I have been using the Scoundrel for the follower for his crit bonus and DPS
My monk hit 60 about 5 days ago, so the gear isn't exactly where I want it yet. I have upgraded both Chest piece (same stats but ~200 Dex now) and Bracers (+80 dex, +157 armor + 0.5% crit )since the last profile page update.
I am having problems now in act 3. I am capable of killing most things, but some elite-pack/affix combos have been killing me a couple times. I figured with my armor and resists, i should be able to stand in things for a couple seconds without causing a tons of problems, but this hasn't been the case. I don't necessarily mean standing in them out of laziness, but when you get vortexed back into it, etc...
I also feel like my LoH doesn't provide as much life as i would expect (~1k) but perhaps i am using the wrong skill, or comparing it to the insane LoH i got on my WD.
Third is a random side question: When i use MoE, why does it give me <10% dodge boost when it clearly stats 15% dodge boost? Does that have something to do with the way Dex scales dodge non-linearly? Would i be better off without the Dodge/Armor boost and just go for MoH and more resist or Overawe?
Maybe my spec is just wrong for survivability, but it sure seems to me that Dashing Strike (which i see very few people use) is nice for breaking jailer and getting out of corners when trapped
BTW: with my two upgrades, my DPS now sit at 30.2k unbuffed, life @ 35.6k, armor 6228, resists 1070, crit 30%, crit dmg 251%, dodge 38.4%
Honestly, I have no idea how you are struggling with that gear.
My alt monk has vastly worse gear and I find it rather easy.
Do you use the typical build?
FoT/ Thunderclap, Sweeping wind cyclone, serenity-ascension, blinding flash-faith in the light, breath of heaven-blazing wrath, mantra of evasion-backlash
one with everything, seize the initiative, transcendance.
People argue for resolve instead of transcendance. Just try transcendance, it feels better. Anything slightly out of range of you isnt getting the 25% damage reduction, and when u have extra spirit spamming mantras and getting healed feels really good.
That looks like a pretty good set of gear. I haven't looked closely at prices but it seems that you might be valuing dex too much on your rings and neck, for those pieces it's much better for to get a mid level of main stat and at least 2 out of 4 of crit, crit dmg, ias, or +dmg. People tend to undervalue +dmg so you can often get it without paying any extra. Use a spreadsheet to tell you the value of each of those stats relative to 1 dex with your current gear.
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I have been using the Scoundrel for the follower for his crit bonus and DPS
My monk hit 60 about 5 days ago, so the gear isn't exactly where I want it yet. I have upgraded both Chest piece (same stats but ~200 Dex now) and Bracers (+80 dex, +157 armor + 0.5% crit )since the last profile page update.
I am having problems now in act 3. I am capable of killing most things, but some elite-pack/affix combos have been killing me a couple times. I figured with my armor and resists, i should be able to stand in things for a couple seconds without causing a tons of problems, but this hasn't been the case. I don't necessarily mean standing in them out of laziness, but when you get vortexed back into it, etc...
I also feel like my LoH doesn't provide as much life as i would expect (~1k) but perhaps i am using the wrong skill, or comparing it to the insane LoH i got on my WD.
Third is a random side question: When i use MoE, why does it give me <10% dodge boost when it clearly stats 15% dodge boost? Does that have something to do with the way Dex scales dodge non-linearly? Would i be better off without the Dodge/Armor boost and just go for MoH and more resist or Overawe?
Maybe my spec is just wrong for survivability, but it sure seems to me that Dashing Strike (which i see very few people use) is nice for breaking jailer and getting out of corners when trapped
BTW: with my two upgrades, my DPS now sit at 30.2k unbuffed, life @ 35.6k, armor 6228, resists 1070, crit 30%, crit dmg 251%, dodge 38.4%
My alt monk has vastly worse gear and I find it rather easy.
Do you use the typical build?
FoT/ Thunderclap, Sweeping wind cyclone, serenity-ascension, blinding flash-faith in the light, breath of heaven-blazing wrath, mantra of evasion-backlash
one with everything, seize the initiative, transcendance.
People argue for resolve instead of transcendance. Just try transcendance, it feels better. Anything slightly out of range of you isnt getting the 25% damage reduction, and when u have extra spirit spamming mantras and getting healed feels really good.