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Angel Of Balthazar · May 09, 2009, 09:57 AM // 09:57

hi,

this is an emergency thread : i'm bad (really bad against two melees which can spike both) at proting, but i want to get better. i need gwgurus experts to help me! learn me how to prot, i'll do my best!

thanks a lot. a+

Will Holden · May 09, 2009, 11:18 AM // 11:18

See a hammer flying towards somebody's face, you prot that person, the war then runs towards somebody else, you prot that person....

Practice makes perfect.

Grim Aragorn · May 09, 2009, 02:52 PM // 14:52

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Originally Posted by Angel Of Balthazar

i need gwgurus experts to help me! a+

i loled.....

Ariena Najea · May 09, 2009, 03:16 PM // 15:16

There are a few things to consider while being a Protection Monk:

You do not react, you anticipate by watching the battlefield
If you do not manage your energy, your team will die
Your job is to prevent bars from falling, not bring them up
Set priorities, if your Healer goes down, so might the rest of your team
If you are running [[Restore Condition] or [[Life Sheath], you are likely the only source of Condition Removal

These are the basics. The rest you'll need to learn from experience, such as when to let an overextended ally die, or against what teams to use which skills in order.

dr love · May 09, 2009, 06:09 PM // 18:09

first of all, i'm only r6 so i'm no pro but...

as i see it, your job is to follow those 2 melees with your eyes and preprot (guardian, SoA, aura for the infuse, LS for a quickie prot)

generally don't use spirit bond unless the team you are facing is a spike or has someone that consistently hits/casts for over 60 dmg. so you should mostly be using guardian, SoA and LS. aura is usually saved for your infuse if anything is chasing him that could knock him down. but it could also be used against BB sins cause they spike hard if they KD a target.

i still have trouble keeping up with more than 2 frontliners. i start to redbar more and just try and watch myself and the infuse to preprot or any other key target like the ghost.

if there are no frontliners, redbar away, except if its Rspike, then u gotta follow one of the rangers and preprot before his arrow spike lands.

someone recommended a good practice to me. go to AB or RA and close your party window (redbars). now only pay attention to who's dealing damage and prot before they reach a target. this will change your perspective to be a better prot

Icy The Mage · May 09, 2009, 06:18 PM // 18:18

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Originally Posted by Ariena Najea

You do not react, you anticipate by watching the battlefield

If you are going to listen to one thing, anything at all, listen to this.

Reverend Dr · May 10, 2009, 03:22 AM // 03:22

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Originally Posted by Ariena Najea

You do not react, you anticipate by watching the battlefield

Also agreeing that if you do just one thing, do this. Turn off the party window, it helps.

If you do two things, do that and keep your melee's clean.

jaximus · May 10, 2009, 04:26 AM // 04:26

start small, if you pve, monk with the party bar off, do jq/faw with no party bar, watch npcs and stuff and get good at clicking on people. then go ra with no party window(turn chat off too so you dont get discouraged). get comfortable without it. then try it again with the bar up. youll want the bar up just in case you dont see a hex/deep wound by looking around. when you play comfortably without the party bar, when you bring the bar back you seem to be even better.

as for ha, if they have two melee, pick one to concentrate on, and have the other monk keep an eye on the other. try and figure their caller, and watch him. make sure you know about where the other warrior is, but make sure you at least know where one is. when starting out, its easy get in the mindset you have to watch both, but then you lose both and your team dies. concentrate on one, and at least youll be halfway there.

youre prot, dont red bar. if you have to spam your skills, chances are youre doing it wrong. watch warriors and guardian their targets. otherwise its ls/rof against caster damage. try to tell yourself 10-15 energy per spike at most. ls/rof + guardian and the rest is the heal monk. ls/rof + spirit bond if its a hard spike and you dont have time for guardian. you dont want to spam. if the other team draws out more than 10 for normal damage/adrenal unloads, then they will grind you down and youll lose.

with that said though, its also partly on your teammates. they should learn to kite, sit on shield sets to reduce damage, have the proper insignias, and know how to play their bars defensively.

have the proper weapon sets. know when to use your enchant staff for guardian if youre not in a great spot to channel tank, if youre in a spot where youre safe and getting a good energy return, go to the 40/40 set to pump out prots.

some guy · May 15, 2009, 05:29 PM // 17:29

DO NOT RED BAR

watch positioning of enemy wars instead.

Turning off the red bar to get into the groove of watching the battlefield. Of course turn it back on since it is ur SECONDARY source of telling where damage is coming from.

sarra june · May 22, 2009, 09:57 PM // 21:57

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Originally Posted by dbulger

first of all, i'm only r6 so i'm no pro but...

as i see it, your job is to follow those 2 melees with your eyes and preprot (guardian, SoA, aura for the infuse, LS for a quickie prot)

generally don't use spirit bond unless the team you are facing is a spike or has someone that consistently hits/casts for over 60 dmg. so you should mostly be using guardian, SoA and LS. aura is usually saved for your infuse if anything is chasing him that could knock him down. but it could also be used against BB sins cause they spike hard if they KD a target.

i still have trouble keeping up with more than 2 frontliners. i start to redbar more and just try and watch myself and the infuse to preprot or any other key target like the ghost.

if there are no frontliners, redbar away, except if its Rspike, then u gotta follow one of the rangers and preprot before his arrow spike lands.

someone recommended a good practice to me. go to AB or RA and close your party window (redbars). now only pay attention to who's dealing damage and prot before they reach a target. this will change your perspective to be a better prot

I'm also not perfect but this is a solid, concise little how to on prot monking. The one-sentence how-to on protting is definitely follow a frontline around and preprot what looks like it will damage, but i'd say this is the strongest <500 words I've seen

(gg dr :P)

Dpagona83 · Jun 11, 2009, 07:23 PM // 19:23

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