Cross-Counters, good for soloing right??

[Trixter]

The answer is of course, YES! Just had a little discussion w/ some LS members about how they aren't needed, none of which have a MNK 75 like I.
CC's w/ avenger's earingX2 w/ Akido Koshita and merits, not to mention counterstance along w/ AF2 feet I would hope, makes for some good soloing.
That's a near perfect setup w/o the Spharai, unless i've missed something.

I'm sure in my point, just want to hear what you guys think as well.

[Minaku]

Re: Cross-Counters, good for soloing right??

CC's are great, yes.

As for the other stuff, depends on what you mean by soloing I guess, and what you're subbing. I solo ep/dc stuff a lot for guard skill/farming/some exp, and I prefer /whm and load on the def and +guard to get skill. Regardless there are definately better things for ears and legs than akido and avengers, for example Byakko's and elusive/ethereal/brutal earrings. We have very good evasion, and with the right equip can dodge a lot of hits. I wouldn't ever use counterstance unless I was going /nin, and even then with extreme care.

[Samuzuki]

Re: Cross-Counters, good for soloing right??

i was intrested how much someone could make couter proc with all the + counter gear in the game, i used hundred fists on a mnk with cross counters she used counterstance and lost by 1 hit, this pretty damn good with full counter build you could do some nice stuff.

[Tirrock]

Re: Cross-Counters, good for soloing right??

I don't believe they're needed by any means. If we're tossing counter merits into the mix, you may as well toss in /NIN and MNK's high evasion. A MNK/WAR in counter gear will kill something faster than a MNK/NIN, but the MNK/WAR can't evade/counter 100% of their hits, and chakra is good for maybe two hits or half of a physical WS with counterstance on. Eventually the MNK in counter gear will have to rest or have somebody heal him.