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mr_groovy · Jan 16, 2008, 11:58 PM // 23:58

So you play alone with 4 Henchman, & 3 Hero's.
Do you use 2 hero slot's for a Healer & Protection monk, or do you take the hench monks and take something else?

Personally I used to play with allways a Dunkuro Woh & Tahlkora Prot. Then I discovered I was way better off taking just hench monks & Paragon and more damage dealers. If I play alone I never would occupy them with monks anymore

.Playing with another person, yeah then 2 monk hero's rock.

-discuss

blurmedia · Jan 17, 2008, 12:06 AM // 00:06

If I play with a friend/guildie I always take monk heroes, but when I'm alone I usually do sab's or dual para with orders. Yeah I'm lazy

MisterMax · Jan 17, 2008, 12:16 AM // 00:16

I use 1 Hybrid Monk Hero and 1 Hench Healer Monk. Other 2 heroes are usually a Fire Ele and a MM.

Numa Pompilius · Jan 17, 2008, 12:18 AM // 00:18

Most of the time I don't bring a monk hero. The hench monks are good enough even for most hardmode. Exception is when I'll be facing a lot of undead (smiting ftw) or there's something particular about an area (e.g. near-constant burning).

Harmless · Jan 17, 2008, 12:18 AM // 00:18

It depends on where I am. If an mm works well I take 1 monk and 2 necros. If an mm doesn't work well for an area it varies greatly as to what I take.

chowmein69 · Jan 17, 2008, 12:34 AM // 00:34

usually have damage dealer heroes and bring the henchman monks

BlackSephir · Jan 17, 2008, 12:37 AM // 00:37

1 hybrid hero and 1 prot hench

DarkWasp · Jan 17, 2008, 12:40 AM // 00:40

My hero monks, are no joke around 1.83x as effiecient as a good player.

Execelent monks are hard to find.

It's just me, too. Given a few other people my builds and they die.

Must be the way I move.

I MP I · Jan 17, 2008, 12:43 AM // 00:43

Depends on what I'm up against. Its either: 1 hero (protection) and 1 monk henchman (healing), 2 hero monks, or two henchmen monks. They're not as good as the few real people who can monk. When you're guildless you just don't want to team with pugs only to fail shortly afterwards.

Zeek Aran · Jan 17, 2008, 12:48 AM // 00:48

I always bring a prot monking Tahl as my first hero. Unless of course, it's the last mission of any game [minus Proph] or the party limit is 4.

CougarTheTall · Jan 17, 2008, 12:48 AM // 00:48

Hench Monks depending on where I am.

cellardweller · Jan 17, 2008, 12:57 AM // 00:57

The hench monks are good enough to get you through, but the hench offense (with a couple of exceptions like eotn Zho) are as useful as a 10kg sack of rice. Its always 3 offense heroes and 2 hench monks for me.

Kook~NBK~ · Jan 17, 2008, 12:58 AM // 00:58

I use my Hero slots for MM and Ele. I use the 3rd slot for whatever may be most helpful in the situation (Jora & Gwen get used a lot). I usually take Heal & Prot monks, Eve, and Herta (when I can get them)

quickmonty · Jan 17, 2008, 12:59 AM // 00:59

Currently using two hench monks. They seem to do okay.

Maria The Princess · Jan 17, 2008, 01:02 AM // 01:02

i always have at least 1 monk hero, usually its tahlkora with healers boon, and a protection hench.

for the other 2 hero's i usually have an ele fire or water (depending of where i am and what i want) OR a splinter barrage hero with 3 interrupts (many times they do more damage then the eles, no super AI and skill chaining needed so the AI works just fine, expertise is easier to E management for the AI, and the rangers can take a few more hits when things go bad) and an MM (if not an MM its usually ele AND a splinter barrage)

Nodensis · Jan 17, 2008, 01:20 AM // 01:20

well, i look at it very simply;

Hench and heroes have the same response-time, and since the update of the hench builds, i find that their builds are very capable of dealing with monking (like a mediocre pug with not the best connection).

So i always use 3 damage heroes (perhaps 1 or 2 hybrids in v difficult areas).

tbh, i cant figure out why others will do different, since monking is mostly about reaction time, and h/h have the same

holababe · Jan 17, 2008, 01:40 AM // 01:40

Well..I am a monk (only character with more than 20 hours lol) so that's one slot taken care of.

I usually take Livia as an MM as my first hero and then 2 fire eles + Cynn as my general purpose nukers.
Otherwise it's usually a Jora + Gwen + Tahlk setup.

Age · Jan 17, 2008, 02:00 AM // 02:00

I use one for the most part but if I had to I would use the hench Monk for more damage if needed.

Jensy · Jan 17, 2008, 02:11 AM // 02:11

I tend to use WoH/Prot Hero + Livia on N/Rt restoration duty.

I do think that having a hero I can control is more of a benefit than hench who are oftentimes dumber than a bag of hammers.

Biostem · Jan 17, 2008, 02:16 AM // 02:16

I just need my monks to keep the team alive; henchmen monks do the job just fine. If I need something more, then I may go w/ a hero monk, but usually I save my hero slots for things I can't get otherwise; a MM necro, a curse necro, BHA ranger, ritualist healer/spirit spammer, etc.

In the case where I *do* need a specific type of monk, (smiter like someone else mentioned), or a hybrid monk, then I'll bring one.