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Jordaan · Aug 17, 2005, 12:06 AM // 00:06

Does the 2 points in tactics help in the amount of damage you may or may not recieve?

kleps · Aug 17, 2005, 12:17 AM // 00:17

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Originally Posted by Jordaan

Does the 2 points in tactics help in the amount of damage you may or may not recieve?

probably wont make much of a difference except increase the duration of bonetti's.

Darksci · Aug 17, 2005, 12:24 AM // 00:24

the 2 in tactics is to increase the time for bonetti's

personally i usually make it higher since 1 point in smiting above 10 doesn't make a big deal. i'd rather get the 2seconds extra for bonetti's (i play it safe)

PhAnToM · Aug 17, 2005, 12:40 AM // 00:40

Isn't it only one extra second?

Therm · Aug 17, 2005, 11:19 AM // 11:19

Im sorry if there was such a question like mine but i have no time to read all of those posts. Which armor is the best for solo? I got all runes needed (2x protection, healing and divine- all superior) and i would like to buy full ascetic set from droknars with +1 protection scalp. Is it ok or i should better buy some other armor? The second question- where exactly i could find the collector with Protection Prayers +1 (20% Chance while using skills) icon?

miteethor · Aug 17, 2005, 11:54 AM // 11:54

This is all in the thread if you would just read it. If you have time to play this game then you obviously DO have time to read.

Dazzler · Aug 17, 2005, 01:54 PM // 13:54

Yes no friggin crap. If you don't have time to read the thread, which takes ALOT less time that it took for people to post to it, then go away and don't ask us any more questions. Someone posted a friggin map to the collector. If you had even bothered to flip through the pages you would have seen it.

@tanwarv: Hey maybe you should look into Zackile's idea: Since Bonetti's is not performing for you, try swapping it for Blessed Aura. You'll get another pip of E degeneration, but your BA and SOJ once cast will last ALOT longer. And if you need to save some E, after you cast BA and SoJ, cancel the Blessed Aura so it does not drain your E for no purpose. I dunno though, it might be too much of a drain on the E to use. Actually since you are not getting hit enough to generate E, perhaps you should deactivate Balth. Spirit and use Blessed Aura instead in this situation? I dunno worth a thought at least.

Therm · Aug 17, 2005, 02:00 PM // 14:00

Ok ok sry... It s becouse of my laziness :P I ll try to find these informations on my own. Everyone s happy?

tanwarv · Aug 17, 2005, 02:37 PM // 14:37

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Originally Posted by tanwarv

First of all, thanks miteethor for a great build.

I've been fairly successful using it in the UW. I've been trying to use it in FoW and keep running into energy issues against shadow monks/shadow warriors in particular. Right now, I have 48 energy with flat regen. I can cast SoJ, then balth aura, and I'm down to 8. I cast blessed signet and I can get back up to around 20. However, SoJ is not recharged yet, and I don't have enough energy to cast aura again, so I have to wait; meanwhile the targets heal too quickly. If I'm getting hit fast enough I can cast bonetti's, but all to often I'm not getting hit often enough.

I was thinking... would it be dangerous to switch to temporarily switch to either a +15 energy / -1 regen wand or +27/-1 focus (or even both)? As long as I keep my energy above zero, my enchants should stay up, and I think I should net about 34 more energy that way.

I'll try this out tonight, but was curious if anyone else tried this...

I tried this in FoW last night and it worked fine, but it requires very careful energy management. I ended up turning off the +2 health regen so I could keep the extra energy without worry, and this worked fine in FoW (fewer enemies to face at once). It was also nice to be able to run SoJ and Balth's Aura pretty much every time they recharged. Still, I'll need an interupt skill to take down those monks in a reasonable time... Any recommendations on skill? (I'm sorry if I'm not familiar with the Warrior skillset. If it matters, I'm wielding a sword...)

Sentinel · Aug 17, 2005, 03:02 PM // 15:02

Savage slash: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/skill/109-savage-slash

Not sure which skill you'll replace with that one though.... You need the +2 reg for when you face the elementalists.

capitalist · Aug 17, 2005, 03:17 PM // 15:17

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Originally Posted by Darksci

the 2 in tactics is to increase the time for bonetti's

personally i usually make it higher since 1 point in smiting above 10 doesn't make a big deal. i'd rather get the 2seconds extra for bonetti's (i play it safe)

16 smiting = 21 seconds of SoJ with 53dmg/knockdown
2 tactics = 6 seconds of bonetti's which is more than enough to recharge.

Dazzler · Aug 17, 2005, 09:09 PM // 21:09

Skull Crack would be great - hit him once with it and he will be interrupted on just about all spells for the next 15 seconds.

tanwarv · Aug 17, 2005, 10:31 PM // 22:31

Yep... skull crack would be nice, but it's elite, so I'd have to live without SoJ (no thanks). I think replacing my Watchful Spirit with Savage slash would so the trick vs those shadow monks and warriors. Thanks Sentinel.

TideSwayer · Aug 18, 2005, 02:11 AM // 02:11

Forget the +8 energy, Prot +1 (20%) icon. That map given seems like there's a bit of a walk to get there.

The +10 energy version of it is located at the collector just outside the Bloodstone Fen mission in Maguuma. He takes 5 Jungle Troll Tusks and the Jungle Trolls are right behind him in that zone, so you can farm them for tusks yourself. These trolls are level 14 I think so any monk can just load up on smiting and take these on all night (or until you get 5).

PhAnToM · Aug 18, 2005, 07:12 AM // 07:12

People don't use it for the energy, its just for the protection +1 and since it has +30 hp, its pretty useless during combat.

skeeo · Aug 18, 2005, 08:34 AM // 08:34

hi, just wondering where you can get the -50hp offhand focus item?

Edit: I have read most of the posts, i just took the cities of ascalon quest and in the rewards section, it only has focus items with energy but no -hp. Just wondering if u can still get it?>

Age · Aug 18, 2005, 09:00 AM // 09:00

You can also use wary stance if you want savage slash sounds nice.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/skill/93-wary-stance

Then there is this one

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/skill/8...iplined-stance

Xomah of Denyle · Aug 18, 2005, 10:55 AM // 10:55

Quite interresting build ye got there, miteethor.

You based it on 55Hps (105-50). That offhand is now out of the game (or so i hear), is there another item(s) that give -5HPs.
Alternatively, what are the odds this build will work fine with 105HPs?

miteethor · Aug 18, 2005, 11:20 AM // 11:20

It's not out of the game. Do the quest and you will get the item. It just doesn't list it as the reward but its there

Xomah of Denyle · Aug 18, 2005, 12:11 PM // 12:11

Cool I'll give it a try. Still haven't answered the second part of my question though.