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The Best Death's Breath Farming Build

by last updated Oct 10, 2015 ( Patch 2.3 )
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Skills

  • Way of the Hundred Fists Fists of Fury
  • Fists of Thunder Static Charge
  • Dashing Strike Radiance
  • Mantra of Retribution Transgression
  • Breath of Heaven Infused with Light
  • Epiphany Desert Shroud
  • Alacrity
  • Seize the Initiative
  • Harmony
  • Exalted Soul

Items

More Details

  • Legendary Gems

    • Bane of the Trapped
    • Simplicity's Strength
    • Boon of the Hoarder

Kanai's Cube

  • Flying Dragon
  • Eye of Peshkov
  • Ring of Royal Grandeur

Update: dropping CDR for attack speed after further testing.


Item choices are fairly locked in here.


Using Goldwrap + Boom of the Hoarder gives you a ton of toughness in rifts. You could use a different belt if you aren't using Boom of the Hoarder. The Witching Hour or String of Ears would likely be the top choices depending on your needs.


Amulet is the other very wide-open slot, but do note Hellfire is best so you get any a 5th passive. Guardian's Path or any of the 4 would be good options.


You can go Sage's boots instead of gloves or helm, but do maintain the 4pc Raiment set bonus.


Basically, you lose Lightning damage in the helm slot and Unity or Convention of Elements in the ring slot to execute this build. Certainly less damage than what you would Greater Rift with, but the least sacrifice of any Death's Breath's farming build I've found across all classes thus far.


Focus on getting as much Attack Speed as you can without sacrificing too much survivability. CDR isn't absolutely essential when using Eye of Peshkov


Get Max Spirit stats on all pieces possible (Weapons in this case since we aren't using a spirit stone).

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Maximum Resource
Primary Stat
Vitality

Offense

Attack Speed
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage
Cooldown Reduction

Defense

Resist All
Life
Armor
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Gold Find

This build is optimized for 800+ paragon. If you aren't there yet, you can adjust your paragon according to your gear.


Max Spirit is very important so grab that once your move speed is capped.

Build Guide

This the Static Charge Monk Generator build I've been using to farm Death's Breaths with.


Of all the builds I've tested between Barbarian (IK and Raekor + HotA variants), Witch Doctor (Helltooth and Pet variants) and Monk, this is the most effective way to farm Death's Breath's I've found.


Especially in a T10 group or solo setting. Note that T10 is not always the most efficient way to farm Death's Breath currently, but if you have the gear
and/or the team you can get as many as 900 Death's Breaths per hour.


Basic Gameplay

  1. Dash to trigger Spender portion of Focus and Restraint
  2. Punch with Fists of Thunder to distribute Static Charges to mobs quickly and trigger generator for Focus and Restraint. Do this every 6 seconds.
  3. Punch with Fists of Fury for the high proc coefficient to trigger Static Charges
  4. Keep Breath of Heaven and Epiphany up
  5. Don't use Transgression (save your spirit), just enjoy the passive attack speed!
  6. Repeat as needed to keep Static Charge up (6 seconds) and Focus and Restraint up

For single targets, you can skip step 3 and just use First of Thunder.


For Farming Death's Breaths

  • Consider dropping Spirit Guards for Nemesis Bracers
  • Skip trash mobs and target elites packs for maximum DBs/hour
  • In T10 group with a heal monk and 2 more DPS to maximize killing power and survivabilty while farming DBs