Honestly i tried a lightning build on a monk, it simply wasn't worth it. I had same belt and odyn son and same belt along with ele damage on bracers and 30% damage on knockback. i also had ele damage on a few other items, i changed my spec to include mantra of conviction Blazing wrath and the blind buff (i forget what it is called but increases damage by 29%) so effectively i lost 200k sheet damage (i dropped to 800k) but gained 40% from skill CD, i think about 50% from ele damage and 30% from knock back (i used thunderclap for the knock back). theoretically i should have wrecked my usual farming level instead i barely broke even.
I figured it is simply the difference in Skill damage, i worked out that way of 100 fists with first skill rune you would need roughly 50% +ele damage just to break even with this skill with the lower performing thunderclap, along with the 200k loss on sheet damage (which are lost from the flat damage skills eg: attack speed and crit to get the extra ele damage) it just simply wasnt worth it. the problem with the monk i am seeing right now is there is no real synergy between skill to utilize specific ele types, i think if you really want to go down that road, look at holy, fire, or just plain physical.
You're geared and reforged for dex and offensive secondary statistics dude, no shit your toughness is low. Pop diamonds into your sockets and see the difference. Like none of your gear has vit/resist all/life %, why are you wondering about low toughness? Just look at your gear.
Sacrifice some damage for toughness, or hope for legs that give both. Also....you have a lot of spenders for your build.
Awesome! Thank you very much for the advice guys. Thanks for the constructive feedback zwergl. I knew I had to sacrifice something but wasn't sure what.
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I figured it is simply the difference in Skill damage, i worked out that way of 100 fists with first skill rune you would need roughly 50% +ele damage just to break even with this skill with the lower performing thunderclap, along with the 200k loss on sheet damage (which are lost from the flat damage skills eg: attack speed and crit to get the extra ele damage) it just simply wasnt worth it. the problem with the monk i am seeing right now is there is no real synergy between skill to utilize specific ele types, i think if you really want to go down that road, look at holy, fire, or just plain physical.
Sacrifice some damage for toughness, or hope for legs that give both. Also....you have a lot of spenders for your build.