This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly! I am currently farming Torment 1 to Torment 3 in hardcore
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The monk has always been my favorite character. Instead of heavy armor and great swords, the monk relies on mastery of his body to dominate foes in combat. THAT'S SO FREAKING COOL. Lately though, i've been really bummed with my monk. Too much toughness, or not enough spirit, or not enough sustain.... once I got one thing down, something else came up.
I found that, generally, you either have greatsingletarget damage (Lashing tail kick) or great AOE (cyclone strike). You can't really have both because of the spirit issues. Epiphany solves those issues. Massive toughness AND spirit regen PLUS CC immunity?? Yes please.
Everysuccessful planhas a clearly defined objective. Our objective is to clear rifts as fast as possible. This IS the best way to farmlegendary items.
Ccool down reduction really makes this build work.Go for as much cool down reduction as reasonable. (Reasonable depends on your current needs. Don't sacrifice too much toughness or DPS)
Spirit > DPS. More Spirit = more Lashing tail kicks/Cyclone strikes = more dmg
Skills
Deadly Reach -scatteredblows
Arguably the best spirit generator in the game. It's been discussed several times in the forms.
Dashing strike - way of the falling star The move speed on this is wonderful. Also because F**K YOUR WALLS!
Lashing Tail kick -Scorpion sting Synergy with the light build. Possible to stun lock most anything GREAT single target dps
Cyclone strike - Eye of the storm Possibly THE best skill for clearing trash mobs.
Sweeping wind - cyclone More synergy with the light build. Activate it once and keep it up as long as you can. Much value, many damage, wow.
Epiphany - Dessert shroud OR inner fire depending on your needs. Toughness or more damage. Whatever you need
Passives These are constantly changing depending on my gear/needs.
One witheverything -Ok i lied. This never changes.Ever.
Trancendence -Makes epiphany even more valuable. Spirit now does dmg AND heals.Also,I need some sustain.
Seize the initiative -Im playing HC. We dont yolo in HC. I dont want to die.
Near Death Experience -Some times, Epiphany is on cool down and you get frozen and walled in 5 arcane beams. Once (if) I can get epiphany on low enough cool down where it is up every couple seconds, i'll remove this.
Feedback is appreciated! Much testing to still be done!
Nice build, but nothing really new here, I still think it's worth droping ciclone strike for a mantra when solo and drop LTK for a mantra when in a party. But seems like the main porpuse of the build would be mantra-less, so yeah... It makes much more sense if you have a full inna's set, but if it's not the case, I really don't feel like droping an OP mantra. Sorry if it sounds rude or something, nothing personal, I really love when ppl have dif ideas, but this is not the case.
Im not really sure that mantras are "OP". They are good, but I think having faster clear time is much better. The goal is the clear rifts as fast as possible.
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The monk has always been my favorite character. Instead of heavy armor and great swords, the monk relies on mastery of his body to dominate foes in combat. THAT'S SO FREAKING COOL. Lately though, i've been really bummed with my monk. Too much toughness, or not enough spirit, or not enough sustain.... once I got one thing down, something else came up.
I found that, generally, you either have greatsingletarget damage (Lashing tail kick) or great AOE (cyclone strike). You can't really have both because of the spirit issues. Epiphany solves those issues. Massive toughness AND spirit regen PLUS CC immunity?? Yes please.
Everysuccessful planhas a clearly defined objective. Our objective is to clear rifts as fast as possible. This IS the best way to farmlegendary items.
Arguably the best spirit generator in the game. It's been discussed several times in the forms.
Dashing strike - way of the falling star
The move speed on this is wonderful. Also because F**K YOUR WALLS!
Lashing Tail kick -Scorpion sting
Synergy with the light build. Possible to stun lock most anything GREAT single target dps
Cyclone strike - Eye of the storm
Possibly THE best skill for clearing trash mobs.
Sweeping wind - cyclone More synergy with the light build. Activate it once and keep it up as long as you can. Much value, many damage, wow.
Epiphany - Dessert shroud OR inner fire depending on your needs.
Toughness or more damage. Whatever you need
Passives These are constantly changing depending on my gear/needs.
Trancendence -Makes epiphany even more valuable. Spirit now does dmg AND heals.Also,I need some sustain.
Seize the initiative -Im playing HC. We dont yolo in HC. I dont want to die.
Near Death Experience -Some times, Epiphany is on cool down and you get frozen and walled in 5 arcane beams. Once (if) I can get epiphany on low enough cool down where it is up every couple seconds, i'll remove this.
Feedback is appreciated! Much testing to still be done!