Hi guys, im planning to make a monk and i readed about those two posible paths:
As i readed, ppl just dont want monk in parties coz his lack of dmg/support capabilities but i still want to be able to support anyway.
Can i solo till 280 if no one inv me to parties ?
For stats, can i run 3str1con till 80 con and then full str ? or i need to add dex to the build ?
Where should i put the 7 free points of monk circles ?
Big thanks guys!! good luck
If you take the Diev route you won’t need any Dex (and probably not that much con). Diev Monk seems to be a little wanted in DPS groups (at least not unwanted).
Before you reach lv 110 you do not will see too many monks, but after this level, all the maps will have monks. For real, each map will be a monk, I like to be on the more empty channels, then this week I finished the DG and when I got out, I saw 3 monks beyond me, and no one else.
I think in the future the game will be called: TREE OF MONKS.
About your question, both are wanted in partys, if you care about that (yes, if you choose to work for other people, as if this was objective of the game, instead see what you like), but you had too see what you like more. More part of the Monks on the game are Priest, because the adicional Attack and defense they gave what help on PVP, if you really want to be a monk3 on rank 7. Diev have buffs and even attacks with the statues based on area, what is really great for PVE, but easilly dodged on PVP (that means you can simple walk 10 steps to the side and dodge the statues), unless other classes help you, for example Druid that control people, or Psyco, that control people as well. See videos about it, both are really great.
That is why EVERYBODY in the game want to become a Monk.
ty guys, ill go the priest route, its asperion 10 worth it ?
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I did two monks at the same time
C1-P3 and C2-D2 after they both reached around 150-155 I stopped playing P3 and only play Diev one. This is my personal preference. Also if you are going to solo play I would recommend to get a bit DEX.
On priest you will have moonstrance which adds % of your total dex which is an amazing skill at lv1
I would say I am happy with my 170 DEX at level 173, thinking to get it to 200 and stop and focus on STR.
My stat build is this: around 200 DEX rest STR. all the bonus points from quests and statues go to CON.
And seriously there is no need to get aspersio to 10 since if you want to do damage you will have to NOT level SPR and aspersio scales with spirit. Also in the future patches Blessing will add some of your SPR and INT to bonus damage, so it might be a waste going into Monk after Priest.
I will tell you this, Diev is super fun to play (very personal opinion). You get pierce type attack with Carve Attack that does bonus damage on the tree in sauilai mission and most bosses and large targets are weaker to pierce attacks.
You can -20% of your energy blast CD which is insanely good.
Carve OWL can get bonus damage when you are using mace (most maces add magic attack)
And overall Diev does bring good utility to the party.
As of Priest build, most people take it to 3 to get Stone Skin and Maxed out mass heal and revive.
But EVERYTHING i said above is subjective to my personal test and my personal feel of class. I have not gotten any monks past 200 and people do not lie, there is a LOT of monks past 125, like every map has 1-2
If you are playing solo most of time I would say diev 2 so you have dps skills, otherwise you will autoatack to reach monk.
For a more party and supportive play, Priest 2 but if you play with a dps class.
And I know, both helps in party and soloing, but to me that are they strength.
I wonder what will happen after the change in blessing to scale with int and spr.
Nothing because Monk scale with Str:Dex and Bless with Int:Spr. You still will reach the extra hit by the atribute but won’t change by stats
It will be a little wasteful to go monk after priest in that case, sine p3 chapilan will shine like no other. But you are right it changes nothing
To me Priest it s more for Revive and resurrection for my party play so the plus of bless, it s just that, an extra. And due to the stat scale just work from the direct buff of the Priest and not the pardoner scroll, the full Support Priest /chaplain gain relevance but monk don’t lose anything, it just doesn’t gain anything either.
Revive and ressurrection add more to a party than any of the statues. Both monks are good though.
My path is c1 - krivis 1 - priest 2. - I am enjoying it while leveling to monk it will be easy just buy buffs on pardoner before going to maps.
Krivis has zalcai that can reduce enemy crit def and increase your crit attack with spr this scales late game too.
I actually prefer Krivis Monks, but I’m more alone on that sentiment I think.
If I were making a Priest, I’d rather make it into a Chaplain tbh and take better advantage of Priest’s strengths instead of slapping them into Monk and having them fall straight off. You’d only ever want Revive and Ressurect from going P2, tbh. Everything else is extra.
Diev though, gives you better mixed damage and you bring better offensive support in favor of ditching revivals. It means while you’ll help a parties DPS better than a Priest, you won’t have Ressurect and Ressurect.
The style between the two is apparent: Priest for covering your defences, Diev to add utility that’ll seldom fall off.
Let me be honest though. Some people make me want to tear my eyeballs out of my sockets. As a Paladin, I occassionally wish that I was a Priest. It's dumbfounded but effective. Sometimes there's mistakes but...you will get that overcocky player at one point.
I am a Diev Monk and I think you should get lots of Dex too. I dont have monstrance as Priest Monks, but with green gems and 150Dex, you crit like 50% at least I did when I got 150Dex at lv180. Rest to Str and 50 Con
Besides statues are strong and you can aggro mobs with them
Hey Diev-Monks,
I have a question. In a lot of Builds i see Carve Attack raised to 10, is this necessary or more an option because you dont need them otherwise? I mean will i still use this attack once i became monk? I am rank 4 now and dont know if i should anymore points in it (5 atm). Also i maybe go for Diev3 after Monk2, will i even raise it to 15 then?
Hope someone can share his/her experiences with me,
Thank you,
Fips
Carve does a lot of damage and it’s a pierce attack, something lacking in monk builds. I haven’t leveled my Diev monk much so I don’t know how useful it is later on.
diev have 2 powerfull attacks: Carve owl and carve attack.
is VERY bad for PVP, but is nice for PVE, so, you will see, if you put points on carve attack, carve own and world tree, still will have a lot of points for the others statues.
so yes, go 10, your pve world will need it.
Thanks alot. I raised it to 10 now.
Anyone has made some experiences with the new attributes that remove knockdown? Is there now an alternative to double punch or is it still the way to go?
Hey, i have a similar question:
i pretty much like the idea of cleric 2, diev 2 monk 3 , but id like to play some pvp later on as well… so for pvp is it really needed to be priest 2? is diev really only for pve? since i heard a lot that diev is also great for pvp
@Serpex
The point of do a Priest monk is not about priest 2, but about:
PRIEST C3
Because you will get Stone Skin, that is a buff that gives you +400 block (minimum) for 30 seconds. Plus any Shield you will get a minimum of 600 of block for 30 seconds. That is almost the same as the Block of a Peltasta/Rodelero pressing C.
That is why PriestC3-Monk is a more PVP oriented build, even if now STR gives block penetration, this still help against archers.
On the other side, Diev-monk is good to counter Magics
While priest monk have ANY defense against magic, except for safe zone,
Diev can put carve world tree and Carve owl. You will not kill the wizards, but will supress a Area that will be a safe zone.
BUT
Diev-Monk will be very fragile aginst archers. (Sad truth)
priestC3-Monk : Counter Swordsman/Archers
Diev-Monk: Counter Maic
Again: is a very little defense.
The two are good for PVE, but diev-monks have less work to kills monsters, since Carve owl help a lot, and priest-monk have problems when monsters are magic types.
Example: Put Laima Statue while using fade. All mobs will hunt the statue. So you just need to put Carvel owl where the mobs Statinate, and you will killl them all.
@fipsdiegrille The problem is that the others skills have cadence/countdown, while double punch have any, so in your normal runs, you can easily be killing mobs pressing the same button, while without double punch you have to spaw all the skills you have to do the same job. But its your choice. Since double punch damage dont inflate tooooo much when you put more points, you can chose other skill you like more.