Guild Wars Build of the Week: Renewing Protection

Friday, Build of the Week time!
This week it's a classic one with the Elementalist Protection build, for all of you who need protection without needing the monk.

Renewing Protection

Skills from 1-8:

• Ether Renewal
• Aura of Restoration
• Aegis
• Shielding Hands
• Protective Spirit
• Shield Guardian
• Shield of Absorption
• Dwayna's Spirit

Attributes: Energy Storage 12, Protection Prayers 12 & Healing Prayers 3

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This build is very easy to understand. Using Ether Renewal and Aura of Restoration, you can spam protection enchantments on the whole party as needed. And as a bonus, Dwayna's Kiss will heal significantly is someone is well enchanted, even with healing prayers on 3. This is really all there is to it!

To customise this build, there isn't really much specific to change. It depends on the area you are playing, adapting you protection to the dangers you're going to face. Let your imagination go loose!
It does work best on a hero in my opinion, but I might just be a bad protection player.


The main advantages of this build is it can use more protection than his monk counterpart, and it takes good care of it's own health with Ether Renewal and Aura of Restoration. On the negative side, you don't have a Divine Favor healing like a monk, and you're using your elite skill slot for a non-protection skill.

I find myself using this build often on newer characters, with only 1 monk hero unlocked (quickly going to EotN to get Ogden, Vekk and Gwen with a Prophecies or Factions character).

So far for this week's Build of the Week. If you have any suggestions or inprovements, feel free to share in the comment section!


Until next time!