Arkat wrote on Feb 11
th, 2014 at 1:37pm:
Meat, just thought you might want an update.
After much thought/debating with myself, I went the Pure 20 BF Monk route.
It came down to losing some DPS (the Precise Shot bug) and 2 DCs on my Stunning Fists with the 18Monk/2FTR build versus some nice defensive abilities, sneak damage of the Ninja Spy, higher Dodge cap, and some other things that my Pure build has.
I was able to mitigate some of the DPS loss somewhat with re-slotting some augment slots, the sneak damage from Ninja Spy, and adding a Deadly +10 item so the net result was much better defense (+7% more Dodge and Shadow Veil) and about the same DPS. The self-Reconstruction is nice but with 250 spell points, I can only do about 10 between rests. This is about the same number of Silver Flame pots I might consume between rests if I were doing something like tanking the SR without a healer but with the Recon, I don't suffer the -10 to stats and slowness thing so it's better than the SF pots.
I also didn't want to exploit by taking advantage of the Precise Shot bug mentioned above.
Anyway, I am pretty happy with the new Bladeforged Arkat.
Very nice sir!
I JUST yesterday got mine back to 25. I iTRed into a Helf from a BF. I'm doing 18/2 monk/druid. I'm going pure wis (no cleave --> O.crit) for QP DC. I took FTR dilly for the +2 tactics.
I'm relying on that extra 1d6 sneak dice in wolf form for the dps increase..... (

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If the "sneak dice" gets fixed, I'll go to pure.
For me, I LIKE the slow/steady vamp/Light curse healing with cocoon and FoL finisher as big heals when needed.
I still need some gear. I need a littany, a +3 wis helm maybe.. (I might just wear +3 Spiderspun as I already have that) Most of what I need to run is shroud for shards for.....