Gear for killing High Ents efficiently on Monk

Mostly a response to williamz2597 on another thread for help killing High Ents. Imma tag crazyket here because she knows stuffs about Monks too! Also for giggles because this is the first time I've tagged someone here.

Sion Cappell is the best weapon for High Ents. You will heal a little over 1k with 1 INT and Max AGI. Pretty much required. Most people can't find buyers because it is a Monk only weapon mostly(Kodachi is better for Ninjas). Eclaire is probably better at higher levels by a little bit.

Dunkleheit/Excelis UP(or not UP)/Dragon Mail for when you are not using Rush. Basically anything but Schwarts because you need the HP. I personally use Excelis up since I had it already and it will be beneficial for Geobreaker.
Leather Coat UP with HP 20% for when you are using Rush, at least at low levels with low INT.

Horned Helm UP for when you aren't using Rush.
Blancheur for when you are using Rush and are low level with low INT.

Wisdom Bangle/Dragonewt Bangle with BC or Ganei for ATK
Seahorse Bangle for HP or Fearsome Claw for more Shell Break if you don't have those


Rush vs Not using Rush. While using the gear necessary to keep myself healed and survive while using Rush I kill High Ents in roughly 20 Seconds, more towards longer than shorter. This gear is Sion Capelle(BC), Blancheur(HP 20), Leather Coat UP(HP 20), Wisdom Bangle(Ganei). Without using Rush I kill High Ents in roughly 27 seconds. The gear I use without rush is Sion Capelle(BC), H Helm UP(BC), Excelis UP(BC), Wisdom Bangle(Ganei). So you can kill them faster with the Rush setup but there is more downtime and/or MP pots used while doing this due to the restrictions from Rush and its CD time.

Basically you won't be going much faster with kill speed overall with Rush than without.

This is on a 17x Monk. At lower levels you might want to wear Blancheur or Leather UP instead of DPS gear if you find yourself dying a lot.