Monk weapon question

[shwally]

Originally Posted by Raev [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm not saying the delay of the weapon is irrelevant, but that the ratio is far more important. For example, let's compare two monks. One using the 9/16 epic fist (about the fastest and weakest weapon monks can get; ~14 dps from the bonus) with the Adamantite Club (about the slowest weapon a monk can get; ~9 dps from the bonus). My sperglord calculator (basically a simple multiplication of DA/DW/hit rates etc) thinks:

• Vs Avatar of War: Epic/SoS 52 dps. AC/SoS 50 dps (+4%)
• vs Froglok Krup Knight: Epic/SoS 74 dps. AC/SoS 72.5 dps (+2%)

This is just about the best case for the damage bonus to shine, and it's giving +2%. And the result should be pretty intuitive: the damage bonus just isn't that big. Even in the absolute best case it's only 25% of total damage.

So basically it’s not a big enough difference which combo I decide to use. I haven’t got to pickup a SOM yet, but I did camp the mob 4 days last week with no luck. I will continue my quest for an SOM next week and do a lot of parsing different combos.