[2.2] Monk lightning generator build

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by user-18379362 last updated Jul 15, 2015 ( Patch 2.2 )

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Mystic Ally Fire 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.
Fire Ally

Active: Your mystic ally splits into 5 allies that explode for 480% weapon damage as Fire.

Passive: A mystic ally fights by your side that increases your damage by 10%.
Inner Sanctuary Intervene
- Inner Sanctuary
Cooldown: 20 seconds

Create a runic circle of protection on the ground for 6 seconds that reduces all damage taken by 55% for all allies inside.
Intervene

Dash to the target location, granting a shield that absorbs up to 107284 damage for 3 seconds to allies within 11 yards and then creating Inner Sanctuary.

Absorb amount is increased by 28% of your Health Globe Healing Bonus.
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%.
Mantra of Salvation Hard Target
- 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.
Hard Target

Passive: Mantra of Salvation also increases Armor by 20%.
Fists of Thunder Static Charge
- 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.
Static Charge

Fists of Thunder applies Static Charge to enemies hit for 6 seconds. Each time an enemy with Static Charge gets hit by you, there is a chance that every other enemy with Static Charge within 40 yards takes 40% weapon damage as Lightning.
Cyclone Strike Soothing Breeze
- Cyclone Strike
Cost: 50 Spirit

Pull up to 16 enemies within 24 yards towards you, followed by a furious blast of energy that deals 261% weapon damage as Holy.
Soothing Breeze

Cyclone Strike heals you and all allies within 24 yards for 31036 Life.

Heal amount is increased by 17% of your Health Globe Healing Bonus.

Beacon of Ytar
- Beacon of Ytar
Reduce all cooldowns by 20%.
Harmony
- Harmony
40% of your single elemental resistances from items instead increases your resistance to all elements.
Alacrity
- Alacrity
Increase the attack speed of Spirit Generators by 15%.
Seize the Initiative
- Seize the Initiative
Dealing damage to enemies above 75% Life increases your attack speed by 30% for 4 seconds.

Items

The Eye of the Storm

Legendary Spirit Stone

Primary Stats

Lightning skills deal 15–30% more damage.
+240–269 Dexterity
+4 Random Magic Properties
Mantle of the Upside-Down Sinners

Set Shoulders

Raiment of a Thousand Storms
Mask of the Searing Sky
Mantle of the Upside-Down Sinners
Heart of the Crashing Wave
Scales of the Dancing Serpent
Eight-Demon Boots
Fists of Thunder
(2) Set: Your Spirit Generators have 25% increased attack speed and 100% increased damage.
(4) Set: Dashing Strike spends 75 Spirit, but refunds a Charge when it does.
(6) Set: Your Spirit Generators increase the weapon damage of Dashing Strike to 12500% for 6 seconds and Dashing Strike increases the damage of your Spirit Generators by 1250% for 6 seconds.
Eye of Etlich

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduces damage from ranged attacks by 27.7–32.9%.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

Physical skills deal 5–10% more damage.

Lightning skills deal 5–10% more damage.

Cold skills deal 5–10% more damage.

Fire skills deal 5–10% more damage.

Arcane skills deal 5–10% more damage.

Poison skills deal 5–10% more damage.

Holy skills deal 5–10% more damage.
Inna's Vast Expanse

Set Chest Armor

Primary Stats

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

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Inna's Mantra
Inna's Radiance
Inna's Reach
Inna's Vast Expanse
Inna's Favor
Inna's Temperance
Inna's Sandals
Inna's Hold
(2) Set: Increase the passive effect of your Mystic Ally and the base passive effect of your Mantra by 100%.
(4) Set: Gain the base effect of all four Mantras at all times.
(6) Set: Gain the five runed Mystic Allies at all times and your damage is increased by 125% for each Mystic Ally you have out.
Spirit Guards

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Your Spirit Generators reduce your damage taken by 30–40% for 3 seconds.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence
Fists of Thunder

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

+626–750 Dexterity
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8.0–10.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties

Raiment of a Thousand Storms
Mask of the Searing Sky
Mantle of the Upside-Down Sinners
Heart of the Crashing Wave
Scales of the Dancing Serpent
Eight-Demon Boots
Fists of Thunder
(2) Set: Your Spirit Generators have 25% increased attack speed and 100% increased damage.
(4) Set: Dashing Strike spends 75 Spirit, but refunds a Charge when it does.
(6) Set: Your Spirit Generators increase the weapon damage of Dashing Strike to 12500% for 6 seconds and Dashing Strike increases the damage of your Spirit Generators by 1250% for 6 seconds.
Inna's Favor

Set Belt

Primary Stats

+81–85 Resistance to All Elements
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Inna's Mantra
Inna's Radiance
Inna's Reach
Inna's Vast Expanse
Inna's Favor
Inna's Temperance
Inna's Sandals
Inna's Hold
(2) Set: Increase the passive effect of your Mystic Ally and the base passive effect of your Mantra by 100%.
(4) Set: Gain the base effect of all four Mantras at all times.
(6) Set: Gain the five runed Mystic Allies at all times and your damage is increased by 125% for each Mystic Ally you have out.
Depth Diggers

Legendary Pants

Primary Stats

+81–85 Resistance to All Elements
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Primary skills that generate resource deal 80–100% additional damage.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
The Crudest Boots

Legendary Boots

Primary Stats

+8–9% Movement Speed
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Mystic Ally summons two Mystic Allies that fight by your side.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+18–23 Dexterity

+18–23 Strength

+18–23 Intelligence
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.
Flying Dragon

Legendary Daibo

Primary Stats

+495–787 Dexterity
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Chance to double your attack speed when attacking.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(732–894)–(877–1111) Arcane Damage

+(732–894)–(877–1111) Poison Damage

+(732–894)–(877–1111) Lightning Damage

+(732–894)–(877–1111) Holy Damage

+(732–894)–(877–1111) Cold Damage

+(732–894)–(877–1111) Fire Damage

+(732–894)–(877–1111) Damage

More Details

Head
- The Eye of the Storm
- Inna's Radiance
- Mask of the Searing Sky
- Stat Priority: Lightning % CDR
Shoulders
- Mantle of the Upside-Down Sinners
- Stat Priority: CDR
Amulet
- Eye of Etlich
- Hellfire Amulet
- Stat Priority: Lightning %
Torso
- Inna's Vast Expanse
- Stat Priority: Dex Reduced Elite Dmg
Wrists
- Spirit Guards
- Stat Priority: Lightning % CHC
Hands
- Fists of Thunder
- Inna's Hold
- Stat Priority: CHC
Waist
- Inna's Favor
- Thundergod's Vigor
- Stat Priority: None
Legs
- Depth Diggers
- Stat Priority: None
Feet
- The Crudest Boots
- Stat Priority: MS
Rings
- Focus
- Restraint
- Stat Priority: CHD
Weapon
- Flying Dragon
- Stat Priority: CHD
Offhand
- Stat Priority: None

Legendary Gems
- 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)
- Pain Enhancer
  Pain Enhancer
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Critical hits cause the enemy to bleed for 2500.0% weapon damage as Physical over 3 seconds.
  Gain Blood Frenzy, granting you 3% increased Attack Speed for each bleeding enemy within 20 yards. (Requires Rank 25)
- No Gem Selected

Paragon Priorities

Core

Primary Stat
Movement Speed
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Damage
Critical Hit Chance
Attack Speed

Defense

Life
Armor
Resist All
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Life on Hit
Resource Cost Reduction
Gold Find

Build Guide

This build relies on the generator damage increase from 2 pcs Raiment and Depth Diggers in combination with Inna's 2 pcs and Crudest boots for double Fire ally damage boost. Add on a lot of Lightning dmg rolls on your gear and that's pretty much it.

You are looking at a constant 500%+ damage boost to your primary skill, especially if you have rolled extra primary skill damage (I have +13% Fists of Thunder on the pants). I prefer fists of thunder, ofc with the lightning rune. Static charge helps a lot with AoE damage, but do spend some paragon point on area damage as well. My gear adds 66% ligtning damage, a lot thanks to The Eye of The Storm head piece.

I find Cyclone strike to be a real game changer and really cuts down the time chasing after enemies. It is also necessary to have a spririt spender attack to trigger half of the Focus+Restraint ring combo. Since damage is small it's best to use Soothing breeze or Implosion rune.

Epiphany desert shroud need no further explanation. I use Inner Sanctuary when Epiphany is on cool down or when I want to teleport. Movement speed is no requirement here since you will teleport to your enemy with Epiphany and also with Fists of thunder main skill, but I like 25% with paragon points added.

I have not found a better weapon than Flying Dragon, it procs so often that the damage increase is in a class of it's own, even compared to lightning damage weapons like Schaefer's Hammer.

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