Health 55 Monk - Guild Wars Forums

papyrus · Jul 26, 2007, 08:05 PM // 20:05

What is so special about this type of Monk? Is there a link on how to build this Monk (what skills, armors, etc.)?

Also, why they dont like to be ressurected when dead?

Covah · Jul 26, 2007, 08:25 PM // 20:25

Learn to read the forums before you post stuff that is already there.

BladeDVD · Jul 26, 2007, 10:15 PM // 22:15

There's a monk forum further down the list. You should be able to find plenty of details in the threads in there: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/f...play.php?f=207

Basically, a 55 monk is a monk that has applied Sup. runes (no vigors) to his armor and uses a -50hp offhand item to get his total health down to 55 HP.

Then they bring Protective Spirit which makes attacks on you only do damage equal to 10% of your health. If your health is only 55, and because of how GW rounds numbers, then each attack only does 5 HP of damage. If you then also bring skills that increase your health regeneration enough, then you become nearly impossible to kill.

It's a very popular farming build. Not used often in PVP except to cause grief to people in Random Arenas.

nechronius · Jul 27, 2007, 12:52 AM // 00:52

Protective spirit keeps you from taking more than 10% damage from any one hit.

Let's say someone hits you for 100 hp damage each hit.

If you have 50 hp, you only take 5 hp per hit, so 10 hits to kill you.

If you have 500hp, you take 50 hp per hit, so also 10.

Regeneration rate is not affected by how many hit points you have.

So let's say you regenerate 10hp per second (with something like healing breeze). with only 50 hp, you recover from each hit in 1/2 a second.

With 500 hp, it takes you 5 seconds to recover from each hit, effectively you are healing 10 Times slower if you have 500 hp.

Even with healing spells like "heal other," a 50 point heal gets you back to 100% hp. a 50 point heal for a 500 hp character is only 10%.

These are theoretical numbers but it gives you the gist.

It's effective, but you need to be very careful about spell management since forgetting to use the right spell means you die in an instant.

Jul 26, 2007, 08:05 PM // 20:05	#1
papyrus Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2007	Health 55 Monk What is so special about this type of Monk? Is there a link on how to build this Monk (what skills, armors, etc.)? Also, why they dont like to be ressurected when dead?

Jul 27, 2007, 12:52 AM // 00:52	#4
nechronius Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Southern Cali Guild: Herald of the Storm Profession: W/R	Protective spirit keeps you from taking more than 10% damage from any one hit. Let's say someone hits you for 100 hp damage each hit. If you have 50 hp, you only take 5 hp per hit, so 10 hits to kill you. If you have 500hp, you take 50 hp per hit, so also 10. Regeneration rate is not affected by how many hit points you have. So let's say you regenerate 10hp per second (with something like healing breeze). with only 50 hp, you recover from each hit in 1/2 a second. With 500 hp, it takes you 5 seconds to recover from each hit, effectively you are healing 10 Times slower if you have 500 hp. Even with healing spells like "heal other," a 50 point heal gets you back to 100% hp. a 50 point heal for a 500 hp character is only 10%. These are theoretical numbers but it gives you the gist. It's effective, but you need to be very careful about spell management since forgetting to use the right spell means you die in an instant. Last edited by nechronius; Jul 27, 2007 at 12:59 AM // 00:59..

Jul 26, 2007, 08:25 PM // 20:25	#2
Covah Forge Runner Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Guild: Catching Jellyfish With [소N트T ] Profession: Me/Rt	Learn to read the forums before you post stuff that is already there.

Jul 26, 2007, 10:15 PM // 22:15	#3
BladeDVD Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hawaii Guild: Clan Of Elders Profession: N/	There's a monk forum further down the list. You should be able to find plenty of details in the threads in there: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/f...play.php?f=207 Basically, a 55 monk is a monk that has applied Sup. runes (no vigors) to his armor and uses a -50hp offhand item to get his total health down to 55 HP. Then they bring Protective Spirit which makes attacks on you only do damage equal to 10% of your health. If your health is only 55, and because of how GW rounds numbers, then each attack only does 5 HP of damage. If you then also bring skills that increase your health regeneration enough, then you become nearly impossible to kill. It's a very popular farming build. Not used often in PVP except to cause grief to people in Random Arenas.