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First you need 5 monk superior runes worth 2-6 platinum each i cant remember price (get the cheapest one twice) and put them onto ascetics armour(I advise lions arch because its cheaper and armour level isnt needed).
Once you have done that you need a grim cesta which gives your health -50.
Also a good thing to help is a sword / axe or any 1 handed weapon that gives enchantments 18 - 20% longer(I use the Rajazans Fervor but a cheaper alternative is the totem axe)
then you need the attribute points
9 Healing
16 Smiting
11 Protection
4 Divine Favour (spare attribs)
7 Tactics(requires mo/w)

Now you need the skills:
Protective Spirit (need on at all times when fighting or you die)
Healing Breeze (too stay alive duh).
Bonetti's Defence (gets tons of energy and avoid attacks).
Holy Strike /stonesoul strike (factions) (use with SoJ, when you use they take 58 dmg if they are knocked down when they receive its an extra 58, hard to time on hydra though).
Sheild of Judgement{elite} (to deal damage) {soj}.
Zealots Fire (for dealing damage when you cast prot spirit and healing breeze {as soon as they recharge}).
Mending(for extra health support).
Balthazaars Spirit( you get 1 energy and adrenalin every time you get attacked).



How To Kill Enemies:
1. Cast your upkeep spells(Mending + Balths)
2. Cast Prot Spirit then lure enemies.
3. Cast Zealots fire.
4. Cast Healing Breeze.
5. Cast SoJ then when the enemy is on floor cast holy strike for 58 dmg x 2.
6. Make Sure you upkeep Prot Spirit and Healing Breeze.
7. Use Bonetti's Defence when SoJ ends for energy regeneration + if an essential skill is interrupted using bonettis might make you survive.

Where To Farm:
I farm the Mountain Trolls in the cave in Talus Chute (run past the Avicara they take too long to kill and arnt worth it), once you killed the Trolls kill Krogg Shmush as he is the easyer boss to kill out of the 2 there then teleport back to Droknars.
An Alternative is killing the Hydra outside of Augury Rock although i havnt tried killing them there yet or you could kill the Desert Griffons in The Scar.


Thanks for reading,
The Manly Monk

P.S the only reason im posting here is i got a pm saying there are build like it but my build only has 2 upkeeps and uses other spells like holy strike to speed up the farming

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  Andros Skycleaver on 07/25/06 22:35

i like the thought of only 2 upkeeps im gonna have to try it out! it should make thing killing alot quicker

w00t first coment

  mrguildboi on 07/25/06 22:52

Holy Strike wouldn't be effective against Hydra's because they cant get knocked down, but nice build. Tbh, I'd still use Blessed Aura and Essence Bond.

  laggy on 07/26/06 01:19

ok, first thing : Holy strike is only good against Krogg Shmush because he can outlast SoJ, but he's only one enemy.

Second thing: 55 monks usually have 1 upkeep, but can be used without any upkeeps, balths give all the energy you need, most enemies die around the same time so your never really left fighting one or two (exception of bosses)

and third: Why sacfrifice around 30% longer enchants by not having Blessed spirit. Holy Strike isnt AoE or an area spell.

Unless this build is for killing Krogg, it's taking a step back.

  Vicky the merchant on 07/26/06 04:44

plus they normally get up from knockdown before Holy strike hits


  Outlaw Rose on 07/26/06 04:49
 
Preeeeetty

  GodMode on 07/26/06 08:32

sweetness another soj 55 monk build...to bad i'm done 55ing :(

  the manly monk on 07/26/06 13:05

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ok, first thing : Holy strike is only good against Krogg Shmush because he can outlast SoJ, but he's only one enemy.


holy strike is jsut there for extra support on killing enemies just to speed it up a little bit

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Second thing: 55 monks usually have 1 upkeep, but can be used without any upkeeps, balths give all the energy you need, most enemies die around the same time so your never really left fighting one or two (exception of bosses)


ok find me one build on this site thats 55hp that only has 1 upkeep....


  the manly monk on 07/26/06 13:06

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plus they normally get up from knockdown before Holy strike hits

no they dont, as soon as you see them go to attack you strike and it hits the 53 from SoJ then 58 + 58 from holy strike, you just need to time it right

  CaptainBobby on 07/26/06 14:02

This is the slowest killing 55hp monk build. If you really want to make money, you need to be able to kill the trolls, hydras, and minos faster than this.

  the manly monk on 07/26/06 14:16

wth are you on about, this build is fast...

  bandit_jin on 07/26/06 15:03

im just thinkinh, u know how we cant kill the ranger boss in 55 build. why not go mo/r, and bring along eoe, u can aggro the main cave and the side cave he is in. the eoe bomb should kil him . ne ?

THANK YOU  wootworthy on 07/26/06 15:18

thank you i had been looking around i now have 2 to try out :D

  the manly monk on 07/26/06 15:36

no prob wootworthy,

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im just thinkinh, u know how we cant kill the ranger boss in 55 build. why not go mo/r, and bring along eoe, u can aggro the main cave and the side cave he is in. the eoe bomb should kil him . ne ?


why dont you just kill krogg shmush he drops easily and drops good results (+ you need /w for bonetti's unless ranger has an energy regen spell)

  mrguildboi on 07/26/06 17:31

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and third: Why sacfrifice around 30% longer enchants by not having Blessed spirit. Holy Strike isnt AoE or an area spell.


Blessed Spirit? and i never said Holy Strike was an AoE. i said that it wont be effective cause hydras dont get knocked down. which means you dont get the extra hit/damage. Because the manly monk says you can also farm hydras. just saying that it really work.

  the manly monk on 07/26/06 17:34

yeah hydra dont fall over but its still 58 dmg every 8 seconds for only 5 energy, you might want a different smiting non AoE spell for hydra if you can find one though

  the manly monk on 07/26/06 17:36

oh and by blessed spirit i think he means blessed aura, which is another upkeep so its not that good since you dont need it anyway.... (plus my build only has 4 divine favour increasing it would make the build less effective)

  Mother Nature on 07/26/06 20:02

IMO, it doesnt matter how many upkeeps you have as a 55 if you have essence bond and balths spirit, youre getting 2 energy a strike, so you could have as many upkeep enh on you as you wanted you would just keep getting the energy back. oh and actualy i think the orignal 55 monk build works much better because it's just more efficent for me and all i have to do is cast a few spells and i just watch them fall where in this you have to wait for them to get knocked down and then cast holy strike, which does no aoe damage. kind of pointless to me.

  Mother Nature on 07/26/06 20:06

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wth are you on about, this build is fast...

i'm sorry, but i can't not laugh at this comment i tried this build it kills much slower if anything holy strike is a waste of a skill slot, so no this build probaly kills the slowest you just can't admit the fact that just because you made a build doesn't mean it's the greatest in the game so get over it it sucks

  mrguildboi on 07/27/06 00:21

oh well i still use the
  • Protective Spirit
  • Shield of Judgment
  • Healing Breeze
  • Blessed Signet
  • Balthazar's Spirit
  • Essence Bond
  • Mending
  • Blessed Aura


build.. if you dont know how to maintain it, your fault :P its easy anyways. SoJ lasts for like 30 seconds

  jimr625 on 07/27/06 07:26

mrguildboi

Try taking away Balthazars Spirit and using zelots fire. Usually you don't need to have 2 regen per hit if you are taking on large groups (1 per hit x 12 creatures means 12 energy per attack) add to that the fact that you still have the one entergy regen. (And with Blessed signet you can add to that 9 energy per 10 sec so energy shouldn't be an issue)

But the best part is that you will get 33 damage on all adjacent foes each time you cast PS, SoJ, and HB. This really speeds things up for me.

This isn't anything new, just something you should give a try if you haven't.

  Soul Flame Monkey on 07/27/06 07:31

Sry to take you down, his build is bad... You need area of effect damage..

  jimr625 on 07/27/06 07:44

I don't understand why you say that. I bring and AoE skill form time to time but just as a finishing blow. AoE skills make the enemy's flee and that makes killing the enemy's take longer. I would rather keep the enemy's closer and hit them with SoJ, and Zelot's Fire continuously while they are in close. 75+/- damage every 2 seconds +/- for every creature you fight is pretty good damage without an AoE skill.

  CaptainBobby on 07/27/06 09:17

hey manly monk, we should meet up in droks later and I will show you the difference in speed between the normal build and your build.

  GodMode on 07/27/06 09:21

ever since the aoe fleeing update SoJ seems to be the more solid way to go.

who cares if the kills are a little slower...it still works.

  the manly monk on 07/27/06 10:42

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oh well i still use the 

Protective Spirit 
Shield of Judgment 
Healing Breeze 
Blessed Signet 
Balthazar's Spirit 
Essence Bond 
Mending 
Blessed Aura


build.. if you dont know how to maintain it, your fault :P its easy anyways. SoJ lasts for like 30 seconds

that wouldnt work very well with trolls because they interrupt blessed signet making it a 30 second recharge which isnt very good and you only have 1 damage dealer....



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hey manly monk, we should meet up in droks later and I will show you the difference in speed between the normal build and your build.


i would but this computer doesnt run guildwars, i recently moved to canada (4 weeks ago) dont move into my house untill august 18th get computer on the 21'st but not sure when i get internet connection, im just at a family freinds house on there computer, but when i do get it ill meet u lol



  CaptainBobby on 07/27/06 11:02

Dude, you only use blessed signet to regen before you enter the cave. Once in the cave, you have unlimited energy from essence bond and balthazars spirit. Dont you realize that?

/smacks head really hard

SoJ is more than plenty as a damage dealer when it last for 30 seconds.

/smacks head really hard again

  the manly monk on 07/27/06 12:11

look if you dont like my build, stop posting here, go out get a job your 22 years old ffs and all you do is stay on the forums complaining about people...

  CaptainBobby on 07/27/06 12:59

Haha I have a full time job where I sit in an office, typing up invoices and answering phones. I can even play Guild Wars on this computer if I want to. Also I volunteer at the local hospital as an EMT.

  jimr625 on 07/27/06 14:53

Dang monk. If you are giong to post a build you better be ready for the criticism that comes along with it. Most people are trying to be helpful and in his own way that's what Bobby was doing. He even offered to show you a comparison of the two (which would answer this question once and for all)

Sounds more to me like you are the one that has a problem with the fact that people may think this build could be tweaked to make it better. I agree that it was a step back, so apparently I should keep my mouth shut too.

Some people have taken the time to try it and siad it doesn't work as well as others that have been suggested. Rather than gripe about critisism, why don't you try to learn from it.

BTW when you turn to throwing out meaningless insults it is clear that you have lost the argument. Well done there. Maybe he should insult your mother to get even. LOL

Godmode - The reason people are discussing the speed of this build compared to others is that he suggested in the post that this is a faster way to 55. Most of us do not agree, because holy strike only attacks one creature while something like a well times symbol of wrath could speed it up a bit by hitting everyting with two shots right before they die.


  mrguildboi on 07/27/06 15:11

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that wouldnt work very well with trolls because they interrupt blessed signet making it a 30 second recharge which isnt very good and you only have 1 damage dealer....


you dont use blessed signet while fighting trolls LOL you use it before cause you wont have any energy regen...

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Try taking away Balthazars Spirit and using zelots fire


yeah that works, or smite hex on the kirins outside of maatu keep.

Why Kill Hydras With your 55HP  teb1986 on 07/29/06 10:50

I have never understand pplz who creating & spenfing thousends of gold to kill the hydras, its just to slow, i use my Warrior to kill the hydras with no problems alone.

with Gladiators defend, Ripost and Deadly Ripost.

Its atleast 5 times faster...

  the manly monk on 08/01/06 10:39

i do it because 1st of all i dont have a warrior, i had one who could farm hydra and trolls but i found them so boring...far to easy to use and i just dont like them lool
2nd is i prefer monks, 55hp monks are more of a challenge and makes it exciting making money instead of just hitting a sword/axe around

  Mother Nature on 08/06/06 00:34

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i do it because 1st of all i dont have a warrior, i had one who could farm hydra and trolls but i found them so boring...far to easy to use and i just dont like them lool 
2nd is i prefer monks, 55hp monks are more of a challenge and makes it exciting making money instead of just hitting a sword/axe around


...Even a solo warrior could kill faster then this build.

  the manly monk on 08/06/06 10:12

yes i know people said that ffs i said i dont have and dont like a warrior, 55hp even though it slower i find my build fun to use and more exciting than swinging a weapon around using the same skill 24/7

  I Heal Yo Buttt on 09/14/06 15:56
 
instead of holy strike i use simbol of wrath ill use all my skills that i need 2 then use it so its less chance of itrupt

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