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What Is The Value of Stunning Strike?
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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8899499" data-attributes="member: 2629"><p>Stunning strike is ridiculously powerful. At 5th level a monk can force an enemy to make 4 saves to avoid being stunned. That is like triple disadvantage - if you need all 4 - which you might not. You might get thst stun on the first attempt - but you can have up to three more chances if you need it. </p><p></p><p>Oh, but the DC will be lower than the wizard, right? For many monks, that DC is only going to be 1 less than a wizard of the same level. So that would be once in 20 times that DC difference makes a difference. But you have to hit and that is far from guaranteed.... except it isn't hard to make sure a monk hits. For example, my 5th level monk was charging into combats with a Bless and advantage from several sources on a regular basis at 5th level. </p><p></p><p>The utility of it will depend upon the DM to an extent, but a strategic player in a typical game that is not designed to negate the monk can consistently neutralize one (or more) of the most significant threats in a combat.</p><p></p><p>To that end - I consider the monk's ability to use Stunning Strike to be the equivalent of the benefit of a full spellcaster.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8899499, member: 2629"] Stunning strike is ridiculously powerful. At 5th level a monk can force an enemy to make 4 saves to avoid being stunned. That is like triple disadvantage - if you need all 4 - which you might not. You might get thst stun on the first attempt - but you can have up to three more chances if you need it. Oh, but the DC will be lower than the wizard, right? For many monks, that DC is only going to be 1 less than a wizard of the same level. So that would be once in 20 times that DC difference makes a difference. But you have to hit and that is far from guaranteed.... except it isn't hard to make sure a monk hits. For example, my 5th level monk was charging into combats with a Bless and advantage from several sources on a regular basis at 5th level. The utility of it will depend upon the DM to an extent, but a strategic player in a typical game that is not designed to negate the monk can consistently neutralize one (or more) of the most significant threats in a combat. To that end - I consider the monk's ability to use Stunning Strike to be the equivalent of the benefit of a full spellcaster. [/QUOTE]
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