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DatModz - Coldplosion Monk, 40B+ XP/Hour Paragon Farming Build

by DatModz last updated Apr 7, 2015 ( Patch 2.2 )

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Skills

Cyclone Strike Implosion
- Cyclone Strike
Cost: 50 Spirit

Pull up to 16 enemies within 24 yards towards you, followed by a furious blast of energy that deals 261% weapon damage as Holy.
Implosion

Increase the distance enemies will be pulled towards you to 34 yards.
Dashing Strike Blinding Speed
- 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.
Blinding Speed

Gain 40% increased chance to Dodge for 4 seconds after using Dashing Strike.

Dashing Strike's damage turns into Cold.
Epiphany Desert Shroud
- 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.
Desert Shroud

Infuse yourself with sand, reducing damage taken by 50%.
Exploding Palm Impending Doom
- Exploding Palm
Cost: 40 Spirit

Cause an enemy to Bleed for 1200% weapon damage as Physical over 9 seconds. If the enemy dies while bleeding, it explodes and deals 2770% weapon damage as Physical damage to all nearby enemies.
Impending Doom

Exploding Palm no longer causes the enemy to bleed, but if the enemy dies while affected by Exploding Palm, they explode for 6305% weapon damage as Cold.
Blinding Flash Replenishing Light
- Blinding Flash
Cooldown: 15 seconds

Create a flash of light that blinds all enemies within 20 yards for 3 seconds. Elite enemies recover faster, but suffer a 30% chance to miss with attacks.
Replenishing Light

Each enemy you Blind restores 10 Spirit.
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.

Beacon of Ytar
- Beacon of Ytar
Reduce all cooldowns by 20%.
Exalted Soul
- Exalted Soul
Increase maximum Spirit by 50 and increase Spirit Regeneration by 4 per second.

Spirit fuels your defensive and offensive abilities.
Sixth Sense
- Sixth Sense
Reduce all non-Physical damage taken by 25%.
Harmony
- Harmony
40% of your single elemental resistances from items instead increases your resistance to all elements.

Items

Leoric's Crown

Legendary Helm

72 - 89 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Secondary Stats

Increase the effect of any gem socketed into your helm by 100%. This effect does not apply to Legendary Gems.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
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.
Born's Frozen Soul

Set Chest Armor

Primary Stats

+6 Random Magic Properties

Born's Command
Born's Frozen Soul
Born's Privilege
Born's Furious Wrath
(2) Set: +15% Life
(3) Set: Reduces cooldown of all skills by +10%.+20% Experience. (0.2*10|1| % at level 70)
Gungdo Gear

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Exploding Palm's on-death explosion applies Exploding Palm.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+18–23 Dexterity

+18–23 Strength

+18–23 Intelligence

One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

Physical skills deal 5–10% more damage.

Lightning skills deal 5–10% more damage.

Cold skills deal 5–10% more damage.

Fire skills deal 5–10% more damage.

Arcane skills deal 5–10% more damage.

Poison skills deal 5–10% more damage.

Holy skills deal 5–10% more damage.
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.
Vigilante Belt

Legendary Belt

Primary Stats

Reduces cooldown of all skills by 3.0–5.0%.
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+18–23 Dexterity

+18–23 Strength

+18–23 Intelligence
Cain's Habit

Set Pants

Primary Stats

+6 Random Magic Properties

Cain's Destiny
Cain's Insight
Cain's Habit
Cain's Scrivener
Cain's Travelers
(2) Set: Attack Speed Increased by +8%
(3) Set: 50% Better Chance of Finding Magical Items+50% Experience. (0.5*10|1| % at level 70)
Cain's Travelers

Set Boots

Primary Stats

+6 Random Magic Properties

Cain's Destiny
Cain's Insight
Cain's Habit
Cain's Scrivener
Cain's Travelers
(2) Set: Attack Speed Increased by +8%
(3) Set: 50% Better Chance of Finding Magical Items+50% Experience. (0.5*10|1| % at level 70)
Hellfire Ring

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Increases Bonus Experience by 35%
Chance to launch an explosive ball of Hellfire when you attack.
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 4 Magic Properties (varies)

+300–329 Intelligence

+300–329 Dexterity

+300–329 Strength

+300–329 Vitality
Leoric's Signet

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 1.5–2.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

+20–30% Experience. (2.0–3.0% at level 70)
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+24–29 Dexterity

+24–29 Strength

+24–29 Intelligence
The Fist of Az'Turrasq

Legendary Fist Weapon

Primary Stats

+330–524 Dexterity
Increases Spirit Regeneration by 1.67–2.33 per Second (Monk Only)
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Exploding Palm's on-death explosion damage is increased by 250–300%.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(610–745)–(731–926) Arcane Damage

+(610–745)–(731–926) Poison Damage

+(610–745)–(731–926) Lightning Damage

+(610–745)–(731–926) Holy Damage

+(610–745)–(731–926) Cold Damage

+(610–745)–(731–926) Fire Damage

+(610–745)–(731–926) Damage

More Details

Head
- Leoric's Crown
- Sunwuko's Crown
- Stat Priority: Socket CHC Dex Vit
Shoulders
- Sunwuko's Balance
- Stat Priority: CDR Dex Vit
Amulet
- Sunwuko's Shines
- Stat Priority: CHC CDR Socket
Torso
- Born's Frozen Soul
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit Socket LPS
Wrists
- Gungdo Gear
- Reaper's Wraps
- Stat Priority: CHC Max Ele Dmg Dex Vit
Hands
- Sunwuko's Paws
- Stat Priority: CHC CHD CDR
Waist
- Vigilante Belt
- Stat Priority: CDR Dex Vit LPS
Legs
- Cain's Habit
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit Socket LPS
Feet
- Cain's Travelers
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit
Rings
- Hellfire Ring
- Leoric's Signet
- Ring of Royal Grandeur
- Stat Priority: Socket CHC CDR
Weapon
- The Fist of Az'Turrasq
- Born's Furious Wrath
- Stat Priority: Dex Socket CDR
Offhand
- Stat Priority: None

Legendary Gems
- Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard
  Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Regenerates 10000 Life per Second.
- Esoteric Alteration
  Esoteric Alteration
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Gain +10% non-Physical damage reduction.
- 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)

Season 2 40B+ Experience/Hour Gungdo Gear Cold Monk Paragon Farming Spec GGCMPF for Short Kappa

Paragon Priorities

Core

Primary Stat
Vitality
Movement Speed
Maximum Resource

Offense

Attack Speed
Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage

Defense

Life
Armor
Resist All
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Gold Find

Paragon Point Allocation is dependent on your current attributes so they will vary form person to person.

Core

Always MAX out Movement Speed first(25%), after that if you are under 400K health allocation the rest of your paragon points into Vitality, if you are over 400K, put your points into Dexterity for the damage/armor boost.

Offensive

This build is CDR dependent the, more CDR you have = better, not only does it increase your survivability because of the increased up-time on epiphany it also boost your Spirit Regeneration so you are able to do your job better(Group up mobs and apply exploding palm, while controlling them with blinding flash). So via paragon points, make sure to put them into Cooldown Reduction first, secondly make sure you are over 40% critical hit chance, if you are above 40% allocation your next points into critical hit damage, if not critical hit chance. Attack Speed increases the rate in which you throw out exploding palms, but for this build it, it is the least prioritized stat.

Defensive

All Resist - Armor - Life% - Life Regen, Life Regen is a strong stat in Season 2 because of the Legendary Gem(Molten Wildebeasts Gizzard), but I value the flat damage reduction from All Resist & Armor Higher, if your life is high enough, you could possibly prioritize Life Regeneration over Life%

Utility

Resource Cost Reduction - Area Damage - Life on Hit - Gold Find, The most important stat is Resource Cost Reduction, so you are able to control the mobs better with cyclone strike and do more damage by casting more exploding palms

Build Guide

Hello, DatModz here! With a Season 2 Experience Farming Build.

First off, why are we getting so much experience? In Patch 2.1.2 Blizzard made a revision to the stat "Monsters Kiill Grant X Experience".

The "Monster Kills grant X experience" affix is now multiplied by game difficulty

Subsequently this also ended up effecting the attribute "Increase Bonus Experience by a "X%". This skill is normal additive, but a bug(which blizzard is ok with, since it always for more "build diversity), is causing it to act multiplicative, which is resulting in huge experience gains(T6=10BXP/Hour Max vs GR37+=40B+XP/Hour) which inspired this build. Here is a brief explanation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJvw3JuMUrQ

Basics

This a hybrid support build that excels in group play, you want to be in a group because of the Strength in Numbers Buff(10% Increased Experience Gain for each member in the group, which is restricted by range). Your role in the group is to cyclone strike mobs to group them up, cast blinding flash to Crowd Control them and apply your Exploding Palm - Impending Doom, which will be chained by your Gungdo Gear unique affix(Season 2 Exclusive). The Gungdo Gear will cause a massive chain reaction that will kill everything in the general area! Don't forget that lovely % Increase XP Gear & Stacking Monsters Kiill Grant X Experience as a secondary attribute.

Functionality of Exploding palm - Exploding Palm Damage is based off of the "xxxx-xxxx" damage range of your Main Hand Weapon & Off-Hand Weapon, so make sure both weapons have higher damage range(not to be confused with dps), without sacrificing your desired stats/explosion increase on your Fist of Az'turrasq . Exploding Palm was changed a while back so it is non-discriminate toward the health of the mobs, meaning it does the same damage if the creature has 1 health of 1 trillion health. So when you are group up mobs, try and put your palms on the weakest ones and surround the elites in the area with the weaker minions with exploding palm applied to them. BOOOM http://imgur.com/wlJxB1p

Stat Priority

Helmet - Socket, Critical Hit Chance, Dexterity, Exploding Palm Damage Increase Secondary Attributes - Stacking Resist

Shoulders - Dexterity, Cool Down Reduction Vitality, All Resist Secondary Attributes - Monster Kill Grant +xxx Experience

Chest - Dexterity, Triple Socket, Vitality, % Reduction from elites or Life Regen Secondary Attributes - Stacking Resist, Reduction from Range/Melee Attacks

Gloves - Dex, Critical Hit Chance, Cool Down Reduction, Critical Hit Damage Secondary Attributes - Stacking Resist, Monster Kill Grant +xxx Experience

Belt - Max Cool Down Reduction, Dexterity, Vitality, Life Regen Secondary Attributes - Stacking Resist, Monster Kill Grant +xxx Experience

Pants - Dex, Double Socket, Vitality, Life Regen or Armor Secondary Attributes - Stacking Resist, Monster Kill Grant +xxx Experience

Boots - Dexterity, Vitality, Life Regen, Exploding Palm Damage \Secondary Attributes - Stacking Resist, Monster Kill Grant +xxx Experience

Amulet - Socket, Critical Hit Chance, Critical Hit Damage or Cool Down Reduction Secondary Attributes - Stacking Resist, Monster Kill Grant +xxx Experience

Rings - Critical Hit Chance, Socket, Dexterity, Cool Down Reduction Secondary Attributes - Stacking Resist, Monster Kill Grant +xxx Experience

Weapons - High Damage, %Damage Increase, 10% Cool Down Reduction, Socket Secondary Attributes - Life After Kill & Monster Kill Grant +xxx Experience

Gem/Skill Variations

Gem of Ease - You can socket this into your weapon for more XP/Hour but sacrifice 130% Critical Hit Damage, which slows downs your groups XP gain as a whole

Bane of the Powerful - Swapping out Bane of the Trapped for the Powerful based on your group composition

Mantra of Conviction: Annihilation - Once you get enough Cooldown Reduction you can drop your Mystic Ally and run Mantra of Conviction - Annihilation Rune for increased damage + movement Speed for you and your group.

Mantra of Healing: Circular Breathing - For Increased Spirit Regen, if you are Spirit Deprived

Base Stats

50%+ Cooldown Reduction(The more the better), 40% Critical Hit Chance,300%+ Critical Hit Damage, 400K+ Life, 12000+ Armor, 1000+ All Resistances.

If you have any questions, just ask! You can also visit twitch.tv/datmodz for live feedback. Cheers and Happy Farming in Season 2!

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