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The Monk is a deceptive striker. He often works best when surrounded by enemies and he'll probably end up with the highest in-combat AC of the whole group.
Though his AC is normally 28, there's a couple of factors that will make it pass the defenders. His main tactic is to slide enemies adjacent to himself and whenever that happens, those enemies grant combat advantage. For Althous when an enemy grants combat advantage he gets a +2 AC bonus versus them. In addition Ghostwalker gives him concealment against an enemy that is granting combat advantage so he's got a net +4 AC (+2 AC bonus, -2 to their attacks). His implement is Shielding so there's another +1 AC and with the Boots of the Fencing Master he'll be likely be shifting every round for another +1 AC. Also when he's granting combat advantage enemies don't get the +2 attack bonus.
So when he's surrounded by enemies that he pulled/slid there, his AC is effectively 6 higher and they have no attack bonuses from combat advantage. It works out well because Monks are better at multi-attacking than focusing on single targets, so he wants to get himself surrounded. Just think Jackie Chan fighting with Drunken Boxing, the enemies hurt themselves.
Though his AC is normally 28, there's a couple of factors that will make it pass the defenders. His main tactic is to slide enemies adjacent to himself and whenever that happens, those enemies grant combat advantage. For Althous when an enemy grants combat advantage he gets a +2 AC bonus versus them. In addition Ghostwalker gives him concealment against an enemy that is granting combat advantage so he's got a net +4 AC (+2 AC bonus, -2 to their attacks). His implement is Shielding so there's another +1 AC and with the Boots of the Fencing Master he'll be likely be shifting every round for another +1 AC. Also when he's granting combat advantage enemies don't get the +2 attack bonus.
So when he's surrounded by enemies that he pulled/slid there, his AC is effectively 6 higher and they have no attack bonuses from combat advantage. It works out well because Monks are better at multi-attacking than focusing on single targets, so he wants to get himself surrounded. Just think Jackie Chan fighting with Drunken Boxing, the enemies hurt themselves.