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Message: <blockquote data-quote="skotothalamos" data-source="post: 6366409" data-attributes="member: 83398">That monk needs to be using Stunning Strike to get a free extra round of attacks with advantage, which chains into another Stunning Strike, etc. until he's out of Ki and has to spend a lot of time running up walls and throwing things.If you can't take damage, you should be using your level 5 ability that keeps the enemy from attacking...Further, you seem to misunderstand how Monks work. Two-Weapon Fighting rules are not their friends. Since the bonus action from Martial Arts or Flurry of Blows uses the full damage value of the Monk's Unarmed Strike (1d6+5), and TWF loses the damage bonus, and you can only take one bonus action per turn, you really don't want to make those "off-hand" attacks you have listed. A 5th-level Monk attacks 3 times a round at full damage bonus without using a Ki point, and 4 times per round with full damage bonus with a Ki Point. If he spends the Ki point, that 3rd and 4th attack can apply effects from Open Hand Technique (for free), which would be knocking the giant prone and pushing it 15 feet from time to time? coupled with the Monk's high movement, this could keep him out of range of the Giant a lot. Stunning Strike and Open Hand keep the Monk from being hit.I think Monks will do much better in actual combat situations than they do in Excel.</blockquote>