You add your proficiency bonus to your attack roll when you attack using a weapon with which you have proficiency, as well as when you attack with a spell.
What do monks use to attack?
Starting at first level monks can use their Martial Arts ability to make an unarmed strike as a bonus action (and later they get more than one attack with Flurry of Blows). Instead of using a weapon to make a melee weapon attack, you can use an unarmed strike […]
Can monks bonus action attack?
Monks can make one attack as a Bonus Action for free if they had taken the Attack action, or two attacks as a Bonus Action if they spend the Ki point for Flurry Of Blows.
How many times can a Level 5 Monk attack?
As such, between Extra Attack and Flurry of Blows, a 5th level monk can make 4 attacks in one round as long as they have ki. If they do not have ki, they will instead use the Martial Arts feature and make 3 attacks instead.
When do monks use their martial arts ability?
Starting at first level monks can use their Martial Arts ability to make an unarmed strike as a bonus action (and later they get more than one attack with Flurry of Blows). When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike or monk weapon, you can make one unarmed strike as a bonus action.
Is there an extra attack in the monk class?
Sorry, the Bonus Action unarmed strike in the Martial Arts section of the Monk class doesn’t state that it benefits from the Extra Attack feature. The Extra Attack feature also says that it changes the Attack action, and has nothing to say about Bonus Actions.
Can a monk use a unarmed strike as a bonus action?
Also, monks are not using the two-weapon fighting rules, they’re using the Martial Arts rules. Last bullet point says you can make an unarmed strike as a bonus action—which, according to the first two bullet points, is Dex + Prof bonus attack bonus, with a d4 + Dex damage roll (at 1st level).
Can a monk use a staff for flurry of blows?
Note that the monk can only use a monk weapon for the regular attacks, not for the bonus action attacks granted by Martial Arts or Flurry of Blows. This means that until probably 11th level (or maybe 5th if the monk doesn’t want to use a staff or a spear two-handed for some reason), these will be slightly inferior.
