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Monk - Deaths Breath Farming Build 2.3 [ T6-T8]

by user-10020501 last updated Sep 2, 2015 ( Patch 2.3 )

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Skills

Crippling Wave Mangle
- Crippling Wave
Generate: 12 Spirit per attack

Unleash a series of large sweeping attacks that deal 155% weapon damage as Physical to all enemies in front of you.

Every third hit also dazes enemies within 11 yards, slowing their movement speed by 30% and attack speed by 20% for 3 seconds.
Mangle

Increase damage to 255% weapon damage as Fire.
Mantra of Conviction Annihilation
- Mantra of Conviction
Cost: 50 Spirit

Active: Damage bonus is increased to 16% for 3 seconds.

Passive: Enemies within 30 yards of you take 8% increased damage.

Only one Mantra may be active at a time.
Annihilation

Passive: Killing an enemy that is affected by Mantra of Conviction grants you and your allies 30% increased movement speed for 3 seconds.
Dashing Strike Radiance
- 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.
Radiance

Gain 15% increased attack speed for 4 seconds after using Dashing Strike.

Dashing Strike's damage turns into Fire.
Breath of Heaven Infused with Light
- 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.
Infused with Light

Gain 14 additional Spirit from Spirit generating attacks for 5 seconds after using Breath of Heaven.
Cyclone Strike Implosion
- 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.
Implosion

Increase the distance enemies will be pulled towards you to 34 yards.
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%.

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%.
Seize the Initiative
- Seize the Initiative
Dealing damage to enemies above 75% Life increases your attack speed by 30% for 4 seconds.
Alacrity
- Alacrity
Increase the attack speed of Spirit Generators by 15%.

Items

Leoric's Crown

Legendary Helm

Primary Stats

+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Increase the effect of any gem socketed into this item by 75–100%. This effect does not apply to Legendary Gems.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+18–26 Dexterity

+18–26 Strength

+18–26 Intelligence
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.
Hellfire Amulet

Legendary Amulet
Heart of the Crashing Wave

Set Chest Armor

Primary Stats

+416–500 Dexterity
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

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.
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
Sage's Purchase

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

+6 Random Magic Properties

Sage's Journey
Sage's Purchase
Sage's Passage
Sage's Apogee
(2) Set: +250 Intelligence+250 Strength+250 Dexterity+250 Vitality
(3) Set: Increases Death's Breath drops by 1.
The Witching Hour

Legendary Belt

265 - 314 Armor

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Damage Increased by 26 - 28%
Attack Speed Increased by 5 - 6%

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
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
Sage's Passage

Set Boots

Primary Stats

+6 Random Magic Properties

Sage's Journey
Sage's Purchase
Sage's Passage
Sage's Apogee
(2) Set: +250 Intelligence+250 Strength+250 Dexterity+250 Vitality
(3) Set: Increases Death's Breath drops by 1.
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.
Shenlong's Fist of Legend

Set Fist Weapon

Primary Stats

+(610–745)–(731–926) Lightning Damage
+330–524 Dexterity
+4 Random Magic Properties

Shenlong's Spirit
Shenlong's Relentless Assault
Shenlong's Fist of Legend
(2) Set: When reaching maximum Spirit, all damage is increased by 1.5%, but you no longer passively regenerate Spirit and 65 Spirit is drained every second until you run out of Spirit.When reaching maximum Spirit, all damage is increased by 150%, but you no longer passively regenerate Spirit and 65 Spirit is drained every second until you run out of Spirit.
Shenlong's Relentless Assault

Set Fist Weapon

Primary Stats

+(610–745)–(731–926) Lightning Damage
+330–524 Dexterity
+4 Random Magic Properties

Shenlong's Spirit
Shenlong's Relentless Assault
Shenlong's Fist of Legend
(2) Set: When reaching maximum Spirit, all damage is increased by 1.5%, but you no longer passively regenerate Spirit and 65 Spirit is drained every second until you run out of Spirit.When reaching maximum Spirit, all damage is increased by 150%, but you no longer passively regenerate Spirit and 65 Spirit is drained every second until you run out of Spirit.

More Details

Head
- Leoric's Crown
- Sage's Apogee
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit CHC Socket
Shoulders
- Mantle of the Upside-Down Sinners
- Stat Priority: Dex CDR Vit Physical Res
Amulet
- Hellfire Amulet
- Ouroboros
- Haunt of Vaxo
- Stat Priority: Fire % CHD CHC Socket
Torso
- Heart of the Crashing Wave
- Stat Priority: Socket Dex Vit Life
Wrists
- Spirit Guards
- Ancient Parthan Defenders
- Warzechian Armguards
- Stat Priority: Fire % Dex CHC Vit
Hands
- Sage's Purchase
- Stat Priority: Dex CHD CHC Physical Res
Waist
- The Witching Hour
- Goldwrap
- String of Ears
- Stat Priority: Vit Dex Armor +
Legs
- Depth Diggers
- Stat Priority: Dex Socket Vit
Feet
- Sage's Passage
- Eight-Demon Boots
- Stat Priority: Vit Dex MS
Rings
- Focus
- Restraint
- Stat Priority: Dex CHD CHC
Weapon
- Shenlong's Fist of Legend
- Stat Priority: Dex Socket CDR
Offhand
- Shenlong's Relentless Assault
- Stat Priority: Dex Socket CDR

Legendary Gems
- Simplicity's Strength
  Simplicity's Strength
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Increase the damage of primary skills by 25.00%.
  Hits with primary abilities heal you for 4% of your maximum health. (Requires Rank 25)
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15%.
- 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

In-geom

Legendary Sword
In-geom
Nemesis Bracers

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Shrines and Pylons will spawn an enemy champion.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Nemesis Bracers
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 2.0–3.0%
+27–60 Life per Hit
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduces the number of items needed for set bonuses by 1 (to a minimum of 2).
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+24–29 Dexterity

+24–29 Strength

+24–29 Intelligence
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Basicly its a gen build with some differences. it works really well in t7 and t8 and like butter in t6. so u can also use it as a split farm build with the benefit of MORE deaths breath drops

Skills Variation:

- replace cyclone strike for inner sanctury (if you take much damage)

- Mantra of Conviction Rune: Annihilation for Group Play and Overawe for Solo // Mantra of Salvation with Agility Rune for more Dodge/Survivability

Cube Items:

In-geom: just for the spam-dash after we killed an elite pack. to jump to the next one or move forward pretty fast

nemesis bracers: shrine = elite pack = more deaths breath

rorg: of course its needed duo the set parts we equip.

Variation of Cube Items:

- replace in-geom with Flying Dragon for more DMG. for group play

- try different weapons effects! only SET cube items would be nemesis and rorg

Gems:

if u have survival problems u can remove 1 of the gems for boon of the hoarder and combine that with gold wrap belt for immortality if u run over gold

Paragon Priorities

Core

Primary Stat
Maximum Resource
Movement Speed
Vitality

Offense

Attack Speed
Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Damage
Critical Hit Chance

Defense

Resist All
Armor
Life
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Gold Find

Build Guide

note: english isnt my native language so please forgive me.

Hi Guys. This is my first Build-creation on this site. but in the end
its just a litte modified version of the 2.3 generator build.

why this build?

- with 2.3 and the cube we will often NEED the material called "Deaths Breath" someday (if not now) u will be short on supply.

difference to gen build?

- we will use 2 items of the "sage's passage" a CRAFTABLE set. we use hands and boots. but you can also use helmet/boots

with this set we will be able to get more deaths breath out of elite packs,goblins and treasures.

i normaly do t6 or t8 group normal rifts. but also t7 bounty split farm works really good. our goal is to kill as much elite packs as we can. goblins are always a big bonus

the average deaths breath after a normal rift on T8 (solo) is around 50 with this. (when stopping after guardian,including some shrines) (no gobs) - without the sage set it would be 25~

if there are any suggestions & more feel free to comment and i will bring them in

Note:

Cooldown Reduction needed for this Build ?

Not that much. we got the gogok gem for most cdr. cdr on gloves and shoulders are nice to have. luxury would be cdr 10% on both shenlongs. but u dont have to force it. this is NOT a GR build. we can simply stay alive by just hitting enemys.

also dont forget the 20% cdr from our passive Beacon of Ytar

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