What was the whole point of coming on to the monk forums and posting this??
First: your post was PAINFUL to read. Grammar check, {Yes, please.}
Second: yes, we do swing twice a round. And to be perfectly honest, that's not all we do. We also counter, double attack, kick the mob right in the face, and our WS are pretty damn good.
A well equipped monk can deal as much if not MORE damage than a ranger (yes, this was even pre-patch, with the "adjustment" SE made) - I'll show you how.
Zansho hits for 50 dmg
Zansho hits for 45 dmg
(that's 95 dmg, equal to ONE rng's arrow, in case you can't do math)
Zansho counters! The {mob] takes 60 pts of damage
Zansho scores a critical hit! the mob takes 110 pts of damage (this is ONE fist)
Zansho hits for 50 dmg...
Kick attack fires off for another 70 damage
105 TP {Ready to start Skillchain!}
Zansho uses Focus
Zansho uses Berserk
Zansho readies Asuran Fists
Zansho uses Asuran Fists - mob takes 780 pts of damage
you see where I'm headed? Our damage is DoT. Yes, rangers 'can' do zomgz numbers with their sidewinders, but our Asurans can do upwards of 800+ vs. VT/low IT.
And here is WHY you want to fight VT/low IT. Chains. EXP chains. LOTS of them. Very little downtime resting for the mages since things are going fast.
Do us a favor. Ask the plds and ninjas who they hate tanking for. MNKs will be near or at the top of the list - a well equipped monk can tear it up just as good as any melee DD out there, and in some cases, better. Rangers are excellent DD's - don't get me wrong.
Third: Please get your nose out of the MNK forums and go try out mnk for once. Once you get to the 50's, you'll understand what we're all about.
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Merits: 8/8 H2H, 5/5 Counter, 5/5 Kick Attacks, 4/4 Critical, 5/5 STR
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