Build Guide
Hello, DatModz here! Introducing the Season 16 Sunwuko Wave of Light Monk Build. This is a well rounded Solo Pushing/Group Build that works well past Great Rift 120!
Basic Overview
- Maintain your Sweeping Winds buff at 10 stacks, if you are traveling between rifts or waiting for a Rift Guardian to spawn, give the keybind a little tap before it falls off so you don't have to restack.
- Use Mystic Ally when you are almost out of spirit
- On your Vengeful Wind(Weapon) make sure you have one that grants 7 stacks of Sweeping Winds; most of the time a non ancient 7 stack weapon is better than a 6 stack ancient
- When your Convention of Elements gets close to your Fire Rotation, make sure to stand in a Oculus ring circle granted by your Templar for MAX DPS
- Use Dashing Strike to gain 40% dodge defensively and to stand in the Oculus Ring Circles granted by your Templar
- Epiphany on cooldown, be careful since you could have downtime, stay at ranged and use Wave of Light(Slow Effect Granted by your Pinto's Pride Bracers) to create distance between you and the monsters(You are kinda squishy when its down and susceptible to Crowd Control Effects)
- Preferred Stacking Resist: Physical & Fire
- Caldesann's Despair AKA Augments: I recommend going as high as possible 100+ is very easy to achieve this season, each level grants +5 main stat or a level 100 Augment
- The most efficient way to get full Ancient Weapons/Rings/Amulets with ideal stats is using the Kanai Cube Recipe called "Law of Kulle" which allows you to reforge a legendary, it can even turn into a Primal Ancient! *Requires bounties*
Stat Priorities
- Helmet- Socket, Dexterity, Critical Hit Chance, as close to 150% Wave of Light Damage as Possible Secondary Stats: Stacking Resist
- Shoulders- Dexterity, Resource Cost Reduction , Cooldown Reduction, Area Damage Secondary Stats: Health Globe Bonus & Pick-up Radius
- Amulet- Socket, Critical Hit Chance, Critical Hit Damage, % Fire Skills Increase or Dexerity Secondary Stats: Stacking Resist & Reduction from Ranged/Melee Attacks
- Chest- Socket X 3, Dexterity, Vitality, 11% Reduction from Elites Secondary Stats: Stacking Resist & Reduction from Ranged/Melee Attacks
- Belt- Dexterity, Vitality, 7% IAS & 50% CHD Secondary Stats: Stacking Resist
- Legs- Socket x2, Dexterity, Vitality, Armor Secondary Stats: Stacking Resist & Life after Kill
- Bracers- Critical Hit Chance, Dexterity, % Fire Skills Increase, Vitality Secondary Stats: Stacking Resist
- Boots- Dexterity, 15% Wave of Light Skill, Vitality, Armor Secondary Stats: Stacking Resist
- Gloves- Dex, Critical Hit Chance, Critical Hit Damage, Cooldown Reduction Secondary Stats: Stacking Resist
- Rings- Socket, Critical Hit Chance, Critical Hit Damage, Average Damage or Cooldown Reduction Secondary Stats: Stacking Resist
- Weapons- Socket, Dexterity, Cooldown Reduction, Vitality & Life on Hit Secondary Stats: Life after Kill
Alternative Gems/Skills/Items
- Kyroshiros Soul - Use if lazy or doing bounties, auto refreshes Sweeping Winds to prevent stack drops, but you lose damage.
- The Guardian's Path - You drop Near Death Experience so you lose your "OH SHIT" passive but you will have higher passive toughness
- Inna's Mantra - Replace Witching Hour & Crudest Boots for Inna's Belt and Boots, toughness boost while dropping damage
- Esoteric Alteration - Swap out Zei's, Stone of Vengeance, grants a huge non-physical survivability gain
- Bane of the Powerful - Use it in Greater Rifts below 90 (Remove your Bane of the Stricken)
Templar Setup
- Weapon - Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker or Azurewrath
- Relic - Enchanting Favor
- Rings - Ring 1: Unity & Ring 2: Oculus Ring
- Amulet - The Ess of Johan
- Shield - Freeze of Deflection
Gemming
- Helmet: Flawless Royal Diamond(12.5 CDR) Spirit Problems: Flawless Royal Topaz (12.5 RCR)
- Armor: Flawless Royal Diamonds
Ideal Stats
- Health: 700K+
- Armor: 20K+
- Resist All: 1600+
- Critical Hit Chance: 50%+
- Critical Hit Damage: 500%+
- Cooldown Reduction: 50%+
T13 Speed Farm Variation: https://www.diablofans.com/builds/97954-datmodz-t13-wol-speed-farm-build
Happy Pushing in Season 16! If you have any questions, leave a comment below or you can catch me live @ twitch.tv/datmodz.
i've done an 80 with time to spare with just around 450,000 sheet dmg lol. And i'm new to gr pushing etc so i suck
thx for the guide, I will try this out instead I am usuing this build but I keep running out spirit. help me here, please.
thank you
super Great Build and Guide also amazing Detail !
Hi, whats a good replacement for unity for when you play with random people?
Thx for the guide helps me alot!
But i have maybe a noob question.. i play with royal ring in mu cube to get the set bonus, how do you get it without it?
Just any of the damage doing rings.
From looking at the speed build. Probably something like Stone of Jordan.
Season 16 has a free Royal Ring so you don't need to cube or equip to get the bonus.
That 2 pc set bonus only affects the base passive not the rune passive, so you get 40% increase to resist all but dodge chance stays at 30% If you do use the dodge rune for dashing strike and the dual wield passive together, it's diminishing returns so the most you will get is like 71% dodge chance.
should i put green or purple gems on weapons with this build?
Emeralds
You can't have 6 piece Sunwuko and Tzo Krin's AND Cindercoat equipped. Sunwuko set has no boots so Crudest Boots with doubling your Air Ally is a natural fit since Sunwuko is a spender heavy set.
Am I missing something because you dont have all 6 sets and not royal on you or cubed so you dont want all 6 or ?