since in inferno it isn't really cheep to repair items, could you put the item in the AH, for 1 gold, and let the friend of yours buy it as soon as possible, and then he can return it to you, repaired for 1 gold?
It is only like 4k for a full repair, does not seem worth the potential to have someone else steal your item
IF anything, monk got buffed. Cyclone Strike was scaled down but the effects / spirit is about the same (atleast the damage is). The Serenity cooldown being reduced to 20 seconds makes it a much more viable ability considering the short duration. The other small changes are just slight adjustments.
Nothing new here
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aVcgXj!aXW!cZbabc
Focuses on boosting my own damage while reducing the movement speed, attack speed and damage of my enemies.