Monk feats need a hand

[Xental]

long time ago i ve created monk and decided that i ll max wis and go for stunning fists
now i m back and still want to play him like old days using wraps and stun them but i got problems witch choosing feats. it is monk human
so far i choose to pick:
(7 + 3 + 1 feats) + 5 epic

heroic: (i choosed so far 7 of 11)
- two weapon fighting x3
- stunning fist
- improved critical
- dodge - to use ability from enchantments
- power attack - 5 dmg on every hit is quite nice
i was thinking here about cleave and gcleave but it slows my attack speed
also i was thinking about mobility and spring attack that would be 3% feat + 9% enchanc + 2% mobility + 2% spring attack = 16% dodge


epic: (i choosed so far 4 of 5)
- improved material arts
- vorpal strikes
- overwhelming critical
- Perfect Two Weapon Fighting
i need one more here

tell me if i am wrong with something i m open to all suggestions
but ;D
i wont change that i m going unarmed/human/who is maxing wis for dc's.

[sebastianosmith]

- two weapon fighting x3
- stunning fist
- improved critical
- dodge - to use ability from enchantments
- power attack - 5 dmg on every hit is quite nice
i was thinking here about cleave and gcleave but it slows my attack speed
also i was thinking about mobility and spring attack that would be 3% feat + 9% enchanc + 2% mobility + 2% spring attack = 16% dodge

For a pure monk, this looks good. Cleave and Great Cleave are really quite useful, don't slow your attack chains appreciably and can be effective CC using paralyzing or similar wraps. Maxing dodge is always a good damage mitigation strategy. Alternatively, since you aren't taking Precision, Improved Sunder is also a good choice. And there's always Toughness as the old stand-by.

epic: (i choosed so far 4 of 5)
- improved material arts
- vorpal strikes
- overwhelming critical
- Perfect Two Weapon Fighting
i need one more here

Since I don't know what destinies you've maxed (assuming at least one primal for PTWF), I'd go for Mass Frog (two primal), Tactician (one martial), Elusive Target or First Blood (two marital) or perhaps Holy Strike if you want to run through GMoF and pick up Unyielding Sentinel for a while which is not all that bad as a monk. And again, there's always Toughness.

I hope some of this helps.

[Powerhungry]

long time ago i ve created monk and decided that i ll max wis and go for stunning fists
now i m back and still want to play him like old days using wraps and stun them but i got problems witch choosing feats. it is monk human
so far i choose to pick:
(7 + 3 + 1 feats) + 5 epic

heroic: (i choosed so far 7 of 11)
- two weapon fighting x3
- stunning fist
- improved critical
- dodge - to use ability from enchantments
- power attack - 5 dmg on every hit is quite nice
i was thinking here about cleave and gcleave but it slows my attack speed
also i was thinking about mobility and spring attack that would be 3% feat + 9% enchanc + 2% mobility + 2% spring attack = 16% dodge


epic: (i choosed so far 4 of 5)
- improved material arts
- vorpal strikes
- overwhelming critical
- Perfect Two Weapon Fighting
i need one more here

tell me if i am wrong with something i m open to all suggestions
but ;D
i wont change that i m going unarmed/human/who is maxing wis for dc's.

Since you mentioned dodge, mobility and spring attack, instead of power attack you could use combat expertise and whirlwind attack (a 4w cleave). Also if your dex is higher than str you should consider weapon finesse.

[Xental]

Since you mentioned dodge, mobility and spring attack, instead of power attack you could use combat expertise and whirlwind attack (a 4w cleave). Also if your dex is higher than str you should consider weapon finesse.

yeah that would be some nice damage with whirlwind attack that you mention but to do this i need +5 int tome which is impossible me to get ;/

do you guys recommend me some more feats or i should stick with dodges and i don't know ??toughness??

"Cleave and Great Cleave are really quite useful," i know that but when i was testing them on mannequin my whole attack chain disrupted which causes me to loose some of my energy? bar also as not 2Heander i will deal much less damage, in the other hand unarmed monk just don't have any cool other ones so..

[sebastianosmith]

"Cleave and Great Cleave are really quite useful," i know that but when i was testing them on mannequin my whole attack chain disrupted which causes me to loose some of my energy?

As of this moment, I don't think Cleave or G-Cleave interrupt monk finisher chains. And as far as I am aware, both of those moves will also provide double-strike and off-hand attack bonuses as well which becomes much more apparent in later levels. Coupled with earth stance, that's a lot of crit potential. Just saying...

[EllisDee37]

"Cleave and Great Cleave are really quite useful," i know that but when i was testing them on mannequin my whole attack chain disrupted which causes me to loose some of my energy? bar also as not 2Heander i will deal much less damage, in the other hand unarmed monk just don't have any cool other ones so..

I'm guessing your human monk is female.

The animation for monk cleaves was fixed around a year ago. You can now spam both cleave and great cleave with minimal interruption.

Here is video of my unarmed monk spamming cleave and great cleave. You can see the icons in the top left of my three hotbars to see when they're being used so you can identify the animation.

[Munkenmo]

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You could check out the monk guide in my signature. The unarmed build there looks like it's just right for you.

[Xental]

thanks, that what you all said surely would help me a lot ;D

"I'm guessing your human monk is female."
no, it is a male ;D

[EllisDee37]

"I'm guessing your human monk is female."
no, it is a male ;D

Hmmm, that's odd then. The borked cleave animation for humans only happened to female characters. Male humans never had the hitching problem.

Did you check out the cleaves in my linked video? Is that the same animation speed as what you objected to in the OP?