Lampros

Which build among these does most sustained DPS?

Jesus, you are a walking encyclopedia! What would the player-base around the world do without you?

Thanks; I guess I will be right off then

Really? Wow. So no combat needed?

I think I am going to try to get the Sanguine Great Sword at around level 12 this run. It should be easier since it's turn-based - though I recall Vampires being quite scary in mid-levels! How soon can I realistically get Karaboru in PotD?

I recall it didn't in PoE 1 and was thus vastly under-counting Chanter damage contribution (which I believe was redressed by a mod by MaxQuest).

Interesting. It doesn't say so on the description? If that is true, then it's really good! ;0

Tons of stuns. The other front-liner will likely be a Fighter/Chanter, so he will have both Charge and Chanter CC. I will also have a Druid/Chanter spamming Relentless Storm and other Chanter CC as well. One difficulty in deciding here is that I've used Charge before so I am familiar with it, but I've never used Flagellant's Path. (I also have never used a melee Monk; the only time I've used Monk was as a blunderbuss platform.)

I am going to start a playthrough soon where my main character will be a Devoted/Monk. So I have access to both Charge and Flagellant's Path, and I cannot decide between them. Both are gap closers, but Charge does AoE stun and Flagellant's Path does AoE damage. What is preferable? I suppose I can get both, but that's a lot of investment, especially since this is a build that requires a lot of level-up abilities. Oh, and it will be turn-based.

Bump: Does this build still work for turn-based? More specifically, I want to pair this guy as a main tank alongside my Brawler main that Boerer sketched for me.

Yeah, I am leaning in that direction, too. 20 Intellect is a lot to invest on a character that needs to max Might and Perception. Good thing I don't need to worry about Dexterity as much in turn-based for melee!

ROFL, I really think all free action abilities should have been limited to one use per turn for turn-based. Otherwise some of this stuff is ridiculously over-powered - as well as lacking in realism/verisimilitude. (I am not one of those guys who believes all common sense should be abandoned because this is a "fantasy game.) Just one more question on this build: It seems like I need 14 Intellect to give an ability with a duration an extra turn and 20 Intellect to give it two extra turns. Is it worth going to 20 Intellect in this context? Or is 14 sufficient? So with 14 Intellect, a default single turn duration ability would last two turns; with 20 Intellect three turns.

Wow, Hylea's Talons sounds awesome indeed then for a Monk! Wait, so if Mortification of the Soul is a free action and costs 0 resource, then can't I spam it and have 10 Wounds the 1st turn? It sounds very abusable.

I like to keep things simple and micro-management-free! Mortification of the Soul is free! I will also grab Hylea's Talons; I thought I have to be hit to get the bleed? But is it if I hit someone instead? The wording is not clear. I guess I can also have the Chanter terrify enemies. Finally, is Mortification renewable other than during Stunning Surge crit?

Awesome; I will go this route for the main character. Now, is there a way to generate a consistent Wound flow with a vanilla Monk? I don't want to try other sub-classes, as their maluses all seem to outweigh the bonuses for me!

Hmm, max out Resolve? That sounds very unattractive Also, what is the self-damaging debuff called? I'd liked to look it up. In general, I would still imagine Wound generation would be slow, if I have to rely on debuffs expiring. Keep in mind that I play turn-based; and you get hit and debuffed far less than real-time - as far as I've experienced. I will look up Hylea's Claw. Thanks!

The problem with Monk for me - other than my general ignorance of the class - is that I play turn-based; and that means I will have trouble generating Wounds, because most things will be crowd controlled early on, and I will not get hit much. Fighter/Monk also means I will have high Deflection, with Refreshing Defense on most of the time. (Do Fighter/Monk builds ignore this ability?) So is there an alternative way to generate Wounds than getting hit? Also, Mortifications cannot generally be regenerated, correct?

Give me what essential Monk abilities to get? I feel I have a decent grasp of the Fighter class, but I know virtually nothing about the Monk class

Ah, ok. Got it. What are the best available ways to debuff Fortitude? What about Stunning Surge? I was planning on abusing the stun abilities of the Monk Also, guys, is high Deflection self-defeating as a Monk, because you want to get hit? What is the best way to get Wounds other than getting hit?

Isn't a class severely gimped if it can only generate class resource through auto-attacks though?

Do you have this build posted anywhere?

Would this build work with Karaboru and a few modifications in today's turn-based environment? Also, does Raised Torment work with weapons? If yes, then is Clear Out redundant if one were to modify this build?

May I ask why this is deprecated as well? And is there a way to revise and thus save this build for today's turn-based environment? Edit: Never mind. It was answered by two separate posters.

It turns out that summoning the pet IS a free action. I am good now!

Shouldn't it still be pretty good in turn-based, since it's free action? Like, you can unleash 11 in the first turn, LOL