Recommended Exploding Palm Tweaks

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by BeemerWT last updated Jun 12, 2022 ( Launch )

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Skills

Fists of Thunder
- Fists of Thunder
Teleport to a nearby enemy and unleash a rapid succession of punches that each deal 1239 to 1980 damage. You can teleport again after every third hit. Each enemy player can be a teleport target only once every 3 seconds.
Mystic Allies
- Mystic Allies
Summon two spirit allies to fight by your side for 10 seconds. They deal 304 damage with each attack and have Life equal to yours.
Seven-Sided Strike
- Seven-Sided Strike
Dash rapidly between nearby enemies, striking 7 times for 1567 damage per hit. Additional hits on the same target deal 50% as much damage.
Exploding Palm
- Exploding Palm
Attack enemies in a direction for 518 damage and inflict Bleed on them for 5 seconds. Enemies that die while Bleeding will explode for 957 damage to all nearby enemies. Maximum 2 charges. Enemies can only be hit 5 times within 1 second by these explosions, and starting with explosion 2 and beyond, take only 30% of normal damage.
Cyclone Strike
- Cyclone Strike
Generate a vortex of wind which pulls in enemies and deals 1097 damage. Charging longer increases range, and damage up to 1399.

Items

Crippling Insight

Legendary Helm

Exploding Palm maximum charges increased by 1.
Discipline's Weight

Legendary Shoulders

Seven-Sided Strike damage increased by 10%.
Breath of Incense

Legendary Chest Armor

Seven-Sided Strike now triggers the Exploding Palm explosion.
Bloody Hand

Set Bracers

All continual damage, Channeled damage, and persistent ground damage increased by 15%.(2 Set Items Equipped)
Each time you damage an individual enemy 5 times, you will do 287 additional damage to that enemy.(4 Set Items Equipped)
Each time you deal damage, you have a 4% chance to unleash a lightning strike, dealing 1724 damage to all nearby enemies and Stunning them for 1 seconds. Cannot occur more often than once every 40 seconds.(6 Set Items Equipped)
Open Gut

Set Belt

All continual damage, Channeled damage, and persistent ground damage increased by 15%.(2 Set Items Equipped)
Each time you damage an individual enemy 5 times, you will do 287 additional damage to that enemy.(4 Set Items Equipped)
Each time you deal damage, you have a 4% chance to unleash a lightning strike, dealing 1724 damage to all nearby enemies and Stunning them for 1 seconds. Cannot occur more often than once every 40 seconds.(6 Set Items Equipped)
Path of the Storm

Legendary Pants

Cyclone Strike also temporarily decreases all damage you take by 20%.
Spirit's Reach

Legendary Main Hand

Seven-Sided Strike now places a runic circle inside which all enemies will be struck by your spirit allies.
Reaching Rebuke

Legendary Off Hand

Exploding Palm now launches you at a location and strikes that area with a giant palm as you land, damaging all nearby enemies, but its cooldown is increased.
Issatar the Brute

Set Boots

Each time you defeat an enemy, you gain 30% increased Movement Speed for 2 seconds.(2 Set Items Equipped)
Damage dealt increased by 2.5% for every 5% increase in your Movement Speed, up to a maximum damage increase of 25%.(4 Set Items Equipped)
Each time you defeat an enemy, you have a 10% chance to gain an orbiting soul orb for 12 seconds, which deals 263 damage when it passes through an enemy. Cannot gain a soul orb more often than once every 40 seconds.(6 Set Items Equipped)
Issatar at Rest

Set Necklace

Each time you defeat an enemy, you gain 30% increased Movement Speed for 2 seconds.(2 Set Items Equipped)
Damage dealt increased by 2.5% for every 5% increase in your Movement Speed, up to a maximum damage increase of 25%.(4 Set Items Equipped)
Each time you defeat an enemy, you have a 10% chance to gain an orbiting soul orb for 12 seconds, which deals 263 damage when it passes through an enemy. Cannot gain a soul orb more often than once every 40 seconds.(6 Set Items Equipped)
Issatar Enraged

Set Ring

Each time you defeat an enemy, you gain 30% increased Movement Speed for 2 seconds.(2 Set Items Equipped)
Damage dealt increased by 2.5% for every 5% increase in your Movement Speed, up to a maximum damage increase of 25%.(4 Set Items Equipped)
Each time you defeat an enemy, you have a 10% chance to gain an orbiting soul orb for 12 seconds, which deals 263 damage when it passes through an enemy. Cannot gain a soul orb more often than once every 40 seconds.(6 Set Items Equipped)
Issatar Undone

Set Ring

Each time you defeat an enemy, you gain 30% increased Movement Speed for 2 seconds.(2 Set Items Equipped)
Damage dealt increased by 2.5% for every 5% increase in your Movement Speed, up to a maximum damage increase of 25%.(4 Set Items Equipped)
Each time you defeat an enemy, you have a 10% chance to gain an orbiting soul orb for 12 seconds, which deals 263 damage when it passes through an enemy. Cannot gain a soul orb more often than once every 40 seconds.(6 Set Items Equipped)

More Details

Head
- Crippling Insight
- Empathy's Blessing
- Judgment's Watch
- Stat Priority: Strength
Shoulders
- Discipline's Weight
- Stat Priority: Strength
Torso
- Breath of Incense
- Stat Priority: Strength
Wrists
- Bloody Hand
- Stat Priority: Damage Increase Strength
Waist
- Open Gut
- Stat Priority: Damage Increase Strength
Legs
- Path of the Storm
- Stat Priority: Strength
Weapon
- Spirit's Reach
- Stat Priority: Strength
Offhand
- Reaching Rebuke
- Stat Priority: Strength
Feet
- Issatar the Brute
- Stat Priority: Damage Increase Strength
Amulet
- Issatar at Rest
- Stat Priority: Damage Increase Strength
Rings
- Issatar Enraged
- Issatar Undone
- Stat Priority: Damage Increase Strength

Legendary Gems
- Seeping Bile
  Seeping Bile
  
  Legendary Gem
  
  Your attacks have a 4% chance to poison enemies, inflicting 65% base damage + 263 every second over 6 seconds and decreasing Movement Speed by 24%. This poison spreads to nearby enemies if the victim dies. Cannot affect the same target more often than once every 20 seconds.
- Blessing of the Worthy
  Blessing of the Worthy
  
  Legendary Gem
  
  When you take damage, you have a 20% chance to unleash retribution on all nearby enemies, dealing damage equal to 28% of your current Life and decreasing all damage you take by 16% for 6 seconds. Cannot occur more often than once every 20 seconds.
- Berserker's Eye
  Berserker's Eye
  
  Legendary Gem
  
  Increases all damage you deal by 16.00% and increases your Critical Hit Chance by 2%, but also increases all damage you take by 5%.
- Fervent Fang
  Fervent Fang
  
  Legendary Gem
  
  Each time you damage an enemy increases the damage it takes from your attacks by 2.40%, up to a maximum of 24% at 10 stacks. Also increases all damage you deal to Elite monsters by 6%.
- Everlasting Torment
  Everlasting Torment
  
  Legendary Gem
  
  Your critical hits inflict agony, dealing 30% base damage + 122 every second for 6 seconds. Each nearby enemy afflicted with agony increases your Attack Speed by 6%. Each enemy cannot be affected by this more often than once every 20 seconds.
- Chained Death
  Chained Death
  
  Legendary Gem
  
  Increases damage done by your attacks by 2.50% per target hit, up to a maximum of 17.5% with 7 targets.

It's the pretty basic recommended SSS build with the following changes:

Everlasting Torment

While The Hungerer gives you health back on kill, you probably won't need it because you'll be out of combat with all your exploding palm charges

Issatar 4-set

Better alternative for more consistent damage among AOE targets. You don't need the 6-set on the Grace of the Flagellant like the build recommends.

You should choose between:

Issatar 4-set and 2-set Grace of the Flagellant - Use Mystic Allies for more single-target damage
Grace of the Flagellant 4-set and Issatar 2-set - Use Inner Santuary with either of the other helmet options for single-target damage

As for the stat priorities:

You want to prioritize Strength on every piece of gear you have. On your accessory items you'll still want to prioritize Strength, but it's less important than Red or Blue Sockets with either Tourmaline (Raw Damage) or Sapphire (Armor Penetration (Crit Chance)). If you feel like you're weak then use Life gems or put your paragon points into Life. Otherwise you should be doing so much damage that you don't need to worry about survivability.

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Active Tree

Pretty much as every other build describes: focus on Damage. Take Vanquisher and get everything except for Life and Judgement. This'll make killing mobs in the open world especially easy. From there: good luck, I have no more advice for you.

Build Guide

The in-game recommended build for Exploding Palm, Seven-Sided Strike, and Cyclone Strike, with a few caveats.

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