you know, you have about 20k hp more than i do, and probably more armor/resist, and even using MOE hard target.

i am doing mp5.

if you're having higher defensive stats and/or higher LS/LoH then sure, face tank everything. if not, be creative (actually more like use common sense lol) and avoid danger. sitting in fire or arcane is NOT the way the game is meant to be played. people only do that because they are OVERGEARED for that content

woot, lvl all 5 char too? my wiz so OP with inferno gear @ NM levels.

Henry, either you can go like ALeUNe's high AR (if got 500AR itself (not single resist) can drop OwE) or like me go high armor and drop STI.

If you play co-op, you can use MoH/Time of Need + Guiding light combo. It's very good in both offensive (16% additional damage) and defensive (AR bonus).

As you use 2 primary skills, combination strike could be your best passive skill.
You must be busy spamming your deadly reach.

guys/girls,
how much do u think i need to invest (in gold) to upgrade my monk?
to decent state, not godly state..

---

Added on October 29, 2012, 10:59 amyeap i took that advice of urs, i changed my passive to combination strike.. not sure if that is the cause i died on SB ytd or it's with the lag issue.
desperately need to upgrade my monk

This post has been edited by paranoid: Oct 29 2012, 10:59 AM

Maybe i not familiar with FoT... it will teleport to the mobs... so i bit hard to control...
Last time i used DR... for Armor boost...

ya try to lvl all 5... try try other chars ma...

ya, need more AR by now...

tonite test power after shop...

imo under 1-2mil (which your normal gold picking without touching the AH can achieve EASILY) also can get decent state. do DEFINE decent/godly.

---

Added on October 29, 2012, 11:06 ami was a DR user too until i become a SW cookie cutter for more dps. FoT easily procs more SW/cyclone spawns so its a no brainer on the damage portion.

takes a little getting used to on the tele/positioning compared to DR however you'll eventually get it.

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Oct 29 2012, 11:06 AM

We have many categories of gears now.

Top tier gears (MP8 and above) that can cost you hundred millions to billions D3 gold.

Second tier gears (MP5-MP7), they are VERY cheap now. I got a pair of pants for my WD at 600K+ gold (won it through bidding).
I upgraded many gears for all my chars last week.
I disposed many of my old gears at AH, they were sold for 20K-188K D3 gold.
Those gears were good enough for me to play MP7.
So, you just need to shop at AH. Happy shopping!!

my monk lacks dps and a bit more defence to be able to go mp8-mp9 comfortably. that is somewhere i want my monk to achieve.

probably spending like up to 300-400mill is understandable.
by godly i mean i dont hope to upgrade a piece of gear which cost 300mill each.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/moko82-1752/hero/25757027

hi, i need some tips. what thing i can upgrade. budget around 400k gold

If you have a plan to spend 300-400m gold, you gonna have a very powerful monk.

Just keep reasonable CC & CD (i.e. 30%/300%). And stack up your IAS.
Keep adequate LOH/LS. As usual, use Ghom as your benchmark (i.e. try MP10 Ghom).

noted, should i aim for Inna's set?

mp8 and above by most (including mine) are considered godly. in fact, any activity in inferno with mp levels aren't your standard/casual (or even "decent") playing levels.

300-400mil is definitely not casual/decent and is easily categorized as godly if that helps.

in fact i dont think i ever accumulated more than 30mil gold and my entire spending on my monk (not including diminishing values/inflation) are probably less than 40mil.

Why not? These are the top end gears. Make sure you get your DPS without jeopardising your AR.

focus upgrade on either your shoulders/belt/chest

consider upgrading main hand too as it is rather slow and it does not have socket. not to mention your dps is a lil low to benefit from 2.2 LS, LoH (or a combination of LoH + LS) would be better

that depends on which route you wanna go. Inna set are packed with more features (CC/ASI/MS) but sometimes also limits the other stats. Most of the Inna are with very little random magic properties (+1 & +2 only).
To get Inna with AR+resist is very rare and it would cost atomic bomb.
It all boils down to the way you want your balance build.

wat gear do i need to buy?any recommend?

my aim is a tanking monk with good dps.
i can see many monks with high dps but they are as fragile as any other DH/Wiz when it comes to high MP elites. those are dps monks which dont tank all all.
i want my monk to be able to tank first, and then dps it up as high as it can be.

we had same aim.. but i am barb

but still long way to go to upgrade my dps

anything that's better than your current ones.

True but too be tank in mp7 > you need

5000+ amor
700+ resistance
LS/LH 3%+ or 1500+
AS 2+
HP 30k++

I experience and this is my best tanking attribute in Mp7 (no need to run around with ghom)