I have seen alot of posts since I started playing my monk asking things like what gear do I need?, which build is best for me? How do these other monks just melt face and I can't? Regardless of what your question was you probably did the same thing as me or the same thing as every one and read 47 different guides on the 15 ways to properly gear and play your monk. I'm not saying that I am a pro or the know all end all of monks , but I think I know enough to help out some of you guys so I thought I would share my knowledge.I'm not the kind of player that likes to play higher MP's, I like it to be super easy and things die real fast. When I play I generally like to play in groups on MP5, I find that most peeps in MP5 have enough EHP to stay alive and help kill stuff. I suggest playing in groups due to the experience boost(its 10% per additional person , so up to a 30% bonus).
This is my standard bell farming build. I like this build on lower MP's because of the lower cost bell allows me to drop 4 or 5 of these bad boys when I come across a nasty pack and before serenity expires. I use Serenity: Tranquility because this helps when up against mobs that cc you and your group. I also will recommend using One With Everything, its great for budget monks that stick to a chosen resist( i.e. arcane, poison, etc.). The other 2 passives are really what you want them to be. I use fleet footed for the movement speed bonus and exalted soul for the bonus spirit. Most newer monks how ever will use Seize the Initiative for the armor bonus and combination strike for the free bonus damage or Resolve for the damage reduction benefit.
Gear: ok so I'm gonna go 1 slot at a time, I'll list what I like and what stats I look for on gear.
Head: I like Inna's Radiance because of the 4 piece Inna's bonus. On this piece getting crit is a must. Try for 6% crit chance or the most you can afford/get. I would shoot for 150+vit, same for dex and as much resist you can get. If your on a budget and stack a resist get that. If you got the gold get AR. The other helm peeps want is a mempo. If your rich and can afford a crit mempo by all means go for it. If you want one get as close to 6% cc and as much dex as you can afford. It's gonna be so expensive you could probably sella kidney, use that to buy gold and still not have enough. I recommend sticking with Inna's.
Neck: this is a huge dps slot. You want to get as many dps stats as you can. What I would look for is at least 150 dex, the more the better. Your also going to want as close to max crit chance as possible on this piece. The crit chance cap on a amulet is 10%. Your also going to want as much crit damage as you can get. You will also need average damage. Minimum damage is better than maximum damage, try to get one that shows some thing like 20-40. Getting a item with a range helps minimum and maximum damage. I can not stress enough how important average damage is. If you can afford attack speed here get some but it gets ungodly expensive. You will probably be able to find one in your searches that also includes some kind of ehp, like some vit, armor or resist. It's important to get as many dps traits on this item as you can. I would recommend trying to craft your neck but I have had no luck crafting this piece yet and had to resort to the AH
Shoulder: craft this piece, don't stop until you get some thing good. And by good I mean....lets use my shoulder as the example. My shoulder is rocking 268 dex, 100 vit, 76 all resist and 60 arcane. Now considering I'm a arcane monk running OWE that's a crap ton of EHP. The only thing here is my piece is missing life%. Shoulders are a slot that provide a ton of EHP. The more the better. So again the most dex you can get followed by vit then resist and if you can get it your chosen resist if you run OWE and a added bonus life %.
Gloves: this is another slot I think that you should craft. You can some decent stuff on auction but for OMG look at this piece your gonna wanna craft. Gloves are a mixed slot hat can provide tones of dps and EHP. If your buying your gloves try for 10% crit and as much crit damage as you can get, add some dex and vit/ resists and your set. If your crafting shoot for trifecta gloves, by trifecta I mean the 3 dps stats that can be rolled on this piece. Your gonna want 10% crit, 9% attack speed and crit damage. Not sure of the crit damage cap on this slot. Also crap tons of dex and some EHP stats.
Bracer: I carry 2 bracers on my monk, a dps pair and a EHP pair. Regardless of what you want this slot to be there are in my opinion 2 choices. First and foremost are a pair of Lacuni Prowlers. If you go this route get as close to 6% crit chance, this will be expensive. There are only 2 reasons to buy these, 1) you need attack speed or 2) you need the movement speed. If you need attack speed shoot for 9%. Lacuni's with vit and a resist are too expensive. The other route is crafting. If your not going with Lacuni's this becomes a EHP slot. There are only 2 dps stats you can get on a crafted bracer(dex and crit chance). You want 6% crit chance and as much dex as possible. You will want lots of vit and double resist for OWE monks or 80 AR for monks that don't use OWE.
Chest: I like Inna's Vast Expanse, that way I can get my 4 piece Inna's set bonus. On this piece you can go 2 ways, the dps or EHP route, dps route get as much dex as possible, I'm rocking 183 on my dps chest. Also In my opinion 12% life is a must. You will also need to get vit on this slot, my dps chest has 97 vit. Also add a resist of your choice I suggest all resist but it's get expensive, stick to your chosen resist. The other EHP route get one with 250+ vit, 12% life, some resist and some dex.
Belt: there are also 2 options here. We will start with whit my usual suggestion, Inna's Favor. You can only choose a resist or vit, not both so choose what ever stat your lowest on. Try to get one with 8% holy damage but that can get expensive. Also get as much dex as you can. Under 100dex is way cheaper that over 100.The other belt to use is a witching hour. This slot can have 2 EHP stats, vit and a resist. This is the most expensive option for this slot. You want a really nice WH get 100+ dex, vit, your chosen resist or AR, 9% attack speed and as close to 50% crit damage. I will suggest Inna's for the 4 piece bonus.
Legs: Get Inna's Temperance, you have the same dilemma here as you do with the chest. Do you go more vit or more dex. What ever you decide to do here try and I say try to get 9% attack speed. My dps set rocks 170 dex, 60 vit and only 8% attack speed. My EHP pair has the vit and dex switched.
Boots: Natalya's Bloody Footprints, in my opinion the only way to go for a monk. When combined with a Natalya's Reflection the dps boost is huge(nat's 2 piece set bonus is 7% crit chace). You can get a cheap pair of these boots on the ah. Shoot for 170+dex and double resist. If you got some cash to drop get a pair with 170+Dex throw in some vit. There are lots of great boots out there like ice climbers, fire walkers that are great options if you don't want Nats gear.
Rings: I will usually recommend the same 2 rings to all monks. It's slot is best used for all dps stats in my opinion.1) Natalya's Reflection. A good one will be kinda pricey but worth it. You will want average damage, dex and crit chance. Just adding crit chance to this slot adds crap tons of cost but its not worth getting with out the crit chance in my opinion. If you got the cash add crit damage.2) Unity. This is great piece and available in bulk so they should be kinda cheap. On this you will want average damage, dex, 30%+ crit damage, I did not list crit chance because this ring has 4.5% and there is no variation. You can go with rare rings. Go for dex, crit chance, crit damage, average damage and attack speed if you have the gold
Weapons: this is the most expensive part of any character. Adding dex to your weapons puts the cost through the roof. I would recommend getting weapons that have 1050+ dps. A socket is a must. Don't buy a weapon with out a socket. You will want life steal, as close to 3% as you can get. Add some crit damage, shoot for 60ish %. If you got the gold add dex and vit if your rich.
I will update this as my knowledge increases. Please comment or critique. If you have any good advice for people please add it.
So I started playing WW yesterday and im having too much fun. I would like to up my dps. I have about 400 million to spend if needed. Any help and suggestions is welcome and appreciated. http://d3up.com/b/902774#gear
I just dinged 60 on a toon I started on the europe server when the us servers were having maintenance last time. I have been having a blast but i'm so broke I can barely pay for repairs from my last couple of inferno runs. I looking for some one who would take 50 million of my us gold and trade me 40 million eu gold. Let me know if you would be willing. Add me with a note saying gold trade, I could be on either server today, most likely europe.
You could add more vit to your helm and legs. More dex on belt along with 9as. Nats ring could have cc on it, the more the better. I like that unity, very nice. You could add dex to your weapons and more crit damage. Your boots could have more dex and vit. In all seriousness you have a very nicely geared monk. Oh and be sure to craft some new shoulders, bracer and neck. You should be able to handle mp9 just fine with your current gear.
The changes for listed for Gameplay are what we need for the pc. It is exactly what a ton if people have been wanting for a long time. Give us pc gamers the same as console folks and i would be happy.
From looking at your toons you know what kind to gear to buy. I would craft gloves, bracers and shoulders. I think you know what stats to go for so i dont think listing them is necessary for the crafted pieces. With the recent changes to the xp bonus you get from co-op i would drop the hell fire and get a nice unity with 30+ crit damage or a trifecta ring. Your nats ring could use more crit chance. You could upgrade your weapons to swords, they are slightly faster. Lots of pieces could have more of the stats already on them like more dex for dps or vit/resistances for ehp. Your about at the point where you gotta ask your self do i go for dps or do i go for ehp so you can survive. I have managed to find a place where im currently comfortable on both points where i can farm mp8 like im a hot knife cutting butter. You just gotta decide what you wanna do. Do you wanna destroy mp5-7 like its your red headed step child or do you want to farm mp10 with ease. My suggestions would set ya up for id say mp8 tops, mp10 is not my area of expertise.
Dont get a skorn, for weps stick with rare one handers with high dps, crit damage, life steal and a socket. Id suggest swords, they are slightly faster than axes. Its alot to type out to suggest upgrades for all your slots. Here is a link to my mp10 farming hear and links to my nonmp10 farming gear as well. Hope it serves as a good point of reference for ya. Some folks say i dont have enough ehp for mp 10 but i usually do fine. Good luck bro!
Mp 10 farming gear http://d3up.com/b/698748/henrytudor-defensive
Easiest thing would be buy a level 60 weapon with reduced level requirement of 9. Try to get the highest damage weapon you can afford. Thats the easiest way to kill stuff fast below level 60 in my opinion.
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I need some help figuring out what i need to change to be able to farm MP 10. I dont think im that far off. I have seen lots of great help threads on the site here and have even offered advice to fellow monks in the past. Im just a bit stuck figuring out exactly what pieces have got the wrong stats and what i have thats right. i just bought a few pieces that i thought would help but to no avail. I've got a budget of a 1 billiongive or take. Any help is great! Thanks in advance.
I dont know what to tell ya. I could probably pick a upgrade or 2 for ya but nothin major. Major increases cost 500+million gold. Heck the links to my monk and compare. Im at about 276k dps self buffed.
Get nats boots and ring, the 2 piece bonus is worth at least 10k dps at least. Yes craft your shoulders. Craft gloves go for trifecta plus vit and res.
The changes for listed for Gameplay are what we need for the pc. It is exactly what a ton if people have been wanting for a long time. Give us pc gamers the same as console folks and i would be happy.
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Build: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aSgXek!ZbU!acbbba
This is my standard bell farming build. I like this build on lower MP's because of the lower cost bell allows me to drop 4 or 5 of these bad boys when I come across a nasty pack and before serenity expires. I use Serenity: Tranquility because this helps when up against mobs that cc you and your group. I also will recommend using One With Everything, its great for budget monks that stick to a chosen resist( i.e. arcane, poison, etc.). The other 2 passives are really what you want them to be. I use fleet footed for the movement speed bonus and exalted soul for the bonus spirit. Most newer monks how ever will use Seize the Initiative for the armor bonus and combination strike for the free bonus damage or Resolve for the damage reduction benefit.
Gear: ok so I'm gonna go 1 slot at a time, I'll list what I like and what stats I look for on gear.
Head: I like Inna's Radiance because of the 4 piece Inna's bonus. On this piece getting crit is a must. Try for 6% crit chance or the most you can afford/get. I would shoot for 150+vit, same for dex and as much resist you can get. If your on a budget and stack a resist get that. If you got the gold get AR. The other helm peeps want is a mempo. If your rich and can afford a crit mempo by all means go for it. If you want one get as close to 6% cc and as much dex as you can afford. It's gonna be so expensive you could probably sella kidney, use that to buy gold and still not have enough. I recommend sticking with Inna's.
Neck: this is a huge dps slot. You want to get as many dps stats as you can. What I would look for is at least 150 dex, the more the better. Your also going to want as close to max crit chance as possible on this piece. The crit chance cap on a amulet is 10%. Your also going to want as much crit damage as you can get. You will also need average damage. Minimum damage is better than maximum damage, try to get one that shows some thing like 20-40. Getting a item with a range helps minimum and maximum damage. I can not stress enough how important average damage is. If you can afford attack speed here get some but it gets ungodly expensive. You will probably be able to find one in your searches that also includes some kind of ehp, like some vit, armor or resist. It's important to get as many dps traits on this item as you can. I would recommend trying to craft your neck but I have had no luck crafting this piece yet and had to resort to the AH
Shoulder: craft this piece, don't stop until you get some thing good. And by good I mean....lets use my shoulder as the example. My shoulder is rocking 268 dex, 100 vit, 76 all resist and 60 arcane. Now considering I'm a arcane monk running OWE that's a crap ton of EHP. The only thing here is my piece is missing life%. Shoulders are a slot that provide a ton of EHP. The more the better. So again the most dex you can get followed by vit then resist and if you can get it your chosen resist if you run OWE and a added bonus life %.
Gloves: this is another slot I think that you should craft. You can some decent stuff on auction but for OMG look at this piece your gonna wanna craft. Gloves are a mixed slot hat can provide tones of dps and EHP. If your buying your gloves try for 10% crit and as much crit damage as you can get, add some dex and vit/ resists and your set. If your crafting shoot for trifecta gloves, by trifecta I mean the 3 dps stats that can be rolled on this piece. Your gonna want 10% crit, 9% attack speed and crit damage. Not sure of the crit damage cap on this slot. Also crap tons of dex and some EHP stats.
Bracer: I carry 2 bracers on my monk, a dps pair and a EHP pair. Regardless of what you want this slot to be there are in my opinion 2 choices. First and foremost are a pair of Lacuni Prowlers. If you go this route get as close to 6% crit chance, this will be expensive. There are only 2 reasons to buy these, 1) you need attack speed or 2) you need the movement speed. If you need attack speed shoot for 9%. Lacuni's with vit and a resist are too expensive. The other route is crafting. If your not going with Lacuni's this becomes a EHP slot. There are only 2 dps stats you can get on a crafted bracer(dex and crit chance). You want 6% crit chance and as much dex as possible. You will want lots of vit and double resist for OWE monks or 80 AR for monks that don't use OWE.
Chest: I like Inna's Vast Expanse, that way I can get my 4 piece Inna's set bonus. On this piece you can go 2 ways, the dps or EHP route, dps route get as much dex as possible, I'm rocking 183 on my dps chest. Also In my opinion 12% life is a must. You will also need to get vit on this slot, my dps chest has 97 vit. Also add a resist of your choice I suggest all resist but it's get expensive, stick to your chosen resist. The other EHP route get one with 250+ vit, 12% life, some resist and some dex.
Belt: there are also 2 options here. We will start with whit my usual suggestion, Inna's Favor. You can only choose a resist or vit, not both so choose what ever stat your lowest on. Try to get one with 8% holy damage but that can get expensive. Also get as much dex as you can. Under 100dex is way cheaper that over 100.The other belt to use is a witching hour. This slot can have 2 EHP stats, vit and a resist. This is the most expensive option for this slot. You want a really nice WH get 100+ dex, vit, your chosen resist or AR, 9% attack speed and as close to 50% crit damage. I will suggest Inna's for the 4 piece bonus.
Legs: Get Inna's Temperance, you have the same dilemma here as you do with the chest. Do you go more vit or more dex. What ever you decide to do here try and I say try to get 9% attack speed. My dps set rocks 170 dex, 60 vit and only 8% attack speed. My EHP pair has the vit and dex switched.
Boots: Natalya's Bloody Footprints, in my opinion the only way to go for a monk. When combined with a Natalya's Reflection the dps boost is huge(nat's 2 piece set bonus is 7% crit chace). You can get a cheap pair of these boots on the ah. Shoot for 170+dex and double resist. If you got some cash to drop get a pair with 170+Dex throw in some vit.
There are lots of great boots out there like ice climbers, fire walkers that are great options if you don't want Nats gear.
Rings: I will usually recommend the same 2 rings to all monks. It's slot is best used for all dps stats in my opinion.1) Natalya's Reflection. A good one will be kinda pricey but worth it. You will want average damage, dex and crit chance. Just adding crit chance to this slot adds crap tons of cost but its not worth getting with out the crit chance in my opinion. If you got the cash add crit damage.2) Unity. This is great piece and available in bulk so they should be kinda cheap. On this you will want average damage, dex, 30%+ crit damage, I did not list crit chance because this ring has 4.5% and there is no variation.
You can go with rare rings. Go for dex, crit chance, crit damage, average damage and attack speed if you have the gold
Weapons: this is the most expensive part of any character. Adding dex to your weapons puts the cost through the roof. I would recommend getting weapons that have 1050+ dps. A socket is a must. Don't buy a weapon with out a socket. You will want life steal, as close to 3% as you can get. Add some crit damage, shoot for 60ish %. If you got the gold add dex and vit if your rich.
I will update this as my knowledge increases. Please comment or critique. If you have any good advice for people please add it.
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Mp 10 farming gear http://d3up.com/b/698748/henrytudor-defensive
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I need some help figuring out what i need to change to be able to farm MP 10. I dont think im that far off. I have seen lots of great help threads on the site here and have even offered advice to fellow monks in the past. Im just a bit stuck figuring out exactly what pieces have got the wrong stats and what i have thats right. i just bought a few pieces that i thought would help but to no avail. I've got a budget of a 1 billiongive or take. Any help is great! Thanks in advance.
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