Talk:Alesia

Anyone know what kind of wand she uses? I'm assuming it's whichever is keyed to Healing Prayers, but I'm not very familiar with monk weapons... Nunix

It's hard to say exactly. Also, how is it a "con" that she doesn't heal during combat? Firstly, in my experience she often does try to (being a monk I rarely take her with me, but when I do I often find that I have to continue healing those party members still alive while she spends a good 10 seconds casting restore life) so I don't agree with "she rarely resurrects during combat". Regardless of how often she does it, is it a pro to resurrect during combat? As a healing monk, early in the game I found that if I tried resurrecting someone during combat then it made it more likely that someone else in the party would die. If you have 2 healing monks and 1 protection monk then maybe this is ok, but if you are on your own with 7 henchmen then I would prefer it if Alesia Never resurrected during combat, and instead spent more time ensuring the rest of the party stayed alive! [/rant] LordBiro/Talk 22:39, 11 Jun 2005 (EST)

i changed Resurrect to Restore Life, since well, that's what she uses. as for the weapon, notice that all the casters are wielding the same wand. also, later in the game where lina is available, they all are wielding the same staff. i expect the devteam to put proper equipments on henchies later. Nuble 01:06, 12 Jun 2005 (EST)

Biro: Uh.. dunno? I kept it there just because I didn't want to overhaul an excessive amount, when I was focused on just tightening up the look and the slant of the information. ;) As a counter-point, there are plenty of times when bringing someone back up (especially a back-line caster that maybe got picked on in the first 10s of battle and then died and forgotten) can be REALLY useful; Elona Reach comes to mind here. Still, if there's any kind of contention, just move it into the Behaviours or Tips section (depending on how you want to word it). Nunix

Question about the con "Does not use hex removal spells effectively". Does she even have any hex removal skills at all? If not, then the con should be "Does not have hex removal spells at all". Would it also be a con to not have group healing, conditional removal, protection, or smiting skills? -PanSola 12:12, 18 October 2005 (EST)


 * Reworded. And yes, it's an issue because she is the ONLY monk for 60% of the game. She is a healing spammer, and nothing else. For example, with my warrior, I have no ability to protect myself from hexes and I had no way of telling her, "look, drop one of those healing spells for a hex-removal spell." It is a deficiency in her. It is a deficiency in all the monk henches, especially later in the game when there are mesmers and necros everywhere. --Karlos 12:25, 18 October 2005 (EST)

Changes in behavior
After the recent update to henchmen AI, Alesia seems to cast Healing Breeze much more often, even when the target isn't suffering from degen. She's also much better at not getting targeted by enemies, and actually moving out of AoE quickly.
 * Avoiding enemies smartly and running from AoE damage is actually mentioned in the update notes... so it's not just Alesia. -- Ab.Er.Rant (msg Aberrant80) 02:55, 30 October 2006 (CST)