Pre-veil

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The term pre-veil describes casting and maintaining Holy Veil on one or more targets before engaging the enemy. This tactic gives several advantages:

• It allows instant removal of a choice hex from your target, before enemy hexers get a chance to cover it.
• The 50% slower hex casting time allows plenty of time to interrupt the hexes.
• It allows energy to regenerate, so you can start a battle with full energy.
• It can be used in this manner to remove a hex from yourself without triggering the cast effect. E.g. Diversion or Shame.
• Lastly, it allows time for Holy Veil to recharge, so it can be used again immediately when battle begins (instead of waiting 12 seconds for another veil).

Common choices for pre-veiling are frontline and the monks themselves - stripping anti-melee hexes off Warriors and anti-caster hexes off Monks can turn the tide of battle. It is one of the few defenses Monks have against shutdown hexes, as it allows them to remove them in a way that is not subject to the shutdown itself.