I'm in reasonable agreement with all the above comments. My party is: (imported from W7, but bishop which changed profession to a valkyrie, changed back to bishop to import to W8, seeing as I wanted a bishop in the party)
- Faerie Ninja: Cane of Corpus + Rod of Sprites (most kills)
- Hobbit Ninja: LS + enchanted wakizashi
- Felpurr Lord: Fang + Diamond Eyes (with dual weapons, this seems a far superior combination than with Excalibur, which he only uses to keep from rusting)
- Mook Monk: Zatoichi Bo
- Rawulf Samurai: Muramasa blade + enchanted wakizashi (a very close second in kills)
- Elf Bishop: Vampire Chain + light shield, making her hard to hit
We generally go round in the melee formation, with the bishop at the back, but she can attack if bored since VC is extended.
Interestingly enough, outside of my elf bishop who prefers to sit back and sizzle or disable opponents, my monk with Zatoichi Bo also seems to lag way behind. Looking at the above weapons and skills, it makes me think that ZBo is not so great (even though extended), since it's the only one of my fighters not to use dual weapons.
Also, I've had RFS-81 with my party since the day we met, and with his martial arts skill and high strength, dexterity and critical kill, he seems to do more easily more damage (more often) per round than my monk with ZBo. He joined when my group were around level 10 (??), so I can't compare kills with my fighters, but I'd say he'd be right up there, and does more damage per round (3 attacks and 3 swings/attack for feet and hands!!) as well as KO and criticals.
This makes me think a monk using martial arts is much better, and given RFS-81, why have a monk at all?!? (Monks seemed to be relatively more powerful in Wiz 7). And the ZB can stay in the closet.
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