As per title, starting this off for my fellow Monk(ies)!

Please share any resource related to Monk here.

Official resources/guides from battle.net:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/monk/

Monk skill calculator:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk

additional Calculators/resources compiled by forumer polarzbearz over this thread: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2413898

Damage calculator:
http://www.diablodamagecalculator.com/
http://www.bios-gaming.de/d3dps/
Effective HP calculator (for tanks):
http://rubensayshi.github.com/d3-ehp-calculator/


"How to kill inferno Ghom" videos:

Quazacolt
http://livestre.am/40JFh

cowithgun


This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Sep 18 2012, 11:29 PM

dont think we need a list of 60's/inferno monks right? maybe we can have a list of tank builds/dps? though atm it seems like flix will just dominate both charts

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Jul 12 2012, 09:54 PM

Additional useful resource/info:

LemoNT hardware lag fix
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2401493

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Aug 1 2012, 11:58 AM

Life On Hit (LoH) VS Lifestealing (LS)

IINM LS has no multiple mob co-efficient scaling, which means that if you're hitting multiple mobs, your life stealing value goes up exponentially while LoH has that issue as you mentioned

assuming what i said is correct:
- with 3% LS
if you deal 100k dmg. and you hit 5 mobs, that's 500k dmg = 15k *20% = 3000 life per hit on 100k x5 mobs)

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oh ya, not to mention skills also having a modifier:


reviewing this video just to refresh some of the facts in my head lol

krip even did a math summary:
to equate 3% ls against 847 LoH, you need to do 113k dmg (per hit obviously)

then again, i am doing 100-200k dmg crits, and my 7ss does like 400-500k crits rofl. (if all 7 strikes crit, at max dmg, thats 3.5mil dmg mind you, can pretty much halfen cydea's hp pretty damn easily)

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from here:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/5978370136?page=2#24

the co-efficient is already calculated on per spell basis (huge aoe spells get less for example)
while LS does not have such co-efficient. so if you're doing really f***ing crazy dmg, LS is the way to go

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Sep 7 2012, 02:55 PM

Ok, I'm a level 60 Monk just finished Act II Inferno, here is my build so far http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk...;ZUX!acbcYc
My resist are 844 unbuffed, with 12xx buffed, dmg is 10-12k, armor is 7.8k; Crit hit chance 26%, Crit hit dmg 50%, dodge chance 33.8%, block chance 20%, health around 33k, MF 75%.
I'm currently equipping a 650+dps with 2xx LoH fist weapon and a 1.2k armor shield, pumping poison resistance.
What else can I do? I can't tank the Inferno Act III rare/elite packs if I play alone. Haven't test it out on multiplayer. Please advise me on this~

This post has been edited by FlamingR: Jul 12 2012, 10:09 PM

is MF default 0? 75% seems like just with 5NV

also with such high crit %, you might wanna consider getting crit dmg % bonuses to compliment it

may also want to get more dex for armor to compliment your resists, and add towards your base dmg

Ops, the MF% is from my gears. I'm really low on dex, only around 1.3k. Thanks for the feedback, will update when I can proceed.

consider ditching the MF if you're progressing and not farming
its stats wasted if you ask me and would dampen your performance when you're already "not performing"

dex around 1.4-1.7k should be enough to finish inferno btw.
anything more would be up to preference (ive gone up to 2k before, other forumers here has gone up higher than that for the sake of dodge + MoE )

looks like u need more armor.
did u try keen eye with deadly reach?

Yes I have tried it(Keen Eye) but just doesn't keep my hp up enough to survive; If you look at my skill set I'm building towards aspd with high crit to proc my sweeping wind w/ lightning tornado, and survive on the LoH.
Right now, I'm thinking of
- replacing MF gears and replace it with higher dex and life total%,
- change to a better weapon with higher LoH(8xx) and dps,
- increase my chance to crit to 30%, crit damage 70%,

the first D3 char who got version 2.congr8!!!!!!!!!

Woot first page!! FlaminR.. I think ur dps is too low

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Added on July 12, 2012, 11:37 pmBtw.. Ur hp berapa?

This post has been edited by cyruz13: Jul 12 2012, 11:37 PM

Summerfist reporting... maintenance haiz. bought a 7xx dps dagger, now I manage to kill faster & die less often while wearing my farming gear.

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Added on July 13, 2012, 12:11 amDay before yesterday (after 12am duh!) I tried fit my all LoH kit and manage to churn out a whooping 2.2k LoH

This post has been edited by yuhhaur: Jul 13 2012, 12:11 AM

Shaolin thread so fast V2.

maintenance again!!! until 4am... gg tonight

nice page, after update yesterday i feel elite/boss really hard to kill..
any1 feel the same?

Not only hard to kill, but arcane, molten n plague seems to be very much higher in terms of damage even though my resist is at 1K.

Didn't notice any difference... been killing elites with 5 stack NV in Act 2... took out a few jailer+arcane whatnot... before the damn maintenance...

ps: been standing on plague like usual too...

This post has been edited by cowithgun: Jul 13 2012, 01:08 AM

my res 850 only -edit-

ur gear good that y bo rasa..

This post has been edited by OldManChild: Jul 13 2012, 01:33 AM

what gear you using bro?

shoulder, bracer, chest armor, pants, boot - got 50+ AR, 50+ cold res, dex 400+ (most cheapest item worth 5k each in AH)

left n right ring got ias 6% & 7% + mf 10% & 12% + 25% chd

amulet 200+ dex and 53% chd

glove 200+ & chc 8.5%

helm 123 dex, ias 5%, 25% mf (star topaz)

fist 611DPS, 195vit, 500 LOH, 70% chd (left hand)

axe 800DPS, 227dex, 200int (right hand)

can get 850000 all resists a?

ops 850 only.. no 'K'

that's like a 99.96% DR yo!

my resist just 880, armor 6.6k unbuffed. but i have not LoH and crit... ... i didnt notice any changes MAY BE because i dont stay in molten or lava for long...

hey! good news! some really good spec daibo (2-hand) is ridicules-cheap in AH!

daibos too slow to go well with LoH unfortunately... but seeing as LoH might get a nerf might be a good idea to look into getting a high dmg high crit with socket one.

850 res is enough la.

what about your armor and dps?

lowerdown my LOH from 1k to 800 ... increase some dps and CD ... no CD tho..

manage to pump up dps from 23k to 25k.. ...

Ever since beating Inferno Diablo suddenly no motivation to play at all. This morning started a farming run, haven't even got 5 stack NV already sien and logout hmmm

i didn't read anything about LoH will be nerf. In fact, Wyatt said he is happy with LoH:

"I'm happy with where Life on Hit is and keeping an eye on Life Steal."
source: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/6317360#lifesteal

Agree that Daibo is slow, need to pair with Amulet, ring for IAS. But the price / DPS is damn good; 1.2k DPS can get less than 1mil. So, for budget progression, think can consider?

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Added on July 13, 2012, 11:31 amMy DPS is around that too. Since I am pretty confident in Act2 now, I change most skill to offensive, my farming DPS is mostly around 43k with skill. Not including the Overawe-some with 48% more damage...

This post has been edited by cowithgun: Jul 13 2012, 11:46 AM


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With the amount of money you've invested in your gear (46 dex gems, wow) you should be pretty confident in acts 3 & 4, not just Act 2.

this is not human...

Ya, spent 2 millions just to craft 6 star gems.

Progression in Act3 is do-able.. but my monk is not awesome.. still die a lot (guess i m too aggresive???).

i m now farming in Act2, quite fast. found Flawless star gem plan yesterday, but it's for Topaz. spend 1 mil+ to make 1 flawless star topaz. can sell at 2mil

hope to find the Emerald plan

my max DPS 60k just for show... not using for farming coz Overawe-some is just awesome although u cannot see in DPS.

This post has been edited by cowithgun: Jul 13 2012, 12:17 PM


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so many vit gem... your HP very low ker???

word.

the over 1k ones are still in the millions though, however no where as retardedly expensive as 1 handed/fist weapons

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Added on July 13, 2012, 12:19 pmlol i havent log in to play ever since i killed diablo. only auctions je XD

friends all also stopped playing 1 by 1 T^T

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Jul 13 2012, 12:19 PM

ya, even with Gem, my HP is just around 28k... most Vit item is expensive in AH...

I still plying tho killed diablo... trying to farm in inferno pony..
damn hard... die like nobody business...

ou.. now only notice your 2nd post with 28k hp..
damn my dps got no where near yors !! T_T

my dps is slightly higher than cow, bout 27k unbuffed, 50k buffed with self skills.
but.... yeah, only for farming. with only 400-500+ all resist, that shit gets me killed in act 3-4.

i use my tank/mix match on act 3/4 including diablo inferno kill

Hi all monk sifu, wanna check how much this weapon can sell.

Wow, 900dps, LoH 800 and -15lvl requirement can run naked at hell while wearing this.

i seldom use monk, now play wizz and bard. was thinking to sell it and buy weapon that i can use. 50m can sell? Dex or Vit more important for monk?

This post has been edited by kuekwee: Jul 13 2012, 05:20 PM

I wish I had 50m, can buyout from you
Monk need more dex than vit. Golden rule is every 2 dex pump in a Vit. So basically 1500dex coupled with 750vit is sweet

This post has been edited by yuhhaur: Jul 13 2012, 05:26 PM

it's a hot item. i recommend you try sell it in RMAH. weapon with lower level requirements sell pretty well in RMAH.

how much should i put?
never try rmah before..

MAX a.k.a. 250USD

the last (few weeks ago) i check 900++ DPS with high Dex and high LoH, can sell up to usd150... but i have not check for long time. you should do a simply query for this spec.

ok thanks everyone, i going to try my luck at 100USD start B/O 250USD

more den 50m i guess.... try your luck in RMAH ... .is a god like item

bid a cheapo 763 or so dps item 14k , after buff has 13k-16k dps , 6.2k armor and 900+ resist..

but still cant fight those elite with descreato/Arcane/illusionist/poison combo
frustated man...can killed those easier elites but still can get sucky level 52 rare items.. !@#!@#!

doing zoltan kulle quest now btw..

This post has been edited by anechoic: Jul 13 2012, 08:46 PM

repost from that stupid top 10 thread lol:



please put me in for tank, and please keep it TOP 10 (thread put top 3 somemore pft!)

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further info:
stats with MoH/time of need rune + deadly reach/keen eye + one with everything passive + seize the initiative passive
resolve passive further -25% on anything i touch.
earth ally for 10% hp bonus

then add in barbarian warcry + impunity
yes, i realize my resist/armor are waaaay off the balance, however i can go up to ~13k armor with MoE + hard target and a few gear swaps, that puts my resist to between 1.2-1.4k IINM (cant remember when's the last time i MoE'd so yeah)

also with protection shrine with added bluff.

no more additional bluffs

10k life regen per sec, 30k max life?!

i think cuz of health globes lol

ya 2 hand very cheap, even i got this also no ppl buy

armor bout 5k and dps 22k for now..

can beat diablo liao. some elites in act3/4 will give you headache but i suppose that's true for even the best geared monks.

Feel like to get a legendary for my summerfist.
Which one to recommend me?
Stormshield? Ivory Tower? I already got a 4.7k block 1.4k armor shield wo

This post has been edited by yuhhaur: Jul 14 2012, 11:46 AM

put ur shield pic, wana c stat

Sigh..... Shit la.. Bid a amor.. Start bid 400k end bid 15mil. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

wow 15M, what stat?

Just killed Ghom on my first try against him (cyclone makes it easy against him). However the journey from beginning of Act 3 till Ghom wasn't so easy. 95% of the time elites I meet have Arcane and I'll always die like nobody's business (Arcane + Molten + Plagued + Frozen I die faster than a glass cannon DH).

Feeling a bit sien to continue, do you guys think I should continue progressing Act 3 or keep farming Act 1 till I can die less (probably need atleast another 2 weeks of farming =/ and I don't play all the time)

My stats with enchantress (she has 4k dps) - 24k dps unbuffed, 1.82/2.02 aspd, 900 loh, 27k hp, 6k armor, 800 resist

This post has been edited by illusi0nat0r: Jul 14 2012, 07:28 PM

if you killed ghom, you can kill inferno diablo

Is not the bosses that are hard, the Elites/champion are the true hard enemies~~~~~horror~~

Yea, frustrating to go through the elites. Any with shielding + floor skills, or arcane (5+ arcanes up at any time)

can corpse hop/skip

Decent stats ..
Dex, vit and int over 80 less den 100
Fire n all resist .. Forgot berapa d
3 soket

btw .. Slowly movin to cd n cc build
Any one can suggest wats the ideal cc n cd?
Currently @ 22.9% cc n 120%cd

I read somewhere its 1:10 ratio. Ideally 40% CC and 400% CD. Maybe you want to up another 80% CD first? Personally I feel 20-30% CC is enough to spawn cyclone to make everything melt (with >1.7aspd)

Hm need help guys, currently on hell act 1, keep on dying/having difficulty killing those elites, any suggestion on my stats?

Right now i am using dual weapon, whenever i see elites then change to shield, but sometimes with shield also 2 or 3 strike die...


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bro.. i thnk something is really wrong with ur dps...

buff ur armor too.

Resist in hell still bearable

lvl 52, hell act 1. cant recall exactly, but dont think dps will be high at that point anyway

Drop one of the skills and get Serenity. You'll never die again =D Mobs will die when serenity dies, most likely

Feel sad to drop my LOH for CC and CD >.<
Sked kenot tahan >.<

Lvl 52 with 1k dps, that is damm low la Wei. Let me search my trash see got anything fits or not. I dual wield until inferno only sees the needs to change to palamonk ler

for me LOH +500 very2 minimum to deal with 3-6 mobs/elite with ias 1.70 above..

Try use enchantress, she can buff your armor and can stand far shooting, ideal partner for melee like us.

stats without enchantress and mantara buff...


any suggestion... thats what i can do for my Monk with my current gold .. lulz..

This post has been edited by cyruz13: Jul 15 2012, 08:40 PM

i think ur current item is good enough compare to me

Hm i try use serenity, after 3 sec, one or two hit, hp left half, use breath of heaven, tahan few more sec...then die

I try search AH for weapons, at my level dps around 2xx, cost 50k and above....100k to be save, which is about 1/4 of my gold, still trying to bid see can get any cheap weapon

try search weapon "reduced requirement level" by 8, need some LOH +200 with socket..

also put a ridiculously high number on the max buyout search criteria like 99999999999. that way, your search result will not have the N/A buyout items and you can sort buyout price ascending order to find the cheapest. this way no need to look through the many pages of items with no buyout specified when you sort buyout ascending order

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Added on July 15, 2012, 10:47 pmyou're right. i also dual wield until inferno act 2, only then forced to start using shield at some point

This post has been edited by dARKaNGEl: Jul 15 2012, 10:47 PM

Nice stats. Maybe you wanna increase your LOH to 800+? You can sacrifice some aspd / dex / vit for it.


Can try Ascension runes, 4 sec goes a long way over the heal. I assume you're not standing on any elemental floor damage (plagued, molten, desecrator) cause you're not supposed to. Since you use Mystic Ally, you can always use him as your 'decoy' while kiting, for e.g. while you're running away from mobs keep casting ally (b4 he dies cast another), until your heal / pot / serenity cooldown ends.

This post has been edited by illusi0nat0r: Jul 15 2012, 11:33 PM

if LOH.... i gona replace the Star Green gem on weapon to star purple...
and my DPS goes down 4k..
going to grab the legendary amulet Ouroboros,
133 dex , soket, LOH 355, and CC 4%... maybe will help abit.. >_<

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Added on July 16, 2012, 7:24 amjust manage to korek my old stats on the previous thread..
this is my status.. when i am on 52. before 1.03 patch.. which means.. not yet nerf the atkspd..


This post has been edited by cyruz13: Jul 16 2012, 10:00 AM

Going to end Act 3 inferno soon, at the heart of sin now. after dying many time with dual weilding in act 3, no choice need to change to 1 hand dagger and shield combination.

current resist 1k, armor 7k unbuff, DPS 17k unbuff(with 765dps dagger). very slow on taking out monster, and not enough money to buy better DPS weapon with good stat.

until now i nv use Loh weapon item before, is it really help alot in surviving?

LOH between 300-600 is ideal.

just when i thought i finally found a good item 1-hand sword with 840+ dps...then it says only barb use !#!@#@!

Guys! Need help about crit build.

Everyone talking about it. So, I decided to try it out. Mostly using drops. Managed to take crit% to 20%, crit damage still just 50%. That is without scarify too much on my other stat.

So, I roll out in Act2, Sweeping wind+Cyclone, kill a few elites. BUT:

First spam on Sweeping wind almost like no cyclone. Need to spam it 3 times to get lotsa cyclone?

75*3 = 225 spirit

Since I only have 150 spirit, need to wait quite a file to build it up so that I can spam 3 times. My atk speed is ~ 1.82. It takes quite awhile to get cyclone to it's max stack. So, crit build must have higher IAS as well?

For just 30 minutes of testing at really low 20% crit and 50% crit dmg... it's killing slower than my usual build:

Vortex Jailer ReflectDamage Illusionist (easy) - 20 seconds

Question is; do we need to stack up Cyclone to 3 stacks?

IIRC, the tooltip should say there's a chance of generating a cyclone on crit hit only when you are at max stacks already (i.e. 3 stack). I no money to change gear to CC/CD tho so I no use that skill. Plus since already beat Inferno feel lazy to spend money to upgrade, now just farming and selling itamz on RMAH only.

still looking for ways to buff dps
T_T

This post has been edited by sexbomb: Jul 16 2012, 10:49 AM

Wah 17k unbuff... i 22k unbuff also damn slow in killing elites. My LoH is at 1k it doesn't help a lot vs elites but white mobs u can just run in and take em all without any worry.

i have no LoH and my resist is about 700+ armor unbuff about 5k

crit chance 37% crit damage 380% killing elites in act 3 about 20-30secs

if there are no retarded affixes such as invulnerable shielding bla bla

dps 47k with blazing wrath

u no need to spam.. the Sweeping wind will stack.. once you land a crit hit on enemy, it will stack to 2, and so on.. up to 3 stack max...
after the full 3 stacks, if u land a crit hit on enemy again, it will generate lightning tornado...

i try replace flash blind to sweeping wind ... just to try... but end up.. i notice that sweeping wind x jadi bcoz I need to kite around on certain elites.... (fire ground, poision ground.. etc..) =/
so i use back flash blind for the 30% dmg increase every 15second...

I also trying CC , CD build... my CC is 22.5% .. my atkspd around 1.8 as well... i try use way of hundred fist with blazing fist.. ... chances of landing crit hit are high.. and fast ..(due to the atkspd incrase) but... ... i need to move really close to hit the target.. =/ so.. i giv up as well.. use back deadly reach... slower.. but. to survive.. .. >.<

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Added on July 16, 2012, 10:16 am700+ resist can tahan fire ground ka??

me resist 700+ also... Yesterday.. i kena one pack elite in act 3..
Jailler, frozen , fire ground...

wan kite... jail me... cast fire ground... ..
right after jail finish.. frozen... ... i die until ..............

This post has been edited by cyruz13: Jul 16 2012, 10:16 AM

Need to spam wan meh? I think you misunderstand d.
Cyclone will only come out after you have 3 stacks. Which mean you need 3 critics minimum.

Use thunderclap coz got radius, sometime if hit 3 target all 3 got critic, can straight get 3 stacks d. Very fast.

Thanks for the explanation! I totally miss-understood that Cyclone thingy. Will experiment with it again.

I am like you, using blinding flash at the moment. Killing is fast... but only in Act2!