Monk Gear Price Check

[Gearrik]

Are deathblock outfits in high demand these days with all the monks running around?

What sort of monk gear is in high demand at this point?

Furthermore, what gear is considered "epic" these days? (I quit shortly after gianthold was released and just recently returned)


Thanks!

[djinni69]

Epic is really debated these days. Vorpals and Banishers seem to drop quite a bit, at least in my experience. Paralyzers don't really work after level 12-14, so you can probably take them off the list. Smiters are common too, but still have their place. Vorpals also have their place, but again, very common it seems. If you look at the Auction House, you'll notice the price shift since you last played, I bet!

Honestly, I only consider weapons that bypass DR, and have a ton of effects such as:
+5 Icybursting of Pure Good (any elemental damage would make me happy)
+4/5 Holy Silver of Pure Good (if it's Holy Bursting, I'd consider it epic)
+4/5 Holy Silver of Greater Outsider Bane
Wound of Puncting Rapiers and/or Shortswords
+5 Transmuting of Pure Good

That's all I look for right now. Especially the wounding of puncturing. As far as clothing/armor gear is concerned, the usual suspects still apply:

Wiz VI and VII items (Ive only looted VI items so far)
Chaosguardes
Planar Girds
Bloodstones
Kardin's Eye
Boots of the Innocent
Firestorm Greaves
Scales for the poor casters without Arcane Lore items
Res Rings (although I've noticed a drop in requests for these)
+2 tomes (+6 ability items are SOOOO common now, it's crazy)