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<blockquote data-quote="Asisreo" data-source="post: 8052078" data-attributes="member: 7019027">Here's the thing. This is purely based on my experience so it isn't rigorous evidence but:Legendary Creatures will tend to have 3 other things outside of high Con saves. Those things are Magic Resistance, high Wis saves, and resistances/immunities to BPS damage. Combined, these 4 things are meant to make forcing game-ending saves much harder to accomplish. Of course, some cheese can be involved using metagame knowledge of a creature's capabilities and also knowing their weak saves, but ultimately, it's difficult for someone to end an encounter using a build that would occur naturally without forum-character builds. Now, I don't know exactly why people are so keen on using the &quot;legendary monsters make Ki inefficient for bypassing stunning strike.&quot; Well, don't use stunning strike ya foghorn. The fact you're fighting a legendary creature means those Ki points are better served with re-roll saves and patient defense. If the creature is barely ever hitting you, it's better than trying to rush out all your resources. I challenge people to play a higher-level monk (something that would fight those high-con and legendary resistance monsters) and never use stunning strike. Not once. Minimize Flurry of Blows as well. It will give you the understanding that Ki is much, much more efficient to be used defensively than offensively and saving your Ki will be so much easier.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Asisreo, post: 8052078, member: 7019027"] Here's the thing. This is purely based on my experience so it isn't rigorous evidence but: Legendary Creatures will tend to have 3 other things outside of high Con saves. Those things are Magic Resistance, high Wis saves, and resistances/immunities to BPS damage. Combined, these 4 things are meant to make forcing game-ending saves much harder to accomplish. Of course, some cheese can be involved using metagame knowledge of a creature's capabilities and also knowing their weak saves, but ultimately, it's difficult for someone to end an encounter using a build that would occur naturally without forum-character builds. Now, I don't know exactly [I]why[/I] people are so keen on using the "legendary monsters make Ki inefficient for bypassing stunning strike." Well, don't use stunning strike ya foghorn. The fact you're fighting a legendary creature means those Ki points are better served with re-roll saves and patient defense. If the creature is barely ever hitting you, it's better than trying to rush out all your resources. I challenge people to play a higher-level monk (something that would fight those high-con and legendary resistance monsters) and never use stunning strike. Not once. Minimize Flurry of Blows as well. It will give you the understanding that Ki is much, much more efficient to be used defensively than offensively and saving your Ki will be so much easier. [/QUOTE]

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