Eldanti the Half-Orc Ninja-Spy Monk

[butlerfamilywa]

I will be staying WF Monk 34 Point build until I complete all the Epic Items I'm wanting to wear, only because I HATE the level grind.


Gear Layout ~ More AC, More DC, Less overall DPS, but not by much.

You lose the set bonus' for To-Hit, Damage, ect, however.. more DC's for dealing with trash mobs. You might need to turn your Power Attack off when dealing with Epic Bosses, but with 99% of the rest of the content, your to-hit should be fine

Litany does not stack with the Profane bonus from the Abashai set I guess...


33 STR: 17 Base + 3 Tome + 7 Item + 1 Exceptional + 2 Enhancement + 3 Profane = 33
30 DEX: 15 Base + 3 Tome + 6 Item + 1 Exceptional + 1 Litany + 4 Stance = 30
24 CON: 15 Base + 3 Tome + 6 Item + 1 Exceptional + 1 Litany - 2 Stance = 24
14 INT: 10 Base + 3 Tome + 1 Litany = 14
34 WIS: 15 Base + 3 Tome + 6 Item + 2 Exceptional + 2 Enhancement + 1 Litany + 5 Level Up = 34
18 CHA: 06 Base + 3 Tome + 7 Item + 1 Exceptional + 1 Litany = 18


Strength Breakdown:
33 Base + 2 Rage + 2 Boat Buff + 2 Madstone + 2 Yugo Pot = 41 Strength + titan grip gloves, ect ect ect


Hit points:
20 base
10 argo favor
20 Toughness Item
30 Greater false life
160 Level 20 monk
140 Con Mod
45 shroud HP boots
20 Toughness Feat
20 Toughness Enhancements
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465 Hitpoints
20 Rage
40 Madstone Rage
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525 Hitpoints
40 Yugo Pot
60 Earth Stance (Because you gain 4 con, and wind stance removes 2 con = 6 con gain)
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625 Hitpoints, 665 Hitpoints Double Madstoned Tank Stance


Armor Class (30 dex, 34 wis)
10 base
5 monk
12 wisdom
10 dex
1 centered
8 armor bonus
4 insight dragontouched
1 ac ritual robes
5 protection
1 dodge feat
1 haste potion
4 shield wand
5 Yugo Potion +2 wisdom (+2 wis, +4 natural armor)
1 Yugo Potion +2 Dex
3 profane AC from Abashai Set
2 Dodge (Mabar Cloak)
1 Boat: +2 Wis Shrine
1 Boat: +2 Dex Shrine
1 Boat: Blessing of the Three Dragons (+1 Stacking to Natural Armor)
1 Boat: Dwarven Stoutness
1 Boat: Sentinel's Bulwark
2 Recitation (Luck Bonus)
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80 AC Self-Buffed DPS Mode
+3 Dodge (Chattering Ring
+4 Dodge (Epic Nat-Gann Staff)
+5 Ac (Combat Experise)
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92 AC Self Buffed AC Mode
1 ranger barkskin
4 Inspire Heroics "AC" song
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85 AC Raid Buffed DPS Mode
97 AC Raid Buffed AC Mode
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6 Defender of Siberys paladin aura
91 AC Raid Buffed DPS Mode with Paladin
103 AC Raid Buffed AC Mode with Paladin




Helmet: Epic Helm Of Frost
Necklace: Swap Spot ~ Nyoko's Necklace ~ Shintao Cord ~ Scourge Choker
Trinket: Litany of the Dead
Cloak: Epic Cloak of Night
Belt: Epic Belt of the Mroranon
Gloves: Epic Charged Gauntlets
Boots: Greensteel Boots
Bracers: Epic Scorched Bracers
Goggles: Epic Goggles of Time-Sensing
Armor: Dragontouched Shroud
Resistance +5 ~ Protection +5 ~ Insight Ac +4
Ring 1: Nyoko's Band
Ring 2: Swap Spot ~ Chattering Ring ~ Kyosho's Ring

[Taimasan]

If you plan on going str based(which i would think on the half-orc) Just keep in mind that the attack and damage rolls from epic chrono staff are dex based, maybe epic souleater instead? I don't know if this is subject to change or what.

[butlerfamilywa]

Gear Layout 2 ~ More AC, More DC, Less overall DPS, but not by much.

You lose the set bonus' for To-Hit, Damage, ect, however.. more DC's for dealing with trash mobs. You might need to turn your Power Attack off when dealing with Epic Bosses, but with 99% of the rest of the content, your to-hit should be fine

Litany does not stack with the Profane bonus from the Abashai set I guess...


33 STR: 17 Base + 3 Tome + 7 Item + 1 Exceptional + 2 Enhancement + 3 Profane = 33
30 DEX: 15 Base + 3 Tome + 6 Item + 1 Exceptional + 1 Litany + 4 Stance = 30
24 CON: 15 Base + 3 Tome + 6 Item + 1 Exceptional + 1 Litany - 2 Stance = 24
14 INT: 10 Base + 3 Tome + 1 Litany = 14
34 WIS: 15 Base + 3 Tome + 6 Item + 2 Exceptional + 2 Enhancement + 1 Litany + 5 Level Up = 34
18 CHA: 06 Base + 3 Tome + 7 Item + 1 Exceptional + 1 Litany = 18


Strength Breakdown:
33 Base + 2 Rage + 2 Boat Buff + 2 Madstone + 2 Yugo Pot = 41 Strength + titan grip gloves, ect ect ect


Hit points:
20 base
10 argo favor
20 Toughness Item
30 Greater false life
160 Level 20 monk
140 Con Mod
45 shroud HP boots
20 Toughness Feat
20 Toughness Enhancements
----------------------
465 Hitpoints
20 Rage
40 Madstone Rage
----------------------
525 Hitpoints
40 Yugo Pot
60 Earth Stance (Because you gain 4 con, and wind stance removes 2 con = 6 con gain)
----------------------
625 Hitpoints, 665 Hitpoints Double Madstoned Tank Stance


Armor Class (30 dex, 34 wis)
10 base
5 monk
12 wisdom
10 dex
1 centered
8 armor bonus
4 insight dragontouched
1 ac ritual robes
5 protection
1 dodge feat
1 haste potion
4 shield wand
5 Yugo Potion +2 wisdom (+2 wis, +4 natural armor)
1 Yugo Potion +2 Dex
3 profane AC from Abashai Set
2 Dodge (Mabar Cloak)
1 Boat: +2 Wis Shrine
1 Boat: +2 Dex Shrine
1 Boat: Blessing of the Three Dragons (+1 Stacking to Natural Armor)
1 Boat: Dwarven Stoutness
1 Boat: Sentinel's Bulwark
2 Recitation (Luck Bonus)
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80 AC Self-Buffed DPS Mode
+3 Dodge (Chattering Ring
+4 Dodge (Epic Nat-Gann Staff)
+5 Ac (Combat Experise)
--------------------------------
92 AC Self Buffed AC Mode
1 ranger barkskin
4 Inspire Heroics "AC" song
--------------------------------
85 AC Raid Buffed DPS Mode
97 AC Raid Buffed AC Mode
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6 Defender of Siberys paladin aura
91 AC Raid Buffed DPS Mode with Paladin
103 AC Raid Buffed AC Mode with Paladin




Helmet: Epic Helm Of Frost
Necklace: Swap Spot ~ Nyoko's Necklace ~ Shintao Cord ~ Scourge Choker
Trinket: Litany of the Dead
Cloak: Epic Cloak of Night
Belt: Epic Belt of the Mroranon
Gloves: Epic Charged Gauntlets
Boots: Greensteel Boots
Bracers: Epic Scorched Bracers
Goggles: Epic Goggles of Time-Sensing
Armor: Dragontouched Shroud
Resistance +5 ~ Protection +5 ~ Insight Ac +4
Ring 1: Nyoko's Band
Ring 2: Swap Spot ~ Chattering Ring ~ Kyosho's Ring

[Irinis]

Helmet: Epic Helm Of Frost
+7 Charisma ~ Greater Cold Reistance ~ Yellow Slot ~ 1 of 3 Abashai Set

We're all assuming/hoping it's +7... anyone actually made it yet?

[butlerfamilywa]

We're all assuming/hoping it's +7... anyone actually made it yet?

I could have sworn somewhere I had seen a screen shot of the helm somewhere, can't remember for the life of me where.. even if it's +6 charisma however, I'll still be using it. It just takes the place of my +6 charisma ToD Ring

[Irinis]

Ah, found it on the Storm Lords website.

Epic Helm of Frost - Helm, Polar Ray(CL20 3x), Grtr Cold resist, Cha+7, Greater Might of the Abishai Set, Yellow Augment Slot

So it is +7 CHA confirmed... but no guard effect. I was hoping for freezing ice guard or fireshield cold to bring it in line with Epic Red Dragon helm's magma surge + fireshield and be the cold equivalent... not sure if this will be better for my setup. Great for yours though since you will be going for the set bonus.

[butlerfamilywa]

Yea, I lose out on 1 point of Wisdom, from dropping the VoN helmet, however I pick up a slot that I can use for ac/dps swap (ring), and I clear out my boot slot for a hp item. Tomorrow while waiting for timers to tick down, I'll work out the AC/Hp ect on this guy

[Khurse]

Yea, I lose out on 1 point of Wisdom, from dropping the VoN helmet, however I pick up a slot that I can use for ac/dps swap (ring), and I clear out my boot slot for a hp item. Tomorrow while waiting for timers to tick down, I'll work out the AC/Hp ect on this guy

Looking forward to it, sure I'm missing something but I'm only seeing 60ish AC on this guy with the gear you have listed, not the 70-80.
Looks fun though, reminds me I really have to start grinding out the epics for Hekx.

[Desteria]

Personaly on str monks i'm a HUGE fan of epic Cloack of the Roc fro the +1/+2 Excpt strenght realyl the only place a monk can got it from woudl work wel in your gear lay out in sted of the +2 dodge cloack, would be harder to fit in on the other one sicne you woudl still need another might of A set item with out envenomed cloak.

[butlerfamilywa]

Personaly on str monks i'm a HUGE fan of epic Cloack of the Roc fro the +1/+2 Excpt strenght realyl the only place a monk can got it from woudl work wel in your gear lay out in sted of the +2 dodge cloack, would be harder to fit in on the other one sicne you woudl still need another might of A set item with out envenomed cloak.

I agree to be honest with you.

My plans would be to use swappable gear depending on the fighting that I'm going to be doing.

DPS avoid Threat ~ Ninja Spy Set ~ Cape of the Roc to get the +2 damage from Cape of the Roc & +5 Damage to sneak attack from the NS Set.

DPS Hold Threat ~ Shintao Set ~ Mabar Cloak to get the +2 damage from the Shintao set


Tank mode would be wearing all the dodge ac gear I can grab, if I need the hps, would be swapping over to Earth Stance for the extra hps that are needed, and then praying i can hold the agro (very rare situations)

[butlerfamilywa]

After reading about the new changes that are being made coming Update 9, I am planning on scrapping this build, while it was nice as a Str DPS monk, I will probably find more enjoyment out of being more survivable and staying dark path, but going half-elf wind dex/wis based with the rogue dilly.

The higher AC and higher DC to stuns and higher healing amp will offset the increased killing time required in epics due to no more auto-crits. Also I will be looking into intimidate as a dump skill on my next build, considering he is a Half-Elf, ect.. I might just find a way to fit a +15 intim item when needed.