Monk Build Suggestions for duo team

[Haphazarduk]

I mainly play casters and ranged but a friend has returned to DDO and I'm looking to work through heroics with him. I'm not very familiar with the monk class and rusty at melee in general but it feels like a good fit given my friend is playing a WF Rogue2/Paladin2/Sorc14 build. He's 7th currently.

As we're probably not playing too far in epics I'm not that bothered about staying pure and I'm an inveterate multiclasser so I'm always looking for an 'angle'.

My first thought was to play a Henshin, possibly a Henshin with a fvs splash for war soul but I rolled up a Shintao with whirlwind attack and that seemed quite fun.

So, my question is what will be fun and mix well with my friends build (WF for healing for example but not a great fit with monk). I have more sticks than handwarps (Elemental Bloom) but not sure it really matters too much in heroics. I like status effects and fighting tactically but I also want to be somewhat effective DPS wise as we're going to usually be just grouping together (with hires). We'll mainly play Elite with a bit of Hard and R1 mixed in although my friend isn't keen on reaper.

Ideas?

Hap

[Cantor]

If your friend didn't already have traps covered, I'd say splash rog and do a staff build.

pure ww wraps is the obvious choice. has the dps and stuns/jade. You could splash ftr for defender and +tactics. In this kind of duo a little extra prr will serve you well as you will probably be bunching up mobs for your friend to blast.

I just started a life with my duo, I'm on an wraps pure mnk aasimar with partner on a halfling AA.

[Haphazarduk]

If your friend didn't already have traps covered, I'd say splash rog and do a staff build.

Actually I talked to him last night and I'm not sure he has traps covered. He doesn't play that much any more and has relatively weak kit so said he was failing to even find the traps most of the time. I could splash rogue and/or fvs or just go KtA and cover traps for us. Staff does seem the obvious choice that way although Whirlwind requires a decent int so perhaps wraps and traps isn't completely out of the question. Bit mad though.

Advantage of Henshin seems to be fewer dc based abilities but not so good unless including cauldron etc?

Hap

[Vish]

Check out my henshin for heroic thread in monk
It staff rogue cleric for traps scrolls and divine might
A batman build for monks
Also got one a Shintao for heroic
Same build just wraps

Oh ya called mad monk

[unbongwah]

FYI, Steelstar just announced monk nerfs are coming. While I think some of them are overdue, MCed staff builds are also going to lose a lot of DPS from Henshin nerfs - and they were the weakest of the monk builds already, if I'm reading the OP right.

The flip side is I become more interested in rog 12 / monk 6 class splits for staff builds, now that Henshin is about to lose a lot of MP.

[Haphazarduk]

FYI, Steelstar just announced monk nerfs are coming. While I think some of them are overdue, MCed staff builds are also going to lose a lot of DPS from Henshin nerfs - and they were the weakest of the monk builds already, if I'm reading the OP right.

The flip side is I become more interested in rog 12 / monk 6 class splits for staff builds, now that Henshin is about to lose a lot of MP.

Yes, pretty poor timing for me (or good timing depending on how you look at it). Funnily enough I was considering going for a monk splash rather than nearly pure anyway. Wondering if there's anything zany I can do with Arty new tree although it looks a little messy to me so far.

Hap