Yes, I agree there is many other proc based items you can use but, these are the items that offer synergy with being a lightning monk while still getting a good bit of the "unique" procs.
Now im going to go over the gear before i get into the spec, because mostly the spec relies on gear proc's in order to kill mobs efficiently:
Helm-Andariels Visage- Andy's helm is a very strong helm outside of the taking the more fire damage on torment5- and torment6 elite packs the proc itself does around 2 million damage, and can roll +lightning damage with dex/crit/ias, also there is a base poison resist on the helm, which is a plus if your a stacking resist poison monk. The reason i like this helm over an eye of the storm is the proc and the additional 2 million damage that you get which seems to have almost no Internal Cool down.
Other Helm- Eye of the Storm
Amulet-Moonlight Ward- Much like Andy's i use this item solely based off the +weapon damage %proc which hits for around 2.5.-3m which has virtually no Internal Cool down. This amulet is very hard to come by solely because its primarily a wizard item and therefore you need to reroll the int to crit damage or base dex on the neck but the purpose of this neck is solely based off the procs itself.
Other Amulet-Lightning Dmg, base dex roll, crit dmg, high crit chance
Shoulders/Bracers- I went with aughild's here for damage reduction on elite packs. I rolled the best stats i could get on the shoulders which is high dex/vit/plus stacking resist. I was hoping for health globe pickup but i wasnt as fortunate. The bracers you want light damage, dex, vit, crit 6% and stacking resist for a second resist.
Chest (Heart of the Crashing Wave)/Gloves(Fists of Thunder)/Boots (Eight-Demon Boots)- This your base lightning monk set which gives you 15% lightning damage. Ill go over each piece individually since each piece serves a particular purpose and the rolls i choose for each.
Chest (Heart of the Crashing Wave)- This is the easiest one much like the shoulders i went and rerolled the base cyclone strike to 3 sockets and was fortunate enough to roll lightning resist on the chest my stacking resist, but also got dex/vit/armor on the chest which is optimal for this build.
Gloves(Fists of Thunder)- Here i got high rolls on dex and vit and had reduce spirit of skills i re rolled that to crit damage, i chose to reroll that to crit damage, and would prefer to have the base vit here just for surviving the higher torments. Attack speed here could be made up in some of the later items ill describe like witching hour.
Boots(Eight-Demon Boots)- Dex/Vit/Movement Speed/LTK skill/Light Res- I got really lucky on the boots roll but those are the optimal stats, we are looking for on the boots.
Belt- Witching Hour- Heres where some of the attack speed can be made i went the witching hour here, most would say the belt lacks a lot of the survival stats, but once again i was lucky enough to roll lightning resist, and was able to roll vitality on the majorly useless main stat that was rolled on my witching hour
Sub Belt- Thundergods Vigor
Pants- Pox Faulds- I havent been able to test this item out but the proc seems very strong as it can roll up to 300% on the cloud that spawns. Ideal stats 2 sockets, stacking resist, dex vit.
Ring1-Stone of Jordan- Stone of Jordan is probably the best ring in the game due to the fact of the damage to elites +lightning skill damage, and you can reroll crit on the ring, all the stats necessary to clear high tiered rifts efficiently
Ring2- Ring of the Royal Grandeur- I like running the ring of the royal grandeur due to the sole fact, i can run the pox fauls when i get them in this gear spec. You can get a trifecta with a good roll of crit/crit dmg/average damage or attack speed
Sub Ring-Unity
Weapon1-Thunderfury- The most important stat on this item is the light base skilled weapon proc %, i havent been fortunate enough to get a high % proc on the three thunderfuries ive found but that is the most important stat, damage is always the most important stat to roll on this unless you have 1420+ than if you have a low dex roll, you can reroll the dex.
Weapon 2- Shard of Hate- Shard of hate has a very nice proc as the proc pretty much procs off your spirit regenator therefore the proc is very strong and makes this weapon a nice item, i like the shard of hate over odyn son because of the attack speed, but Odyn Son is sufficient in this slot.
Sub Weapon 2- Odyn Son
Support Monk Build (Team Play)-
Skill 1-Deadly Reach/Scattered Blows
Skill 2-Dashing Strike/Quicksilver
Skill 3-Exploding Palm/Flesh is Weak
Skill 4-Cyclone Strike/Eye of the Storm
Skill-5-Sweeping Strikes/Cyclone
Skill-6-Mantra of Conviction/Overawe
Speed Monk Clearing-
Support Monk Build (Team Play)-
Skill 1-Deadly Reach/Scattered Blows
Skill 2-Dashing Strike/Quicksilver
Skill 3-LTK (Scorption Sting)
Skill 4-Epiphany/Ascendance or Inner Fire
Skill-5-Sweeping Strikes/Cyclone
Skill-6-Mantra of Conviction/Overawe
Paragon Points(Importance based in order listed)
Tier 1 (Core)- Movement Speed to 13% or if you dont have it on Boots 25%- Rest in Dex, if you need more HP throw some in vit
Tier 2 (Offense)-attack speed, crit chance, crit dmg/cd red
Tier 3 (Defense)-resist all-armor-life regen-life%
Tier4 (Utility)- Area Damage-Life on Hit-Resource Cost-Gold Find
Also I like to keep a spare thunderfury with a diamond in it for elite packs and will do the same with my next shard of hate that i found for faster kill on the elites.
That is it for my guide, any questions post them here and i will get to them as i can.
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Now im going to go over the gear before i get into the spec, because mostly the spec relies on gear proc's in order to kill mobs efficiently:
Helm-Andariels Visage- Andy's helm is a very strong helm outside of the taking the more fire damage on torment5- and torment6 elite packs the proc itself does around 2 million damage, and can roll +lightning damage with dex/crit/ias, also there is a base poison resist on the helm, which is a plus if your a stacking resist poison monk. The reason i like this helm over an eye of the storm is the proc and the additional 2 million damage that you get which seems to have almost no Internal Cool down.
Other Helm- Eye of the Storm
Amulet-Moonlight Ward- Much like Andy's i use this item solely based off the +weapon damage %proc which hits for around 2.5.-3m which has virtually no Internal Cool down. This amulet is very hard to come by solely because its primarily a wizard item and therefore you need to reroll the int to crit damage or base dex on the neck but the purpose of this neck is solely based off the procs itself.
Other Amulet-Lightning Dmg, base dex roll, crit dmg, high crit chance
Shoulders/Bracers- I went with aughild's here for damage reduction on elite packs. I rolled the best stats i could get on the shoulders which is high dex/vit/plus stacking resist. I was hoping for health globe pickup but i wasnt as fortunate. The bracers you want light damage, dex, vit, crit 6% and stacking resist for a second resist.
Chest (Heart of the Crashing Wave)/Gloves(Fists of Thunder)/Boots (Eight-Demon Boots)- This your base lightning monk set which gives you 15% lightning damage. Ill go over each piece individually since each piece serves a particular purpose and the rolls i choose for each.
Chest (Heart of the Crashing Wave)- This is the easiest one much like the shoulders i went and rerolled the base cyclone strike to 3 sockets and was fortunate enough to roll lightning resist on the chest my stacking resist, but also got dex/vit/armor on the chest which is optimal for this build.
Gloves(Fists of Thunder)- Here i got high rolls on dex and vit and had reduce spirit of skills i re rolled that to crit damage, i chose to reroll that to crit damage, and would prefer to have the base vit here just for surviving the higher torments. Attack speed here could be made up in some of the later items ill describe like witching hour.
Boots(Eight-Demon Boots)- Dex/Vit/Movement Speed/LTK skill/Light Res- I got really lucky on the boots roll but those are the optimal stats, we are looking for on the boots.
Belt- Witching Hour- Heres where some of the attack speed can be made i went the witching hour here, most would say the belt lacks a lot of the survival stats, but once again i was lucky enough to roll lightning resist, and was able to roll vitality on the majorly useless main stat that was rolled on my witching hour
Sub Belt- Thundergods Vigor
Pants- Pox Faulds- I havent been able to test this item out but the proc seems very strong as it can roll up to 300% on the cloud that spawns. Ideal stats 2 sockets, stacking resist, dex vit.
Ring1-Stone of Jordan- Stone of Jordan is probably the best ring in the game due to the fact of the damage to elites +lightning skill damage, and you can reroll crit on the ring, all the stats necessary to clear high tiered rifts efficiently
Ring2- Ring of the Royal Grandeur- I like running the ring of the royal grandeur due to the sole fact, i can run the pox fauls when i get them in this gear spec. You can get a trifecta with a good roll of crit/crit dmg/average damage or attack speed
Sub Ring-Unity
Weapon1-Thunderfury- The most important stat on this item is the light base skilled weapon proc %, i havent been fortunate enough to get a high % proc on the three thunderfuries ive found but that is the most important stat, damage is always the most important stat to roll on this unless you have 1420+ than if you have a low dex roll, you can reroll the dex.
Weapon 2- Shard of Hate- Shard of hate has a very nice proc as the proc pretty much procs off your spirit regenator therefore the proc is very strong and makes this weapon a nice item, i like the shard of hate over odyn son because of the attack speed, but Odyn Son is sufficient in this slot.
Sub Weapon 2- Odyn Son
Support Monk Build (Team Play)-
Skill 1-Deadly Reach/Scattered Blows
Skill 2-Dashing Strike/Quicksilver
Skill 3-Exploding Palm/Flesh is Weak
Skill 4-Cyclone Strike/Eye of the Storm
Skill-5-Sweeping Strikes/Cyclone
Skill-6-Mantra of Conviction/Overawe
Speed Monk Clearing-
Support Monk Build (Team Play)-
Skill 1-Deadly Reach/Scattered Blows
Skill 2-Dashing Strike/Quicksilver
Skill 3-LTK (Scorption Sting)
Skill 4-Epiphany/Ascendance or Inner Fire
Skill-5-Sweeping Strikes/Cyclone
Skill-6-Mantra of Conviction/Overawe
Paragon Points(Importance based in order listed)
Tier 1 (Core)- Movement Speed to 13% or if you dont have it on Boots 25%- Rest in Dex, if you need more HP throw some in vit
Tier 2 (Offense)-attack speed, crit chance, crit dmg/cd red
Tier 3 (Defense)-resist all-armor-life regen-life%
Tier4 (Utility)- Area Damage-Life on Hit-Resource Cost-Gold Find
Also I like to keep a spare thunderfury with a diamond in it for elite packs and will do the same with my next shard of hate that i found for faster kill on the elites.
That is it for my guide, any questions post them here and i will get to them as i can.