Smite Hammer Monk: Impossible??!

~.~ Hey guys...

I love smiting with my monk...and i want to make a Hammer / Smiting monk...

but it really sucks~~~

Basically i can cause damage...but because i have to distribute into hammer skills...i lose either protection or healing.

heres one of the crappy builds i was testing:

Signet of Judgement
Bane Signet
Hammer Bash
Counter Blow
Holy Wrath
Retribution
Signet of Devotion
Res Sig

Can you make a melee/smite monk? Sure you could, but would it be a good idea? I would argue no.

Other caster classes can get away with devoting skill slots to melee in PvP simply because they're not targeted first... their monks are. With Sig of Devotion as your only heal you won't last very long at all in any arena without heavy support.

In PvE you'll end up 'tanking' if you decided to run into melee. While monks do have a varity of protection skills that *might* make them *almost* as tough as a warrior, it is very weak to enchant strips, interupts, slip-ups, and will dominate a good part of your atribute points, and skill bar.

If you want melee and smiting, go with a W/Mo. I'm not talking out of my ass, or trying to put you down here. I have tried similar builds, and seen others try melee/smite monk primary builds in both PvP and PvE. It simply dosn't work as you'd think.


Join the dark side. Make a warrior. You know you want to. We have cookies!

For arenas I would do this

16 smiting / 12 hammer

devistating/crushing/heavy/holy strike/banish/smite/iresistable blow/res sig

I wouldnt bring any healing or prot because u would have no damage.

build up adren and then do the combo , use holy strike when target is down , and then finish off with other skills.

Quote:

Well you have to tell me what the build is for

comp arenas = no way will not work
team arena = could work with good healing / prot
tombs = yes it will work if done correctly in a good group