Recommend handwraps for a newbie monk?

[meb410]

Okay, so... I have recently made a Dark WF Monk, and I love him, though besides The Devout (Which I'm currently farming for) and silver handwraps from epic and elite DA, I don't know what handwraps to look for. Any help? Thanks!

[Maxallu]

For lower levels just grab any burst of pure good and throw an icy burst kit on it and go kill.

I suppose you could always make some vampiric stonedust HWs as well if you wanted.

[Rusty_Can]

Assuming you have Stunning Fist and/or Blow, Handwraps of Stunning.

Smiting, Disruption, Banishing, <whatever> Bane.

[wigthemaster]

don't silver wraps only drop on hard DA? and probably some greater banes or +5 Holy/vicious of pure good, if you can holy of bleeding for leveling.

~Wig

[paraplegic]

here is that i have.


Wounding Handwraps of greater elemental bane (crafted) (i dont know if its possible to add icy kit)
screaming HW of bleeding (craft) (i plan to change screming to something else once they open craft system)
Lesser vampirism Handwraps (craft) ( no suffix, i want them with the highest +.)
now im missing a

stunning HW (plan to Craft when possible)
Anarchic silver HW of Greater lawful bane
axiomatic cold iron HW of Great chaotic bane
planning to make some kind of undead HW, im still missing the plan ( dont know what properties yet)


well thats what i have. and works great

[Therigar]

Okay, so... I have recently made a Dark WF Monk, and I love him, though besides The Devout (Which I'm currently farming for) and silver handwraps from epic and elite DA, I don't know what handwraps to look for. Any help? Thanks!

All other advice aside, you can do well with 5 handwraps and will seldom need anything more.

1. anything with disruption, prefer acid or shocking. This is best for undead of all types with the exception of vampires.
2. anything with smiting, prefer nothing with elemental damage, anarchic is excellent. This is best for constructs.
3. anything with elemental bane. Elementals are just annoying.
4. Stonedust wraps. Best general purpose wraps in the game right now.
5. metalline of pure good or holy silver. Both are very difficult to get but at least you can craft mopg if your crafting level is high enough.

There are better wraps than these in some cases, such as the Endless Night wraps for undead. But these 5 will get you thru almost any encounter that you will have.

Keep in mind that this list is based on your choice to go dark path. The 5th wrap has to be something that breaks DR which means mopg unless you are lucky in your farming (or just persistant).

While leveling just get the earlier versions of these, undead bane, construct bane, elemental bane, etc. based on your level.

[Maxallu]

here is that i have.


[/LIST]planning to make some kind of undead HW, im still missing the plan ( dont know what properties yet)




I think there are a set of low lever named undead hws out there, Eternal Rest i think, not sure if they are any good.

[Munkenmo]

1. anything with disruption, prefer acid or shocking. This is best for undead of all types with the exception of vampires.
2. anything with smiting, prefer nothing with elemental damage, anarchic is excellent. This is best for constructs.
3. anything with elemental bane. Elementals are just annoying.
4. Stonedust wraps. Best general purpose wraps in the game right now.
5. metalline of pure good or holy silver. Both are very difficult to get but at least you can craft mopg if your crafting level is high enough..

his list +

damage prefix of stunning +10
holy/force of undeadbane or disruption.

that will have you entirely covered for general purpose dpsing.

[JollySwagMan]

note that the Wounding handwraps rely on a bug in the Cannith crafting system (handwraps are not keyed as bludgeoning weapons, so wounding and keen can be applied, while stunning and impact cannot). If that ever gets fixed, could still use Kamas or Shortswords (on a Dark Monk) for Wounding of Elemental Bane

Are you talking about a level 20 Monk here, are you still levelling, will you be binding these wraps to one character?

If you're at Shadow Crypt level, I would look out for Weakening of Enfeebling handwraps, these work very nicely on Beholders (who tend to have very low Str scores).

Paralysers and Monk attack speeds are very nice around the level 10-15 range or so.

Deception is very nifty if soloing or acting as 'tank'.

Even if you don't have Stunning Fist (or Blow), the random stun that using Stunning handwraps can trigger can be quite nifty - my favourite is when it hits on a Wraith and holds them in place for ya :)

General all purpose: Vicious of Bleeding. Helps to drink a Tasty Ham Oil beforehand.

My favourite general purpose wraps post update 9 have been Banishing of Pure Good.

[Therigar]

A good point made about using shortswords on dark path monks.

Because silver threaded is so hard to find and metalline of pure good so outrageously expensive I dual shortswords for Harry and his kind. With Cannith crafting it is smart to craft a +4 holy (burst) silver shortsword of (greater) lawful/evil outsider bane -- or two, one for each hand.

Betting that if you pull a silver threaded wrap you can trade it for all the ingredients for 2 of these and a whole lot more. Meaning, it is a cheap and easy alternative.

[t0r012]

Devotions from deleras no ml holy wraps bta

Mabar handwraps when that comes back for undead beating

Silver threaded lesser undead bane from catacombs for vamp beating
Early on

Devout from shadow crypt till crafted silver

X burst of stunning +10 with icy burst for all around duty force burst suggested for prefix.

But to be honest for the first 12 or so levels a simple pair of ml 4 shock of pure hood is all you truly need.

[Talltale-Storyteller]

Catacombs HW Eternal rest are ghost touch, silver, and undead bane. Very nice for a low level monk.

[JollySwagMan]

Also note that while Devotion (from Deleras) has a Good alignment requirement (UMD 20), randomly generated Pure Good wraps do not require a Good alignment to use. Nor do (randomly generated) Anarchic handwraps bestow a negative level.

[meb410]

Thank you all so much for the advice! I have compiled a list and will be looking out for these things! All of your help is much appreciated!

[nolaureltree000]

force burst of pure good/bleed are my favorite all around beater wraps.

[Morosy]

Obviously you don't need to be optimal lol, but a +1 to enhancement bonus is always better than an upgrade to burst, at the same ml increase (and it even upgrades your to hit too, while doing more damage!). THis will only stop becoming relevant once you are level 14 and can use +5 burst of pure good/bleed.

This is only advice to you while leveling, once you cap it doesn't matter, in which case the other things people have posted is good.