Monk

Monk
Role	Melee
Added	Launch
Races	Drakkin, Froglok, Human, Iksar
Alignment(s)	Neutral

The monk is a melee fighter who uses martial arts techniques to perform devastating attacks and influence the biological processes of his or her own body. Monks are widely known and respected for their ability to feign death, which, coupled with their other abilities of stealth and misdirection, make them excellent pullers and survivors. In a pinch, all monks can mend their wounds to stay in the fight longer or give themselves a chance to escape.

Overview

A newly created monk begins the game as a simplistic, mostly autoattack-dependent class, with few reliable options for affecting the flow of battle. This changes significantly as the monk rises in level and more combat-manipulating tools become available.

Once a monk's mend skill proficiency has risen to the point that it no longer fails, and once the proficiency of feign death is high enough to make it reasonably dependable as a disengagement tool, the monk evolves into a class that strongly favors experimental gameplay, daring to throw itself into difficult situations with the secure knowledge that it will either find some way to endure long enough to win, or at worst figure out some way to play dead and then escape. A monk at this point and beyond who wants to fight just one particular enemy in a crowd can usually find a way to isolate that target before attacking, further adding to the class's secure killing power.

Middle- and high-level monks are an unusual mix of powerful offense, respectable defense, pulling ability, and situational disciplines that allow them to react appropriately to all sorts of unexpected trouble. With no glaring weaknesses in any aspect of melee combat, they can increase to the killing speed of a group while requiring only minimal babysitting from the tanks and healers. When a situation looks grim, monks can step up with powerful defense-enhancing or damage-enhancing disciplines to help turn the tide.

When dealing with content that is slightly below one's own level, monks are among the easiest of the fighter classes to equip sturdily enough to tank an area, while their high damage potential makes it relatively easy for them to hold aggro when it is desirable for them do so. Of the pure melee classes, monks usually have the easiest time soloing.

Besides those already stated, monks gain a few other utility skills in the form of combat abilities and AAs. Among other things, these include abilities to snare and pacify mobs, and to create an Eye of Zomm for scouting.

Monks' defenses tend to favor avoidance more than mitigation, which can make them prone to receiving spiky damage from a set of swings.

Combat Skills

LEVEL	TRAINED	SKILL	PRE-50 CAP	POST-50 CAP
1	No	1 Hand Blunt	240	275
1	No	2 Hand Blunt	240	275
1	No	Bind Wound	200	210
1	No	Defense	230	270
1	No	Dodge	200	240
1	No	Dual Wield	252	265
1	No	Hand to Hand	225	275
1	No	Kick	200	265
1	No	Mend	200	200
1	No	Offense	230	270
1	No	Throwing	113	215
5	Yes	Round Kick	200	240
10	Yes	Tiger Claw	200	240
12	Yes	Block	200	235
15	Yes	Double Attack	210	250
17	Yes	Feign Death	200	200
18	Yes	Intimidation	200	200
20	Yes	Eagle Strike	200	240
25	Yes	Dragon Punch *Human & Drakkin Only*	200	240
25	Yes	Tail Rake *Iksar Only*	200	240
27	Yes	Disarm	200	200
30	Yes	Flying Kick	200	240
35	Yes	Riposte	200	235

Tradeskills

LEVEL	TRAINED	SKILL	PRE-50 CAP	POST-50 CAP
1	No	Baking	250	300
1	No	Brewing	250	300
1	Yes	Fletching	250	300
1	No	Jewel Crafting	250	300
1	No	Pottery	250	300
1	No	Smithing	250	300
1	No	Tailoring	250	300

Language Skills

LEVEL	TRAINED	SKILL	PRE-50 CAP	POST-50 CAP
1	Yes	Barbarian	100	100
1	Yes	Combine	100	100
1	No	Common Tongue	100	100
1	Yes	Dark Speech	100	100
1	Yes	Dark Tongue	100	100
1	Yes	Dwarven	100	100
1	Yes	Elder Dragon	100	100
1	Yes	Elder Erudian	100	100
1	Yes	Elder Tier'Dal	100	100
1	Yes	Elven	100	100
1	Yes	Erudian	100	100
1	Yes	Faerie	100	100
1	Yes	Froglok	100	100
1	Yes	Giant	100	100
1	Yes	Gnoll	100	100
1	Yes	Gnomish	100	100
1	Yes	Goblin	100	100
1	Yes	Halfling	100	100
1	Yes	High Elf	100	100
1	Yes	Kobold	100	100
1	Yes	Lizardman	100	100
1	Yes	Ogre	100	100
1	Yes	Orcish	100	100
1	Yes	Thieves Cant	100	100
1	Yes	Tier'Dal	100	100
1	Yes	Troll	100	100

Other Skills

LEVEL	TRAINED	SKILL	PRE-50 CAP	POST-50 CAP
1	No	Alcohol Tolerance	200	200
1	No	Beg	200	200
1	No	Fishing	200	200
1	No	Forage *Iksar*	50	50
1	No	Sense Heading	200	200
1	No	Swimming	200	200
3	Yes	Safe Fall	200	200
8	Yes	Sneak	113	113

See Also

Monk Spells, Disciplines, and Abilities List