It clearly wasn't obvious to him if he keeps asking.

Nobody likes you. Go away.

I have had to tank with my monk once. It didn't go too smooth. Was stuck with 4 other robe users, and I had decent HP.


Wouldn't recommend it. Paladins/Barbarians/Guardians make way better tanks, then comes the Fighters, Samurais, the occasional Rogue. Then all the robed users are last in line.





Lets pretend that you were the only person capable of tanking, then sure, a high VIT/EE Monk would be nice to have in a party of softies, but the likelihood of you not finding a Paladin/Barbarian/Guardian/Fighter/Samurai/Rogue to do a better job is usually slim.



If you solo this changes things, and VIT/EE is a viable build for him, but I have seen you around the catacombs.


This post was edited by jlhromeo on Dec 30 2010 09:10pm

ezpz

blah blah blah

Mystical lightning XIV
Level Req: 55
Spell Damage: 18 to 184
Mana Cost: 109

+682 Max Life
+3% Damage Return
+63% Heal Mastery

Rare godwood staff
Level Req: 55
Damage: 68 to 183

+20 Intelligence
+52% Heal Mastery

Rare pixiesilk padded robe
Level Req: 50
Physical Defense: 0 to 33
Magical Defense: 34 to 85

+344 Max Life
+63% Heal Mastery

wont go into detail about ever tier of gear
but it all looks like this
vita and dex are nice mods that i look for

u dont need EE at all
since u should be able to out heal any income dmg

start 10 into vit which will give u enough life to tank out better
the vit boost to help padds
the rest into int

look for mana adds at low levels
vit adds at mid levels
and max life at the higher ends of yer gear


anyone who says other wise
doesnt know a thing

id kick you out of an MQ group if you were wearing that shit

I used to use padded robes to tank. The one piece of advice I can offer is do not use +vit gear. Vit on gear is a decent bonus stat for anything but robes since robes have a 0 min phys def. Its just not worth trying to get from gear. Hard points are still nice tho, due to the extra life gain of course.

I still have a few gems like this one that no one would mind having in the front row. But if there are good scale/leather users, even with some of the better tank robes out there, you should step back to middle still probably

Angelic silk padded robe
Level Req: 15
Physical Defense: 0 to 34
Magical Defense: 31 to 79

+120% Enhanced Effect
+21 Intelligence
+1% Critical Flux
+2 Jubilance

Edit - even tho it has int, I only used it for extra magic def. I only played melee/tank set ups

This post was edited by KakeWalk on Jan 2 2011 10:44pm

hes asking how to tank on a monk
this is how u do it
i tank on my monk from 1-71
its not about ee
its about being able to heal yourself



as for kicking me from an mq group
u seem to be the only person that would
so many times the fact that im tanking and healing
is the only reason some get to MQ

when ur looking at 4k+ mq life
and 300-800-2k heals

ull find that tanking on a monk isnt that ridiculous

haters gotta hate tho
he asked how

this is how
your expertise ofc was very informative on the subject tho
ty for your advice

looks like a good setup to heal, but also looks like you deal 1-5 damage
i have given up on the pure tank robe build. i have some info if im ever in a full climb with robe only. but its rare
ill just be cookie cutter like everyone else-- iso dex robes for my back row

That character and build sucks, sorry if that hurts your feelings. I'd still kick you.

Congrats on telling how to build a shitty char that he shouldn't build.

Its the equivalent of him asking how to build a caster barb and you telling him how to do it instead of telling him not to do it and giving him a better alternative.

caster barb , that sounds like fun. got any info on a build for this?

Run it by sharpdeath bro I'm sure he'll be helpful