Monk Epic Fist... is it REALLY that good?

[Malrubius]

Originally Posted by kotton05 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

tis why I use tstaff, sorry you 1hand blunters!

Why not use both? Just use the SoS when your buff wears off, until it procs again. Then go back to tstaff.

Thanks Vicatin.

[kotton05]

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

Why not use both? Just use the SoS when your buff wears off, until it procs again. Then go back to tstaff.

Thanks Vicatin.

Guess pure solo that's a good method.

[Yumyums Inmahtumtums]

Ladies love epic fist. Flaming gauntlets of ro for their clicks effect too [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[JayN]

yes it is worth it.

[Splorf22]

So does anyone have actual parses? And is the Tranquil staff stun like the enchanter spell Whirl, where it gets broken by melee hits?

[Vayder]

Originally Posted by Splorf22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

is the Tranquil staff stun like the enchanter spell Whirl, where it gets broken by melee hits?

No. See Red where t-staff stun was followed by innerflame and certain death.

[Splorf22]

I just looked it up and H2H does indeed cap 7 points lower according to the wiki. That makes a lot of sense Verant!

Also the primary job of a monk is pulling, and that really isn't very gear dependent, unless you count javelins and such. So I'm going to go with 'race-isn't-that-important-for-a-monk'.

[kotton05]

^ I also think I read somewhere the wu's quivering beats most 1hb combo's as well.

[Kutsumo]

My monk is level 52 so I only have a 9 1h dmg bonus, but even in this case epic fist is parsing more than AC in mainhand for me. I've been soloing in Sol B all weekend and decided to do some extended parsing on a few weapon combinations. I killed about 60 sonic bats with each (epic fist/SoS and AC/SoS) and the fist averaged 6dps more overall (37 vs 43). Sure, there can be variance in this sample size but it's enough to convince me to leave fist mainhand. I could also note that tranquil staff was averaging less than AC/SoS for the 30ish kills that I used it for before switching back to DW.

This may all change between 52 and 60, but for now it's fist/AC or fist/SoS for me.

edit: for those asking about tstaff proc, I haven't had it last longer than 3 seconds on a mob before it starts hitting me again yet. They begin swinging again a couple of seconds before the message that it wore off.

[arsenalpow]

Tail=Fail
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