Counter - Tank

[Pandaman]

Some of you mention using Counterstance while tanking. Isn't that a bad idea? At level 75 it will make your defense like 40, whereas it can be 500+ with defense food and defender. I'm hoping to try tanking in Ranperre's Tomb if I can ever get cross-counters and genbu helm, that is if anyone will give me the chance to tank.

I'm pretty sure a galkan monk can attain 100+ VIT with some great equipment. Also black belt, jelly ring, and perhaps arhat equipment can be used to reduce physical damage taken by 10% or more. Just something to look forward to.

[Rising Tornado]

this concept has recently grabbed my attention, and ive been engaging in a thoughtful and interesting discussion about its viability on another forum.

please forgive my laziness, but i am loth to retype the many lengthy posts ive contributed to this topic already,
but in place of doing so, allow me to link you to the thread where we've been discussing this:

Allakhazam Monk Forums - Counter Monk


for anyone interested in this topic, i urge you to read this thread (forgiving our slight digression on the first page to talk about my annoying habit of using big words and lofty sentence construction ^^).
we've bantered around a lot of ideas, and while i daresay we've come to no firm conclusions yet, the topic still holds our attention and we've come up with some interesting ideas.


[EDIT: its really worth a read, 3 pages so far, and its all intelligent discussion, and i'm just interested in getting more exposure for the idea and tapping the minds of more people on the subject.]