Right now I'm working through a2 and it's going fairly well --- not as easy as a1 but things are dying, though I wouldn't say I have it on farm status yet.
I know my rings need upgrading but the ones I've found on the AH are, imo, severely overpriced for the stats they offer and I haven't found a suitable offer yet from trade.
With my life and armor, I have a lot of breathing room to face tank for a couple of seconds but my res and LoH don't allow me to stand in the heavy of it like my barb does.
I'm coming over to monk from playing Barb and DH so I'm still trying to piece together the ideal stat mix for gear and the right balance between having high dps and being able to take the hits.
I've brought the LoH up to about 600 as of right now and while it lets me tank a little longer, I'm still not convinced that it's mandatory. I will conceit though that I am only in a2 and I know the learning curve is harder is even steeper in a3 and 4, so I agree that it'll become even more mandatory then.
The only thing helping me, I think, is that I'm use to playing as a DH and kiting. I face tank when and where I can, I only kite back to areas from where I came, I blind and make myself invulnerable, I think, with (near) perfect timing, and I just generally keep on the move -- I run circles around the mobs, making sure I don't let myself get boxed in, good use of floor space by stacking area affects as much as possible, etc.
But anyway - thanks for the suggestions and as I said, I have upped my LoH a bit and my resist (I'm sticking with fire, so far I've found it more readily on the AH than other resists)
Current Stats:
1.9 AS
601 LoH
16% Crit Hit
50% Crit Dmg
494 Res
23.5k dps
7504 armor
37.7k life (a lot of it from my 38% to Life Bonus)
EDIT:
Picked up better shoulders (but far from perfect):
Increased my Dex by about 60 and brings me up to 540 Res.
Thanks you two --- using the above stats, shot through a2 and died a total of 4 times, skipping no champ packs and one-shotting ZK and Belial (I'd heard some rumors that he's one of the harder inferno bosses - he didn't drop me below 80% hp the whole fight, probably been nerfed since launch though).
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Here's some SS of my stats and gear.
Stats: http://i.imgur.com/IQq4J.jpg
Simple breakdown of stats if you don't/can't view the SS:
1.8 AS
0 LoH
16% Crit Hit
50% Crit Dmg
367 Res
25.3k dps
7977 armor
38k life (a lot of it from my 38% to Life Bonus)
Gear: http://imgur.com/a/bpt3U#0
As I said, I have about 15m to spend.
I know my rings need upgrading but the ones I've found on the AH are, imo, severely overpriced for the stats they offer and I haven't found a suitable offer yet from trade.
With my life and armor, I have a lot of breathing room to face tank for a couple of seconds but my res and LoH don't allow me to stand in the heavy of it like my barb does.
I'm coming over to monk from playing Barb and DH so I'm still trying to piece together the ideal stat mix for gear and the right balance between having high dps and being able to take the hits.
I'd appreciate all comments and questions.
The only thing helping me, I think, is that I'm use to playing as a DH and kiting. I face tank when and where I can, I only kite back to areas from where I came, I blind and make myself invulnerable, I think, with (near) perfect timing, and I just generally keep on the move -- I run circles around the mobs, making sure I don't let myself get boxed in, good use of floor space by stacking area affects as much as possible, etc.
But anyway - thanks for the suggestions and as I said, I have upped my LoH a bit and my resist (I'm sticking with fire, so far I've found it more readily on the AH than other resists)
Current Stats:
1.9 AS
601 LoH
16% Crit Hit
50% Crit Dmg
494 Res
23.5k dps
7504 armor
37.7k life (a lot of it from my 38% to Life Bonus)
EDIT:
Picked up better shoulders (but far from perfect):
Increased my Dex by about 60 and brings me up to 540 Res.