Copy: 7 Hero - Supported Melee Monk

You want to have fun on a monk?

Eh, good luck I guess.

… Still here?

Fine, how about a melee monk pampered by their hero team like the only grandchild at your in-laws Christmas Morning.

Features:

• Mercenary-free team build for general HM PvE.

• Somewhat respectable player damage (for a monk).
• Lvl 20 bonefiends on a supportive Minion Master who is still going to outdamage you.
• A resilient backline featuring Blood is Power, Soul Twisting protection, and dual Resto spot healing.
• Melee support in the form of R16 Double Dragon, R16 Splinter Weapon, R18 Withering Aura, R10 Strength of Honor, and R10 Judge’s Insight.
• 2 x Shatter Hexes.
• 2 x Shatter Enchantment.
• 15 seconds ”Fallback!”

Downsides:

• Requires Anniversary Hammer “Verdict” to unlock full potential
  (If unavailable, change to 12 Hammer Mastery, 10 Divine Favour).

• Expensive to gear (+5 SR’s).

• Melee shutdown is so common that being melee is already hard, being a melee monk is harder.

SETUP

Disable:

• Strength of Honor.

Hotkey:

• Target self (It helps a lot when needing to rebuff Double Dragon mid-combat).

• Double Dragon.
• Splinter Weapon.
• Inspirational Speech (4 adrenaline, enough for getting Flail going).

HOW TO PLAY

• Cast Strength of Honor on player. Repeat out of combat whenever SoH is lost.
• (Optional) Precast Shelter on dangerous pulls.
• Prebuff Splinter Weapon, and Inspirational Speech on player.
• Cast Double Dragon on player as you run into combat. Requeue the cast immediately, so the player will be targeted as soon as cooldown finishes.
• Buff and rebuff Flail as needed.
• Target groups of enemies with Splinter Weapon empowered Yeti Smash, Judgment Strike, and Crude Swing.
• Repeatedly knockdown lone enemies with Yeti Smash and Judgment Strike followed with 2-3 Renewing smashes.