a ownage w/mo axe build

im looking for a very good warrior monk axe build...for all around crap i guess...lol....post what u got and any infothat could be of use thanks, hatez

It really depends on where you are and what you plan to do. For instance a solo build will not always be the same as a build you would use when you are in a group.

I'll give you the axe build I usually use when i'm in a group.

Executioners Strike
Penetrating Blow
Disrupting Chop
Shield Stance
Gladiators Defense {E}
Sprint
Healing Signet
Rebirth.

As I said above I usually tweak the build depending on where I am and what I need to do. For instance if I know there are alot of hexes in the area I might bring Remove Hex. If there are alot of conditions i'll bring purge conditions.

Damage Dude

16 axe 11 str 9 tact

Eviscerate - E
Executioners
Distracting Blow/Penetrating Blow/depends on if you prefer utility or damage
Tiger Stance/Flurry/whatever you prefer
Watch Yourself
Mend Ailment/purge (so you don't have to spam "I have blind on me!")
Healing Signet
Rebirth

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I prefer Cleave{e}+Dismember over Eviscerate{e}... once Eviscrate has set deep wound on its opponent it becomes alot less effective where using dismember for the deep wound has the same effect but then cleave is a very spammable attack.

I always run at 16 axe mastery...

The only 3 damage output skills you need are:
1) Cleave {e}
2) Dismember
3) Executioners Strike

Then if you prefer to have an interupt you can always add Disrupting Chop.

I also always carry an adrenaline booster skill... "For Great Justice"... Tigers stance, beserker stance, flurry... etc

1 For Great Justice
2 Cleave{e}
3 Dismember
4 Executioners

That should sum up your offense!

Your next 4 slots depend on your secondary... armor buffs, healing and stances. You stated your a W/Mo so I would personally make MEND AILMENT a must have in your skill bar. IMO I can't stand waiting for a monk to remove blind which makes me completely useless. It requires no points into protection prayers and it has a rather fast recharge. Thats 5 skills down.... Since we're talking protection prayers I would also recommend rebirth... not all tanks bring a res, but I never do group pve without one. 6 slots down! Healing prayers, tactics, or strength should become your choices for your last two slots where you should have some sort of defense and or healing... Bonnettis + Healing Sig works nice for energy regen and healing but I run mostly adrenaline heavy builds. I would suggest an armor buff of your choice and a good heal!

1 "For Great Justice"
2 Cleave {e}
3 Dismember
4 Executioners Strike
5 Mend Ailment
6 (Armor Buff) Watch Yourself/ Dolyak Signet.....etc
7 (Self Heal) Mending/ Healing Signet/ Healing Breeze/ Vigorous Spirit...etc
8 Rebirth

6&7 are your choice but are very important to your build!

My suggestions for slots 6 and 7 would be Vigorous Spirit and Watch Yourself.... If this is general pve which I believe it is then you should have 1-2 monks with you to help heal.

PS... I rarely ever take Healing Signet into a pve group for one reason.... DOUBLE DAMAGE is not something I want to be taking when I need a heal.... most people use it for after battles, but then I believe thats kind of a waste. It can be useful when your using heavy armor buffs which negate the double damage but this is for group not solo pve so if you need a nice heal, let your monk do it....Watch Yourself will decrease the damage you take which decreases the amount you need to be healed and Vigorous Spirit heals you 12-15 points per attack depending on your healing prayers attribute level! I'll use that over healing sig anyday... double damage hurts..

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Eviscerate = +42 damage + Deep Wound.

Deep Wound on a 500hp target mean.. (20% of 500) -100hp (and u get 1/3 of the heal) +42 + Axe Damage... we are talking about 200 Damage with 1 Skill.

gg

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This is an old debate, but I generally prefer Eviscerate to Cleave unless I know I'm going out in a group in which the other warrior is insisting on also running deep wound. Healing signet is good stuff. If you are smart about its use its the best warrior self heal in the game. Generally your builds will have armour boosts and or stances you can cast it under to negate the penalty. Even if you just run watch yourself, and cast only when its up, thats going to reduce the penalty to 20%.

Otherwise I think our builds are about identical preacher, but as I said

I think prefer

Evicerate
Exec
Penetrating

to

Cleave
Dismember
Exec

Dismember seems like a weak slot since you aren't getting any damage output from it other than the deep wound, while evis gives you get the deep wound and +42 damage when maxed out on your weapon. Instead of dismember you get penetrating blow/chop which is highly spammable and +21 as well as 20% ap. Then we both share exec. So I'm getting nearly the spammability of cleave out of Penetrating, while having the large advantage of eviscerate over dismember which is 1 less adren than evis, but has no damage modification. To be fair I haven't run the numbers properly, but I'd be surprised to see the cleave setup come out over eviscerate, or if it did by much at all. Even if it did work out that cleave was slightly favored, the other benefit of eviscerate is that it gives you a much better spike than cleave does.

CHeers

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