Jason Liang
Arcane
It was ONE level of Monk to give Wis to AC, Evasion and Cleave to a Druid. It is basically a straight up Druid, you stupid, stupid muppet. Instead of 1 level of Monk, you wanted to put in 3 levels of Rogue, thus grossly violating the most basic of min-max tenets in 3.x: DON'T LOSE CASTER LEVELS UNLESS THE TRADE OFF IS WORTH IT.
Uncanny Dodge is NOT worth 3 caster levels, you flaming fool.
You are a retard.
You are not sacrificing caster levels for JUST Uncanny Dodge. You are getting everythng else out of Rogue as well, which includes UMD and the other Rogue skills.
In your Druid 39/ Monk 1 build, at what fucking level do you take Monk, level 40? Level 1? Both of which is moronic for different reasons.
In order to maximize the use of splashing Rogue, you should take at least 3 levels in it - at level 1 for the bonus skill points, ~ level 7-10 so you can develop your stealth and rogue skills and pick up evasion for the main bulk of your playing time, and finally ~25 to max out UMD and pick up Uncanny Dodge.
The whole point is that everything you get out of 3 levels of rogue is far more useful for Druids than what you get out of 1 level of Monk, which is just the WIS AC bonus that prevents you from wearing armor or using a shield.
Sacrificing 1 level for Monk is NOT worth it for Druid builds just for an AC bonus. It's not even worth it for Shifter builds which emphasize shifting. Imagine the Monk AC bonus was based off INT instead of WIS. Would it be worth it to take 1 level of Monk for Wizards for an AC bonus? No. Is Cleave useful for Wizards? No. So why the fuck would it be any different for Druids.
If your build's purpose is to melee in Wildshape so you can hit the attack cap and tank with AC, you are playing Druid stupidly and wrong. Tanking is the role of your Animal Companion and Elemental Swarm. Melee while in the Druid Shift forms is almost never an effective action, even when you are in Elder Elemental form or Dragonform.
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