The best mechanics get their hands dirty y’know? If you’re back as Monk to take robots apart in 3.2, you’ve found the right place for 3.2 MNK BiS!
Quicknotes: There’s a bunch of sets that can come up with very similar stats (900~ CRIT, 500~ DET 600~ SS).
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3.2 Monk Best-in-Slot
| MNK | BiS | Meld 1 | Meld 2 | ACC | CRIT | SS | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Midan Metal Knuckles | CRIT V | CRIT V | - | 24 | 123 | 83 |
| Offhand | - | - | |||||
| Helm | Augmented Hellfire Mask of Striking | ACC V | DET V | 60 | 69 | - | 12 |
| Body | Midan Jacket of Striking | CRIT V | CRIT V | 78 | 24 | - | 107 |
| Hand | Midan Gloves of Striking | CRIT V | CRIT IV | 69 | 69 | - | - |
| Belt | Midan Belt of Striking | CRIT V | - | - | 48 | 51 | - |
| Legs | Midan Breeches of Striking | DET V | DET V | - | 112 | 78 | 24 |
| Boots | Augmented Hellfire Sabatons of Striking | DET V | DET V | - | 69 | 48 | 24 |
| Neck | Midan Neckband of Slaying | DET V | - | 36 | 51 | - | 12 |
| Earring | Augmented Primal Earrings of Slaying | DET V | - | 36 | 51 | - | 12 |
| Wrist | Augmented Primal Bracelet of Slaying | CRIT V | - | - | 48 | 51 | - |
| Ring | Augmented Primal Ring of Slaying | CRIT V | - | - | 12 | 36 | 49 |
| Ring | Midan Ring of Slaying | CRIT V | - | 51 | 48 | - | - |
| Food | Baked Pipira Pira | - | - | 18 | 37 | - | - |
| Stats | Totals from Gear | 348 | 662 | 387 | 323 | ||
| Grand Totals | 702 | 1016 | 741 | 541 |
MNK BiS Discussion
Like many of the 3.2 sets, the advent of melding has made it possible that a bunch of setups can reach very similar stats. But first of all – let’s talk about Skill Speed.
Skill Speed or DET? Okay so we all know Crit is best for us, and as such the set has over 1000 of it. So where do we want our stats into next?
I don’t believe the hard and fast numbers of stat weights. The popular belief is that DET beats SS. This however does not take SCALING into account. But does it even matter? When we are almost FORCED to have 600++ SS to get anywhere NEAR BiS stats!
So as a concession to many many configurations and discussions with others, I have arrived at the set above to be a “balanced” set regardless of your thoughts. It has a really high Crit rating and SS rating which BOTH SCALE well, and still has a little det since we can’t go TOO crazy with SS. Why?
I could have melded more SS in place of DET melds (something you can do if you like) but TP will start to become a real issue at those levels of SS. Unless you have a NIN or your comp uses Paeon – do it at your own risk.
I have made multiple sets wherein I get a higher DET rating and lower SS rating, but I truly feel that since we are already forced to have a rather high SS – I’d rather embrace that than lose CRIT just to reduce SS and gain DET. Again, stat weights cannot take scaling into account.
Regardless though, the difference between these two “more Det less SS” setups is seriously marginal. Any set within the “BiS range” of stats will perform within the 95+ percentile of each other.
MNK Lore Tomestone Buy Order
- Weapon: An excellent “filler” weapon – any serious Monk who wants to clear A8 should invest in this. The stats are GREAT.
- Helm: has slightly better stats than boots (ACC / CRIT)
- Boots: It’s the last left-side lore BiS…
- BODY is a NOTABLE FILLER: You can pick it up now…
- Ring > Earring > Wrist by order of “value”.
Everything ELSE IS OPTIONAL! left-side fillers priority Body > Legs > Hand > Belt – then accessories Neck > Ring (Unupgraded)
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MNK Crafted Gear Viability
I’ll get back to this as I upgrade all the BiS lists – 90% of what you need is already up there, though.
For MNK, I gotta say you should buy the Gloves if you feel like A6 won’t go down anytime soon. Since you’ll only be getting Cranks Week 5+.
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hi im curious instead of det on some of these can i just but a strength V materia?
STR is capped on HQ or raid gear which already has STR in it.
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when you coming out with 3.2 BIS for MNK?
When do we get the 3.2 gear list!
I am posting it tomorrow. Since I cannot get a consensus between 2 lists, I may be posting TWO separate BiS lists with some caveats for each.
Obviously dark is extremely retarded as you can all see by his comments
Not really, the Only one that seems retarted and prolly butthurt is you so please go back play crap games like Wow or for Kids u can also choose Hello kitty online.
not really little boy, seems the only one that is ” extremly ” retarted is you here prolly also butthurted after or brainless comment. mayb go back play crap games like WoW ? sounds like you coming from there lol
monks need SKS lol if ppl say they dont need, they dont understand the job then, SKS incr ur dps and if u cry u fast out of tp then manage ur skills and learn to play it, for that we have also brd or nin to asssist mnk with TP whenever needed in coil exampel and u got invigorate or whatever name, mnk is single target dps king and that will stay like that. SKS is NOT a wasted stat!!
Definitely not wasted. But anything above X amount is definitely “too much”. Without a highly specialized coil group, you will run out of TP.
uhm not really, even with 450-470 SKS u wont run out. dungeons are easy bosses die fast. raids like ST or WoD u can also manage it bosses dies actually fast enough to not run out of TP unless the dps from the other ppl is so low that it take ages to kill the boss but even if so u ll be short on TP in the last 15-20% until the Invigorate ll be ready to use, if u got a brd or nin and he use his head to assist u, u wont run out, but even then u ll only run out of TP if u manage or adjust the fight wrong due to the high SKS. in coil u wont run out either
Dark, could you provide your skill rotation? I’d love to see how to effectively dps and keep my tp under control, and skill rotations seem to be so varied.
Ummm. Considering the T13’s Earthshaker which can make monk move away from boss, I think at least we need around 400 SKS (which is still the global standard for monk) What do you think about the BiS for T13? Thanks for the general BiS though.
Hmmm well.. After I switch gears in the gear calculator, I think can use Dreadwyrm Bracelet with 531 acc, 448 crit, 383 det, 407 sks. But the accuracy will barely made it.
I think it would be much more useful if you had a pre-T13 vs post T13 set. The “zero sks” build is clearly inferior. You’re just picking up wasted extra accuracy for no reason.
Alot of people are pretty anal about SKS. A few extra points of acc isn’t a massive loss cosidering the crit and det gained.
Thanks for the update!
I’ll just point out that the item in the “Neck” category is a Bracelet.
Checking!
Thanks for the update! Pointing out the gear you put in “Neck” in actually a “Wrist” one :<
Dumb question. What does that note next glazefaust mean? I’m not entirely in mmo lingo so i have no idea what the neat UAT stands for
Can you do a Gloam Ring coupled with a Weathered Gloam Ring instead of the High Allagan ring? The trade off would be more determination compared to the 2 extra strength and 7 extra accuracy. Since you don’t really need the skill speed, wouldn’t the extra determination be worth it?
no. the 2 strength and added stats overall still outweighs it.
Neither of the page 2 links actually go to Pre-Turn 6 right now. Top goes to 2.2 DRG and bottom link to 2.2 WHM.
fixed!