Monk armor

    

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Monk armor

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Statistics

Type	ArmorSet
Defense	46 (set)
Set Bonus	Increases your max number of sentries Lightning Aura can now crit and strikes faster
Rarity	08*
Buy	450000*45 (set)
Sell	9 (set)

The Monk armor is a Hardmode armor set purchased from the Tavernkeep for 450000*45 in total, which consists of the Monk's Bushy Brow Bald Cap, Monk's Shirt and Monk's Pants. Wearing the full set will cause Lightning Aura sentry summons to deal damage 20% faster and allow them to deal critical hits at a fixed 16.7% rate.

The Shinobi Infiltrator armor can be considered a direct upgrade of the Monk armor.

A full set of Monk armor provides the following benefits:

• +46 defense
• +20% melee damage
• +30% minion damage
• +15% / +10% melee critical strike chance
• +2 sentry slots
• +20% melee speed
• +20% movement speed

Set

Monk's Bushy Brow Bald Cap

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Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	8
Body slot	Helmet
Tooltip	Increases your max number of sentries by 1 and increases melee speed by 20%
Rarity	08*
Buy	150000*15
Sell	3
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 3806
• Internal Armor ID: 206

Monk's Shirt

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Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	22
Body slot	Shirt
Tooltip	20% increased summon and melee damage
Rarity	08*
Buy	150000*15
Sell	3
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 3807
• Internal Armor ID: 203

Monk's Pants

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Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	16
Body slot	Pants
Tooltip	10% increased summon damage, 15% increased melee critical strike chance and 20% increased movement speed
Rarity	08*
Buy	150000*15
Sell	3
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 3808
• Internal Armor ID: 148

Notes

• The total bonus to max number of sentries is +2, allowing 3 to be summoned at once without other upgrades.
• The attack speed and critical strike portions of this armor only apply to melee attacks.
• The Monk armor and Squire armor both provide melee benefits. While the Squire armor has a higher melee crit increase, the Monk armor's increased melee speed means that (especially against enemies with low defense) it does more damage overall. This is especially true when accounting for Whips which are affected by melee speed bonuses, but not by melee damage bonuses. The Squire armor has more defense and a higher regeneration rate to compensate.
• The Monk armor is a powerful armor against the mechanical bosses (once the player have defeated one to get it) and Plantera. Its bonuses are better than Hallowed armor, and having multiple Spider Queen or Lightning Aura sentries makes the fight much easier. However, the Holy Protection provided by the Hallowed armor may be preferable.

See also

• Monk at the Dungeon Defenders 2 Wiki
• Monk's Belt
• Squire armor
• Huntress armor
• Apprentice armor
• Shinobi Infiltrator armor

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.1: Increased the melee critical chance of the pants from 10% to 15%.

• Desktop 1.3.4.2: Fixed the Monk's Bushy Brow Bald Cap tooltip saying "attack speed" instead of "melee attack speed".

• Desktop 1.3.4: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.17: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.1096.2: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.3.4.2.