A question for you monks out thereFollow

So the monk gets a plethera of special attacks as they grow in level...I'm wondering is there any benefit to keep advancing the skill level of one (take your basic kick for example) once you receive a new one? I'm assuming that each new attack earned is going to be better than the last one....so am I therefore safe to assume that you would use the new one always from that point on?

Keeping all of them maxed out is basically an exercise in frustration. As Czae mentioned above there are special disc/aa's that use some of the specific attacks (i.e. dragon punch, eagle strike, etc).

These *can* be useful in higher levels for certain situations (knock back, better chance to stun, etc). Once you hit higher levels and it starts taking much longer to level then you'll have a better chance of working them up as needed.

Edited, Mon Jul 25 13:34:35 2005 by jrmayii

70 Monk here. Use the newest skill when you get it and ignore the rest. Once you get the AA Technique of Master Wu, you will end up maxing them all out. This AA lets you fire off up to 3 special attacks from Kick to Flying Kick. It maxes out the skills and adds good DPS.

Most Monks start their DPS AA setup starting with Ferocity, Ambidexterity if you use 1 handers, Punishing Blade if you use 2hb and Wus.

Crippling Strike AA is not useless by the way. Its a Snare for when you don't have Snare in a group or soloing.