28 pt monk build?

[gadwon]

i have been searching the forums for a monk 28pt build and haven’t been able to find one

i can check any other class forum and find at least 5 builds on the first page
are monks hard to play using a 28pt build?

i am rather new to ddo and don’t know allot of the feats or much about the stats i know the starting stats are important and the 3 paths at character screen rather suck end game can anyone post a link to some builds or post some of the common builds for 28pt if there are any

thanks for any help in advance

[Argon]

This is a drow so not sure if you'd consider it a 28 pt build, and i've only gotten to lvl 7 so far but it seems to be able to keep up with most other melees

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Perditio 
Level 20 Lawful Good Drow Male
(20 Monk) 
Hit Points: 242
Spell Points: 0 
BAB: 15\15\20\25\25
Fortitude: 13
Reflex: 17
Will: 17

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Stats          Modified Stats
Abilities        (Level 1)             (Level 20)
Strength             14                    16
Dexterity            16                    20
Constitution         12                    12
Intelligence         10                    10
Wisdom               16                    20
Charisma             10                    10

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 20)
Balance               5                    25
Bluff                 0                     0
Concentration         5                    37
Diplomacy             0                     0
Disable Device        n/a                   n/a
Haggle                0                     4
Heal                  3                     5
Hide                  3                     5
Intimidate            0                     0
Jump                  4                    13
Listen                5                     9
Move Silently         3                     5
Open Lock             n/a                   n/a
Perform               n/a                   n/a
Repair                0                     0
Search                0                     2
Spot                  5                    22
Swim                  4                    10
Tumble                5                    25
Use Magic Device      n/a                   n/a

Level 1 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Dodge
Feat: (Selected) Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Disciple of Breezes
Enhancement: Monk Concentration I
Enhancement: Monk Jump I


Level 2 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Weapon Finesse
Enhancement: Way of the Clever Monkey I
Enhancement: Void Strike
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom I


Level 3 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Path) Philosophy - Path of Harmonious Balance
Feat: (Selected) Two Weapon Defense
Enhancement: Improved Spell Resistance I
Enhancement: Elven Dexterity I
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery I


Level 4 (Monk)
Enhancement: Fists of Light
Enhancement: Monk Concentration II


Level 5 (Monk)
Enhancement: Elven Keen Eyes I
Enhancement: Way of the Clever Monkey II


Level 6 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Deflect Arrows
Feat: (Selected) Diehard
Enhancement: Improved Spell Resistance II
Enhancement: Adept of Wind


Level 7 (Monk)
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery II


Level 8 (Monk)
Enhancement: Elven Dexterity II


Level 9 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom II


Level 10 (Monk)
Enhancement: Way of the Clever Monkey III


Level 11 (Monk)
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery III


Level 12 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Bludgeoning Weapons
Enhancement: Master of Thunder


Level 13 (Monk)
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom III


Level 14 (Monk)
Enhancement: Improved Spell Resistance III


Level 15 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Way of the Clever Monkey IV


Level 16 (Monk)
Enhancement: Improved Spell Resistance IV


Level 17 (Monk)
Enhancement: Monk Concentration III


Level 18 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Toughness
Enhancement: Grandmaster of Storms


Level 19 (Monk)
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Monk Balance I
Enhancement: Monk Balance II


Level 20 (Monk)
Enhancement: Monk Serenity
Enhancement: Elven Keen Eyes II

[Clay]

Earthbreaker  
Level 20 Lawful Neutral Halfling Male 
(20 Monk) 
Hit Points: 262 
Spell Points: 0 

BAB: 15/15/20/25/25 
Fortitude: 17 
Reflex: 12 
Will: 7 

              Starting    Feat/Enhancement 
             Base Stats    Modified Stats 
Abilities    (Level 1)      (Level 20) 
Strength           12 +2 tome +6 item = 20 
Dexterity          17 +2 tome +1 lvl +2 enh +6 item +4 Air stance =  32
Constitution       14 +2 tome + 6 item -2 Air stance = 20
Intelligence        8
Wisdom             15 +2 tome +4 lvl +3 enh +6 item = 30
Charisma            8

Tomes Used 
+1 Tome of Strength used at level 5 
 +2 Tome of Strength used at level 20 
+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 20 
+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 20 
+2 Tome of Wisdom used at level 20

Level 1 (Monk) 
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Toughness 
Feat: (Selected) Two Weapon Fighting 
Enhancement: Halfling Luck I (Fortitude) 
Enhancement: Disciple of Breezes 
Enhancement: Disciple of Candles 
Enhancement: Disciple of Puddles 
 
Level 2 (Monk) 
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Weapon Finesse 
Enhancement: Halfling Cunning I 
Enhancement: Halfling Hero's Companion I 
Enhancement: Way of the Elegant Crane I 
 
Level 3 (Monk) 
Feat: (Selected) Dodge 
Feat: (Monk Path) Philosophy - Path of Harmonious Balance 
Enhancement: Halfling Dexterity I 
Enhancement: Halfling Guile I 
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery I 
 
Level 4 (Monk) 
Ability Raise: WIS 
Enhancement: Fists of Light 
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I 
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom I 
 
Level 5 (Monk) 
Enhancement: Halfling Hero's Companion II 
Enhancement: Halfling Luck II (Fortitude) 
 
Level 6 (Monk) 
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack 
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Stunning Fist 
Enhancement: Halfling Cunning II 
Enhancement: Way of the Elegant Crane II 
 
Level 7 (Monk) 
Enhancement: Halfling Guile II 
Enhancement: Adept of Wind 
 
Level 8 (Monk) 
Ability Raise: WIS 
Enhancement: Halfling Dexterity II 
 
Level 9 (Monk) 
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Weapon Fighting 
Enhancement: Halfling Hero's Companion III 
 
Level 10 (Monk) 
Enhancement: Halfling Cunning III 
Enhancement: Adept of Rain 
 
Level 11 (Monk) 
Enhancement: Halfling Guile III 
Enhancement: Unbalancing Strike 
 
Level 12 (Monk) 
Ability Raise: WIS 
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Bludgeoning Weapons 
Enhancement: Halfling Hero's Companion IV 
 
Level 13 (Monk) 
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery II 
 
Level 14 (Monk) 
Enhancement: Halfling Cunning IV 
 
Level 15 (Monk) 
Feat: (Selected) Greater Two Weapon Fighting 
Enhancement: Halfling Guile IV 
 
Level 16 (Monk) 
Ability Raise: WIS 
Enhancement: Master of Thunder 
 
Level 17 (Monk) 
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II 
 
Level 18 (Monk) 
Feat: (Selected) Cleave 
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom II 
 
Level 19 (Monk) 
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom III 
 
Level 20 (Monk) 
Ability Raise: WIS 
Enhancement: Monk Serenity

The Halfling Guile (+8 sneak damage) paired with Unbalancing Strike (vulnerable to sneak attacks regardless of aggro) is like having an extra 16 strength against most mobs in the game. Way of the Elegant Crane fills your Ki bar quickly as being without ki is reducing your power very significantly... all monk special attacks and abilities are powered by Ki except Empty Body and Slow Fall.

[t0r012]

I went with the human 28 point monk (no tomes) since I'm a broke noob.

I did this
14 str
16 dex
14 con
8 int
14 wis
8 cha

for start feats (3)
two weapon fighting
toughness
power attack

as soon as you get an action point talk to the trainer and get the disciple of breezes and have you wind stance on all of the time.
the next elemental I pick up is Earth but only for the strike since it is a constant 4 extra damage rather than 1d6 (avg of 3.5)
you don't need to be in the stance to use the strike

I always pick up the concentration monk enhancements. and you will want to get all of the 1st level stances for the strikes.
save up action points for lvl3 though as you will need a few to spend 2 for monk wisdom and another for fist of light. yes take the way of light.
as they become available pick up the special healing skills (rmove disease , remove curse, ect)
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take all of tis with a grain of salt from a lvl5 noob monk but this has been working wonders for me. Once I got the fist of light everything started falling into place. I find myself spamming fist of lights all the time even on trash mobs that drop after 2 or 3 hits. you usually get 1 or 2 health om them but it also charges your healing finishing move. when you get that glowy lightning saying the finish move is active make sure you have enough ki to use it before you try or you waste it. Heck I found that FOL even works on some breakable things. I FOL'ed the crates in clear the air and get health back everytime I struck the crate (something like 10-13 health per crate)
A lot of time I find myself taking off power attack just to get more attacks in on trash mobs so I can get more ki and more healing.

I ran the guard chriton kill 200 kobolds on normal by myself and never went more than 15 health below max.

[t0r012]

I should give some advice about tactics a well.
Casters are your worst problem. I found that when opening a door if you alert the mobs inside then step to the side and let the melee come out you can take care of them, then run in and take out the casters it save you a whole lot of health.
If you don't have a choice and have to go in against a group I found it is bets to run around or jump over the hand-to-hand guys to get to the casters and take them out first.

also I should note that I did take mobility but many here say it is worthless. I find it a big help here at low levels when you get fear cast on you or get swarmed. With fear I just roll around to get the AC bonus till I can start attacking again, plus you can usually find a way to get around a corner to stop the spells from raining down on you while you take out the non casters. I'll probably regret the choice later (that is why I didn't recommend it in the starting feats) but for now I find it functional.

be sure to use your elemental strikes at the right places fire strike vs ice mephits and ice spiders and the like.

always be sure to have a batch of ranged weapons on you for the high up immobile casters and those darn kobold shamans that jump up backwards to crazy float in the air places you can't reach them.

soon as you hit lvl 3 and have your FOL run the waterworks chain till you get the black widow bracers which are a huge help.
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edit add:

everytime you log in be sure to reactivate your wind stance. the hotbar icon makes it look active but you won't see the effect on in you active buff display in the upper right corner. you need to turn it "off" then back on for it to work. I have gotten caught a couple times going 'man I seem to be slow ' whne I jump into a dungeon right after logging in then realizing I didn't trun on my wind stance properly.

[gadwon]

thanks for all the help

[t0r012]

ERROR , ERROR!!
sorry I mis-spoke when I said the path of light. I meant to say path of harmonious balance!

please for any new monks reading this do not , I repeat DO NOT , take the path of light preformed character path!

[eddie_storm]

Ok I am using this build and it is working very well, thank you! I am having one issue I just made level 6 and when I attempt to take the power attack feat it doesn't allow me There is a str requirement on power attack of 13 and from what I understand this is without armor. With my Armor my Str is 15 but I guess the requirement is raw stats. Is there any way to get around this? does a tome work?
Please I appreciate ANY assistance I am stuck.

Earthbreaker  
Level 20 Lawful Neutral Halfling Male 
(20 Monk) 
Hit Points: 262 
Spell Points: 0 

BAB: 15/15/20/25/25 
Fortitude: 17 
Reflex: 12 
Will: 7 

              Starting    Feat/Enhancement 
             Base Stats    Modified Stats 
Abilities    (Level 1)      (Level 20) 
Strength           12 +2 tome +6 item = 20 
Dexterity          17 +2 tome +1 lvl +2 enh +6 item +4 Air stance =  32
Constitution       14 +2 tome + 6 item -2 Air stance = 20
Intelligence        8
Wisdom             15 +2 tome +4 lvl +3 enh +6 item = 30
Charisma            8

Tomes Used 
+1 Tome of Strength used at level 5 
 +2 Tome of Strength used at level 20 
+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 20 
+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 20 
+2 Tome of Wisdom used at level 20

Level 1 (Monk) 
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Toughness 
Feat: (Selected) Two Weapon Fighting 
Enhancement: Halfling Luck I (Fortitude) 
Enhancement: Disciple of Breezes 
Enhancement: Disciple of Candles 
Enhancement: Disciple of Puddles 
 
Level 2 (Monk) 
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Weapon Finesse 
Enhancement: Halfling Cunning I 
Enhancement: Halfling Hero's Companion I 
Enhancement: Way of the Elegant Crane I 
 
Level 3 (Monk) 
Feat: (Selected) Dodge 
Feat: (Monk Path) Philosophy - Path of Harmonious Balance 
Enhancement: Halfling Dexterity I 
Enhancement: Halfling Guile I 
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery I 
 
Level 4 (Monk) 
Ability Raise: WIS 
Enhancement: Fists of Light 
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I 
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom I 
 
Level 5 (Monk) 
Enhancement: Halfling Hero's Companion II 
Enhancement: Halfling Luck II (Fortitude) 
 
Level 6 (Monk) 
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack 
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Stunning Fist 
Enhancement: Halfling Cunning II 
Enhancement: Way of the Elegant Crane II 
 
Level 7 (Monk) 
Enhancement: Halfling Guile II 
Enhancement: Adept of Wind 
 
Level 8 (Monk) 
Ability Raise: WIS 
Enhancement: Halfling Dexterity II 
 
Level 9 (Monk) 
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Weapon Fighting 
Enhancement: Halfling Hero's Companion III 
 
Level 10 (Monk) 
Enhancement: Halfling Cunning III 
Enhancement: Adept of Rain 
 
Level 11 (Monk) 
Enhancement: Halfling Guile III 
Enhancement: Unbalancing Strike 
 
Level 12 (Monk) 
Ability Raise: WIS 
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Bludgeoning Weapons 
Enhancement: Halfling Hero's Companion IV 
 
Level 13 (Monk) 
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery II 
 
Level 14 (Monk) 
Enhancement: Halfling Cunning IV 
 
Level 15 (Monk) 
Feat: (Selected) Greater Two Weapon Fighting 
Enhancement: Halfling Guile IV 
 
Level 16 (Monk) 
Ability Raise: WIS 
Enhancement: Master of Thunder 
 
Level 17 (Monk) 
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II 
 
Level 18 (Monk) 
Feat: (Selected) Cleave 
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom II 
 
Level 19 (Monk) 
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom III 
 
Level 20 (Monk) 
Ability Raise: WIS 
Enhancement: Monk Serenity

The Halfling Guile (+8 sneak damage) paired with Unbalancing Strike (vulnerable to sneak attacks regardless of aggro) is like having an extra 16 strength against most mobs in the game. Way of the Elegant Crane fills your Ki bar quickly as being without ki is reducing your power very significantly... all monk special attacks and abilities are powered by Ki except Empty Body and Slow Fall.

[t0r012]

yeah it needs to be a "natural" 13 for power attack.
so equip bonuses won't meet your start reqs.

[Sandheart]

Also note that a +1 STR tome was used at lvl 5. A tome will fix it.

[Letrii]

Also note that a +1 STR tome was used at lvl 5. A tome will fix it.

Burn the necro.

[t0r012]

Burn the necro.

wow yeah that is some nasty necro, a year and a half. not quite the dig them up after 20 years barely any skin left but for sure a just before they go into the ground.
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scared to see what I wrote after I saw my name. not too embarrassed though , the mobility bit is junk but other than that not so bad.
Only thing i'd change now is the build from a balanced to a heavy dex/wis halfer almost like clays suggestion.