Which Velious Armor Set for a Monk?

[EdTuBrutus]

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

I imagine magic resist and HP are pretty important for monks; I imagine resisting roots and blinds and shrugging off nukes during inc is rather helpful.

You should expect to mitigate with the best of them with sufficient AC though.

Is p1999 in the softcap of 289 worn system? If so, what exactly are the post cap 'minimal returns'?

Never said they were not important. You make your own value judgement on HP/Resists for AC trade off. I gave you mine, the miniscule Ac6 on Skyshrine Legs and Ac7 pm Skyshrine Arms is just awful. TBH, I suspect the legs should have been Ac8 and someone typo'd. Of course, devs on EQ never admitted or even corrected itemisation errors.

[EdTuBrutus]

Originally Posted by Cwall 146.0 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

hp and resists are king for a monk sorry m8 ur actually just wrong

Let's be clear here. We are talking at 2MR. I don't see any reason to consider the resists on an item unless its 5MR or higher..

[Jimjam]

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

Never said they were not important.

You didn't say they were important either. I was complimenting your post with a salient piece of info for the OP.

[Cwall 146.0]

the hp alone makes these items vastly superior to the kael counterparts

[Phantasm]

Hp >

Id almost always choose HP over AC personally. I wear Skyshrine armor for the HP and overall better stats.

[mev]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, everyone!

[fiveeauxfour]

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

Stats have very little meaning in Everquest, the difference between 200 Str and 255 Str is nearly undetectable.

AC on the other hand matters. You should always go for the highest AC option available to you with whatever HP to AC trade off you consider acceptable. Most of the Skyshrine and Kael sets are not upgrades over very cheap AC gear you can buy for your Monk at level 1. Either Arm is a slight upgrade over Azure Sleeves, you need 1 bracer (not necessarily to weak although for Iksar you may well do) for the Pouch effect.

The rest is garbage.

lets recap

stats have very little meaning in everquest.
ss arms slight upgrade over azure sleeves.
difference between 200 str and 255 str undetectable.
ss gear not upgrades over cheap tunnelquest gear.
the rest (ss gear other than 1 bracer / arm) is garbage.

9/10 shitpost

[mefdinkins]

I personally like Skyshrine over Kael for both items but if you're in a guild that is only on one faction or you personally are on one faction it might make sense to go that route. Also thurgadin are much cheaper, but also worse, if you're buying MQs.

SS
White Lotus Arm Wraps
MAGIC ITEM NO DROP
Slot: ARMS
AC: 7
STR: +7 DEX: +7 STA: +5 HP: +45
SV FIRE: +2 SV DISEASE: +2 SV COLD: +2 SV MAGIC: +2 SV POISON: +2
WT: 0.1 Size: SMALL
Class: MNK
Race: HUM IKS

Kael
Golden Star Arm Wraps
MAGIC ITEM NO DROP
Slot: ARMS
AC: 11
STR: +4 DEX: +4 STA: +2 HP: +35
SV FIRE: +2 SV DISEASE: +2 SV COLD: +2 SV MAGIC: +2 SV POISON: +2
WT: 0.1 Size: SMALL
Class: MNK
Race: HUM IKS

SS
White Lotus Pants
MAGIC ITEM NO DROP
Slot: LEGS
AC: 6
DEX: +4 STA: +8 AGI: +6 HP: +60
SV FIRE: +2 SV DISEASE: +2 SV COLD: +2 SV MAGIC: +2 SV POISON: +2
Effect: Spirit of Ox (Must Equip, Casting Time: 20.0) at Level 50
WT: 0.1 Size: MEDIUM
Class: MNK
Race: HUM IKS

Kael
Golden Star Pants
MAGIC ITEM NO DROP
Slot: LEGS
AC: 11
STR: +3 STA: +8 AGI: +5 HP: +30
SV FIRE: +5 SV DISEASE: +2 SV COLD: +2 SV MAGIC: +2 SV POISON: +2
Effect: Spirit of Ox (Must Equip, Casting Time: 20.0) at Level 50
WT: 0.1 Size: MEDIUM
Class: MNK
Race: HUM IKS

[GuyNumber1]

Can't believe they put 6 AC on those skyshrine legs. What a fucking abortion.

[mefdinkins]

Monk POF Planar Legs - 5 AC
Monk SS Quest Legs - 6 AC

Wizard POF Planar Legs - 5 AC
Wizard SS Quest Legs - 7 AC

Warrior POH Planar Legs - 20 AC
Warrior SS Quest Legs - 40 AC

When I first saw AC on the monk SS armor I was surprised as well. Especially seeing Velious monk pants with 25, 46, or 60 AC on them! it's insane