Invincible Monk

Description
An Invincible Monk, often shortened to "invincimonk," "solo monk," or "55 monk" is a family of monk builds designed primarily for farming, although it can be useful in parties under some circumstances. The term is much more general now than it was before Factions came out, much less Nightfall.

These builds essentially take advantage of the fact that by making use of Protective Spirit, a monk can cause inflicted damage on himself to become a maximum of 10% of his maximum health, while health regeneration through (for instance) Mending and Healing Breeze (occasionally in combination with Watchful Spirit) keeps his/her health up with a constant regeneration that is not dependent on maximum health. By having a low enough maximum health (commonly 55 for which the build is named), damage is limited to 5 hit points, while health regeneration easily covers that.

All these builds are difficult to implement at first. Remember that practice makes perfect; if you need more assistance, there are often videos that can be found online to help you figure out timing and priorities. It may be worth noting that once you figure out how to use a build correctly it is very easy to use.

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Alternatives
Any character with monk as a secondary profession can use the 55 build by equipping five Superior Runes of the primary class and the Cities of Ascalon quest rewarded Grim Cesta and using Protective Spirit, Healing Breeze, Mending, Balthazar's Spirit and four other skills to taste. In this way a player can create a character with the advantages of the invincimonk's damage reduction and with higher-level skills from the primary character class.

Related Articles

 * Watch 55 monk VideoClip
 * Comprehensive Guide to the Solo Monk on GW Guru
 * Build:Mo/any SoA Monk - the original complete damage reduction invincimonk.
 * Build:Mo/E SoA Sliver - a commonly vetted variation on the above build.
 * Build:Mo/any Spirit Bonder - the original instant healing invincimonk. It is no longer in use, but is provided here for historical reference.
 * Build:Mo/any 55hp Solo Monk - a community vetted health regeneration Invincible Monk build.