Lvl 34 - killed off Diablo Normal mode as well.

Almost die in Act IV couple of time. Spirit heal + Mantra of healing + Breath of Heaven + Mystic ally + pots ftw trollololol.

turn on the damage numbers, or see if mobs die faster if you equipped better weapons.

Weapons for monks are like staffs for wizard. you only wear it for the stats, but your toon never use it (except for fist weapons, of course)

Would like opinions on this build, am currently level 34 and just starting nightmare mode.

Follower option are Scoundrel/Enchantress, HP around 2.2k to 2.4k, DPS 400, armor (with the passive skill) around 1.5 (45%-50% damage reduction)

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk...;YcX!aabaaa

Then you have to replay it all over again, but in higher difficulty hehehehe...

Found out I need to adjust my skills. Swap out Mystic Ally with Dashing Strike. Got killed by a double blue pack in Act I cemetary ahahahaha.

Dex, Vit, MF

... =P (still nm mode only ahahah... died a few times already, because of lag/botched pull)

there's a passive where all your resistance is equal to your highest resistance... you just need to buy/find gears with only one type of resistance and use this passive to resist them all. You coupled that with 100% dexterity ---> armor passive + 15% dodge chance dual wield or 25% DR to enemies you hit, you can be quite tanky

This post has been edited by mistabean: May 23 2012, 08:29 AM

if you want to go healing type, than you can swap out the last with transcendence + using mantra of healing with the first rune (more HPS), yes.

the passive I recommended is if you want to be a bit tanky in higher difficulty, where sometime you need resistance as well as armor. For that, you can also swap out mantra of healing rune to the last one (resistance increased by 20%) instead of more HPS.

EDIT: Comment my build please. Using a two-hander polearm, 3k HP. 600ish dps. Enchantress/Scoundrel follower (depending on my mood)

FoT + Teleport
Chuck Norris' roundhouse kick + Fire damage
Heal + increased damage for 45sec
Dashing strike + reduced spirit
7-sided strike + teleport rune
Mantra of Healing + more HPS rune

Passives

Transcendence
Chant of Resonance (might change this to more dodge chance if I can get 2 1-hander with decent spirit regen, using 2-hander atm)
Seize the initiative (50% DR without using a shield <3)

This post has been edited by mistabean: May 23 2012, 09:32 AM

What level are you now? 3k DPS 9k HP, should be around late 40s, early 50s?

FUN

...and if you played cow level before, farming.

Funny thing is, I am at NM and just finished act 1. All major bosses drops blues for me, and my MF is 110%-ish.

...Good drops from leet packs though trollololol

dual-wielding daggers and WotF + Atkspd when crit rune and ench 3% Atkspd aura and frenzied.

Damn that's hot... (other than putting vanishing dye on the femmonk pants, that is...)

hmmm, the change for boon of protection is now in, according to the patch notes. It is now named Boon of Inspiration, and gives you life on hit whenever you have Mantra of Healing on you.

kinda... but if you are running lifeleech on your weapons and shield, every bit helps I guess.

Which brings me to another question, is the mantra of healing actually weaker than what the tooltip says? I am in Act III NM, approaching level 50. Even though it is advertising as 150-ish HPS, I still get around 100-ish HPS. And that is including innate HPS I get from my equipment (10-20-ish)

Depending on the on-screen ticks...
Oh, is it quicker than 1 tick/second? Coz, perception-wise, it is 1 second-ish, and it is a bit lower than advertised

Am having a bit of problems with some big packs in Act III NM. Fields of slaughter/ballista packs. f***ing birds with their range, berserking guy with their knockbacks and tentacles guy with their green spawn. didn't die yet, but it sure makes my heart go racing.

Though I didn't run with serenity+healing or inner sanc though, mentality is currently "kill before you are killed"

all depends on your playstyle. My playstyle, I suspect cannot tahan in hell and need to adapt again lolololol.

My slowpoke > yours ahahaha =P.

Unfortunately, that's the way to go. Rely on AH. Other way is to go farm packs in NM or go whimsyshire. dunno how good are the loots in ponyland though

Question, do you use the passive dex ---> armor (Seize the initiative)? Better use that instead of one with everything. Resistance does not matter in NM, yet....