User:Vaergoth/My New Build

'''Work in progress. Suggestions strongly encouraged.'''

"Undeath to Death", named after the D&D skill of the same name, is made for one purpose and one purpose only: To incinerate (farm) massive amounts of undead as quickly as possible. The build was designed with Gates of Kryta on Hard Mode in mind, but should work anywhere undead are plentiful.

Attributes and Skills
[build prof=Monk/Ele Smiting=12+1+3 Fire=12+1][Mark of Rodgort][Shield of Judgment][Castigation Signet][Balthazar's Aura][Bane Signet][Holy Strike][Retribution][Resurrect][/build] Hereafter "primary". [build prof=Monk/Necromancer Smiting=12+1+3 Protection=10 Blood=8+1][Zealot's Fire][Blood Ritual][Smite Hex][Smite Condition][Zealous Benediction][Optional][Optional][Rebirth][/build] Hereafter "support".

Failing to select two more protection prayers as the optional skills for the second monk would probably doom the build, but you can select your preference among them.

Equipment
No special equipment is required. A +20% Enchant Length mod on the second monk is useful, but not mandatory.

Usage
Obviously keep Zealot's Fire and Blood Ritual active as much as possible.

The key to the build is effective timing of Smite Condition and Smite Hex. The Orrian undead in the Prophecies campaign use a lot of both, so you will have plenty of opportunities to use them, but you will get the most mileage if you wait to cast them until the primary monk is surrounded by enemies that have been hexed with Mark of Rodgort.

If you are going to use the build with a hero it is reccomended that the hero is set as the primary monk and you play the support, for the timing reasons listed above.

Counters
To be added.

Variants

 * Trade ZB for Blood is Power and Healing Prayers on the second monk, which will allow you to load up on high energy smiting skills on the primary, but may drain the energy of the support.