Most popular Monk race?

[Mattly]

<p>I'm curious as to what the most & least popular/used races are with monk/brawler?</p>

[Couching]

<p>It depends on the role of your monk/bruiser.</p><p>If it is tank, large races, such as barbarians, trolls, ogres, etc., are good choices.</p><p>If it is dpser, dark elf, rat, etc. are good choices.</p>

[Xalmat]

<p>Iksar probably has the best tanking racial traditions for Monk. +Health, +Defense, +Deflection, +Parry, and +Melee Crit all in one package.</p><p>As far as the most popular goes, probably human and kerra. Arasai, Dark Elf, and Halfling are definitely one of the least popular.</p>

[Mirrian]

<p>My eq1 monk was a human and so is my eq2 monk..no paticular reason other than seeing a hulking barbarian jumping around just looked silly.</p>

[BChizzle]

<p>Human is pretty awesome race for monk, get an extra CA and health.</p>

[Saphirewind]

<p>Fae monk is fun.  Fae get some pretty spiffy movement bonuses which can help if you are trying to get somewhere using FD to just pass mobs. </p>

[NamaeZero]

<p>I personally like Barbarian Monk for leveling up. The race/class choice stacks for a lot of fun.</p><ul><li>You get +5% speed racially to stack with the 5% speed bonus you get from the first point of Brawler AA's.</li><li>Spending points in Monk Sprint AA (on the way to the Mend AA) stacks with the Barbarian Sprint Racial, the result being a Sprint that's almost free to use and powers you up to 80% movement speed all by itself.</li><li>The Barbarian Berserk Racial works great with Brawler INT endline AA. Both trigger when your HP is 30% or less, and stack for a nice large +mitigation, +crit chance bonus. It's a great tool to use to increase the speed you solo at up until level 75-80 at least, and even longer if you're careful.</li><li>You can get a bonus to Alchemy, which you use to make yourself Combat Arts and potions to augment or add abilities you don't get, like SoW.</li></ul>

[Lethe5683]

<p><cite>Couching@Crushbone wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>If it is tank, large races, such as barbarians, trolls, ogres, etc., are good choices.</p><p>If it is dpser, dark elf, rat, etc. are good choices.</p></blockquote><p><span style="color: #00ccff;">Why does size matter?</span></p>

[Silicon_Panda]

<p>Ratonga makes best race for all classes.  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Lleren]

<p><cite>Silicon_Panda wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Ratonga makes best race for all classes.  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>QFT</p>

[scalzo]

<p>Froglok Monks!</p>

[Medasin]

<p>Anyone who has read [Removed for Content] comics knows that gnome monks are [Removed for Content].</p>

[Zabjade]

<p><span style="color: #00cc00;">Wants Smoke's Abilities to Solo Venni, But I'll settle for that Iksar Shackle Grandmaster's ability to do a combat shadowclone.</span></p>

[Cusashorn]

<p><cite>Lethe5683 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Couching@Crushbone wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>If it is tank, large races, such as barbarians, trolls, ogres, etc., are good choices.</p><p>If it is dpser, dark elf, rat, etc. are good choices.</p></blockquote><p><span style="color: #00ccff;">Why does size matter?</span></p></blockquote><p>Said races are naturally born for tanking positions, not that any of the racial abilities actually make any huge impact on combat advantages.</p>