Earth And Wind Stance Grandmaster Dwarf

[kittyj123]

Right, so I've just re rolled my str based human monk (which was a good idea I mean, str based monk was a bad one haha) because giving up all that ac for negligible dps was not worth it...at all.

So now I need advice on a current build which I think is very balanced and will do well end game.

My starting stats are:

(32 point build)
Str 14 (mayby 1 in here)
Dex 16 (2-3 stats in here)
Con 16 (2 in here)
Char 8
Int 8
Wis 16

I'm going for grandmaster wind and earth, but will be in wind most of them time(only getting earth for ki strikes)
Now I'm going be taking all the TWF feats and bludgeon line as well as weapon finesse, oh and dodge.
As far as the other feats go I don't really know maybe toughness.

thank you in advance.

[Hokonoso]

your opening statement makes me laugh, you apparently never made it to end game cause currently even with a 90 ac you are still getting hit on a 2 in epics. no reason to give up all that dps for negligible ac... displacement + incorporeal = your ac, nothing else matters. as far as build advice most monks take anywhere from 3-5 toughness feats as the others are not that great depending on your build/playstyle so get everything you want then toughness for the remainders and you should be fine.

[kittyj123]

hahah I'm glad i made you laugh, but seriously my monk was not how should I say balanced so I'm gonna try to beef up the ac. For god sake I was getting hit all the time in the tear drahhen or whatever its called on hard...

So yes, I take your advice but, I'm still unclear about which path to take light or dark wit this build?

[Hokonoso]

light has more survivability, since you are going dorf (dunno why cause human has better stats/healing amp for this and halfling have more ac/sneak attack damage, and warforge are just great for anything melee) you will need all the help you can get . so in general ac monks do better as light unless they plan to hate tank vs just survive, atm dark monks hold aggro better and in a raid setting you have a healer and dont need to worry bout keeping yourself alive. but for soloing you may get much better mileage as light side.

also dorf are hideous, the reason my monk is human is cause i cant stand the animations on the wf when they punch! cause in all honesty for min/maxing you go human or warforged for tanks, halfling for ac/SA dps or drow if you dont have 32pt builds unlocked, you rarely see the other races as they just do not perform like the above mentioned.