How do monks hold aggro in groups

[sammoHung]

Monks can hold aggro very well as long as they solo stuff.

[Jimjam]

Monks (from planes/kunark) have good ratio weapons which thanks to their weapon skills they swing more often.

[Snaggles]

I’m predicting someone will bring up ranger tanks so will broach the topic now.
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[kjs86z2]

unless you're planning on getting a Gharns, FoN, and Abashi theres no point in playing a monk

[Cecily]

Originally Posted by Snaggles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I’m predicting someone will bring up ranger tanks so will broach the topic now.
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Is that with or without Tolan's Gloves? Because that makes a difference.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by Cecily [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Is that with or without Tolan's Gloves? Because that makes a difference.

It does! One can use Wuoshi Shield or woven bark earring instead of Tolan Gloves if they want.

This allows you to save mana on Flame Lick and Snare, which translates to longer periods between med breaks.

Here are two good videos that show off this concept:

https://youtu.be/HGMz5gpf_EY?si=3DA3hrxW_UGIAWoK

https://youtu.be/yZjWT9dj2uI?si=wBsLlQg6SxYcZ_jq

I am so glad you learned some mana management for your three 60 Rangers. Your team mates will appreciate play sessions longer than 86 minutes.

Originally Posted by Dundrige [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My one question to him is how do monks hold aggro in groups? Say you are in a group with a bunch of casters... how are you keeping them alive? You can't taunt... you can't root.... you can't cast spells... so how?

As for Monks, they have less options. One tool you can use is Bio Orb, but it is expensive plat-wise. Blinding the mob will cause the mob to attack the closest target, similar to root. It is a bit riskier, as the mob will flee if everyone is out of melee range. Proc weapons can help too.

Having a teammate root the mob is the easiest solution. Monks pair very well with Shamans.

[Videri]

Monks can do more things, but paladins are vital and have their niche.

I'd rather have 50 monks and 1 paladin than 50 paladins and 1 monk.

But if you like the paladin, you can still bring great value to a group or raid. They have point-and-click aggro, the cascading stuns, heals, rezzes even, Divine Strength at 60, and the all-powerful SoulFire. Plus, they look a lot different from a monk. Play what enchants you.

[skulldudes]

if i grouped with a monk trying to use a bio orb to cc mindless grinding i think i'd just log out lmfao

[Wakanda]

I have to assume people are talking about really twinked monks. On P99 Green my first character was a cleric and my best friend was a human monk. Neither of us were twinked. He ended up tanking for about 65% of our groups. Can tell you right now we were both very relieved if we got a Paladin to join our groups. They held aggro way easier, dramatically more tanky. Also during Classic if they had a Ghoulbane their damage was kind of nuts (definitely felt the drop off when you swap from UR to MM)

But even on the last character I leveled on P99 where people were fairly tanky, I mostly had SK/Paladin tanks despite having a lot of Monks in the group.

I think people are mainly referring to if the Monk is super geared or something?

[Wakanda]

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I’m predicting someone will bring up ranger tanks so will broach the topic now.
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Whenever I played my Shaman in Karnor's I had no problem with Ranger tanks because with my slows, basically anyone can tank, and he seemed to get single pulls really easily / wolf form from lupine dagger, and harmony. Track to snipe skeletal warlords etc. I imagine a Cleric or Druid would have had a harder time keeping him topped off though.