I too switched from my Wizard (first character to 60) to the Monk and I am enjoying it. I love the Wizard class, but so much of it is see a mob, run away and kite for 3 minutes to kill it. The Monk feels like a Wizard to me, just a bit with the FoT - Thunderclap. Teleporting around in a large pack of monsters and doing a lot of AoE dmg (Cyclone) is the most fun I've had as a melee character.
I too am looking at TryHard's gear and Newtiunplugged's stuff - trying to figure out where to go with my monk to survive. I just made a thread in this forum about the same problem - whats the balance of stats and is there one that is more important than others. I've been struggling to progress and I do have to say that prices on the AH for the gear I see that matches stats of TryHard is very high.
You'll enjoy the monk - once you get to the point you can survive. Especially if you don't like kiting.
I too am looking at TryHard's gear and Newtiunplugged's stuff - trying to figure out where to go with my monk to survive. I just made a thread in this forum about the same problem - whats the balance of stats and is there one that is more important than others. I've been struggling to progress and I do have to say that prices on the AH for the gear I see that matches stats of TryHard is very high.
You'll enjoy the monk - once you get to the point you can survive. Especially if you don't like kiting.
Monkalicious: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/OptimusPrime-12194/hero/79139477