Monk new BIS

[raikage]

So with all the new gear around the I80 CT gear and Primal weapon what is the new Best in slot for monk?

[KaosPrimeZero]

i80 gear is filler till you get myth/Allagan. After that it is purely vanity gear.

Check this thread out, has 3 sets, utilising the extreme primal drops also

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-help%21/page3

Enjoy....

[Thorauku]

Guess Allagan Choker of Striking is pretty much uesless for MNKs? or not?

[JetBrooks]

Guess Allagan Choker of Striking is pretty much uesless for MNKs? or not?

iLvl90 gear is never useless. Your main stat is ALWAYS the most important. If you don't have the hero's neck, then a differeint iLvl90 is the next best possible thing to equip.

Best in slot is some pie in the sky to shoot for, but you should never pass up having more of your main stat by upgrading a slot's iLvl. The only exception is if equipping a new item makes you fall below accuracy cap, which hopefully can be fixed with food, and that's ONLY when gearing for coil (for now anyway).

Let's also remember that as far as we know, coil is the only place that requires us to have a butt ton of accuracy. This means if you pass up on a iLvl90 because it's not BiS, you are gimping your damage on literally everything in the game, because it's not the end all be all piece, that's just silly.

Let's also ALSO remember that this crap isn't going to keep you from beating T5, or anything for that matter. If you have a bunch of good gear, you're probably fine; nothing in the game, at this point, requires perfect gear.

[KaosPrimeZero]

I agree with JetBrooks. I am in the same predicament arm with my earrings. Only piece that is i70. Hoping to replace with the Allegan or Tremor (if we beat him) but upgrading to Myth earrings may be something I consider. Hands and belt for me remain at i80 rest i90. I'm now stuck on weather I should be upgrading to a myth easrring which is the worst item in the slot available in comparison with other i90 earrings or upgrade the belt/hands/braces/choker? Guess it will for me at least depend on Titan extreme and our ability to beat it and the drops from Coil next week. Allegan belt and hands would be lovely lol

[JetBrooks]

I'm now stuck on weather I should be upgrading to a myth easrring which is the worst item in the slot available in comparison with other i90 earrings or upgrade the belt/hands/braces/choker?

If monk is the only job you're ever going to play, then it'd be a no brainer, time to upgrade the earring. However, since your gear is most likely good enough for anything in the game right now; I'd probably put the myth into a more necessary piece on another job.

[Butcherb0y]

I was looking at that. How come myth boots is not added for BiS? Before the patch allagan and myth boots for mnk had the same stats now it's different unless it was revert back.

[Mitski]

I was looking at that. How come myth boots is not added for BiS? Before the patch allagan and myth boots for mnk had the same stats now it's different unless it was revert back.

Melee Boots are not listed as BiS because the new Allagan boots are better.

[JetBrooks]

I was looking at that. How come myth boots is not added for BiS? Before the patch allagan and myth boots for mnk had the same stats now it's different unless it was revert back.

T5 BiS (BiS with T5 drops) have been changed because Allagan weapons are now ilvl95. An ilvl95 weapon will have different secondary stats that will affect the overall balance of your gear.

Let's say your new ilvl95 weapon has a bit more accuracy now, you no longer need that bit of accuracy in another piece of gear, so you can use something else for more determination/crit/whatever.

[Butcherb0y]

Yeah I won't get the weapon yet since I've only done t1 and t1. Before 2.1 both myth and allagan boots had the same secondary stats which was crit and skill speed. Now allagan boots have determination instead of crit and I thought crit weights more than deter. It's why I'm asking why s it better. Unless main stats for the striking allagan is also change?