Fun facts about the Iron Fist, there have been 30+ Iron Fists before Danny Rand, his immediate predecessor as Iron Fist preferred to channel his chi through two semiautomatic handguns to Iron Fist hit people further away, though the guy also stole the Iron Fist's book of secret techniques, so Danny didn't learn that move until the 2010s, Danny once sank a helicarrier with the Iron Fist to save Luke Cage from the Green Goblin, and Danny has killed gods with the Iron Fist.
Really enjoy the dip into ranger, not just because it gives you a Falcon Punch early on for a taste of that Quivering Palm, but makes you a better team player, which is one of the things good monk users never seem to get enough credit for
fun fact, the way the deflect missles is worded and grammatically structured, spending the Ki and throwing it back is the reaction. catching it has no reaction or anything else, making it a free action
This is actually better than my theory, which was Monk/Paladin with the smites being the Iron Fist Technique. Given, many ideas are better than that theory because for some reason smites don't work with your hands....
Honestly I still consider that ruling bullshit. There are some rulings that I'm annoyed with but fine okay. But their claim of fists not being weapons for the sake of anything but monk abilities is just them making Monk the least multi-classable class in a game where at least one 2-3 level dip is pretty much always better then not having one. It just unnecessarily singles out Monk as the only job that has strictly bad dips. Warlock dip isn't good (because they can't get charisma with fists), paladin dip isn't good(no smites with fists), anything that explicitly says weapon or weapon attacks just doesn't work for them. Or you can not be a dumbass and accept that their using fists as a weapon means it counts for all those various class abilities or at worst create a new 1d4 monk weapon of 'Gauntlets' that let you count all those things as working and still counts as being unarmed for monk abilities, then simply accept that all monks will get gauntlets or brass knuckles or whatever from then on because it doesn't weaken them and lets them get enchanted versions.
I looked it up onD&D Beyond. Stunning strike uses the EXACT SAME wording (“Melee Weapon Attack”) as Divine Smite. So if a Monk’s unarmed attack counts for a melee weapon for Stunning Strike, it should work for Divine Smite. Jeremy Crawford’s ruling doesn’t make sense.
Honestly, Percy swings swords and controls water. Eldritch knight does both of that. Personally you could just go 20 levels in eldritch knight, grab stuff like shape water, water wall, control water, etc and just be Percy. Or if you want something more complex, a druid/paladin fits too. You do get some of his healing capabilities, and control over the mists and weather etc. But we never see him transform into an animal, so i wouldn't generally go for it
I'd have switched Charisma and Intelligence, as I always picture Danny as one of the Marvel universe's top himbos, but otherwise a great build as always!
Eh, I think the lower charisma is fine. Iron Fist is usually portrayed as being the straight guy to offset Spidey and Luke's comedy, spouting wisdom that sounds vaguely profound
A fist so strong to punch through an entire helicarrier in a way that even Saitama would be proud is a feat that need the power of peak martial arts... And a dragon god, that goes without saying. Daniel Thomas Rand began it's interaction with the mystic arts as young as nine years old,manage to become a prodigy on martial arts to finally plunge it's fist on the molten heart of a dead god...sure absurdity aside that sounds about right for the man that can punch down a drunken Hulk! (I might need to train just as hard to finally gain Sr Tulok's Tangle the lemur build) With focus to face the worst even in your weakest state, Danny show what a hero is made... While being near his more popular pal early on, we don't want to miss his story for a cancellation, don't we?
Tip for monk players: If you take the unarmed fighting style through feats or multiclassing, then you’ll get a d6 or a d8 instead of the measly d4 for your punches.
How to build: The Shredder, Oroku Saki, from the TMNT Franchise in DND. Leave a like and comment to dine on turtle soup. intro: Footloose Goals for this Build: 1. Ninjutsu: A leader of a criminal ninja organization needs to do ninjustu. 2. Armored combat: You are a heavily armored ninja and a master of fighting multiple turtle men at once. 3. Super Shredder: When all else fails you need to juice up with some green goop for some Freak v. Freak action. Race: Variant Human, there have been multiple variations of Shredder but we're going with the original human version, no evil spirit or utrom here. Class Combos: Fighter is going to be a must, although shredder is quick and nimble like a monk and skilled in hand to hand, he is a walking slackchop in heavy armor. Throw in a spell caster if you want some ninja magic or just stick to a purely martial build, as I said there have been many variations of the Shredder; from alien conqueror, mystic demon, immortal warlord and mecha suit crime boss. Stats: 1. Dex: Your reflexes are sharp and finely tuned, able to go toe to toe with Teenage Turtles and billionaire Bats. 2. Con: Despite your many deaths, like a phoenix you rise from the ashes. Or in your case a human that gets crushed by a garbage truck and is somehow alive in the sequel. 3. Wis: You're the avid student of the way of the Ninja, either an ancient feudal lord or the world's edgiest and toughest weeaboo 4. Stre: Your packing some serious power behind those punches and kicks, but nothing any normal human can dish out, until you bust out the Ooze. 5. Char: Your as cuddly as a cheese grater 6. Int: You have the IQ of the average 80's cartoon villain.
Monk w/Hunter's Mark is really good. I am playing a homebrew monk subclass and took Fey Touched Tasha's feat getting Hunter's Mark and misty step. Damage and maneuverability at level 4, Daaaamn. ;)
@@cesargeney5268 Oh, thank you. I believed that spell description said on each of your turn. What a pity, and here I hoped it was better alternative to HS. One more time thank you for clarification and have a pleasant day/evening :)
Wow mine is way different 11 levels monk astral self 4 levels barbarian zealot 5 levels devotion paladin Feats Defensive duelist Spells Divine favor Searing smite I was going more for the flashy fists than the actual martial art
You could point out that d6+d8 is honestly better than a hypothetical d14 would be, since the lowest it can roll is 2 and the mid-range are far more likely than the extremes, making it more consistent. Pointing out that you're _underselling_ it will hopeful shut up the pedants. It won't, but we can hope.
Would have taken favourite enemy and chosen dragons to get the "I punched a dragon one time and it gave me superpowers" flavor rather than the worse than hunters mark favourite foe
I got a list of suggestions. Starkiller/ Galen Marek and Revan from Star Wars Tron/ Rinzler from Tron Akira Howard from Astral Chain Sektor from Mortal Kombat Roger from American Dad Qrow and Adam from RWBY Hiccup and Toothless from HTTYD Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden Agunimon, Lobomon, Beetlemon, Kazemon, Kumamon and Loweemon from Digimon Frontier
I would love to see you create a jujutsu kaisen character. Preferably someone like megumi, though it seems hard since I could only think of altering sorcerer spells like booming blade or blink.
Have they retconned his ninjutsu and other mystical stuff he could do with his chi and glowing fist? I'm only familiar with Marvel Spotlight Presents and his sadly short lived series (15), from the '70s.
"Just watch out for flying foes with ranged attacks, or you might end up a little less immortal than you thought." Aka: Despite having the power to kill even a Tarrasque in a good day, most dragons can still screw you up if your DM play into THEIR strengths, strategy wise! Just Watch Circle of Strife video from Counter Monkey to see how much of a hassle it is to fight a dragon if the DM plays them smart while your party is strong but don't have much in ranged attacks...
My DM doesn't do a very good job with that and our Paladin/sorcerer just kills every dragon we fight. We're only level 10 and we have like 5 dragon heads.
TMNT iron fist crossover? TMNT is already a parody spinoff of daredevil: not only was the ooze originally the container that blinded Murdoch, they oppose the foot clan (the hand), they train under Splinter (daredevils mentor is stick), it makes less sense that it's usually dc they crossover with
3 times a day? Nah, Quivering Palm might as well be unlimited. Ki points come back on short rests, and coincidentally, that's when your enemies disappear.
i love monk + hunters mark. but its so bonus action heavy i dont think it would be very functional. every time you move hunters mark you'd have to forego flurry of blows. which means you wouldn't be able to use open hand technique (level 3 monk) ability. Love your videos, would have to test this build out though to see if it works in game.
Morbius please. Now that my bit is over, I just wanna say the Iron Fist show felt forced. Every other line he says is “I am the Iron Fist yada yada”. It genuinely just felt like Iron Fist Season 1 was wasted on building up The Hand more in order for them to make sense for Defenders. Season 2? Extremely fun. The Hand is just the biggest problem the Netflix shows have in my opinion.
Super tired of people saying this about Danny, but literally do not have the energy to recount his entire story anymore. It's just depressing people think this because comics like The Immortal Iron Fist are highly slept on.
@@BJGvideos I know, right? People get so weird about Iron Fist or anyone learning Chinese martial arts, but no one gives a shit when people of any and all pigments pick up Muay Thai, Kali, etc. People are so weirdly selective with their disdain.
Fun facts about the Iron Fist, there have been 30+ Iron Fists before Danny Rand, his immediate predecessor as Iron Fist preferred to channel his chi through two semiautomatic handguns to Iron Fist hit people further away, though the guy also stole the Iron Fist's book of secret techniques, so Danny didn't learn that move until the 2010s, Danny once sank a helicarrier with the Iron Fist to save Luke Cage from the Green Goblin, and Danny has killed gods with the Iron Fist.
Don't give the 'kensei monk with a gun' crowd any more ideas I'm already scared enough
So John Wick was an Iron Fist? 😆
Really enjoy the dip into ranger, not just because it gives you a Falcon Punch early on for a taste of that Quivering Palm, but makes you a better team player, which is one of the things good monk users never seem to get enough credit for
fun fact, the way the deflect missles is worded and grammatically structured, spending the Ki and throwing it back is the reaction. catching it has no reaction or anything else, making it a free action
I love the detail of his extremely long title getting cut off in the thumbnail
Tulok: doesn't sample Coheed & Cambria's Iron Fist in the intro
Me: does that Arrested Development sad Charlie Brown walk away
This is either gonna be a straight monk or some wild multiclass madness that uses ABSOLUTELY no monk levels and I cannot wait to find out which!
Surprise, neither is correct
This is actually better than my theory, which was Monk/Paladin with the smites being the Iron Fist Technique. Given, many ideas are better than that theory because for some reason smites don't work with your hands....
Heck, I'd let that multiclass happen and let them smite with fists. You took all the minimums ability scores to get this? Sure, go crazy.
If a DM doesn't let a Monkadin smite with their fist, they're lame.
@@Xjr555kid true, you’re having to manage 4 out of 6 stats and don’t get your hands to make boom boom?
Honestly I still consider that ruling bullshit. There are some rulings that I'm annoyed with but fine okay. But their claim of fists not being weapons for the sake of anything but monk abilities is just them making Monk the least multi-classable class in a game where at least one 2-3 level dip is pretty much always better then not having one. It just unnecessarily singles out Monk as the only job that has strictly bad dips. Warlock dip isn't good (because they can't get charisma with fists), paladin dip isn't good(no smites with fists), anything that explicitly says weapon or weapon attacks just doesn't work for them. Or you can not be a dumbass and accept that their using fists as a weapon means it counts for all those various class abilities or at worst create a new 1d4 monk weapon of 'Gauntlets' that let you count all those things as working and still counts as being unarmed for monk abilities, then simply accept that all monks will get gauntlets or brass knuckles or whatever from then on because it doesn't weaken them and lets them get enchanted versions.
I looked it up onD&D Beyond. Stunning strike uses the EXACT SAME wording (“Melee Weapon Attack”) as Divine Smite. So if a Monk’s unarmed attack counts for a melee weapon for Stunning Strike, it should work for Divine Smite. Jeremy Crawford’s ruling doesn’t make sense.
In honor of the new series having started filming recently, what about a Percy Jackson build? I’d love to see how you’d adapt Demigod abilities in 5E
Honestly, Percy swings swords and controls water. Eldritch knight does both of that. Personally you could just go 20 levels in eldritch knight, grab stuff like shape water, water wall, control water, etc and just be Percy.
Or if you want something more complex, a druid/paladin fits too. You do get some of his healing capabilities, and control over the mists and weather etc. But we never see him transform into an animal, so i wouldn't generally go for it
@@ninnusridhar even better since riptide returns to his pocket
"Rip the heart out of a dragon. Just watch out for flying foes with ranged attacks."
Like...a dragon?
I feel like some dragons just have wings as an evolutionary holdover and they can't really fly any more.
I love how more references were to the MCU iron fist but all the clips were from Ultimate spiderman.
YES! I've always wanted to a see a Monk/Ranger multi-class that uses Horizon Walker for a BIG punch.
Thank you for the low level recommend early on. Not every campaign gets even close to high end stuff.
seeing all the ultimate spider man footage is making me nostalgic I used to love that show.
Why did you stop?
My boy Danny, my main in UMvC3! I remember when the netflix show got announced and I was so exited .... and then it came out ...
Anyway, great build.
Isn't it great?!
I bet he's going to bamboozle us again.
Later: "It's time to multiclass" 0_0
The new Iron Fist Lin Lei has some fancy sword moves he can use; it'd be cool if he sticks around long enough to earn his own video!
Worth it to dip into another class. Really rounded out Danny's skills and made sure he could be a better support.
"Like unto a thing or IRON!"
I'd have switched Charisma and Intelligence, as I always picture Danny as one of the Marvel universe's top himbos, but otherwise a great build as always!
Eh, I think the lower charisma is fine. Iron Fist is usually portrayed as being the straight guy to offset Spidey and Luke's comedy, spouting wisdom that sounds vaguely profound
Standard Human open hand monk, ancestral guardian barbarian
A fist so strong to punch through an entire helicarrier in a way that even Saitama would be proud is a feat that need the power of peak martial arts... And a dragon god, that goes without saying.
Daniel Thomas Rand began it's interaction with the mystic arts as young as nine years old,manage to become a prodigy on martial arts to finally plunge it's fist on the molten heart of a dead god...sure absurdity aside that sounds about right for the man that can punch down a drunken Hulk! (I might need to train just as hard to finally gain Sr Tulok's Tangle the lemur build) With focus to face the worst even in your weakest state, Danny show what a hero is made... While being near his more popular pal early on, we don't want to miss his story for a cancellation, don't we?
Tip for monk players: If you take the unarmed fighting style through feats or multiclassing, then you’ll get a d6 or a d8 instead of the measly d4 for your punches.
He said that at the start of the video
Oh hey, I just picked up UMVC3 and love playing Iron Fist in there. So picking him up in D&D sounds fun!
How to build: The Shredder, Oroku Saki, from the TMNT Franchise in DND. Leave a like and comment to dine on turtle soup.
intro: Footloose
Goals for this Build:
1. Ninjutsu: A leader of a criminal ninja organization needs to do ninjustu.
2. Armored combat: You are a heavily armored ninja and a master of fighting multiple turtle men at once.
3. Super Shredder: When all else fails you need to juice up with some green goop for some Freak v. Freak action.
Race: Variant Human, there have been multiple variations of Shredder but we're going with the original human version, no evil spirit or utrom here.
Class Combos: Fighter is going to be a must, although shredder is quick and nimble like a monk and skilled in hand to hand, he is a walking slackchop in heavy armor. Throw in a spell caster if you want some ninja magic or just stick to a purely martial build, as I said there have been many variations of the Shredder; from alien conqueror, mystic demon, immortal warlord and mecha suit crime boss.
Stats:
1. Dex: Your reflexes are sharp and finely tuned, able to go toe to toe with Teenage Turtles and billionaire Bats.
2. Con: Despite your many deaths, like a phoenix you rise from the ashes. Or in your case a human that gets crushed by a garbage truck and is somehow alive in the sequel.
3. Wis: You're the avid student of the way of the Ninja, either an ancient feudal lord or the world's edgiest and toughest weeaboo
4. Stre: Your packing some serious power behind those punches and kicks, but nothing any normal human can dish out, until you bust out the Ooze.
5. Char: Your as cuddly as a cheese grater
6. Int: You have the IQ of the average 80's cartoon villain.
I think fighter theif, or if you want some magic fighter arcane trickster
WOOOOOO!!! Finally Danny gets his video after being on polls for years! Thank you Tulok!
I've seen Iron First use the hand aura as a light source before! Needs a low tier light spell.
lol, the part where his title veers off screen in the thumbnail butters my bread.
Monk w/Hunter's Mark is really good.
I am playing a homebrew monk subclass and took Fey Touched Tasha's feat getting Hunter's Mark and misty step. Damage and maneuverability at level 4, Daaaamn. ;)
Beautifully placed midroll Tulok! Made me laugh right out loud. Always nice to see someone use it in a way that enhances a joke instead of ruining one
Well thought out build. Now for the semi regular request for Flash Gordon. ;)
Nice stuff- dying for a Beetlejuice build!
Personally I’ve always felt that Iron first is more of a Monk/Paladin multiclass but I didn’t think about ranger, interesting choice
Can't smite with unarmed unless your GM overrides the official rule, which they should.
I kind of expected the little something extra to be Paladin levels to add a few Smites to the old Iron Fist.
Honestly? That's a nice build, although imo Zephyr strike wold be better option between ZS and Hunter's Mark.
Zs only last untill you hit. Hm last until concentration is dropped every round, on all attacks (Weapon attacks if not wrong)
@@cesargeney5268 Oh, thank you. I believed that spell description said on each of your turn. What a pity, and here I hoped it was better alternative to HS. One more time thank you for clarification and have a pleasant day/evening :)
Tulok: oh my god oh my god…we’re still here
Me: Who wants to tell him about monkeypox
Wow mine is way different
11 levels monk astral self
4 levels barbarian zealot
5 levels devotion paladin
Feats
Defensive duelist
Spells
Divine favor
Searing smite
I was going more for the flashy fists than the actual martial art
Would love to see a Thorfinn or Askeladd build
You could point out that d6+d8 is honestly better than a hypothetical d14 would be, since the lowest it can roll is 2 and the mid-range are far more likely than the extremes, making it more consistent. Pointing out that you're _underselling_ it will hopeful shut up the pedants. It won't, but we can hope.
Requesting Terra Branford please. I'm curious to know how you'd work in her Esper side.
ah yes iron fist totally didnt have a crush on him as a kid thanks to the spiderman cartoon
I'm gonna go out on a Limb and say will be some Monk Levels involved! Call me crazy
Would have taken favourite enemy and chosen dragons to get the "I punched a dragon one time and it gave me superpowers" flavor rather than the worse than hunters mark favourite foe
Hey, deep tulok cut, but remember when you predicted Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur being in phase 4? Because you were right.
Monk/Ranger was unexpected, but it really works
Also, a bit of an unorthodox request here, could you do Philly the Kid from Cannon Busters?
I got a list of suggestions.
Starkiller/ Galen Marek and Revan from Star Wars
Tron/ Rinzler from Tron
Akira Howard from Astral Chain
Sektor from Mortal Kombat
Roger from American Dad
Qrow and Adam from RWBY
Hiccup and Toothless from HTTYD
Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden
Agunimon, Lobomon, Beetlemon, Kazemon, Kumamon and Loweemon from Digimon Frontier
For someone who also has a forceful punch, power bestowed upon her due to a title, and great mobility, check out Jesse Faden
7:51 Why are we here just to suffer?
If you wanna play Orson Randall Iron Fist: this, but G U N S.
I would love to see you create a jujutsu kaisen character. Preferably someone like megumi, though it seems hard since I could only think of altering sorcerer spells like booming blade or blink.
Missed opportunity to dump all intelligence just to call Iron Fist a thundering dumbass. ( says Stick )
Way of the open hand monk lvl 20 DONE
I didn't know he was gonna make the same joke i made 40seconds in 😂
Have they retconned his ninjutsu and other mystical stuff he could do with his chi and glowing fist?
I'm only familiar with Marvel Spotlight Presents and his sadly short lived series (15), from the '70s.
Hopefully the next one will be Juzo Inui from No Guns Life
S tier thumbnail
"Just watch out for flying foes with ranged attacks, or you might end up a little less immortal than you thought."
Aka: Despite having the power to kill even a Tarrasque in a good day, most dragons can still screw you up if your DM play into THEIR strengths, strategy wise!
Just Watch Circle of Strife video from Counter Monkey to see how much of a hassle it is to fight a dragon if the DM plays them smart while your party is strong but don't have much in ranged attacks...
My DM doesn't do a very good job with that and our Paladin/sorcerer just kills every dragon we fight. We're only level 10 and we have like 5 dragon heads.
@@Nerdy_Gleek Seems like your DM needs to watch that video...
Shantae when?
If he isn't a monk I will Instantly die
Can you do Zavala, Ikora and Cayde from Destiny.
How he's not a Astral Monk 6 / Zelot Barbarian 14 is beyond me.
Im curious how this will play out, Tulok never takes the easy route
There's no easy way out. There's no shortcut home.
@@robertlombardo8437 Giving in can’t be wrong
Can you do Obelix from the old "Asterix and Obelix" comics?
Nice build
“Mother of dragons”. Huh
Ok
Is Dragon Warlock still in unearthed arcana?
Hmm I could use this for a Doomfist build.
could you try making overlord from the video game one been wanting to play like him in dnd for an evil campaign
and i trust your skills :D
Could you possibly do a build for Galadriel from LOTR??
Can you do Jack-o-Lantern next, he is from Marvel and a supervillan from Spiderman and the arch-nemesis of Venom
Here's to hoping for the straw hat crew or shaman king characters
I kinda wanna see son hak from yona of the dawn if possible
Polio showed up in NY today. Oh god.
Hasn't that been a thing for a while because of the antivaxers?
Thanks.
Glorious
TMNT iron fist crossover? TMNT is already a parody spinoff of daredevil: not only was the ooze originally the container that blinded Murdoch, they oppose the foot clan (the hand), they train under Splinter (daredevils mentor is stick), it makes less sense that it's usually dc they crossover with
The True Strike video compilation would've been great.
Especially with enabled comments MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
You should totally make muffet from undertale
3 times a day? Nah, Quivering Palm might as well be unlimited. Ki points come back on short rests, and coincidentally, that's when your enemies disappear.
Tulok, make Omega Red!!!
What a twist XD
But can this build 1v1 a dragon like Tulok claims it is?
Would love to see you make shino from naruto
Iron Fist is a way of mercy Monk , not hand.
can you do aoth fezim please
i love monk + hunters mark. but its so bonus action heavy i dont think it would be very functional. every time you move hunters mark you'd have to forego flurry of blows. which means you wouldn't be able to use open hand technique (level 3 monk) ability. Love your videos, would have to test this build out though to see if it works in game.
Do leorio from hunter x hunter. Or Heimdall from the mcu
I kinda feel like a wealthy person is a more likely target with the 11th monk level ability though
Video 2 asking for a Genshin Impact build.
Personally for ranger fighting style, I'd just take blind fighting if I'm committed wholly to punching. (Spoilers: I'm not)
Morbius please.
Now that my bit is over, I just wanna say the Iron Fist show felt forced. Every other line he says is “I am the Iron Fist yada yada”. It genuinely just felt like Iron Fist Season 1 was wasted on building up The Hand more in order for them to make sense for Defenders. Season 2? Extremely fun.
The Hand is just the biggest problem the Netflix shows have in my opinion.
Make TRON
Calling it now…he’s not gonna multi-class.
Will report back at end of video.
Update: Ope 🤷🏻♂️
Ah yes, white men are better at other cultures - the character. On the other hand.. well the other hand is glowing.
Super tired of people saying this about Danny, but literally do not have the energy to recount his entire story anymore. It's just depressing people think this because comics like The Immortal Iron Fist are highly slept on.
@@MrBromansa This absolutely does not apply to comic Danny, you're so right.
Heaven forbid a foreigner be trained huh?
@@BJGvideos I know, right? People get so weird about Iron Fist or anyone learning Chinese martial arts, but no one gives a shit when people of any and all pigments pick up Muay Thai, Kali, etc. People are so weirdly selective with their disdain.
@@MrBromansa Exactly. It's bizarre. And it's not like Rand is the only Iron Fist either. I bet he's probably not the only non-Asian.
If this is another Bard, I am out of here. Sorry, not sorry.
First. Calling Human Dragon Monk.
Well. There goes the Dragon Monk idea.
@@burtmillard9196 …Why would you think that? It doesn’t give anything that Iron Fist actually does.
@@g0lddustt29
What I was thinking of the whole glowy hand thing assuming that it has an elemental damage effect.
That background noise is still so annoying
I'm predicting at least one joke about race and one joke about rich people.
Yeah, the low Charisma tracks... THE SHOW SUCKED.
You know you're in trouble when you manage to make ninjas BORING.