Monk Soloing

[eqravenprince]

Feign Death is the primary reason Monks are decent soloers. It allows single pulling, not dieing a bad situation, and going places some classes cannot go. Mend is nice and it certainly helps, I save it for when I drop below 20% health and think I can still win the fight.

Tips for soloing (assuming Feign Death, Sneak, and Mend are over 100)

1. Learn how to split pull - feign death + sneak. Assuming you pulled two mobs, pull back feign death and sneak. When one mob walks back, stand up and attack the other one with a Shuriken. Having a ranged weapon like Shuriken helps with avoiding extra damage.

2. Save mend for when you need it to overcome a tough fight.

3. My favorite tip - mobs go into what I can bloodlust when you drop below 20% health where they will not flee even if they are below 20% health. However, if you feign death, they will start fleeing if they are below 20% health and will not keep attacking you when you stand back up. I win a LOT of close fights by waiting until mob gets below 20% health and feign death, they flee, and I kill. This can be a risky thing especially if FD fails, but rarely does it fail, and when it does, I still survive the next round of hits until FD refreshes.

4. AC is king, and HP is queen. I wouldn't worry about the other stats.

5. Get some summoned bags from a magician or shaman, you can save them for the next day if you duel someone before logging. They will be on your corpse the next day.

6. Get Wu's Quivering Staff for maybe 500pp - it will be better than 2 Cane of the Tranquil from level 20-60.