The Phoenix

[Vish]

Phoenix

Lawful Neutral human monk20

Str 8
Dex 17 +3
Con 14
Int 14
Wis 16 +4
Cha 9
+6 tomes

Skills concentration, balance, jump, tumble, Umd

1 human twf
Monk dodge
Feat combat expertise
2 monk mobility
3 precision
6 spring attack
Monk stunning fist
9 whirlwind
12 ic:blunt
15 itwf
18 gtwf

21 imp. Martial arts
24 oc
26 PTWF
27 blinding speed
28 tactician
29 dire charge
30 astral
Epic reflexes

41 Shintao core6 tier5
11 henshin core3
11 ninja core3 dex to hit/damage
11 kta
6 human

Running gmof or ld...
Twists sense weakness, lithe, cocoon

This is the rising Phoenix
The embodiment of the order

A middling minmax approach. Both dex and wis valued.
Wis will be the dire charge
And returning as the Phoenix the likely result

The next iteration of monk for Kil
Will likely wait for u34 and changes to twf and whirlwind

Shintao 41
8 Empty hand, kukan do, meditation, rise
4 +1 wis, tomb of jade
5 +1 wis, jade strike, receptive earth
11 conditioning, iron skin, knock the sky, smite, difficult beginning
7 deft strikes, reed in the wind, restoring the balance
6 cores

Henshin 11
5 mystic training, way of turtle
3 contemplation
3 cores

Ninja 11
5 acrobatic, sneak attack
3 agility
3 cores

Kta 11
5 strategic combat, toughness
3 kta
3 cores +1 dex

Human 6
6 cores damage/ skills boost, +1 wis, +1 dex

[Vish]

Dark Phoenix?*

Lawful Neutral deep gnome monk20
fists of light

Str 6
Dex 17 +3
Con 14
Int 16
Wis 18 +4
Cha 7
+6 tomes

Skills concentration, balance, jump, tumble, Umd

1 Monk twf
Feat combat expertise
2 monk dodge
3 mobility fists of light
6 spring attack
Monk stunning fist
9 whirlwind
12 ic:blunt
15 itwf
18 gtwf

21 imp. Martial arts
24 oc
26 PTWF
27 blinding speed
28 tactician
29 dire charge
30 astral
Epic reflexes

41 Shintao core6 tier5
11 henshin core3
11 ninja core3 dex to hit/damage
11 kta
6 deep gnome

Running gmof
Twists sense weakness, lithe, cocoon

The dark Phoenix rising on Christmas
From the Underdark comes the light
To seek perfection in the day

'twas born just yesterday
In a place darker than gray
Consumed I was in the light
Phoenix born I gave flight
To seek shelter in the fray

[Vish]

Level 21
Put on the cannith gear
Instant orbit
Took it even further
Added +6 charisma, prot, resistance,
Good luck and false life +30
Shoring up what I didn't have
Only thing missing is armor piercing or seeker
Got a ring slot open...

Running in mountain stance
With meditation of war
Twisted in tier2 improved combat expertise for +20 prr
Numbers
Str 24
Dex 40
Con 40
Int 34
Wis 53
Cha 21
Hp 721
Sp 203
Ki /450
AC 155
Dodge 28
Fort 49
Reflex 51
Will 58
Sr 37
Fort 130
Prr 126
Mrr 38
Pos 217
Hamp 100
Doublestrike 21
Attack speed 9
Melee power 94

Seeing avg damage about 100
Crits 400
Doing 10d6 x3 using grave wrappings

Running underlevel EE
Stunning fist, jade strike working fine
So is quivering palm
Pretty tanky wearing robes
Find I can handle everything one on one
Whirlwind is some aoe
Have lots of attacks
About 4-5 rotation
But I add in a wave of elemental ki attacks
When running hi ki
Kind of like a mana dump
I'll break them down more but justed getting used to full Shintao
And the hit box size
Ya have to be just up on them to strike from behind while running
I'm seeing lots of helpless damage from the stuns
About doubles it to 200s

Haven't used kukan do much yet,
Haven't rose the Phoenix
That is an ability I will have to get used to
Like running death pact from cleric

But running stunning 11 helps DCs
I'll provide a breakdown when I do the rotation

It's fun
It's the traditional monk
Shintao with fists of light running in mountain

[Vish]

Level 25
let's say cannith trumps rng
And provides a boost at 21 that Carrys to 28
So I'm running underlevel EE easy as cake
As a 27 at 21
You don't get much gains
Improved martial arts and oc
So some dps
Everything else stays the same
But rocking it on a Shintao

Rotation is pretty small
I have a different meta rotation
What with kta and touch
But rotation is fists of light, reed, eagle claw
Then I have a bunch of special attacks
I have three aoe
Whirlwind, drifting lotus, scattering of petals
You can't discount lotus as a very effective knockdown aoe
And petals is good for casters
Then there is kukan do?*
I use it when first aggro mobs
Rarely see it get more than one though
Then there is my ranged attacks
Orchid blossom, and lily petal to charge ein
Ki bolt as fun blast
That goes well with switching to shuriken
I think I'm gonna build 10k stars on all my monks now
Just for utility
Then there is beholder kill options
The smite and jade strikes
Always good to know you can kill them easy
That's what I slotted
A eye of the beholder
Got an epic one too
So it'll be a swap out after 28

So what I've got to say about monk
Fists is different than Bo different than shuri
That's all good
I prefer the henshin, but the shuri is easy
The Shintao, well I've got to 30 yet
Seems it will be slightly tanky
And good dps
Was using a tf tier1 wraps
Then at 26 switch to Greensteel
That's 12.5
And melee power is over 100
Damage comes in number of attacks
And rof seems high
Kinda like the wolf build
Lower numbers but higher strike
Seeing crits of 1000

But I prefer the utility of gmof over blitz
Keeping up a Zerg doesn't really suit a monks playstyle
Monk is all over the battlefield
Doing all kinds of stuff
Reducing him to a dire charging tank
Isn't what it is
And when your defenses fail
One shotted
Well, not that bad
But I play a lot of hit and run
And really play into the melee and ranged hybrid

But I'll get Kil to 30
As a deep gnome
Which has been real good synergy with the monk
And deep gnome has good racial ap
And thinking of next
Is a henshin again
This time a half Orc shaman?*
Since I've never played a half Orc before

Ps
Rise of the Phoenix
They really screwed this up
Now it's on a 15 min cooldown
So instead of once per shrine
It's once per adventure
Otherwise it's an ass saver

[Vish]

Level30
Running in mountain with war,?*
Combat expertise on
Gmof
Str 36
Dex 50
Con 56
Int 40
Wis 72
Cha 16

Hp 1189
Sp 200
Ki /500
AC 211
Dodge 32
Fort 75
Reflex 81
Will 85
Sr 46
Fort 268
Prr 137
Mrr 50
Pos 361
Hamp 121
Doublestrike 39
Attack speed 15
Melee power 130

Balance 61
Concentration 100
Jump 52
Spot 69
Umd 33

Shintao 42
Ninja 9
Henshin 13
Harper 8
Deep gnome 8

Resting DCs no kta (adds 7)
Stunning fist 91
Dire charge 96
Quivering palm 65
Petals 71
Lotus 71
Tomb of jade 96
Kukan do 96
Smite 96
Jade 96
Finishers 99

Gear
Helm lHardened helm w prot8
Neck lChains 17con4 resist14
Eyes mentaus
Trinket slavers symbol festive wis2 globe of true blood
Body outfit of celestial avenger draconic good luck
Cloak cc int15 inswis7
Bracer lshackle 17str4 stunning20
Belt lanimated rope
Ring1 lprowess
Ring2 lring 17wis4 devotion185 concentration22
Boots open
Gloves cc 15dex7 topaz of power200

Fists
Storms harness 13.5
Double pos LGS 13
+90 to hit
+64 damage
Avg damage 230

I think now at 30, this is hardest hitting monk
Unreal defense in mountain with 211 AC
But it's melee, the shuri is so easy
But I like the challenge of combat
And this is where a real monks abilities are tested

I can say now monks look to be in a good place
I will tr back into henshin to further test
I didn't see full ninja either
But I've made recommendations there
I would say monks are back in the saddle

About the build
Straight up twf monk
Everything except vorpal fists, and I don't consider that worth it
The combination of stunning fist is overwhelming versus trash
Very deadly single target killer
Lots of special attacks
And fists of light finishers
Though rarely used
Even healing is only after combat, cocoon for immediate need
But this toon is super defense
Has diversion and doesn't draw aggro to begin with
Mobs rush past
Has dire charge
Uses it with whirlwind and gmof aoe
This is a powerful monk
Just I like henshin niche better
And have a triple pos staff...

The gear.
Crafted a cc cloak. Put int on it for kta, so it's kinda specialized. Crafted mostly for the insightful wisdom, brought wisdom even to 72.
There's room on it for dodge too, but
I put on the rope since I have it, and it provides dodge
But really, I'm running 3 slavers and need 2 more
That would be belt and boots
But I don't need anything other than a charisma item
So I don't know what to craft there
I was thinking the hardened hide helm and slavers trinket would count for 5 piece, but guess it doesn't work that way...
I was thinking boots of devil commander, but I don't have a pair of those yet, guess its farm time.
And I might craft cc seeker goggles. But the mentaus are pretty good and got Umd on them too.

So it's pretty cherried out
And performing quite well
About what I hoped for monk and wraps

[Vish]

Stunning fist
You know, I just gotta talk about the stunning fist build
It doubles your damage
I'm doing avg 230 per hit
500 vs stunned mob, 2k crits
Way over 10k dps auto target

I mean, the shuri does good dps?*
And it's ranged
But it's cheese play
For noobs

Melee is the measure
And I'm thoroughly enjoying the monk play
I have ranged, single and aoe
All kinds of abilities?*
Buffs, and debuffs

Also, here is a secret shaolin trick
The elemental ki strikes produce finishers
You must cycle with fists of light
And it will create a finishing move of that element
Did you know this, grasshopper?

And with knowing the angles
You will get your DCs over 100
But we only teach this to the smart monks
It is like their 7th sense

Also, grasshopper
Did you know that a beeline
Is not straight?
They fly the magnetic
Using their sense of smell

Likewise, as humans?*
We are tuned to the magnetic
And the gravitational
You see, that is how we sting
And float
And leap

Your fists are what aligns the chaos
Through our hara, we charge the ki
And coalesce the essence of the four directions
If you later become a mystic
You learn of the void, the fifth element
Yet we are all touched by this energy
And manifest this as our dragon form

And as to the order of assassins
They are even more recluse than the henshin
Even though they group,
They are so secret, nothing is known of them
No builds are posted
No alternate forms
It is as if they don't exist
And that may be for the better, grasshopper
For they are our evil twin
They walk the edge between night and day
So as to be never seen
But theirs is a poisonous truth
To seek perfection,
That is our goal
And we do this incluvisely,?*
not by hiding in the shadows
But by the light of day
And openly, exclusively,
So that all can come to their fullest potential
And to see beyond even death
That is the pinnacle
Master over the elements
And opening the path beyond
To seek lifes liberation
And pass through the final gate
And to return to share
risen like the Phoenix

[NXPlasmid]

Interesting... Splitting level ups between stats has always made me nervous. Wouldn't you rather have them all in Wis?

[Vish]

Min maxing to the middle
Well, when designing a build I look at couple things
My experience with monk was that I could target a 76 wisdom,
Which worked fine for DCs.
With the Phoenix, there are two stats wis and dex.
So I split them, +3 to a 17 dex is 20, which is a +2 add
And +4 to 16 is 20 for +2 add
The difference if put into wisdom would result in odd number, so your losing max effectiveness. This way you get extra add on the dex, and same adds on wisdom, or only -1.
The dex is very important. It covers your tohit damage reflex, so to max it helps.
I would only put all levels ups if it was a max dc type of build.
But a monk balances several abilities, just on this one only dex and wis are most considered.
I find the loss of one dc not to matter, but extra attack and reflex is necessary.
So it's a middleling min max approach.

On another note, slavers set
Doh, I didn't realize you had to slot the named items with a set gem.
Did so, and now have a five piece might set.

[Vish]

Interesting... Splitting level ups between stats has always made me nervous. Wouldn't you rather have them all in Wis?

More on min max to the middle
A note on stat allocation
I rarely go above a 16 stat, unless racial modified
That returns highest avg yield on a toon with 3 stats
So like a 16 str con and cha and 6 points left over
For avging 3 low stats to 10. That's a pretty max spread, other than going all 14s.
Another thing I look at is max stat.
I run +6 tomes, so I always figure that into cap.
So usually it would be 18 + 6tome + 7levelups, or 31
33 on a 20 stat.
So I try to max towards at least a 30 in main stat.
If there are two, I try to weight towards first and then max second.
Like what I did on Phoenix build. They both avg to 20, with +6tome, 26. So 4 short of a possible good max, but at least as high as possible, give the spread distribution.
Like on the dg build, a 18 wis for a 28 total, slightly higher.
But the trade offs to max isn't much. Most times it will net you at most +2 or +3. I find in the end game metta, it's better to have score avg maxed out, at least on a monk, with 4 stats. Than to have one super high maxed out score. You would do that on a one stat toon, tho. Or on like a dex ninja shuri.
And besides, you can pump one stat through adds in pre and Ed. That's how I bump the wisdom on monks. Just put all ability points into wis, and use max gear. So a 76 wis on the dark Phoenix, in water.
Highest score yet I've figured. It's not max, but I'm happy.

So to answer the question about max points for level ups,
The 7 would make it odd, but you could go 1/6 that would add dex 1 and wis 3, so evens the adds, just weights towards wisdom. Max to the middle with both at 3/4.

Another note
Quivering palm works.
I've been spamming it just to see.
Only like a 61 dc, but it kills trash mobs.
Pretty regularly.
I was surprised.
And this in lhspine too.
I don't care about LE. Other than slavers
And it works there too.

[Vish]

About to tr
Been running the Shintao
Farming, farming and that's about it
Got a couple hundred seeds, so I should be set for next six months
There were two pieces I was looking for,
Scraps of enlightenment
Boots of the devil commanders
Don't worry the Handwraps, I've got LGS, and I'm not going to stay ua, didn't get them yet
But I went on a spree for creeping death, running it about 10 times over the last week. Finally got them this morning, on EE, with Garko being a champ even. Had him white dot on us twice, and I got the feeling this would be the lucky run, and it was.
So that shores up the weakest part of this build. Now in mountain, prr is 163. I'll take that.
But here is the real secret, that quivering palm works.
With kta, in water, I get mine to 74. I use it on the trash mobs in slavers all the time, 6 sec cooldown for the win, so you can spam it.
Only hard part is getting right in front of the mob and hitting it. Farming creeping death, trying to use it on the kobolds as they jump around, is a challenge. But it works, and is in the rotation.
Also, I spent time running dreadnought.
Overall it increases damage from 230 to 300, or about a 30% increase. That with 10 stacks of blitz. but it's only up about 1/3 of the time.
But I don't like blitz. I find it too easy to lose, and mostly I only could keep it going while zerging, and while I can, I prefer to go slower rather than always leading with a dire charge Zerg time.
So I switched back to gmof. Gmof has several abilities that I feel are essential to my style of play. A couple extra aoe, and a couple special clickies, one for ki, and one a heal. The heal is a life saver as it removes neg levels, and that is one weakness of the build, no deathward.?*
Plus it has ein, and ranged attacks, so it really rounds you out. The ein is always awesome for those final boss rooms where there is a crowd of monsters. Instant poof, just a boss to deal with, can't do that in dreadnought.
So I'm sticking to gmof.?*

Going to tr one more time. Back to henshin. that will be posted in the void dragon section? Well maybe not, since it won't be that build, I've learned the tricks of monk, and I'm going to feat it a little differently. Combat expertise and stunning fist on a staff build. Maybe I'll start a new thread...

So that's it for Shintao. Been an awesome run and probably the best single target damage I've seen on a build that I've run (no tempest or pure fighters yet though). And stunning fist and qp are no joke, bread and butter stunners and instakill. And über defenses. And fast. Overall a joy to play.

[Irongutz2000]

About to tr
Been running the Shintao
Farming, farming and that's about it
Got a couple hundred seeds, so I should be set for next six months
There were two pieces I was looking for,
Scraps of enlightenment
Boots of the devil commanders
Don't worry the Handwraps, I've got LGS, and I'm not going to stay ua, didn't get them yet
But I went on a spree for creeping death, running it about 10 times over the last week. Finally got them this morning, on EE, with Garko being a champ even. Had him white dot on us twice, and I got the feeling this would be the lucky run, and it was.
So that shores up the weakest part of this build. Now in mountain, prr is 163. I'll take that.
But here is the real secret, that quivering palm works.
With kta, in water, I get mine to 74. I use it on the trash mobs in slavers all the time, 6 sec cooldown for the win, so you can spam it.
Only hard part is getting right in front of the mob and hitting it. Farming creeping death, trying to use it on the kobolds as they jump around, is a challenge. But it works, and is in the rotation.
Also, I spent time running dreadnought.
Overall it increases damage from 230 to 300, or about a 30% increase. That with 10 stacks of blitz. but it's only up about 1/3 of the time.
But I don't like blitz. I find it too easy to lose, and mostly I only could keep it going while zerging, and while I can, I prefer to go slower rather than always leading with a dire charge Zerg time.
So I switched back to gmof. Gmof has several abilities that I feel are essential to my style of play. A couple extra aoe, and a couple special clickies, one for ki, and one a heal. The heal is a life saver as it removes neg levels, and that is one weakness of the build, no deathward.?*
Plus it has ein, and ranged attacks, so it really rounds you out. The ein is always awesome for those final boss rooms where there is a crowd of monsters. Instant poof, just a boss to deal with, can't do that in dreadnought.
So I'm sticking to gmof.?*

Going to tr one more time. Back to henshin. that will be posted in the void dragon section? Well maybe not, since it won't be that build, I've learned the tricks of monk, and I'm going to feat it a little differently. Combat expertise and stunning fist on a staff build. Maybe I'll start a new thread...

So that's it for Shintao. Been an awesome run and probably the best single target damage I've seen on a build that I've run (no tempest or pure fighters yet though). And stunning fist and qp are no joke, bread and butter stunners and instakill. And über defenses. And fast. Overall a joy to play.

Idk what kind of content u run but my wrap monk always has a blitz , ur faster then everyone else so u can make it to the mobs faster + the amount of attacks u get with WW and just attacking makes it really easy. My play style is run up to mobs , dire charge then WW and clean up. Works great.

Blitz gives u 1 crit range , haste boost and blitz ....gmof offers nothing for damage , and i like it , it feels monky but i can't play in because the damage is so bad in comparision.

[Vish]

Like I said, I can play the Zerg,
But I don't enjoy it.

Racing should not be the name of the game...

[Finn42]

Love this thread! really nice for specing out a 'wraps, human, 20 monk, whirlwind, light path'

questions,
1) how do you keep Know the Angles up without some echo's of power mana source? - great, get 1-2 casts for having MP item or something, but not for running full instance.

2) I don't see why you get in the Harper tree "strategic combat". why not get "Harper Enchantment" as this helps for all attacks and not just the RARE case that we pull out our dusty sharukens. (yes, I understand we need to get 'something' to get to next tier, but even weathered traveler for the small energy resists seem better than strategic combat.)

3) Elemental Curatives - why do you get them all? I find get the resto one (activate for the passive), and use pots for the rest. (this change allows for getting Violence begets violence instead.)

4) healing amp in the human tree not worth trying to fit in ?

5) KTA really is worth it ? seems like a lot to invest to get it - how much does it actually tend to give - (given that its bonus doesn't stack with other gear bonuses like insightful combat mastery ? correct?)

6) any changes for latest updates? (I love it when builds are updated at the end even with a "yep, build still good for U33")

thanks, Finn

[DrawingGuy]

@Finn - I'll go ahead and address your questions:

1) how do you keep Know the Angles up without some echo's of power mana source? - great, get 1-2 casts for having MP item or something, but not for running full instance.
A Tier 3 KtA takes 15 SP. With a 250 SP augment, that is already over 15 clicks. That's 30 minutes right there. Of course Cocoon competes against this, but you should still be able to easily get 10-20 minutes of KtA unless you're having to spam Cocoon. Add in clickies, more SP from ship buffs and past lives, and the fact you get SP when you shrine, and you should be just fine. If you're still struggling, you can always try to fit in more SP items. Personally I run with t2 KtA, which is shorter and costs more, and usually last the entire quest without even shrining. Though I do carry SP clickies.

2) I don't see why you get in the Harper tree "strategic combat". why not get "Harper Enchantment" as this helps for all attacks and not just the RARE case that we pull out our dusty sharukens. (yes, I understand we need to get 'something' to get to next tier, but even weathered traveler for the small energy resists seem better than strategic combat.)
I completely agree. Harper Enchantment and 2 tiers of Toughness is a far better way to unlock the next tier of Harper. Strategic Combat is a complete waste as your Dex should be higher, and Ninja Spy 1 and 2 cores give you Dex to your wraps and Shuri.

3) Elemental Curatives - why do you get them all? I find get the resto one (activate for the passive), and use pots for the rest. (this change allows for getting Violence begets violence instead.)
Elemental Curatives gives +1 to hit and damage, so is worth it for that alone. Before, yes, they were essentially useless due to cheap potions serving the same purpose. Though I would say cure curses (balance) on certain quests is quite useful when pugging due to people not always carrying those potions.

4) healing amp in the human tree not worth trying to fit in ?
The three points spent for the +1 Dex and Skills boost definitely could be better spent elsewhere. Hamp is one such thing. Personally my own point plans have been too tight for that, but the addition of Racial past lives will change that for me as this enhancement is part of the reason I want to go through that grind. Well, that, plus having the ability to get +3 WIS and +3 DEX while under boost while still affording my point build plans.

5) KTA really is worth it ? seems like a lot to invest to get it - how much does it actually tend to give - (given that its bonus doesn't stack with other gear bonuses like insightful combat mastery ? correct?)
The investment actually isn't that bad. You need to invest a bit into INT if you want to get WWA by level 9 rather than having to wait until Epics, and I've found the extra skill points useful to my play style as I use quite a few of my skills. And item wise, you only need INT when casting KtA. This means you can swap to an Int item > cast KtA > swap back and still keep the bonus. This means that the investment isn't that bad. Also Insightful Combat Mastery items and KtA stack. Add in the damage, and 7-8 AP for 10+ to your damage and DCs is nice. When I'm done with my racial PLs, I should be able to get 13-15 depending on if I use temp buffs or not. KtA is an absolute requirement if you want to get Quivering Palm into useful DCs while unarmed.

6) any changes for latest updates? (I love it when builds are updated at the end even with a "yep, build still good for U33"
Depends if you mean back in the Monk pass, or u36. u36 changes nothing for Monk, the pass did. It changed the Henshin tree from "ignore unless you're a cross-class acrobat" to "invest all you can". The bulk of this is because of the addition of Melee Power and PRR into the cores. Add in the Quick Draw feat in core 3, and I'd list 11 AP into Henshin as a "must". Quick Draw is obvious for Throwers, helps melee when they need to throw, and quicker recovery from Action Boosts if you don't have the habit to interrupt already. Henshin + Thief Acrobat has the capacity for 50+ dodge and Rogue Imp Uncanny Dodge, you can run around Reaper mode with 100% dodge for whenever you get into trouble or if you space out your combat. It isn't the new Meta as Warlock is a much bigger win button, but you should definitely see more stick builds out there then you used too. Ninja Spy got solid boosts with more SA die and scaling Ninja Poison, but that didn't really change "Shuricannon = OP, but TWF Monk underperforms" - Shuricannon is stronger than ever, though the imbue fix coming in u36 will curb their power a little bit for those exploiting that. Those that want to TWF are better served with Ranger Tempest or Rogue, but you of course can make a Ninja Spy work. The changes to Shintao lay in a few categories. The biggest was an underlying Monk change with making Handwraps weapons. This cut cleave damage in half (still up from completely broken the way it was on Lam), and lowered base damage with the loss of d8, but core buffs to Shintao plus wraps now working with things in Epic Destinies closed that gap and then some. Changes to the Jade Strike line - bringing their DCs out of the gutter and increasing their usefulness also means most unarmed monks should be loading them. Monk handwrap DPS has been made a lot more competitive since the pass, and I welcome it.



@Vish - There are quite a few things I'd do differently, but if you enjoy your build, that is what matters. Though I do have some strong suggestions for your gear (I do realize this may be a work in progress for you) while trying to change as little as possible:

Helm lHardened helm w prot8
Neck lChains 17con4 resist14 Your helm already rocks +4 Quality Con. You could use +11 Quality PRR,
Eyes mentaus Ghostly and Seeker are quite useful, but these are pretty dated values. You could craft goggles with Seeker 15 and Insightful Seeker 7 with room for True Seeing, Melee Alacrity, or Insightful Concentration. Insightful Wis 7 instead of Insightful Seeker so you can free up your cloak slot entirely. This does mean you'll need a swap for Reapers/ghosts, and I personally carry Epic Scraps of Enlightenment with a Ruby of Ghostbane slotted.
Trinket slavers symbol festive wis2 globe of true blood
Body outfit of celestial avenger draconic good luck
Cloak cc int15 inswis7 As described in my reply to Finn, you don't need to permanently slot Int unless you truly hate swapping. So I'd still craft an Int 15/7 cloak with festive 2 slotted (or better yet, you can get the new Legendary Mantle of the Dwarven Commander from u36, and a goggle swap with +7 insightful INT, and that is +30 to INT when you swap (17 enh + 4 qual + 7 ins + 2 festive). A strong option for your main cloak is Legendary Cowl of the Giant Warriors as it gives +7 insightful combat, Insightful deadly for more DPS, and perma speed.
Bracer lshackle 17str4 stunning20 Taking a precious Slaver slot for Strength when you're already building for Dex I think should be avoided. I'd pull Dex enhancement out of your crafted gloves and put it in a Slavers.
More DPS, Reflex, and frees that slot for other useful things gloves can use. Slotting an 8 STR augment, coupled with your +6 tome + 1 globe + 2 ship + any other buffs you have, and you should be fine on the carry capacity front.
I run with Tenser Transformation scrolls to maximize DPS, which coincidentally also add +4 more to my Str. As long as you don't let yourself get stacks of stat damage, you should be just fine - and between your FoL recovery and potions, you shouldn't let that happen.
Belt lanimated rope
Ring1 lprowess
Ring2 lring 17wis4 devotion185 concentration22
Boots open Cerulean Guard could be a good option here. If you slot 11 PRR on a Slavers item, that would be 46 + 22 + 11 for a total of 79 PRR (plus any Mythic/Reaper bonuses)
Gloves cc 15dex7 topaz of power200 I'm guessing this means 15 dex with Insightful 7 Dex. What is your Suffix? Personally I run with cc Double Strike 17, Heal Amp 61, Insightful Dex 7 gloves (slotted of course).

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Love this thread! really nice for specing out a 'wraps, human, 20 monk, whirlwind, light path'

questions,
1) how do you keep Know the Angles up without some echo's of power mana source? - great, get 1-2 casts for having MP item or something, but not for running full instance.

2) I don't see why you get in the Harper tree "strategic combat". why not get "Harper Enchantment" as this helps for all attacks and not just the RARE case that we pull out our dusty sharukens. (yes, I understand we need to get 'something' to get to next tier, but even weathered traveler for the small energy resists seem better than strategic combat.)

3) Elemental Curatives - why do you get them all? I find get the resto one (activate for the passive), and use pots for the rest. (this change allows for getting Violence begets violence instead.)

4) healing amp in the human tree not worth trying to fit in ?

5) KTA really is worth it ? seems like a lot to invest to get it - how much does it actually tend to give - (given that its bonus doesn't stack with other gear bonuses like insightful combat mastery ? correct?)

6) any changes for latest updates? (I love it when builds are updated at the end even with a "yep, build still good for U33")

thanks, Finn

Finn,
Thx was going to revisit this build for some upcoming racial lives as human.

1. Mana is a problem. On one build I took magical training at 21 just for the sp. but usually a wizardry helm, or an augment of power. On the 30 build, I have +200. So it's used for kta and cocoon.
Cocoon mostly, as kta only added 7 to DCs. But I'd buff it against champs.

2. No need for harper. Not an int build. Just for kta.

3. Ya just 3ap for +3 to hit damage. And to fill in Shintao. It's worth it. At low levels at least.

4. Ya 20 points for 2ap is good. But not if there's better. More needed for reaper.

5. Well it's a dc boost. So if you're more middling, then a boost might mean success. But I was running a pretty max wisdom build with max stunning item, and had good DCs. In actual play I rarelyused kta. I dire charged all the time and had around 100 dc. So that's all I needed. Sometimes used kta vs champs.

6. Well, what learned playing monk was go full wisdom. So all level ups on a max wisdom build will get u there. Especially for stunning fist builds. And gear helps a lot, so get the best. Then after that it's easy.

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Bumping this thread for comparison to aasimar

This one has my 30 gear list