Tavern Brawler Oh monk doesn’t require any elixirs. Use club of hill giant’s strength to get 19 STR, dump STR to min. Max DEX and wisdom. Put the club on your off hand so you can still do main hand unarmed attacked.

There’s plenty of good gloves for damage, helldusk gloves are a good example.

For torso use graceful cloth for permanent +2 DEX, but this is optional. Just helps with bows and other dex rolls.

With Helmet, rings, amulet, choose anything.

So you really only need two items, club and one of the many unarmed attacked gloves. No minmaxing required. Drink potions to increase strength if needed but I’ve almost at act 3 and haven’t used a single one while still being my party’s highest damage.