IiPunch - Monk Guide

Depends on content, as always. Bhikku is for more high end, Sortie/Ody, stuff. Can get away with other things for lower tier content.

He said that because you asked if they were up to date. +4 came out last month/month before and nothings been added since. Bout as up to date as can be.

I wouldnt full time a set of anything for both tp/ws, its a mix gear game, also if reddit discord is like their pages your milage is gonna vary a whole lot on actual advice.

Ws sets are about as good as it gets on that page as far as raw dmg goes, tp is more debateable in regards to being defensive but is designed to get you to 1k TP the fastest. For just about all of the set pages by kastra that'll be the case theyre simmed to give the best result but forego being super defensive which can be just as important on sortie basement bosses or v20/v25 odyssey bosses, even smaller cases like Ody C or Dyna W3 get a lot of benefit of a sturdier set, so youll have to decide where those places are and shift stuff accordingly(like limiting how much glass is in the Vsmite set for example)



Usual DD solo setup: ulmia/joachim/healer/rdm/sylvie or qultada. Sounds like you need to work on your WS sets though or fight lower level apex as 10k is really poor, you should be able to 3 step most of a mobs HP away with either shijin > Vsmite > vsmite or asuran > howling/tornado kick > vsmite depending on what buffs are up. Relying on trusts to sc is generally not great, especially as you go up to higher level apex where their accuracy is garbage, only DD trusts i ever consider using is shanII, or mayakov for haste samba

King of hearts is the best possible rdm for apex, because it opens with Dia3. Then Sylvie and Qultada. Then Ulmia, Joachim and healer.

only reason i kept it to just rdm as they all have some minor quirk that can be annoying, king will -aga often on mnk for example as its all going to be light based, so thats a potential link issue/mp drain(can just resummon though) koru is slow to dia3 sometimes and can be slow to haste II as well just cause he spends a lot of time on other spells, and arc1 will do great at keeping haste II going but she doesnt dia at all, and she also has the chance of doing her own aoe. If you have a camp that isnt ontop of other mobs kings not really much of an issue

End of the day the most annoying part of using trusts will be keeping capped haste going, as brds will eventually do something to push them into ballad/paeon, or haste II gets "blocked" cause of Haste I. Least thats always my big annoyance with solo cp/ml grinding

I consider KoH vs Koru situational. KoH opens with Dia and his Haste lasts longer, but as Nariont mentioned, he nukes and melees too. Koru may be slower and have less enhancing duration potency, and yes he will prioritize Dia slower, but he doesn't ever nuke or melee, which leads to less links if you ever make fusion/light, and his AI logic heals you faster than KoH will. Qultada will already annoyingly get in the way as well, so adding more melee can slow your kill speed down a bit unless they're helpful ones like Matsui-P or AAGK.

Anyways, Nariont and Simon are spot on with their trust breakdown. You need capped haste (however you accomplish that), rolls from Qultada, and Sylvie would be a huge plus. My guess is you don't have Ygnas or Monberaux at this point, but I've found you don't always need a healer. You can even use a trust tank as your fifth option (AAEV) for heals. They might not hold hate very long, but they'll get initial threat and mitigate damage long enough for you to get TP to start your DPS rotation. Another option is ignoring the healer trust and just relying on Sylvie/Joachim/Koru for heals (and add Excenmille (S)), but that might be a more experienced route to take if you have the appropriate gear sets and are into dismissing trusts after you get the buffs you need. I think a healer trust like Cherukiki would be ideal for the 5 trust option, assuming you're Sylvie UC (can't understand why anyone isn't Sylvie at this point, she's miles ahead of everyone else).