Meric Monk Build Gear Layout

[Arlathen]

I have a fairly fun build I love to play, and its been rocking through some End Game content and raiding very nicely. I'm looking for some gear layout suggestions.

The basic details of the build itself:
Half-Elf Monk 12/Cleric 7/Fighter 1 - Dil: Paladin, Light Path, Radiant Servant 1
TWF/ITWF/GTWF/PA/StunF/Toughness/Extend/Quicken/Maximise/EmpHeal

The build is all about combining a decent melee offensive platform of 12 Monk, Fire Stance 3 and Stunning Blow, with the self-healing and Self-Buffing abilities of the Cleric 7 angle combined with all the extra Heal Amp of Half-Elf/Monk/Fire stance/Items I could get. Fighter 1 gives the key extra feat slot as well as Haste Boost 1.

I'm not going to get into too much detail, but I need some help with decking the guy out with some gear. He was previously a Cleric, and so some of current gear may seem a bit 'Woah!' for such a melee/support orientated character.

Current Gear: (CC = Cannith Crafted)

Weapons:
CC +5 Metalline of Pure Good
CC +5 Holy of Stunning +8
CC +5 Holy Burst Cold Iron Shuriken of Pure Good

Outfit: DT Outfit - Resistances +5, Heal Amp +20%, Grt. Potency 7
Helm: Minos Legens
Goggles: CC Blindness Ward of Attack Bonus +4
Bracers: GS Tier 3 ConOpp - WizVI, +50SP, +100SP, +6 Wis
Gloves: Epic Brawlers - +7 Strength,
Boots: Cannith Boots of Propulsion
Belt: Vorne's - +6 Con, GFL
Cloak: GS Min2 - +45 HP, Heavy Fort, Prot +5
Necklace: Torc of Prince Raiyum de II - Transform Kinetic Energy!
Ring 1: Epic Bucaneers - +7 Dex, +5 Prot, +2 Good Luck, Slotted: Heavy Fort
Ring 2: Telvi's Ring - +6 Cha, +1 Exc. Wisdom, Slotted Holy Burst
Trinket 1: CC Natural AC +3 Trinket of Melee Alacrity 10%
Trinket 2: CC Natural AC +3 Trinket of True Seeing
Trinket 3: Mysterious Bauble

Key gear changes I was Considering:
1. Slot Exc. Str +1 on Gloves (rounds me out to 34 Str Beholder proof)
2. Change Helm to GS 300SP Item (What recipe??)
3. Change Cloak to to GS 45HP Item with Wis +6 and ConOpp
4. Change Bracers to Epic Jidz Slotted with Con +6 and GFL (Fire stance +25% Heal Amp!)
5. Change Belt to Epic Spare Hand slotted with Toughness

Question 1: Can anyone see anything much beter to swap in/out that may improve my weird/gimp/bizarre build? Epic Mask of Comedy maybe? Some other Epic item I'm missing?

I'm willing to change ToD ring, swap GS around, look for Epic items ...

Key things I want to keep: Stunning Fist Mods, AB+4, ToD Holy Burst, Brawlers Gloves, Heal Amp stuff, Mana Regen (Torc, ConOpp, Bauble as swap in to refill). The Melee Alacrity is also really handy when doing solo/group questing, not reliant on Haste and always have a decent attack speed that isnt like watching paint dry.

Question 2: Can anyone comment on current handwrap bugs and ToD Rings? Im seeing bizarre things things even with the known issue of ToD Ring and Crafted Holy not stacking, such as the Holy Burst not applying when using say my CC Metalline of PG wrap unless I re-equip the ring? What are most people using with there ToD rings these days?

[Arlathen]

Any1 ? Please ? :D

[SensaiRyu]

Well... you have 3 items with heavy fort
2 items with +5 protection
I don't see any +6 wisdom item...

Orimi's necklace would be useful for your ki.
Slow hand belt for +5 to stuns and sunder.

goggles... Tharne's (sneak attack and TS) or epic time sensing (+2 exc wis haste clickie)

Jidz bracers for +1 die step dmg in earth stance.

I don't have any striding (cannith boots) on my monk. I use the boots for GS. Works for me in all places but ToD.
I carry around blindness pots to avoid embarrassment.

For wisdom, grind out one of the monk rings and holy burst it. Get +10 stun wraps.

Epic cloak of night is what I use on my monk. Running the battlefield I saw Phantasmal Killer proc... then I recalled all the other times I saw it proc in PUGs... didn't realize my cloak was doing it. Sweet :eek:


ToD ring bug... I'd have to check. I only have one CC wrap and only use it on bosses and didn't use it yesterday on my first HolyBurst-on-a-ring tryout in the battlefield. I did, however, notice that I never needed heals when using vamp wraps and fists of light. :D

[Arlathen]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll comment individually on each bit - any reciprocal feedback would be welcome!


Well... you have 3 items with heavy fort
2 items with +5 protection
I don't see any +6 wisdom item...

Greensteel Neg/Pos/Pos+Neg Concordant Opposition grants +6 Wisdom at Tier 2. This is currently on my Bracers ,as shown above.

The double'd up Prot +5 and tripled up Heavy Fort was one of the reasons why I started reviewing my equipment in the first place!


Orimi's necklace would be useful for your ki.
It would, but then I'd lose my Torc for Mana Regen. Since I use fire stance, the Enhanced Ki +1 isn't needed as much as if I ran in another stance.


Spare hand belt for +5 to stuns and sunder.
Yep, definitly. Was on my list to swap in, Epic'ed up it would give me a Blue Slot to put in Toughness, which would allow me to eliminate the Minos Legens from my setup without losing HP.


goggles... Tharne's (sneak attack and TS)
I have a Crafted True Seeing trinket when I need to see through Displace, and can scroll True Seeing as well. As for the sneak Attack bonus, I have +4/+6 on the Epic Brawlers Gloves, which also give me addiitonal piercing damage on unarmed strikes. already.


or epic time sensing (+2 exc wis haste clickie)
This could be a swap in item, for the +1 to Stuns. Its not on my priority list as I dont have the epic scroll/seal/shard for this, and i currently locate Attack Bonus +4 on the goggles.


Jidz bracers for +1 die step dmg in earth stance.
I always use Fire stance, the additional Strength outweighs the DPS benefit of being in earth for the Die Step bonus (+1 Avg Damage per hit) as well as gaining Jidz 25% Heal amp bonus.


I don't have any striding (cannith boots) on my monk. I use the boots for GS. Works for me in all places but ToD.

I have enough slots for GS it seems, so I'd like to stick with the Cannith boots for now. Long term could always get a quiver from Abbot and then upgrade it with 30% Striding, but that's long term :)


I carry around blindness pots to avoid embarrassment. I have Remove Blindness as a prepped spell, Blindness ward isnt critical at all but can be a useful Epic Yellow Slot filler.


For wisdom, grind out one of the monk rings and holy burst it. Get +10 stun wraps.
I agree, I do need a set of +10 Stun wraps. Ideal world, they'd release Stun +10 on Cannith crafting and fix the Cannith crafted wraps bugs. In the mean time, got a spare +5 Holy of Stunning +10 set I can have? :D


Epic cloak of night is what I use on my monk. Running the battlefield I saw Phantasmal Killer proc... then I recalled all the other times I saw it proc in PUGs... didn't realize my cloak was doing it. Sweet :eek:
Cloak of Night is a bit sweet to be honest. Dodge +2, Ghost Touch, Deathblock, lots of nice mods.



ToD ring bug... I'd have to check. I only have one CC wrap and only use it on bosses and didn't use it yesterday on my first HolyBurst-on-a-ring tryout in the battlefield. I did, however, notice that I never needed heals when using vamp wraps and fists of light. :D

On log in with none-Holy Cannith Crafted wraps equipped, Holy Burst works. Swap to a different set of CC Wraps, it doesnt. Swap to loot gen handwraps, Holyburst works and stacks with Holy too. If I swap back to Cannith wraps, it doesnt work still. If I swap the ring out and re-equip it, Holy Burst works again until I change Handwraps again.

Arrrrrggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!