Shaolin Fist Build: A/Mo

Shadow Arts: 12+1+3
Smite:+12
Deadly Arts: The Rest



Deadly Arts

Iron Palm: Skill. Target touched foe suffers 5...41 damage, and if that foe is suffering from a hex or condition that foe is knocked down. Iron Palm counts as a lead attack.
10,3/4,20

Mantis Touch: Spell. Must follow a lead attack. Target foe becomes Crippled for 5...17 seconds. Mantis Touch counts as an off-hand attack. 5,3/4,15

Horns of the Ox: Dual Attack. Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, Horns of the Ox strikes for +15...27 damage. If struck foe is not adjacent to any allies, that foe is knocked down.
5,0,12

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Shadow Arts

Vipers Defense: Stance. For 30 seconds, the next time you are struck, teleport to a random location nearby. The foe who struck you is poisoned for 5...17 seconds.
5/0/10

Way of the Lotus: Hex Spell. For 10...30 seconds, the next time you hit target foe with a dual attack, you gain 5...17 Energy.
5,1/4,20

Shadow Refuge: Enchantment Spell. For 4 seconds, you gain 5...9 Health Regeneration. When Shadow Refuge ends, if you are attacking, you are healed for 30...68.
5,1,8

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Smiting

Holy Strike or Stonesoul Strike: Target touched foe takes 10...46 holy damage. If knocked down, your target takes an additional 10...46 holy damage.
5,3/4,8

Signet of Judgement: Target foe is knocked down. That foe and all adjacent foes take 15...63 holy damage.
0,2,25

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Reasons for Skills

Way of Lotus(Hex)==>>Iron Palm(Knockdown)==>>Holy Strike(92 DMG)==>>Mantis Touch==>>Horns of the Ox(Gain 17 Energy+Knockdown)==>>Holy Strike(92 DMG)

Vipers Defense==>>Signet of Judgement

Vipers Defense==>>Shadow Refuge==>>Iron Palm==>>Holy Strike


I haven't tried this build yet...But I think it will be pretty fun at least. Any input would be appreciated.

Very interesting concept...

I'm not a big fan of Viper's Defense, I would personally switch it for Return or Recall, but that's just me.

The viper is there to activate Iron Palm's knockdown condition, I think.

it is..because your f\targ foe has to be suffering a condition or hex to be knocked down as u can see

Personally, after reviewing the build, I'd prefer some amendments.

Instead of using Mantis Touch-Horns of the Ox, simply use Entangling Asp. Same energy, same effect, but poison and knockdown rather than cripple and knockdown. Deals more damage too with your lack of dagger mastery. Also, use a staff or a wand and a focii instead of daggers. More energy that way. This would make you lose out on Way of the Lotus, sure, but you can instead opt for Dark Prison or Scorpion Wire for the shadowstepping.

Ditch some shadow arts. I'd say reduce Shadow Arts to 10, increase Deadly Arts to 10. That way, you'll be able to do some decent damage with Entangling Asp and Iron Palm, and have access to the deadly arts hexes I mentioned.

Use your mask for Deadly Arts. You really don't have much need for Shadow Arts that high.

^^^
That would free up three slots. I think, if you have Prophecies, you should use both Stonesoul Strike and Holy Strike for 184 damage and to make use of having a 12 in Smiting. Also use a Smiting wand and focus.

I would also take Crippling Dagger to spam while you wait for them to move to cause the cripple, then immediately follow up with Iron Palm. Follow up with one of the strikes. Entangling Asp, and another strike. That's about 220 armor ignoring damage in a few seconds.

I don't know if it's possible to fit both Holy and Stonesoul Strike into one knockdown. If it is, then you can do that and use SoJ after Asp.

He can't use a smiting wand and focus...part of his build relies on a dagger attack (making it cumbersome for pvp because of weapon switch).

Just something to mention, since you haven't discovered this yet:

Vipers Defense==>Signet of Judgement = Failed Chain ...if they hit you while casting the signet, the signet is interrupted because viper's defense moves you away. This makes the signet be recharging and you will have dealt no damage with it. You really don't want to open a combo with Viper's Defense.

I am running a build similar to this using a wand and focus. I'm at work but will post the build later. I have found it to be extremly effective, I have caused upwards of 250 dmg in a relativley short span . The build I am running has been dubbed "An Assasins Smite". It uses all deadly arts and smiting attacks, with some healing thrown in. I'll post tonight and let you all rip it apart

and while I'm posting...... does anyone have Miella's focus?? I found this item on GuildWiki but can not seem to find anyone who actually has it.... this focus would be perfect for this type of build - my build at least.... high enrg use

Energy +15,
Energy regeneration -1
HP +30

Horns of the Ox is just a Dual Attack to gain energy from Way of the Lotus. I thought of putting Entangling Asp in instead of Signet of Judgement...But I wanted to have at least one Elite in this build and I cant think of any other that would fit in.

Vipers Defense==>>Teleport==>>Signet of Judgement...I meant to cast it when you teleport away from opponent.

Also, the reason I put in Mantis Touch(15 secs.) and HotO(12 secs.) is because of the faster recharge time than Scorpian Wire(30 secs.) and Dark Prison(60 secs.)


Again...thnx for everybody's input I will probably try to remove/add some skills.

Just thought of Putting points into Critical Strike instead of Deadly Arts...Probably around 10.


The skills I have in mind are:
Black Lotus Strike:Off-Hand Attack. Must strike a Hexed foe. If it hits, Black Lotus Strike strikes for +1..27 damage and you gain 5...17 energy.
10,0,25

Palm Strike:Elite Skill. Target touched foe takes 5...53 damage. This skill counts as an Off-Hand Attack.
10,1/4,12

Sharpen Daggers:Enchantment Spell. For 10...30 seconds, all of your critical hits cause Bleeding for 5...13 seconds.
5,2,20


I forgot to mention why I put soo much in Shadow Arts...Shadow Refuge=Only Healing Skill.

An Assassins Smite

Assassin/Monk
Level: 20

Deadly Arts: 12
Healing Prayers: 6
Smiting Prayers: 11

- Dark Prison (Deadly Arts)
Shadow Step to target foe. For 6 second(s), that foe moves 33% slower.
Energy:10 Cast:0.25 Recharge:60

- Iron Palm (Deadly Arts)
Target touched foe suffers 41 damage, and if that foe is suffering from a Hex or Condition that foe is knocked down. Iron Palm counts as a lead attack.
Energy:10 Cast:0.75 Recharge:20

- Stonesoul Strike or Holy Strike(Smiting Prayers)
Touched target foe takes 43 holy damage. If knocked down, your target takes an additional 43 holy damage.
Energy:5 Cast:0.75 Recharge:8

- Banish (Smiting Prayers)
Target foe takes 46 holy damage.
Energy:5 Cast:1 Recharge:10

- Bane Signet (Smiting Prayers) - Need an alternative as this kinda sucks
Target foe takes 48 holy damage. If that foe was attacking, he is knocked down.
Energy:0 Cast:2 Recharge:25

- Siphon Speed (Deadly Arts)
For 13 seconds, target foe moves 20% slower and you move 20% faster.
Energy:5 Cast:1 Recharge:5

- Assassin's Promise [Elite] (Deadly Arts)
For 13 seconds, if target foe dies, you gain 17 Energy, and all your skills are recharged.
Energy:5 Cast:0.75 Recharge:45

Armor: I use the shouded armor for the ectra energy and energy regen.
Weapon: currently using a crap wand. Need a +15 energy wand
Off hand: Currently have a +15 energy focus.... I want Miella's focus..if it exists

base 20 energy + 12 (armor) + 15 (wand) + 15 (focus) = 62 energy


It's rather straight forward. Use Dark prison to shadow step to target and hex. Follow with Iron palm for knockdown into Stonesoul or Holy strike = 127 dmg, 25 energy. 62 - 25 = 37
Banish > Assasin's Promise > Iron Palm > Stone Soul = 173 dmg, 25 energy
Total dmg = 300 dmg
Total Energy used = 50
Remaining energy = 12
Time to cast all (based on cast time) = 5 seconds.. yep, add it up youself

This build currently only needs 5 of the skill slots. The others can be debated. Bane signet can go, siphon speed is usefull, and then there is one slot for healing. Should It be a monk heal of shadow refuge?

I'm sure there are all kinds of problems with this build so let me know.... but the prospect of 300 dmg in ~5 seconds is appealing. I am using a build similar to this at the moment, working towards putting this build together so I am unable to comment on the actual effectiveness of the build above.

One last thing, going A/Mo or Mo/A wont really matter at all in this build due to not using primary attributes. I had created an A/Mo before so thats what I used to base the build off of. Is there Monk armor that would give a better energy boost or AL?

Feedback please.

bumping for the poster above me ^ because im curious as well...

...bored at work and reading older threads lol

bump again, no one to comment on skitzinoc's build?

Not the best build...

All your kd are ranged, enemy could of moved away already after you cast on them. When you run up to use holy strike, they already got up and no conditional damage

I actually re-did this build but Monk as Primary.

Smite: 12+1+3
Divine: 9+1
Deadly Arts: 9


Iron Palm
Entangling Asp
Siphon Speed
Holy Strike
Contemplation of Purity
Watchful Spirit
AoD


Main basis is KD ==>> Holy Strike
Cast Watchful Spirit before fighting, AoD on Victim,when you are low on HP cast Contemplation of Purity to tele back and gain 130+55+55 = 240HP, -2 Conditions, - 2 Hexes.

Quote: Originally Posted by lightblade

Maybe you could use Siphon Speed instead of Dark Prison and just run up and hit them.

I made a shaolin monk build too but with monk as primary instead... what do you guys think?
http://www.gwkb.org/cBuild.php?mode=Show&ID=4261