Monk Twink Guide

[baalzy]

Try cane of the tranquil for 350ish each.

[greatdane]

Wu's Quivering Staff is better and is plummeting in price. People can't get rid of them these days with 3-4 better tradeable monk staves on the market. I was trying to sell one for a week and couldn't until I practically gave it away for 500p, and others are doing the same even if they advertise it for 1k. Trance sticks aren't even good until they start proccing, and even then, I'm not sure they're consistently better than the staff. The sticks have two things going for them - the speed and the proc - neither of which a twink can take advantage of. Jade Mace and Knuckle Dusters are going down and can sometimes be had for 2-3k, and by the time he's in his 30s, they might be even cheaper. No sense buying a weapon that doesn't get good until level 35 when it's fairly likely that he'll be able to afford even better weapons by then.

[DevGrousis]

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

Your rings are good. Your money should be spent on the best pair of 1Hers you can afford. Haste is very important, but you won't get it for less than 10k.

Trance Sticks are reasonable -- I occasionally see them for less than 1kpp each in EC. They're a lot of fun, but generate a lot of aggro in groups.

Like Greatdane said, The trance sticks arent good until they start proccing. more or less the same as Batons right (8-20 i believe)

So my real weapons question should be Cane of the Tranquil's or Fighting Batons? or a combo perhaps? I would assume since i'm low level the low dmg low dly is better, but does that not matter so much as i'll be hitting 10 and 20 super fast without wanting to go shopping before then?

[DevGrousis]

@Greatdane would i really benefit pre lvl 25 from having a high delay 2 hander? I have a huge cap on my dmg at low levels dont i?

[Motec]

peacebrinbger or wu's quiv staff will shit on anything except jade mace and kd for a long time.

[greatdane]

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

@Greatdane would i really benefit pre lvl 25 from having a high delay 2 hander? I have a huge cap on my dmg at low levels dont i?

Wu's Quivering Staff is 23/28. It's only slightly above the damage cap; I believe you benefit for up to 20 raw weapon damage under level 20. Before and after 20, Wu's is better than anything in its price range. It's a bit heavy, but that's not a big concern.

[Rasah]

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

Wu's Quivering Staff is 23/28. It's only slightly above the damage cap; I believe you benefit for up to 20 raw weapon damage under level 20. Before and after 20, Wu's is better than anything in its price range. It's a bit heavy, but that's not a big concern.

At level 9, my max damage with Wu's was 20. Once I hit level 10, my max jumped to 40. Things die way faster. I occasionally swap out to a sharkbone warhammer and fist to raise those skillpoints, but it kills nowhere near as fast as the wu's at this point.

[DevGrousis]

So you guys think Wu Staff is a better combo after 10 than Trance Stick and a CoT? I just made my char last night and hit 10 before bed

[greatdane]

Yes, and cheaper. It even has a few additional benefits such as reducing damage taken from mobs with damage shields and less riposte damage (though mobs won't start riposting until level 30 or so). Wu's Trance Stick is hugely overrated, and is even kinda crappy until it starts proccing; its raw ratio is on par with the baton from Dalnir and the club from Kurns, and they're pretty low-level dungeons.

Wu's Quivering Staff is really pretty good and easily serves you until you can get a truly high-end weapon. I would suggest keeping it all the way until you can get a Peacebringer, because affording an RFS/IFS or T-staff in any kind of timely manner is unrealistic with your budget. Jade Mace and Knuckle Dusters are probably about on par with Peacebringer, but I never saw the appeal of dual-wielding when you have the option of using a two-hander. Dual-wield has no inherent advantages while two-handers do.

The only reason WQS is so cheap is because it was hugely overfarmed in the beginning of Kunark and isn't very hard to get, and because there's a handful of better monk 2hb on the market. It would probably be fairly expensive if it was a rare drop off a named mob that had to be camped rather than a trash drop from a zone you can level in from level 40 or something, and if there weren't the following better weapons: Staff of Battle, Peacebringer, Runed Fighters Staff, Imbued Fighters Staff and Tranquil Staff, none of which are no-drop. Kunark is a monk's wet dream.

[nicemace]

ROTLC at level 1 if youre a boss like me.