Monk weaon questions

[Aradas]

35 monk using Wus 2hb and wus 1hb x2.At 35 the 1hb now proc.At what level should I make the switch from 2hb to dw?Also what weapons should I be looking to upgrade to on a budget of around 3k.

[gildor]

You have haste? Save another k and get an ifs and dont look back

[Blingy]

Peacebringer is a slightly cheaper alternative to IFS.

[Croco]

Pb might be cheaper but the extra weight can be killer. IFS is worth the price and totally worth keeping around after you get your epic to bust out when you're fighting something with a DS.

[Duckwalk]

Outside of NToV weapons, I’m firmly of the opinion Monks should be using Wu’s Quivering Staff<IFS/Peacebringer<TStaff.
Wu’s will take you to 50 without issue then you should start looking to upgrade. The only other possible option in there would be epic/blamstick mainhand and stave of shielding/scepter of mastery offhand but assuming you quest your epic they still end up either costing about the same as an IFS anyways for worse DPS.

[Legidias]

PB is great and basically a T staff without proc for 1/20 the price.

Weight doesnt matter till 50's when you would start DW anyways.

(Assuming you have haste, which if you dont, is priority)

[Bbeta]

totally worth keeping around after you get your epic to bust out when you're fighting something with a DS.

This statement is so underrated, 2hb is a must have!!! Those DSs tare you apart.

[Zeboim]

Unfortunately inflation/triple atk on the server has pushed IFS up to 6k+, so anyone reading this now should be careful.

[Duckwalk]

PB is great and basically a T staff without proc for 1/20 the price.

Weight doesnt matter till 50's when you would start DW anyways.

(Assuming you have haste, which if you dont, is priority)

I don’t know that the common wisdom regarding 1hs post 50 is applicable after the 2hd changes. It’s my understanding that 2hd now has a larger dmg bonus than 1hd do ratios being equal 2h should do more dmg, especially against high ac/level targets. That combined with riposte means 2hd should be significantly better than 1hd at pretty much all levels (excluding ntov and maybe sky fists) given the availability of IFS/peacebringers and Wu’s staffs at lower lvls.

You’ll still want quicker weapons for push of course

[Aradas]

I fo have SCHW for haste.I will stick with Wu's 2hb then and just use 1hb and h2h for skillups.Thanks for the advice.

[Snaggles]

Unfortunately inflation/triple atk on the server has pushed IFS up to 6k+, so anyone reading this now should be careful.

At 4k it was arguably too cheap. At 6k it's still a bargain for an end-game tool with a nearly 1/1 ratio.

For non-monks a Reaver is still around 12k. A Narandi 14-18k. A Truncheon of Doom about 8k. Not exactly apples to apples but monks still have it wayyy good for gearing.

[Stormcrow505]

So from reading this, my take away for my own situation, is that I should just keep and use my Wu's Quivering Staff, and sell off my Jade Maces, to starting saving for an IFS.

Hang onto a set of 1HB's just to level 1HB with, keeping a set of Knuckle Dusters.

[Snaggles]

If you had to budget like 4 stones of weight for a weapon load-out an IFS could serve you well to 60. Solo, grouping, raiding, damage shield mobs, etc. It's the pragmatists choice for sure; 90% of a t-staff for 1/10th the plat.

Spam melee is addictive for some. The dps is definitely more consistent even if law of averages puts a solid 2h on par with most DW combos (on a dpm basis).