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Guild Wars Guru · Jul 22, 2005, 09:44 PM // 21:44

You can view this database entry at: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/skill/186-protective-bond/.
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cookiehoarder · Jul 22, 2005, 09:44 PM // 21:44

Great skill if used right

Lasareth · Jul 22, 2005, 09:49 PM // 21:49

With monk main, a superior protection, +1 prot headpiece, and the +1 protection prayers icon outside of (I think) bloodstone fen, this spell's requirements can be downed to just 1 mp per hit.

Coupled with balthazar's spirit and/or essence bond, the cost can be eliminated altogether

Gedscho · Jul 22, 2005, 09:57 PM // 21:57

i guess there are forms of dmg that get reduced by the bond but NOT picked up by essence bond or life bond. ele dmg that is, i guess

so the trick with the no nrg loss might ONLY work on yourself.

still, a 1point loss bond is so.. so.. so.... :headbang:

Bry-Guy · Aug 01, 2005, 08:14 AM // 08:14

is there a quest that gives this skill

ZD_kusanagi · Aug 01, 2005, 08:15 AM // 08:15

no you buy it at maguuma stade

Dark Kanaye · Aug 05, 2005, 08:13 PM // 20:13

ok, I'm confused. I just got this skill and cast it on myself, but it doesn't seem to be blocking any damage at all, and doesn't drain energy when I get hit. So what exactly does it do?

EmperorTippy · Aug 05, 2005, 08:20 PM // 20:20

It does exactly what it is supposed to but if the damage delt to you is less than 5% your max life nothing happens. Only whe nyou would be hit for mor than 5% of your max life does Protective Bond kick in

JoDiamonds · Aug 05, 2005, 08:42 PM // 20:42

Exactly what Emperor Tippy said. The reason it's useful is because it makes sure the target doesn't take a large hit, and it can block arbitrarily large amounts of damage. If someone has 300 health, 5% of that is 15. If that person gets hit for 5,000 damage while Protective Bond is on them, they'll only take 15 damage (and the monk will lose some energy).

Due to the energy requirements, if you want to run more than a couple of these you'll need some pretty commited ways to get back energy (i.e. Blessed Signet, Blood Offering, etc.)

Dark Kanaye · Aug 05, 2005, 11:03 PM // 23:03

Ohhh, ok, thanks.

Mercury Angel · Aug 07, 2005, 08:01 PM // 20:01

Current skill icon-

MentalMidgit · Aug 08, 2005, 06:11 AM // 06:11

would this skill be good for an ele/monk farmer with essence bod and ether renewal???

Aug 08, 2005, 06:36 AM // 06:36

thats one of the original applications of it

acidleak · Aug 08, 2005, 11:01 PM // 23:01

question: does this reduce damage from sacrifice spells? because prot spirit doesnt, but it is worded differently from this. would like to know... trying to make a sac nuker build

Aug 08, 2005, 11:18 PM // 23:18

Skill description wordings have to be taken into account here. Usually anything that says "damage" can be reduced by Prot bond. Sac spells while some may state they do damage, will just have a "lose x amount of HP" condition that should ignore prot bond. However a lot of these are based on Max HP so if it's a 105hp monks build the HP loss is going to hurt anyway.

wulf_18 · Aug 11, 2005, 04:47 AM // 04:47

now how do you get this down to 1 energy, i've seen it done before but i never asked how

JoDiamonds · Aug 11, 2005, 06:08 PM // 18:08

12 attribute + 1 headpiece +3 rune +1 from an item

The item is the misleading part -- you need to get something that says, "+1 Protection Prayers (20%) chance", and keep casting it until you end up having a 17 attribute level, which you'll know because Protective Bond will say it only takes 1 energy.

Yellow_lid · Aug 11, 2005, 08:21 PM // 20:21

nice Jo! You are a Genius!!!

wulf_18 · Aug 11, 2005, 10:12 PM // 22:12

thx jo, now i can get my damn friends to help me tank in UW

wulf_18 · Aug 11, 2005, 10:14 PM // 22:14

do you know where i can find an item like that, (from a collector or weapons seller)