Proposal; M9 Monk Intimidate Build

[Jamma]

will the paladin devotion enhancements not effect healing ki/curse?

In the context of my post, it was in response to a proposal to go dark path instead of light, hence the Healing Ki finisher would not be available. So the only remaining effect of devotion III on the alternate build would be the level 1 cure light wounds the paladin splash would get.

[Quijonsith]

During a shroud run the other night a cleric asked in party "who did I heal for 2k?". When I said it was me he asked if he could try for another crit heal on me to put in his bio because he'd never seen it go that high. I've managed to tank part 4 shroud with no problems and I orthon tanked VoD on hard easily. I did accidentally pull sully from the main tank once and got my face handed to me. I was in the middle of holding orthons and he teleported right on me. Not sure if I was level 18 yet or not in that instance. Also tanked HoX on normal with solid fog clickies as my intimidate was failing on an 8 (only had a +11 intim item). Once those bees hit you they are no joke, but the healers had no problems keeping me up and still had mana to spare.

Finally got my first supreme shard and finished my holy/20% amp/4 AC kama last night. Now I am at 100% amp in wind stance and 150% in fire stance. Once I get a tier 1 and supreme shard, 2 large stones, and 2 large scales I'll have my second kama finished and can start working on cha skills and hp item. I also need to run VoN and try to get the helm of the mronron, which from what I'm seeing has +6 wis but you have it listed as +6 cha in your gear.

I took quick draw as my level 18 feat and it is a very noticeable difference in how long it takes to start attacking again after I use my boosts or intimidate. I attack almost instantly now when I boost.

I'm actually finding this guy to be as much fun if not more so than my pure monk. Can't wait for abundant step and tier 3 wind stance.

EDIT: about the epic helm of the mroranon, I'll venture a guess that where you put +6 cha you were saying that your augment slot has +6 cha.

[Quijonsith]

Finally made 20. Man I sure missed abundant step. I'm at 145% amp in wind stance and 206% in fire. I'm at 472hp in wind stance and if I need the extra HP I hit 512 in earth. All I need to finish 30% healing amp on my second kama is 1 large scale and 1 large stone. After that I'll start working on my mineral II cloak since I have 61 intimidate with GH, which is plenty for VoD on hard and Horoth on normal.

I managed to get the helm of the mroranon on my first successful VoN 6 (elite not epic). Friend of mine gave me the scroll. Now I need some epic completions to try for the shard and seal.

I'm thinking about trying out DoS once I finish my kama and see how I like it. Doing the math that 10% loss in healing amp will be noticeable from my end (not to mention losing ghost touch), but I'll see if the stance is enough of a trade off for my taste. I can always switch back. Thing about it is that DoS is obviously meant for hate tanking with divine righteousness and since I'm not bypassing DR with my kamas it wouldn't do me alot of good.

All in all I love this character. Loads of fun and versatility.

[Quijonsith]

Finally finished both of my kamas. I had a FVS friend of mine try out his capstone on me in fire stance and he crit for 455!

Before I got that last 30% all of my healers were already astounded at my healing amp. I went by the trainer and respec'd my enhancements to get DoS to see if:
A. the blocking with shield bonus would apply with kamas instead of an actual shield (it does)
B. to see if my full tumbling still works in the defensive stance since I read on lammania that it might not. I'm very glad to report that tumbling works just fine in defensive stance. It doesn't get you as far per tumble as outside of stance, but the distance covered is still very good and much faster than having your movement reduced to 25% and trying to run.

Based on my initial testing of DoS with tumble I am very glad I took it. My healing amp in wind stance now is 190% and in fire stance 262%, which is more than I had before I finished my kama. If I were still HotD I'd have 219% in wind stance and 298% in fire stance, but I think the extra 3 AC and 20 HP will be worth the trade off since alot consider my healing amp overkill as it is, lol.

With just 68 buffed blocking AC at the time i had no problem tanking VoD on normal without ever getting cursed.

[Inspire]

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Glad to hear you've been enjoying the build, Im still sticking with Hunter of the Dead vs Defender because I hate the clickies for the stance and prefer the constant 10% healing amplification to situational armor class and hitpoints.

I believe Isolate peaked(currently) at 420.7% healing amplification with the 10% guild buff(tested with Unyeilding Soverignty healing for 4207.





Edit: Actually thats an old number, it should be higher with the airship buff, screenshot to come.

[Quijonsith]

Oh yes Krigen is my go-to raid tank now. I regularly tank sully on VoD hard and ToD. Only time I ever get cursed is if I let down my shield blocking. I like having the DoS stance and tumble makes it very manageable. I'm already so used to the clicky play of both my pure monk and Krigen's pali/monk abilities that one more isn't an issue.

All I need for my epic helm of the mroranon is the shard. So far in all my epic VoN 6 runs I've only seen maybe 3 shards of any kind, none of which are my helm. I can't wait to get it, and get my 20th shroud to get a cleansing stone aswell as finish my goggles and cloak.

All in all I love the build.

[Inspire]

Oh yes Krigen is my go-to raid tank now. I regularly tank sully on VoD hard and ToD. Only time I ever get cursed is if I let down my shield blocking. I like having the DoS stance and tumble makes it very manageable. I'm already so used to the clicky play of both my pure monk and Krigen's pali/monk abilities that one more isn't an issue.

Ah, I should have stated that you only get five clickies of the stance... and it makes me sad.

All I need for my epic helm of the mroranon is the shard. So far in all my epic VoN 6 runs I've only seen maybe 3 shards of any kind, none of which are my helm. I can't wait to get it, and get my 20th shroud to get a cleansing stone aswell as finish my goggles and cloak.

I actually updated the gear I use before my previous post if you want to take a look for reference. Also, if you havent tried the upgraded Dream Edge's with vampirism and Fists of Light with the healing amplification you should definately give it a whirl.

All in all I love the build.

[Quijonsith]

Ah, I should have stated that you only get five clickies of the stance... and it makes me sad.

I tend to not need more than 1 clicky of the stance, but I really only raid with Krigen. I do regular questing on my monk. If I do a regular quest on krigen I tend not to use the stance unless I really need it.

[Quijonsith]

I took a look at your new gear layout, where did you slot +6 charisma? Before it said you had it on your helm of the mroranon.

[Inspire]

I took a look at your new gear layout, where did you slot +6 charisma? Before it said you had it on your helm of the mroranon.

I intended to put it on my Helm of the Mroranon but since I swapped the belt out I needed CON in a place I wouldnt swap out. So as soon as my SmokeII cloak can be equipt Ill be putting CHA on my Epic Jidz-Tet'ka.

[Quijonsith]

Ah, gotcha. I still need shard and scroll for my jidz-tet'ka. Thankfully I've got some friends that are eager to run epic bargain of blood with me.

[Dragonaiser]

Hi, I'm also building an healing amp monk with very little deviation from your build.

Just wondering if you would advise sticking with the intimidation enhancements now that paladins get intimidation as a class skill?

http://compendium.ddo.com/wiki/Relea...ate_7_Official

Thanks!