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[2.4] GR80+ Pure Lornography - Exploding Palm Off-Tank

by Lornography last updated Dec 11, 2015 ( Patch 2.3 )

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Skills

Crippling Wave Breaking Wave
- 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.
Breaking Wave

Enemies hit by Crippling Wave take 10% additional damage from all attacks for 3 seconds.
Exploding Palm Impending Doom
- Exploding Palm
Cost: 40 Spirit

Cause an enemy to Bleed for 1200% weapon damage as Physical over 9 seconds. If the enemy dies while bleeding, it explodes and deals 2770% weapon damage as Physical damage to all nearby enemies.
Impending Doom

Exploding Palm no longer causes the enemy to bleed, but if the enemy dies while affected by Exploding Palm, they explode for 6305% weapon damage as Cold.
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.
Blinding Flash Crippling Light
- Blinding Flash
Cooldown: 15 seconds

Create a flash of light that blinds all enemies within 20 yards for 3 seconds. Elite enemies recover faster, but suffer a 30% chance to miss with attacks.
Crippling Light

Enemies that are Blinded deal 25% reduced damage for 5 seconds after the Blind wears off.
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%.
Inner Sanctuary Forbidden Palace
- 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.
Forbidden Palace

Enemies inside Inner Sanctuary have their movement speed reduced by 80%.

Harmony
- Harmony
40% of your single elemental resistances from items instead increases your resistance to all elements.
Near Death Experience
- Near Death Experience
When receiving fatal damage, you instead restore 35% Life and 35% Spirit and are immune to damage and control impairing effects for 2 seconds.

This effect may occur once every 60 seconds.
Mythic Rhythm
- Mythic Rhythm
Every third hit from a Spirit Generator increases the damage of your next damaging Spirit Spender by 40%.
Determination
- Determination
Each enemy within 12 yards increases your damage by 4%, up to a maximum of 20%.

Items

The Laws of Seph

Legendary Spirit Stone

Primary Stats

+128–163 Dexterity
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Using Blinding Flash restores 125–165 Spirit.
Empty Socket
Hellfire Amulet

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

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

+626–750 Intelligence

+626–750 Dexterity

+626–750 Strength
Aquila Cuirass

Legendary Chest Armor

Primary Stats

+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

While above 90–95% primary resource, all damage taken is reduced by 50%.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+49–60 Dexterity

+49–60 Strength

+49–60 Intelligence
Gungdo Gear

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Exploding Palm's on-death explosion applies Exploding Palm.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+18–23 Dexterity

+18–23 Strength

+18–23 Intelligence

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.
Frostburn

Legendary Gloves

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6.0–10.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Cold skills deal 15–20% increased damage and have a 50% chance to Freeze enemies.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence
String of Ears

Legendary Belt

Primary Stats

+85–108 Vitality
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduces damage from melee attacks by 25–30%.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Scales of the Dancing Serpent

Set Pants

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.
Illusory Boots

Legendary Boots

Primary Stats

+11–20 Resistance to All Elements
+10–12% Movement Speed
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

You may move unhindered through enemies.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+24–29 Dexterity

+24–29 Strength

+24–29 Intelligence
Litany of the Undaunted

Set Ring

Primary Stats

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

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Legacy of Nightmares
The Wailing Host
Litany of the Undaunted
(2) Set: While this is your only Item Set bonus every Ancient item you have equipped increases your damage dealt by 100% and reduces your damage taken by 4%.
The Wailing Host

Set Ring

Primary Stats

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

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Legacy of Nightmares
The Wailing Host
Litany of the Undaunted
(2) Set: While this is your only Item Set bonus every Ancient item you have equipped increases your damage dealt by 100% and reduces your damage taken by 4%.
Azurewrath

Legendary Sword

Primary Stats

+(610–745)–(731–926) Cold Damage
Cold skills deal 15–20% more damage.
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

20.0–25.0% Chance to Freeze on Hit
Undead and Demon enemies within 25 yards take 500–650% weapon damage as Holy every second and are sometimes knocked into the air.
Stormshield

Legendary Shield

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduces damage from melee attacks by 25.0–30.0%
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence

More Details

Head
- The Laws of Seph
- Stat Priority: CHC Skill: EP LOH Socket
Shoulders
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit AR CDR
Amulet
- Hellfire Amulet
- Xephirian Amulet
- Countess Julia's Cameo
- Stat Priority: Cold % CHC CHD Socket
Torso
- Aquila Cuirass
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit Life Physical %
Wrists
- Gungdo Gear
- Spirit Guards
- Stat Priority: Cold % CHC LOH Dex
Hands
- Frostburn
- Stat Priority: Cold % CHD CHC CDR
Waist
- String of Ears
- The Witching Hour
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit Life Armor +
Legs
- Scales of the Dancing Serpent
- Uliana's Burden
- Depth Diggers
- Stat Priority: None
Feet
- Illusory Boots
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit Skill: EP MS
Rings
- Litany of the Undaunted
- The Wailing Host
- Stat Priority: CHD CHC CDR Socket
Weapon
- Azurewrath
- Utar's Roar
- Stat Priority: Cold % Dmg % LOH CDR
Offhand
- Stormshield
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit AR CHC

Legendary Gems
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15.00%.
  Gain an aura that reduces the movement speed of enemies within 15 yards by 30%. (Requires Rank 25)
- Esoteric Alteration
  Esoteric Alteration
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Gain 10.0% non-Physical damage reduction.
  While below 50% Life, your resistances to Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, and Arcane are increased by 75%. (Requires Rank 25)
- Zei's Stone of Vengeance
  Zei's Stone of Vengeance
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Damage you deal is increased by 4.00% for every 10 yards between you and the enemy hit. Maximum 20.00% increase at 50 yards.
  20% chance on hit to Stun the enemy for 1 second. (Requires Rank 25)

Kanai's Cube

The Fist of Az'Turrasq

Legendary Fist Weapon

Primary Stats

+330–524 Dexterity
Increases Spirit Regeneration by 1.67–2.33 per Second (Monk Only)
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Exploding Palm's on-death explosion damage is increased by 250–300%.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(610–745)–(731–926) Arcane Damage

+(610–745)–(731–926) Poison Damage

+(610–745)–(731–926) Lightning Damage

+(610–745)–(731–926) Holy Damage

+(610–745)–(731–926) Cold Damage

+(610–745)–(731–926) Fire Damage

+(610–745)–(731–926) Damage
The Fist of Az'Turrasq
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
Spirit Guards
Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 4.0–5.0%
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
Reduces cooldown of all skills by 4.0–7.0%.
Reduces all resource costs by 5.0–7.0%.
+1 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Ignores Durability Loss
Reduce the remaining cooldown of one of your skills by 1 seconds when you hit with a resource-spending attack.
Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac

This is the build I have been pushing with on PTR ( Currently cleared 81-4man | 80-3man ). This is mostly just here as a placeholder for when 2.4 goes live. Video coming shortly. You can find me on PTR if you have questions.

 

Required: Imperative to make the build function, do not try to sub these out.

Recommended: There is wiggle room here, these are what worked best for me.

Adequate: If you don't have what I recommend these are pretty viable in replacement.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Maximum Resource
Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality

Offense

Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage
Cooldown Reduction
Attack Speed

Defense

Life
Armor
Resist All
Life Regeneration

Utility

Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Gold Find
Area Damage

No area damage on Paragon, unless you want zillions of lags.

Build Guide

Things to note:

Lefebvre's Soliloquy on shoulders.
Crippling Light rune on Blinding Flash.
Beacon of Ytar on HFA.
Everything must be full ancient.
As much secondary res as possible.
The pants are dealers choice, doesn't have much impact on the build.
Cylone frequently to maximize ORotZ
CW three times before applying EP to proc Mythic Rhythm.
Find density. Don't attack three things at time with it.

This is a work in progress.

My BattleTag: Lorn#1619

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