[2.4] GR84+ Inna EP from Chinese Leaderboard

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by Kajean last updated Feb 4, 2016 ( Patch 2.4 )

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Skills

Way of the Hundred Fists Assimilation
- Way of the Hundred Fists
Generate: 12 Spirit per attack

Unleash a rapid series of punches that strike enemies for 190% weapon damage as Physical.
Assimilation

Each enemy hit with the third hit increases your damage by 5% for 5 seconds.
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%.
Dashing Strike Blinding Speed
- 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.
Blinding Speed

Gain 40% increased chance to Dodge for 4 seconds after using Dashing Strike.

Dashing Strike's damage turns into Cold.
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.
Mystic Ally Water 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.
Water Ally

Active: Your mystic ally performs 7 wave attacks in quick succession, each dealing 625% weapon damage as Cold and Freezing enemies for 3 seconds.

Passive: A mystic ally fights by your side that infuses your attacks to Slow enemies by 60% for 3 seconds.

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.
Seize the Initiative
- Seize the Initiative
Dealing damage to enemies above 75% Life increases your attack speed by 30% for 4 seconds.
Unity
- Unity
Each ally affected by your Mantras increases your damage by 5%, up to a maximum of 20%, and has 5% increased damage.

Items

Inna's Radiance

Set Spirit Stone

360 - 472 Armor

Primary Stats

+626 - 750 Strength
+626 - 750 Dexterity
+626 - 750 Intelligence
Sockets (1)

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. You gain 5% damage reduction for each Mystic Ally you have out. Your Mystic Allies no longer take damage.
(6) Set: Gain the passive abilities of the five runed Mystic Allies at all times. Attacking enemies creates your chosen Mystic Ally that lasts 15 seconds, up to 10 Mystic Allies. The damage of your Mystic Allies is increased by 900% for each Mystic Ally you have out.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Lefebvre's Soliloquy

Legendary Shoulders

59 - 68 Armor

Secondary Stats

Cyclone Strike reduces your damage taken by 40 - 50% for 5 seconds.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
The Traveler's Pledge

Set Amulet

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Damage Increased by 51.0–100.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence

Endless Walk
The Traveler's Pledge
The Compass Rose
(2) Set: While standing still, damage dealt is increased by up to 100%.While standing still, damage dealt is increased by up to 100%.
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.
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.
Inna's Hold

Set Gloves

309 - 366 Armor

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6 - 6.5%

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 150% for each Mystic Ally you have out.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
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.
The Crudest Boots

Legendary Boots

30 - 35 Armor

Primary Stats

+8 - 9% Movement Speed

Secondary Stats

Mystic Ally summons two Mystic Allies that fight by your side.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
The Compass Rose

Set Ring

Primary Stats

+10–12% Movement Speed
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Endless Walk
The Traveler's Pledge
The Compass Rose
(2) Set: While standing still, damage dealt is increased by up to 100%.While standing still, damage dealt is increased by up to 100%.
Convention of Elements

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Gain 150–200% increased damage to a single element for 4 seconds. This effect rotates through the elements available to your class in the following order: Arcane, Cold, Fire, Holy, Lightning, Physical, Poison.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Inna's Reach

Set Daibo

Primary Stats

+495–787 Dexterity
Increases Mystic Ally Damage by 90–120% (Monk Only)
+3 Random Magic Properties
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

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.

More Details

Head
- Inna's Radiance
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit CHC Socket
Shoulders
- Lefebvre's Soliloquy
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit CDR LPS
Amulet
- The Traveler's Pledge
- Stat Priority: Cold % CHD CHC Socket
Torso
- Inna's Vast Expanse
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit Reduced Elite Dmg Socket
Wrists
- Gungdo Gear
- Bindings of the Lesser Gods
- Stat Priority: Cold % CHC Dex Vit
Hands
- Inna's Hold
- Stat Priority: CHC CHD Dex Vit
Waist
- Inna's Favor
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit AR Life
Legs
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit Armor + Socket
Feet
- The Crudest Boots
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit MS Skill: EP
Rings
- The Compass Rose
- Convention of Elements
- Unity
- Stat Priority: CHC CHD Socket Dex
Weapon
- Inna's Reach
- Stat Priority: Dex Vit Dmg % Socket
Offhand
- Stat Priority: None

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)
- Bane of the Stricken
  Bane of the Stricken
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Each attack you make against an enemy increases the damage it takes from your attacks by 0.80%.
  Gain 25% increased damage against bosses and Rift Guardians. (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)

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
Bindings of the Lesser Gods

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 1.5–2.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Enemies hit by your Cyclone Strike take 150–200% increased damage from your Mystic Ally for 5 seconds.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+30–36 Dexterity

+30–36 Strength

+30–36 Intelligence
Bindings of the Lesser Gods
Unity

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
Increases damage against elites by 12.0–15.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

All damage taken is split between wearers of this item.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Unity

Wear either Unity or CoE depending on which one rolled better for you and cube the other one. Same with Gungdo and Bindings of the Lesser Gods. Usually means that you cube Binding of the Lesser Gods and CoE because their legendary powers get forced to max when they are in cube but you could get lucky.

The Chinese player didn't have Mystic Ally bonus on any of his gear other than Inna Daibo but I think getting it on your shoulders would make sense. He also only had EP bonus on boots and not helm. I'm guessing he died too much and needed more toughness.

Edit Feb 4th, 2016: GR83 has been completed with this build in NA which is now #1. Notable changes for his build: He ran Mystic Ally damage on chest and shoulders and no EP damage on boots or head. This is most likely because your EPs do good enough damage already but you have trouble on RG and popping EPs without Mystic Ally damage. I can't edit stat priorities in dfans right now because that feature is totally broken right now.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Critical Hit Damage
Critical Hit Chance
Cooldown Reduction
Attack Speed

Defense

Resist All
Armor
Life
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Gold Find

Build Guide

Edit Feb 4th, 2016: GR83 has been completed with this build in NA which is now #1.

Build I copied from Chinese leaderboard season 5 solo Monk player (I tried to put his name here to give credit, but dfans can't handle Chinese characters). At the time of making this guide, he was GR84 with it, 2 tiers above every other player in the world.

Stat and skills are copied from his build and gear but I might have messed something up because it was all in Chinese and I had to make some educated guesses.

I have personally played this build to NA ~~GR77~~ GR78 to test it at paragon ~~890~~ 900 with no dex enchanted gear and not full ancients yet, so I think this build is pretty legit. Gameplay is:

1. Group up a bunch of enemies with Cyclone Strike.
2. Get a big Assimilation stack (If EP is dynamic with Assimilation buff like I have been told, then you need to have the buff up as EPs explode and can skip this step. I'm not sure yet).
3. Apply EP on weaker mobs that will die more easily.
4. Stand still for a bit to get Endless Walk damage buff.
5. Wait for Cold Convention of Elements.
6. Activate Mystic Ally and spam Cyclone Strike and hope for the boom (Make sure you stuff have Assimilation buff up at this point because you want your Mystic Ally and EP damage to be buffed).

Some notes:

You do next to no damage with your Cyclone Strike, generator, and normal Mystic Ally attacks. All your damage comes from applying EP and popping them with Mystic Ally activation.

The damage you do on RG is awful. Compared to Inna pet build, which does great on RG, you lose Enforcer pet gem and Flying Dragon so your allies do really bad damage outside of activating Mystic Ally. You have to have plenty of time to kill the RG from clearing fast with this build. Bane of the Stricken is absolutely required because of how bad you do on the RG. This build probably wouldn't be viable without that gem.

Dying is doubly worse for this build than most builds. You have to time your Mystic Ally and EPs exploding with your cold CoE. Unfortunately for us, if you resurrect you always start on the cold rotation and you don't have enough time to set up your EPs and kill things. So if you die you basically need to go and leave your current pull and avoid dying and go somewhere else to align your cold CoE cycle again.

Sometimes your Mystic Allies just miss all your EP marked enemies and it really sucks when that happens. You have to wait for the next cycle on cold CoE in that case.

You have enough CDR for Mystic Ally CD to be over for every cold CoE cycle.

Seize the Initiative is because the Water Mystic Ally activated damage ability scales with attack speed ("Wave Damage [AoE x 7] = 625% weapon damage x Sheet APS" according to Davlok's Mystic Ally mechanics post). Also you generate more spirit per second for EP and Cyclone Strike.

I'm not clear on what the best single target Mystic Ally activation is, but you should activate Mystic Ally during RG fight during the best single target CoE element. I've been currently just doing cold because I have cold damage on bracer and it seems to do pretty good damage.

Save a Dashing Strike charge for when you're in trouble because you will get stuck because of Cyclone Striking enemies all around you.

Holy shit the new Exploding Palm debuff icon is impossible to see.

If you're in the middle of a humongous pack, it's pretty unlikely that your Mystic Ally activation will actually kill something. You kind of need to break up those packs into smaller ones to actually kill something and also not die in all the density.

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