Suggestions on gear upgrades?

[Dakwan]

lvl 9 monk and am finding alot of my items feel outdated and underpowered and am just looking for some advice on where to look for upgrades.. ive spent an hour or two tonight shopping around but i don't have an exorbitant amount of gold to spend on the ah

my gear

Weapon:
Devotion handwraps
for creatures that arn't affected the devotion handwraps i use weeping handwraps (+2 +1d6 sonic)
plus the normal smattering of ghost touch, etc..

Headgear : +2 Wisdom helm
necklace: Nimble broach (+1 resistance, +1 dex and the +1 attack bonus for the starter set)
trinket: voice of the master
cloak: +2 resistance
belt: +5 health
ring: protection +1
gloves: nimble grasp (+3 tumble, +5% striding and part of the starter set bonus)
boots: +4 dex
ring: +3 str
bracers: +4 armour
armour: 1d8 lightning guard and light fortification
goggles: +1 attack

i realize that the dex and resistance on the necklace arn't stacking but i havent found anything better than the +1 attack bonus on the starter set.. i also see im missing an easy to fill con item and am currently bidding on a belt thats +3 and lesser false life i believe

just looking for some advice on some good replacements probably via quest rewards or boss chests kinda thing that if need be i can solo farm on normal or casual

[Trillea]

lvl 9 monk and am finding alot of my items feel outdated and underpowered and am just looking for some advice on where to look for upgrades.. ive spent an hour or two tonight shopping around but i don't have an exorbitant amount of gold to spend on the ah

my gear

Weapon:
Devotion handwraps
for creatures that arn't affected the devotion handwraps i use weeping handwraps (+2 +1d6 sonic)
plus the normal smattering of ghost touch, etc..

Headgear : +2 Wisdom helm
Get a concentration helm until you can get Minos at level 11
necklace: Nimble broach (+1 resistance, +1 dex and the +1 attack bonus for the starter set)
Put your WIS item here
trinket: voice of the master
Good choice for here
cloak: +2 resistance
Good unless you can find higher resist
belt: +5 health
Nice for a level 9!
ring: protection +1
Need to upgrade this...
gloves: nimble grasp (+3 tumble, +5% striding and part of the starter set bonus)
Get the gloves from Delera, or just +4 STR gloves if the DEX penalty makes you drop a tier
boots: +4 dex
Good for now.
ring: +3 str
Will do until you get your gloves, then change this to maybe poison immune or false life.
bracers: +4 armour
Will do until you get better.
armour: 1d8 lightning guard and light fortification
Need to upgrade this to moderate or heavy fort. Regular hvy fort robes are min lvl 8, but usually expensive. The guard is insignificant.
goggles: +1 attack
Not bad but I prefer the +4 reflex save goggs from STK.

i realize that the dex and resistance on the necklace arn't stacking but i havent found anything better than the +1 attack bonus on the starter set.. i also see im missing an easy to fill con item and am currently bidding on a belt thats +3 and lesser false life i believe

just looking for some advice on some good replacements probably via quest rewards or boss chests kinda thing that if need be i can solo farm on normal or casual

responses in GREEN

[SolarDawning]

Trillea, when he said "+5 health" belt, I think he meant that belt from Korthos that has Lesser False Life, not a belt with +5 constitution, like I gather you assumed.

[Trillea]

Trillea, when he said "+5 health" belt, I think he meant that belt from Korthos that has Lesser False Life, not a belt with +5 constitution, like I gather you assumed.

Hmm very possible, was thinking +5 CON RR belts which are min lev 7 or 9. Could we get clarification?

[Dakwan]

thanks for the replies guys

and sorry i meant a belt of lesser false life.. considering +con is called health i should have clarified. my bad!

i'm kind of getting the feel from your replies that there isn't much of worth to be found anywhere quest/farmwise with the exception the stuff i already have and the gloves from delaras.. and the stupid trap goggles... done like 6 runs in the past 3 days but is never on my loot table

[Fafnir]

I think you should start looking towards getting, in a few levels:
- minos legens (orchard collect)
- bloodstone (menechtarun; if good for that build)
- icy raiment (subterrane)
- spectral gloves (menechtarun)
- higher armorered bracers (menechtarun has some)

[Arvess]

Trinket: Duskheart (10% blur, 20 hitpoints - same chest as bloodstone in menechtarun)
Wrist: Chaosguards (+2 Dodge AC bonus - Xorian Cipher)
Goggles: Visor of the flesh render guards (deathward clickie - Splinterskull end reward)
Robe: Vulkoorim Dervish robe (+4 AC minimal fire resist - Menechtarun drow area) << I combo this with chaosguards...leave heavy fort until lvl 11 and get minos legens

Shield clickies....necklaces, bracers whatever.

Cult of the Six has some decent end rewards and can be solo'd.

Aside from the chaosguards, the stuff is relatively cheap. my friend has 5 duskheart she doesn't really need so its not like a bloodstone which is 6x the price.

[byzantinebob]

I just hit level 9 on my monk as well and was wondering the same thing. I have upgraded some of my equipment over the levels but some I just don't know what to put there. All in all, I think I'm doing okay for being poor.

HW: +1 Flaming Burst w/ 1% weighted and Eternal Rest for when I need ghosttouched. I don't have Necro I and don't know if I want to buy it just to have for one char.
Head: +3 wis and +3 conc (got for a steal on the AH since they left a 0 off the price)
Trinket: Voice of the Master
Goggles: +5 spot and +5 search. Flesh Render only for clicking. I come from a rogue background and solo a lot. Seeing invis mobs is very helpful to me.
Robe: Ice Guard and Mod. Fort. Cheapest Mod. Fort robe I could find. I'm not the richest player so I have to go on a budget, could care less about the Ice Guard
Cloak: Cloak of Protection +3
Bracers: +2 AC and +3 Heal (I'm a fully dragonmarked halfling and cant afford +3 or +4 yet and don't want to grind the WW anymore)
Belt: Proof against Poison and +5hp. (will drop at lvl 11)
Ring 1: Con+2
Ring 2: Blindness Immunity and Shield of Faith (x3) (I no longer get anythinhg from SoF but Blindness Immunity saved me so many times when I solo. Worrying about enough Ki or pots is a pain in heat of the moment)
Gloves: dex +3
Necklace and boots: Anger set from Korthos. This is the part where I know I should be finding better but it is either too expensive or hasn't dropped yet for me.

So any suggestions on where to go from here or any major flaws in my equipment?

Thanks.