[Messianic]

Monk soloing, even with a full wu's set and fists, will probably only stretch to late teens. Beyond that it's going to become too tedious and your downtime too great to deal with. Throw in a cheap twink weapon or two - wu's quivering staff, a couple fighting batons...sure, you'll solo to your low-mid 30s effectively.

Beyond that you're going to need to optimize your AC/str/hp gear and have a couple strong weapons (Jade maces, Peacebringer, etc) and maybe some haste to really solo effectively. Again, it's not that you can't find low blue mobs to solo and be able to kill them - it's just that your downtime is so much greater and occasionally even those mobs will get strings of strong hits on you and force you to fd or zone.

I basically soloed to 60 on my monk on live - and i did it with relatively cheap gear. For some reason jade maces were way more expensive on Rodcet Nife while Knuckle Dusters fell below 1k very quickly, so i snagged two KD's and used those from my 20s on. I don't think I got a haste item till my 50s (hangman's noose), and I remember how annoying soloing was unless you found an optimal place to do it, or had someone you could donate to for some regen/buffs.

Oh, and FYI - when soloing, AC = king. Don't use those stupid 7 str veils or 7 str necklaces when you're soloing. The 6 ac from a sarnak-hide mask or 8 ac from that FM necklace are far more effective.