Vanguard Monks

Any must have monk gear (or melee gear in general) at 50 I should be working for? Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

I can't really say there is any "must have" gear out there at all. I can say that the Afrit weapon quest may e worth doing, I am on the last part of it so I can't really tell you what the finishing podut is like, but it looks to be pretty good. With today's patch it looks like the gorgalok armor might be worth it, but that is just one more faction grind that I might be too lazy to do...we'll see when I get a chance to check stats and such.

From what ive seen so far the best gear your  gonna be able to have is crafted gear. The last time i checked the Devs stated that not even 10% of the crafted items have been discovered so far.

For weapons, the best in game is the torchbearer.  It has 71 dps.  I have yet to see a crafted item that can compare but am definitely on the lookout.  This may change if the 2-H weapons start doing double damage on crits but at this point Torchbearer is best weapon in game for Monk DPS.

Jagged Fist wraps of striking.
66dps and vendeta proc.  Easily out dpses tourchbearers.

AS far as weapons.  Greystone 2hb is the most dps of all weapons.  Its actualy the same as any 2 handed t5 crafted so pick your poison.  Martial staff with contagon proc is bad ass.   I personaly use a bladestaff of devestation.

Personally i use an Aluul Claw, and Torchbearer, great combo really, or i think so.

My big problem with those 2, is the only thing they have good is the dps rating.   Their stats and procs blow.

Aluul - 121-138 dmg, 68.65 dps, 7 str/7vit/50 hp
Torchbearer - 126-139 dmg, 71.35 dps, 38 sv fire, 70 hp
arazamus - 129-142 dmg, 69.23 dps, 17str 6 dex

Flawless xxx jagged fist wraps of striking - 141-156 dmg, 65.78 dps +37 crit  and  11str/7dex/4vit or 11dex/7con/4str   then add which ever continental effect you choose, i personaly got the 15% heal proc.


Few things to note, our skills our based off MELEE dmg and WEAPON dmg.  So the player made fist wraps may have the lowest dps rating , they have the highest dmg, which makes for the highest MELEE dmg and WEAPON dmg, it just means they are the slowest.   They are hands down the most dps combo in the game and have the best stats imho. 

As far as must have items.

Jagged tunic of the marked (t5 ur with +177 crit and a 5 % chance to proc + 10% cirt.
Celestial ward stars (at least heroic, but legendary is what im getting) -  290 dmg, 45 rng, + crit
Stormslam - for its avoidance buff
Prime vielthread bags -32 slots
Aged Saddle bag - 32 slots
Stalte carvings of invisibilty - broker.
Lucent jewlery and cloaks - (the only lvl 50 faction worth grinding)
Rhaz legendar helm
Gloves of hatred
Possibly: (if u can stand the intense grind) the levi cloak, underwater breathing mask, super jump boots, from dragons backbone gnomes.


IMHO:
Swamp of gorgalok area is a total waste.
Hengerian cloak sucks for melee compared to lucent one
The armor that requires t6 rare/ur to upgrade is good, but if u can afford player made its better (except for the bp)
Also the swamp armor quests are FAR worse then loot the hengerian himself drops (drops best legs/bp in game)

Afrit weapon is a waste
the stats blow, and we get no + crit like other weapons
the proc is moderate cold dmg, with a bonus to effreti woo woo
for a heroic item thats quested its about the same as aluuls claws

Question, those stars, are the limited pack or just some kind of "endless quiver" pieces?  :)

Underwater Breathing Mask - any direkt link to this quest? didnt really realized those reward at those gnomes....

They are clicky summoned shuriens so it's basicly an endless supply.

~QTM

http://vg.curse.com/database/items/details/1144870/

I want some thing like this because I think it may be better then the vendetta proc on the hand wraps.

I had a pair made for handwraps.

1 "of striking" means a finishing crystal was used.  The crystal itself adds to the weapon dmg AND adds the proc.  which is why the striking fist wraps are 66 and the non striking are 54ish.
2 The + melee dmg from devestation crystals is small, its about 50ish.   So if you take the BASE weapon dmg, add devestation, you gain about 12 dmg over  striking.  HOWEVER they give less weapon dmg and melee dmg because + melee dmg isnt calculated into the inital proc, its ADD after all the other dmg. 

Were you responding to me? Honestly you confused the hell out of me if you were. I believe the weapon would give +200 melee damage which would equate to +7% melee damage then theres also the +86 damage on it.

Devestatio crystals add 200 dmg to TWO handers.

Jagged Hand wraps of devestation - 52.8 dps  - 114-125 dmg , +24 crit and 69 melee dmg

jagged fist wraps of striking - 141-156 dmg, 65.78 dps +37 crit+ proc


So you lose ~30-35 base dmg . Which is what affects all multipliers your attacks are based on.  IE if something is 200% weapon dmg, thats what it affects.  the + to melee dmg is when you mouse over dps and it says "melee dmg 460-500", it adds it straight on to there. 

But most of our attacks don't do the 200% weapon damage but instead melee damage +so and so. So what do you think would be better for? The 2 handwraps of striking or some thing like the bladestaff i posted?

The blade staff is, i have it, and its hands down the top dps item in the game.  Only thing close is a martial staff with contageon proc (minus dodge and resists)

Without looking on path, Dragon or Harm or Drunken, what weapon style you guys think (or know?) is greatest damage? H2H or 2hand? Offcourse with top end weapons at 50.  Now at middle range H2H beat 2hand by far imho, crit bonus from weapons is huge, even when you wield 2hand with Tiger stance you still dont habe damage boost from dragon stance.

Well maybe Dragon path = H2H  and  Harm path = 2hand . In the end i think that Dragon with H2H dish more out.

I disagree with the dishing out damage between dragon and harmonious at 50. At 50 for harmonious you get a 3rdflying kick.

Not sure how powerful the 3rd flying kick is, i know dragons get a 3rd chain attack for divine avalanche line.

As far as different weapon types.

At 30s, if you get the cragwind weapon, stormslam, it will out damage any other weapon/combo until 48 when u can get t5 ur crafted.  I am 50 atm and have about 6 different weapons and 2 fist wraps and i find 2hb to be more dps overall, even though atm crits arent doing double dmg, just an extra 300-400

2h say they do double WEAPON damage on a crit. so i'm guessing a 152 base damge weapon would do an extra 304 on crit.

Sorry for my low knowledge, are those H2H weapons and if they are - where are they to get - maybe a link or something would be really nice. Just looking for some good H2H weaps in 30ish range. Thanks

Stormslam

http://vg.curse.es/database/items/details/1371315/

Thanks Varu!

I saw a crafted weapon on the Exchange yesterday which was 90 DPS.  It was a player made staff and the name was <something> "of speed".  When I saw this thread this morning, I raced back to Thestra hoping to get a screenshot of it for you all, but it has been sold.  I will keep my eyes open for another to hit the exchange and I will deffinitely get a shot of it if another comes up.

Sorry to post that there is a weapon with a huge DPS increase to what is being listed here and then not be able to post any proof, but maybe the buyer of the weapon reads these forums and will put a pic up.

"of speed" does increase a weapons DPS, however all it actually does is lower the delay.   Sadlly though it doesnt do any more dmg then other weapons.  The weapon dmg is identical to the non speed version.   So if you are auto attacking it will do a ton more dmg, however if you use skills its still over 2 second delay and will never swing inbetween spaming attacks, and as such wont do any more dps.

Heres quite a nice build http://vgplayers.station.sony.com/characters.vm?characterId=111669154958

Some items id like add are: -
Hegs Legs or Jagged Cavilers legs
and Bracers of the Ravager 8str 14 dex and plus 50 Damage

Anybody have a link to some info on the Celestial ward stars? Is it a quest item? Cause yea I like the sound of clickie summonable stars!

It is a quest line so to say.

You need 11900 faction in wardship of the sleeping moon to get the quest.  Then its super easy just kill 10 named.  5 in each dungeon.

The 11900 faction took me 2 solid weeks at 50 but it was worth it to me.

So the dmg on the stars is 290, how much dmg does that actually do to an even-ish level mob at 50? Or is throwing stars bugged where it doesn't effect damage.

Just having it for the unlimited supply is worth it to me, but it'd be nice to know how much dmg they do too :)

Jump boots

nuff said

~QTM

at 50 its roughly 1200 dmg

 I 2nd the call for Jump Boots... but give us some height this time
And add some +kick damage boots

Jump boot pulling is exploiting, I find it cheapens split pulling in general and I hope they fix it soon.

As for gear at 50 as a dragon monk when I go to APW I like dominion helm with full jagged crafted, end regen on peices you can get it on, accuracy on gloves, amulet of swarmleader (I don't have ToT necklace, but I like the accuracy from this necklace), 2 jagged fistwraps of striking, 2 majordomo earrings (accuracy) and a Nefarious Titanskin Cloak again with the + accuracy.

I have full lucent jewelry, but unfortunately until I get some APW drops with +accuracy I don't see myself using them.

Parsing my own damage I find that with this setup I personally do the most consistent damage.  Although we have a harmonious monk in our guild who uses a staff and I think a little less accuracy but is still excellent and I love having a harm in the guild for their debuffs.

My 2 cents

Titans Mask of Rage
Slot: Face
50 AC
70 HP
22 STR
59 Dmg rating (somewhere around 1.5% i think)

Drops from Mnalus Titan in swamps of Rumug.

I found it by accident one day (my other guidie got it), so i went back and camped him till it dropped.  Took a while but was able to find it.  He also drops rare shoulders that add 7 to dex/str/vit some hps and 1.70% Mitigation at lev 50.  Might be useful for a defence set, but i gave them to shaman as it was bigger upgrade for him.

Where do you get the bracer of the ravager?

Thx for the tip - i got it on first kill.   8)

http://vg.curse.com/database/items/details/1349397/

Drops from Khor In RI, his one of the named`s which spawned by using Collected coins & Marks. He also Drops Pauldrons of the Ravager, both are very nice pre APW amours.