Secondary professions for a Ritualist

Ritualist Warrior
Defensive stances combined with defensive Item Spells can offer protection. The elite skill Spirit's Strength makes a ritualist melee attacker much more threatening.

Ritualist Ranger
The Ritualist's primary attribute, Spawning Power can be used to reenforce nature spirits.

Ranger traps can create a strong defensive wall when combined with attack spirits. Use Rupture Soul to further damage the attackers on the spirit.

Serpent's Quickness or Quickening Zephyr can reduce the lengthy recharge times on Spirits.

Ritualist Elementalist
Glyph of Renewal can be used to spead weapon and item spells, allthough this does not work on binding rituals.

several knockdown skills like Earthquake and Meteor Shower benefit greatly from Earthbind.

An elementalist's wards can reenforce a defensive spirit parameter, although most wards do not affect spirits.

Ritualist Mesmer
Mantra of Concentration and Mantra of Resolve can protect against interupts. Arcane Echo can be used to increase the damage potential of channeling builds and Ritualist farming with Vengeful Was Khanhei.

AThe Mesmer skill Signet of Midnight can blind yourself indefinitely, taking advantage of Resilient Weapon and Resilient Was Xiko.

Physical Resistance for melee protection.

Ritualist Monk
Ritualists lack hex removal skills, and can benifit from the expanded condition removal of the monk lines.

Attuned Was Songkai can ease the cost of Heal Party, making it easier to spam.

Ritualist Necromancer
Spawning Power, the Ritualist's Primary Attribute, makes excellent use of the Necromancer's undead ally creating skills, however, minions will be less threatening and take more damage. Explosive Growth, another spawning power skill, seems a useful way to add damage when summoning minions in a large group.

Ritualist Assassin
The Ritualist/Assassin can use skills from the Shadow Arts line in evading and escaping from attacks.

The Assassin skill Spirit Walk allows efficient travel between spirits.

A player may not Shadow Step while holding an item. In this way a Ritualist can bomb targets by using a recall skill and forcing the item they are holding to automatically drop.

Ritualist Paragon
Vocal was Sogolon and "Incoming!" is a good combination, as "Incoming!" will last longer, however this combination works better on a Paragon primary.

Ritualist Dervish
This profession combination provides little benefit for a Ritualist primary.