Build:Rt/Mo 330hp Vengeful Farmer

The PvXwiki community finds this to be an excellent build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall rating in the range from 4.75 to 5.0 and thus qualifies for the highest category of working builds: Great. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE farming

The 330hp Ritualist uses Protective Spirit to reduce damage to 33 damage so Vengeful was Khanhei makes the Ritualist invulnerable. Additional damage from Retribution and others skills speeds up the killing of enemies. Since the skeleton of dhumm update this cannot do the UW very successfully.

Attributes and Skills

Ritualist / Monk 12 + 1 + 3 Restoration Magic 10 Protection Prayers 8 Smiting Prayers 2 + 3 Spawning Power Vengeful Was Khanhei Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 16 Vengeful Was Khanhei Elite Item Spell Hold Khanhei's ashes for 11 seconds. Whenever a foe strikes you in combat while you are holding Khanhei's ashes, you steal 37 Health from that foe. 20 ¾ 5 Vengeful Weapon Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 16 Vengeful Weapon Weapon Spell For 8(+1.6) seconds, the next time target ally takes damage or life steal from a foe, that ally steals up to 63 Health from that foe. 3 ¼ 5 Protective Spirit Core Monk. Protection Prayers 10 Protective Spirit Enchantment Spell For 17 seconds, target ally cannot lose more than 10% max Health due to damage from a single attack or Spell. 5 ¼ 10 Spirit Bond Factions Monk. Protection Prayers 10 Spirit Bond Enchantment Spell For 8 seconds, whenever target ally takes more than 50 damage from the next 10 attacks or Spells, that ally is healed for 70 Health. 2 ¼ 10 Reversal of Damage Nightfall Monk. Smiting Prayers 8 Reversal of Damage Enchantment Spell For 8 seconds, the next time target ally would take damage, the foe dealing the damage takes that damage instead (maximum 42). 3 ¼ 5 Retribution Core Monk. Smiting Prayers 8 Retribution Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally takes attack damage, this Spell deals 33% of the damage back to the source (maximum 13 damage). 2 10 -1 Essence Bond Prophecies Monk. Unlinked Essence Bond Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally takes physical or elemental damage, you gain 1 Energy. 2 10 -1 Balthazar's Spirit Prophecies Monk. Smiting Prayers 8 Balthazar's Spirit Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally gains adrenaline and Energy after taking damage. (The amount of adrenaline gained increases depending on your rank in Smiting Prayers.) 2 10 -1 Template code

Equipment

• The lower your AL, the better. You can cheaply buy a set of AL 15 armor in Shing Jea Monastery.
• Full Radiant and Attunement runes
• 40/40 Restoration Set

Usage

• Cast and maintain your enchantments. Wait for energy to fill before casting each one.
• Precast Protective Spirit and Spirit Bond before aggroing.
• Cast Vengeful Was Khanhei and maintain it as much as possible.
• Spam Vengeful Weapon and Reversal of Damage as much as possible.
• Use Spirit Bond if your health dips.
• Stay alive with Spirit Bond during VwK downtime.
• Keep Protective Spirit up at all times.
• Repeat all steps until enemies are dead.

Counters

• Enchantment removal
• Interruption
• KDs
• Aggroing too many enemies
• Health degeneration

Farmable Areas

Underworld

• When you enter Underworld, cast Essence Bond and Balthazar's Spirit and wait for energy recharge. Cast Retribution.
• Aggro the Aatxes (2-3 is recommended, although more is possible, just more difficult), cast Protective Spirit. Try to do this in the very same time, or at least Protective Spirit should be up first. (Try to keep yourself away from the Aatxes while pulling to reduce the chance of a Nightmare pop-up)
• If a Nightmare appears, let it Rend you, it kills itself, and then just re-enchant yourself and continue.
• After you gained your first hit, put up Spirit Bond and renew Protective Spirit.
• Pull the Aatxes where you want to kill them, cast Vengeful Was Khanhei and maintain Spirit Bond and Protective Spirit.
• Maintain the Vengeful Was Khanhei, Spirit Bond, and Protective Spirit as much as possible until they die.
• Move on through the Labyrinth, kill Aatxes the same way, interrupt Nightmare's spells, etc.
• Once all Aatxes and Nightmares are dead, take the Lost Soul's quest.
• WARNING: Graspings start with an interrupting hit, so don't try to recast enchants that time

• Move to the Smites.
• Aggro one group at a time; they are much easier to execute than Graspings or Aatxes.

• Avoid Coldfires, but if you'd like it, you can engage them, one group at a time. They won't drop anything valuable, so it's a waste of time.

Variants

• Shielding Hands if Spirit Bond doesn't keep you up.
• Shield of Absorption if Spirit Bond doesn't keep you up.
• Smite Hex some AoE damage.
• Smite Condition some AoE damage.
• Scourge Healing if enemies heal.
• I am Unstoppable! for anti-KD.
• Finish Him! to finish enemies.
• Feel No Pain for cheap heal.
• Pain Inverter to take down bosses or enemies quickly.
• Mindbender if there is some interruption and for running.
• Air of Superiority or Ebon Battle Standard of Wisdom for a chance to make VwK recharge faster.
• Radiation Field to kill groups faster.
• Light of Deldrimor for some AoE damage.
• Ebon Vanguard Sniper Support for more damage.

Alternatives

• 105 hp variant [1]
• 600 Monk variant [2]

Notes

• You can take off the chest and hand armor if needed to activate Spirit Bond.
• Like with all builds, this takes practice to get a feel for it.
• Various places to farm can be found on the talk page.

See also

• A detailed guide on the 330 Ritualist can be found at GuildwarsGuru:330hp Rt/Mo Vengeful Spirit Bonder

Videos

• ReZDoGG1984 has quite a few videos of HM areas where the build can be used.