You had a monk that was eaten alive by invokers? Wtf.
I also get beat up by shamans and battlemages.
You see, I'm the guy that Deykari got his first PK on. I'm responsible for his major skills. You're welcome, Dey. 
I'm so sad...I need serious PK help....
If it makes you feel better I don't know anyone who doesn't have troubles with a shaman.
Battlemages wreck monks. Definitely the monk's 'bane' class.
I'd love you to tell me how 
In my experience, it's as simple as just dancing a heavy axe, heh.
I'd love you to tell me how
You get to choose between copping LOTS of damage or no chii bolt. The same choice (for slightly different reasons) has to be made against every giant you ever face.
Monks might be great against casters/communers (IF and only if you know how to use them), but they are less than spectacular against any melee, hybrid or bmages. Its a pretty hard trade-off.
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Battlemages wreck monks. Definitely the monk's 'bane' class. My monk, when I was not very good at PK, had an intense rivalry with Inant a demon BMG and we consistently had very close battles.
I would not say it was a bane. A tough fight, but not a bane. It is in my opinion what a "bane" class should be. Not the "why bother entering a command" type of bane that some classes face these days.
Good example? Vampire vs thief.
My monk, when I was not very good at PK, had an intense rivalry with Inant a demon BMG and we consistently had very close battles.
I would not say it was a bane. A tough fight, but not a bane. It is in my opinion what a "bane" class should be. Not the "why bother entering a command" type of bane that some classes face these days.
Good example? Vampire vs thief.
I watched a halfer thief beat the brakes off of a vampire
when I was not very good at PK
So yesterday?
In my experiance Neutral Ogre Rangers wreck monks aswell. And no, it's not all about eq.
And I believe Raargant about Bmgs, I have been playing my first ever recently and wrecked a few monks. But that is pre-pinn.
Blademasters don't even have to use sanctuary against a monk, if they bring a blood vowed polearm to play with.
blademaster in deathweaver predicting "dirt" with mastered twin counter.
go ahead mr melee.. start a fight.. i dare you
no lag, no dirt kicking, you just better hope you can outdamage the BLM.
Or get your giant warrior, dance around until their stance falls and bash the crap out of them.
3 attacks from the blm vs. 8 from the warrior + riposte? If we're talking equal equipment, I don't see it being that bad.
the fact that deathweaver takes next to nothing to upkeep and is usable with any kind of weapon (yes that means dual wielding too, since when in deathweaver you really dont need to worry about the little bit of extra defense you get with a 2hander) so it would actually not be so bad, especially when the FG gets crit points knocked so it cant do much for dancing. against a lot of melee, and certainly against monks or giant melees, deathweaver makes it easy. and it lasts a fairly long time.
Or get your giant warrior' date=' dance around until their stance falls and bash the crap out of them.[/quote']
I would really like to see you do that to a BLM with half a brain.
Heh, I play kinda suicidal vs blms, and dks. I will dance til their stuff is about an hour or 2 from dropping, then let them beat the TAR out of me briefly, and take off running while healing up (You all keep those nifty curative pills around too right) then when the tic is about to pass, hit them with lag, or beefy damage.
the fact that deathweaver takes next to nothing to upkeep and is usable with any kind of weapon (yes that means dual wielding too' date=' since when in deathweaver you really dont need to worry about the little bit of extra defense you get with a 2hander) so it would actually not be so bad, especially when the FG gets crit points knocked so it cant do much for dancing. against a lot of melee, and certainly against monks or giant melees, deathweaver makes it easy. and it lasts a fairly long time.[/quote']
Uh, false. 2 mana every round. Every time you balance, you lose about 15 mana. Every time you counter, you lose about 15 mana. Every time you onslaught, you lose 3 mana. Also, you'd be dual wielding. Bye-bye defense. So I would come at you either A) Prepared for offensiveness, meaning a staff and a bow, or
Know that you aren't that strong and come after you dual wielding flails, the first of which will be nodisarm, and the second of which will have an ember socketed. I would start bashing just for the extra damage and to drain your mana. You'll be blind and out of mana before you know it.
I very rarely lost a fight to a blademaster with my ogre warrior, Grom. But I certainly wouldn't have lost EVER if they tried using those tactics.
It sounds great in theory, but it's not a good plan. I promise.
Uh, false. 2 mana every round. Every time you balance, you lose about 15 mana. Every time you counter, you lose about 15 mana. Every time you onslaught, you lose 3 mana. Also, you'd be dual wielding. Bye-bye defense. So I would come at you either A) Prepared for offensiveness, meaning a staff and a bow, or
I very rarely lost a fight to a blademaster with my ogre warrior, Grom. But I certainly wouldn't have lost EVER if they tried using those tactics.
It sounds great in theory, but it's not a good plan. I promise.
perhaps its my favoritism for elf/drow blms and their extra mana, but when i played mine, mana was never an issue.
If you're playing an elf/drow blm, you're not going to be outmeleeing a warrior anyway, unless there's a HUGE equipment disparity.
again. with deathweaver, at least in my experience, i really didnt get hit much, which made up for the dmg output loss a lot of the time. fairly certain if i had better gear (im still learning where it all is) i coulda lasted on it a little longer. i will concede tho. not really interested enough to keep up a rather pointless disagreement with someone who knows the game a lot more