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Kanai's Cube

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  • The Furnace

  

  Legendary Two-Handed Mace

  • Primary Stats
  • • +(39–47)–(47–59) Fire Damage
    • +3 Random Magic Properties
  • Secondary Stats
  • • Increases damage against elites by 40–50%.
    • One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

    • +192–245 Strength

    • +192–245 Intelligence

    • +192–245 Dexterity

  The Furnace
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  • The Laws of Seph

  

  Legendary Spirit Stone

  • Primary Stats
  • • +128–163 Dexterity
    • +3 Random Magic Properties
  • Secondary Stats
  • • Using Blinding Flash restores 125–165 Spirit.
    • Empty Socket
  The Laws of Seph
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  • Convention of Elements

  

  Legendary Ring

  • Primary Stats
  • • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
    • +2 Random Magic Properties
  • Secondary Stats
  • • Gain 150–200% increased damage to a single element for 4 seconds. This effect rotates through the elements available to your class in the following order: Arcane, Cold, Fire, Holy, Lightning, Physical, Poison.
    • Empty Socket
    • One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

    • +220–349 Dexterity

    • +220–349 Strength

    • +220–349 Intelligence

  Convention of Elements

Sweeping Wind Buffs

Monkey King's Garb (Helm/Shoulders, Amulet, Gloves, Chest, Leggings, and Ring of Royal Grandeur)- Sweeping wind is buffed by the 2, 4, and 6 set bonuses. While Sweeping Wind is active, damage taken is reduced by 50% (2 piece), Sweeping wind spawns decoys that taunt nearby enemies and explode for 1000% extra damage per stack (4 piece), and Sweeping Wind boosts spenders (in this case, tempest rush) for 3000% as it is consumed (6 piece).

Kyoshiro's Soul (Belt) - Sweeping Wind gains 2 stacks every second it does not deal damage to any enemies. This helps you maintain or generate Sweeping Wind stacks even when you are not in combat or before you enter combat. Additionally, you receive a 100-125% damage buff for Sweeping Wind.

Spirit Generation

The Laws of Seph (Kanai Cube/Helm) - Using Blinding Flash restores 125-165 Spirit.

Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac (Ring) - Reduces the remaining cooldown of one of your abilities by 1 second when you use a resource spender (Tempest Rush, see below). Specifically, this will reduce the cooldowns of Blinding Flash (LoS = 125-165 spirit instantly) and Epiphany (20 spirit per second for 15 seconds).

Tempest Rush Buffs

Balance (Daibo) - increases Tempest Rush damage by 150-200%. Additionally, when Tempest Rush hits 3 or fewer enemies, it automatically Crits.

Cesar's Memento (bracers) - Enemies take 300-400% increased damage from Tempest Rush for 5 seconds after you hit them with a blind, freeze, or stun. This buff is applied frequently as Blinding Flash (your Spirit Generator) has a low cooldown (3-4 seconds when Tempest Rushing) due to Obsidian Ring. Additionally, the Sweeping Wind rune freezes enemies after 3 seconds.

Mantle of Channeling (Shoulders/Kanai Cube) - While channeling Tempest Rush, you deal 25% increased damage and take 25% reduced damage.

For Higher GRs, try switching out Mantle of channeling to free up a RoRG slot for the Unity Ring, as the damage dealt is now very high in patch 2.4.1

Convention of the Elements (ring) - Gain 150-200% increased damage to a single element. This increases the cold damage significantly, specifically from your Tempest Rush Flurry when you release on the cold rotation.

Gems - Taeguk increases damage dealt, Gogok of Swiftness increases Attack Speed (which increases damage per hit while channeling Tempest Rush), and Bane of the Powerful increases damage against all monsters by 20% and elites by an additional 15%

Overall Damage Mitigation and Survivability

Damage is mitigated by the following items - Monkey King 2 Set Bonus (reduce damage taken by 50%) and Mantle of Channeling (reduce damage take by 25%) -OR- Unity Ring is solo GR pushing. Additionally, Obsidian Ring reduces the cooldown of damage mitigating skills (i.e. epiphany - desert shroud (you take 50% reduced damage), blinding flash - crippling light (blinded monsters do 40% less damage for 5 seconds), and dashing strike - blinding speed (40% increased Dodge chance for 4 seconds)). Additionally, Mantra of Salvation - agility (passive 20% increased resistances and 35% increased dodge chance) is used as a damage mitigator.

Survivability is increased by the following items - Irontoe Mudsputters (Boots) increase movement speed 25-30% based on missing health, allowing for quicker get-aways when health is low. Additionally, blinded and frozen targets (Blinding Flash, Tempest Rush) do significantly less damage.

Gems - Taeguk increases armor % and Gogok of Swiftness increases cooldown reduction (to ensure full uptime on Epiphany - Desert Shroud), and now additionally dodge chance, and finally Bane of the Powerful will decrease damage taken from elites by 15%

Passive Abilities

- Sieze the initiative - Increases damage per hit, but also Resource Cost (this is why resource cost reduction is a good stat option)

- Momentum - Increases damage dealt by 20% while you are in motion. (Relentless Assault may be another viable option here.

- Beacon of Ytar - Increases Cooldown Reduction by 20%, this is essential for 100% uptime on epiphany

- Harmony - This is a must in terms of damage mitigation (roll secondary res on every piece of gear)

Paragon Priorities

Core

- Max out Movement Speed (13% here if you have 12% in your boots, otherwise 25% if you have none in your boots)

- Primary Stat or Vitality, whatever you need (only get vitality if you have gear with vitality starved rolls, otherwise prioritize dexterity)

- Maximum Resource not necessary for this build

Offense

- Cooldown Reduction is going to be really important to max out, in order to get the highest amount (full) up-time on epiphany.

- Critical Hit Damage is pretty self explanatory, max this out after CDR

- Since you're rolling Critical Hit Chance on all other gear, this wont be mandatory for the build to function

- Attack Speed will not increase the amount of 'ticks' per frame of Tempest Rush, so by increasing attack speed you increase damage done per 'tick', AND resource cost per 'tick'. You will most likely need to have Resource Cost Reduction on your Obsidian ring to add much attack speed to this build and still not be resource-hungry.

Defense

- This section is pretty self explanatory, I find maxing the paragons in this order helps me survive most reliably.

Utility

- Resource Cost Reduction makes this build much easier to play, and is necessary if you ever want to activate your mantra, max this first.

- Area Damage, great source of damage

- Life on Hit, some extra survivability while using Tempest Rush