Help a casual player with his Palemaster Monk

[hamick]

Hey everyone!

First, a little background. Im currently playing a 7wiz 1mnk PM build and i am at a crossroad with this build. I only either solo or most commonly play with two of my friends who have DDO (9 shintao pure mnk and 9 rogue mechanic) so raids isnt a big concern for us. The way i like to play this char is primarily a melee character with spells as a backup option.

My dilema is should i continue for PM2 and get vampire and wraith or stick with zombie form and proceed with monk levels? I have zombie form now but i find myself only using it when i solo as the atk speed penalty hurts my ability to land sneek attacks in the group (h. Elf rogue dil.)

I have read others builds of 12wiz PM monk builds and a few threads on Zombie builds but i cant figure which form is better for a melee monk. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks everyone!

[DDOisFree]

Erm, 18 wiz, 2 monk is the only possibility that you should be considering.

[buddabopp]

forget zombie and just go 12 wizzy 6 monk 2whatever(probably fighter) and pump your hps so you have constant tankyness from wraith and tier 2 earth stance for even more tankeyness. This also gets you a ton of bonus feats to do whatever you want with(3 from monk 3 from wizzy 2 from fighter) as well as the stacking elemental dots for spell type damage.

[Myrddinman]

forget zombie and just go 12 wizzy 6 monk 2whatever(probably fighter) and pump your hps so you have constant tankyness from wraith and tier 2 earth stance for even more tankeyness. This also gets you a ton of bonus feats to do whatever you want with(3 from monk 3 from wizzy 2 from fighter) as well as the stacking elemental dots for spell type damage.

This is solid advice, especially if you like to melee. Until Wiz 12 (Wraith form), you may want to drop Pale Master and pickup Archmage PrE instead, and then swap back when you can get PM II.