***PAGE 2 IS PURELY FOR 2.2 CONTENT, and will probably contain OUTDATED info, only use this if you’re new and gearing up for Turn 6-10 onwards***
Don’t be the Monk that “drops his stacks”! Gear and skill are to sides of the same coin! Let our Monk BiS gear guide help you PUNCH STUFF CORRECTLY.
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- Monks do not have a junk stat (except EXCESS skillspeed). This makes many sets of “bis-worthy” gear possible.
- around 500~ accuracy would be nice for T9 frontal attacks.
Column 1 is a complete set. Column 2 contains notable filler gear that is mostly not bought with soldiery. (Of course HA and Gloam pieces are a natural filler to each other, if we dont list it – it’s an obvious conclusion)
| MNK | BEST | Notable Fillers | Accuracy Problems? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | High Allagan Baghnakhs | Glaznfaust | (Gives a good Accuracy Boost) |
| Off-hand | - | - | - |
| Head | High Allagan Headgear of Striking | ANY! | Melee, Saurian |
| Body | Gloam Tabard | SAURIAN | Any i90 (Melee, Allagan) |
| Hand | High Allagan Gauntlets of Striking | Saurian | <-- |
| Waist | Gloam Belt == | == High Allagan Belt of Striking | Hero |
| Legs | Gloam Brais | Melee Gaskins | <-- |
| Boots | Gloam Boots | High Allagan Sabatons of Striking | Saurian (Melded) |
| Neck | HIgh Allagan Choker of Slaying | Ribbon of Slaying | Ribbon of Slaying |
| Ears | HIgh Allagan Earrings of Slaying | i90 Maiming | Hero / i90 Maiming |
| Wrist | HIgh Allagan Bracelets of Slaying | i90 Maiming | Inferno / Hero |
| Ring | Gloam Ring | Allagan Ring of Striking | |
| Ring | HIgh Allagan Ring of Slaying | Allagan Ring of Maiming | |
| Food | Apkallu Omelette / Black Truffle Risotto | Deviled Eggs / Buttons in a Blanket | Lava Toad Legs / Stuffed Cabbage |
Column 3: Naturally, any Saurian piece can contain Accuracy. The ones noted in column 3 have accuracy innately on them. Strangely, no high level boot has accuracy on them by default.
BiS Seems to have a bit of high skillspeed – but this cannot be avoided. HA fists give a huge amount of SS, and due to combination constraints, 420~ seems to be the number we land at.
The choice between Omelette and Risotto is for the need of Accuracy. You might want it for T9.
Bad luck with drops? Need filler gear? Check out the 2nd/3rd table above, and the MNK Gear Notes.
2.2 Monk Soldiery Tomes Buy Order
If you’ve asked yourself “What do MNK’s purchase first with my tomes of Sol?”, read on!
- Glaznfaust*only if you’re neat UAT.
- Gloam Brais (Great accuracy and a T9 drop)
- Gloam Ring
- Gloam Boots
- Gloam Tabard
- Gloam Belt
After the above the rest is OPTIONAL.
- Gloam Wrist (T8)
- Gloam Bracers (T8)
- Gloam Choker (T7)
- Gloam Tabard (T7)
- Gloam Coif (T6)
Hacing the entire Monk Gloam set isn’t bad. Just keep it for switching up / glamors.
2.2 MNK Gear Notes
Bad luck with Coil drops? (Any Gloam piece is okay, but costs Sol)
- Head? Any headpiece can be used by monks in one way or another!
- Hand? Saurian is a really good buy.
- Neck? Moogle ribbon for life.
- Ears? Wrist? Ring? i90 Maiming for these slots is REALLY GOOD.
Interchangable Monk Gear? The following substitution in Monk BiS are considered harmless.
- Gloam Belt and HA Belt is pretty much the same.
- Gloam Earrings and HA~
The next substitutions will birng you above the “recommended” skill speed, and should be used as fillers if possible.
- Gloam Boots to HA Sabatons.
- Gloam Tabard to HA Cuirass.
Theres no lack of good gear substitutes. Just remember not too much ss! (But don’t stress too much)
2.2 MNK Crafted Gear Viability
Again, since there are no junk stats, any piece of crafted gear can be used by Monks.
[Melding Strategy to follow)As Always – you can shift around the melds here quite a bit if you need accuracy or not, or are willing to spend more.
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Good luck gearing your Monk! This page be updated as more gear will be introduced into the game. Want to add something? Violent Reactions? Comment Below!
hi im curious instead of det on some of these can i just but a strength V materia?
STR is capped on HQ or raid gear which already has STR in it.
!!!!! ALL COMMENTS BELOW ARE PRE-HEAVENSWARD 3.0 !!!!!
when you coming out with 3.2 BIS for MNK?
When do we get the 3.2 gear list!
I am posting it tomorrow. Since I cannot get a consensus between 2 lists, I may be posting TWO separate BiS lists with some caveats for each.
Obviously dark is extremely retarded as you can all see by his comments
Not really, the Only one that seems retarted and prolly butthurt is you so please go back play crap games like Wow or for Kids u can also choose Hello kitty online.
not really little boy, seems the only one that is ” extremly ” retarted is you here prolly also butthurted after or brainless comment. mayb go back play crap games like WoW ? sounds like you coming from there lol
monks need SKS lol if ppl say they dont need, they dont understand the job then, SKS incr ur dps and if u cry u fast out of tp then manage ur skills and learn to play it, for that we have also brd or nin to asssist mnk with TP whenever needed in coil exampel and u got invigorate or whatever name, mnk is single target dps king and that will stay like that. SKS is NOT a wasted stat!!
Definitely not wasted. But anything above X amount is definitely “too much”. Without a highly specialized coil group, you will run out of TP.
uhm not really, even with 450-470 SKS u wont run out. dungeons are easy bosses die fast. raids like ST or WoD u can also manage it bosses dies actually fast enough to not run out of TP unless the dps from the other ppl is so low that it take ages to kill the boss but even if so u ll be short on TP in the last 15-20% until the Invigorate ll be ready to use, if u got a brd or nin and he use his head to assist u, u wont run out, but even then u ll only run out of TP if u manage or adjust the fight wrong due to the high SKS. in coil u wont run out either
Dark, could you provide your skill rotation? I’d love to see how to effectively dps and keep my tp under control, and skill rotations seem to be so varied.
Ummm. Considering the T13’s Earthshaker which can make monk move away from boss, I think at least we need around 400 SKS (which is still the global standard for monk) What do you think about the BiS for T13? Thanks for the general BiS though.
Hmmm well.. After I switch gears in the gear calculator, I think can use Dreadwyrm Bracelet with 531 acc, 448 crit, 383 det, 407 sks. But the accuracy will barely made it.
I think it would be much more useful if you had a pre-T13 vs post T13 set. The “zero sks” build is clearly inferior. You’re just picking up wasted extra accuracy for no reason.
Alot of people are pretty anal about SKS. A few extra points of acc isn’t a massive loss cosidering the crit and det gained.
Thanks for the update!
I’ll just point out that the item in the “Neck” category is a Bracelet.
Checking!
Thanks for the update! Pointing out the gear you put in “Neck” in actually a “Wrist” one :<
Dumb question. What does that note next glazefaust mean? I’m not entirely in mmo lingo so i have no idea what the neat UAT stands for
Can you do a Gloam Ring coupled with a Weathered Gloam Ring instead of the High Allagan ring? The trade off would be more determination compared to the 2 extra strength and 7 extra accuracy. Since you don’t really need the skill speed, wouldn’t the extra determination be worth it?
no. the 2 strength and added stats overall still outweighs it.
Neither of the page 2 links actually go to Pre-Turn 6 right now. Top goes to 2.2 DRG and bottom link to 2.2 WHM.
fixed!