Newbie Monk Questions...

[jpetrick]

Use wu's 1 handers until level 20 then wu's quivering until you get a peacebringer or t-staff. People will argue with me about this but they are wrong because I've parsed it enough to know; t-staff is better than epic/sos because you can weapon swap the 2hander to get a free offhand attack in each round. Once you swing your staff, unequip it, watch your swing their offhand, then place the staff back on your primary.

Don't bother with the wu's fighting armor, there are better items out there that you can get for the same price. Check the wiki and you can sort items by slot and class to compare.

Don't worry about maxing your hand to hand until you get your epic. My h2h was like 40 until I got my epic in my 50s.

You can have either type of weapon in either hand when you dual wield. Most common combination is epic/staff of shielding or epic/sceptre of mastery.