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SF: condition/hex remover is a good idea

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Charcoal Ann
Charcoal Ann
Wilds Pathfinder
• #1
I went out into sorrows furnace with some henchies. i noticed the massive amount of conditions and hexes flying around.

am i the ONLY person who thinks that being a dedicated condition/hex remover is a good idea?

Big Jim is advertising himself as this and i just get: can you heal? or: r u prot??

no i bloody am not bloody prot!! i am what i advertised!!
no one seems to see the worth of this idea so i come here for reassurance...
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kleps
Wilds Pathfinder
• #2
Quote: Originally Posted by Charcoal Ann
I went out into sorrows furnace with some henchies. i noticed the massive amount of conditions and hexes flying around.

am i the ONLY person who thinks that being a dedicated condition/hex remover is a good idea?

Big Jim is advertising himself as this and i just get: can you heal? or: r u prot??

no i bloody am not bloody prot!! i am what i advertised!!
no one seems to see the worth of this idea so i come here for reassurance... most people dont know that SF is conditions/hex central. i'm sure soon you'll see people advertising to be protectors/condition removers.
Aracos79
Aracos79
Krytan Explorer
• #3
Ha! I was psychic. I re-specced my E/Mo with some hefty points in Protection Prayers and included Convert Hexes and Mend Ailment. Muahahahaha... I am the second coming of Nostradumbass. :P
Shusky
Shusky
Lion's Arch Merchant
• #4
Exactly. I found myself operating under about 10 like 5 metres into it

But it was fun, after all
Dazzler
Dazzler
Krytan Explorer
• #5
so you are fully hex/condition removal with nothing else? The conditions just are not detimental enough to warrant a party member dedicated to their removal--it is not like the enemy is using Fragility. I really don't think you could pull your full weight like that.

I am running a Heal/Prot/Condition Removal. I am using Draw Conditions to keep people clean and healing/prot when they are not conditioned or when they are just getting spammed with Poison.
FrogDevourer
FrogDevourer
on a GW break until C4
• #6
Thread renamed to be clearer.
Aracos79
Aracos79
Krytan Explorer
• #7
Nah the rest is fire magic. I'm not sure yet what the best element to use in SF is so I went with the old standby.
ElderAtronach
ElderAtronach
Wilds Pathfinder
• #8
I run a boon prot monk for SF, and I use contemplation of purity, mend condition, remove/smite hex, with E-Drain for energy management. I also have aegis, reversal, and guardian, so I do my share of prot. It's working wonders so far, I've not had much problems with hexes at all. The heretics are a peice of cake
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Jamski
Academy Page
• #9
I've been warning friendlist and guildmate monks to take Smite Hex and Mend Condition, and to stay well back themselves. Oh and Remove Hex or Inspired Hex or Shatter Hex too.
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audioaxes
Jungle Guide
• #10
Cant sit there all day removing hexes when people are getting hurt and rehexed easily. Mend ailment/Mend condition are good cuz you get healing bonuses. Dwayne's Kiss is your breadmaker here. Spam on vig spirit as a prebuff use dwayne's kiss on someone who has a hex and enchant on them: almost always a 90-130 +divine favor heal.
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Jamski
Academy Page
• #11
Oh god, don't put enchantments on people down there unless you hate them and you think Shatter Enchantments is a kind of icecream. Spam Smite Hex every 15 seconds accross 3 monks and you'll be amazed at the AoE damage you can pop out. Or heal them with Dwayna's and ~then~ Smite the hex.
lg5000
lg5000
Jungle Guide
• #12
The biggest problem as a healer is if you take Lina as prot. monk, cause then your skill bar needs mend aliment(sp?) or something similar, and a hex removal wouldn't be out of place either... seems she doesn't carry either though... as for sorrow's furnace, haven't gotten there quite yet thanks for the warning.
Tactical-Dillusions
Tactical-Dillusions
Desert Nomad
• #13
I predicted this.
I deliberately set my monk for protection a week before the update.

If anyone can solo these areas, they must be owed a congratulations. ArenaNet have made sure that their most difficult area is indeed just that.
Mercury Angel
Mercury Angel
Avatar of Gwen
• #14
No hench ever carries hex removal or condition removal in the entire game. At all.

Edit: Just making a point. It's rather annoying.

"I'm suffering from Weakness!"
*Alesia casts Healing Breeze on you*

...

Gee thanks.

"I have Backfire on me!"

*Lina casts Shield of Regeneration on you*

Umm, yeah...

They only use 5-6 out of their 8 skill slots, you'd think they could squeeze in hex/condition removal =\
R
Rossaroni
Academy Page
• #15
Convert Hexes, Remove Hex, Martyr, Mend Ailment. Use the other 4 slots for prot skills.
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salja Wachi
Banned
• #16
well shield of regen is an excellent spell lol i would take it all the time
Charcoal Ann
Charcoal Ann
Wilds Pathfinder
• #17
shield of regen is a stays in play kinda spell. not a god idea with the... whatever the arcanists are called now roaming around. i have dropped breeze for the first time in my time on GW. i am taking your advice and going for a prot build with lotsa ailment removal stuff.
Aegis is so beautiful. especially when i Arcane echo it : P
Elena
Elena
Desert Nomad
• #18
might be me but i noticed some necro enchantment ripping going on aswell
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Tourist
Frost Gate Guardian
• #19
Man, I REALLY need to hurry up and get my Me/E into SF....Shatter Hex, awww yeh.
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Louis Ste Colombe
Academy Page
• #20
A pure hex remover, nope... But to have good hew removal and know what to remove yes.

The 2 major ways:

- monk with convert/remove hex

- mesmer with shatter (and hexbreaker for Me secondaries... I guess Wa/xx heading to SF might need to respec to /Me and take hex breaker)

More than that would be overkill. Or drop a Nature renawal with an interrupt mesmer?

Louis,