I'm intrigued by the possibility of using Dance of Death to hit multiple enemies with Monk finishers, mostly for crowd control, but I'm unsure if 1) it is possible to do it effectively in the highest level content, and 2) how to do it.

On the one hand, grazing hits are a problem in LE, and there is still no way to get wisdom to hit. Getting the finishers up there requires a decent investment in wisdom. Then there's the issue of DCs being dropped lower if you invest 6 levels in Ranger.

I've considered going PDK and using charisma to hit and damage while using short swords to boost DCs. Problem with that is that you miss out on Stunning Fist. The other thing is, would the DCs with the Monk finishers be high enough?

Anyone have any ideas about how to do Dance of Death Monk finishers effectively? Has anyone crunched the numbers to find out what kind of DCs would be possible?

Looking for ideas.
Thanks.

I reached 100 on Jade strike but I had power surge, 2 fighter tactics feats, and optimal slavers gear.

As Lel pointed out it's optimal to go INT primary and WIS secondary but my next iteration I'm gonna sacrifice some DCs and go DEX because of Ninja Spy.

Build is:
12 fighter / 4 monk / 4 ranger.

Next iteration will dump the ranger and go:
12 fighter / 7 monk / 1 wizard

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A dod split would have...

5 ranger minimum, 3 monk minimum, fighter splash viable

12 fighter / 5 ranger / 3 monk

You should be able to reach ~100 DC finishers using this.
AP will be tight though.
If you dump fighter then the monk levels will favor you for DCs. You lose stats though so you'll probably be in the 80s for DCs with optimal gear.
I would use a shortsword INT-stick from shroud and swap for KTA.

15 monk / 5 ranger, for movement speed and Quivering Palm
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