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Rossaroni · Sep 23, 2005, 05:40 AM // 05:40

Reversal of Fortune helps a lot, as it has a fast cast and can be done in between shorter knockdowns. However, the best thing is to pre-kite; that is, see the warrior coming and start running before he gets close to you. If the chase does get close, try your best to run into a group and weave in and out and hope that he gets caught up. Remember, you're a monk, so you can't run the entire time. Throw up Aegis if you're prot. Aegis + guardian on yourself means 75% of his attacks will miss. Bob, weave, and dodge.

Racthoh · Sep 23, 2005, 06:25 AM // 06:25

How are you running away? Are you turning your back and completely fleeing only to turn and toss the occasional spell?

If you are running all out then that warrior will be hitting you for critical hits EVERY time. If you don't have aegis or guardian, you're really just making yourself die faster by running since more often than not they will have sprint. Strafe around the warrior as to slow their attack somewhat, and still be able to cast spells.

Consider Soothing Images or Sympathetic Visage. Sympathetic Visage drains them nicely if they continue to attacking, and Soothing Images can be kept on providing they don't have hex removal. Which is why I would opt for Sympathetic Visage.

Naprius · Sep 23, 2005, 06:29 AM // 06:29

the thing i do as hammer warrior is this. sneak up on the monk, give him a good whallop so he falls down, and start bashing his head in.

i know i should be giving advice to the monks. but u guys are spoiled little brats :P

Age · Sep 23, 2005, 09:07 AM // 09:07

It is to bad you aren't a Mo/W and you could use balance stance and bonneti"s defence.

Rossaroni · Sep 23, 2005, 04:10 PM // 16:10

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Originally Posted by Racthoh

How are you running away? Are you turning your back and completely fleeing only to turn and toss the occasional spell?

Pre-kiting means you're keeping distance between yourself and the warrior all the time. If he has sprint, then it's better to stop, but if you're good, you can catch a warrior asleep and escape through a group. Maybe you'll get caught with one critical hit, but big deal, after that he's gone. It's best not to turn your back and flee. I instead do a sort of side-strafing to start, so as to view the whole battle, then I pick a course and run it, without bothering too much to check my six. Usually the radar is good enough for that.

quickmonty · Sep 23, 2005, 04:24 PM // 16:24

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Originally Posted by Naprius

the thing i do as hammer warrior is this. sneak up on the monk, give him a good whallop so he falls down, and start bashing his head in.

i know i should be giving advice to the monks. but u guys are spoiled little brats :P

spoken like a true adolescent wamo

Zhou Feng · Sep 24, 2005, 06:44 AM // 06:44

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Originally Posted by Rossaroni

Pre-kiting means you're keeping distance between yourself and the warrior all the time. If he has sprint, then it's better to stop, but if you're good, you can catch a warrior asleep and escape through a group. Maybe you'll get caught with one critical hit, but big deal, after that he's gone. It's best not to turn your back and flee. I instead do a sort of side-strafing to start, so as to view the whole battle, then I pick a course and run it, without bothering too much to check my six. Usually the radar is good enough for that.

This is where the situation becomes kind of bad:

Running like this makes it harder to heal, stop to heal war catches up.

Guardian and RoF work very well IF Guardian is at least 40% allows you to run a bit better. This has been thouroughly tested in Team Arenas where KDAS are a norm.

Sympathetic Visages works somewhat but its high cost and slow recharge makes it a gamble, specially if it gets rend by much smarter warrior teammates this was also tested. Since Guardian is cheap and lasts a short time and recharges quick it can be spammed easier.

For Inspiration I stick to Ins Hex and E Drain anything else compromises my effectivenes.

If there is a GOOD Prot monk or a GOOD elmo monk with smiting and prot KDAS Warriors are not even a situation to worry much about. Again this was tested in arenas.

Pre-Kiting works well if you are strafing sideways in circle and try to get the warrior within a group. The bad dangerous part is if they have a ranger interrupr or a water elemntalist using snares. I have been using pre kiting inadvertly before I realized the term pre kiting however.

The best thing are definetly Aegis and Guardian and RoF. Its better if they are casted by another prot monk because if you get KD is harder to get this skills in. Having a mesmer, a ranger int and a KDAS War at the same time: YOU WILL only survive if your teammates are GOOD. Being a monk has its limits its only how much you can do.

I get targetted a lot because Im a good pure healer. While Im alive its hard to kill an ally unless they are using focused spike attacks: spike, ranger spike, FOC spikes... hell focused spikes kill before any healing is pulled off usually and therefore thats the realm of prots to deal with so I can heal my target after they survive the spike.

Any other suggestions for a Mo/Me using a pure heal setup are welcomed.

By Denial Healer I mean dwayna/orison/touch/other/seed/sig of dev/ins hex/e drain.

In arena I switch to heal/prot with orison/touch/other/guardian/rof/ins hex/e drain unless I have a GOOD elmo at my side :P

Sep 23, 2005, 05:40 AM // 05:40	#21
Rossaroni Academy Page Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: Knight Vision [KnV] Profession: Mo/	Reversal of Fortune helps a lot, as it has a fast cast and can be done in between shorter knockdowns. However, the best thing is to pre-kite; that is, see the warrior coming and start running before he gets close to you. If the chase does get close, try your best to run into a group and weave in and out and hope that he gets caught up. Remember, you're a monk, so you can't run the entire time. Throw up Aegis if you're prot. Aegis + guardian on yourself means 75% of his attacks will miss. Bob, weave, and dodge.

Sep 23, 2005, 06:25 AM // 06:25	#22
Racthoh Did I hear 7 heroes? Join Date: May 2005 Guild: Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)	How are you running away? Are you turning your back and completely fleeing only to turn and toss the occasional spell? If you are running all out then that warrior will be hitting you for critical hits EVERY time. If you don't have aegis or guardian, you're really just making yourself die faster by running since more often than not they will have sprint. Strafe around the warrior as to slow their attack somewhat, and still be able to cast spells. Consider Soothing Images or Sympathetic Visage. Sympathetic Visage drains them nicely if they continue to attacking, and Soothing Images can be kept on providing they don't have hex removal. Which is why I would opt for Sympathetic Visage.

Sep 23, 2005, 06:29 AM // 06:29	#23
Naprius Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: mtricht Guild: Limburgse Jagers Profession: W/Mo	the thing i do as hammer warrior is this. sneak up on the monk, give him a good whallop so he falls down, and start bashing his head in. i know i should be giving advice to the monks. but u guys are spoiled little brats :P

Sep 23, 2005, 09:07 AM // 09:07	#24
Age Hall Hero Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: California Canada/BC Guild: STG Administrator Profession: Mo/	It is to bad you aren't a Mo/W and you could use balance stance and bonneti"s defence.