I'm a returning player and the last time I played was before Monks were available as a class. I've been looking through the different builds to figure out what char I should create.

My question is, I see a lot of monk splash builds. What I don't understand is, what are the benefits of 1 monk splash? I get the wis modifier to AC but that only applies if you are centered. Most of these builds wear armor or dual wield large weapons.

Someone help me understand please?

Thanks.