I have a toon that I will be TRing very soon (after u13...I feel a LOT of people will be hitting the TR button that day lol).

Anyway, I will TRing my WF FVS (though he may have Barb Past life via +5 LR hearts...). He has lotsa Green Steel and raid loot etc etc. He has an extensive collection of Great Swords (every good GSW except the ESoS)...but I can't help but feel kinda drawn into getting his MNK life done (maybe more than once...and it looks fun!).

So here are my ideas...


I may be using out-dated info...but does DoS (PLD PRe) still need Tower SHield? What bonuses does DoS add to a MNK?

I always thought I would go 12MNK/6PLD/2FTR. I always thought the 6 PLD levels would be for HotD (healing amp) and the 2 FTR for the 2 Feats plus 1 STR, 1 Toughness Enhancement and Haste Boost.

Or...

12MNK/6PLD/2ROG for some traps and UMD. UMD is super important to me because I tend to play WF and my "main" toon who I will be TRIng a ton soon will need MNK past life (seems really strong).

My leveling plan(s)...
for the 12MNK/6PLD/2FTR build...

1MNK
2PLD (seems to me 2HF is the way to go early on)
3PLD (LoH early)
4MNK (Evasion early)
5FTR (Haste Boost)
6-9PLD (Hunter of the dead)
10 FTR
11-20 MNK

I would switch to Handwraps when I had atleast ITWF...btw do monks get their running speed bonus when using a GreatSword (i.i not centered)

Not sure how I would do feats yet...but suggestions are appreciated.

The OTHER Idea

1ROG for skills
2-12random other jobs...
13 ROG to catch up UMD (here is where I can start nailing Recon Scrolls)
14-20 other Classes

I think with a starting INT of 14 I could reasonably get most traps.


As always any help is appreciated.

Ideas for Stats...Ideas for Feats...ideas for leveling order...ideas for when to use my vast array of GreatSwords vs Hand2Hand.

I have most Handwraps that are end rewards to chains (Fernia and Devotion). I will also be looking out for nice handwraps...so lets assume I will have some good Handwraps.

This build will be to XP and to XP fast. I will TR immediately upon hitting 20.

One thought...if I want fast XPing...would Monk levels be best taken early for running speed? Also was planning on going dark monk for Touch of Death and Shadow Fade. Should I try to power through to get to those ASAP? Like maybe level 1 go ROG then MNK until ToD then work on the other levels?