Level 60 Monk here. Currently taking my time to farm elite packs in Act 1 Inferno.

My skill tree http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk...;ZXU!Zcabca

I've tried many different builds suggested and finally came up with this build for Inferno.

Resistance, block and dodge is sufficient for me to stand tank whole groups of elite packs without kiting in Act 1 Inferno. Act 2 and 3 is harder but still able to kill 70% of the elites with this build. Even killed Butcher standing in fire with my Earth Ally because he couldn't hit me at all and the heals were enough to keep both of us alive fighting in fire.

Yup thats with mantra of evasion + armor bonus while attacking something with keen eye rune.

I tried pushing resist high up to 800+ now reduced it back to around 700 using MOH and Time of need rune. With 700 resist you can practically kill all elite groups on Act 1 inferno easily but for Act 2 onwards you need to go back to kiting and moving out when there is plague/fire/arcane around.

For me I stack up on Fire and All resist equipments. That's about 80+ resistance on each part. Use passive One with everything to turn all resist to the highest resist value and if you still need more then use Mantra of healing with Time of Need for an extra 20% boost.

I had a little experiment myself pushing resist up to near 900, now reduced back to around 750 and use more dex vit gears. IMO around 500-600 should be sufficient to run out of plague, fire, mortar or arcane.

Another gear setup I like to use in inferno nowadays - use both weapons, rings and amulet with hp on hit with atk speed gears. Turn myself into a vampiric monk. I leech the hp faster than the fire dmg from butcher plus healing skills.

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Added on May 28, 2012, 12:39 pmCan do act1 like a boss but act2 onwards it still hurts with so much resist. Resistance = gives you enough time to run out of fire, plague and arcane.

This post has been edited by flix: May 28 2012, 12:39 PM

If I dual wield then I'll be using my 1k and 700 dps weapons with life tap n atk speed.

Yes u can stack arcane with all resist equipments then use the passive skill. I figured fire+all resist combination is the most expensive in AH. Don't know why I choose that last time.

Cheaper ones should be cold or poison + all resist gears.

Trying out new build for inferno act4 farming. Swapping all defensive to offensive damage multiplier skills. 55k attack with all multiplier on

This post has been edited by flix: Jun 1 2012, 12:51 PM

Get a shield and stack up on resistance.

To survive act1 maybe minimum 400+. More if you go on to Act2 onwards. I just defeated Diablo on inferno with 700 resistance to all.

I use all fire resist + all resist + dex + vit gears. If I use attack runes can multiply my attack up to 55k.

I switched from a defensive build to an attacking build in act4 inferno and found it that it was quite good. If you have high resistance, block and dodge already try to dump Mantra of Healing and Evasion and take up Mantra of Conviction. Switch all runes to damage multiplier runes and it worked well.

Deadly reach - Foresight
Breath of heaven - Blazing Wrath
Mantra of Conviction - Submission
Blinding Flash - Faith in the light
Inner Sanctuary - Forbidden palace
Serenity - Peaceful Repose

My attack went up from 25k up to 55k with it.

Dex 1615
Vit 1415
All resist 690

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yep killed diablo with 62k hp. actually don't need that much as you just need to avoid his attacks.

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Added on June 4, 2012, 10:59 pmada minat kah?

This post has been edited by flix: Jun 4 2012, 10:59 PM

Yup solo all the way. Downed Diablo with a DH.

I still think using a shield has better chance of surviving act2 onward. I remember posting 2 different builds here before pages ago. One offensive and one defensive. I used the defensive for act 2 and 3 and offensive for act 4.

Found my older post. Here was my defensive build.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk...;ZXU!Zcabca

Earth ally is useful to split up the elite with the minions and always make use of the terrain. You can actually use your ally to tank the champion for a bit while you run over to the next room and attack behind the wall using deadly reach and holding shift.