Thank you so much for this build! It's absolutely awesome! I tried a couple of builds for PotD solo and I'm still in awe how this monk combines sturdiness with a good damage output and that from the start of the game. Other builds were either squishy (and needed a lot more cheese), fights took forever or the build needs some levels to get going, but the Anvil is a lot of fun from the beginning. I'm in Defiance Bay right now and the only fight so far where I needed to split pull and use figurines was the encounter to get the Sanguine Plate (at lvl 6). In every other fight he could stand his ground (in a corner
And an addendum, because it's not mentioned in the guide. The Belt of the Royal Deadfire Cannoneer works super well with this build. I would recommend to get it asap. Since deflection is not very high in the beginning, it's very likely to eat a crit and get a flame shield every fight long before you can craft or buy potions. So you can start retaliating before you even hit the battle forged threshold, if you hit it at all, for example in the Temple of Eothas my freeze DR was so high that Rymrgand's Mantle and Veteran's Recovery easily healed the damage from shades (phantoms were a bit more dangerous). On top of that I've found Firebrand very useful against slow, high DR enemies like trolls or Adra animats, because of their slow attack speed there weren't many wounds generated or retaliations triggered, so Firebrand finished them much quicker. And a Torrent of Flame with 10 stacks of Turning Wheel is the icing on the cake.
What can I say more, I love this guy, puts a smile on my face in every fight
