Curse

murphyj · Apr 04, 2006, 09:53 PM // 21:53

Ok so I have a lvl 13 Mo/E and I have ambitions of making him a 55hp Monk. I have Asthetics Droks armour and am making my way west through the shiverpeaks into Kryta

Today however I gave my monk 2 superior runes (healing and Divine favour). He makes a damn good healer but he drops like a fly now since he is 150hp less than normal.

So what do I do, I feel my monk has become rather useless and I'm feeling bad about it. Can I change my skills and stuff so I become invincible like 55hp or am I truly screwed?

All help Appreciated

derrtyboy69 · Apr 04, 2006, 10:00 PM // 22:00

You can buy a new peice of armor to replace the sup runes (you did have the cash to buy the sup in the first place) Also, prot spirit will reduce the dmg you take to 15, although degen will pwn you.

Rayne Nightfyre · Apr 04, 2006, 10:06 PM // 22:06

You do know that the 55 build is intended for solo farming, right? You should obviously have another set of armor that is your normal in-group set. So keep your 55 build, but get another set of armor, whether it's crafted at Droknar's or from the Desert collectors. I doubt the people you party with would be pleased knowing you're running a 55-HP build.

Also search this site for the concept behind the 55 build, so you'll better understand why low health works. Protection Spirit makes you receive 10% damage of your max health, so if your max health is only 55, you'll receive 5 damage per hit with that enchantment up. Healing Breeze is also essential to keep your regen up so you can withstand the constant damage.

baz777 · Apr 05, 2006, 08:34 AM // 08:34

I think he was just trying to increase his healing ability with the sup runes and ended up with a healer/55 bastardisation by mistake.

Jiao Yang · Apr 05, 2006, 08:39 AM // 08:39

If you have changed your mind and want to stay as a healer with those 2 superior runes on you could put a superior vigor on and use Brohns staff to give +110 health.
But if you still want a 55hp monk, buy Lions arch asthetics (cheap) and salvage one of the Droks armour pieces that has a superior rune you dont want on it. Use that towards your 55hp if you get it, and buy a new droks piece that you salvaged.

Caged Fury · Apr 05, 2006, 10:33 AM // 10:33

I would get some replacement armour pieces and keep hold of the ones with the superior runes in inventory. They can be the 55 armour later. If you can't get any Droknar replacement armour (no idea what gold/crafting material you have available) then any armour will do for the time being, and upgrade them when you can. You'll have less armour on two body parts, but at least you have the maximum health for your level. Just start to kiting when you're in danger.

xiaokai · Apr 05, 2006, 10:47 AM // 10:47

i can buy a minor runed and replace it wit a sup to get every thing bak to normal

Bloodied Blade · Apr 05, 2006, 10:56 AM // 10:56

Except that if you replace a rune, you lose the rune that you replaced.

But ya, normally you use the 55 build to solo farm things that don't do a lot of degen, and you have a set of armor for teaming.

I would suggest the Lion's Arch tattoos for 55ing (since it seems that the Droks tattoos are going to be your normal armor) and you can use your Droks tattoos for normal-monking.

Or, you could simply die to low hp and farm hydras outside of Augury with Zealot's Fire until you got some cash...it's what I did.

If you really are *broke*, the nicer people might be willing to donate 1-2k to you to help you out (Come on guys, it's not like we don't have money falling out of our ears right now...).

I reccomend the dying and hydra farming, since hydras drop rather well (I generally find 1-2 golds and 1-3 purples each run, with a lot of blues).

Phoenix Arrows · Apr 06, 2006, 02:32 AM // 02:32

Heres a tip:

If adding a Superior Rune to your armor, add it to the headpiece, because desert collectors have pretty much all the headpieces and they are exactly like those at Droknar's Forge (except you can't salvage them and they look a bit different).

Or, get Lion's Arch armor and use that for now.

For 55 Solo-Farming, your armor level really doesn't matter. It's more about the energy, as Protective Spirit will lower the damage to 5. Some people use pre-searing armor for the fun of it.

Murk · Apr 07, 2006, 11:43 AM // 11:43

GO level till LVL 20, then buy 3 more runes and your done.

Or buy 2 more runes and your done cause you have 140hp less on LVL 13
LVL 20 = 480hp
LVL 13 = 340hp main, use 4 Superior Runes and you and up having 40hp

Get LVL 14 and use the -50 offhand you have 10hp
Make sure to have 9+ Healing Prayers and the rest in Protecting and Smiting.

If you level up higher use another Superior Rune to keep your hp as low as possible.

OR buy new armor pieces and become LVL 20 first.

Good luck