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teh_hahn - Best in Slot (BiS) zero Damage Per Second (zDPS) Crowd Control (CC) Support Monk

by teh_hahn last updated Sep 20, 2015 ( Patch 2.3 )

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Skills

Crippling Wave Tsunami
- Crippling Wave
Generate: 12 Spirit per attack

Unleash a series of large sweeping attacks that deal 155% weapon damage as Physical to all enemies in front of you.

Every third hit also dazes enemies within 11 yards, slowing their movement speed by 30% and attack speed by 20% for 3 seconds.
Tsunami

Crippling Wave's third attack has its range increased to 17 yards and Freezes enemies for 1 second.

Crippling Wave's damage turns into Cold.
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.
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%.
Blinding Flash Self Reflection
- 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.
Self Reflection

Increase the duration enemies are blinded to 6 seconds.
Inner Sanctuary Forbidden Palace
- Inner Sanctuary
Cooldown: 20 seconds

Create a runic circle of protection on the ground for 6 seconds that reduces all damage taken by 55% for all allies inside.
Forbidden Palace

Enemies inside Inner Sanctuary have their movement speed reduced by 80%.
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.

Resolve
- Resolve
Damage you deal reduces enemy damage by 20% for 4 seconds.
Sixth Sense
- Sixth Sense
Reduce all non-Physical damage taken by 25%.
Beacon of Ytar
- Beacon of Ytar
Reduce all cooldowns by 20%.
Harmony
- Harmony
40% of your single elemental resistances from items instead increases your resistance to all elements.

Items

Leoric's Crown

Legendary Helm

Primary Stats

+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Increase the effect of any gem socketed into this item by 75–100%. This effect does not apply to Legendary Gems.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+18–26 Dexterity

+18–26 Strength

+18–26 Intelligence
Born's Privilege

Set Shoulders

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)
Overwhelming Desire

Legendary Amulet

Secondary Stats

Chance on hit to charm the enemy. While charmed, the enemy takes 35% increased damage.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
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)
Strongarm Bracers

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

+220–349 Vitality
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Enemies hit by knockbacks suffer 20–30% increased damage for 6 seconds.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Inna's Hold

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6.0–10.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence

Inna's Mantra
Inna's Radiance
Inna's Reach
Inna's Vast Expanse
Inna's Favor
Inna's Temperance
Inna's Sandals
Inna's Hold
(2) Set: Increase the passive effect of your Mystic Ally and the base passive effect of your Mantra by 100%.
(4) Set: Gain the base effect of all four Mantras at all times.
(6) Set: Gain the five runed Mystic Allies at all times and your damage is increased by 125% for each Mystic Ally you have out.
Vigilante Belt

Legendary Belt

24 - 28 Armor

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence
Reduces cooldown of all skills by 4 - 7%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Inna's Sandals

Set Boots

Primary Stats

+81–85 Resistance to All Elements
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Inna's Mantra
Inna's Radiance
Inna's Reach
Inna's Vast Expanse
Inna's Favor
Inna's Temperance
Inna's Sandals
Inna's Hold
(2) Set: Increase the passive effect of your Mystic Ally and the base passive effect of your Mantra by 100%.
(4) Set: Gain the base effect of all four Mantras at all times.
(6) Set: Gain the five runed Mystic Allies at all times and your damage is increased by 125% for each Mystic Ally you have out.
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
Oculus Ring

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Chance to create an area of focused power on killing a monster. Damage is increased by 70–85% while standing in the area.
Empty Socket
Sledge Fist

Legendary Fist Weapon

Primary Stats

+128–163 Dexterity
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

30.0–50.0% Chance to Stun on Hit
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(32–39)–(39–49) Arcane Damage

+(32–39)–(39–49) Poison Damage

+(32–39)–(39–49) Lightning Damage

+(32–39)–(39–49) Holy Damage

+(32–39)–(39–49) Cold Damage

+(32–39)–(39–49) Fire Damage

+(32–39)–(39–49) Damage

More Details

Head
- Leoric's Crown
- Inna's Radiance
- Stat Priority: Socket Dex Vit Life
Shoulders
- Born's Privilege
- Stat Priority: CDR Dex Vit Life
Amulet
- Overwhelming Desire
- Hellfire Amulet
- Stat Priority: Socket CDR Dex Reduced Resource Cost
Torso
- Born's Frozen Soul
- Stat Priority: Socket Dex Vit Reduced Elite Dmg
Wrists
- Strongarm Bracers
- Spirit Guards
- Nemesis Bracers
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit Armor + LOH
Hands
- Inna's Hold
- Stat Priority: CDR Dex Vit Reduced Resource Cost
Waist
- Vigilante Belt
- Inna's Favor
- Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle
- Stat Priority: CDR Dex Vit Life
Legs
- Captain Crimson's Thrust
- Stat Priority: Socket Dex Vit Life
Feet
- Inna's Sandals
- Captain Crimson's Waders
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit AR MS
Rings
- Ring of Royal Grandeur
- Oculus Ring
- Rogar's Huge Stone
- Stat Priority: Vit Socket CDR Dex LOH
Weapon
- Sledge Fist
- Azurewrath
- The Burning Axe of Sankis
- Stat Priority: Socket CDR Dex Reduced Resource Cost
Offhand
- Stat Priority: None

Legendary Gems
- 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)
- Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Poison all enemies hit for 2000% weapon damage over 10 seconds.
- Esoteric Alteration
  Esoteric Alteration
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Gain 10.0% non-Physical damage reduction.
  While below 50% Life, your resistances to Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, and Arcane are increased by 75%. (Requires Rank 25)

Work in Progress, more details will follow.

Introduction

In this build I present the Best in Slot (BiS) zero Damage Per Second (zDPS) Crowd Control (CC) Support Monk.

Refer to the Diablo III Character Planner site for full details about items and their stats. Three builds are described on the site behind that d3planner.com hyperlink:

BiS CC (Buff)
BiS CC (Survivability)
BiS CC (Survivability) alternative using the Captain Crimson set

The main idea of the build(s) is to stack as much Cooldown Reduction (CDR) as possible, in order to allow (almost) permanent uptime of the Epiphany skill. CDR also allows to use the Blinding Flash skill and the Inner Sanctuary skill more often.

Every item should have Physical Resistance as a secondary affix on it (if possible). Do not roll Resistance to All Elements on an item, unless otherwise stated. All other single resistances are fine too, but Physical Resistance is BiS since it reduced the damage of melee attacks. An ancient item can have up to 210 points of a single resistance.

Items

Head

Work in Progress

Shoulders

Work in Progress

Amulet

Work in Progress

Torso

Work in Progress

Wrists

Work in Progress

Hands

Work in Progress

Waist

Work in Progress

Legs

Work in Progress

Feet

Work in Progress

Rings

The Ring of Royal Grandeur is mandatory for each of the builds. The second ring can be either Oculus Ring (in order to increase the damage of the group) or Rogar's Huge Stone (to increase the own survivability).

Weapons

Work in Progress

Legendary Gems

Work in Progress

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Maximum Resource
Primary Stat
Vitality

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Attack Speed
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage

Defense

Resist All
Armor
Life
Life Regeneration

Utility

Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Area Damage
Gold Find

Core

26 points into Movement Speed (since BiS boots have 12 % MS and the maximum MS is 25 %)
50 points into Maximum Spirit
All other points into Dexterity

Offense

50 points into Cooldown Reduction
50 points into Attack Speed
50 points into Critical Hit Chance
50 points into Critical Hit Damage

Defense

50 points into Resistance to All Elements
50 points into Armor
50 points into Life
50 points into Life per Second

Utility

50 points into Resource Cost Reduction
50 points into Life per Hit
50 points into Area Damage
50 points into Gold Find

Build Guide

Work in Progress