Need help to build a melee support

[gralha]

I love playing in the support role, buffing, healing and improving the party survivability. I already lvled a bard and a cleric, so I move to a melee build. I choose the exploiter build, but after lvled it to the cap I didnt like at end game content (the only thing I really loved was doing manyshots + imp pr shot when soloing ).

So I'll TR him. After several researching hours in the foruns I think the best support melee non-bard toon is a wis based light monk.

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Level 20 Lawful Good Human Male
(20 Monk) 
Hit Points: 354
Spell Points: 0 
BAB: 15\15\20\25\25
Fortitude: 17
Reflex: 17
Will: 21

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(34 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 20)
Strength             14                    16
Dexterity            16                    18
Constitution         15                    18
Intelligence         10                    12
Wisdom               15                    26
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                    17
Bluff                -1                     0
Concentration         6                    43
Diplomacy            -1                     0
Disable Device        n/a                   n/a
Haggle               -1                     0
Heal                  2                     8
Hide                  6                    27
Intimidate           -1                     0
Jump                  6                    26
Listen                2                     8
Move Silently         7                    27
Open Lock             n/a                   n/a
Perform              n/a                    n/a
Repair                0                     1
Search                0                     1
Spot                  2                    10
Swim                  2                     3
Tumble                4                     5
Use Magic Device      1                    14

Level 1 (Monk)
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Ranger
Feat: (Selected) Skill Focus: Use Magic Device
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Toughness
Feat: (Human Bonus) Two Weapon Fighting


Level 2 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Power Attack


Level 3 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Luck of Heroes
Feat: (Monk Path) Path of Harmonious Balance: Fists of Light


Level 4 (Monk)


Level 5 (Monk)


Level 6 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Past Life: Warrior of the Wild
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Stunning Fist


Level 7 (Monk)


Level 8 (Monk)


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


Level 10 (Monk)


Level 11 (Monk)


Level 12 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Bludgeoning Weapons


Level 13 (Monk)


Level 14 (Monk)


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


Level 16 (Monk)


Level 17 (Monk)


Level 18 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Toughness


Level 19 (Monk)


Level 20 (Monk)
Enhancement: Monk Serenity
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Constitution I
Enhancement: Human Greater Adaptability Wisdom I
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Human Versatility I
Enhancement: Lifting the Veil
Enhancement: Way of the Patient Tortoise I
Enhancement: Way of the Patient Tortoise II
Enhancement: Way of the Patient Tortoise III
Enhancement: Way of the Patient Tortoise IV
Enhancement: Fists of Iron
Enhancement: The Receptive Earth
Enhancement: Restoring the Balance
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Shintao Monk I
Enhancement: Shintao Monk II
Enhancement: Shintao Monk III
Enhancement: Rise of the Phoenix
Enhancement: Void Strike I
Enhancement: Difficulty at the Beginning
Enhancement: Adept of Wind
Enhancement: Grandmaster of Storms
Enhancement: Master of Thunder
Enhancement: Adept of Rock
Enhancement: Adept of Flame
Enhancement: Adept of Rain
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Racial Toughness III
Enhancement: Improved Concentration I
Enhancement: Improved Concentration II
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom I
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom II
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom III

stunning fist DC: 10 base +20 lvls + 10 wraps + 12 wis = 42 (Will be enough for epic after U9?)

AC:
10 Base
9 dex
12 wis
5 prot
5 monk
4 shield
8 bracer
5 barkskin (ranger past life)
4 insight (DT armor)
1 alchemy
1 haste
2 ship

66 self buffed

Sounds good enough to lvl up and farming boot ingredients at Amrath quests.

HP:
354 base
20 minos
30 false life
10 draconian vit

474 total

Could be 519 with a earth III GS item. In my opinion it is pretty solid for a non tank melee.

UMD:
11 ranks
3 cha
1 luck
3 golden cartouche
4 GH

22 total

I would like to use UMD for heals, stoneskin, teleport, fire shield, ts, invisibility scrolls. Shield and resists energy wands too. So, even with a GS +6 cha skill item, my UMD is quite low. Any idea to improve it or should I remove UMD from this char?

Note: I only have enough ingredients to build one GS item (+45 hp or +6 char skill).

[Carpone]

I wouldn't put any points into UMD. All those things you mentioned can be done through clicky items. The exception are Heal scrolls, which are overkill when you've got Healing Ki and 20 monk levels.

The best support a group or raid can have is a character that can DPS well.

[sirgog]

Sounds good enough to lvl up and farming boot ingredients at Amrath quests.

Try Epic Devil Assault for all your boot material farming needs. Much better than Amrath as you get other good stuff (Shroud larges, epic dungeon tokens, and with luck red augments) as well - most runs, someone in the party gets a boot piece or two.

[FuzzyDuck81]

Go with half elf instead & take cleric dilantette, you'll be able to use various cleric wands without building & equipping for UMD or having to make sure you have enough Ki (ditch the AP based abilities & take extra healing amp instead) & scrolls with some AP investment - Heal will have 95% success chance with all 3 tiers once you hit level 15, total 6 AP required. I'm levelling a half elf monk with cleric dilly at the moment and she's proving to be a very capable build with great capability for party support if necessary.

[gralha]

Thank you for those feedbacks.

I wouldn't put any points into UMD. All those things you mentioned can be done through clicky items. The exception are Heal scrolls, which are overkill when you've got Healing Ki and 20 monk levels.


The best support a group or raid can have is a character that can DPS well.

There is a teleport clicky?!

You are totally right about what support is. However, DDO has different ways to bring support to the table. You can buff all party DPS, as a bard or keep that the full DPS oriented half-orc barbarian alive as healer or CC to generate autocrits (or double damage in U9). I prefer this kind of play, more "indirectly DPS".

Try Epic Devil Assault for all your boot material farming needs. Much better than Amrath as you get other good stuff (Shroud larges, epic dungeon tokens, and with luck red augments) as well - most runs, someone in the party gets a boot piece or two.

I'm doing it!
My bard just grab a red augments of metallic edges last night!

Go with half elf instead & take cleric dilantette, you'll be able to use various cleric wands without building & equipping for UMD or having to make sure you have enough Ki (ditch the AP based abilities & take extra healing amp instead) & scrolls with some AP investment - Heal will have 95% success chance with all 3 tiers once you hit level 15, total 6 AP required. I'm levelling a half elf monk with cleric dilly at the moment and she's proving to be a very capable build with great capability for party support if necessary.

You have a point here. I'll only miss the teleport and fire shield scrolls.

And the stunning fist DC, is it good or should i put more in wisdom and less in other Abilities?