Build Guide
Quin69 here!
>>>UPDATED FOR 2.1.2<<<
11/02/2015
Mandatory gems:
Bane of the trapped
Taeguk
Third gem:
Gogok of swiftness - Mainly for the CDR
Bane of the powerful - Straight Dmg
Other viable gems:
Moratorium (HC)
2.1.2 - Esoteric Alteration - Need to test (looks great on paper)
2.1.2 - Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard - Need to test (looks great on paper)
Basic game-play strategy:
- Spread exploding palm
- Wave of light for damage
- Maintain your spirit with mystic ally on use and Epiphany
- Dash for mobility
Skill variations:
Dashing strike - Quicksilver (T6 Farming)
Mantra of Conviction - Annihilation (T6 Farming ~ swap out EP)
Passive variations(+hellfire bonus):
Seize the initiative (T6 Farming ~ in place of sixth sense)
Near Death Experience (if you play HC)
Stat Priority:
Helm: Socket>Crit
Shoulders: CDR
Torso: x3 Sockets>11% Elite damage reduction (secondary: 7% Melee dmg reduction)
Legs: x2 Sockets
Gloves: ChC>CDR>ChD>IAS
Rings: Socket>ChD>ChC>IAS
Waist: ChD>IAS
Wrist: 20% Lightning damage>ChC (secondary: 7% Melee dmg reduction)
Amulet: Socket>ChD>ChC=20% Lightning
Weapon: 10% Damage > 6 Spirit Regen > LPSS > LPH > Vit
you want dex/secondary resist on all your pieces(where possible) & health globe bonus ownz for Mantra of healing/transcendence.
People WITHOUT flying torch:
Just use any weapon with the highest DPS/Healing. (note: you will have to get more spirit regen or RCR)
FAQ:
Q: Why am i getting instantly killed g33+?
A: You need Unity equipped, and Unity on your active follower(with a "follower cannot die" relic)
Also! 1000+ All resistance | 16,000+ Armour | 350,000+ Health - Is a good amount to be around.
Q: Does the sunwuko 2 set scale with elemental damage?
A: Yes, the 1000% weapon damage proc grabs your highest elemental damage % then modifies the proc accordingly (all item damage cannot proc area damage)
Q: What gem should i put in my helmet socket?
A: Diamond. CDR = Dmg + Survivability!
Q: What normal gems should i put in my chest/pants?
A: Diamonds until your all resistance is over 800, Then the rest emeralds(dex gems).
Q: What follower should i use?
A: Templar. Why? Inspire (x1.1 ALL spirit generation)
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Inna's reduces the base cost of the skill (different to RCR - Else Innas would be broken) i.e >_> spammable 75 sprit ability that was free to cast??? OP OP
Use fist of fury! get attackspeed on gear, Flying dragon = GOD
1. Im new to the monk and play on the ps4 any advice with fresh 70?
2. I don't see Radiance for Dashing Strike and I don't seem to have Alacity as a passive?
But got a question.
What's up with the Depth Diggers and ice climbers? I saw a lot of people from top50 grift ladder running with them instead of crimson captains set. Are those really worht dropping the crimson set? In my opinion damage from FoF is really small compared to decoys (10% cost reduction). Bonus from ice climbers is nice... but still in my opinion in grift 35+ when you dont have the epiphany up than the frozen effect will 1-shot you...
Where:
1. the weapons of each build were replaced with an "appropriate" (or possibly bis) one-hander for that build (plus a shield of course)
2. everything else besides the mainhand and offhand remained exactly the same as per your guides
Also, the fire build shows one-handed weapons (x2 for dual-wield) but what would an "appropriate/bis" one-hander be for this holy build?
Im pretty sure this is against the blizzard ToS ~ but i know alot of people who are doing this... as playing this build for 5hrs+ = RIP wrists.
if you stand still, and only use one ability ~ it works.
best 1hander combo for holy would be the new holy spear + sunkeeper most likely... or just this exact same setup but with rimeheart + azurewrath. But nether of these setups even come close to the power of flying dragon... Holy rimeheart can go to around 35, and never tried the spears.
if you want to modify this build for HC, don't put a shield on ~ put blackthorns Pants + belt + boots, and xepheran ammy ~ also switch to more defensive passives
Ice climbers are really nice. I have used them on my a bit modified zdps monk before. But still i do love a reduced cooldown on the epiphany. And a bit better toughness using the crimson set.. But i give it a try check ice climbers with the FoF pants.
Created a game with captain set + paragon = 20% RCR > Used 1st SW = No clone > 2nd SW > 1 clone > 3rd SW > 1 clone
Recreated the game (to make sure i had no spent spirit in the "pool") with 0 RCR > Used 1 SW = 1 clone > 2nd SW > clone > 3rd SW > clone
Obviously the difference is little, but for sure SWK is taking RCR in consideration.
So I just wanted your opinion on how your fire and holy builds would compare if both of them had more similar weapon setups, since your fire guide uses 2x one-handers with no special offensive procs but your holy guide uses a two-hander with a speed proc.
Your fire monk guide uses Burning Axe (+20% fire element) + Sunkeeper offhand. So if, for example, your holy build had a respective "Holy mainhand" with +20% holy element (for consistency) + Sunkeeper offhand, what would be the approximate "G3x"?
I'm aware that the holy build would no longer be as high as G37 but would it still be higher than the fire builds G33? Like Roughly what level would it become in comparison to the fire builds G33?
Well considering you can do a g35 with this exact same build + Rimeheart/Azurewrath. I'd say two holy weps would give you a simillar result (this is with level 40gems x3).
so would u say holy is on par with fire? or is holy still a bit better than fire?
Fire still crushes t6, and is great for speed farming though! & Good for early-game in seasons! (first week)
You need Eye of Peshkov helm to be effective in this build. You need to able to spend BoH or you will run out of resource to spam.
Still have some few tweaks to make, Guide helped alot:)
Great job 1+