Well, I LR'd my dark monk into a light monk with Rogue dillys, Vers III, Shintao III, Void IV, Sun IV, Trap sense II, and Monk Recover III/Human Recovery I.

Other than the finishing moves, I've got the Shintao I and II attacks - I'm lvl 17 atm and won't lvl up until I get closer to lvl 19.

  • Smite Tainted Creature - 17 points extra dmg?

  • Dismissing Strike - does great in Running with the Devils. Almost always a 1 hit KO.

  • Jade Strike - works on specific creatures.

  • Fists of Light - works only on undead. Haven't seen the healing shield work on me yet (but I wasn't really looking.

Shintao III attacks
  • Kukan-Do - stuns using Cha mod but includes SB/SF enhancements such as +10 stun. Does this stun only tainted?

  • Tomb of Jade - stuns using Wis mod.


I ran Bastion of Power yesterday. Didn't try dismissing. I assume dismissing doesn't work on their plane. Used smite and jade mostly. Couldn't tell if either of them actually did anything...

Nice not be able to bypass DR of the marilith with wraps.

For running with the devils I can dismiss/SB/SF almost anything in there. I use SB/SF almost everywhere - I've become a stunmonkey

So for boss tactics, I party support with walk of the sun and clarity. But I don't know the best light attack to use against bosses to get the combos. Is smite tainted my only viable boss attack? What do you light monks use against trash mobs?

Do you use smite tainted strike more than jade? Or both while each cools down? What's a good way to use these 6 attacks against bosses/trash?