First of all, if you're looking to do damage with a ritualist, your best options are going to be either in the communing class or in your secondary class. The reason being is this: channelling is very weak against higher AL targets. Furthermore, the amazing ritualist line of spawning power has an elite skill that still (IMO) has not been fully utilized: Attuned Was Songkai. It is basically like expertise in a bottle. Using this item skill, you can use very high energy skills at a fraction of their original cost. Minion bombing, while effective, is very difficult to do, since you have to actually click to target your minions.
If you are looking to do damage as a channelling ritualist, I would suggest using the elite skill: Grasping Was Kuurong. It can combine nicely with some other skills like the elementalist aftershock.
Lastly, for secondary choices, you have to figure out whether you want your ritualist to be mainly used for pvp, pve, or a mixture of both. I've found that the most versatile secondary for ritualist is /Me. Due to its amazing stances, the mesmer secondary can be quite useful for a ritualist. also, the solo VWK farming build utilizes a mesmer secondary.
As a rit lord ritualist (the main pvp build), you will mostly not be using any secondary skills. Exceptions are /R with frozen soil and /E with ward of stability and/or Windborne Speed for HoH.
I hope this helps you and good luck in your journey as a ritualist. I hope you will come to like this profession as much as I have.
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