Curse

Krill · Jan 28, 2009, 01:03 PM // 13:03

Enchant removal isn't as bad as it used to be, can't even remember the last time I saw CE, rip isn't ran much either. People don't run spirit bond and prot spirit in RA because the energy efficiency compared to WoH is terrible, you need SB to trigger ~6 times before having the same red bar recovery. It's dumb but you simply can't fit adequate healing, prots, conditional removal, hex removal and personal defense in an RA monk bar, so the expensive prot is the easiest thing to forgo.

Shielding hands or SoA are better choices for RA anyway imo if you're brave enough to ZB, you almost always have idiots that c space train a teammate or you the entire round and those skills mitigate a lot of that damage cheaply.

bungusmaximus · Jan 28, 2009, 01:18 PM // 13:18

mark of insecurity does the rest, but yeah, you got a good point, especially on SoA.

Last time I seen someone running CE it was me running it, I love that skill ^^.

Kumlekar · Feb 04, 2009, 06:54 AM // 06:54

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Originally Posted by Marxon Aurion

It is wrong to say Spiritbond is useless against hexways, because it actually triggers on Backfire, Visions Of Regret and Soul Bind.

This is why I swtiched to SB for small format. PS just doesn't get its money's worth, but SB destroys hexes. I was in HB and brought it against a hexway team that I had lost against multiple times previously, I won the match easily (somthign like 12-8) and the person accused me of bringing "15 hex removals" I only had 1 hex removal on my entire team. Hell I had removed one that I normally brought before the match started.

Um anyways, I guess my point is throw up SB and cast through everything that conventional wisdom says not to. Its not enough against backfire, and sometimes VOR, but it brings the damage down by so much that WOH or another heal makes the rest of the damage negliable.