Sunwuko Crimson Wave of Light S18

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by Valarauka last updated Sep 15, 2019 ( Season 18 )

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Skills

Wave of Light Explosive Light
- Wave of Light
Cost: 75 Spirit

Focus a wave of light that crushes enemies for 835% weapon damage as Holy.
Explosive Light

Release bursts of energy that deal 830% weapon damage as Fire to nearby enemies.
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.
Mantra of Salvation Agility
- Mantra of Salvation
Cost: 50 Spirit

Active: You and nearby allies gain an additional 20% increased resistance to all elements for 3 seconds.

Passive: You and your allies within 60 yards gain 20% increased resistance to all elements.

Only one Mantra may be active at a time.
Agility

Passive: Mantra of Salvation also increases Dodge Chance by 35%.
Dashing Strike Blinding Speed
- Dashing Strike
Cost: 1 Charge

Quickly dash up to 50 yards, striking enemies along the way for 370% weapon damage as Physical.

You gain a charge every 8 seconds and can have up to 2 charges stored at a time.
Blinding Speed

Gain 40% increased chance to Dodge for 4 seconds after using Dashing Strike.

Dashing Strike's damage turns into Cold.
Sweeping Wind Inner Storm
- Sweeping Wind
Cost: 75 Spirit

Surround yourself in a vortex that continuously deals 105% weapon damage to all enemies within 10 yards. The vortex lasts 6 seconds and is refreshed each time you strike an enemy with a melee attack. Landing a Critical Hit has a chance to increase the vortex effect up to 3 stacks for a total of 315% weapon damage.
Inner Storm

As long as your vortex is at 3 or more stacks, you gain 8 Spirit per second.

Sweeping Wind's damage turns into Holy.
Epiphany Desert Shroud
- Epiphany
Cooldown: 60 seconds

Have an Epiphany, increasing your Spirit Regeneration per Second by 20 and enabling your melee attacks to instantly dash to your target for 15 seconds.
Desert Shroud

Infuse yourself with sand, reducing damage taken by 50%.

The Guardian's Path
- The Guardian's Path
While dual-wielding, you gain a 35% chance to dodge incoming attacks. While using a two-handed weapon, all Spirit generation is increased by 15%.
Harmony
- Harmony
40% of your single elemental resistances from items instead increases your resistance to all elements.
Beacon of Ytar
- Beacon of Ytar
Reduce all cooldowns by 20%.
Near Death Experience
- Near Death Experience
When receiving fatal damage, you instead restore 35% Life and 35% Spirit and are immune to damage and control impairing effects for 2 seconds.

This effect may occur once every 60 seconds.

Items

Tzo Krin's Gaze

Legendary Spirit Stone

322 - 359 Armor

Secondary Stats

Wave of Light is now cast at your enemy.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Sunwuko's Balance

Set Shoulders

59 - 68 Armor

Primary Stats

+51 - 60 Resistance to All Elements

Monkey King's Garb
Sunwuko's Paws
Sunwuko's Balance
Sunwuko's Crown
Sunwuko's Shines
Sunwuko's Soul
Sunwuko's Leggings
(2) Set: Your damage taken is reduced by 50% while Sweeping Wind is active.
(4) Set: Every second Sweeping Wind spawns a decoy next to the last enemy you hit that taunts nearby enemies and then explodes for 1000% weapon damage for each stack of Sweeping Wind you have.
(6) Set: Lashing Tail Kick, Tempest Rush, and Wave of Light have their damage increased by 1000% for each stack of Sweeping Wind you have.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Sunwuko's Shines

Set Amulet

Primary Stats

+626 - 750 Strength
+626 - 750 Dexterity
+626 - 750 Intelligence
Sockets (1)

Monkey King's Garb
Sunwuko's Paws
Sunwuko's Balance
Sunwuko's Crown
Sunwuko's Shines
Sunwuko's Soul
Sunwuko's Leggings
(2) Set: Your damage taken is reduced by 50% while Sweeping Wind is active.
(4) Set: Every second Sweeping Wind spawns a decoy next to the last enemy you hit that taunts nearby enemies and then explodes for 1000% weapon damage for each stack of Sweeping Wind you have.
(6) Set: Lashing Tail Kick, Tempest Rush, and Wave of Light have their damage increased by 1500% for each stack of Sweeping Wind you have.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Sunwuko's Soul

Set Chest Armor

51 - 68 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Monkey King's Garb
Sunwuko's Paws
Sunwuko's Balance
Sunwuko's Crown
Sunwuko's Shines
Sunwuko's Soul
Sunwuko's Leggings
(2) Set: Your damage taken is reduced by 50% while Sweeping Wind is active.
(4) Set: Every second Sweeping Wind spawns a decoy next to the last enemy you hit that taunts nearby enemies and then explodes for 1000% weapon damage for each stack of Sweeping Wind you have.
(6) Set: Lashing Tail Kick, Tempest Rush, and Wave of Light have their damage increased by 1000% for each stack of Sweeping Wind you have.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Pinto's Pride

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 1.5–2.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Wave of Light also Slows enemies by 80% for 3 seconds and deals 125–150% increased damage.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+24–29 Dexterity

+24–29 Strength

+24–29 Intelligence
Sunwuko's Paws

Set Gloves

42 - 55 Armor

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6 - 6.5%

Monkey King's Garb
Sunwuko's Paws
Sunwuko's Balance
Sunwuko's Crown
Sunwuko's Shines
Sunwuko's Soul
Sunwuko's Leggings
(2) Set: Your damage taken is reduced by 50% while Sweeping Wind is active.
(4) Set: Every second Sweeping Wind spawns a decoy next to the last enemy you hit that taunts nearby enemies and then explodes for 1000% weapon damage for each stack of Sweeping Wind you have.
(6) Set: Lashing Tail Kick, Tempest Rush, and Wave of Light have their damage increased by 1000% for each stack of Sweeping Wind you have.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle

Set Belt

440 - 506 Armor

Captain Crimson's Trimmings
Captain Crimson's Waders
Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle
Captain Crimson's Thrust
(2) Set: Regenerates 6000 Life per Second
Reduces cooldown of all skills by 20%.
Reduces all resource costs by 20%.
(3) Set: Damage dealt is increased by your percentage of cooldown reduction.
Damage taken is reduced by your percentage of cost reduction.
Sunwuko's Leggings

Set Pants

33 - 38 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Monkey King's Garb
Sunwuko's Paws
Sunwuko's Balance
Sunwuko's Crown
Sunwuko's Shines
Sunwuko's Soul
Sunwuko's Leggings
(2) Set: Your damage taken is reduced by 50% while Sweeping Wind is active.
(4) Set: Every second Sweeping Wind spawns a decoy next to the last enemy you hit that taunts nearby enemies and then explodes for 1000% weapon damage for each stack of Sweeping Wind you have.
(6) Set: Lashing Tail Kick, Tempest Rush, and Wave of Light have their damage increased by 1000% for each stack of Sweeping Wind you have.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Captain Crimson's Waders

Set Boots

513 - 590 Armor

Captain Crimson's Trimmings
Captain Crimson's Waders
Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle
Captain Crimson's Thrust
(2) Set: Regenerates 6000 Life per Second
Reduces cooldown of all skills by 20%.
Reduces all resource costs by 20%.
(3) Set: Damage dealt is increased by your percentage of cooldown reduction.
Damage taken is reduced by your percentage of cost reduction.

+ 6 Random Magic Properties
Focus

Set Ring

Primary Stats

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

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

Bastions of Will
Focus
Restraint
(2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.
Restraint

Set Ring

Primary Stats

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

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

Bastions of Will
Focus
Restraint
(2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.
Vengeful Wind

Legendary Fist Weapon

7 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

Increases the maximum stack count of Sweeping Wind by 6 - 7.
One of 2 Magic Properties (varies)
+66 - 132 Minimum Damage
+88 - 176 Maximum Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Kyoshiro's Blade

Legendary Fist Weapon

Primary Stats

+626–750 Dexterity
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Increase the damage of Wave of Light by 150%. When the initial impact of your Wave of Light hits 3 or fewer enemies, the damage is increased by 200–250%.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Arcane Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Poison Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Lightning Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Holy Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Cold Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Fire Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Damage

More Details

Head
- Tzo Krin's Gaze
- Stat Priority: Socket CHC Dex Vit
Shoulders
- Sunwuko's Balance
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit CDR Reduced Resource Cost
Amulet
- Sunwuko's Shines
- Stat Priority: Socket Fire % CHC CHD
Torso
- Sunwuko's Soul
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit Reduced Elite Dmg
Wrists
- Pinto's Pride
- Nemesis Bracers
- Stat Priority: Skill: RoV Dex Vit
Hands
- Sunwuko's Paws
- Stat Priority: CHC CHD Dex CDR
Waist
- Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle
- Sage's Ribbon
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit
Legs
- Sunwuko's Leggings
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit
Feet
- Captain Crimson's Waders
- Sage's Passage
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit Skill: WoL
Rings
- Focus
- Restraint
- Unity
- Stat Priority: Dmg range CHC CHD CDR
Weapon
- Vengeful Wind
- Stat Priority: Dmg % Dex CDR LOH
Offhand
- Kyoshiro's Blade
- In-geom
- Stat Priority: Dmg % Dex CDR AD

Legendary Gems
- 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)
- Zei's Stone of Vengeance
  Zei's Stone of Vengeance
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Damage you deal is increased by 4% for every 10 yards between you and the enemy hit. Maximum 20% increase at 50 yards.
- Gogok of Swiftness
  Gogok of Swiftness
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Gain Swiftness with every attack, increasing your Attack Speed by 1% and Dodge by 0.50% for 4 seconds. This effect stacks up to 15 times.
  Gain 1% Cooldown Reduction per stack of Swiftness. (Requires Rank 25)

Kanai's Cube

Incense Torch of the Grand Temple

Legendary Daibo

359.15 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

Reduces the Spirit cost of Wave of Light by 50% and increases its damage by 450 - 550%.
One of 2 Magic Properties (varies)
+66 - 132 Minimum Damage
+88 - 176 Maximum Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Incense Torch of the Grand Temple
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
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 5 - 6%
+152 - 224 Life per Hit

Secondary Stats

Reduces the number of items needed for set bonuses by 1 (to a minimum of 2).

+ 2 Random Magic Properties
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Paragon Priorities

Core

Primary Stat
Movement Speed
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

Introduction / Motivation

Obviously, this is not a new build by any means, but it's just enough different from all the guides I saw out there to be worth writing up. The default setup shown will work well in all content and there are a lot of easy modifications to make it more suited to specific game modes or playstyle preferences.

Sunwuko WOL is an incredibly flexible and powerful build that works well in all game modes (T16 rifts and bounties as well as speed and push GRs). Strong alternative to Inna, and very easy to gear up and use while you're working towards a LoD build for pushing. Even with very mediocre gear, level 25 gems and under 600 paragon, I was running GR90s with this build in under five minutes, which was way better than my equally-mediocre Inna setup could do at the time.

We use a generator (alternatives below) to power Focus/Restraint and Spirit Guards for big boosts to damage and toughness. Usually, generator variants cut Epiphany since it's hard to keep up without focusing heavily on CDR. However, we drop Air Ally instead, and get enough RCR and CDR from Crimson, other gear and season circles to have pretty high Epiphany uptime anyway, thus getting the best of both worlds.

Skills

We use Fists of Thunder / Quickening as our generator to provide a permanent dash ability in combat; when Epiphany is up the teleport range is greatly increased, allowing you to conserve Dashing Strike for traversing zones with low monster density and jumping past obstacles and walls. I prefer this over Crippling Wave since you don't ever need to proc the third hit, and you can keep jumping around to stay out of danger or move into buff circles.

Wave of Light is naturally our bread and butter damage skill. Spam it constantly, while throwing in a generator attack every few seconds to keep the Spirit Guards and Focus buffs up. Cast Sweeping Winds once at the start of the rift, and manually recast it if you're traversing empty zones and it's about to fall off. Epiphany on cooldown, it should have very little downtime specially if you try to spend a few seconds in blue circles when you see them. Dashing Strike for mobility as usual, and try to keep the Blinding Speed buff up for the extra dodge chance. Mantra can also be cast manually if you're taking damage.

Gems

Trapped & Zei's: The biggest multiplicative damage increases we can get.
Gogok: Usually disregarded in WoL builds, but Crimson lets us double dip on the CDR for extra damage as well, and the attack speed and dodge bonuses are great.
Stricken: Swap this in for Gogok or Zei's in higher GRs, once the Rift Guardian starts taking several minutes to kill.

DB Farming Variant

Replace Crimson belt and shoes with Sage's set, and swap Spirit Guards in the cube for Nemesis Bracers. If you have enough damage, you can also replace Kyoshiro's Blade with an In-Geom for infinite dashes between elite packs.

Non-Gen Variant

If you'd rather not play with a generator, drop Focus/Restraint for Unity and CoE, replace Spirit Guards in the cube with Crudest Boots, and put Air Ally back on your bar for spirit refills. Other cube options include Magefist to get some damage back, or Cindercoat for more Wave casts.

Links

Sample setup on D3Planner. Variants are included as alternate sets.

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