

Focus on keeping the rest of the party from dying as your first priority. Do NOT bring a resurrection skill, unless it is PvE. In PvP, you should not need to bring party healing unless it is HA, or Divine Healing/Heaven's Delight on a Protection Monk. Your skill bar will include a small number of spammable single target skills, a party heal and a few special purpose skills. If you decide to use healing prayers, you will focus on watching the party list and using the appropriate skills on those that are low. Both are entirely viable, yet as a rule of thumb, preventing damage is more useful in later stages of the game and requires more experience than healing. In Guild Wars, those two aspects are related to one monk attribute each: You heal with Healing Prayers and you prevent damage with Protection Prayers. In general, there are two ways of keeping your team mates alive: Heal them if they take damage, or prevent them from taking damage in the first place. Understanding the Profession Healing vs preventing

Smiting Prayers do extra damage to all undead creatures and monsters. The second main skill line used, dedicated to preventing health loss, negating damage taken, and is often the source of condition and hex removal. One of the two main skill lines monks use, dedicated to restoring health bars. The primary monk attribute, which gives the Divine Favor bonus: A small additional boost of health whenever you cast a monk spell on an ally if a spell has multiple targets, the Divine Favor bonus only applies to the primary target. They also have the most hex and condition removal skills and the most resurrection skills.Īttributes Divine Favor (Primary Attribute) They get the unique Divine Favor bonus and two entire skill lines solely devoted to protecting and restoring those health bars. Monks are the healing backbone of a party, keeping the other players alive and healthy.
