Help for rebuild Light Shintao Monk 20

[Lemarion]

It's been a while since the last time i've played DDO, and now i'm trying to get back and play once again my toons. I'm not sure how the monk class has changed through different update, and i need some help for a revision of my build, The original build is made around a human char, but since I made a really bad build finesse-based on my halfling 1TR rogue,I LRed it into a shintao str based build.The hardest part on a halfling is setting up the right enhancement, and i'm loosig my head trying to figure out the most useful combination. I dunno wich stance is better for a shintao monk...the thundering stance looks pretty useful for the increased attack speed and +2 wisdom instead of the fire stance because of -2 on the same stat. I've dropped some useless thing at higter level like lifting the veil and restoring the balance, saving ap for things like monk wisdom and patient tortoise.

About the feats, i'm pretty sure to use cleave instead another preq for shintao, maybe i have to fix the sequence level progression because, after cleave, all the remain feats are mandatory.

So any suggestion? Thanks in advance for your tips

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Malakiel Silverblood
Level 20 Lawful Neutral Halfling Male
(20 Monk) 
Hit Points: 317
Spell Points: 0 
BAB: 15\15\20\25\25
Fortitude: 18
Reflex: 18
Will: 19

                  Starting            Ending          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats         Base Stats         Modified Stats
(34 Point)       (Level 1)          (Level 20)           (Level 20)
Strength             15                 20                   20
Dexterity            15                 18                   18
Constitution         15                 18                   18
Intelligence          8                 11                   11
Wisdom               15                 17                   21
Charisma              8                 10                   10

Tomes Used
+1 Tome of Strength used at level 3
+1 Tome of Dexterity used at level 3
+1 Tome of Constitution used at level 3
+1 Tome of Intelligence used at level 3
+1 Tome of Wisdom used at level 3
+1 Tome of Charisma used at level 3
+2 Tome of Strength used at level 6
+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 6
+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 6
+2 Tome of Intelligence used at level 6
+2 Tome of Wisdom used at level 6
+2 Tome of Charisma used at level 6
+3 Tome of Intelligence used at level 10

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 20)
Balance               5                    28
Bluff                -1                     2
Concentration         6                    42
Diplomacy            -1                     1
Disable Device       n/a                    n/a
Haggle               -1                     1
Heal                  2                     6
Hide                  2                     9
Intimidate           -1                     1
Jump                  5                    30
Listen                2                     8
Move Silently         2                     7
Open Lock             n/a                   n/a
Perform              n/a                    n/a
Repair               -1                     1
Search               -1                     1
Spot                  2                     6
Swim                  2                     6
Tumble                3                     6
Use Magic Device     -0.5                   8.5

Level 1 (Monk)
Skill: Balance (+3)
Skill: Concentration (+4)
Skill: Jump (+3)
Skill: Tumble (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+0.5)
Feat: (Selected) Cleave
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Rogue
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Power Attack


Level 2 (Monk)
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Stunning Fist


Level 3 (Monk)
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Feat: (Monk Path) Path of Harmonious Balance: Fists of Light
Feat: (Selected) Two Weapon Fighting


Level 4 (Monk)
Ability Raise: DEX
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)


Level 5 (Monk)
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)


Level 6 (Monk)
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Improved Sunder
Feat: (Selected) Toughness


Level 7 (Monk)
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+0.5)


Level 8 (Monk)
Ability Raise: STR
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+0.5)


Level 9 (Monk)
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+0.5)
Feat: (Selected) Past Life: Sneak of Shadows


Level 10 (Monk)
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+0.5)


Level 11 (Monk)
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+0.5)


Level 12 (Monk)
Ability Raise: CON
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+0.5)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Bludgeoning Weapons


Level 13 (Monk)
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+0.5)


Level 14 (Monk)
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+0.5)


Level 15 (Monk)
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+0.5)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Weapon Fighting


Level 16 (Monk)
Ability Raise: STR
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+0.5)


Level 17 (Monk)
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+0.5)


Level 18 (Monk)
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+0.5)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Two Weapon Fighting


Level 19 (Monk)
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+0.5)


Level 20 (Monk)
Ability Raise: STR
Skill: Balance (+1)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+0.5)
Enhancement: Monk Serenity
Enhancement: Halfling Cunning I
Enhancement: Halfling Guile I
Enhancement: Halfling Luck (Fortitude) I
Enhancement: Halfling Luck (Reflex) I
Enhancement: Halfling Luck (Will) I
Enhancement: Way of the Patient Tortoise I
Enhancement: Way of the Patient Tortoise II
Enhancement: Way of the Patient Tortoise III
Enhancement: Fists of Iron
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery II
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery III
Enhancement: Shintao Monk I
Enhancement: Shintao Monk II
Enhancement: Shintao Monk III
Enhancement: Void Strike I
Enhancement: Void Strike II
Enhancement: Void Strike III
Enhancement: Void Strike IV
Enhancement: Unbalancing Strike
Enhancement: Adept of Wind
Enhancement: Grandmaster of Storms
Enhancement: Master of Thunder
Enhancement: Adept of Rock
Enhancement: Master of Stone
Enhancement: Adept of Flame
Enhancement: Master of Bonfires
Enhancement: Adept of Rain
Enhancement: Master of the Sea
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Improved Balance I
Enhancement: Improved Concentration I
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom I
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom II

[Kinerd]

The Wind stance gives +Dex (and -Con), not +Wis, but it is still a pretty good stance. The two stances that have changed the most are Earth stance (now has +1 crit multiplier on 19 and 20 and enormous threat increases) and Water stance (has a bunch of stuff but is still pretty lousy).

The build you have is pretty standard and will suit you well. One easy change I think is to take Precision instead of Cleave for your Shintao pre-req: while it still cannot be used simultaneously with Power Attack, it lost the half damage penalty in u14 or so and has a pretty significant fort bypass. As a halfling that can load up on Sneak Attack damage (plus rogue active PL), fort bypass can be pretty important in a few situations, whereas Cleave is just for fun.

There is a lot of HP in the game now, to the point where spending 5 AP for 10 (in Tortoise 2 and 3) is a bad bet. If you are stuck with halfling, I would put those points into your SA enhancements.