I love playing my Monk. I played Act 1 as every class and enjoyed it the most, so it was my first 60. I trounced through the whole game and felt like a badass soloing everything and carrying friends through acts and bosses, everything was fun until inferno hit.
Even then, I knew what I was doing wrong- I was able to gear up accordingly and kick some ass.
I'm able to tank like a boss and do just fine up until the Keep Depths in Act 3 and I'm just getting my ass handed to me.
When I get grouped with a Barb I have 1.2 - 1.5k resists. When I use Hard Target I have 11k Armor. I still get owned.
I've tried replacing Crippling Wave/Cuncussion with Cripping Wave/Mangle, I've tried Fists of Thunder/Thunderclap. I've tried Deadly Reach/Keen Eye. I've tried Way of the Hundred Firsts/Blazing Fists.
I've tried different Mantras, I've used Mantra of Evasion with most of those runes (Usually Backlash or Hard Target) - I've also tried Mantra of Conviction with Overawe. I've tried Mantra of Retribution with Transgression.
I've tried using the Blind instead of Sweeping Wind.
Nothing seems to help. I'm running out of gold to try things as you can see. I've spent so much gold on gear and hate that I'm stuck at this point- when I know if I was a different class I would be fine.
I'm extremely frustrated.
I have a 60 Wizard and a 55 Demon Hunter that are fine, but don't give me the same kinda joy that I get playing my Monk- but I feel like it's futile almost.
Your HP is a bit low. Also the speed of your attacks is too low to take advantage of that 300loh gem you've put in. Combined with Concussion you probably attack really slowly.
Why not try FoT with Quickening or Thunderclap runes and maybe try and find a bit faster weapon or IAS on some other gear pieces to see how that works out? A bit more LoH on that gear won't hurt as well, but as we all know - quite expensive.
Also your resists are very high, I'm not sure you need Time of Need. Maybe switch to Dodge mantra or even try Conviction with Intimidation rune to see if that helps out with killing mobs faster while still being somewhat defensive.
Conviction with Intimidation + Resolve = 35% damage reduction and 12% more damage (24% with activation).
I love playing my Monk. I played Act 1 as every class and enjoyed it the most, so it was my first 60. I trounced through the whole game and felt like a badass soloing everything and carrying friends through acts and bosses, everything was fun until inferno hit.
Even then, I knew what I was doing wrong- I was able to gear up accordingly and kick some ass.
I'm able to tank like a boss and do just fine up until the Keep Depths in Act 3 and I'm just getting my ass handed to me.
Here are my stats:
http://i.imgur.com/liHx8.jpg
That's running with Mantra of Healing/Time of Need.
Here's my build:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#WTXgQi!XZU!ZcbYcc
Here's my Gear:
http://imgur.com/a/TVfRP
(Running with 1h and Shield, tried using both 2-handers but I just get melted)
I thought my problem might be HP/Vitality so I've tried a combination of this helm and chest to no avail:
http://imgur.com/a/eTJn5
When I get grouped with a Barb I have 1.2 - 1.5k resists. When I use Hard Target I have 11k Armor. I still get owned.
I've tried replacing Crippling Wave/Cuncussion with Cripping Wave/Mangle, I've tried Fists of Thunder/Thunderclap. I've tried Deadly Reach/Keen Eye. I've tried Way of the Hundred Firsts/Blazing Fists.
I've tried different Mantras, I've used Mantra of Evasion with most of those runes (Usually Backlash or Hard Target) - I've also tried Mantra of Conviction with Overawe. I've tried Mantra of Retribution with Transgression.
I've tried using the Blind instead of Sweeping Wind.
Nothing seems to help. I'm running out of gold to try things as you can see. I've spent so much gold on gear and hate that I'm stuck at this point- when I know if I was a different class I would be fine.
I'm extremely frustrated.
I have a 60 Wizard and a 55 Demon Hunter that are fine, but don't give me the same kinda joy that I get playing my Monk- but I feel like it's futile almost.
Any help/tips/would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading.
roughly the same dodge. and i have no trouble at all really.... save for lame ones that are like vortex horde lazersbeem ones.
well i do have 44k hp, but i rarely fall very low on hp. maybe try to get your hp at 28k ish and see.
Why not try FoT with Quickening or Thunderclap runes and maybe try and find a bit faster weapon or IAS on some other gear pieces to see how that works out? A bit more LoH on that gear won't hurt as well, but as we all know - quite expensive.
Also your resists are very high, I'm not sure you need Time of Need. Maybe switch to Dodge mantra or even try Conviction with Intimidation rune to see if that helps out with killing mobs faster while still being somewhat defensive.
Conviction with Intimidation + Resolve = 35% damage reduction and 12% more damage (24% with activation).
Ha. Bagstone.
I had Attack Speed stuff before the last patch but I replaced most of it with crit.
Should I ditch the 1.2 weapon?
How much HP and LOH should I be aiming for? It seems like getting crit and attack speed is nearly impossible.