Curse

sh4ft3d · Feb 17, 2006, 10:56 PM // 22:56

Has anyone thought of using sura of the lich for even more tanking power? Just thought of it, and i wondered if it is a feasible buff.

Aura of the Lich {E}
For 15-39 seconds, your maximum health is halved, but you take half damage from all sources
When aura of the lich ends, you gain 50-202 health

10 energy, 2 sec.s cast, 20 recharge

Would this have a double benefit? Protective Spirit would reduce the damage to 10% of what would then be 22 health, limiting the damage to 2, while aura of the lich would half that damage to 1. Am I right about this? I am currently in the process of creating my own 55 monk.

cerb · Feb 17, 2006, 11:01 PM // 23:01

Yes you are. However, the thing is: if you use AotL, you are using your elite skill so you cannot take SB, SS or SoJ.

sh4ft3d · Feb 17, 2006, 11:22 PM // 23:22

My apologies. This idea was not primarily for soloing, but for duo UW farming and such.

Masochistic Maniac · Feb 17, 2006, 11:30 PM // 23:30

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Originally Posted by sh4ft3d

10 energy, 2 sec.s cast, 20 recharge

A 2 second cast time would be an annoying factor for a noob as myself, but I guess a pro could pull this build off no sweat. It would be interesting to see if this would really work as others have verified. If this did work, then I bet you could replace healing breeze with watchful spirit again. In fact, wouldn't it be just like the good ol' days of protective bond?

babygrinder · Feb 17, 2006, 11:49 PM // 23:49

ive seen this build work, i dont like it simply becuase SB makes tanking so easy

Riceboi · Feb 21, 2006, 08:58 AM // 08:58

Did Anet lower the cast time on AoTL because I could of bet money that it use to be a 3 second cast time?

cerb · Feb 21, 2006, 11:58 AM // 11:58

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Originally Posted by sh4ft3d

My apologies. This idea was not primarily for soloing, but for duo UW farming and such.

It would be even worse, because you couldn't take care of nightmares unless you brought an interrupt or something. (Don't get me wrong, nightmares will sometime die in three wand hits) In that case, it would be even slower than with a normal prot spirit build.