lvl 54 monk with AA question int line or str line better?

[Beer-Von-Rockefeller]

<DIV>Right now I have master crafted weapons with 4-4-7 int AA was wondering if people think relentless strike str line better? for now debating weather to use my free aa respec<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> anyone?</DIV>

[artophwar]

IMO int is the best way to go if you do not have alot of aa points. The ability to crit is not only for auto attack but also for all of your non magic combat arts.

[lilmohi]

not sure if it would be worth using your free respec on but i personally think the AGI line is best to start with.  I think all the lines are good, but the AGI line is the only one that is fully compatible with all the other lines.  By the time you max your proc which works on all melee, and ranged attacks, you might have moved on to some new uber weapon that would exclude one of the other lines.

[Kainsei]

<blockquote><hr>lilmohi wrote:<div></div>not sure if it would be worth using your free respec on but i personally think the AGI line is best to start with.  I think all the lines are good, but the AGI line is the only one that is fully compatible with all the other lines.  By the time you max your proc which works on all melee, and ranged attacks, you might have moved on to some new uber weapon that would exclude one of the other lines.<hr></blockquote>It's the STA line, not the AGI one. And yes, the sta line is pretty good if you don't have a lot of AA, it will give you more hp, a nice proc and a ranged debuff. <div></div>

[Untalent]

I went 4/4/8 in str at 55 and now parse crazy high vs what I was doing before and without much effort. I love it and atleast I don't have to worry about weapons until 70 raid loot.

[Redlan]

<P>For a starter line I'd recommend sta or intel. Really it depends on your play style. I don't reocmmend the str line for couple good reasons. A) your lose stats/procs/hp/power by barehanding. B) I parsed it's damage with max skills at lvl 70 50/aa with leftover put into the crit intel line and fought bare-handed vs the standard 548,448/448 sta/intel/wis configuration and used plain t7 legendary player made batons. Dude, the parses between the two did not even come close. It is a myth that people beleive you must have t7 raid weapons to outdo damage vs a fister and I've proven it already on one broken body of a bruiser who beleived that myth. If you have decent str to begin with and at least a pair of 40 dmg rating weapons str line is not very beneificial. Some dorks still believe thier str line uber and raid t7 content bare handed. None so blind as those who will not see I guess, I'd love to see the real parse numbers in those guy's fights.</P> <P>Stamina line is always a good choice, good procs, and of course more hp. intel line taken to it's max is good for solo/duo-players because the dps really spikes when you get blow 30%. I used that for a while but found it not being used enough to justiy the cost(don't really like being below 30% in raids). I used to have Altruism to auto rez/fd raid members but once again it did not seem to be making much useful impact on our guild plus at that time raid leader was convinced that if we wiped all must die including those in my group I FDed for a clean reset. ***rolls eyes</P>

[KazzySoJaz]

<div><blockquote><hr>Redlance wrote:<div></div> <p>For a starter line I'd recommend sta or intel. Really it depends on your play style. I don't reocmmend the str line for couple good reasons. A) your lose stats/procs/hp/power by barehanding. B) I parsed it's damage with max skills at lvl 70 50/aa with leftover put into the crit intel line and fought bare-handed vs the standard 548,448/448 sta/intel/wis configuration and used plain t7 legendary player made batons. Dude, the parses between the two did not even come close. It is a myth that people beleive you must have t7 raid weapons to outdo damage vs a fister and I've proven it already on one broken body of a bruiser who beleived that myth. If you have decent str to begin with and at least a pair of 40 dmg rating weapons str line is not very beneificial. Some dorks still believe thier str line uber and raid t7 content bare handed. None so blind as those who will not see I guess, I'd love to see the real parse numbers in those guy's fights.</p> <p>Stamina line is always a good choice, good procs, and of course more hp. intel line taken to it's max is good for solo/duo-players because the dps really spikes when you get blow 30%. I used that for a while but found it not being used enough to justiy the cost(don't really like being below 30% in raids). I used to have Altruism to auto rez/fd raid members but once again it did not seem to be making much useful impact on our guild plus at that time raid leader was convinced that if we wiped all must die including those in my group I FDed for a clean reset. ***rolls eyes</p><hr></blockquote>It depends on what setup you used with the str 4-4-8 on your dps.I was 4/4/8 on str int and sta until recently, when I acquired my twin calamity and my fists of bashing.  My parsing has not differed much more now that I use two very nice proc weapons with 4/4/8 in int sta and wis.   I have noticed minimal difference except that I have more stats now from the weapons.  I would say in a nice dps group with 86% dps and 100% haste w/ out a proc on both parses the differences are usually 30-50 dps, which is not much comparing bare fists to the best DW brawler weapon combo, imo, in the game.</div>