Looking to start a monk

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

Runed Fighters Staff outdamages the Imbued Fighters Staff by quite a large margin. These two weapons are not even close. Both of these have the same damage bonus until a few months before Velious when two handed weapons with delay under 28 are nerfed.

This is another thing to consider when figuring out which you want to buy. If you do end up purchasing a Runed Fighters Staff, its going to lose a lot of its value after the damage bonus is changed.

I would just go with the Tranquil Staff if you can only afford/want to buy one weapon. There is no nerf that will make it lose its value. Also, if you are still around in the Velious era, you will most likely be switching to two one hand weapons (or fists with epic) that provide more dps and can still sell the Tranquil Staff for a pretty good chunk of plat.

You make several incorrect statements and/or assumptions here. I will deal with the two big ones:

-IFS is the exact same dps as RFS until you get damage bonus, and that is not for a long while. Also, IFS actually scales better with haste.

-Tstaff will almost certainly decrease in price, quite a bit from its present state, the result of being a one-class item who have several great choices, and a constant stream of new weapons entering the market.