PTR 2.1.2 SWK Wave of Light Elemental Build

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by psychodynamix last updated Nov 22, 2014 ( Patch 2.1 )

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Skills

Wave of Light Pillar of the Ancients
- Wave of Light
Cost: 75 Spirit

Focus a wave of light that crushes enemies for 835% weapon damage as Holy.
Pillar of the Ancients

Summon an ancient pillar that deals 635% weapon damage as Lightning, followed by 785% weapon damage as Lightning over 3 seconds to enemies who remain in the area.
Dashing Strike Quicksilver
- Dashing Strike
Cost: 1 Charge

Quickly dash up to 50 yards, striking enemies along the way for 370% weapon damage as Physical.

You gain a charge every 8 seconds and can have up to 2 charges stored at a time.
Quicksilver

Increases maximum charges to 3.

Dashing Strike's damage turns into Lightning.
Mantra of Healing Circular Breathing
- Mantra of Healing
Cost: 50 Spirit

Active: Shroud you and your allies with a mystical shield that absorbs up to 62064 damage for 3 seconds. Absorb amount is increased by 15% of your Health Globe Healing Bonus.

Passive: You and your allies within 60 yards gain 10728 increased Life regeneration. The heal amount is increased by 7% of your Life per Second.

Only one Mantra may be active at a time.
Circular Breathing

Passive: Mantra of Healing also regenerates 3 Spirit per second.
Sweeping Wind Inner Storm
- Sweeping Wind
Cost: 75 Spirit

Surround yourself in a vortex that continuously deals 105% weapon damage to all enemies within 10 yards. The vortex lasts 6 seconds and is refreshed each time you strike an enemy with a melee attack. Landing a Critical Hit has a chance to increase the vortex effect up to 3 stacks for a total of 315% weapon damage.
Inner Storm

As long as your vortex is at 3 or more stacks, you gain 8 Spirit per second.

Sweeping Wind's damage turns into Holy.
Mystic Ally Air Ally
- Mystic Ally
Cooldown: 30 seconds

Active: Your mystic ally has its damage increased by 50% for 10 seconds.

Passive: A mystic ally fights by your side. The ally deals 130% of your weapon damage as Physical per swing. When the ally dies, it is reborn after 5 seconds.
Air Ally

Active: You gain 100 Spirit.

Passive: A mystic ally fights by your side that increases your Spirit Regeneration by 4.
Epiphany Insight
- Epiphany
Cooldown: 60 seconds

Have an Epiphany, increasing your Spirit Regeneration per Second by 20 and enabling your melee attacks to instantly dash to your target for 15 seconds.
Insight

Increases the bonus Spirit regeneration from Epiphany to 45.

Exalted Soul
- Exalted Soul
Increase maximum Spirit by 50 and increase Spirit Regeneration by 4 per second.

Spirit fuels your defensive and offensive abilities.
Beacon of Ytar
- Beacon of Ytar
Reduce all cooldowns by 20%.
The Guardian's Path
- The Guardian's Path
While dual-wielding, you gain a 35% chance to dodge incoming attacks. While using a two-handed weapon, all Spirit generation is increased by 15%.
Relentless Assault
- Relentless Assault
You deal 20% more damage to enemies that are Blind, Frozen or Stunned.

Items

Tzo Krin's Gaze

Legendary Spirit Stone

Primary Stats

+330–524 Dexterity
Increases Wave of Light Damage by 125–150% (Monk Only)
+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Wave of Light is now cast at your enemy.
Sunwuko's Balance

Set Shoulders

Primary Stats

+91–100 Resistance to All Elements
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

Monkey King's Garb
Sunwuko's Paws
Sunwuko's Balance
Sunwuko's Crown
Sunwuko's Shines
Sunwuko's Soul
Sunwuko's Leggings
(2) Set: Your damage taken is reduced by 50% while Sweeping Wind is active.
(4) Set: Every second Sweeping Wind spawns a decoy next to the last enemy you hit that taunts nearby enemies and then explodes for 1000% weapon damage for each stack of Sweeping Wind you have.
(6) Set: Lashing Tail Kick, Tempest Rush, and Wave of Light consume a stack of Sweeping Wind to deal 3000% increased damage.
Sunwuko's Shines

Set Amulet

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+626–750 Dexterity

+626–750 Strength

+626–750 Intelligence

Monkey King's Garb
Sunwuko's Paws
Sunwuko's Balance
Sunwuko's Crown
Sunwuko's Shines
Sunwuko's Soul
Sunwuko's Leggings
(2) Set: Your damage taken is reduced by 50% while Sweeping Wind is active.
(4) Set: Every second Sweeping Wind spawns a decoy next to the last enemy you hit that taunts nearby enemies and then explodes for 1000% weapon damage for each stack of Sweeping Wind you have.
(6) Set: Lashing Tail Kick, Tempest Rush, and Wave of Light consume a stack of Sweeping Wind to deal 3000% increased damage.
Aughild's Rule

Set Chest Armor

Primary Stats

+6 Random Magic Properties

Aughild's Authority
Aughild's Power
Aughild's Search
Aughild's Rule
Aughild's Spike
(2) Set: Reduces damage from melee attacks by 7%Reduces damage from ranged attacks by 7%.
(3) Set: Reduces damage from elites by 15%Increases damage against elites by 15%
Aughild's Search

Set Bracers

Primary Stats

+6 Random Magic Properties

Aughild's Authority
Aughild's Power
Aughild's Search
Aughild's Rule
Aughild's Spike
(2) Set: Reduces damage from melee attacks by 7%Reduces damage from ranged attacks by 7%.
(3) Set: Reduces damage from elites by 15%Increases damage against elites by 15%
Sunwuko's Paws

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8.0–10.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+626–750 Dexterity

+626–750 Strength

+626–750 Intelligence

Monkey King's Garb
Sunwuko's Paws
Sunwuko's Balance
Sunwuko's Crown
Sunwuko's Shines
Sunwuko's Soul
Sunwuko's Leggings
(2) Set: Your damage taken is reduced by 50% while Sweeping Wind is active.
(4) Set: Every second Sweeping Wind spawns a decoy next to the last enemy you hit that taunts nearby enemies and then explodes for 1000% weapon damage for each stack of Sweeping Wind you have.
(6) Set: Lashing Tail Kick, Tempest Rush, and Wave of Light consume a stack of Sweeping Wind to deal 3000% increased damage.
Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle

Set Belt

Primary Stats

+6 Random Magic Properties

Captain Crimson's Trimmings
Captain Crimson's Waders
Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle
Captain Crimson's Thrust
(2) Set: Reduces cooldown of all skills by +10%.Regenerates 6000 Life per Second
(3) Set: Reduces all resource costs by 10%.+50 Resistance to All Elements
Captain Crimson's Thrust

Set Pants

Primary Stats

+6 Random Magic Properties

Captain Crimson's Trimmings
Captain Crimson's Waders
Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle
Captain Crimson's Thrust
(2) Set: Reduces cooldown of all skills by +10%.Regenerates 6000 Life per Second
(3) Set: Reduces all resource costs by 10%.+50 Resistance to All Elements
The Crudest Boots

Legendary Boots

Primary Stats

+8–9% Movement Speed
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Mystic Ally summons two Mystic Allies that fight by your side.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+18–23 Dexterity

+18–23 Strength

+18–23 Intelligence
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 2.0–3.0%
+27–60 Life per Hit
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduces the number of items needed for set bonuses by 1 (to a minimum of 2).
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+24–29 Dexterity

+24–29 Strength

+24–29 Intelligence
Stone of Jordan

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Increases damage against elites by 25.0–30.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties
One of 6 Magic Properties (varies)

+8–10 Maximum Discipline (Demon Hunter Only)

+7–8 Maximum Fury (Barbarian Only)

+7–9 Maximum Arcane Power (Wizard Only)

+105–119 Maximum Mana (Witch Doctor Only)

+13–14 Maximum Spirit (Monk Only)

+7–8 Maximum Wrath

One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

Physical skills deal 15–20% more damage.

Lightning skills deal 15–20% more damage.

Cold skills deal 15–20% more damage.

Fire skills deal 15–20% more damage.

Arcane skills deal 15–20% more damage.

Poison skills deal 15–20% more damage.

Holy skills deal 15–20% more damage.

More Details

Head
- Tzo Krin's Gaze
- Stat Priority: None
Shoulders
- Sunwuko's Balance
- Stat Priority: None
Amulet
- Sunwuko's Shines
- Stat Priority: None
Torso
- Aughild's Rule
- Cindercoat
- Stat Priority: None
Wrists
- Aughild's Search
- Lacuni Prowlers
- Steady Strikers
- Stat Priority: None
Hands
- Sunwuko's Paws
- Stat Priority: None
Waist
- Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle
- The Witching Hour
- Thundergod's Vigor
- Stat Priority: None
Legs
- Captain Crimson's Thrust
- Blackthorne's Jousting Mail
- Stat Priority: None
Feet
- The Crudest Boots
- Blackthorne's Spurs
- Stat Priority: None
Rings
- Ring of Royal Grandeur
- Stone of Jordan
- Wyrdward
- Stat Priority: None
Weapon
- Stat Priority: None
Offhand
- Stat Priority: None

Legendary Gems
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15.00%.
  Gain an aura that reduces the movement speed of enemies within 15 yards by 30%. (Requires Rank 25)
- Gogok of Swiftness
  Gogok of Swiftness
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Gain Swiftness with every attack, increasing your Attack Speed by 1% and Dodge by 0.50% for 4 seconds. This effect stacks up to 15 times.
  Gain 1% Cooldown Reduction per stack of Swiftness. (Requires Rank 25)
- Zei's Stone of Vengeance
  Zei's Stone of Vengeance
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Damage you deal is increased by 4.00% for every 10 yards between you and the enemy hit. Maximum 20.00% increase at 50 yards.
  20% chance on hit to Stun the enemy for 1 second. (Requires Rank 25)

With the new update to the Monkey Garb Set this allows players to customize their builds around more skills (cyclone strike, wave of light, exploding palm, lashing tail kick, and tempest rush) other than spamming 75 spirit as fast as possible. In this case we'll focus on spamming wave of light.

Theory:
I had theory crafted this build months ago when they first released the Sunwuko set and announced the updates to the set and the changes to the two handed weapons class. I originally based the build around the Pillar of the Ancients (lightning) rune with using the Wyrdward ring, Zei's Stone of Vengeance and Bane of the Trapped. The idea was to keep monsters at a distance and hold them there with as much crowd control as possible. I played around with some of the other skills/runes/passives (mystic ally water ally) for variations of crowd control in the build. However, just about any of the other runes for the wave of light skill will just about do and the build doesn't necessarily need to be ranged.

The only gear I would probably be picky about is a neutral Sunwuko Shines, this would be the most versatile for the build (dex, crit chance, crit dmg & slotted) allowing the player to switch between the element runes without issues.

Skills:
(Note: add some info ?)
I have been playing PTR 2.1.2 Seasons and was able to obtain the updated Gungdo Gear Bracers for Exploding Palm. I switched out sweeping wind for EP and was using the fire build (since the SoJ I found was fire) and the ability to kill off small packs was great. The strategy is to EP the first monster and WoL spam it while the other monsters gathered around (well with ranged monsters that would be a different story). This led me to think that the new SWK set would probably benefit builds that incorporate two of the five skills listed (ie. tempest rush and WoL using a taeguk and two other leg gems for additional dmg; cyclone strike and EP; Lashing Tail Kick & EP; TR & LTK; etc.).

Passives:
Guardian's Path - WIth GP and three stacks from SW I was able to obtain 34.65 spirit per second and 90+ with epiphany one, without GP I obtained 30.49 and 70.95 on epiphany. GP feels like its great for the spirit regeneration, but by looking at the numbers its the passive which could be switched out for one that's more defensive. Replace GP with Harmony or Sixth Sense.

Main Gems:
For the gems the ones listed above are not a strict requirement. You can probably switch any of them out with other gems for a more versatile build. I chose the listed for the following:

Gogok of Swiftness - Pros: 15% more attack speed (faster WoL casts) and 15% cooldown reduction (mystic ally and epiphany availability); Cons: It maxes out at level 50.

Zei's Stone of Vengeance - Pros: for the 20% chance to stun and the damage %.; Cons: Constantly having to gauge the range when spamming WoL.

Bane of the Trapped - Pros: when the stun kicks in from Zeir's Bane of the Trapped contributes additional damage.; Cons: it only takes effect on a cc'd monster.

Alternative Gems:
Bane of the Powerful - Pros: Additional 20% more damage to all monsters and 15% to elites.; Cons: time duration

Gem of Efficacious Toxin - Pros: Poison% and monsters take an additional 10% from all sources.; Cons: a little less synergy for the build

Wreath of Lightning - Pros: for assisting with monsters that are in close proximity and the additional movement speed is great.; Cons: you really don't want to be in range of harm in the first place.

Mirinae Teardrop of the Starweaver - Pros: great gem to use if you decide to stick with the holy version of the build. Cons: procs on chance

Taeguk - Pros: great defensive and offensive bonuses with high stacks, probably best against higher greater rifts where monsters don't die as fast.; Cons - the timer for the buff is only three seconds and its gone. Note: could probably use Tempest Rush opposed to Dashing Strike. Not exactly an optimal kiting skill, but an alternative to keep Taeguk stacks up.

There are other variations of this build. I went with Lightning because its what I originally started the build on and Fire because it has great resource cost reduction due to the cindercoat. I may make a holy version in the next couple of days because I have the gear for that build as well and I believe it just might be on par with the fire build if not be able to out damage it.

I would definitely like to give props to jovi_se for making a guide based on the physical stun version of the build. That can be found here: http://www.diablofans.com/builds/4964-2-1-2-gr-45-stunwuko-monk

Paragon Priorities

Core

Primary Stat
Vitality
Movement Speed
Maximum Resource

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Damage
Attack Speed
Critical Hit Chance

Defense

Life
Resist All
Armor
Life Regeneration

Utility

Life on Hit
Resource Cost Reduction
Area Damage
Gold Find

wiNo real priorities here... except for damage attributing stats first.

Edit*
Okay I lied... I didn't sleep yet and I'll get to this section later, lol.

Notes to add:
Cool Down Reduction
Attack Speed(?)
Other Passives
etc...

Build Guide

I apologize in advance, but it was 5am when I made the videos, lol. I just realized that I was using the 32bit version of OBS to capture the lightning and fire builds, so the quality sucks. However the holy build is in HD captured by the 63bit version of OBS. Maybe I'll redo them sometime -_-.

(Standard) Lightning Build: http://youtu.be/eo2h6B8Vxkg

(Standard) Fire Build: http://youtu.be/BOMxXbXdOH8

(HD) Holy Build: http://youtu.be/NqprF02HK08

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