any monks with either mf gear or 40k and above dps wanna do some act 3 farming? pm me or add me slythape#1514

got any mf with that dps?

more like auction house tycoon

the bug still works

Vit on weapons is actually pretty good, as you do not need to stack as much vit on other armour pieces, you can go for higher dex pieces on gloves/boots.

Dex is a nice even tho weapon dps is decent, but people tend to overprice due to having higher dps. And of course base crit damage and having a socket is a must for most dualwielding specs.

edit: you still would want a higher dps weapon, just saying that if theres an 850 dps wep, 150 dex, 60 crit damage, socket is better than a 1k dps wep with just crit damage

This post has been edited by Slythape: Aug 1 2012, 12:04 PM

ah can link my monk, for those who'd like to go for the dps way without life on hit, can check out my stats

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Slythap...4/hero/15860184

Having decent LoH and high resists just makes it easier to stand there and tank molten/plagued but of course you'll kill them slower.

With the dps build, get 2 weps with decent dps with dex/crit dmg and socket. That'll cost the most. Try to stay away from spears and mace, best is swords/fist.
Then you'd want to get crit on most of your gear, which is pretty cheap, your main crit damage comes from your weapons as it is expensive to get it on rings/amulet/gloves for double crit.

Try to always get your resist you're stacking on each slot if possible, you won't need much resists, but more is always better. Dex is a huge dps boost once you hit high enough crit and those damage modifiers are really good.

As for pricing, loh is cheaper but you forgo killing speed for survivability, with the dps build you'll kill stuff real fast except for shielding. You'd just have lots of problems with shielding + molten or shielding + whatever.

You kill stuff in a matter of seconds, and most of the time if you meet shielding is either you burst them down real fast or you have to start kiting lol, as I dont have much resist and LoH

This post has been edited by Slythape: Aug 7 2012, 04:24 PM

IAS not really needed unless you're using maces/spears, I try to not get below 1.3 but prices of swords/fists/daggers with good stats are too pricey.

If you can afford IAS then go ahead, but it is not 100% necessary. The 15% from dual wield is enough as long as you stay away from mace/spears.

I run guiding light when I party(16% dps is huge for me and my party members) and I don't farm alone anymore cause I farmed too much act 3 lol.

Also if I solo, I use guardian path but not backlash because I want the burst from Overawe. I feel that the burst from overawe is better once you get higher dps compared to backlash. Backlash is good for lower dps, but its all about preference, and I prefer to use overawe for burst, especially good against shielding mobs

edit : also i prefer to not rely on the dodge chance for burst dps, as i hate fighting shielding, and i'm sure every monk hates fighting against shielding

This post has been edited by Slythape: Aug 7 2012, 04:40 PM

What i meant is shielding + molten or something stupid, usually I get to kill them off real quick then have to walk around, I love invul minions as they die even faster due to having lower health

566 resist! lol
Its enough but more is always good, good gear with double resists and nice stats too pricey for me. The best party is a melee party, 3 monk 1 barb. As long theres a barb for shout, everything is easier lol, doesn't matter if he has good stats or not, as long he shouts, its all cool

As long as I key in stats in a spreadsheet or calculator and my dps increases, all good to me

Attack speed factors in spawning tornadoes too, using an axe is slower compared to dual wielding fists, like what aleune said too, Fist of Thunder has faster attack speed and therefore spawn more tornadoes compared to deadly reach.

Sadly I've been using FoT since I unlocked it =/ other skills sadly not as good/effective as FoT

your 6% crit chance is not that huge compared to your friend dual-wielding fists that are 1.4 speed, do you have any attack speed on your gear and does your friend have any too?

I am assuming aluene is dualwielding. Difference from a 1.3 attack speed with an axe to a 1.6ish attack speed with dualwielding fists is pretty big, that 6% crit is not a huge factor.

I have aprox. 43% crit or so and I really don't count the amount of tornadoes spawned as there's lots of damage going out and things die too fast to have an estimate

you can get more resists for cheap =/ look properly