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Rikto · May 11, 2005, 06:54 AM // 06:54

What class goes well with monk other than mesmer? or is mesmer the best choice?

Omega_2005 · May 11, 2005, 08:33 AM // 08:33

For Pure Mages the E/Mo is a great build, due to it's Elemental magic and healing skills. not sure bout the other 4 builds though!

Care Less · May 11, 2005, 10:46 AM // 10:46

mo/warrior works well in PvP .. sucks for pve tho

DarkParrot · May 11, 2005, 01:25 PM // 13:25

Monk/Ranger is awesome PvE, sucks at PvP though.

Stephen Hawking · May 11, 2005, 01:52 PM // 13:52

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Originally Posted by Care Less

mo/warrior works well in PvP .. sucks for pve tho

I actually found the monk/war to be the best pve machine with smiting skills/zealot's fire, balt's spirit, cheap heal skills, and balanced stance for those annoying knockdown mobs. not to mention, you can get shield of judgement later and knock everything down flat.

Mainly using the warrior portion as a defensive measure with the other stuff, and with zealot's going, you can take down a near infinite amount of mobs as they're hitting you, and you're healing yourself, or dodging their attacks with monk skills.

kairusan · May 11, 2005, 03:19 PM // 15:19

Monk/Mesmer is nice for both pve and pvp

Raiddinn Beatdropper · May 11, 2005, 03:23 PM // 15:23

The best monk I know is Monk/War.

He.... Well Ill just say what his char can do, with him at the wheel, impressed me far beyond what any other monk has.

Tsunamii Starshine

wucc · May 11, 2005, 04:32 PM // 16:32

pretty much anything goes well with monk, I suggest being anything BUT a war/mo or mo/war because that is WAY WAY to overdone.

Mila · May 11, 2005, 04:35 PM // 16:35

I like my Mo/Me character. As a straight up healer, the only Mesmer skills I use are those that steal energy from the enemy. I use them a lot.

jeffy · May 11, 2005, 04:37 PM // 16:37

I am currently using E/Mo .. its pretty fun in PVP

Whats PVE ?

Nash · May 11, 2005, 04:40 PM // 16:40

Any. They all have some options to add to a Monk.

Mo/R: Draw Conditions with Melandru's Resilience
Mo/E: Obsidian Flesh, Armor of Earth, Glyphs
Mo/Me: Channeling, Inspired Hex
Mo/W: Bonetti's Defense, "Watch Yourself!"
Mo/N: Offering of Blood

Rasp · May 11, 2005, 05:07 PM // 17:07

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Originally Posted by DarkParrot

Monk/Ranger is awesome PvE, sucks at PvP though.

I tried that, and it really isn't that great (if you're using a pet).

Imagine being in a big lure, then your pet dies because you're trying to keep the other players alive. (ALL your skills become unuseable for a few seconds, long enough for your party to start dropping)

After this, I quickly deleted that character. I only wanted /Ranger for the pet.

I'm personally using an E/Mo. That way I can be a DD or a healer, depending on the situation, with just a few attribute points redistribution.

Jana · May 11, 2005, 05:52 PM // 17:52

Q: "What class goes well with monk?"

A: Yes

Jana

School Teacher · May 11, 2005, 06:06 PM // 18:06

I really recommend Mesmer because you can steal energy and keep on healing.

kerpow · May 11, 2005, 06:20 PM // 18:20

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Originally Posted by Rikto

What class goes well with monk other than mesmer? or is mesmer the best choice?

Try to explain what playstyle is the most fun for you.

What do you want to do with this character? What types of characters have you enjoyed in other games?

You won't find a X + Y = OMGBBQ. You will find a lot of X + Y = amazing if you like to do Z.

Epinephrine · May 11, 2005, 07:04 PM // 19:04

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Originally Posted by Jana

Q: "What class goes well with monk?"

A: Yes

Jana

Gotta agree. Monks go with everything, like a pint of beer. Mmmmm.... Monk Beer.... garglgargle

Rikto · May 11, 2005, 08:46 PM // 20:46

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Originally Posted by kerpow

Try to explain what playstyle is the most fun for you.

What do you want to do with this character? What types of characters have you enjoyed in other games?

You won't find a X + Y = OMGBBQ. You will find a lot of X + Y = amazing if you like to do Z.

I like to be able to do some damage as well as heal, my other character is a W/Mo. For my monk though I want to heal more than do damage though. I dont like only being able to heal good and totally sucking at everything else.

kerpow · May 11, 2005, 09:25 PM // 21:25

Well if you want to heal as your primary role then you'll want a secondary that supports that or, at the very least, doesn't interfere with that role.

Stay away from ranger/warrior secondaries if you want to be a primary healer since using many of their abilities would interfere with your role as healer. Pet dies then your skills lock; marksmanship without expertise; getting into melee when it's generally not a place you want to be.....

Elementalist sounds good but the mindset you'll want to be in as a healer is totally different than the mindset you'll be in as a damage dealer. You want more fire and forget type abilties from your secondary than Elementalist can give you so that you can go back to watching health bars.

Mesmer secondary is a great choice largely because of energy regen options but you wanted other options soooo....

Necro!

My feeling is that in PvP the only person exploiting corpses (via Necro powers) should be the monk. He is already making sure his allies are alive and won't risk exploiting an ally's corpse if he can raise it. With a Mo/N you can play a full support role with the standard monk fare and some very cool corpse exploiting powers (Wells, teleporting, healing, energy regen) to help your team and defend yourself while preventing enemy resses.

I'm doing a N/Mo using the that mindset. (I would do Mo/N but I don't like the look of the Monk)

christy2703 · May 11, 2005, 09:37 PM // 21:37

I would go E/mo for alot of energy the ability to keep healing. and if you get bored of that switch to fire based magic and burn em down.

thats what i do i can have the best of both worlds =)

build 1 = alot of heals

build 2 = alot of damage just depends on what you want to do at that time =)

audioaxes · May 12, 2005, 06:12 AM // 06:12

kinda on topic but what should i put my att points in to be a healing specialist?
right now ive been putting them in divine favor and healing