Questions about MNK ACC

[Lightseeker]

I know nothing about monks, but I static (59 atm) with one on my ranger and I have a few questions about the job. We started running a parser recently, and I noticed that the monk's ACC was consistently between 56-59%. Is this normal? Since I'm rng I'm an accuracy freak, and seeing this got me wondering what is "good" ACC for a monk. Here's what I know about him:

59 MNK/WAR, Elvaan

Emp Pin
Spike Necklace
Spike Earrings x2
Sniper Ring
Sun Ring
AF body
AF boots
AF gloves
RSE pants
Life Belt
Tac. Mag. Hooks
Meat Mithkas

He's not rich, but if he really needed to upgrade something on this list he'd take the time to do it. Any advice? Or is his current ACC pretty good? Btw I did promise to take him on a Shiva run for the claws when he gets closer to level.

[Dano]

that's pretty standard equipment, although the accuracy calculated is rather low, take out the life belt and try brownbelt.

[Redlimit]

I would ditch the Hairpin and buy Spartan Cesti for a slight ACC boost. This will get him through fine until Shiva's Claws and its a solid H2H weapon to keep around in high damage situations anyway.

Until a MNK gets Shiva Claws, they will pretty much have to stick with Life Belt and AF Body for most of their +ACC needs.

He already has one Sniper, and I wouldn't bother with getting a second. Once you pass 65 most of MNK's accuracy issues seem to dissapear.

A MNK will never ever be able to compete with a RNG in terms of accuracy over time, at any level. A better indicator of how they are doing in accuracy is are they getting at least 100% TP every fight for a skillchain/renkei? As long as the MNK is consistently doing that every battle then that is the ammount of accuracy they need. It will likely be substantially lower than a RNG's overall accuracy, but as long as it gets the job done, its fine.

55%-65% accuracy seems pretty normal to me in the 50-60 level range. It will improve with each level though, and Shiva Claws can always be used to up the scale a lot when needed.

[Baramunk]

Two words... Sole Sushi.

Tell him to buy some and try that out. I'm currently level 51, I use no Life Belt, no Snipers, in fact the only acc+ I get are from my Jujitsu Gi and CC. That's +7(if I'm not mistake). I'd say I hit about 85-90% of the time on IT mobs, as long as they are properly debuffed like any mob should be in a decent party. With a BRD I barely miss.

As for keeping up with a RNG, it's certainly possible. Perhaps not in damage(until 75), but in terms of TP I kept up with a RNG for skillchaining in a party at lvl 50. Unless the RNG is going all out, which will most likely get them killed with all the hate they get, a MNK can keep up. The only thing that would sometimes push his above mine was Barrage.

[SAVAGE]

Umm Scorp harness 2x SNiper rings, i would use brownbelt over lifebelt for mnk, since u just cant beat those belts.
Emp pin kinda useless go for a H2H with some ACC on it maybe.
Peacock Charm(we can all dream^^) thats about what i would try get.

[Brocino]

Well, he could always pull my trump card and carry a pair of Battle Gloves on him just in case at all times

[bleegh]

If he's lagging behind in tp for WS', and a good bulk of your damage comes from MB's, think about asking him to buy sushi for food. It's a noticeable decrease in damage, but his acc% should jump to about mid-high 80's at the least.

[LordBiGGs]

i heard now that theres sushi, mnk's should focus mostly on str and attack for gear and just eat the sushi for acc. is this true? it would make sense since in the pre-sushi days melee's only acc boost was from gear and now they get a huge boost from food.

[Brocino]

i can confirm that the Sole Sushi is a tremendous accuracy boost. If you've got the money to spend on this method then i'd say go for it. i dont, so i stick with meat mithka's

[Ian112]

SUSHI

i use sushi and i rarely miss even on IT mobs so i go all out STR

(regular punch damage lowered w/o kabobs but WS average greatly improved because of ACC.)

in XP pts i xp with +28 or +23 str (if i want to use snipers):spin:

[GuardianFaith]

I have 2snipers and I have NO acc issues at all, I don't miss much... sometimes I have enough TP to do 1WS in first battle, 2 WS in the second, and 1 in the third, etc. But then again, I'm only level 45 ^_^

[Kenki]

Even with Jujitsu + Cross Counter + 2x snipers + Life belt I can barely hit a 60~65% accuracy on IT beetles at lv 50. I think that's just the way monks are... low accuracy compare to 80%+ accuracy of rangers.

For one thing I notice if I do 1000 damage per battle at 50% accuracy then with 80% accuracy I should be able to do a lot more... like 1600damage.

As for sushi, the effect is surely amazing... I get over 70~80% accuracy.

[Kent]

Not once have I ever had an accuracy problem as MNK, and I use STR equipment and Mithkabobs...

MNK's hand-to-hand accuracy is unusually high compared to the weapons of choice for other jobs, so much that I've never needed accuracy equipment or food. Those most +Accuracy I have is from my Temple Cyclas, only +5.