When does /DNC make monk a viable solo class?Follow

Ok, we've all seen Genome rape stuff with his 75MNK/DNC video on Youtube. My question is, when would that combo be viable for soloing? Wait, even better. At what level can that combo bring in competitive exp?

Ah ok, thanks for the reply. I'm mainly asking because on my server getting parties isn't exactly a cake walk, especially with the level sync system in place. My name starts with R so when people seek those who are looking I'm usually not on the list ;/

Norellicus is right. Anything that hits really hard each time or has a high double/triple attack rate would be hard to keep up with MNK/DNC. Like I tried to solo the WOTG mission with the slime capsules and the orcish battle machine, bad idea, i couldn't keep myself healed enough to live and kill fast enough to make it through the BC in the 30 min, though part of the might have been my lack of knowledge in the location of the capsules and horrible pulling ability in a cave full of true sight orcs that double attack and hit hard and fast or cast AM...or I might suck.

Ah, I think my monk is currentl level 22 or 23, I haven't even started with DNC yet. Just trying to get some figures so once I ding DRK to 75 I have a new project. I've just really had it bad the past while leveling with my DRK, no parties etc. I'll be lucky if I can hit 68-75 anytime soon ;/

And really, we don't need to >_>

Use it while skilling guard.


wut?

I've been using the Valley of Sorrows FoV, while trying to get Adamantoise ToD back. Works pretty well. Made about 20k limit points, aswell as easy recap of exp whenever I die.

When you can equip Faith Baghnahks.

10-15 HP/swing from drain samba adds up pretty fast.
Be warned that Hundred fists with drain samba does NOTHING.

I don't have DNC fully leved as a sub, and therefore haven't played around with MNK/DNC much, but I've farmed in sea on MNK/NIN with little trouble. The area with lower-tier Ul' mobs around the palace entrance is fairly easy for farming; really the only things to beware are linking multiple Aerns and targeting the first Xzomit in the trio (since they'll all link). Ul'Phuabo are DC-T in that area, but with evasion gear, the Om'Phuabo in the NW and NE reaches aren't too difficult, and have a much higher drop rate (and can drop multiple organs). I'd advise bringing plenty of Echo Drops, and possibly saving Dodge in case you need to turn around during their very potent Shock Spikes move.

If you're after Euvhi organs, the Aw'Euvhi in the Garden of Ru'Hmet can be farmed reliably in an evasion setup with MNK/NIN. I've found it safest to save TP and WS when the flower is in open-petal mode, where it has access to more damaging TP moves (most notably Vertical Cleave, which hurts with Counterstance up); this will send it back to closed-petal mode, which is safer. You'll also want to be carrying Echo Drops for these.

Since you brought up UFOs, MNK is a great job for low-manning them. Before I started Salvage, I would take some friends and duo/trio the Ul' and Om' respectively as practice for the chariots, since they have many similarities (charm move, 1K needles move, no strong physical WS). Mainly it's fun to just bring one of those huge things down. =)

Running out the door, so please forgive any mistakes; this is what I generally use:

Destroyers (Hades Sainti also good, I don't own a pair)
Fenrir's stone (other options like Smart Grenade and Goblin cracker are fine, I like the eva/HP though)
Optical Hat
Evasion Torque
Brutal Earring
Velocity Earring
Kirin's Osode
Usukane Gote
Jelly Ring
Rajas Ring
Boxer's Mantle
Black Belt
Byakko's Haidate
Rasetsu Sune-Ate +1 (used Temple Gaiters +1 in the past)

Usukane will hopefully replace some of those pieces, as soon as they drop. =P With this setup, I'm rarely without shadows, and usually only die to an unlucky link/Grah spawn. Also, I use Marinara Pizza for food, perfect for this type of farming.

GOod luck!

I have soloed many of the EM-T sharks as MNK/DNC quite easily. Goldfish are never a problem. Squids go down well, I just always play it safe and kill the 2 babies first before the mom.

I've fought up to 3 Aerns at once, and lived to brag about it, you just need to be smart about a kill order when links occur. Obviously take out any BLM first, the last thing you want is for them to cast uninterrupted AM or -ga3s. The RNGs are surprisingly accurate, but usually attack a bit slower so I save them for last. The DRGs, SMNs and BSTs can be an issue due to their pets, but I rarely run into these. The most common Aerns up front are BLM, BRD, WHM, RDM, WAR and RNG. I've seen other Aern jobs up front, but these were the most common.

yeah, the Ul'phuobo's are easily solo'd by /DNC or /NIN, I generally find, anything I can solo T-VT /NIN, I can struggle on /DNC. Once a mob hits so hard that there is little difference between being hit with normal defence, or being hit with 0 defence, /NIN + evasion takes over.

Do ppl use /DNC with CS up for EM-T mobs, Just asking because I don't, but I don't have melee gaiters, nor to I generally want to eat sushi to cap my ACC on somthing im otherwise not acc capped on.