Ragnarok Origin Monk Class

Monks are martial artists who use a combination of Holy magic and their fists to combat their enemies.

They invested the time and effort to sharpen their bodies rather than their mind. Rising in power with the mysterious abilities of the spirit and body, they were able to break everything that stood in their way with their strong stamina and powerful rehabilitation techniques.

In this guide, we will learn about

- The Monk

- The Available builds

- Recommended Stats

- Recommended Skills

- Recommended Equipment

Job Change Quest

After reaching Base level 40, you can go back to the Acolyte Guild and receive a letter of recommendation for the next class you would like to change into.

When you choose the Monk path, you'll be given a series of quests that you need to complete.

First is the Entrance test to become a Monk by collecting purified rubies from Pirate Skels. 

The next quest is to open the Martial Arts veins and complete the practical test. 

And lastly the Guillotine Fist Skill test


Congratulations! You are now a Monk.


Recommended Stats:
1. Bruiser Combo Monk - We need to allocate points to 3 Stats. STR for Damage, AGI for ASPD, and dex for hit rate. 

2. Occult Impact Monk - Same with the bruiser combo, we need STR for Damage, AGI for skill delay reduction, and a little DEX to hit our target. 

3. Guillotine Fist Monk - Since the Guillotine Fist skill has a long cast time, it is important to have the Core. Then we need both STR and INT for the damage. 

Recommended Skills:

Acolyte Prerequisite Skills - Allocate skills points to Blessing, Increase Agility, and Angelus. Then put the rest of the points into any skill that you need. 

1. Bruiser Combo Monk - For the AA attacker or Bruiser Combo Monk, Max out Raging Trifecta Blow, Raging Quadruple Blow, Summon Spirit Sphere, and Fury. Then choose between Raging Thrust or Guillotine Fist. If you will be using a Knuckle, then max out Iron Palm. Otherwise, add points to Spiritual Cadence and Body Relocation. 

- Iron Palm increases our damage if we are using Knuckles. Raging Trifecta gives a chance to do a triple attack and can activate Raging Quadruple blow and finish it off with either Raging Thrust or Guillotine Fist.

Here's a Combo Settings page to manage which combo option would you like to execute after the Raging Trifecta Blow skill proc. You can also set up a custom combo preset if you would like to add a Guillotine fist as the final skill. 

2. Occult Impact Monk - For the Occult impact Monk, max out summon Spirit Sphere, Occult Impact, Fury, Spiritual Cadence, flee, and Body Relocation. You can also add Iron palm in case you will be using Knuckle. 

3. Guillotine Fist Monk - For the Guillotine Fist Monk, Max out Raging Trifecta Blow, Raging Quadruple Blow, Summon Spirit Sphere, Iron Palm, Fury, and Guillotine Fist. You can skip Iron Palm and add points to other skills that you need in case you would be using Golden Mace. Then allocate the rest of the points to Spiritual Cadence and Body Relocation.

Recommended Equipment

1. Bruiser Combo Monk

Weapon: Malang Crab Claw, Combat Armor, or Golden Mace with Size, Element, or Race increase DMG cards or use Awakened Andre Cards

Armor: Tights with Picky Card or Thief Bug Card

Garment: Morrigane's Manteau with Vagabond Wolf Card

Shoes: Morrigane's Shoes with Awakened Male Thief Bug Card Or Matyr Card

Accessories: Ring or Matyr Leash with Zerom Cards or Mantis Cards

Description: This build highlights fast auto attacks using trifecta skills and finishing the combo with Raging Thrust or Asura Strike. The damage is a bit low but early but can deal continuous damage to your target. 

2. Occult Impact Monk

Weapon: Golden Mace with Size, Element, or Race increase DMG cards or use Awakened Andre Cards

Armor: Tights with Picky Card or Thief Bug Card

Garment: Wool Scarf with Vagabond Wolf Card 

Shoes: Tidal Shoes with Awakened Male Thief Bug Card Or Matyr Card

Accessories: Ring or Matyr Leash with Mantis Cards

Description: This build focuses on the Occult Impact skill that can dish out massive damage to a single target and reduces the skill delay by increasing our ASPD.

3. Guillotine Fist Monk


Weapon: Golden Mace or Fist Knuckle with Size, Element, or Race increase DMG cards or use Awakened Andre Cards

Armor: Saint's Robe with Awakend Baby Desert Wolf Card or Picky Card

Garment: Wool Scarf with Frilldora Card

Shoes: Tidal Shoes with Awakened Verit Card 

Accessories: Ring or Matyr Leash with Mantis Cards

Description: This build highlights the Guillotine Fist skill that can execute single targets. This is deadly in PVP and PVE instances but the damage is capped when used to MVPs.

Recommended Pets:

The Monk

1. Once you changed your class to Monk, you will deal more physical damage and mostly for single targets. Since the damage is low early, you need to use a concentration potion to increase your ASPD and knuckle element converters, to deal more damage. 

2. You can target small and medium size targets if you are using knuckles. But you can target medium and Large size monsters if you are using Golden Mace. 

3. Golden Mace is the best weapon early since the base DMG is high and you can deal more damage to undead and shadow element targets. 

4. Guillotine Fist is useful for PVP and PVE instances to execute one of the target enemies and then get out using the "Body relocation" skill. 

Pros:

-High Health Digits

-High Defense

-Strong Offensive Buff

-High mobility

Cons:

-Lack of DoT

-Lack of Party Buff

-Lack of Crowd Control

-Lack AoE 

-Single target Skill Build

Leveling Spots:

1. Sograt Desert - For Base levels 40 to 50. Target monsters that cluster in groups, like Muka.


2. Pyramid 1F and Sunken Ship - Ideal spot for grinding from Base level 45 to 60.

3. Geffen Underground Level 2 - Ideal spot for grinding from Base level 60 to 65.

That's it for the Monk Class!