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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 9383302" data-attributes="member: 7035894">At level 3 the UA monk beats a fighter 9/10 - the only way for the fighter to win is for the monk to be incredibly unlucky with deflect attack; the monk doesn't have to worry about using dodge and can just beat the crap out of the fighter. The paladin is a tougher challenge because deflect attack doesn't help against smite at those levels, though smite damage is almost all the paladin gets as deflect attack will typically absorb all the weapon damage, assuming we are talking about a sword and board paladin. The paladin's average 27 smite damage will win unless the monk is able to kite, which depends on the environment.My Way of Mercy monk is currently level 11 and can solo pretty much any non-monk martial character or creature of the same level/CR and often finish with full health. Magic items are eldritch claw tattoos (uncommon), ring of protection (rare) and bracers of protection (rare), all pretty easily obtainable. Base DPR is 35, assuming a typical 70% hit rate; that goes up to about 49 when the tattoos are activated.At level 20 that monk will be able to solo any ancient dragon, even if their magic items remain the same. 2024 monk is very, very good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 9383302, member: 7035894"] At level 3 the UA monk beats a fighter 9/10 - the only way for the fighter to win is for the monk to be incredibly unlucky with deflect attack; the monk doesn't have to worry about using dodge and can just beat the crap out of the fighter. The paladin is a tougher challenge because deflect attack doesn't help against smite at those levels, though smite damage is almost [I]all[/I] the paladin gets as deflect attack will typically absorb all the weapon damage, assuming we are talking about a sword and board paladin. The paladin's average 27 smite damage will win unless the monk is able to kite, which depends on the environment. My Way of Mercy monk is currently level 11 and can solo pretty much any non-monk martial character or creature of the same level/CR and often finish with full health. Magic items are eldritch claw tattoos (uncommon), ring of protection (rare) and bracers of protection (rare), all pretty easily obtainable. Base DPR is 35, assuming a typical 70% hit rate; that goes up to about 49 when the tattoos are activated. At level 20 that monk will be able to solo any ancient dragon, even if their magic items remain the same. 2024 monk is very, very good. [/QUOTE]

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