The problem is that you are using old gear and not a great one.
Drop your old items and replace them with new ones , also get more all resist and your healing and toughness are low.
Also your dps is low , you don't have any of the new affixes like increased elemental damage and skill damage and the only one you have is holy and most of your skills don't deal holy damage.
Advice , we know you spent time making the video but I would rather read your build in 2 minutes and watch a complete level clear in 10 minutes than you talking for 10 minutes and showing some clips where you start with full resource and just nuke everything down in seconds because your dps is higher than needed for the difficulty.
You can still show a quick preview of the abilities in your build like you did with some clips but adding a complete level would show how you handle things when you are out of resources and how it paces when you are killing everything.
One last thing , I hope you don't take this the wrong way but please tone it down.
Combination Strike does not work like that, you need to use an extra spirit generator to get the bonus 10% damage. i.e. Use one spirit generator with another one. Which is why the Fists of Thunder - Thunderclap + Way of the Hundred Fists - Fists of Fury/Deadly Reach - Foresight build was a huge DPS increase pre 2.0.1
I am in firm belief that Cyclone Strike is a mandatory in ALL monk builds. It's damage per second per spirit spent + utility is way to good to pass. If you do take Cyclone Strike, you could change the Serenity rune to Ascension for the extra second of immunity.
I this is just my personal idea but I don't think having Staff of Kyro makes your build work. I think this can work with almost any other reasonable weapon combination. Heck Won Khim Lau + another Lightning based legendary will work.
p.s, You have Seven Sins w/ +Cyclone Strike damage! there is now NO reason for you to choose Seven Sided Strike over Cyclone Strike. (Unless you're in a group with a monk who already has Cyclone Strike)
p.s.s To further clarify the meaning of Combination Strike it clearly states that for each DIFFERENT spirit generator used you get the 10% bonus damage.
To answer your points.
1-Combination Strike does work even with one generator and it worked like that aswell since vanilla release pre 1.03.
2-Cyclone Strike is good and I love it but it isn't needed when playing solo because things already come your way and Deadly Reach hits everything in 25 radius around you regardless of their position and Seven Sided Strike(Fulminating Onslaught) does sick burst for a champion pack which is what I need exactly because my build is around AoE and it doesn't have the best single target or 2-3 targets burst , also I don't use Serenity defensively the whole time , I even pop it on normal trash for the damage and in affixes like Frozen to avoid the freeze itself rather than the damage because I can survive easily.
3-You are right about Won Khim Lau , but I don't have Won Khim Lau and I found this Daibo and I made a build that worked around the Daibo and it is good even with not so great self found gear and I can clear T3-4 with it , you can always make builds work with different items , this legendary doesn't change the way a skill works it simply enhances it.
4-I have Cyclone Strike damage bonus on shoulders true , but again Seven Sided Strike is a burst aoe damage , usually it is enough to kill a pack or take it down low enough for my damage+serenity to finish them off , I explained why Cyclone Strike isn't a must have above.
5-already answered and it works just like I said and you can test it.
Thanks for your input though I just wanted to show that this legendary isn't worthless even in its current bugged state(damage is just like 1handers).
My monk is fully equipped with loot 2.0 and can go up to T4 but still requires some gear to be efficient so I prefer T2-3.
Also I am using Marquise because I had it in my Stash , even if I was to drop down to a star my damage will still be good enough.
This Build relies on a legendary Daibo that gives 40-50% Increased Deadly Reach damage.
2Handed weapons are slow and that's why I use skills that don't rely on my attacking speed much.
Currently I am using alot of Gear with bonus to lightning skills and Thundergod's Vigor.
This belt works perfectly with Mantra of Retribution and 2Handed weapons because it deals more damage and doesn't rely on speed.
Main Attack : Deadly Reach with Scattered Blows it gets the bonus from Lightning Damage and my Daibo and hits more targets than the other Deadly Reach runes most of the time and also has increased Knock Up chance that helps greatly.
Mantra : Mantra of Retribution with Transgression , it gives me attack speed to make up for the slow attack speed on my Daibo and it works great for 2handers because it doesn't rely on my attacking speed when lashing back at targets.
Dashing Strike : Mobility and Escape ability , I feel very slow without it and it saved me many times.
Sweeping Wind(Cyclone) : Lightning Based damage and hits everything around me.
Seven Sided Strike(Fulminating Onslaught) : AoE Burst damage on packs and gives me immunity for a second or two.
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Cyclone Strike(Eye of the Storm) : Lightning Based Damage and great in combination with Sweeping Wind and Serenity(Unwelcome Disturbance).or
Lashing Tail Kick(Scorpion Sting) : Lightning Based Damage , good for Single target and a good way to burn all the Spirit Generated and offers some Crowd Control.
Serenity(Unwelcome Disturbance) : Is used both offensively and defensively in this build.I use it to avoid taking damage and breaking CC and in the same time I use it to deal damage from the Rune itself or even in combination with Mantra of Retribution.
Serenity/Mantra of Retribution : I love this combo because when fighting Champion Packs with Frozen/Electrified/Arcane Enchanted/Orbitor/Lightning Storm/Poison Enchanted or any fast hitting affix you can jump in the affix and pop Mantra and Serenity at the same time , you avoid taking damage and you start hitting the pack back so fast that you burn them down really fast , this also works in combination with Immunity Amulets or Blackthorne 4 set bonus.
Passives :
Seize the Initiative : We get alot of Dex from gear so this is a great defensive passives.
Combination Strike : Just extra 10% Damage.
Beacon of Ytar : This is good with my Paragon points and gear I get about 31-32% Cooldown Reduction and it drops my Seven Sided Strike to 20 seconds and my Serenity to about 13.5 seconds.
This isn't a final build and I am sure a variation of this build can be done better than what I did , I just wanted to share this fun build and this isn't to show that 2handed weapons are fine because they are not nor is it to show my skills. I even died in this video once because I was lagging and I dashed into a pack thinking that my Serenity went up when it didn't.
Barbarians weren't nerfed , players were jumping on the barbarian wagon because it was facerolling.
Now barbarians are in a good spot , maybe fury still needs tuning but overall the class is in great shape , I switched back to Barbarian from my monk when this patch hit , I still play my monk but I am enjoying smashing faces.
I play in Softcore and I noticed that my Enchantress got me killed few times before I figured out what is going on , so I am here to warn you Hardcore players.
My enchantress has The Ess of Johan Amulet and so do I , when they proc they grab almost everything on screen to one spot , that's good and all and I love the item for that , the side effect is when Ess of Johan on Enchantress combined with Erosion(Makes a pool on the ground that deals damage over 5 seconds to all the enemies standing it) proc Electrified like crazy on Champion packs and when they are all stacked in 1 spot expect something worse than Multishot Lightning Enhanced eltes from D2.
IF you are using Enchantress , pay extra attention to Erosion vs Electrified or you might die before you even know what hit you.
Primary:
10-15% Elemental Damage(I don't think this rolls on shields normally)
4-6% Attack Speed (Also doesn't roll on shields)
Reduce Cost 5-7%(This will be rerolled to Crit Chance)
Secondary:Resource Regen or Max Resource depending on Class
And 2 Random stats , meaning 1 is Primary and Another is Secondary , if Primary Rolls Mainstat this shield can probably be better than almost any weapon for pure damage.
For example combine this Shield (%Fire Damage) with Spirit Regen and Axe of Sankis , you got yourself a pretty sick damage boost for your fire build and good EHP boost because of the armor and Block.
I am very excited I just had to share this , many legendaries are getting overlooked when they have amazing potential.
Edit : I am looking at this from the Monk point of view
If you get Str/Vit on one piece of gear that leaves 2 more primary affixes and 2 more secondary affixes.
Not every rare or legendary has Mainstat/vit slammed on them and you can sacrifice Vit for other Primary stat if you think you don't need the vit.
Play the game some more and you will probably find some of the new legendaries with amazing affiex. I found yesterday helm for my monk that increases spirit regen by 12 when you cast Inner Sanctuary (Lasts 6 seconds) with some spirit regen this helm will bring back Nirvana like build with insane burst for the duration of the inner sanctuary , I also found another helm for my WD with 97% Increased Pet damage , if I get Tasker and Theo (50% Increased pet attack speed) and I can complete Zuni's Set then I can go full summoner with Fetishes that stay up almost 100% of the time and Zombie Dogs and Crazy burst on my Gargantuan(dealing more than 1000% weapon damage per swing and swings 1.5 times faster than usual) , I also have skills and items that reduce cooldown which means my Gargantuan that lasts 15 seconds and has 60 seconds cooldown , has almost 5-10 seconds cooldown now.
Such builds are possible ONLY because of loot 2.0. Don't jump into conclusions after playing for few hours or even 1 day , also your gear can all be replaced easily , you might think you are losing dps because of paperdps , but you will make up for it or even have higher dps because of the new hidden stats and legendary affixes.
I started as a barb when D3V got released , rerolled to Monk , this time I will stick with both.
I am in love with the Barbarian after the new changes.
Also monk is the best support class in the game and I love playing as a support class when I have a full group.
When RoS comes out I will also play Crusader because I will be finding gear for barb and crusader but I will always stick with Monk/Barb as mains.
There will be drama as soon as 2.01 launches.
I have had many arguments with players on the PTR about loot 2.0 , every day somebody would come to PTR and start whining about loot 2.0 without even giving the new changes a chance.
It will be fun
But they will all come around once they find some of the new legendaries and try them , as long as they keep an open mind and don't disregard everything and quit after 5 minutes.
Adding to the upgrade leveling paragon on the PTR is much quicker, so if you were leveling vanilla paragon right now its kind of a waste.
so you are saying that leveling paragon on live is a waste but not on the ptr?;)
Well , I enjoyed leveling paragon on PTR more than Live.
I stopped leveling paragon on Live ever since Blizzcon , I expected Ladder Announcement some time along the way and that all the paragon leveling will be pointless because I will play ladder. But even after realizing that Ladders might take a while to happen , I didn't get encouraged to level up on Live because it is so boring and mind numbing , 99.9999% of the loot is worthless , builds are not diverse enough and playing the same builds for a year can get really boring , I rather level up in patch 2.01 or RoS so I can enjoy it and be rewarded at the same time.
This patch and RoS couldn't get here any sooner I am so hyped for this expansion and I am so hyped for future content patches , about time this game got good loot system and some depths , it has the best gameplay in any ARPG released ever and this should make it closer to being the ultimate experience we all wanted D3 to be.
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Drop your old items and replace them with new ones , also get more all resist and your healing and toughness are low.
My monk is self found and I can handle T3 easily. http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/ematanis-2121/hero/74080
Also your dps is low , you don't have any of the new affixes like increased elemental damage and skill damage and the only one you have is holy and most of your skills don't deal holy damage.
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Explain what you did so that others who are having the same problem and searching for a solution can probably use yours.
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You can still show a quick preview of the abilities in your build like you did with some clips but adding a complete level would show how you handle things when you are out of resources and how it paces when you are killing everything.
One last thing , I hope you don't take this the wrong way but please tone it down.
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1-Combination Strike does work even with one generator and it worked like that aswell since vanilla release pre 1.03.
2-Cyclone Strike is good and I love it but it isn't needed when playing solo because things already come your way and Deadly Reach hits everything in 25 radius around you regardless of their position and Seven Sided Strike(Fulminating Onslaught) does sick burst for a champion pack which is what I need exactly because my build is around AoE and it doesn't have the best single target or 2-3 targets burst , also I don't use Serenity defensively the whole time , I even pop it on normal trash for the damage and in affixes like Frozen to avoid the freeze itself rather than the damage because I can survive easily.
3-You are right about Won Khim Lau , but I don't have Won Khim Lau and I found this Daibo and I made a build that worked around the Daibo and it is good even with not so great self found gear and I can clear T3-4 with it , you can always make builds work with different items , this legendary doesn't change the way a skill works it simply enhances it.
4-I have Cyclone Strike damage bonus on shoulders true , but again Seven Sided Strike is a burst aoe damage , usually it is enough to kill a pack or take it down low enough for my damage+serenity to finish them off , I explained why Cyclone Strike isn't a must have above.
5-already answered and it works just like I said and you can test it.
Thanks for your input though
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Also I am using Marquise because I had it in my Stash , even if I was to drop down to a star my damage will still be good enough.
Link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn28-F0YsyQ
This Build relies on a legendary Daibo that gives 40-50% Increased Deadly Reach damage.
2Handed weapons are slow and that's why I use skills that don't rely on my attacking speed much.
Currently I am using alot of Gear with bonus to lightning skills and Thundergod's Vigor.
This belt works perfectly with Mantra of Retribution and 2Handed weapons because it deals more damage and doesn't rely on speed.
Build : http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#bdSTgi!gVX!bbccZZ
Build breakdown :
Main Attack : Deadly Reach with Scattered Blows it gets the bonus from Lightning Damage and my Daibo and hits more targets than the other Deadly Reach runes most of the time and also has increased Knock Up chance that helps greatly.
Mantra : Mantra of Retribution with Transgression , it gives me attack speed to make up for the slow attack speed on my Daibo and it works great for 2handers because it doesn't rely on my attacking speed when lashing back at targets.
Dashing Strike : Mobility and Escape ability , I feel very slow without it and it saved me many times.
Sweeping Wind(Cyclone) : Lightning Based damage and hits everything around me.
Seven Sided Strike(Fulminating Onslaught) : AoE Burst damage on packs and gives me immunity for a second or two.
or
Cyclone Strike(Eye of the Storm) : Lightning Based Damage and great in combination with Sweeping Wind and Serenity(Unwelcome Disturbance).or
Lashing Tail Kick(Scorpion Sting) : Lightning Based Damage , good for Single target and a good way to burn all the Spirit Generated and offers some Crowd Control.
Serenity(Unwelcome Disturbance) : Is used both offensively and defensively in this build.I use it to avoid taking damage and breaking CC and in the same time I use it to deal damage from the Rune itself or even in combination with Mantra of Retribution.
Serenity/Mantra of Retribution : I love this combo because when fighting Champion Packs with Frozen/Electrified/Arcane Enchanted/Orbitor/Lightning Storm/Poison Enchanted or any fast hitting affix you can jump in the affix and pop Mantra and Serenity at the same time , you avoid taking damage and you start hitting the pack back so fast that you burn them down really fast , this also works in combination with Immunity Amulets or Blackthorne 4 set bonus.
Passives :
Seize the Initiative : We get alot of Dex from gear so this is a great defensive passives.
Combination Strike : Just extra 10% Damage.
Beacon of Ytar : This is good with my Paragon points and gear I get about 31-32% Cooldown Reduction and it drops my Seven Sided Strike to 20 seconds and my Serenity to about 13.5 seconds.
This isn't a final build and I am sure a variation of this build can be done better than what I did , I just wanted to share this fun build and this isn't to show that 2handed weapons are fine because they are not nor is it to show my skills. I even died in this video once because I was lagging and I dashed into a pack thinking that my Serenity went up when it didn't.
I hope you like it.
Profile : http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/ematanis-2121/hero/74080
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Now barbarians are in a good spot , maybe fury still needs tuning but overall the class is in great shape , I switched back to Barbarian from my monk when this patch hit , I still play my monk but I am enjoying smashing faces.
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My enchantress has The Ess of Johan Amulet and so do I , when they proc they grab almost everything on screen to one spot , that's good and all and I love the item for that , the side effect is when Ess of Johan on Enchantress combined with Erosion(Makes a pool on the ground that deals damage over 5 seconds to all the enemies standing it) proc Electrified like crazy on Champion packs and when they are all stacked in 1 spot expect something worse than Multishot Lightning Enhanced eltes from D2.
IF you are using Enchantress , pay extra attention to Erosion vs Electrified or you might die before you even know what hit you.
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I think this might be the best DPS shield ever , except maybe for Crusaders.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/item/lidless-wall
Gaze at this beauty.
Primary:
10-15% Elemental Damage(I don't think this rolls on shields normally)
4-6% Attack Speed (Also doesn't roll on shields)
Reduce Cost 5-7%(This will be rerolled to Crit Chance)
Secondary:Resource Regen or Max Resource depending on Class
And 2 Random stats , meaning 1 is Primary and Another is Secondary , if Primary Rolls Mainstat this shield can probably be better than almost any weapon for pure damage.
For example combine this Shield (%Fire Damage) with Spirit Regen and Axe of Sankis , you got yourself a pretty sick damage boost for your fire build and good EHP boost because of the armor and Block.
I am very excited
Edit : I am looking at this from the Monk point of view
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Not every rare or legendary has Mainstat/vit slammed on them and you can sacrifice Vit for other Primary stat if you think you don't need the vit.
Play the game some more and you will probably find some of the new legendaries with amazing affiex. I found yesterday helm for my monk that increases spirit regen by 12 when you cast Inner Sanctuary (Lasts 6 seconds) with some spirit regen this helm will bring back Nirvana like build with insane burst for the duration of the inner sanctuary , I also found another helm for my WD with 97% Increased Pet damage , if I get Tasker and Theo (50% Increased pet attack speed) and I can complete Zuni's Set then I can go full summoner with Fetishes that stay up almost 100% of the time and Zombie Dogs and Crazy burst on my Gargantuan(dealing more than 1000% weapon damage per swing and swings 1.5 times faster than usual) , I also have skills and items that reduce cooldown which means my Gargantuan that lasts 15 seconds and has 60 seconds cooldown , has almost 5-10 seconds cooldown now.
Such builds are possible ONLY because of loot 2.0. Don't jump into conclusions after playing for few hours or even 1 day , also your gear can all be replaced easily , you might think you are losing dps because of paperdps , but you will make up for it or even have higher dps because of the new hidden stats and legendary affixes.
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I am in love with the Barbarian after the new changes.
Also monk is the best support class in the game and I love playing as a support class when I have a full group.
When RoS comes out I will also play Crusader because I will be finding gear for barb and crusader but I will always stick with Monk/Barb as mains.
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I have had many arguments with players on the PTR about loot 2.0 , every day somebody would come to PTR and start whining about loot 2.0 without even giving the new changes a chance.
It will be fun
But they will all come around once they find some of the new legendaries and try them , as long as they keep an open mind and don't disregard everything and quit after 5 minutes.
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I stopped leveling paragon on Live ever since Blizzcon , I expected Ladder Announcement some time along the way and that all the paragon leveling will be pointless because I will play ladder. But even after realizing that Ladders might take a while to happen , I didn't get encouraged to level up on Live because it is so boring and mind numbing , 99.9999% of the loot is worthless , builds are not diverse enough and playing the same builds for a year can get really boring , I rather level up in patch 2.01 or RoS so I can enjoy it and be rewarded at the same time.
This patch and RoS couldn't get here any sooner