not be viable in all areas (too much armor can cause Spirit Bond to not trigger)
• Mending Touch
• Mend Ailment
• Dismiss Condition
• Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support
• Pain Inverter
• Light of Deldrimor
• Crystal Wave
• Tenai's Crystals
• Aftershock
• Stone Daggers
• Sliver Armor If you think you need more one-target dmg.

[edit] Equipment

• Armor
  • It's imperative that your armor be as low as possible; 15AR, usually, or 9 AR if you still happen to have your starting armor.
  • Survivor Stone Eye (Stone Aura) of Superior Earth Magic
  • Survivor Chest Piece of Minor Energy Storage
  • Survivor Gloves of Major/Superior Vigor
  • Survivor Leggings of Vitae
  • Survivor Boots of Vitae

(If energy management is a problem, you can place Radiant insignias in place of Survivor insignias on the headpiece, gloves, or boots, and replace the Runes of Vitae with Runes of Attunement.)

• Weapons
  • Any 40/40 Earth Magic Set
  • Optimally, a perfect Adept Earth Magic Staff of Enchanting with a perfect "Aptitude not Attitude" inscription

[edit] Usage

Before Combat:

1. Cast Essence Bond and Balthazar's Spirit on yourself.

2. Just before aggroing a group, use Glyph of Swiftness, follow that with Obsidian Flesh, and then cast Protective Spirit and Spirit Bond.

Upon Aggro:

3. If Spirit Bond wears out too quickly, cast Shield of Absorption.

4. If Obsidian Flesh is going to wear off, use Glyph of Swiftness and recast it.

[edit] Counters

• Interrupts
• Becoming Dazed
• Non-targeted enchantment removal
• Too much Death Penatly will render this ele rather useless as a tank.

[edit] Variants

• Dropping Essence Bond for an optional
• Dropping Glyph of Swiftness for an optional if - and only if - maintaining Obby Flesh is unnecessary

[edit] Smiter Hero

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Monk / No profession 3 + 1 Divine Favor 12 + 1 + 3 Smiting Prayers 12 + 3 Protection Prayers Blessed Signet Core Monk. Divine Favor 4 Blessed Signet Signet For each Enchantment you are maintaining, you gain 3 Energy. You cannot gain more than 9 energy in this way. 10 2 Purge Signet Core Monk. Unlinked Purge Signet Signet Remove all Hexes and Conditions from target ally. You lose 10 Energy for each Hex and each Condition removed. 20 2 Unyielding Aura Prophecies Monk. Divine Favor 4 Unyielding Aura Elite Enchantment Spell While you maintain this enchantment, your Monk spells heal for +27% more Health. When this enchantment ends one random other party member is resurrected with full Health and Energy and teleported to your location. 10 ¼ 5 -1 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Life Attunement Prophecies Monk. Protection Prayers 15 Life Attunement Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally deals 30% less damage in combat, but gains 50% more Health when healed. Target ally gets healed for 13 Health. 2 10 -1 Vital Blessing Prophecies Monk. Protection Prayers 15 Vital Blessing Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally has +200 maximum Health. Target ally gets healed for 13 Health. 2 ¾ 10 -1 Retribution Core Monk. Smiting Prayers 16 Retribution Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally takes attack damage, this Spell deals 33% of the damage back to the source (maximum 21 damage). Target ally gets healed for 13 Health. 2 10 -1 Holy Wrath Prophecies Monk. Smiting Prayers 16 Holy Wrath Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally takes attack damage, this Spell deals 66% of the damage back to the source (maximum of 53 damage), and you lose 10 Energy. Target ally gets healed for 13 Health. 10 2 10 -1 Template code

• Basically, any skill that can help to take down bosses or healers can be helpful. You may want to base your choice on the foe types in the area you intend to be fighting in:
  • Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support
  • Pain Inverter
  • Ebon Vanguard Sniper Support
  • Summon Ruby Djinn
  • Summon Ice Imp
  • Summon Mursaat
• Alternatively, if you don't think anything will need mopping up, you could bring along anything that might be of some assistance to the ele:
  • Blood Ritual

[edit] Equipment

• Armor
  • Hero Headgear of Superior Smiting Prayers
  • Survivor Chest Piece of Superior Protection Prayers
  • Survivor Gloves of Minor/Major/Superior Vigor
  • Survivor Leggings Rune of Vitae OR Minor/Major/Superior rune of Divine Favor (This choice is based on preference and judgment; for example, if you expect smiter will be drawing aggro or will be in danger at any time, a Rune of Vitae would be best to keep health high. The advantage of higher Divine Favor is more energy gain with Blessed Signet)
  • Survivor Boots of Vitae
• Weapons
  • Any Protection/Smiting Prayers Set (40/40 largely unnecessary, since almost all skills in your bar are maintained enchants or signets, although, a 20% chance of halving casting time of Protection Prayers can be nice for rebirth)
  • Optimally, a Protection or Smiting Staff with a perfect Hale Staff Head, a perfect Staff Wrapping of Fortitude, of Shelter, of Defense, or of Warding. Your choice of Staff Wrapping should be based upon preference and/or foes in the area; a Wrapping of Fortitude works well in most situations. The staff's inscription isn't particularly important.

[edit] Usage

Before Combat:

1. Cast your maintainable enchantments (except for Unyielding Aura) on the 600 ele. This would also be the time to cast any other maintained enchantments on the ele that you might be bringing along as an optional (If using a hero, disable the maintained enchantments, and have them cast on you manually)

• • (If bringing Blood Ritual in the optional slot, you can cast it on the ele prior to aggro and between fights to speed things along)

Upon Aggro:

2. Keep back; you don't want to unnecessarily pull aggro off of the ele.

3. If you've brought offensive skill as optionals, use them during combat at your own discretion (do your best to keep aggro on ele).

[edit] General

• Use Purge Signet and Blessed Signet for condition removal and energy management, respectively.

[edit] Counters

• Non-targeted enchantment removal on the ele
• Signet disabling
• Pulling aggro off of the ele

[edit] Variants

Changing out the Elite Skill:

• Signet of Judgment
• Blood is Power

If you choose one of the above as the smiter's Elite Skill, you'll probably want your optional to be Rebirth.

[edit] Notes

• Monks only have 4 pips of energy regen, so don't try to have the smiter maintain more than 4 enchantments at one time.
• Obsidian Flesh is maintainable with Glyph of Swiftness with Earth Magic at 15 or above. This means that it's possible to use a Major Rune of Earth Magic OR take a point out of Earth Magic and distribute it elsewhere (namely, Energy Storage). However, if the ele becomes weakened, Obby Flesh will no longer be maintainable.