Monk subclass

Hello, I am very conflicted on weather to go base monk or nelpazca monk because of not being able to respec subclass and am worried about being annoyed mid to late game by constant drug needing. How intrusive is it and is the subclass worth it? I am playing on potd/veteran depending on if I want to lower it.

Most annoying thing with Nalpazca is arcane dampener... You get lose all your buffs AND get drug crush. Imo its not worth it. If you have good healing support in party go with Helwalker.

On 12/5/2025 at 5:43 PM, Okkes said:

Most annoying thing with Nalpazca is arcane dampener... You get lose all your buffs AND get drug crush. Imo its not worth it. If you have good healing support in party go with Helwalker.

That is correct, Acane Dampener is an achilles heel.

On the other hand there are so many drugs to find and buy (and they are cheap as well) that you can simply chuck downin another one after the dampening is over. 

Nalpazca has the benefit of generating wounds passively. In combination with Enduring Dance of Death and Whispers of the Wind this is extremely good because while doing WotW you are invisible - so no Dampener will hit you anyways - and you can generate enough wounds while doing it that you can spam it all the time, spending the majority of the fight invisible. At the start of the fight you stay stealthed and wait for enough wounds to start WotW from stealth and that's it for the encounter most of times. If you also use Ajamuut's Stalking Cloak that means lots of enemies will be stunned fo some time, too - which also reduces the risk of getting hit by stray dampeners.

For a multiclass though I think maybe another subclass is better. Unless you use invisibility in other ways (Rogue, Wizard + Brilliant Departure) or are not involved in melee much (Psion, casters in general where you want the #ACC and INT from the Monk without doing melee much). 

I like Nalpazca because it motivates me to use consumables which I otherwise would just sell.  

Are you also planning on multiclassing or is this a single class build?
If it's single class, I would say go for Nazpalca, but if its multi class, go base, or Helwalker if you're feeling spicy.