User:Hellz™/HellzSmiteBuild

Wraithful Smite Build

Attributes and Skills

 * Suggest a few optional skill(s) if you included an Optional slot in the skill bar.

Equipment

 * Armor Ascetics
 * Weapons Ivor's Smiting Rod + Hallowed Icon / Faction's 20/20 Smiting Rod and Hallowed Icon (You can find offhands with +1 Smiting Prayers while using skills x% chance as well but a little rare.

Usage
This build is mainly for use in FoW when Smite dmg is doubled that's right doubled. In my early stages as a player I believed that my skills were stacking with other player's skills. This was before the AOE nerf. So I thought balthazar's aura was stacking. When I tested other smites out I realized that this wasn't true and in fact the smite monk does pleny of damage vs. the undead in FoW. Although they are high level and difficult alongside other classes and builds the smites from a monk can tear through them like nothing. As long as you get the Chaos Berserkers to circle around your tank you can drop SoJ on them. Then the rest is a piece of cake. You can use balth's aura over the SoJ once they have begun hitting the tank. The Knockdown will hold them in place. On top of that if you have a Meteor Shower Nuker their knockdowns will also hold aggro in place for you to use Balth's Aura. Overall do not be afraid to use it against Undead.

For Shadow Groups use balth's aura to scatter enemies away from the casters and back to the tank or cast it on yourself after casting SoJ to hold aggro on yourself. The Divine Points in this build are for extreme emergencies for when the healers of the group can not heal you or someone on the group. Use your smite enchants to heal yourself; although not energy efficient can sometimes save someone from dying.

Counters
No Self Healing or barely any.

Variants
replace ur Smite and Spear of Light with Holy Wraith and Stonesoul Strike for up close combat.