Monk AA

[galei]

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Level 20 Lawful Good Elf Male
(12 Monk \ 7 Ranger \ 1 Wizard) 
Hit Points: 280
Spell Points: 347 
BAB: 16\16\21\26\26
Fortitude: 15
Reflex: 18
Will: 14

                  Starting            Ending          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats         Base Stats         Modified Stats
(32 Point)       (Level 1)          (Level 20)           (Level 20)
Strength             16                 21                   21
Dexterity            16                 17                   21
Constitution         14                 14                   14
Intelligence         10                 10                   10
Wisdom               12                 13                   15
Charisma              8                  8                    8

Tomes Used
+1 Tome of Wisdom used at level 1
+1 Tome of Dexterity used at level 8

                  Starting            Ending          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills        Base Skills        Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)          (Level 20)          (Level 20)
Balance               7                 28                   29
Bluff                -1                 -1                   -1
Concentration         6                 25                   27
Diplomacy            -1                 -1                   -1
Disable Device        n/a               n/a                   n/a
Haggle               -1                 -1                    2
Heal                  1                  2                    2
Hide                  3                  8                    8
Intimidate           -1                 -1                   -1
Jump                  7                 24                   24
Listen                1                  2                    4
Move Silently         3                  5                    5
Open Lock             n/a               n/a                   n/a
Perform              n/a               n/a                   n/a
Repair                0                  0                    0
Search                0                  0                    2
Spot                  1                  2                    4
Swim                  3                  5                    5
Tumble                7                 28                   28
Use Magic Device     n/a               n/a                   n/a

Level 1 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Toughness
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Two Weapon Fighting


Level 2 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Zen Archery


Level 3 (Ranger)
Feat: (Favored Enemy) Favored Enemy: Undead
Feat: (Monk Path) Path of Harmonious Balance: Fists of Light
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Focus: Ranged Weapons


Level 4 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Ranger Sprint Boost I
Enhancement: Elven Dexterity I
Enhancement: Elven Ranged Attack I
Enhancement: Elven Ranged Damage I
Enhancement: Way of the Clever Monkey I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Damage I
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Defense I
Enhancement: Improved Concentration I
Enhancement: Ranger Dexterity I
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom I


Level 5 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Path) Path of Inevitable Dominion: Fists of Darkness
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Void Strike I
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Resistance I


Level 6 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Point Blank Shot
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Improved Balance I
Enhancement: Improved Concentration II


Level 7 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Elven Ranged Damage II


Level 8 (Wizard)
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Mental Toughness
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer I


Level 9 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Precise Shot
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Force Arrows
Enhancement: Way of the Clever Monkey II


Level 10 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Ranger Sprint Boost II


Level 11 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Toughness
Enhancement: Elven Ranged Attack II


Level 12 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Ranged Weapons
Enhancement: Elven Dexterity II
Enhancement: Adept of Wind
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +2 Arrows


Level 13 (Ranger)
Feat: (Favored Enemy) Favored Enemy: Giant
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Acid Arrows
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Damage II


Level 14 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Attack I
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +3 Arrows


Level 15 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Explosive Arrows
Enhancement: Ranger Dexterity II


Level 16 (Monk)


Level 17 (Monk)
Enhancement: Way of the Clever Monkey III


Level 18 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Force Burst Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Terror Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +4 Arrows
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom II


Level 19 (Monk)
Enhancement: Master of Thunder
Enhancement: Adept of Flame


Level 20 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Slaying Arrows
Enhancement: Master of Bonfires
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +5 Arrows
Enhancement: Wizard Energy of the Scholar I

Level 3 Monk Feat should not be their but couldn't get rid of it. Advice and comments are welcome.

[Letrii]

Lvl 3 monks have to choose one of the two feats for a path.

[galei]

Lvl 3 monks have to choose one of the two feats for a path.

i know, however took ranger instead of monk at lvl 3 and couldnt remove the monk feat that was not supposed to be their.

[Illiain]

I think we should have more monk anti-aircraft guns. What with those little buggers flying all over the place, with their "Abundant Step" and their "Slow Fall" you never know where one will be flying.

I say shoot them all down.

[Ngha]

Why Wiz?

[Musouka]

Why Wiz?

For the feat requirement for AA. You need 1 level of a spellcaster to get the feat, or you can take a level of an arcane and use 1 AP for an enhancement. Wizards are generally taken, since they get a free feat at level 1 to fit the requirement and that 1 AP can be spent on other enhancements.

[Seamonkeysix]

Why Wiz?

Probably to get mental toughness for free. Best guess.

[galei]

Correct. I took the wizard level so i didn't have to use up my ap to get aa. So any thoughts on this build?

[Tunst]

at level 3:
(monk) feat: fists of lightness


at level 5:
(monk) Feat: Fists of darkness




WAT

THE MONK OF TWILIGHT HAS EMERGED
WE ARE NOT WORTHY

[-Zyxas-]

My only comment is that it uses Zen, yet almost dumps Wis, and spends 4 points foolishly on Con as an elf. You won't die from taking 12 Con, and the Wis will help a lot. Hmm... Never mind, I think you're taking the Zen for ki disregard that comment. But you might still want to put the points somewhere other than Con; on anything that uses multiple attributes Con is usually a bad idea to put so much into, it may have a better home somewhere else. Meh, I don't know if I know what I'm talking about, oh well. But I really think if you have that many stats to worry about Con should only get 6 points.

[wax_on_wax_off]

Correct. I took the wizard level so i didn't have to use up my ap to get aa. So any thoughts on this build?

There are 2 ways to qualify for the spellcasting portion of AA:
Either have a blur bar + take mental toughness or take a level of bard/sorcerer/wizard and take the first tier of their SP enhancement or elven arcanum.

For your build, unless you need the bonus metamagic wizard feat (say if you had active PL from paladin) I would suggest that 2 fighter will give better bang for your buck than 1 wizard (and drop to ranger 6, ranger 7 doesn't give much afaik).

Then, you just need mental toughness as ranger 4 grants you a blue bar and you have 1 more feat to play with (-1 feat for mental toughness +2 fighter feats). Additionally, you get +1 strength enhancement, haste boost and other nice fighter things.

At the moment, your feat line up is:
AA Prereqs: WF: ranged, PBS, Mental Toughness
Bow Damage feats: Zen Archery, Precise Shot, IC: Ranged
Melee Damage feats: TWF, GTWF, PA.
Other: Toughness, Toughness

Few problems, TWF is granted for free at Ranger level 2, so you have it twice. You don't need Toughness twice. You don't have Improved Precise Shot which is a critical feat (need 19 dexterity for it). You don't have feats to qualify for a monk PrE.

From the above list we can drop the second toughness, the TWF and we have 1 feat to play with when we swap 1 wizard for 2 fighter, that leaves 3.

Improved Precise Shot, Dodge and Stunning fist. Dodge will allow us to qualify for Ninja-Spy which will give +3d6 sneak attack, have to make sure you choose path of indomitable dominion (dark path) for this. Improved Precise Shot is awesome and you should have this. Stunning Fist is getting a huge boost in the next update so you want this too. One important DPS feat that is missing, particularly if you choose half-elf, is quickdraw; if Stunning Fist loses its lustre at level 20 it might be an option to swap this for it. To be able to swap stunning fist for quickdraw you will have to wait until update 9 before taking stunning fist and make sure you take it with a regular feat, not a monk bonus feat. Another option is to skip Precise Shot and Improved Precise Shot and instead take Stunning Blow and Quickdraw. Stunning Blow will let you take the first tier of stunning enhancements to boost your stunning fist as well give a good double whammy stunning combo. Also, it will let you not worry so much about dexterity and focus on a higher strength.

Be aware, you need 16 constitution after tomes to qualify for earth stance III which will be your best DPS stance for bows if you are already hasted. You need 19 dexterity to qualify for Improved Precise Shot. Start with 14 wisdom as stunning fist and AC will be excellent for you. Half-elf with rogue dilettante is a better race choice if you have it available.

16 str, 16 dex, 14 con, 8 int, 14 wis, 8 cha for half-elf, +1 level up into dex with a +2 tome for IPS, +4 level ups into strength.

Jump and tumble are wasted skill points. Only need 7-11 ranks in balance. Put 1 whole rank into tumble (on a monk level). Take Ranger at level 1 as you get more skill points. Don't put any points into jump (or if you have to a maximum of ~5). Instead, put points into move silently, spot, concentration and UMD as the priorities. I'd prefer maximum move silently, concentration and UMD as a preference. Diplomacy might be a good option as it's getting boosted in U9.

Level order is tricky, a lot of power will come from the ranger levels inclining you to take all 6 early but you will also benefit from spreading them out for skill points. Either, 6 ranger followed by monk and fighter for maximum ease of leveling. Or, 1 ranger, 1 monk, repeat until at 6 ranger (balance between early power and better overall skill distribution). Or spread the 6 ranger levels over levels 1-20 for the optimal skill distribution. Either way, taking 1-2 fighter levels will be nice for haste boost and strength +1 enhancement.

Hope this helped.

[galei]

There are 2 ways to qualify for the spellcasting portion of AA:
Either have a blur bar + take mental toughness or take a level of bard/sorcerer/wizard and take the first tier of their SP enhancement or elven arcanum.

For your build, unless you need the bonus metamagic wizard feat (say if you had active PL from paladin) I would suggest that 2 fighter will give better bang for your buck than 1 wizard (and drop to ranger 6, ranger 7 doesn't give much afaik).

Then, you just need mental toughness as ranger 4 grants you a blue bar and you have 1 more feat to play with (-1 feat for mental toughness +2 fighter feats). Additionally, you get +1 strength enhancement, haste boost and other nice fighter things.

At the moment, your feat line up is:
AA Prereqs: WF: ranged, PBS, Mental Toughness
Bow Damage feats: Zen Archery, Precise Shot, IC: Ranged
Melee Damage feats: TWF, GTWF, PA.
Other: Toughness, Toughness

Few problems, TWF is granted for free at Ranger level 2, so you have it twice. You don't need Toughness twice. You don't have Improved Precise Shot which is a critical feat (need 19 dexterity for it). You don't have feats to qualify for a monk PrE.

From the above list we can drop the second toughness, the TWF and we have 1 feat to play with when we swap 1 wizard for 2 fighter, that leaves 3.

Improved Precise Shot, Dodge and Stunning fist. Dodge will allow us to qualify for Ninja-Spy which will give +3d6 sneak attack, have to make sure you choose path of indomitable dominion (dark path) for this. Improved Precise Shot is awesome and you should have this. Stunning Fist is getting a huge boost in the next update so you want this too. One important DPS feat that is missing, particularly if you choose half-elf, is quickdraw; if Stunning Fist loses its lustre at level 20 it might be an option to swap this for it. To be able to swap stunning fist for quickdraw you will have to wait until update 9 before taking stunning fist and make sure you take it with a regular feat, not a monk bonus feat. Another option is to skip Precise Shot and Improved Precise Shot and instead take Stunning Blow and Quickdraw. Stunning Blow will let you take the first tier of stunning enhancements to boost your stunning fist as well give a good double whammy stunning combo. Also, it will let you not worry so much about dexterity and focus on a higher strength.

Be aware, you need 16 constitution after tomes to qualify for earth stance III which will be your best DPS stance for bows if you are already hasted. You need 19 dexterity to qualify for Improved Precise Shot. Start with 14 wisdom as stunning fist and AC will be excellent for you. Half-elf with rogue dilettante is a better race choice if you have it available.

16 str, 16 dex, 14 con, 8 int, 14 wis, 8 cha for half-elf, +1 level up into dex with a +2 tome for IPS, +4 level ups into strength.

Jump and tumble are wasted skill points. Only need 7-11 ranks in balance. Put 1 whole rank into tumble (on a monk level). Take Ranger at level 1 as you get more skill points. Don't put any points into jump (or if you have to a maximum of ~5). Instead, put points into move silently, spot, concentration and UMD as the priorities. I'd prefer maximum move silently, concentration and UMD as a preference. Diplomacy might be a good option as it's getting boosted in U9.

Level order is tricky, a lot of power will come from the ranger levels inclining you to take all 6 early but you will also benefit from spreading them out for skill points. Either, 6 ranger followed by monk and fighter for maximum ease of leveling. Or, 1 ranger, 1 monk, repeat until at 6 ranger (balance between early power and better overall skill distribution). Or spread the 6 ranger levels over levels 1-20 for the optimal skill distribution. Either way, taking 1-2 fighter levels will be nice for haste boost and strength +1 enhancement.

Hope this helped.

it did ill re work it later today. question if ips requires a 19 dex without a +3 tome i woulnt be able to get it unless i put a lvl point into dex and used a +2. is that correct?

[SpearKicker]

There are 2 ways to qualify for the spellcasting portion of AA:
Either have a blur bar + take mental toughness or take a level of bard/sorcerer/wizard and take the first tier of their SP enhancement or elven arcanum.

For your build, unless you need the bonus metamagic wizard feat (say if you had active PL from paladin) I would suggest that 2 fighter will give better bang for your buck than 1 wizard (and drop to ranger 6, ranger 7 doesn't give much afaik).

Then, you just need mental toughness as ranger 4 grants you a blue bar and you have 1 more feat to play with (-1 feat for mental toughness +2 fighter feats). Additionally, you get +1 strength enhancement, haste boost and other nice fighter things.

At the moment, your feat line up is:
AA Prereqs: WF: ranged, PBS, Mental Toughness
Bow Damage feats: Zen Archery, Precise Shot, IC: Ranged
Melee Damage feats: TWF, GTWF, PA.
Other: Toughness, Toughness

Few problems, TWF is granted for free at Ranger level 2, so you have it twice. You don't need Toughness twice. You don't have Improved Precise Shot which is a critical feat (need 19 dexterity for it). You don't have feats to qualify for a monk PrE.

From the above list we can drop the second toughness, the TWF and we have 1 feat to play with when we swap 1 wizard for 2 fighter, that leaves 3.

Improved Precise Shot, Dodge and Stunning fist. Dodge will allow us to qualify for Ninja-Spy which will give +3d6 sneak attack, have to make sure you choose path of indomitable dominion (dark path) for this. Improved Precise Shot is awesome and you should have this. Stunning Fist is getting a huge boost in the next update so you want this too. One important DPS feat that is missing, particularly if you choose half-elf, is quickdraw; if Stunning Fist loses its lustre at level 20 it might be an option to swap this for it. To be able to swap stunning fist for quickdraw you will have to wait until update 9 before taking stunning fist and make sure you take it with a regular feat, not a monk bonus feat. Another option is to skip Precise Shot and Improved Precise Shot and instead take Stunning Blow and Quickdraw. Stunning Blow will let you take the first tier of stunning enhancements to boost your stunning fist as well give a good double whammy stunning combo. Also, it will let you not worry so much about dexterity and focus on a higher strength.

Be aware, you need 16 constitution after tomes to qualify for earth stance III which will be your best DPS stance for bows if you are already hasted. You need 19 dexterity to qualify for Improved Precise Shot. Start with 14 wisdom as stunning fist and AC will be excellent for you. Half-elf with rogue dilettante is a better race choice if you have it available.

16 str, 16 dex, 14 con, 8 int, 14 wis, 8 cha for half-elf, +1 level up into dex with a +2 tome for IPS, +4 level ups into strength.

Jump and tumble are wasted skill points. Only need 7-11 ranks in balance. Put 1 whole rank into tumble (on a monk level). Take Ranger at level 1 as you get more skill points. Don't put any points into jump (or if you have to a maximum of ~5). Instead, put points into move silently, spot, concentration and UMD as the priorities. I'd prefer maximum move silently, concentration and UMD as a preference. Diplomacy might be a good option as it's getting boosted in U9.

Level order is tricky, a lot of power will come from the ranger levels inclining you to take all 6 early but you will also benefit from spreading them out for skill points. Either, 6 ranger followed by monk and fighter for maximum ease of leveling. Or, 1 ranger, 1 monk, repeat until at 6 ranger (balance between early power and better overall skill distribution). Or spread the 6 ranger levels over levels 1-20 for the optimal skill distribution. Either way, taking 1-2 fighter levels will be nice for haste boost and strength +1 enhancement.

Hope this helped.

Wax,

Why you say Earth Stance III is better for bow DPS?

EDIT: is it because of the U9? I just read it will improve critical. Is that right?


Galei,

I would recomend you to take Favored Enemy Evil Outsider, for endgame DPS. Dont know of anyone mentioned it before, so sorry if it is replicated here.

[SpearKicker]

Galei,

I just liked so much your idea that I decided to put toghether your build with wax_on_wax_off thoughts and my (lack of) experience to build a maybe next life for my toon. It was a monk on first life and a Fighter 12/ monk 8 in this second (he is in 18th lvl now). It has been a while since I want to make a AA, I am not really decided yet but your ideia really inspired me to maybe do this on my next life.

So, here is my first thoughts on this. It probably has a lot of problems, specially because I did it in a rush.

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Monk AA Version 2
Level 20 Lawful Neutral Half-Elf Male
(2 Fighter \ 12 Monk \ 6 Ranger) 
Hit Points: 316
Spell Points: 195 
BAB: 17\17\22\27\27
Fortitude: 20
Reflex: 18
Will: 13

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(36 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 20)
Strength             16                    24
Dexterity            16                    20
Constitution         15                    18
Intelligence         10                    12
Wisdom               14                    16
Charisma              8                    10

Tomes Used
+2 Tome of Strength used at level 7
+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 7
+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 7
+2 Tome of Intelligence used at level 7
+2 Tome of Wisdom used at level 7
+2 Tome of Charisma used at level 7

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 20)
Balance               3                     7
Bluff                -1                     0
Concentration         6                    29
Diplomacy             1                    23
Disable Device        n/a                   n/a
Haggle               -1                     2
Heal                  2                     3
Hide                  3                     5
Intimidate           -1                     0
Jump                  7                    14
Listen                2                     3
Move Silently         7                    28
Open Lock             n/a                   n/a
Perform              n/a                    n/a
Repair                0                     1
Search                0                     1
Spot                  6                    15
Swim                  3                     7
Tumble                n/a                   8
Use Magic Device      1                    11

Level 1 (Ranger)
Feat: (Favored Enemy) Favored Enemy: Undead
Feat: (Half-Elf Dilettante) Half-Elf Dilettante: Rogue
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Fighter
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Monk
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Focus: Ranged Weapons


Level 2 (Ranger)


Level 3 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Point Blank Shot
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Zen Archery


Level 4 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Dodge


Level 5 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Path) Path of Inevitable Dominion: Fists of Darkness


Level 6 (Ranger)
Feat: (Selected) Past Life: Disciple of the Fist


Level 7 (Ranger)


Level 8 (Ranger)
Feat: (Favored Enemy) Favored Enemy: Evil Outsider


Level 9 (Ranger)
Feat: (Selected) Mental Toughness


Level 10 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Precise Shot


Level 11 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Improved Critical: Ranged Weapons


Level 12 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Precise Shot


Level 13 (Monk)


Level 14 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Toughness


Level 15 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Two Weapon Fighting


Level 16 (Monk)


Level 17 (Monk)


Level 18 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack


Level 19 (Monk)


Level 20 (Monk)
Enhancement: Fighter Haste Boost I
Enhancement: Ranger Sprint Boost I
Enhancement: Ranger Sprint Boost II
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Acid Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Explosive Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Force Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Force Burst Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Slaying Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Terror Arrows
Enhancement: Improved Rogue Dilettante I
Enhancement: Improved Rogue Dilettante II
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Constitution I
Enhancement: Human Greater Adaptability Strength I
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Human Versatility I
Enhancement: Human Versatility II
Enhancement: Static Charge
Enhancement: Way of the Clever Monkey I
Enhancement: Way of the Clever Monkey II
Enhancement: Touch of Death
Enhancement: Fists of Iron
Enhancement: Porous Soul
Enhancement: All-Consuming Flame
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Monk Ninja Spy I
Enhancement: Monk Ninja Spy II
Enhancement: Winter's Touch
Enhancement: Adept of Rock
Enhancement: Master of Stone
Enhancement: Adept of Flame
Enhancement: Master of Bonfires
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +2 Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +3 Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +4 Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +5 Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer I
Enhancement: Improved Jump I
Enhancement: Improved Jump II
Enhancement: Improved Tumble I
Enhancement: Improved Tumble II
Enhancement: Ranger Dexterity I
Enhancement: Fighter Strength I
Enhancement: Fighter Toughness I
Enhancement: Half-Elf Improved Trap Sense I

PS.: I am not sure if it would take PA as the last feat. Maybe it should take IC: Bludgeoning or Stunning Fist instead.

[galei]

currently working on remake of my build still using wizard just cant seem to get the idea off of it. will post later tonight when i can.

PS. i like your take on it spear.

[Thrudh]

wizard level can work....

but I think 12/6/2 Monk/Ranger/Fighter works better....

Haste Boost and one extra feat is very nice.

Here's my build for another point of reference...

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=294899

[galei]

Ok so reworked and came up with this build still 12monk/7ranger/1wiz. I know its not as optimal as a 12/6/2 however im going for the lvl 1 of wizard as a personal thing.

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Level 20 Lawful Good Elf Female
(12 Monk \ 7 Ranger \ 1 Wizard) 
Hit Points: 196
Spell Points: 343 
BAB: 16\16\21\26\26
Fortitude: 14
Reflex: 19
Will: 15

                  Starting            Ending          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats         Base Stats         Modified Stats
(32 Point)       (Level 1)          (Level 20)           (Level 20)
Strength             16                 19                   19
Dexterity            16                 19                   23
Constitution         12                 12                   12
Intelligence         10                 10                   10
Wisdom               14                 15                   16
Charisma             10                 10                   10

Tomes Used
+1 Tome of Dexterity used at level 3
+1 Tome of Wisdom used at level 3

                  Starting            Ending          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills        Base Skills        Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)          (Level 20)          (Level 20)
Balance               5                 14                   18
Bluff                 0                  0                    0
Concentration         5                 23                   25
Diplomacy             0                  0                    0
Disable Device        n/a               n/a                   n/a
Haggle                0                  0                    2
Heal                  2                  3                    3
Hide                  7                 21                   25
Intimidate            0                  0                    0
Jump                  7                 20                   22
Listen                2                  3                    5
Move Silently         7                 20                   20
Open Lock             n/a               n/a                   n/a
Perform               n/a               n/a                   n/a
Repair                0                  1                    1
Search                0                  0                    2
Spot                  2                  3                    5
Swim                  3                  4                    4
Tumble                5                 29                   32
Use Magic Device      n/a               n/a                   n/a

Level 1 (Ranger)
Feat: (Favored Enemy) Favored Enemy: Undead
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Focus: Ranged Weapons


Level 2 (Ranger)


Level 3 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Point Blank Shot
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Zen Archery


Level 4 (Monk)
Ability Raise: DEX
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Dodge


Level 5 (Ranger)


Level 6 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Path) Path of Inevitable Dominion: Fists of Darkness
Feat: (Selected) Precise Shot


Level 7 (Ranger)
Spell (1): Camouflage
Spell (1): Jump
Spell (1): Longstrider
Spell (1): Merfolk's Blessing
Spell (1): Ram's Might
Spell (1): Resist Energy
Spell (1): Summon Nature's Ally I
Spell (1): Tumble


Level 8 (Wizard)
Ability Raise: DEX
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Mental Toughness
Spell (1): Expeditious Retreat
Spell (1): Nightshield
Spell (1): Shield
Enhancement: Ranger Sprint Boost I
Enhancement: Ranger Sprint Boost II
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Force Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Dexterity I
Enhancement: Elven Ranged Attack I
Enhancement: Elven Ranged Damage I
Enhancement: Elven Ranged Damage II
Enhancement: Way of the Clever Monkey I
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Void Strike I
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Damage I
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Defense I
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Resistance I
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer I
Enhancement: Improved Concentration I
Enhancement: Improved Concentration II
Enhancement: Ranger Dexterity I
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom I


Level 9 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Focus: Piercing Weapons


Level 10 (Monk)


Level 11 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Stunning Fist
Enhancement: Monk Ninja Spy I
Enhancement: Winter's Touch
Enhancement: Adept of Wind
Enhancement: Improved Jump I
Enhancement: Improved Jump II
Enhancement: Improved Tumble I
Enhancement: Improved Tumble II


Level 12 (Ranger)
Ability Raise: STR
Feat: (Favored Enemy) Favored Enemy: Evil Outsider
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Ranged Weapons


Level 13 (Ranger)


Level 14 (Monk)


Level 15 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Precise Shot
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Acid Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Explosive Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Dexterity II
Enhancement: Elven Ranged Attack II
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +2 Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +3 Arrows
Enhancement: Ranger Dexterity II


Level 16 (Monk)
Ability Raise: STR
Enhancement: Way of the Clever Monkey II


Level 17 (Monk)


Level 18 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Force Burst Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Terror Arrows
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery II
Enhancement: Adept of Flame
Enhancement: Ranger Favored Damage II
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +4 Arrows


Level 19 (Monk)


Level 20 (Ranger)
Ability Raise: STR
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Slaying Arrows
Enhancement: Monk Ninja Spy II
Enhancement: Master of Thunder
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +5 Arrows
Enhancement: Improved Tumble III

[wax_on_wax_off]

Wax,

Why you say Earth Stance III is better for bow DPS?

EDIT: is it because of the U9? I just read it will improve critical. Is that right?


Galei,

I would recomend you to take Favored Enemy Evil Outsider, for endgame DPS. Dont know of anyone mentioned it before, so sorry if it is replicated here.

Correct, in U9 earth stance III and IV give +1 crit multiplier when you roll a natural 19 or 20. This will be the best DPS stance against 0-50% fort mobs unless you are unhasted as doublestrike doesn't work on ranged weapons. This also assumes that you can hit consistently as well losing 2-3 points of AB with it.

it did ill re work it later today. question if ips requires a 19 dex without a +3 tome i woulnt be able to get it unless i put a lvl point into dex and used a +2. is that correct?

Correct

[galei]

So if i took the stats as 16 17 12 10 14 8. i could use a +2 dex tome and get ips since +2 is easier to obtain. or i could put 1 lvl point into dex and us a +1 tome?

[SpearKicker]

Oh man! I was going to tr my Godhand (http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=228369) toon (secon life) in something like Mentau (http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=264340). Now, after this tread I am really in doubt. Do I go Mentau now and build another toon using this AA ideas or do I go AA Monk?

My first life was of a Dark Drow Monk, Wis based. Really nice to play, high survivability, but low DPS. In this one, with a Godhand like build, my DPS shines, but I need a healboot right besides me in order to keep me up. I am really enjoing this high DPS. If I go Mentau, I know my DPS will be very similar. I am afraid if I go AA my DPS drops more than I expect (I have zero experience with AA, so I really cant tell if this will hapen).

Fortunately I have plenty of time to dicide, since I dont plan to TR my guy so soon. Still have a lot of farming to do (TOD rings and Shroud Ingredients Specially).