2.3 S4 Broken Promises Cold Uliana's

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by gabriel_lifting_cake last updated Sep 9, 2015 ( Patch 2.3 )

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Skills

Way of the Hundred Fists Assimilation
- Way of the Hundred Fists
Generate: 12 Spirit per attack

Unleash a rapid series of punches that strike enemies for 190% weapon damage as Physical.
Assimilation

Each enemy hit with the third hit increases your damage by 5% for 5 seconds.
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.
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%.
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.
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.
Mantra of Salvation Agility
- Mantra of Salvation
Cost: 50 Spirit

Active: You and nearby allies gain an additional 20% increased resistance to all elements for 3 seconds.

Passive: You and your allies within 60 yards gain 20% increased resistance to all elements.

Only one Mantra may be active at a time.
Agility

Passive: Mantra of Salvation also increases Dodge Chance by 35%.

Beacon of Ytar
- Beacon of Ytar
Reduce all cooldowns by 20%.
Determination
- Determination
Each enemy within 12 yards increases your damage by 4%, up to a maximum of 20%.
Harmony
- Harmony
40% of your single elemental resistances from items instead increases your resistance to all elements.
Near Death Experience
- Near Death Experience
When receiving fatal damage, you instead restore 35% Life and 35% Spirit and are immune to damage and control impairing effects for 2 seconds.

This effect may occur once every 60 seconds.

Items

Uliana's Spirit

Set Helm

Primary Stats

+626–750 Dexterity
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Uliana's Stratagem
Uliana's Spirit
Uliana's Strength
Uliana's Heart
Uliana's Burden
Uliana's Destiny
Uliana's Fury
(2) Set: Every third hit of your Spirit Generators applies Exploding Palm.
(4) Set: Your Seven-Sided Strike deals double its total damage with each hit.
(6) Set: Increase the damage of your Exploding Palm by 250% and your Seven-Sided Strike detonates your Exploding Palm.
Uliana's Strength

Set Shoulders

Primary Stats

+416–500 Dexterity
+91–100 Resistance to All Elements
+4 Random Magic Properties

Uliana's Stratagem
Uliana's Spirit
Uliana's Strength
Uliana's Heart
Uliana's Burden
Uliana's Destiny
Uliana's Fury
(2) Set: Every third hit of your Spirit Generators applies Exploding Palm.
(4) Set: Your Seven-Sided Strike deals double its total damage with each hit.
(6) Set: Increase the damage of your Exploding Palm by 250% and your Seven-Sided Strike detonates your Exploding Palm.
Hellfire Amulet

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

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

+626–750 Intelligence

+626–750 Dexterity

+626–750 Strength
Uliana's Heart

Set Chest Armor

Primary Stats

+416–500 Dexterity
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Uliana's Stratagem
Uliana's Spirit
Uliana's Strength
Uliana's Heart
Uliana's Burden
Uliana's Destiny
Uliana's Fury
(2) Set: Every third hit of your Spirit Generators applies Exploding Palm.
(4) Set: Your Seven-Sided Strike deals double its total damage with each hit.
(6) Set: Increase the damage of your Exploding Palm by 250% and your Seven-Sided Strike detonates your Exploding Palm.
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.
Uliana's Fury

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

+626–750 Dexterity
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8.0–10.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties

Uliana's Stratagem
Uliana's Spirit
Uliana's Strength
Uliana's Heart
Uliana's Burden
Uliana's Destiny
Uliana's Fury
(2) Set: Every third hit of your Spirit Generators applies Exploding Palm.
(4) Set: Your Seven-Sided Strike deals double its total damage with each hit.
(6) Set: Increase the damage of your Exploding Palm by 250% and your Seven-Sided Strike detonates your Exploding Palm.
Binding of the Lost

Legendary Belt

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Each hit with Seven-Sided Strike grants 3.0–3.5% damage reduction for 7 seconds.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+37–48 Dexterity

+37–48 Strength

+37–48 Intelligence
Uliana's Burden

Set Pants

Primary Stats

+416–500 Dexterity
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Uliana's Stratagem
Uliana's Spirit
Uliana's Strength
Uliana's Heart
Uliana's Burden
Uliana's Destiny
Uliana's Fury
(2) Set: Every third hit of your Spirit Generators applies Exploding Palm.
(4) Set: Your Seven-Sided Strike deals double its total damage with each hit.
(6) Set: Increase the damage of your Exploding Palm by 250% and your Seven-Sided Strike detonates your Exploding Palm.
Uliana's Destiny

Set Boots

Primary Stats

+416–500 Dexterity
+416–500 Vitality
+4 Random Magic Properties

Uliana's Stratagem
Uliana's Spirit
Uliana's Strength
Uliana's Heart
Uliana's Burden
Uliana's Destiny
Uliana's Fury
(2) Set: Every third hit of your Spirit Generators applies Exploding Palm.
(4) Set: Your Seven-Sided Strike deals double its total damage with each hit.
(6) Set: Increase the damage of your Exploding Palm by 250% and your Seven-Sided Strike detonates your Exploding Palm.
Focus

Set Ring

Primary Stats

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

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

Bastions of Will
Focus
Restraint
(2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.
Restraint

Set Ring

Primary Stats

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

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

Bastions of Will
Focus
Restraint
(2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.
Lion's Claw

Legendary Fist Weapon

Primary Stats

+626–750 Dexterity
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Seven-Sided Strike performs an additional 7 strikes.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Arcane Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Poison Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Lightning Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Holy Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Cold Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Fire Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Damage

More Details

Head
- Uliana's Spirit
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit Socket Skill: EP
Shoulders
- Uliana's Strength
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit CDR Life
Amulet
- Hellfire Amulet
- Mara's Kaleidoscope
- Talisman of Aranoch
- Stat Priority: Cold % Dex CHD Socket
Torso
- Uliana's Heart
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit Reduced Elite Dmg Socket
Wrists
- Gungdo Gear
- Stat Priority: Cold % Dex Vit LOH
Hands
- Uliana's Fury
- Stat Priority: Dex Dex CHD AD
Waist
- Binding of the Lost
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit Life Armor +
Legs
- Uliana's Burden
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit Socket Armor +
Feet
- Uliana's Destiny
- Stat Priority: CHD Skill: EP MS Dex Vit
Rings
- Focus
- Restraint
- Stat Priority: Dex CHD CDR AD
Weapon
- Lion's Claw
- The Fist of Az'Turrasq
- Stat Priority: CDR Dex Socket AD
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)
- Bane of the Stricken
  Bane of the Stricken
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Each attack you make against an enemy increases the damage it takes from your attacks by 0.8%.
- 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)

Kanai's Cube

The Flow of Eternity

Legendary Daibo

Primary Stats

+192–245 Dexterity
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Increase the damage of Seven-Sided Strike by 100% and reduce the cooldown of Seven-Sided Strike by 45–60%.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(39–47)–(47–59) Arcane Damage

+(39–47)–(47–59) Poison Damage

+(39–47)–(47–59) Lightning Damage

+(39–47)–(47–59) Holy Damage

+(39–47)–(47–59) Cold Damage

+(39–47)–(47–59) Fire Damage

+(39–47)–(47–59) Damage
The Flow of Eternity
Spirit Guards

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Your Spirit Generators reduce your damage taken by 30–40% for 3 seconds.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence
Spirit Guards
Broken Promises

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Reduces all resource costs by 4.0–6.0%.
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

After 5 consecutive non-critical hits, your chance to critically hit is increased to 100% for 3 seconds.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Broken Promises

Gabe here - Rank 44 Monk season 3.

This build is the standard Broken Promises build utilizing the Uliana's Set.

Things to Note:

I did not create this build - I am merely sharing my experience and information. All credit goes to the original creator.
Do NOT place any critical hit chance on any items or in your paragons. You should only have five percent (5%) in your information sheet, which is the character base.
Cool-down reduction is a direct increase to your overall damage output.
You can regenerate your life during your Seven-Sided Strike animation.

Stat Priorities:

Helm: Exploding Palm % Damage > LPS > DEX (Secondary : Physical Resistance & Globe Radius)
Shoulders: CDR > LPS > DEX > VIT (Secondary : Globe Bonus & Chill on Hit / Globe Radius)
Chest: DEX > VIT > Elite Dmg Reduction (Secondary Stat: Physical Resistance & Melee Damage Reduction)
Hands: CDR > CHD > LPS > DEX (Secondary : Physical Resistance & Stun on Hit/ Globe Radius)
Legs: DEX > LPS > VIT (Secondary : Physical Resistance & Life per Kill)
Feet: Exploding Palm % Damage > LPS > DEX > VIT (Secondary : Physical Resistance & Globe Bonus)
Wrists: Cold % Damage > LPS > Dex > Vit (Secondary : Physical Resistance)
Waist: LPS > Dex > Vit > Life % (Secondary : Physical Resistance)
Neck: CHD > Cold % Damage > DEX/CDR (Secondary : Physical Resistance)
Rings: CDR > CHD > DEX (Secondary : Physical Resistance & Life per Kill)
Weapons: CDR > Base DMG/%DMG > DEX > VIT (Secondary : Life Per Kill)

Hellfire Passives:

Beacon of Ytar - A good version of this Amulet will carry you through any Broken Promises build you can think of. Cool-down reduction is damage.
Sixth Sense - Damage reduction. Helps dealing with bad affix packs.
Resolve - Not as good as Sixth Sense but still a viable option.

Cube:

The Flow of Eternity - Cool-down reduction directly increases your damage output. This doubles it.
Spirit Guards / Gungdo Gear - Damage mitigation or Exploding Palm utility respectively. Equip whichever rolled better on your inventory sheet.
Broken Promise - After five (5) non-consecutive critical hits, you gain one hundred percent (100%) critical hit chance for 5 seconds). This is why you do not put any crit on your gear.

GEMS:

Bane of the Trapped - Direct damage multiplier. Must have.
Bane of the Stricken - Adds stacks to mobs over time. Adds up quickly on champion packs and the Rift Guardian.
Gogok of Swiftness - Cooldown reduction is damage and toughness in the form of your Desert Shroud rune.

Gameplay:

Simple. Use your Seven-Sided Strike whenever it is off cool-down, hopefully with a decent assimilation stack. Regen during your animation lock and effectively reposition with Dashing Strike.

Rotation:

Start the rift with hitting the first mob you see once then casting Seven-Sided Strike to get your mitigation stats from both your Spirit Guards and your Binding of the Lost.
Create density in the center tile by getting the attention of surrounding monsters and drawing them to that position.
Dashing Strike into the density you have created and hit three times to apply your Exploding Palm.
Cast Seven-Sided Strike to spread your Exploding Palm and dispatch the density.
Dashing Strike once you come out of your Seven-Sided Strike to gain additional toughness in dodge chance.
Repeat until the remaining density is no longer worth fighting.
Repeat from start.

***UPDATE***

New Leveling Tips for S4 Video: Here

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Damage
Attack Speed
Critical Hit Chance

Defense

Life Regeneration
Resist All
Life
Armor

Utility

Area Damage
Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Gold Find

MS > DEX > VIT > SPIRIT

Movement speed for clear speed and stack dex.

CDR > CHD > AIS

Cool-down is damage and mitigation. Stacking CHD is where your damage is. Attack speed helps with faster assimilation procs.

LPS > RES > LIFE > ARMOR

LPS is your sustain, The rest is self explanatory.

AD > RCR > LoH > GF

Area damage and resource cost reduction... just cause.

Build Guide

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***UPDATE***

New Leveling Tips for S4 Video: Here

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