Monk is D3's most awesome character.. period.

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Added on May 29, 2012, 12:16 pmmight not be the most powerful.. but in terms of its moves, coolness factor, overall factor.. it is really awesomish.

This post has been edited by Davidtcf: May 29 2012, 12:16 PM

at least you can heal and protect your other teamates (those skills)...

dont think other char have them... he's more of a MP support guy then a solo-ist at higher lvls... I bet in a team 4 of D3 nightmare and beyond having a high lvl monk in the team with the right skills will be priceless..

try Mantra of Evasion and other evasive skills as well...

the strategy of monk is to spam all his evasive skills at higher difficulty levels + some heal and invulnerability.

Proper timing of other attack skills is important too.

Monk is meant not to simply rush in and attack everyone/tank like a barbarian can...

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Added on May 29, 2012, 12:48 pmone thing I dont get is why Blizzard lock all total active skills to wut - 6 slots? too little lah.. make it at least 8-10 slots please.. hope the expansion pack will address this issue.

This post has been edited by Davidtcf: May 29 2012, 12:48 PM

have you tried Pacifism as passive?

http://www.diablowiki.net/Pacifism

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Added on May 29, 2012, 1:19 pmand yes how about One with Everything?

http://www.diablowiki.net/One_With_Everything



This post has been edited by Davidtcf: May 29 2012, 01:19 PM

use daibo got wat benefits bro? I thought 1 handed fist weapons x 2 is better?

very hard for monks to die with high dex, just enough HP, increased dodge chance + dodge aura

passives: one in with everything (resistance for all = highest resist) + take the initiative (increased armor) + transcendence (every point of spirit spent heals for xx life)

not to mention serenity aura (invulnerability +heal buff)

love his att/run speed too (tho I seldom on run boost passive now need the other boosts more)

he is a speed demon, and a survivalist.


This post has been edited by Davidtcf: Jun 11 2012, 01:11 PM

i hope they buff monk soon... give him that extra edge at the frontlines as how barbarians are... jealous when i see barbarians damage like mad and tank like mad!!! injustice for the monks!!

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Added on June 11, 2012, 1:16 pmBelow is my full build at lvl 45:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk...;XYU!aYbZaZ

good for multiplayer as well as single player.

Enough of helping other players heal... dont think it's necessary if you can't even take good care of yourself? lol (end up keep dying? no mang no..)

This post has been edited by Davidtcf: Jun 11 2012, 01:16 PM

put 60 to motivate myself laa.... other players also suggested defensive build for later difficulty levels what

yest just entered Hell difficulty.. so much more difficult than Nightmare..

I have bought new armor sets, bracers, boots, chest armor etc totalling 200k...

feel much more stronger now.. HP reached 20k and damage around 1.5k (planning to upgrade weapons later as difference still not much).

lvl 51 now... stats is so much more important. Discarded most of the GF and MF stats no choice

Vitality, Str, Intelli, Dex, whatever I can find emphasizing on Dex and Vit...

This post has been edited by Davidtcf: Jun 12 2012, 01:05 PM

if we dont defeat diablo in nightmare but keep repeating farm at Act IV.. is it viable? the gold farm? Or shud farm in Act 2/3 nightmare?

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Added on June 12, 2012, 2:34 pmhire.. put nice items on him tim.. easy to get rare follower items at normal/nightmare if your magic find is high...

This post has been edited by Davidtcf: Jun 12 2012, 02:34 PM

wondering why Monk is so popular? highest thread reply on LYN for a character

more HP, dps, resistance, life on hit (easy with gem - better than lifesteal), armor

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Added on June 13, 2012, 4:35 pmkeep more n more till u can finish off Diablo Inferno

have good team mates to help u also?

This post has been edited by Davidtcf: Jun 13 2012, 04:35 PM

using this build now in Hell Act 3:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk...;dYU!YYbcaZ

much more survivability.. I rmbred defeating Belial yesterday by dodging his attacks so many times lol... I have a 44% dodge chance total now. Almost like Phantom Assasin from DoTa

good thing about this build is left skill click (Spirited Salvo) generates spirit much faster for more skills spamming... Earth Ally helps boost HP by 10% too.

When meeting with Freezing mobs, change the Guardian Path (using dodge dual wield) passive to Pacifism.. helps alot with taking dmg during frozen periods.