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DatModz - TempestCrush Monk | GR 49+ Season 2 Build

by DatModz last updated Feb 28, 2015 ( Patch 2.1.2 )

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Skills

Tempest Rush Flurry
- Tempest Rush
Cost: 30 Spirit

Charge directly through your enemies, dealing 390% weapon damage while running.
Flurry

After you stop channeling Tempest Rush, you cause an icy blast to all enemies within 15 yards. The damage of the explosion increases by 90% weapon damage as Cold while channeling.

Tempest Rush's damage turns into Cold.
Seven-Sided Strike Sustained Attack
- Seven-Sided Strike
Cost: 50 Spirit
Cooldown: 30 seconds

Dash rapidly between nearby enemies, dealing 5677% weapon damage over 7 strikes.

This ability does not start its cooldown until after its effects expire.
Sustained Attack

Reduce the cooldown to 14 seconds.
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.
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 Faith in the 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.
Faith in the Light

You deal 29% increased damage for 3 seconds after using Blinding Flash.
Serenity Ascension
- Serenity
Cooldown: 16 seconds

You are enveloped in a protective shield that absorbs all incoming damage for 3 seconds and grants immunity to all control impairing effects.

This ability does not start its cooldown until after its effects expire.
Ascension

Increase the duration of Serenity to 4 seconds.

Momentum
- Momentum
Moving 25 yards increases your damage by 20% for 6 seconds.
Relentless Assault
- Relentless Assault
You deal 20% more damage to enemies that are Blind, Frozen or Stunned.
Determination
- Determination
Each enemy within 12 yards increases your damage by 4%, up to a maximum of 20%.
Beacon of Ytar
- Beacon of Ytar
Reduce all cooldowns by 20%.

Items

Madstone

Legendary Spirit Stone

Primary Stats

+330–524 Dexterity
+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Your Seven-Sided Strike applies Exploding Palm.
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.
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
Hexing Pants of Mr. Yan

Legendary Pants

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Your resource generation and damage is increased by 25% while moving and decreased by 20–25% while standing still.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Captain Crimson's Waders

Set Boots

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
Unity

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Increases damage against elites by 12 - 15%
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5 - 6%
+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence

Secondary Stats

All damage taken is split between wearers of this item.

+ 2 Random Magic Properties
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
Born's Furious Wrath

Set Sword

Primary Stats

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Holy Damage
+5 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)

More Details

Head
- Madstone
- Stat Priority: Socket CHC
Shoulders
- Sunwuko's Balance
- Stat Priority: CDR Dex Vit
Amulet
- Sunwuko's Shines
- Stat Priority: Socket CHC CHD
Torso
- Born's Frozen Soul
- Stat Priority: Socket Dex Vit
Wrists
- Gungdo Gear
- Reaper's Wraps
- Stat Priority: CHC Max Elemental Dmg Dex Vit
Hands
- Sunwuko's Paws
- Stat Priority: Dex CHC CHD CDR
Waist
- Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle
- Vigilante Belt
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit Life LPS
Legs
- Hexing Pants of Mr. Yan
- Captain Crimson's Thrust
- Stat Priority: Socket Dex Vit LPS
Feet
- Captain Crimson's Waders
- The Crudest Boots
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit MS
Rings
- Unity
- Ring of Royal Grandeur
- Stone of Jordan
- Stat Priority: Socket CHD CHC
Weapon
- Born's Furious Wrath
- The Fist of Az'Turrasq
- The Furnace
- Stat Priority: Dex Dmg % Socket CDR
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)
- Taeguk
  Taeguk
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Gain 2.00% increased damage for 1.5 seconds when you spend resource on a channeled skill. This effect stacks up to 10 times.
  Gain 2.0% increased Armor for every stack. (Requires Rank 25)
- Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard
  Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Regenerates 10000 Life per Second.
  After not taking damage for 4 seconds, gain an absorb shield for 200% of your total Life per Second. (Requires Rank 25)

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage
Attack Speed

Defense

Resist All
Armor
Life
Life Regeneration

Utility

Resource Cost Reduction
Area Damage
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 and serenity it also boost your Spirit Regeneration so you are able to keep your stacks of Tempest Rush:Flurry(No Spirit=No Damage, since you won't be using a generator). 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 your spirit is drained, so be careful with this stat, avoid it unless you are able to sustain your resources.

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.

Build Guide

Hello, DatModz here! With a Season 2 Competitive Tempest Rush Build

Basics

Skill Damage is based off xxxx-xxxx weapon damage range not weapon DPS.
Exploding Palm is non-discriminate(it does the same damage if the mob has 1 health or 1 trillion) so when applying your exploding palm try to target illusionist spawns and the weakest mob around, than let Gungdo Gear do the rest of the work
If you stacks of Tempest Rush:Flurry are to high when engaging white mobs run to the side and drop the effect(or explode the effect on the stronger mobs/elites). If no white mobs are around elites, kite forward and surround the elites with the white mobs than use seven-sided strike to apply your exploding palm. #profit
Since you aren't using a generator, maintain your spirit with your Epiphany: Insight, it is important to keep tracking of your up-time so you don't lose your stacks of Tempest Rush:Flurry
Bane of the Trapped Procs itself @ Rank 25, Sunwuko 2 set always procs the damage multiplier effect (People ask this a lot, that is why this is here)
Since you will be running Solo, make sure you have a unity & Enchanting Favor(Templar Relic equipped). This will provide you with 50% reduced damage taken + Templar benefits(Life Regen, Heal, AoE Stun & Enhanced Spirit Regen(1.1x multiplier).
Gemming - Diamond in Helmet for the Cool-down reduction. Socket fully with Emerald's, you will be alternating between serenity and seven-sided strike for immunities

Stat Priority

Helmet - Socket, Critical Hit Chance, Dexterity, Vitality or Tempest Rush Damage% Increase Secondary Attributes - Stacking Resist

Shoulders - Dexterity, Cool Down Reduction Vitality, All Resist Secondary Attributes - Health Globe Bonus

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

Bracers - Critical Hit Chance, Cold Elemental Damage, Dexterity, Vitality Secondary Attributes - Stacking Resist

Gloves - Dexterity, Critical Hit Chance, Cool Down Reduction, Critical Hit Damage Secondary Attributes - Stacking Resist, Stun on Hit(BIS, but Prioritize other stats first)

Belt - Dexterity, Vitality, All Resist, Life per Second or Life % Secondary Attributes - Life After Kill & Freeze on Hit(Last thing you should worry about)

Pants - Dexterity, Double Socket, Vitality, Life Regen or Armor Secondary Attributes - Stacking Resist, Life after Kill

Boots - Dexterity, Vitality, Life Regen, Tempest Rush Damage% Secondary Attributes - Stacking Resist

Amulet - Socket, Critical Hit Chance, Critical Hit Damage or Cool Down Reduction Secondary Attributes - Stacking Resist, Life after Kill or Reduction from Ranged/Melee Attacks

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

Weapons - High xxxx-xxx Damage, %Damage Increase, Socket, Dexterity, Cool Down Reduction Secondary Attributes - Life After Kill

Gem/Skill Variations

Gem of Efficacious Toxins - You can replace Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard with this, will result in a damage buff, but you lose the shield grant & life regen granted by gizzard, which is extremely helpful in GR 48+, when you have a slight down time when you use seven-sided strike and before you are able to activate serenity again.

Weapon: The Furance - Instead of dual weilding, you can use a furnace this will result in high flurry damage, but you will be sacrificing 20% CDR, granted by borns set & your offhand. More Damage vs Survivability

Weapon: The Sunkeeper - You can replace your fist with The Sunkeeper, decrease your clear times to the guardian but will dramatically increase your single target dps because of the %elite damage. However, with this build you will usually fish for a Greater Rift with good density and a guardian that summons adds.

Ideal Stats

400K+ Life,60%+ Cooldown Reduction(The more the better, without sacrificing damage), 40% Critical Hit Chance, 300%+ Critical Hit Damage, 13000+ Armor, All Resist doesnt, really matter since you will be almost permanently immune to damage

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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