Monk Greensteel?

[teamghost]

I'm getting ready to TR into a 34pt Half-Orc strength based Monk and I was wondering what greensteel I should craft before I TR...I was thinking of an air HP cloak with all the haste goodies?? Any other thoughts? Is cloak a good spot?

***I'm crafting right now--zero patience, lol...I'm going airx3 but should tier 1 be +10 hp or +5 reflex save?

[FuzzyDuck81]

cloak & goggles are IMO the usual greensteel spots for most people.

If you're only looking for a single-shard recipe, I'd say 3xair HP is a pretty good bet, earth for the elly summon & +concentration can be nice too, or theres always 3xpos which is a handy raise dead clicky. However, one that i've made on one of my monks is pos/negative HP to get the 1st part towards conc opp (since it consolidates a slot for +6 wisdom), then just earth HP at 3rd tier to get +3 concentration, since i didnt think a double shard to get temp hp sometimes (& have no need for SP regen) would be worth it.

If you have the supplies to make a double shard item, a min2 HP item can be a good bet too to consolidate HP, +5 protection & heavy fort, smoke could be useful too for the perma-blur or maybe radiance for the blinding guard which can be handy for dark monks particularly to help ensure that they get their sneak attack damage.

[Straton]

Thats what i use on my monk and imo it's realy nice. The earthgrab guard is realy useful and can be a significant help in high lvl quests and epics. You can consolidate +5 protection, +5 resistance and enervation guard on a DT outfit and get an epic belt of the mroranon for heavy fort, toughness and +7 str.

/Galard

[scottmike0]

cloak is fine at lower levels, but when you obtain epic abashai set id make con opp hp neckless to wear the full set

[Cold_Stele]

GS necklace locks you out of the TOD sets though...

I think goggles is the optimum slot as the best item here (Tharnes) is all but replaced by eBrawling Gloves.

[teamghost]

I'm antsy to TR so I don't think I'll wait for a cleansing stone...so now I'm deciding between goggles and cloak...I don't have anything good in the goggle slot on this toon...

[Habreno]

Aside from exceptional stat goggles, the only good goggles are Tharnes for melee.

[WanderingGrump]

I made a Smoke 2 45HP Cloak, though on reflection I wish it would have been a Helm instead. A Rad2 helm wouldn't bee too bad either but it's going to depend on your gear. For leveling the perma blur and displacement clicky will be nice for either a light or dark monk and if you go dark displacement/blur stack with shadow fade so you have 25% + 20%/50% concealment bonus is really nice.

Of the single shard choices, the 3x Air is very hard to beat. 3x Earth is ok with the summons but since the changes with helplessness the Earthgrab isn't as good as it once was. If I was going to make a 3x Fire item it would be for the resistances not as an HP item, and then it would just be a swap in when you need that extra 15 fire res.

Don't forget to make a 2x Pos clicky for the Raise Dead item (I made a 3x Pos Quarterstaff for grins actually). I also have a 2x Water Shuriken for the Pancea clicky. On occasion a thrower is useful for levers if nothing else and in practice it hits for 30-60pts a throw on most targets I tried it on.

Hope that helps your thinking on the matter.

[teamghost]

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[elg582]

I used to make goggles, but there are so many nice goggles anymore; I've switched to helm, even if it isn't as good for leveling up if you decide to TR.

As for what to put on it, HP of course, and mineral or smoke.