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You will regret going for a Echoing Fury for high MP levels. The fear will drive you insane.

Go for a decent rare instead.

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What is the Alkaizer run?

See the following (remove the '_' after http to view, since I can't post links yet)

http_://www.diablofans.com/topic/68420-guide-to-effective-paragon-leveling-alkaizer-method/page__hl__ alkaizer

here's the heart of it:

A3 Farming Route
Log out with Q "Kill Azmodan" directly in front of him (Checkpoint). Each run will start directly before Azmodan.

1. Clear Core of Arreat to the WP
2. WP to Tower of the Damned lvl 1, do one circle
3. WP to Arreat Creater lvl 2
4. Teleport to town, WP to Bridge of Korsaikk, clear Fields of Slaughter
5. Teleport to town, WP to Keep Depths lvl 1. Immediately enter Keep Depths lvl 2 and clear it.
6. Teleport to town, Log out, Resume Game

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I wanted to ask a question that's slightly off topic but it doesn't warrant it's own thread so I figure I'll ask it here.

Are you Monks swapping to MF gear while farming?

I personally never have, i find that it slows my runs down enough that it gets annoying. I'm more concerned with getting in a quick Seige-breaker to Azmodan run for drops, or doing the Alkaizer run for Paragon XP when I can squeeze the time in for one or two runs.

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Any other criticism/comments on how I can make my monk better would be appreciated. Budget of 5m atm.

- double resist on chest and wrist.
- single resist on both rings while keeping at least two offense stats + dex (average damage, crit chance, crit damage, attack speed). Skip on vita if necessary
- double resist on gloves or a second offense stat (see above)
- single resist on amulet, vita or third offense stat
- while 6% more Fist of Thunder looks nice i wouldn't sacrifice on both resist and vita in exchange on your helmet
- boots: where's the runspeed?
- more dps on your mainhand. While 95% crit damage and over 300 dex are really good this piece is lacking on the raw damage side and sadly has no socket. And your offhand could need a socket as well. But those two changes might be the most expensive ones, so i'd delay them. Alternative: %lifesteal.

Basically you want to swap all your gear step by step, aiming for 4-useful-stats on all slots before advancing to 5-useful-stats and so on. The list above is in no particular order, just wrote them down while looking over your pieces. You might end up blowing your whole budget on every possible upgrade, so just be patient.

On the mantra question: simply, no! MoC/Overawe is just that good, if you have to swap to another mantra you might be better of using more resists/defense pieces, a permanent 24% damage boost (48% on demand) is just to good to pass upon.