I have about 50million gold im about to use for my monks gear set up What main gear set up do you recommend? helm of command stormsheild lantern life on hit wep? or..some other set up? can you farm dual wielding? How much resist and AS should I aim for? What Legendarys/Big buys do I need to make.
First decide on a resist to use. Each has his up and downsides (poison for andariels, arcane for seven sins, physical/fire to save a passive on some bosses, etc.)
Most important is the weapon. Aim for 1k+ dps, 1k+ loh (socket counts as ~400-500) and at least 1.4 attacks per second. Dex/vit are desirable adds. +% as is NOT required unless the weapon is below 1.4. Dont be afraid to spend 15-20 mil for a good one. A pretty perfect one looks like this: http://img713.images...2865/monk1h.jpg (but with a better gem)
String of ears with your res and 18%+ damage reduction is the most important after the weapon and is required. 2-3 mil? maybe a bit more for a good one.
Stormshield is by far the best shield for under 10 mil. Get one with your resist, 5% elite dmg reduction and 28%+ block. This should cost somewhere between 6 and 9 mil. Alternatively you can go DW, but you need excellent gear to make it work and for some mobs you still need a shield. I strongly suggest to start with 1h/shield.
Helm of command with dex, socket and your resist is cheap and probably the best defensive helm. ~2-3 mil.
I don't suggest justice lantern as a ring, unless you can find one with ias (and those are 15+ mil).
Get 2 rings with 150-200 dex/vit (combined), 15%+ ias and 30+ of your resist. E.g. 80 dex, 50 vit, 40 res, 15% ias and socket. These are 2-3 mil each. IAS is key on rings, since we cant get it on many other slots.
Gloves MUST have 15%+ ias. Get as much dex/vit/res to go with it as you can.
Amulet can either be blackthorne's with dex and your resist if you feel rich, or ouroboros with 100+ dex, 100+ vit, 400+ loh and your resist which is around 3 mil i think (thats what i paid for a 150 dex 100 vit 423 loh). If you get a rare amulet either go for high Loh or for IAS combined with dex/vit/res. Dont spend more than 3-4 mil tho.
The rest of the gear is basic vit, dex, @res, yourres. Dont spend more than 2-3 mil per piece and take your time to find them.
Stats to aim for with shield:
- 750-850 @res
- 35-45k hp (when above 40k, swap all gems to dex)
- 1500+ loh
- 5k+ armor with seize the initiative (and no other buffs)
- 2+ attacks per second
- ~30% damage reduction from melee or elite (20 SoE, 9 storm, optional from bracer/chest).
- 35%+ block (28% storm, 8% helm)
- life per second helps if your life on hit is low
- Your dps should definitely be above 10k unbuffed
I think it's doable to get these stats with 50 mil if you look for the good deals on the AH. Once you got these stats you should be able to fully complete inferno and farm any boss you want with 5 stacks.
First decide on a resist to use. Each has his up and downsides (poison for andariels, arcane for seven sins, physical/fire to save a passive on some bosses, etc.)
Most Monks will use One With Everything so there isn't really a choice to be made. It is best to pick one resistance to stack, as it it means it is usually easier and cheaper than going after +res all. Also, you can find a lot of gear with (for eg) +cold res and +res all which all adds up and helps out.
I made the mistake early on of going primarily for +all res and wasted a lot of gold til I realised it's just easier and cheaper to go for + Arcance Res as it is my highest, unbuffed
Pretty sure that's what he was saying, pick the resist you want to stack and stack it, ex. arcane resist for you.
First decide on a resist to use. Each has his up and downsides (poison for andariels, arcane for seven sins, physical/fire to save a passive on some bosses, etc.)
Most Monks will use One With Everything so there isn't really a choice to be made. It is best to pick one resistance to stack, as it it means it is usually easier and cheaper than going after +res all. Also, you can find a lot of gear with (for eg) +cold res and +res all which all adds up and helps out.
I made the mistake early on of going primarily for +all res and wasted a lot of gold til I realised it's just easier and cheaper to go for + Arcance Res as it is my highest, unbuffed
Pretty sure that's what he was saying, pick the resist you want to stack and stack it, ex. arcane resist for you.
Just seemed weird that he was talking up the + & - points of individual res, seeing as it doesn't matter with OWE.
I was talking about the +/- of the resists you chose.
For example if you chose to stack poison resists you can wear a dex andariels which always has poison resist.
Or if you stack stack arcane resist you can get the seven sin shoulders which always have arcane resist.
And so on. Of course you only chose 1 resist and get as much of it as you can.
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Most important is the weapon. Aim for 1k+ dps, 1k+ loh (socket counts as ~400-500) and at least 1.4 attacks per second. Dex/vit are desirable adds. +% as is NOT required unless the weapon is below 1.4. Dont be afraid to spend 15-20 mil for a good one. A pretty perfect one looks like this: http://img713.images...2865/monk1h.jpg (but with a better gem)
String of ears with your res and 18%+ damage reduction is the most important after the weapon and is required. 2-3 mil? maybe a bit more for a good one.
Stormshield is by far the best shield for under 10 mil. Get one with your resist, 5% elite dmg reduction and 28%+ block. This should cost somewhere between 6 and 9 mil. Alternatively you can go DW, but you need excellent gear to make it work and for some mobs you still need a shield. I strongly suggest to start with 1h/shield.
Helm of command with dex, socket and your resist is cheap and probably the best defensive helm. ~2-3 mil.
I don't suggest justice lantern as a ring, unless you can find one with ias (and those are 15+ mil).
Get 2 rings with 150-200 dex/vit (combined), 15%+ ias and 30+ of your resist. E.g. 80 dex, 50 vit, 40 res, 15% ias and socket. These are 2-3 mil each. IAS is key on rings, since we cant get it on many other slots.
Gloves MUST have 15%+ ias. Get as much dex/vit/res to go with it as you can.
Amulet can either be blackthorne's with dex and your resist if you feel rich, or ouroboros with 100+ dex, 100+ vit, 400+ loh and your resist which is around 3 mil i think (thats what i paid for a 150 dex 100 vit 423 loh). If you get a rare amulet either go for high Loh or for IAS combined with dex/vit/res. Dont spend more than 3-4 mil tho.
The rest of the gear is basic vit, dex, @res, yourres. Dont spend more than 2-3 mil per piece and take your time to find them.
Stats to aim for with shield:
- 750-850 @res
- 35-45k hp (when above 40k, swap all gems to dex)
- 1500+ loh
- 5k+ armor with seize the initiative (and no other buffs)
- 2+ attacks per second
- ~30% damage reduction from melee or elite (20 SoE, 9 storm, optional from bracer/chest).
- 35%+ block (28% storm, 8% helm)
- life per second helps if your life on hit is low
- Your dps should definitely be above 10k unbuffed
I think it's doable to get these stats with 50 mil if you look for the good deals on the AH. Once you got these stats you should be able to fully complete inferno and farm any boss you want with 5 stacks.
Pretty sure that's what he was saying, pick the resist you want to stack and stack it, ex. arcane resist for you.
I was talking about the +/- of the resists you chose.
For example if you chose to stack poison resists you can wear a dex andariels which always has poison resist.
Or if you stack stack arcane resist you can get the seven sin shoulders which always have arcane resist.
And so on. Of course you only chose 1 resist and get as much of it as you can.