Build Guide
Hey boyz! Season One & Two - Rank 1 monk (world) here!
In my opinion/experience this build is currently one of the strongest possible monk setups for group competitive greater rift laddering.
Please note: I always keep my diablo fans guides up to date and will be making adjustments to the guide whenever there is a shift in endgame meta! so be sure to check back, and vote on the guide!
Basic game-play strategy:
- Spam Cyclone strike to position mobs & proc obsidian ring of the zodiac
- Use blinding flash on cooldown (when in combat)
- Use inner sanctuary on cooldown (when in combat)
- Use Epiphany on cooldown
- Spam mantra active when your group is taking alot damage
- Use the Epiphany teleport for mobility
Skill variations:
- Dashing Strike - Blinding Speed (Replace blinding flash, and change Laws of Seph to Leroics crown)
Legendary Gem variations:
- Bane of the stricken - Swap out Gogok of Swiftness for max DPS setup.
- Esoteric Alteration - Swap out Gem of efficacious toxin for more personal toughness.
Hellfire Passive:
- Unity
- Near Death experience
Stat Priority:
- Helm: Socket>LPS
- Shoulders: CDR>LPS
- Torso: x3 Sockets>LPS
- Legs: x2 Sockets>LPS
- Gloves: CDR>LPS>RCR
- Rings: Socket>CDR>LPS
- Waist: 15% Life>LPS
- Wrist: LPS>LOH
- Amulet: Socket>CDR>LPS
- Weapon: CDR>RCR>LPH
you want dex/secondary resist on all your pieces(where possible)
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Pretty early on for questions I guess, and Im sure you will be updating this guide (or this might already have been taking into account) --> How might the new seasonal items impact this build? Any thoughts on the matter?
As a support the past 3 seasons Ill surely be looking into this build, always found monks to be awesome! Thanks for the guide again Quin, much appriciate it
As you might have guessed; I hvnt read through all the new items yet. Might there not be some non-class-specific items that may interact with this build?
Anyways, appriciate the headsup
The only relevant non class specific thing is the new legendary gem "bane of the stricken". It is mentioned in the above guide as a maximum damage variant where you swap out gogok for it to get more damage for the group. The thing is, right now the stricken gem, which enhances the damage delt to enemies by a small percentage per hit (1,5% in case of a level 70 gem f. e.) stacks for everyone using it. So if the zdps monk wears it and hits an enemy, everyone in the group wearing a stricken gets the added damage (+plus their own stricken stacks of course)
So, the longer a fight, the more significant the added damage. But the stacking for the group might get fixed, then stricken would no longer be an alternative for a zdps char.
Great work as always Quin! Even though I have hardly played monk up until this point I always enjoy the stream as the volume of useful info is hands down second to none. This season I am all in with the monk mostly because your kick ass videos and guides make it look so fun to play!
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/sledge-fist
The fist weapon Sledge fist works for the build?
Thanks for the great writeup, Quin!
I figure on using this build and my friend will be using a dps monk (probably U6) in seasons. Would this work well for seasons 2s in your opinion? I also noted you implied in your video that monks won't be top dps in seasons, if that's the case who do you think will be? And would you say monks are a close second at least? Thanks for any clarification you can give!
How do you auto attack on ps4 with this build? None of the spells lets you auto attack when on cooldown.
Deaths Bargain even with a perfect 1000% roll and 2mil LPS would only be a 20mil damage aura; 1000% is only x10, not x1000. It's better than nothing, but nothing special all the same.
I agree with the notion of Vigilance Proccs and Gogok/other gems. When running Laws of Seph in the Cube, there shouldn't be any need for the added CDR from Gogok, and Ill experiment some more with other gems as substitutes. Im guessing Quin will/have ofcourse done the same, and in the end it will be about minor tweaks and differences in playstyle.
Vigilance proccs do seem low, and in the end there will always be spamming of Runes! Been looking into TF/Burning Axe/Shield replacement
Great Queries!
great build.
It says to get gems on chest/legs, what type of gems do you want to socket in them? Diamonds for the resist all?
Hey dude how do i get the crafted set to lvl 70? i only get it on lvl 23 req
There are two Borns, and two Captain Crimson craftable sets. Mine show the lower level Crimsons Finery at 31, and the lower level Borns Defiance at 21. Some times it takes awhile for the higher level 70 sets to fall. (The Crimsons Trimmings and Borns Command sets)
why isn't gogok always apply stacks? even though it's level 50
I believe Gogok stacks are applied based on your proc coeefecient
I'm a little confused. The build doesn't have a single attack so why do you recommend using life on hit and zodiac ring? I can't even auto-attack!
I have two questions:
1) Spamming Cyclone Strike makes mobs immune to it pretty quickly. This sometimes even doesn't allow me to keep Gogok up. Thoughts?
2) Is LPS on torso really that good? The value it can roll is much lower than on head. Would you forgoe vitality on a chest piece for extra LPS?
And one suggestion:
Why no Gem of Ease in the Weapon? Difference is small, but so is the LOH on your weapon.
Cyclone strike is an attack. It will apply life on hit. I think mystic ally will do the same
Why would you use Gem of Ease? It only provides xp and that's pointless for this type of build