Has anyone tested an EE viable unarmed build?  I have not, but I'm thinking of something like this:

16 Monk: 3[1d6] fists, Stunning Fist, Improved Evasion, Abundant Step, bypass all metal DR
2 Fighter: Haste Boost, +3 Tactics, +3 Action Boosts, 2 feats
2 Paladin: Divine Grace, Divine Might.

Shintao (34)
Ninja Spy (11): Shadow Veil
KotC (11): 2min Divine Might
Kensei (18?): Haste Boost, Tactics, Extra Action Boost, +2 hit/dmg [unsure about AP cost]
Racial (6)

ED: Legendary Dreadnought for +50% helpless damage, Improved PA.
Twists: Sense Weakness, A Dance with Flowers, Rejuv Cocoon

Gear: Antipode with Ruby of Devotion slotted.

Unarmed damage:
3.0[W] (16 Monk) + 1.0[W] (Improved Martial Arts) + 0.5[W] (Reinforced Fists) + 1.5[W] (A Dance with Flowers) + 0.5[W] (Improved Power Attack) = 6.5[W].  W=1d8 tier5 Shintao.

29 average base damage
05 Dream Visor
04 Planar Conflux
08 Enhancement
02 Kensei
05 Power Attack
22 STR bonus (=54 STR)
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75 average base damage

Is there a better split for unarmed than this?

Dwarf monk 15/druid 3/fighter 2.

Fatal harrier+cleave line+masters blitz=win

Carpone wrote on Aug 8^th, 2013 at 11:50am:


Anything unarmed with a reliable Stunning Fist DC, Sense Weakness and a healthy amount of sneak attack dice is going to put out numbers out of this world.

The 18 Rogue/2 Monk I have on live is absolutely insane. Running in SD with 68 Stunning Fist DC. Currently trying to adapt him to U19, but so far it looks like it will be just as good, if not better.

dooshbag wrote on Aug 8^th, 2013 at 8:28pm:


honestly i have no idea, was just looking at it and thought "that would be amazing."

I'm going to continue to run around with my 12/6/2 monk/ranger/arty.

No mercy is currently stacking with fury.

stun stun stun punch punch punch trap trap trap pew pew pew etc

Not the highest DPS but lets me cover a lot more roles.

I've settled on 16/2/2  (monk/fighter/druid)

I'm picking up t5 ninja spy. With only touch of despair / touch of death counting as dark attacks (excluding the henshin ability) I want to have access to both to spam my aoe neg level asap.

On live I'm a half elf fighter dilly for a 71stunning fist dc, come u19 I'll switch to rogue.

Limpgimp wrote on Aug 9^th, 2013 at 4:32am:

Thanks for pointing that out.  Talk about shitty design.  If Divine Might can't be used until Paladin level 4, then it should be a tier 4 enhancement.  Looks like 2 Druid is the best option instead.

Human 16 Monk/2 Fighter/2 Druid

16 Monk: 3[1d6] fists, Stunning Fist, Improved Evasion, Abundant Step, bypass all metal DR
2 Fighter: +3 Tactics, 2 feats
2 Druid: Magical Training, access to Empower Healing Spell feat, 30% Doublestrike enhancement, Ram's Might

Shintao (15): +10% offhand proc, +15 PRR in earth stance, 15% heal amp
Ninja Spy (34): Tier 5 abilities
Nature's Warrior (8): 30% Doublestrike
Kensei (11): +3 Tactics, +1 hit/dmg, Improved Dodge I
Racial (12): 20% heal amp, +1 stat, +1 stat, 20% damage boost 

ED: Legendary Dreadnought for +50% helpless damage, Improved PA.
Twists: Sense Weakness, A Dance with Flowers, Rejuv Cocoon

Gear: Antipode with Ruby of Devotion slotted.

Unarmed damage:
3.0[W] (16 Monk) + 1.0[W] (Improved Martial Arts) + 0.5[W] (Reinforced Fists) + 1.5[W] (A Dance with Flowers) + 0.5[W] (Improved Power Attack) = 6.5[W]. 

23 average base damage 6.5[1d6]
05 Dream Visor
04 Planar Conflux
08 Enhancement
01 Kensei
05 Power Attack
16 STR bonus (=42 STR)
02 Ram's Might
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64 average base damage

Heroic feats:
1 Monk: PA, Level: Cleave, Human: Dodge
2 Monk: Deflect Arrow
3 Level: TWF
6 Monk: Stunning Fist, Level: Great Cleave
9 Level: ITWF
12 Level: Mobility
15 Level: GTWF
18 Level: Empower Healing Spell
19 Fighter: Spring Attack
20 Fighter: Improved Critical: Bludgeoning

Epic feats:
21 Overwhelming Critical
24 Improved Martial Arts
26 ED: Perfect TWF
27 Epic Damage Reduction
28 ED: Tactics

Dodge:
06 Monk level 6
08 Item
03 Dodge feat
02 Mobility feat
02 Spring Attack feat
03 Acrobatic (Ninja Spy)
01 Improved Dodge (Kensei)
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25

PRR:
15 Grandmaster Earth Stance
15 Iron Skin
15 Planar Conflux
16 Augment
10 Epic Damage Reduction
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71 PRR = 33% damage reduction

Doublestrike (Mainhand):
03 Artifact
06 Item
05 Perfect TWF
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14% Doublestrike (passive)
30 Action Boost
---
44% Doublestrike (active)

Helpless Damage:
100 Base
050% Legendary Dreadnought
030% Sense Weakness
030% No Mercy
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210% Helpless Damage

STR 16 (10 points) + 4 tome + 1 human + 8 item + 3 insightful + 1 exceptional + 2 ship + 2 yugo + 5 level ups = 42
DEX 14 (6 points) + 4 tome + 7 item + 1 exceptional - 2 stance + 2 ship = 26
CON 14 (6 points) + 4 tome + 8 item + 2 insightful + 1 exceptional + 2 ship + 2 yugo + 4 stance = 37
INT 8 + 4 tome + 1 exceptional + 2 ship = 15
WIS 17 (13 points) + 4 tome + 2 Ninja Spy + 7 item + 2 insightful + 1 exceptional + 2 ship + 2 yugo + 1 human + 2 level ups (before level 24) = 40
CHA 8 + 4 tome + 1 exceptional + 2 ship = 15

Mainhand: Antipode, Fist of the Horizon
Chest: Flawless Black Dragon (blue: Good Luck)
Head: EE Black Dragon +8 CON (green: 16 PRR, yellow: +2 Insightful WIS)
Ring: Shintao with Holy Burst
Ring: Dun'Robar +5 Exceptional Mastery (+2 Insightful CON)
Bracer: 30% heal amp of Superior Parrying
Gloves: EE Backstabber's Gloves (yellow: +2 WIS)
Cloak: Jeweled Cloak (green: Heavy Fort, yellow: +7 WIS)
Feet: Kundarak Delving Boots
Neck: Jorgundal's Collar (green: ??, yellow: ??)
Belt: EH Girdle of Giants' Brawn (green: +35 HP, yellow: +20 Vitality)
Goggles: EE Dream Visor (yellow: +1 exceptional stats)
Stunning Fist: 10 base + 14 (half char level) + 10 item + 5 mastery + 3 Kensei + 6 Legendary Tactics + 15 WIS bonus + 1 Fighter past life + 2 ED Tactics = 66

F/R/W

10/10/10 Monk 16
03/00/00 Fighter 2
02/00/02 Druid 2
04/04/04 Epic 8
07/07/07 Resistance item
04/04/04 Morale (Greater Heroism)
01/01/01 Competence (Eldritch Ritual)
01/01/01 Sacred (ship)
02/02/02 Luck (augment)
04/04/04 Insightful (Superior Parrying)
13/08/15 CON/DEX/WIS
00/00/-4 Yugo STR drawback
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51/41/46
00/00/02 vs. Enchantment (Monk Still Mind)
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51/41/48

As of Open Beta: Druid Nature's Warrior Double Strike Action Boost now has charges like other boosts, and it shares a cool down with other Action Boosts. It's no longer unlimited uses, and can no longer be stacked with Haste Boost. Too bad Turbine didn't actually fix the bug with it not activating Human Action Surge.

Carpone wrote on Aug 9^th, 2013 at 5:19pm:


Yup, totally saw that one coming from a mile away.

In other words, fuck you rest. 

With Quivering Palm now benefiting from Sunder, including the Improved Sunder feat for +4 DC with QP is a no brainer.

EDIT: Fixed some calcs in the 16 Monk/2 Fighter/2 Druid to reflect new changes in the open beta.

SF is unarmed only.

Arkat wrote on Aug 10^th, 2013 at 11:50am:


Funny how you got the Shatter wrong on Chimera's Fang, and seem to think that Stunning Fist works with non-unarmed.

Carpone wrote on Aug 10^th, 2013 at 12:14pm:


Oh, come on. Give him a chance to dig himself a little deeper first.