Odds are they will go with the one posted below mine due to quantity/volume. However I feel mine is geared more towards quality being to the point, and unique, hopefully note is taken about that. But we will see, it was fun to make either way and had to be made based on the positive feedback here.
Ah, very cool. Those are some great pics. Props to you for undertaking this... its hard to write a guide but yours turned out well. I chuckled a bit at the end when you talked about gear swapping as that's my exact swap to build!
I have 2 skorns i could use. the higher dps one has more CD and LOH. while the other one is slightly less dps, a litle less cd and 5.9LS which is technically better for sweeping winds
Ok a couple of recommendations:
On your SW set -
- Change your gloves. Look for AS, CD and DEX. No need for any CC. Remember, SW doesnt capture CC>
- Bracers: Same thing ditch the CC and focus on Dex and AS.
- Swap one of your rings for the SoJ. The elemental damage and bonus to elites is also captured by the snapshot.
I paid 2M for my gloves and 5M for my Lacunis that you see on my SW set. THe fact that youre not looking for CC makes things much cheaper.
i couldnt get a 2nd SOJ with the Sweeping Winds bonus, and i dont have a Leorics ring either. Since i dont have Leorics, i can wear my other SOJ (or an attack speed/cc ring) and pull 15.7 spirit/sec with OWE or if i change OWE to Exalted Soul, it goes up to 16.82/sec. not too shabby. Of course i could always change cyclone to Inner storm if i really needed it, but i dont. lol. I was still questioning whether or not it was better to use blade storm or firestorm rune rather than cyclone. I have 47.5 cc with 2nd set and you had 50% and it still didnt seem like it proc'd a whole bunch
well that 50.5 is actually 58.5 with the shields rush bonus. So when I rush into enemies Im @ 58.5 CC, though the stat sheet wont show that. I switched to this from Firestorm and I know that it "feels" less effective but the true effectiveness is that the spawned cyclones are still doing damage off screen. So while it doesnt look as powerful as Firestorm, it is and more.
damn dude, how are you getting 28 spirit/sec? i like that shield. i wear a SOJ with TR cc bonus on it. and that is a lot of gear swapping. lol i dont macro mine, just keep spamming the SW button. And the other tip i took away was the wkl with spirit regen. guess i never thought to look there. i think i sold one of those back in the day. lmao
so, i need a better xeph with some cc on it. a diff wkl with spirit regen, a diff SOJ with the SW dmg bonus, Inna's with SW dmg bonus. Maybe borrow my wiz's Withing hour.
Do those boots really help that much? cause i really like my Ice Climbers
I think that 28 you saw was my pick up radius I run with around 14.9 spirit/sec i think.
As for the gear, the SW bonus items seem to really help. You can get a madstone with 14% SW and spirit regen but no CC. That is just an example as of why gear swapping works so well with this build.
This focuses on everything weapons damage related, CC is not included in a SW snapshot. I include 35% extra attack speed in it because Blinding Flash scales with attack speed and since BF is part of the SW snapshot, its a win-win.
A nicely put together guide. I run a similar setup with the exception that I gear swap to take advantage of the sweeping wind mechanic. Basically I get the SW damage from a 1444 Skorn and gear with 585 CD then I swap to a gear set that includes a fist weapon with a shield. That set provides ~58 % Crit Chance.
Granted, Im using 15.1 spirit/sec (based on an attack speed of 1.51) but the damage output is insane. Ive got my spirit generation up to 14.9 so Im close and could get enough if I equipped a SoJ in my second set but I opt for a HF and a Leorics for the exp factor. I would link my builds but I guess I need 5 posts for that. Soon perhaps.
-HG
i've been doing this for my keyfarming/uber runs. And i was thinking of doing it for my TR paragon farming. i already have a soj and hf and i have plenty of other rings for crit dmg swap. my normal tr gear/skills gives me around 17 spirit regen, so maybe i need to try this out. My SW swap gear has like 532 crit dmg. But i need to figure out how to get that crit hit chance up on TR gear
Here is a video I made of me doing a short run with my TR setup. I flash the gear both before and after the run. Pay close attention to the stat listed on my shield near the end of the video
A nicely put together guide. I run a similar setup with the exception that I gear swap to take advantage of the sweeping wind mechanic. Basically I get the SW damage from a 1444 Skorn and gear with 585 CD then I swap to a gear set that includes a fist weapon with a shield. That set provides ~58 % Crit Chance.
Granted, Im using 15.1 spirit/sec (based on an attack speed of 1.51) but the damage output is insane. Ive got my spirit generation up to 14.9 so Im close and could get enough if I equipped a SoJ in my second set but I opt for a HF and a Leorics for the exp factor. I would link my builds but I guess I need 5 posts for that. Soon perhaps.
-HG
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Ah, very cool. Those are some great pics. Props to you for undertaking this... its hard to write a guide but yours turned out well. I chuckled a bit at the end when you talked about gear swapping as that's my exact swap to build!
Anyway, good luck to ya Sell!
http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/wiki/monksnapshot
It should answer any and all of your questions
Ok a couple of recommendations:
On your SW set -
- Change your gloves. Look for AS, CD and DEX. No need for any CC. Remember, SW doesnt capture CC>
- Bracers: Same thing ditch the CC and focus on Dex and AS.
- Swap one of your rings for the SoJ. The elemental damage and bonus to elites is also captured by the snapshot.
I paid 2M for my gloves and 5M for my Lacunis that you see on my SW set. THe fact that youre not looking for CC makes things much cheaper.
well that 50.5 is actually 58.5 with the shields rush bonus. So when I rush into enemies Im @ 58.5 CC, though the stat sheet wont show that. I switched to this from Firestorm and I know that it "feels" less effective but the true effectiveness is that the spawned cyclones are still doing damage off screen. So while it doesnt look as powerful as Firestorm, it is and more.
ah, gotcha! That makes sense.
I think that 28 you saw was my pick up radius I run with around 14.9 spirit/sec i think.
As for the gear, the SW bonus items seem to really help. You can get a madstone with 14% SW and spirit regen but no CC. That is just an example as of why gear swapping works so well with this build.
Here are the links to my two sets:
Set 1: http://d3up.com/b/190278
This focuses on everything weapons damage related, CC is not included in a SW snapshot. I include 35% extra attack speed in it because Blinding Flash scales with attack speed and since BF is part of the SW snapshot, its a win-win.
Set 2: http://d3up.com/b/190279
This focuses on spirit generation and CC, and thats it.
As for the firewalks, they tic for about 4-5K damage but mainly I use them cause they look kinda cool
EDIT: Had to do a Battlenet update of those sets, they were a bit dated. All set now though.
Here is a video I made of me doing a short run with my TR setup. I flash the gear both before and after the run. Pay close attention to the stat listed on my shield near the end of the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWfG9XR1kc8
A nicely put together guide. I run a similar setup with the exception that I gear swap to take advantage of the sweeping wind mechanic. Basically I get the SW damage from a 1444 Skorn and gear with 585 CD then I swap to a gear set that includes a fist weapon with a shield. That set provides ~58 % Crit Chance.
Granted, Im using 15.1 spirit/sec (based on an attack speed of 1.51) but the damage output is insane. Ive got my spirit generation up to 14.9 so Im close and could get enough if I equipped a SoJ in my second set but I opt for a HF and a Leorics for the exp factor. I would link my builds but I guess I need 5 posts for that. Soon perhaps.
-HG