Girmph vs Brannoc (07/31/2026)

We fought a couple times and I escaped twice only due to beads putting him to sleep before this finish.

Damage to Girmph:

Combat Transcript:

Brannoc's counter MANGLES you!
Brannoc's second counter *** DEMOLISHES *** you!
Brannoc is in excellent condition. 
Girmph: [===|===|===|=--]
[00:00 | Girmph: 81% hp 100% mana 99% mv | Brannoc: 100% hp 100% mana 41% mv]

Brannoc's thrust MASSACRES you!
Brannoc is in excellent condition. 
Girmph: [===|===|===|---]
[00:00 | Girmph: 74% hp 100% mana 99% mv | Brannoc: 100% hp 99% mana 41% mv]

You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
You dodge Brannoc's attack.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your first hand.
Brannoc's flaming bite DISMEMBERS you!
Brannoc dodges your attack.
Your elbow slash decimates Brannoc!
Brannoc dodges your attack.
Brannoc parries your attack.
Brannoc parries your attack.
Brannoc has a few scratches. 
Girmph: [===|===|===|---]
[00:00 | Girmph: 68% hp 100% mana 99% mv | Brannoc: 97% hp 99% mana 41% mv]

Brannoc's chop misses you.
Brannoc has a few scratches. 
Girmph: [===|===|===|---]
[00:00 | Girmph: 68% hp 100% mana 99% mv | Brannoc: 97% hp 98% mana 41% mv]

You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
You dodge Brannoc's attack.
You dodge Brannoc's attack.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your first hand.
'Durindel' the Sword of Flame sears your flesh with flames.
Brannoc's flaming bite scratches you.
Brannoc parries your attack.
You have gained knowledge about demihuman!
Your back fist wounds Brannoc.
Your jump kick mauls Brannoc.
Brannoc dodges your attack.
Brannoc has a few scratches. 
Girmph: [===|===|===|---]
[00:00 | Girmph: 68% hp 100% mana 99% mv | Brannoc: 93% hp 98% mana 41% mv]

Brannoc is blinded by the dirt in his eyes!
Your kicked dirt scratches Brannoc.
Brannoc has a few scratches. 
Girmph: [===|===|===|---]
[00:00 | Girmph: 68% hp 100% mana 99% mv | Brannoc: 92% hp 98% mana 41% mv]

You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
You dodge Brannoc's attack.
You dodge Brannoc's attack.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your first hand.
You can feel 'Durindel' the Sword of Flame dig into your body.
Brannoc's wrath wounds you.
Your back fist devastates Brannoc!
Your back fist devastates Brannoc!
Brannoc dodges your attack.
Brannoc dodges your attack.
Brannoc has some small wounds and bruises. 
Girmph: [===|===|==-|---]
[00:00 | Girmph: 66% hp 100% mana 99% mv | Brannoc: 86% hp 98% mana 41% mv]

Brannoc rubs the dirt out of his eyes.
Brannoc slowly floats to the ground.
You are ready for another healing session.
Brannoc has some small wounds and bruises. 
Girmph: [===|===|===|---]
[01:00 | Girmph: 67% hp 100% mana 100% mv | Brannoc: 87% hp 98% mana 47% mv]

You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your first hand.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your first hand.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
Your back fist mauls Brannoc.
Brannoc dodges your attack.
You have gained knowledge about demihuman!
Brannoc dodges your attack.
Your roundhouse kick decimates Brannoc!
Brannoc has some small wounds and bruises. 
Girmph: [===|===|===|---]
[01:00 | Girmph: 67% hp 100% mana 100% mv | Brannoc: 82% hp 97% mana 47% mv]

You trip Brannoc with a leg sweep and he goes down!
Your trip scratches Brannoc.
Brannoc has some small wounds and bruises. 
Girmph: [===|===|===|---]
[01:00 | Girmph: 67% hp 100% mana 100% mv | Brannoc: 81% hp 97% mana 47% mv]

You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your first hand.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your first hand.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
Brannoc dodges your attack.
Brannoc dodges your attack.
Your knee thrust injures Brannoc.
You strike a chakera point, stunning Brannoc.
Your tiger claw *** DEMOLISHES *** Brannoc!
Your whirlwind kick misses Brannoc.
Brannoc has quite a few wounds. 
Girmph: [===|===|===|---]
[01:00 | Girmph: 67% hp 100% mana 100% mv | Brannoc: 68% hp 97% mana 47% mv]

You dodge Brannoc's attack.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your first hand.
You dodge Brannoc's attack.
You dodge Brannoc's attack and redirect the momentum!
Your counterblow decimates Brannoc!
Your jab wounds Brannoc.
Brannoc parries your attack.
Your knee thrust wounds Brannoc.
Your palm strike MUTILATES Brannoc!
Brannoc parries your attack.
Brannoc has quite a few wounds. 
Girmph: [===|===|===|---]
[01:00 | Girmph: 67% hp 100% mana 100% mv | Brannoc: 57% hp 97% mana 47% mv]

You trip Brannoc with a leg sweep and he goes down!
Your trip scratches Brannoc.
Someone enters the room.
Brannoc has quite a few wounds. 
Girmph: [===|===|===|---]
[01:00 | Girmph: 67% hp 100% mana 100% mv | Brannoc: 57% hp 97% mana 47% mv]

You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
Brannoc's flaming bite MANGLES you!
You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
You dodge Brannoc's attack.
Your back fist devastates Brannoc!
Your back fist wounds Brannoc.
Your spin kick wounds Brannoc.
You have gained knowledge about demihuman!
Brannoc parries your attack.
Brannoc has some big nasty wounds and scratches. 
Girmph: [===|===|==-|---]
[01:00 | Girmph: 59% hp 100% mana 100% mv | Brannoc: 49% hp 96% mana 47% mv]

Brannoc has fled!
Brannoc flees east!

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Brannoc yells 'Help! Girmph just sent me to the ground!'
You jump in the air and thrash Brannoc to the ground!
Your air thrash decimates Brannoc!
Brannoc can't seem to get back into the air
You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your first hand.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
You dodge Brannoc's attack and redirect the momentum!
Your counterblow devastates Brannoc!
You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
Brannoc dodges your attack.
Brannoc parries your attack.
Brannoc dodges your attack.
Your pierce kick devastates Brannoc!
Brannoc has quite a few wounds. 
Girmph: [===|===|===|==-]
[06:00 | Girmph: 87% hp 99% mana 98% mv | Brannoc: 65% hp 80% mana 27% mv]

You dodge Brannoc's attack and redirect the momentum!
Your counterblow devastates Brannoc!
Brannoc's flaming bite MASSACRES you!
You parry Brannoc's attack with your first hand.
Brannoc's flaming bite DISMEMBERS you!
A winged water dragon breathes forth a shard of ice!
Brannoc conjures a magical bolt of ice and launches it at you.
Brannoc's icicle maims you!
You can feel 'Durindel' the Sword of Flame dig into your body.
Brannoc's wrath devastates you!
Your back fist decimates Brannoc!
Your jab wounds Brannoc.
Brannoc parries your attack.
Brannoc dodges your attack.
Your whirlwind kick maims Brannoc!
Brannoc has quite a few wounds. 
Girmph: [===|===|===|---]
[06:00 | Girmph: 68% hp 99% mana 98% mv | Brannoc: 54% hp 80% mana 27% mv]

Brannoc's thrust MASSACRES you!
Brannoc has quite a few wounds. 
Girmph: [===|===|==-|---]
[06:00 | Girmph: 61% hp 99% mana 98% mv | Brannoc: 54% hp 79% mana 27% mv]

Brannoc's chop misses you.
Brannoc has quite a few wounds. 
Girmph: [===|===|==-|---]
[06:00 | Girmph: 61% hp 99% mana 98% mv | Brannoc: 54% hp 79% mana 27% mv]

You parry Brannoc's attack with your first hand.
You dodge Brannoc's attack.
You dodge Brannoc's attack.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your first hand.
Brannoc parries your attack.
Your back fist decimates Brannoc!
Brannoc dodges your attack.
Your dragon claw MUTILATES Brannoc!
Your pierce kick decimates Brannoc!
Brannoc has some big nasty wounds and scratches. 
Girmph: [===|===|==-|---]
[06:00 | Girmph: 61% hp 99% mana 98% mv | Brannoc: 44% hp 79% mana 27% mv]

He isn't flying.
Brannoc has some big nasty wounds and scratches. 
Girmph: [===|===|==-|---]
[06:00 | Girmph: 61% hp 99% mana 98% mv | Brannoc: 44% hp 79% mana 27% mv]

He isn't flying.
Brannoc has some big nasty wounds and scratches. 
Girmph: [===|===|==-|---]
[06:00 | Girmph: 61% hp 99% mana 98% mv | Brannoc: 44% hp 79% mana 27% mv]

You trip Brannoc with a leg sweep and he goes down!
Your trip scratches Brannoc.
Brannoc has some big nasty wounds and scratches. 
Girmph: [===|===|==-|---]
[06:00 | Girmph: 61% hp 99% mana 98% mv | Brannoc: 44% hp 79% mana 27% mv]

The sun rises in the east.
Brannoc steps out of his stance.
Brannoc has some big nasty wounds and scratches. 
Girmph: [===|===|==-|---]
[07:00 | Girmph: 62% hp 99% mana 100% mv | Brannoc: 45% hp 79% mana 33% mv]

Brannoc's flaming bite DISMEMBERS you!
You parry Brannoc's attack with your first hand.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
You have gained knowledge about demihuman!
Brannoc dodges your attack.
Brannoc parries your attack.
Your spin kick wounds Brannoc.
Brannoc parries your attack.
Brannoc has some big nasty wounds and scratches. 
Girmph: [===|===|=--|---]
[07:00 | Girmph: 56% hp 99% mana 100% mv | Brannoc: 43% hp 79% mana 33% mv]

Brannoc's thrust MASSACRES you!
Brannoc has some big nasty wounds and scratches. 
Girmph: [===|===|---|---]
[07:00 | Girmph: 49% hp 99% mana 100% mv | Brannoc: 43% hp 78% mana 33% mv]

You parry Brannoc's attack with your first hand.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
You dodge Brannoc's attack.
You dodge Brannoc's attack.
Brannoc parries your attack.
Brannoc parries your attack.
Brannoc dodges your attack.
Your palm strike wounds Brannoc.
Your pierce kick decimates Brannoc!
A winged lightning dragon breathes forth a bolt of lightning!
Your lightning bolt grazes Brannoc.
Brannoc has some big nasty wounds and scratches. 
Girmph: [===|===|---|---]
[07:00 | Girmph: 49% hp 99% mana 100% mv | Brannoc: 38% hp 78% mana 33% mv]

You trip Brannoc with a leg sweep and he goes down!
Your trip scratches Brannoc.
Brannoc has some big nasty wounds and scratches. 
Girmph: [===|===|---|---]
[07:00 | Girmph: 49% hp 99% mana 100% mv | Brannoc: 37% hp 78% mana 33% mv]

You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
You dodge Brannoc's attack.
You dodge Brannoc's attack and redirect the momentum!
Your counterblow decimates Brannoc!
Your elbow slash decimates Brannoc!
You have gained knowledge about demihuman!
Your jab injures Brannoc.
Your knee thrust wounds Brannoc.
You strike a chakera point, stunning Brannoc.
You have become better at dragon stance! [88%]
Your tiger claw DISMEMBERS Brannoc!
Your roundhouse kick devastates Brannoc!
Brannoc looks pretty hurt. 
Girmph: [===|===|---|---]
[07:00 | Girmph: 49% hp 99% mana 100% mv | Brannoc: 20% hp 78% mana 33% mv]

You dodge Brannoc's attack.
You dodge Brannoc's attack.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
A winged water dragon breathes forth a shard of ice!
Brannoc conjures a magical bolt of ice and launches it at you.
Brannoc's icicle LACERATES you!
'Durindel' the Sword of Flame sears your flesh with flames.
Brannoc's flaming bite scratches you.
Your jab wounds Brannoc.
Brannoc parries your attack.
You have gained knowledge about demihuman!
Brannoc dodges your attack.
You have gained knowledge about demihuman!
Brannoc dodges your attack.
Brannoc dodges your attack.
Brannoc looks pretty hurt. 
Girmph: [===|===|---|---]
[07:00 | Girmph: 44% hp 99% mana 100% mv | Brannoc: 18% hp 78% mana 33% mv]

Your kick maims Brannoc!
Your double kick mauls Brannoc.
Brannoc is in awful condition. 
Girmph: [===|===|---|---]
[07:00 | Girmph: 44% hp 99% mana 100% mv | Brannoc: 12% hp 78% mana 33% mv]

You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
You parry Brannoc's attack with your first hand.
You can feel 'Durindel' the Sword of Flame dig into your body.
Brannoc's wrath maims you!
Brannoc dodges your attack.
Brannoc parries your attack.
Brannoc parries your attack.
Your pierce kick devastates Brannoc!
Brannoc is in awful condition. 
Girmph: [===|==-|---|---]
[07:00 | Girmph: 41% hp 99% mana 100% mv | Brannoc: 9% hp 78% mana 33% mv]

Brannoc's thrust MASSACRES you!
Brannoc is in awful condition. 
Girmph: [===|==-|---|---]
[07:00 | Girmph: 34% hp 99% mana 100% mv | Brannoc: 9% hp 78% mana 33% mv]

You dodge Brannoc's attack.
Brannoc's flaming bite DISMEMBERS you!
You parry Brannoc's attack with your second hand.
Brannoc's flaming bite DISMEMBERS you!
You sure are BLEEDING!
Brannoc parries your attack.
Your back fist wounds Brannoc.
Your jump kick decimates Brannoc!
Your pierce kick mauls Brannoc.
A winged lightning dragon breathes forth a bolt of lightning!
Your lightning bolt grazes Brannoc.
Brannoc is in awful condition. 
Girmph: [===|---|---|---]
[07:00 | Girmph: 24% hp 99% mana 100% mv | Brannoc: 1% hp 78% mana 33% mv]

Brannoc has fled!
Brannoc flees east!

[-- 34 lines snipped --]

Brannoc yells 'Help! I am being attacked by Girmph!'
Brannoc turns your attack against you.
Brannoc's counter MANGLES you!
You sure are BLEEDING!
Brannoc's second counter MASSACRES you!
You sure are BLEEDING!
Brannoc dodges your attack.
Your jump kick devastates Brannoc!

[-- 85 lines snipped --]

people are known for. 
He has done a fair amount of traveling.
Brannoc is in awful condition.

[-- 622 lines snipped --]

You stop meditating and stand up.
You have escaped from the Forsaken Lands.
[Fight ended - player quit]

2 times you threw yourself at me no sanc, beads sleeps me each time. It's crazy that you're wearing level 30 eq, no sanc no buffs no anats trained just throwing yourself into the fight and you can just win those fights even eating multiple twin counters and predicts. Your flowing river redirect is redirecting a magic damage attack at a mag resist race and is doing more damage to me than the normal hit deals to you. I almost deleted on the spot.

From what I’ve observed, redirect is just a regular attack that uses the “counterblow” verb/noun. If you use a weapon and redirect, it raises your proficiency with that weapon and does damage equivalent to the attack. It would only be magical if I was using chii level 2, which I was not.

And to be clear, I agree with you. This fight would also have gone even better for me if I’d landed a phantom dragon or any real number of chakeras.

MONKS IN OFFENSIVE SHOULD NOT HAVE SECOND PARRY! PERIOD! The whole class WAS centered around the RNG chakera landing to get the upper hand + their ability to reliable lag lock EVERYONE. Now they don't even need the freaking chakeras, wtf.
Making them so defensive, while mega offensive has broken the class as a whole. I'm almost tempted to roll an evil monk and kill everything that moves to finally prove my point.

Felt like I did that myself just to see how far I'd get in a nonpopular subcabal. Even then it felt like the only combos that gave me a struggle were those with high regeneration. It didn't feel challenging at all after awhile so I shelved.

Felt like I did that myself just to see how far I'd get in a nonpopular subcabal. Even then it felt like the only combos that gave me a struggle were those with high regeneration. It didn't feel challenging at all after awhile so I shelved.

Anonymous wrote:
MONKS IN OFFENSIVE SHOULD NOT HAVE SECOND PARRY! PERIOD! The whole class WAS centered around the RNG chakera landing to get the upper hand + their ability to reliable lag lock EVERYONE. Now they don't even need the freaking chakeras, wtf.
Making them so defensive, while mega offensive has broken the class as a whole. I'm almost tempted to roll an evil monk and kill everything that moves to finally prove my point.

Roll it and prove your point. Not everyone is on the same ground in PvP. Even looking through your logs, there are a lot of things that I would do differently.

Also, not saying you're wrong, but also not saying you're right.

If I do that, I'm gonna create another problem. People will stop logging in. And I definitely don't want that, which is actually stopping me from doing it.

I am sure no one is going to like being lag locked into oblivion by a VERY aggressive monk every time they log in. I'll just leave it at that.

I've already accepted the fact I cannot beat Skhreem's broken ass class, unless I outfit myself SPECIFICALLY to target his weakness, which other monk races WON'T have, but will still be doing the same crazy shit.

And it's not like him being a feral gives him any extra bonuses against my warrior, except for that nifty quickening racial, which I am not sure works on the monk class.

As far as Skhreem goes compared to other monks, there is really great synergy in WM for monks.

Did you know that certain chakeras dont affect certain races?

His chakeras still don't affect certain races, unless in certain stances, as far as I know. The Gladiator synergy only amplifies the damage they deal. I could be wrong. A lot has changed.

Eagle eye does make it so he can hit chakeras on me. The only reason Skhreem doesn’t constantly lag lock me is my high qhp/ac/multiple defenses. The racial I’m pretty sure gives him better odds to make all five attacks, since he consistently does at least 4, but I don’t have another monk to compare to.

I can only imagine how other mages would struggle against him without the bulkiness I have.

Yes, I’ve beaten Skhreem twice, but both times a mistake on his part got me the win. Bolting and changing to mundane damage and allowing my reflective shield to charge and pummel him. In the most recent if he’d just kept lagging or chased with murder I was definitely dead.