I dont have much experience with Monks, mainly been playing the caster classes. But one thing have me a bit concerned, dont they use their melee weapons in combat at all? I see them holding their weapon when in a battle stance, but switching to fists when actually engaging.
Is that true for all weapons used by monks? Even their class weapons fist weapons and staves?
I know monks in WoW have a similar issue, only using their weapons for the Jab move.
It's just like the Wizard. Their weapon is there only for stats purpose. They do not "swing" their weapon to hit monsters and demons, they use their brute force (for the monk) and their magic skills (for the Wiz) to strike ennemy down.
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I was concerned about this too when I started my monk.
In my experience, as far as the primary skills go (spirit generators: fists of thunder, deadly reach, crippling wave, way of the thousand fists), the two skills with "fist" in the name are always punches/unarmed strikes without weapons.
However, Crippling Wave always uses your equipped weapon.
Deadly Reach uses your weapon in one special case: the daibo. From my testing, most weapons, 1 and 2-handed, will be slung for Deadly Reach and the monk (or at least female monk) will do knee/shoulder/kick or something similar. However, with a daibo, the animation changes to staff strike, other end of staff, then a big staff strike.
One more thing to note is that Deadly Reach - Scattered Blows has an alternative third hit animation where the monk slams the ground instead of attacking in front.
Tempest Rush may draw your weapon or not, including with a daibo. I honestly can't recall.
Pretty much all other monk skills are described as punches, kicks, or mystic attacks and thus don't use weapons.
Thanks for the words about Deadly Reach and Crippling Wave. They definitely alleviate the worries I had about not using weapons, for fists only. I sure dig Crippling Wave.
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Is that true for all weapons used by monks? Even their class weapons fist weapons and staves?
I know monks in WoW have a similar issue, only using their weapons for the Jab move.
The season is underway. Don't know if I'll make it through.
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In my experience, as far as the primary skills go (spirit generators: fists of thunder, deadly reach, crippling wave, way of the thousand fists), the two skills with "fist" in the name are always punches/unarmed strikes without weapons.
However, Crippling Wave always uses your equipped weapon.
Deadly Reach uses your weapon in one special case: the daibo. From my testing, most weapons, 1 and 2-handed, will be slung for Deadly Reach and the monk (or at least female monk) will do knee/shoulder/kick or something similar. However, with a daibo, the animation changes to staff strike, other end of staff, then a big staff strike.
One more thing to note is that Deadly Reach - Scattered Blows has an alternative third hit animation where the monk slams the ground instead of attacking in front.
Tempest Rush may draw your weapon or not, including with a daibo. I honestly can't recall.
Pretty much all other monk skills are described as punches, kicks, or mystic attacks and thus don't use weapons.