Well I have done several UW runs now and one was really special. I went with 1 (that is ONE) other person to UW and the 2 of us took out the entire smite area. My Mo/Me was pure healing. The other character was a Mo/W. This seems to be the key combination with Warrior secondary. Anyways he told me his skill list but I already forgot it since I didn't write it down. I know it consists of enchantments and a signet and most importantly some stances. I suppose a W/Mo might do the same but I haven't seen it done quite as well as this guy. Oh and he had an axe and a shield.

Another Mo/W on a different UW run had 5 monsters on him and he never went below 95% health as far as I could tell. In fact he told the crew to move on while he held those monsters for several minutes.

This build does not work on all UW monsters and I have not seen it anywhere besides UW but I think my next thing after Mo/R will be Mo/W to try and duplicate this marvelous site.

Any thoughts on the skils used? Points distributed?

the one that had 5 on him had hp below 100 due to runes and items. enchantments that reduce the damage like protective spirit make him take 0 damg.

Well as it turns out I was told yesterday where to find the information on the UW monk. Also known as the 105/55 monk. If you search the web I am sure you can find it just as easily as I did. The forum on another Elite GW website has the entire build from the skills to use, armor to use (with all superior runes), and the strategy. This build is primarily intended for UnderWorld and some might say it no longer works due to nerfs but that is not true. This build still works with the right skills. I suppose no one would try this on a PvP game but in the random teams you might run into several groups without a Mesmer. If that is the case I wonder how it would work.

Did a little research and came up with this (Retouched by Nemisari for clarity):

105/55 is health

With 5 supirior runes your health goes to 105, and with a -50 health focus item you get down to 55 hp

Since protective bond causes you to loose 5% of your health, 5% of 55 causes you to only loose 2 hp, Mending and Healing Breeze heal you faster than you take damage, so you dont loose any health

Mo/W

16 prot prayer
13 Healing Prayers
rest in smiting

Get the -50 health Icon from the quest in Ascalon city,"Cities of Ascalon"
Get the +1 prot Icon outside Bloodstone Fen from the collector with 5 mountain troll tusks
Smiting rod from the collector in Droknars with 5 Stone Summit Badges
any armor will do but a +1 Protection scalp piece is a must

1 sup smiting rune
1 Sup Healing
1 sup Divine
1 Sup prot
1 Sup of your choice (not vigor)

Healing Breeze
Balth. Aura
Balth. Spirit
Mending
Essence Bond
Prot. Bond
Zealots Fire
Bonnetis Def.

Equip Prot. Icon and cast Prot Bond till you get -1 [updated: now minimum energy loss is -3 since the nerf] energy from dmg then switch to -50 health icon and smiting rod and cast other Enchants: Mending, Essence Bond and Balthazar's Spirit

Respec to 16 Smiting Prayers

Keep Balthazar's Aura up
Cast Zealot's Fire before it runs out (60sec timer)
use Bonetti's Defense as soon as it's lit (while Zealot's Fire is up)
if health starts to drop, use Healing Breeze

Balthazar's Spirit will keep your energy up and keep Bonetti's Defense lit up
Bonetti's Defense will block attacks 75% of the time, give you 5e for each block, and set off Zealot's Fire

it's recommended you keep 5 enemies on you to keep up adrenalin and energy, but no more than 10 in the underworld


Source:
Kendor (True Fellowship Forums)
Fender (The Guild-Hall Forums)

I see the last reply was at the end of Aug. So Im wondering what happened to the -50 Health Icon. Did they get rid of it in an update?

People say the only one is the Necro -50 Health which obv a Mo/W cant use(I havent seen it, but Im going to expect it to have a Necro req.)

It has a necro req, but it's the icon. Even if you don't meet the req, the health is still lowered. You can get the icon from Symon the Scribe's 'Cities of Ascalon' quest.

if you had checked the second reference (True Fellowship Forums) it posts a link to a walk through for that quest

A friend of mine who has become our guilds' Master of Disaster sent me this in an e-mail. He is also our Guild founder and a Gamer extraordinaire. No one can top him in a game after he has played it for 2 weeks. BTW, he only read this in a post on another board. This build is certainly worth tryingl. I quote - - -

" I run a Mo/El using Balthazar Aura / Symbol of Wrath / Glyph of Concentration / Glyph of Energy / Watchful Spirit / Blessed Aura / Protective Bond / Essence Bond.

I take the Glyph of Concentration so I can NEGATE interrupts, and since I am getting hit enough, I regenerate my energy fast enough via Essence/Balth enchants.

I take an El/Mo with me with these skills: Balthazar's Spirit (on me)/ Mending (get to +3, on me) / Essence Bond (on me) / Life Barrier / Succor (on me).

This gives me +6 health regeneration at all times / Halved damage from everything / +1 energy regeneration overall / 2 energy gained per hit (down to 1 with Prot Bond) / +45% enchant length.

This allows me to maintain Balthazar's Aura 95% of the time, gives the El/Mo the ability to fire off nukes and the like, because since I am getting hit hard and fast, the El/Mo tends to regenerate energy quite fast. Succor is there so I get that extra 1 health regeneration and 2 energy lost to the caster of it, every so often, is nothing compared to what that person gains when I get hit.

Even without support from my buddy, I can tank a good 10-12 coldfires and countless smites at once, and not come NEAR death. But at the same time, the El/Mo's energy and mine, are almost constantly full.


No Mo/Wa build here, just a glyph user."

Try it, you'll like it!

sound pretty good i gotta try it out thanks

This biuld is highly nerfed in UW due to the fact of healers and creatures who run out of AOE spells.

If anyone has a new monk solo biuld that still works I would love to see it.