Curse

Entropius · Sep 02, 2006, 08:30 AM // 08:30

People have asked the question "Why run away from warriors, as a monk, if by kiting them I'm not healing either? It seems like I'm taking both myself and the warrior out of the match, since I'm not doing my job if I'm always running away?"

The simplest answer: Monks are limited by energy and, in some cases, skill recharge. Warriors are limited mostly by adrenaline. An average boon prot is incapable of casting spells constantly. They'll run out of energy and be forced to sit around doing nothing while waiting on skill recharge.

Thus a kiting boon prot IS still doing his job -- regenerating energy to be used on spells. The warrior is NOT doing anything by chasing, since every second he's not swinging is a second he's not building adrenaline. By kiting and stopping to cast a spell every few seconds, you wind up casting the same number of spells over time. You can't cast continuously in any case because you'll run out of juice; why not spend every second when you're not casting doing something else productive, like improving your positioning? Meanwhile you make more of your heals available for other targets, since fewer of your spells will be needed to keep yourself alive.

An exception is elite energy management. Many monks run edrain or mantra of recall, and every second in which one of those spells is charged but uncast reduces the total amount of energy you have at your disposal. When I said that a kiting monk is doing his job simply by regenerating energy, I consider the recharge on edrain to be another form of energy; having a charged edrain is in many ways like 11 extra energy that must be cashed in. Often when edrain charges it is worth it to stop kiting for a second, taking a few hits from a warrior, to use your edrain, reversal/guardian yourself, and continue kiting. Of course you have to consider how much damage you might take, what's chasing you, etc; don't stop to cast if you're going to get KD'd and killed. A good time to stop and cast is, of course, when you have guardian, prot spirit, spirit bond, shielding hands, or the like on you.

TheOneMephisto · Sep 02, 2006, 04:32 PM // 16:32

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Originally Posted by Entropius

Thus a kiting boon prot IS still doing his job -- regenerating energy to be used on spells.

You have the idea but for the wrong reasons. A monks job is to either heal or otherwise negate damage. By kiting, the monk is getting no-energy damage mitigation in return for him having to move and etc.

Therefore, you can either just sit there and get pounded on and use your energy to negate/heal the damage, or you can kite and negate the damage for free.

Red Locust · Sep 02, 2006, 08:48 PM // 20:48

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Originally Posted by TheOneMephisto

You have the idea but for the wrong reasons. A monks job is to either heal or otherwise negate damage. By kiting, the monk is getting no-energy damage mitigation in return for him having to move and etc.

Therefore, you can either just sit there and get pounded on and use your energy to negate/heal the damage, or you can kite and negate the damage for free.

I think that sums it up pretty well. Your job is to mitigate damage, the warrior's job is to deal damage. If you're not taking damage (i.e. kiting), you're doing your job while the warrior is not doing his, = you win. 4 pages compacted into two sentences