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Build Guide

Hey guys, Drea here, a few days ago i got :

• 2p Gr52; Rank 1 world as monk in 2p. Rank 21 EU. 2p Ranking
• 3p Gr53, It was also rank 1 world as monk in 3p. An other monk did since and im rank 2 on 3p.(edit : Rank 1 again ! Gr 54 in 11:48) 3p Ranking
• 4p Gr57, Rank 5 world as monk in 4p. Rank 108 EU. 4p Ranking

I think with my gear and the different builds i used i can clear at least 2 more lvl in each bracket.

If i do i will update them on youtube. I only have a 4p run recorded so for now i decided to go for the 4p guide first even if its the lowest rank of the 3. I am going to make 2p and 3p guides very soon too if i get good feedback from this one.

I want to thanks Quin69 for the perma serenity inspiration!

His Youtube
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I apologize for my english, this is the first time i make a guide and i had lot of problems with the layout on diablofans so i hope everything is readable.

This build is for 4p. I use a different build for 2 and 3p.

We played with 1wd, 1 crusader , 1 dh and 1 monk.

Screenshot of my gear/stats on this run

French translation here thx to Cheape974

How to play the build :

Keep serenity and epiphany up all the time, do a lot of damage on trash with palm and give more damage to your party with inner sanctuary/crippling wave and mantra of conviction.

Trash and Elites packs : Palm mobs with low life, use inner sanctuary close to elites or mobs with more health so they take more damage when palm explodes, then debuff everything as much as possible with criplling wave and mantra of conviction.

Rift Guardian : You want to stand between the guardian and the dps in your group as much as possible to block range boss attack. Non stop spam creepling wave/inner sanctuary and mantra.If its a guardian who spawn adds, make them explode close to him.

More about gameplay : It is sometimes very hard to target the mob you want, so i usually palm a lot of low life mobs just for safety. In a perfect world you just mark one, the dh kill him and everything around dies but most of the time with all the aoe damage its very hard to know exactly the first mob who is going to die. If too many non marked mobs die before the first palm explode, you will loose tons of DPS.

Try to manage spirit well when you engage fight, if you cant target low life mobs be careful with mantra spam until you got them. If you run out of spirit you have to use crippling wave more than you want too soon, and the rest of your croup could kill the mobs you should have marked.

A good way to engage if you want to max dps: Teleport with palm on a low life mob > mantra > teleport with crippling wave on high hp mobs > inner sanctuary. If you didnt palm the right target right away go for more now and then crippling wave/mantra spam.

Always prioritize palm on low hp mobs over party buffs if they are dying too fast.

Play safe until Gogok is fully stacked.

Talents :

Crippling wave - Breaking Wave : You can use the generator you want but this one is probably the best since you debuff mobs and they take 10% more damage.

Explosive Palm - Impending Doom : Cold rune is the one who gives the most damage. I only tried this build with impending doom but you can probably play with Shocking Grasp if you have a good CDR/lightning gear. Not sure if you can go that high in greaters without Impending Doom. I will try that when i have more time.

Serenity - Ascension : You have to use Ascension for perma serenity, you cant have enough cdr on your gear for 100% uptime without this rune.

Mantra of Conviction - Overawe : You can use any mantra but Overawe gives more party damage.

Inner sanctuary - Forbidden palace : 30% more party damage with the forbidden palace rune.

Epiphany - Insight : You have enough CDR for perma Epiphany so Insight gives you tons of spirit regen and also gives the mobility you need to palm the right mobs. Didnt have time to play without this rune but you can maybe play with Desert shroud for more safety.

Passive :

Beacon of Ytar : One of the best monk passive, 20% CDR is huge.

Determination : +20% damage if you have at least 5 mobs around you is great since you only want to fight big packs.

Relentless Assault : +20% damage on frozen/blinded/stunned targets is also a great dps boost if you have cc on your party.

Harmony : Great defensive passive. I had harmony for my 57 run but you can probably play without and go for 1 more dps passive. Momentum might be a good choice here since you can try to have good uptime on it with the Epiphany teleport. I tried to play with Near Death Experience, the 2nd life when you get hit between the serenity refresh is nice but when it procs, mobs are bumped away from you and this can be terrible on elites packs if you play with a Wd since this will stop the perma cc if mobs are out of range of fear.

Gear :

Here i go on what could be the best gear possible for me. Obviously some of those secondary stats dont matter thaaat much but maybe little optimizations like that can make you clear higher lvl !

Weapons :
Fist of Az'Turrasq : CDR/socket/dex/high damage range.
Born's Furious Wrath : CDR/socket/dex/high damage range. Required for Born 3p bonus.

Secondary stats for both weapons : life on kill or chance to stun/freeze/blind. Crowd control chance on hit synergizes well with Relentless Assault but even if its a perma serenity build you will sometimes take damage so life on kill can help sinceyou dont have any life per spirit spent. Chance to blind is probably the weakest if you play with a crusader. You can only have 3 secondary passive with those weapons so the best is probably to get one with life after kill and 3 chances to crowd control on hit. Life on kill on both is probably too much.

Rings :
Stone of Jordan : CDR/socket/20% cold damage/high elite damage/secondary resist/globes bonus.
Ring of Royal Grandeur : CDR/socket/dex/attack speed/secondary resist.
Rorg always roll life on hit and attack speed so you have to choose one. Both are not that good for this build but attack speed is probably better.

Amulet : Sunwuko's Shines : CDR/socket/20% cold damage/Crit chance/melee dmg reduction/ranged dmg reduction. Required for Sunwuko 4p bonus.

Wrists : Gungdo Gear : 20% Cold damage/Crit chance/dex/vit/secondary resist. Gungdo gear spreads palm.

Belt : Vigilante Belt : CDR/dex/vit/%Life/secondary resist/chance to freeze on hit. The only belt with CDR, you need it for perma serenity.

Head :Leoric Crown : Dex/Crit chance/Vit/secondary resist.
The crown is required to have enough CDR for perma serenity. Passive effect must be as close as possible to 100%. Explosive palm damage doesnt seem to increase the explosion of palm but only the application, so vitality remains better.

Shoulders : Sunwuko's Balance : CDR/dex/area damage/vit/secondary resist/globes bonus. Since its a perma serenity build you dont need all resist on shoulders, area damage is probably better.

Chest : Born's frozen Soul : Dex/3 socket/vit/elite damage reduction/secondary resist/range or melee damage reduction. Required for Born 3p bonus.

Gloves : Sunwuko's Paws : CDR/dex/crit chance/critical hit damage/secondary resist/chance to stun on hit. Required for Sunwuko 4p bonus.

Legs : Captain Crimson's Thrust : Dex/2 socket/Vit/Crippling wave %dmg/seconday resist/life after kill.
With a serenity build you dont need all resist on legs so crippling wave % damage is probably better. Crippling wave %dmg is probably nothing but its still better than all resist because if you dont have all resist on primary stats you can have secondary resist who synergize well with Harmony.
If you dont use Harmony then all resist probably better.
Legs are also probably the best slot for life after kill, you dont need a lot of it and if you have it on legs you can win a slot elsewhere(like one more crowd control slot on weapon.) You could also use chance to slow on hit but it doesnt work with Relentless assaut and you already have lots of slow effects.

Boots : Captain Crimson's Waders : 12% movement speed/dex/vit/all resist/globes bonus/chance to immobilize on hit.
Secondary stats dont really matter here. You cant have all resist and secondary resist on the same piece of gear so globes and immobilize seem to be the choice.You could also go for pick up radius.

More about gear :
If you dont have a Fist of Az you can also use a Sunkeeper.
If you dont have a CDR Stone of jordan you can use any ring with CDR, 5 stats ring if possible.

I want to thanks my mates on those runs:
[VoiD]Chass
[DDW]Stefangangst
Tusgureanu
[VoiD]Kuklok

Sanaah,Grounchy and RomanoPwnz who helped me for the guide.

I will try to stream and upload my future runs on high gr here :

Twitch

Youtube

Quality on twitch is too bad for now but i'm working on it. I will open the stream and make more test with Xsplit when i post the guide. Feel free to ask questions on Twitch, Youtube or here in the comments. I will also update the guide to improve it and share my future tests/achievements.
If i manage to do them here is what im going to upload soon :
Solo 50+gr
2p gr 53/54
3p gr 54/55 (edit : gr 54 in 11:48, i upload when i can!)
4p gr 58/59

Remember to vote at the top right if you like the guide so more people can see it ! Thx!

I also want to thanks streamers/guidemakers who gave me inspiration for the guide like Modz, Chainer, Wudjio and many others.

Cya!!