[Dolas]

What

abilities do monks get is it just this:

Hundred Fist 1 2:00:00 0:01:00 Speed up

attack

Boost 5 0:00:15 0:03:00 Enhance the power of your next attack

Dodge

15 0:05:00 0:02:00 Increase evasion.

Focus 25 0:05:00 0:02:00 Increase accuracy



Chakra 35 0:15:00 N/A Restore small amount of HP

Chi Blast 41 0:03:00 N/A

Release Chi to attack an enemy

Counterstance 45 0:05:00 0:05:00 Weaken defense but

increase chance of counter attack

i mean 7 abilties in a span of 45 lvls isnt much

to look foward to.
Plz tell me some abilties that mnks get or refer me to a place that

has them. thanx

[Smurv]

um... you

have any idea how useful most of those abilities are?

you get your WS abilities

from h2h weapons... if those count heh

[Dolas]

Yea thats

true and they rly are cool but how come the other classes get more?

[b00sdr1v0rz]

because squaresoft hates you. if you dont like it change fucking jobs, god knows there are

10 times too many monks on the ps2 release already. seriously it seems like they are 95%

melee, and mostly monks, valkurm is going to be noob melee hell for a month or so.

[Smurv]

was valkurm

ever any different?

[DoomPenguin]

Monks

abilities are good, you just dont know how to use them yet, besides, other jobs dont get

more abilities for most part, thf only gets 5 in a span of 45, ninja only gets 4, so think

about what your saying

[monkey man]

[

quote]Dolas :
What abilities do monks get is it just this:

Hundred Fist 1

2:00:00 0:01:00 Speed up attack

Boost 5 0:00:15 0:03:00 Enhance the power of your

next attack

Dodge 15 0:05:00 0:02:00 Increase evasion.

Focus 25 0:05:00 0:

02:00 Increase accuracy

Chakra 35 0:15:00 N/A Restore small amount of HP

Chi

Blast 41 0:03:00 N/A Release Chi to attack an enemy

Counterstance 45 0:05:00 0:05:00

Weaken defense but increase chance of counter attack

i mean 7 abilties in a span of

45 lvls isnt much to look foward to.
Plz tell me some abilties that mnks get or refer me

to a place that has them. thanx
[/quote]
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you have any idea how top

notch those abilites are

[strifey]

lmao

monks abilities are like my favorite they are the best

[Vodd]

you really have to add in the abilities you get from having a sub job also. like if u sub war you'll get berserk(very helpful), defender, double attack, resist virus, def bonus, attack bonus, ect. So in reality we get a lot of god like moves on our own then with the added fun of the sub jobs skills.

[Khammet]

yeah, as a 48mnk/war my job abbilities window is almost full. Not to mention all the job traits you also get.
7 abbilities in the span of 45 levels is a lot when compared to some of the other classes.

[Erocdrah]

I think most the n00b are MNK because they go out and start killing stuff with their fists for 10 levels then relize theres an actual job for this and change to that. As for 7 abbilities in 45 levels...I stopped getting abbilties at 30 and even then I only have like 5...

[Slayer]

Monks own weapon skill wise they have the best weapon skill attack in the game, here I'll post some info...

Monk
Job traits-
Martial Arts-Increases Speed of h2h attacks, learned at lv: 1,16,31,46,61,75
Counter- Chances of countering targets attack with your own
learned at lv10
Max Hp boost- Increases max hp, learned at lv:15,35,55,70
Kick Arts- Adds a kick randomly to h2h skills. learned at lv:51,71.

Job abilities-
Hundred Fists- 2hr attack lv1
Boost-enhances power of next attack lv5
Dodge-enhances evasion lv15
Focus-enhances accuracy lv25
Chakra-restores a small amount of hp lv35
Chi Blast-releases chi to attack enemy lv41
Counterstance-weakness defense increases chances of counterattacking lv45.
Weapon skills for h2h
Combo- lv10 3fold attack damage varies with tp
shoulder tackle- lv40 stuns target, duration varies with tp
one inch punch-lv75 delivers attack that ignores targets defense, amount ignored varies with tp
backhand blow- lv100 deals critical damage, critical damage varies with tp
raging fists-lv125 delivers a 5-fold attack, damage varies with tp
Spinning attack-lv150 area attack,area span varies with tp
Howling fist-lv200 damage varies with tp
Dragon Kick-lv225 Damage varies with tp
Asuran Fistslv250 Delivers an 8-fold attack, accuracy varies with tp. (quest requied)
I've been told asuran fists is 4punches 4 kicks. That ws owns!

[Shadowhawk]

Why cant the ps2 guys be whm's or rdm's

will be a lot easier to get a party together for us low lvls on the pc lol

[grainy62]

hmmm, considering samurai get 4 active abilties in 30 levels, 1 of them being useless till at least 40+ and obtained at level 5; and ninjas get their 2 hr abilty and thats it, monks are very lucky, i think they have the most active abilties actually.

[grainy62]

ya i believe monks get the most active abilities tied with ranger, theif, and maybe a few others, so why are you complaining?

[Onorgul]

When I got Samurai to level 30, I was getting so bogged down trying to coordinate all my timers. Third Eye, Meditate, Sneak Attack, randomly Steal for the fun of it... it was a constant game of checking my abilities menu to see which was up next. I suppose if I'd had a couple more hours before I hung it up (won't play Samurai as main for a long time because I enjoy Monk just a tiny bit more), I'd be better at it. I agree, though, that Samurai's abilities are pretty limited, but what they have (ignoring Warding Circle) are awesome.

[Destrac]

Many people understimate the effectiveness of monk abilities and traits. As to a certain extent they dont really come into their true power untile the higher levels, when you have received Martial arts I, II , III. Considering at lvl 51 with warrior sub you can conceivably attack 5 times in a round...every 4 seconds or thereabouts. Chi Blast is one of the most fun abilities with af gloves and boost, your initial attack can be just like a ranger weapon skill lol (not quite as strong-but still nice damage) Also double attack from warrior can kick in (though rarely) on Multi-hit weapon skills, I have had this happen on Raging Fists whilst camping Nue for brown belt quest, where I hit raging macro hit Nue for 1114dmg, looked at my TP and it had returned 40%, which meant double attack had to have activated on more than one of the attacks on raging.....(anyone else experienced this? or maybe i just didnt see a hit..)

[Johno]

i have lots of Abilities and i think that i dont go 1 battle without trying to use em if not using them.....i sub Sam so i have third eye which for me is a godsend specialy when im pulling using my Chi Blast, I havent seen one Monk Ability that isnt worthless yet........only one i hear isnt too good is Counter stance.

[Nohmaan]

Asuran fists is the most awesome WS ive ever seen.

And powerful too.

(swoons)