2.6.5 Healing/Support/Secondary DPS monk

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by biglootkitty last updated Aug 13, 2019 ( Patch 2.6.1 )

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Skills

Fists of Thunder Quickening
- Fists of Thunder
Generate: 14 Spirit per attack

Teleport to your target and unleash a series of extremely fast punches that deal 200% weapon damage as Lightning.

Every third hit deals 400% weapon damage as Lightning split between all enemies in front of you.
Quickening

Increase Spirit generated to 20.

Fists of Thunder's damage turns into Physical.
Lashing Tail Kick Sweeping Armada
- Lashing Tail Kick
Cost: 50 Spirit

Unleash a deadly roundhouse kick that deals 755% weapon damage as Physical.
Sweeping Armada

Unleash a large roundhouse kick that deals 825% weapon damage as Physical to enemies within 15 yards.
Mystic Ally Air Ally
- Mystic Ally
Cooldown: 30 seconds

Active: Your mystic ally has its damage increased by 50% for 10 seconds.

Passive: A mystic ally fights by your side. The ally deals 130% of your weapon damage as Physical per swing. When the ally dies, it is reborn after 5 seconds.
Air Ally

Active: You gain 100 Spirit.

Passive: A mystic ally fights by your side that increases your Spirit Regeneration by 4.
Mantra of Healing Sustenance
- Mantra of Healing
Cost: 50 Spirit

Active: Shroud you and your allies with a mystical shield that absorbs up to 62064 damage for 3 seconds. Absorb amount is increased by 15% of your Health Globe Healing Bonus.

Passive: You and your allies within 60 yards gain 10728 increased Life regeneration. The heal amount is increased by 7% of your Life per Second.

Only one Mantra may be active at a time.
Sustenance

Passive: Increase the Life regeneration granted by Mantra of Healing to 21457 Life per Second.

Heal amount is increased by 7% of your Life per Second.
Blinding Flash Crippling Light
- Blinding Flash
Cooldown: 15 seconds

Create a flash of light that blinds all enemies within 20 yards for 3 seconds. Elite enemies recover faster, but suffer a 30% chance to miss with attacks.
Crippling Light

Enemies that are Blinded deal 25% reduced damage for 5 seconds after the Blind wears off.
Breath of Heaven Circle of Life
- Breath of Heaven
Cooldown: 15 seconds

A blast of divine energy heals you and all allies within 12 yards for 69735 - 91192 Life.

Heal amount is increased by 30% of your Health Globe Healing Bonus.
Circle of Life

Increase the healing power of Breath of Heaven to 139469 - 182383 Life.

Heal amount is increased by 30% of your Health Globe Healing Bonus.

Chant of Resonance
- Chant of Resonance
The Spirit costs of Mantra activation effects are reduced by 50% and you gain 4 Spirit every second when you have a Mantra learned.
Exalted Soul
- Exalted Soul
Increase maximum Spirit by 50 and increase Spirit Regeneration by 4 per second.

Spirit fuels your defensive and offensive abilities.
Resolve
- Resolve
Damage you deal reduces enemy damage by 20% for 4 seconds.
Unity
- Unity
Each ally affected by your Mantras increases your damage by 5%, up to a maximum of 20%, and has 5% increased damage.

Items

Gyana Na Kashu

Legendary Spirit Stone

60 - 80 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Secondary Stats

Lashing Tail Kick releases a piercing fireball that deals 1050 - 1400% weapon damage as Fire to enemies within 10 yards on impact.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Lefebvre's Soliloquy

Legendary Shoulders

59 - 68 Armor

Secondary Stats

Cyclone Strike reduces your damage taken by 40 - 50% for 5 seconds.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Hellfire Amulet

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+626–750 Intelligence

+626–750 Dexterity

+626–750 Strength
Cindercoat

Legendary Chest Armor

Primary Stats

Fire skills deal 5–10% more damage.
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduces the resource cost of Fire skills by 23–30%.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Spirit Guards

Legendary Bracers

8 - 10 Armor

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 1%

Secondary Stats

Your Spirit Generators reduce your damage taken by 45 - 60% for 3 seconds.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Magefist

Legendary Gloves

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 3.0–4.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Fire skills deal 15–20% increased damage.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+128–163 Dexterity

+128–163 Strength

+128–163 Intelligence
The Witching Hour

Legendary Belt

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 5.0–6.0%
Critical Hit Damage Increased by 26.0–50.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties
Rivera Dancers

Legendary Boots

131 - 148 Armor

Primary Stats

+51 - 60 Resistance to All Elements

Secondary Stats

Lashing Tail Kick attacks 50% faster and deals 250 - 300% increased damage.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Ignores Durability Loss
Attack Speed Increased by 5 - 6%
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 3.5%

Secondary Stats

Reduce the remaining cooldown of one of your skills by 1 second when you hit with a resource-spending attack.

+ 1 Random Magic Properties
The Wailing Host

Set Ring

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Legacy of Nightmares
The Wailing Host
Litany of the Undaunted
(2) Set: While this is your only Item Set bonus every Ancient item you have equipped increases your damage dealt by 100% and reduces your damage taken by 4%.
Scarbringer

Legendary Fist Weapon

60.2 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

The damage of Lashing Tail Kick is increased by 450 - 600% to the first 7 enemies hit.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(132 - 308) Physical Damage

+(132 - 308) Fire Damage

+(132 - 308) Lightning Damage

+(132 - 308) Cold Damage

+(132 - 308) Poison Damage

+(132 - 308) Arcane Damage

+(132 - 308) Holy Damage

+ 4 Random Magic Properties

More Details

Head
- Gyana Na Kashu
- Stat Priority: None
Shoulders
- Lefebvre's Soliloquy
- Stat Priority: None
Amulet
- Hellfire Amulet
- Stat Priority: None
Torso
- Cindercoat
- Inna's Refuge
- Stat Priority: None
Wrists
- Spirit Guards
- Bindings of the Lesser Gods
- Strongarm Bracers
- Stat Priority: None
Hands
- Magefist
- Inna's Hold
- Stat Priority: None
Waist
- The Witching Hour
- Inna's Blessing
- Stat Priority: None
Legs
- Stat Priority: None
Feet
- Rivera Dancers
- Stat Priority: None
Rings
- Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac
- The Wailing Host
- Litany of the Undaunted
- Stat Priority: None
Weapon
- Scarbringer
- Stat Priority: None
Offhand
- Stat Priority: None

Legendary Gems
- Gogok of Swiftness
  Gogok of Swiftness
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Gain Swiftness with every attack, increasing your Attack Speed by 1% and Dodge by 0.5% for 4 seconds. This effect stacks up to 15 times.
- Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Poison all enemies hit for 2000% weapon damage over 10 seconds.
  All enemies you poison take 10% increased damage from all sources and deal 10% less damage. (Requires Rank 25)
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15.00%.
  Gain an aura that reduces the movement speed of enemies within 15 yards by 30%. (Requires Rank 25)

Kanai's Cube

Flying Dragon

Legendary Daibo

971.3 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

Chance to double your attack speed when attacking.
One of 2 Magic Properties (varies)
+66 - 132 Minimum Damage
+88 - 176 Maximum Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Flying Dragon
Spirit Guards

Legendary Bracers

8 - 10 Armor

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 1%

Secondary Stats

Your Spirit Generators reduce your damage taken by 45 - 60% for 3 seconds.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Spirit Guards
Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Ignores Durability Loss
Attack Speed Increased by 5 - 6%
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 3.5%

Secondary Stats

Reduce the remaining cooldown of one of your skills by 1 second when you hit with a resource-spending attack.

+ 1 Random Magic Properties
Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac

Inna's 4 for support

Some slots for Lashing Tail Kick DPS support

Strong focus on HEALING with active abilities such as Mantra of Healing and Breath of Heaven
Spamming of Mantra of Healing from insane spirit generation funds nearly constant bubble for group defense
Resolve and Unity passives help group survival and DPS

Spirit Generation funded through Air Ally, Chant of Resonance, Exalted Soul, and QUICKENING rune

KANAI'S CUBE:

Optional stuff here. It's mostly just to get additional DPS and survival. Few support/healing options here.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage
Attack Speed

Defense

Resist All
Life
Armor
Life Regeneration

Utility

Resource Cost Reduction
Area Damage
Life on Hit
Gold Find

Build Guide

Combine Lashing Tail Kick DPS with healing/support through solid monk passives and healing. Only intended to work with 4 man group. Shines well with Inna's 4 set bonus when all 4 mantra's can be applied at once

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