User:Mgrinshpon/Leet/A/Mo Heal Sin

This build uses the Assassin Critical strikes attribute to generate energy. It uses this energy to spam healing spells. Critical Defenses provides good defense in the melee centric Arenas. This is a dedicated healing build, not a support healer.

Attributes and Skills
[build prof=A/Mo name="Heal Sin" hea=12 pro=3 cri=12+3+1][Word of Healing][Signet of Rejuvenation][Dismiss Condition][Cure Hex][Vigorous Spirit][Way of the Master][Critical Eye][Critical Defenses][/build]

Equipment
Mid set:
 * Weapons

Shield of Fortitude (-2/enchanted)

Spear of Enchanting (+5 energy)

Low set:

Spear of Enchanting (-5 energy)

Shield of Fortitude (-2/enchanted)

High set:

Spear of Enchanting (+5 energy)

Focus of Fortitude (20%/20%)

Usage
Maintain Critical Eye and Way of the Master. Choose a target that is unlikely to block and attack. Approx 70% of your attacks will net you 4 energy. Use this energy to provide healing to your team mates.

Vigorous spirit is good on characters that rely on attacking, but there is no reason not to cast on caster classes when you have excess energy. Use to cover attunements on eles.

Signet of rejuvenation is much better at healing attacking classes than casters. Use it when you have nothing else to do, or to top up a health bar.

Word of healing is your main heal. Use it as often as necessary.

Dismiss and cure hex are useless if they aren't removing a condition or hex, dont spam them.

Counters
Standard monk counters. Critical defenses gives better game against some builds.

Anti-attack hexes. These wont impede your healing, but will reduce your energy gain. If heavily hexed, simply stop attacking, 4 pips of energy regen is often enough to continue healing if the opposing necro/mesmer is doing nothing but making you stop attacking.

Variants
Holy Veil over Cure Hex. Reduces healing power, but allows precast.

Spotless Soul over Dismiss.

Spotless Mind over Cure Hex. Allows the removal of a stack of hexes, but this build relies on attacking to maintain energy, so it is important that anti-melee hexes can be removed from self.

Patient spirit over signet of rejuvenation. It is important for a healer to have a backup healing skill. This skill is arguably better.

It would be possible to convert the build to running protection instead of healing prayers. Such a build could run Shield of absorbtion, Shield of regeneration, Spirit bond etc.