Monk Epic Fist... is it REALLY that good?

[Nordenwatch]

We should do this on a 60 monk for sense of what is best on the end game. Someone PL Pan to 60!

[Versus]

I'll volunteer to do this with any combination of weapons with the exception of 2x Wu's Fists of Mastery if someone will make the fancy chart thing

[Vicatin]

Pan, any updates on this?

[Malrubius]

Bump on this awesome, but old, thread, and a question...

So, my monk just got epic'd. I've had a Peacebringer forever.

As someone who solo's a lot, I'm now thinking of going with a SoS or AC. Which do epic monks find better *for soloing*? I'm thinking the effect on the SoS might help more, plus it's a long-lasting buff.

Also, given the epic, wouldn't I get better DPS by putting the 1HB in off-hand?

[heazels]

the only thing that matters with monk is picking an iksar, you may as well delete your character if you didnt.

[Vicatin]

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

the only thing that matters with monk is picking an iksar, you may as well delete your character if you didnt.

This is silly. I agree iksar is the better option, but min-maxing isnt for everyone.

[Vohl]

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

This is silly. I agree iksar is the better option, but min-maxing isnt for everyone.

With the Velious endgame, such as the Shroud of Longevity and 10th Ring, racial bennies are overshadowed by gear effects to the point where you could choose by appearance. If you're going for BotB, Iksar is probably still the way to go.

I'd add that Iksar need a lot more faction work than agnostic human if you want to bind and adventure anywhere outside of Cabilis.

[Ele]

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

With the Velious endgame, such as the Shroud of Longevity and 10th Ring, racial bennies are overshadowed by gear effects to the point where you could choose by appearance. If you're going for BotB, Iksar is probably still the way to go.

I'd add that Iksar need a lot more faction work than agnostic human if you want to bind and adventure anywhere outside of Cabilis.

sneak and feign death go a long way to negating the faction issues.

[Vicatin]

Put SoS in off hand. The ada club ratio is very close to sos, if u wanted to swap over to ada after proc u could, but it would be only a slight benefit for the stun factor...unless the stun interrupted a potentially harmful spell or something. The sos will be a tiny bit better dps wise.

[kotton05]

tis why I use tstaff, sorry you 1hand blunters!