Monk

Class Characteristics

"Monks are Acolytes that moved away from the Odin Orthodoxy way of silence and prayers, taking the path of meditation and asceticism to enlightenment.Not only do they have strong physical strength due to endless training, they can also freely control their internal powers."

While the Acolyte is an INT based caster, the Monk is a STR based melee fighter, who will receive bonuses from both the STR and the INT stat.

STR: 2 Attack Power, 2 Parry
AGI: 4 Critical, 2 Dodge
INT: 2 Magic Power, 2 Parry
WIS: 10 Max SP
VIT: 5 HP

The Monk's skills will exclusively use Attack Power as their damage source, whilst the Acolyte's skill exclusively use Magic Power as their damage source. To allow Acolytes to stack INT, the Monk receives a full skill reset on class change (after which he is no longer able to invest in Acolyte Skills) and the top skills all receive 1 skill point as if you were to start a level 1 Acolyte. The top right skill, Spiritual Cadence, is a passive that grants the Monk 2 Attack Power for every point of INT, effectively allowing the Monk to build INT until his class change without losing any offensive power. Therefore in a party where Battle Order and Dragonology gives 10% increase in both STR and INT respectively, Monks have the biggest advantage in those buffs.

Class Change

In order to change your class to a Monk at Level 25, look for Red Lotus Monk Pei, in Prontera. After you completed her quest, talk to Pei again to change your class.

In a Party

Tank
Because of Iron Skin, which increases Threat generation by 300% as well as the Monk's HP and defense, Monks can tank dungeons without the fear of losing a monster's attention. Flee and Protection Ki (combined with Summon Spirit Sphere to reset their cooldowns) provide high damage mitigation in tight situations.

Melee DPS / Off Tank
The Monk provides good melee DPS with his normal combo and Asura strike. Lightning Walk provides high mobility to intercept monsters targeting vulnerable party members and Lightning Crush rapidly generates threat in an area to ensure the aggression is on the Monk.

Equipment

Armor: Light Armor
Weapon: Knuckles

Skill Tree

Skills

Iron Skin

Passive

Max level: 5

Increases own defense.

10%
20%
30%
40%
50%

Heavy Tackle

	Active	Max level: 5
	Cast: Instant	Delay: 0.00 s
	Cost: 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 sp	Range: 2 m
Requires and consumes 3 Spirit Spheres. Attack the target and 2 nearby enemies. 37% Attack Power damage 39% Attack Power damage 41% Attack Power damage 43% Attack Power damage 45% Attack Power damage

Summon Spirit Sphere

	Active / Buff	Max level: 5
	Cast: Instant	Delay: 240 ~ 120 s
	Cost: 0 sp	Range: n/a
Obtain 3 Spirit Spheres instantly and reset all cooldowns. 240 s cooldown 210 s cooldown 180 s cooldown 150 s cooldown 120 s cooldown

Lightning Walk'

	Active / Teleport	Max level: 5
	Cast: Instant	Delay: 60 s / 50 s / 40 s / 30 s / 20 s
	Cost: 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 sp	Range: 20 m
Obtain 1 Spirit Sphere. Move instantly in front of the target and deal damage. 17% Attack Power damage 19% Attack Power damage 21% Attack Power damage 23% Attack Power damage 25% Attack Power damage

Throw Spirit Sphere

	Active	Max level: 5
	Cast: Instant	Delay: 10 s
	Cost: 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 sp	Range: 20 m
Obtain 1 Spirit Sphere. Fire an Energy Bullet to an enemy at range to inflict damage and increase the damage taken from the Monk by 15% for 10 seconds. 17% Attack Power damage 19% Attack Power damage 21% Attack Power damage 24% Attack Power damage 26% Attack Power damage

Raging Blow

	Active	Max level: 5
	Cast: Instant	Delay: 0 s
	Cost: 1 sp	Range: 2 m
Obtain 1 Spirit Sphere. Attack the enemy continuously to inflict damage. 17% Attack Power damage 19% Attack Power damage 21% Attack Power damage 23% Attack Power damage 25% Attack Power damage

Crushing Blow

	Active	Max level: 5
	Cast: Instant	Delay: 6 s
	Cost: 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 sp	Range: 2 m
Obtain 2 Spirit Spheres. Attack the enemy continuously to inflict damage. 14% Attack Power damage 16% Attack Power damage 18% Attack Power damage 19% Attack Power damage 21% Attack Power damage

Lightning Crush

	Active	Max level: 3
	Cast: Instant	Delay: 3 s
	Cost: 3 / 4 / 5 sp	Range: n/a
Create a shockwave on the ground to inflict damage to 3 surrounding enemies and obtain additional threat of 50% of the damage. 15% Attack Power damage 17% Attack Power damage 20% Attack Power damage

Fury Explosion

	Active / Buff	Max level: 5
	Cast: Instant	Delay: 60 s
	Cost: 0 sp	Range: n/a
Requires and consumes 3 Spirit Spheres. Increases own Attack Power for 30 seconds and enables the use of Asura Strike. 6% 12% 18% 24% 30%

'Guillotine Fist

	Active	Max level: 5
	Cast: Instant	Delay: 60 s
	Cost: 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 sp	Range: 2 m
Requires Fury state. Hit the target with a powerful blow to inflict damage and stun the target for 3 seconds. 82% Attack Power damage 91% Attack Power damage 101% Attack Power damage 110% Attack Power damage 120% Attack Power damage

Spiritual Cadence

	Passive	Max level: 1
Increases Attack Power by 2 for each point in INT and allows the gaining of Spirit Spheres when using Attack Skills.

'Intimidation

	Active / Taunt	Max level: 5
	Cast: Instant	Delay: 20 ~ 8 s
	Cost: 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 sp	Range: 20 m
Taunt the enemy to make them attack you. 20 s cooldown 17 s cooldown 14 s cooldown 11 s cooldown 8 s cooldown

Flee

	Active / Buff	Max level: 5
	Cast: Instant	Delay: 60 s
	Cost: none	Range: n/a
Increase own Dodge Rate for 10 seconds. 4% 8% 12% 16% 20%

Protection Ki

	Active / Buff	Max level: 5
	Cast: Instant	Delay: 120 s
	Cost: 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 sp	Range: n/a
Requires and consumes 1 Spirit Sphere. Decreases damage taken for 10 seconds. 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

Steel Body

	Toggle / Buff	Max level: 5
	Cast: 4 s	Delay: 3 s
	Cost: 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 sp	Range: n/a
Focus all Spirit to increase HP, Defense and Threat generation, but decrease Attack Power by 10%. 7% HP / 40% Defense / 60% Threat 14% HP / 80% Defense / 120% Threat 21% HP / 120% Defense / 180% Threat 28% HP / 160% Defense / 240% Threat 35% HP / 200% Defense / 300% Threat