Dashing Strike/Blinding Speed or Quicksilver: this gives the one thing that you lack with DR as primary and that's a dash, a controllable one too. 25 spirit is really nothing, this gives quite a lot of control. Obviously the most defensive choice of all
I don't really understand this recommendation. I played around with Dashing Strike while leveling, and found it completely useless. Instead I would recommend Tempest Rush, which gives much more control. I don't use it in my primary build anymore, but I'd most certainly use it ahead of Dashing Strike any day.
I disagree, I'm using a slightly modified build for Act 1/2 Inferno farming on my Dual wield monk
I'm at 15K dps before MoC and BoH buffs with 39K HP and 13%crit. I really like having FoT for my primary attack due to the faster attack speed and LoH gained from it. The short teleport is useful once engaged. However, I use DS as a means of repositioning without losing much DPS uptime on a mob. Any mob that does a telegraphed large damage attack you can move out of the way instantly. It can also get you out of trouble when you get surrounded by Jailer/desecrator/firechains/plague mobs or anyother retarded combo.
The big difference and reason why is because FoT ports you in front of the mob while DS ports you behind the mob. It also has a much longer port range (entire screen vs maybe 10yrds) with any mob or destrucible item.
It works great on things like Butcher, Siegebreaker, the fireball dudes in Act 4, the giant ground smash dudes with huge legs in act 4, the phasebeasts in act 3, the overhead smash dudes in act 1 and many more. I know it doesn't provide the benefit of some other skills, but i find it incredibly useful and will have a hard time replacing it.
As far as I'm concerned, Tempest Rush can do everything you just listed, and do it better.
I tried this spec with 14k dps and it sucked in act 2, this will only work when u got 40k dps and to get that u need to spend 500 mil gold+ to do it, til then i stick with my wizard.
Bull. I got 22k unbuffed and the only things that kill me in act 2 are some nasty elite packs. My gear is worth maybe 4-5 mil.
Dashing Strike/Blinding Speed or Quicksilver: this gives the one thing that you lack with DR as primary and that's a dash, a controllable one too. 25 spirit is really nothing, this gives quite a lot of control. Obviously the most defensive choice of all
I don't really understand this recommendation. I played around with Dashing Strike while leveling, and found it completely useless. Instead I would recommend Tempest Rush, which gives much more control. I don't use it in my primary build anymore, but I'd most certainly use it ahead of Dashing Strike any day.
Agreed. The youtube guides might contain good information, but it's simply not the best medium for advanced guides.
As far as I'm concerned, Tempest Rush can do everything you just listed, and do it better.
Bull. I got 22k unbuffed and the only things that kill me in act 2 are some nasty elite packs. My gear is worth maybe 4-5 mil.