I’ve always gone full vit with dex gear on monk and ninja. Now that I have a good MQ heal I may try putting some points into int and heal some.

But full vit works just fine, coming from someone who solos almost always.

Don’t recommend ee robes ever.

I typically run a Monk/Ninja with Magic Luck gear (no Dex or EE ) until about lvl 58 with vita 100. I'll slap on an EE padded robe and finish to MQ. Generally I'll have enough shrines to get through to MQ pretty smoothly.

If you've got a decent heal, I like going a few points into int and staying 75 or 80 vita and taking doublestrike, powerstrike, salvation.

Salv to help on ep waves and if needed between regular waves you can /whistle 1 and heal up

Great advice posted by all.


Gear depends the way you build your Monk to how you play. The hardest road is from your level 55 Items... how good are they?

Melee: EE weapon (staff, dagger or spear) ... Dex Armor & Main Charm ... 150% EE Heal type charm in ACC slot (optional, but does come in handy. Abilities Retribution & Powerstrike (only 2 abilities) ... Full Vitality build.

Melee / Heal: Similar to above, optional Int Armor with Dex Main Charm and 150% EE Heal type ACC charm. Abilities: Retribution & Salvation (only 2 abilities) ... 50 Base Intelligence & Rest Vitality (best to pump vita to 75 then get 50 to Int & rest Vitality) ... Note: you can just have 30 base Int and rest Vitality.

Caster: (heals) Int weapon, Armor and EE cast charm in Main Slot and EE heal charm in ACC (note: you can swap Heal to main for better heals if needed). Abilities: Powercast & Salvation (only 2 abilities) ... 75 Vitality and rest Int. (note: Use melee setup for early levels to like 25 to 35+ depending on what you already have, then switch to casting after you have sorted out your Base stats).

It all comes down to you how you want to set up your build, also, at higher levels (excluding 71+) you can use the /set easy 1 to make it easier to explore.

If you find it hard to deal with 3 normal mob spawn, then you need to watch your life bar more frequently, also you will notice that sometimes it is easier than other times, that is because of monster level (not necessarily type)

Remember, all previous advice from others are great. Test what you are comfortable with.

~100 Vita without sneaky and ee padded
but most important for me is to save (good) shirnables at lower lvl and use them at higher lvl, that i dont have to waste time regen at higher lvls

best to just find groups or if no time 100vit ..with lvl ee 55 padded robe ..my 55 padded 80ee can do a little better then my 40dex lvl 40 padded...little slow but a explore all way..and die some lol just 2-4 times a climb..best is to wait for groups or make 1 and whistle ..be willing to drive more ...for good prof at end

If I don't want any downtime, the way I do it is int side mods on my melee gear and salvation.

However, sometimes I prefer the downtime to skill, so in that case, just go damage and spend a lot of time in town skilling while I regen

Noob question, how to use salvation playing solo? I tried to click on my character and on nameplates but nothing happened...

Need to have it charged, use a heal charm and have it selected with life missing

I didn't know that you have to use it with a heal charm, thx for anwser