Monk weapon question
 

Currently, my 54 monk has a tranquil staff and has a Runed Bolster Belt.

I am thinking about selling the tranquil staff and buying a staff of shielding and spending the rest of the coin on my alts, will this be a big damper on my DPS since I don't have my epic? Are there any other cheap purchases like SoS I could make?

Thanks!

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Could get jade mace/sos. Youd still be losing dps switching to that from tranq staff Im pretty sure, but it wouldnt be as shitty as trying to use non-epic fist ratio.

Alternatively you could downgrade to a peacebringer or IFS.

Very cool, thanks for the quick response and detailed alternatives !

What is the general idea behind 2H vs Duals? As of now I am using a Quivering, I am debating what weapon to buy next. I thought of saving for a Peacebringer, but I also want a SoS with either an Adamantite Club or another decent 1h. I am a returning player however I never played a Monk on live. Someone told me to get a SoS/KnuckleDuster while I save for another 1h. I already have a Trance Stick in bank at the moment, but I am getting more damage and surviving better using a 2h.

SoS/SoS since ada club doesnt proc till 50. SoS is cheap now too. Thank you chardok aoe groups!!

Pretty much play how you want to. The difference between epic fist + SoS and 2hand dps is not really that big a deal. The upside of a 2h is that you get less riposte procs and damage shields are not such a big threat.

Pretty much what you want to do is get epic, SoS, and any 2hand. Get Adamantite Club for the stun proc and you'll be pretty well set. TStaff is good, but IFS, RFS, Peacebringer are all good as well. I'd only suggest TStaff if you have the plat available or if you are really really really really into PvP.

Tstaff will outparse epic + sos quite easily with 200 or so dex and even more so if you weapon swap to get an extra round in.

Completely false. Epic Fist/SoS will win pure dpsing. Tstaff will win tanking.

Well Elzhi I was taking into account the fact they don't have an epic, so I'd assume they don't have 200+ Dex for procs. Really it comes down to your personal preference :)

Get your epic, best advice I can give you

Have you parsed this? I only hit 67 dps with epic/sos I can hit well over 70 with my tstaff, even higher when I weapon swap for an extra attack.