Best dual wield combo for monks

[fennixad]

Hi there, whats the best drop combo for dual wield?
Adamantite staff and stave of shielding?

Thanks for replys!

[fennixad]

i see its a hard question, no one knows?

[SamwiseRed]

this is classic eq, there are literally a handful of weapons to consider. pretty much everyone looks the same at 60 so go inspect people in ec.

[liveitup1216]

pretty sure the first page in melee has 3 threads that spell it out for you already

[Yaolin]

5 Best Main Hand Weapons in order....
Wu's Fist of Mastery - Epic Fist - Adamantite Club - Jade Mace - Stave of Shielding
5 Best Offhand Weapons in order..... (Stave of Shielding and Adamantite Club pretty much same dps)
Wu's Fist of Mastery - Stave of Shielding - Adamantite Club - Wu's Tranquil Fist - Epic Fist

[Captivate]

epic fist is a 9 14 so its basicly like you have a fine steel morning star in your offhand.

so... dont do that.

[Yaolin]

1. Monk Epic Fists are 9/16...... 2. What?

[falkun]

fine steel morning star
Huh?
http://zam.zamimg.com/images/c/7/c7ec36fde7ff5f197b3f9df629d1a8c5.png
Epic fists are much better than 8/38.

[Captivate]

1 damage....

do you know how duel wield works?

[fennixad]

Thanks Yaolin u useful :). So for a twink monk the best i can do is adamantite on MH and sos on off hand?

[Schortt]

This is close to right but two things are being left out for a brand new character.

First, the damage cap. Two Jade Maces will be better than any other combo from 1-10 because you're never really going to hit for more than 20 damage or so with ANY weapon. A Jade Mace will hit for full damage and at full speed, while AC and SoS will both hit like 10 damage weapons at their normal speed, making them effectively 10/25 and 10/28 respectively. A 9/18 weapon is way better than that.

Second, before 33 you don't have any damage bonus on your mainhand. So the only thing that matters is the ratio of the weapon. This means that SoS is better than AC mainhand until then (once it starts hitting for full damage anyway). However, since the ratio on these weapons is so close, AC edges SoS out as the better main hand as soon as you have any damage bonus at all.

All that said, you will do just fine with AC/SoS from 1-33, but if you've got plat coming out of your ears and want to min/max so hard that it hurts...well, now you know what to do. :)

[fennixad]

ty sir :D