ninja spy question

[leesun]

for a ninja spy monk, what are the pros of going pure monk vs throwing in 6 ranger, or 6 fighter, or maybe even going 8mnk/6rng/6ftr?

[Saekee]

for a ninja spy monk, what are the pros of going pure monk vs throwing in 6 ranger, or 6 fighter, or maybe even going 8mnk/6rng/6ftr?

For pure or purish:
In terms of enhancement trees, it is the capstone and henshin MP, so there are reasons to be pure. There is not enough AP to go around.

In terms of feats & general monkness, consider the cutoffs: 12 monk for abundant step, 15 for quivering palm, other various level boosts for movement speed, unarmed bypass & damage die, forms feats at 12 & 18, pure monk DR, etc.

Splashing means access to different powerful trees like tempest or DWS, extra feats that help with having ranged & melee attack, haste boost (monk trees lack this), tier 5 kensei for being centered with non-monk weapons (this is a biggie), and a long list that is subtly evident in specific builds.

[DarkSable]

Splashing means access to different powerful trees like tempest or DWS, extra feats that help with having ranged & melee attack, haste boost (monk trees lack this), tier 5 kensei for being centered with non-monk weapons (this is a biggie), and a long list that is subtly evident in specific builds.

I'll also add in that if you're considering going ranged, the debate between "splashed" (i.e. 6 levels of monk plus whatever else) vs pure is pretty hot... it just depends on what you want to build around.