Monk build

[LostDoggo]

I have to say, monk is my favorite hero, for personal reasons, but my freinds keep saying that monk was trash so I looked up some guides, and it turns out that there are 2 main builds for him, the serenity arua defense power build and the lighting sunwukong nimbus cloud build, so I'm asking does anyone with greater experience then me have a suggestion as to which one to shoot after?

[Griny]

SA are one of the most used towers in the game, so if you are making only one monk I recommend that.

swk monk is better for cc rather than dps, with the drench then zap them combo from the cloud. You would go hero power and ability power.

And for a dps monk I use a light wailing galive, crane stance, and power up. You would go hero power and crit.

[LostDoggo]

Originally posted by Hans Stuart:

SA are one of the most used towers in the game, so if you are making only one monk I recommend that.

swk monk is better for cc rather than dps, with the drench then zap them combo from the cloud. You would go hero power and ability power.

And for a dps monk I use a light wailing galive, crane stance, and power up. You would go hero power and crit.

So SA has the most dps?

[Vivianite]

if your freinds are saying he's trash they have no idea what they are on about. builder wise, he's in the meta with the purge evil+idle flow serenity aura build as he can reduce movement speed of anything inside of it by 35% at most and make them explode on death based on your defense power stat. often combined with poision dart tower+toxic shock bow to create a double explosion. his other towers such as the skyguard and lighting aura are meh and imo, need a buff to compare to other towers. his boost aura is very helpful with the serenity aura meta too as a portion of your defense power is put into that.
DPS wise yes, that, or the terrarian weapon for him is the best choice for a DPS monk, id say stacking one or two things of hero health is also important, along with finding equipment to boost your hero wave healing ability.

[LostDoggo]

Originally posted by Vivianite:

if your freinds are saying he's trash they have no idea what they are on about. builder wise, he's in the meta with the purge evil+idle flow serenity aura build as he can reduce movement speed of anything inside of it by 35% at most and make them explode on death based on your defense power stat. often combined with poision dart tower+toxic shock bow to create a double explosion. his other towers such as the skyguard and lighting aura are meh and imo, need a buff to compare to other towers. his boost aura is very helpful with the serenity aura meta too as a portion of your defense power is put into that.
DPS wise yes, that, or the terrarian weapon for him is the best choice for a DPS monk, id say stacking one or two things of hero health is also important, along with finding equipment to boost your hero wave healing ability.

The reason why their saying he's trash mainly is becuase they criticize his 3 wherelse characters like the mage, and the squire have 3s that clear wave they think that the monk lacks burst also they believe that the only useful tower is the sky guard

[Vivianite]

Originally posted by Linsanity:

Originally posted by Vivianite:

if your freinds are saying he's trash they have no idea what they are on about. builder wise, he's in the meta with the purge evil+idle flow serenity aura build as he can reduce movement speed of anything inside of it by 35% at most and make them explode on death based on your defense power stat. often combined with poision dart tower+toxic shock bow to create a double explosion. his other towers such as the skyguard and lighting aura are meh and imo, need a buff to compare to other towers. his boost aura is very helpful with the serenity aura meta too as a portion of your defense power is put into that.
DPS wise yes, that, or the terrarian weapon for him is the best choice for a DPS monk, id say stacking one or two things of hero health is also important, along with finding equipment to boost your hero wave healing ability.

The reason why their saying he's trash mainly is becuase they criticize his 3 wherelse characters like the mage, and the squire have 3s that clear wave they think that the monk lacks burst also they believe that the only useful tower is the sky guard

well for the skyguard tower for being trash well, it's a hit or miss, the problem a lot of the time when i use it is if i go for big boy damage with defense power+crit they get decked faster than they are killing by kobolds or other means, where some other towers are doing more damage and getting the job done better. it does have the ability to target more than one thing which effectively raises it's potential damage but if it's one singular target it only fires off one shot. where something allong the lines of 27k damage the thing can do is now turned into a 3rd of that and is not enough to stop the kobold from dashing into it. i could build health and damage but the situation stays the same really.