Monk Questions

[Talis]

Greetings and Salutations All!

I have recently decided to switch jobs for when the NA Version comes out, i was hoping that if you could possibly answer these questions for me..

#1: What is the best weapon for a monk.

#2: What is the Best Sub for a Monk

#3: What is the Monk AF armor called (If you know)

#4: Are Monks Welcomed in Parties often?

#5: Would Humes be considered a good race to be a monk?

#6: What is the best starting Kingdom for a Monk to recieve Conquest Weapons..

If, you could answer these questions, i would greatly, .. appreciate it...

thank you.

[Chipmunk777]

well, im not really 100% sure on all of those, so ill just answer the one i know.

5)Well, as im sure you know, Hume's are just your average joes, so they will not excell as a monk. But, they will have fairly good def, pow, HP, etc. But, compared to a galka or elvaan, they dont have potential to be extremely good.

oh, I'll give my opinion on monk weapons

1)I think they only can use 3 weapons:barefisted, claws, or 2-h staff. And, of those, I believe the claws would be the best. they look the best, and they cause more damage than the bare fists, but, i think they're a bit slower than the fists. and, 2-h staff just sux, dont use it if you're a monk (or so i've heard)

Oh, and 700th post here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! w00t :spin: lol

[Jei]

1. grips, grapple, knuckles. Monks are born to punch.

2. /WAR and /THF. depends on the party. best to have both sub possible to switch around.

3. MNK AFs are
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the weapon is Beat Sestas (dunno what exactly in english)
the armors all begins with Temple...... Temple Clown, Temple Glove etc

4. MNK are most welcome in a skeletons hunting PT. they are weak against insects tho. So any party going to Crawler's Nest won't look for monk so much.

5. any race can be good monk.

6. any kingdoms are the same. i advice you save your conquest points for higher rank items tho.... the lower rank weapons can easily bought from AF

[Talis]

But Can Monks just really party with anyone, they always need a good Melee Fighter right?

And i guess i should just start at bastok since you said that all of the Conquest Items are the same for Monk at Least.

And I hear that Monk/Thief is the best because of the Agility and The Strength..

[Jei]

Punching is really powerful against skelletons. And monk's chakra heals blind. that is why monk is perfect to fight skellies. skelletons wil blind you a lot.

Punching will be really weak against insects basicly because the stronger punching WS can't connect to make a water or ice MB.
You have "Tankei" to connect to a water/ice MB..... but it is very weak. This is why party choose WAR THF and PLD for their daggers and lance in this case.

in a party with 2 taunters, yes they will pick MNK/THF
in a party that needs taunter, MNK/THF will be ignored.
so, really, train both THF and WAR. And when shouting for PT don't forget to mention you can sub both....

[Talis]

Ok thanks for the Info Jei, I really appreciate it,

and what does the Monk ability Chakra do exactly and how long does it take for it to reload (Meaning when can you use it again)

[Jei]

chakra heals about 10% of your HP i think. and corrects several status. I know it heals blind but not sure about something else. re-use time is 15 minutes (as says so in this site)

[Talis]

*Bows Head*

Thank you Sir Jei..