Curse

Enigmatics · Jun 30, 2005, 08:19 PM // 20:19

Yeah monks have high divine favor which makes them more suited to counter spike damage.

Bango Skank · Jul 04, 2005, 02:08 AM // 02:08

I play a Mo/Me which gets a lot of compliments in groups (PvE only). Not for the obvious reason that I am a healer, but rather the skilled way that I use my heals and always being there "right on time". I only have 3 healing spells I use at the moment: Healing Breeze, Orison of Healing and Heal Other. I use what I call Battle Triage to decide who needs what heal and can take in a combat situation very quickly. Many average healers will freak and heal the first significant health drop they see, not taking into account it is a Ranger who took two hits and is now in no danger - this quickly leads to having 0 energy. On the rare occasion when I have another monk in the group, I spend far too much time healing that player as they are out of energy and not using good tactical sense. I don't bother with heal party because the energy used versus the healing effect is simply not worth it in my case. Two heal party spells drops my energy by 30, when I could have used a Healing Breeze and Heal Other on two players that really needed the heals for 20 energy and a much, much stronger heal.

Two invaluable skills from the Mesmer Secondary I always use are Energy Tap and Inspired Hex (energy tap+remove hex!) and they are both only 5 energy each. Skill #6 is Physical Resistance for when enemies sneak by my tanks and decide they want a piece of me. On a sidenote, this is why handing off aggro to your tanks is such a valued skill, and an integral part of healing strategy. I switch out slot 6 often with neccessary skills based on the mission needs.

Slots 7+8 are for Rebirth (rez is mandatory, after all) and the Almighty Divine Boon. I have this enchantment up 95% of the time, making one heal go a very long way. Heal Other combined with Divine Boon and the DF bonus is currently 225+ per heal. Healing Breeze with these bonuses makes a great heal+ regen. Yes, it takes 2 more energy off monk spells, but with strategy and energy management a good healer can compensate for these things. Because of the way I play, I very rarely have to ping "My Energy is 2 of 49," etc.

Granted, there are other healing skills out there I have yet to obtain like Healing Touch and Word of Healing, and on specific missions I know what I have to swap out. But using only these three heals, combined with Battle Triage, I'm healing the right people at the right time. Always. And that's what it's all about.

-Bango Skank awaits the King