Munkenmo wrote on Nov 15^th, 2013 at 5:43am:

Had me worried there for a second. Been running WGU lately and the fucking POS doesn't seem to want to drop (for me).

And IIRC you have shitty luck just like me 

I would roll with twisting shade and swap your boots for goatskins. Resistances from your cloak and bracers would stack + you would lose all of the GS goodness but you wouldn't have to haste yourself

Another option with that is to wear the stolen necklace for more CHA, and land a wizardry version. You lose pendant DPS, but open up your cloak again.


Looks good anyway. As long as you're wearing a livewood core your badassery will be fine 

cdr wrote on Nov 15^th, 2013 at 1:28pm:


I agree with this. I feel like they put all those resist versions just to make us rage. They probably have a script that takes a picture of you if your computer\laptop is equipped with a webcam just to laugh at your face at work when you loot a poop version of the item you want.

The good thing is you can pretty much use any +8 stat on there, Munk. The CON version just nets you +1 more I guess.

Tactics monks are a godsend in EE WGU. Makes the enormous waves of trash much quicker. Just clear trash until you get to the top, have someone get the attention of the respawning shadar-kai assassins and sit in a safe spot, kill the stuff that doesn't respawn and win.

Havent played my monk (16/2fighter/2fvs human) much lately, but I think this gearlist is solid and slightly different from what I've seen tossed around.

Hat: Black Helm: 3dex, Draconic Ferocity. Slots:7str/Globe
Eyes: EE Shadowsight: 11 wis, Accuray 10. Slot: Good luck
Bracers: 30%amp Superior parrying
Gloves: EE Backstabbers: Improved deception, Sneak attack +5/+3. Slot: 200sp
Boots: EE Goatskin: 8 dex, Speed XV. Slots: +2wis, +14 PRR
Cloak: Deadly 10/Resist 10
Body: Black robe. Slot: Heavy Fort
Belt: Spare Hand. Slots: +35 hp, Toughness
Neck: Alchemists Pendant: +1 boost, +1 ki/hit, +20 hp.
Ring1: Shintao/holyburst
Ring2: DunRobar 7con, +10 shatter, 8% dodge.
Trinket: Planar Focus of Prowess, +3con
Weapon: Antipode. Slot: devotion. As many displace clicks as you can cram in your inventory

I use a 10 CHA ring as a swap for divine might. The stats/slots are for the gear I have and are very interchangeable as long as you manage to cover the bases.  Bauble/etc helps with Cocoon/Recon sp.

I don't really swap weapons anymore: enough clickies to deal with, Antipode is good-enough in every situation, and is a good source of positive spell-power and PRR.

The set above is full of compromises and it isnt max-anything: you can get more damage or DCs out of it, but I think it's a good sweetspot. FWIW, I mostly solo (or duo) EE 6mans in LD, so I use Quivering Palm frequently but selectively, and don't really rely on it. I think I usually have a high 60s DC QP, mid 70s stunning fist: the Quivering palm is not no-fail, and if you're looking for that this is not the set for you. Its plenty good to help get a Blitz going if you are selective, and from then on things tend to die very fast to stun+smack. You may value very-high QP DC more if using the Greatcleave trick (I went the Whirlwind route instead), or if running in full groups or terrible and unable to sustain a blitz.

If I ever get around to playing this toon again I'd probably swap in EE Consuming Darkness for Shintao ring, find some good lootgen belt (10 str/50hp or something). Or if you want to keep holyburst, use a +6cha ring.

If TR'ing to bladeforged from fleshy, the bracers open up. Unfortunately I really don't see a better option there than superior parrying anyway: Seeker 5 is underwhelming on unarmed crits, even with all the 19-20 crit multipliers.