hi sifus, i am using 920 dps fist with 900loh and a socket currently... would like to invest on shenlong fist, i think i only can afford for a 850dps shenlong fist with 170 dex, 900loh and socket. will the 850dps shenlong increase my dps?

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Added on October 29, 2012, 10:45 ami can tahan arcane but not like 3-4 arcane at once. desecrator i sure avoid also..
ur monk should be better than mine leh

noted, should i aim for Inna's set?

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.

Monk can do away the shield because monk can have 7K armor + 1.1K AR and 50% dodge chance without the shield.

correction up there.. when i go coop is up to mp6-7
if solo i certainly would not be killing them that fast. i go solo max up to mp5

also, i do understand that shield will benefit more in terms of defense with the block% and AR, VIT, CC.
my current dps is already not high, if switching to shield it would require me to switch almost my entire build for my monk at the moment.
i see it possible to still tanking with dual fist weapon, if given a choice i'd prefer two fists over 1fist+1shield. 

Interesting. What are ur ias, cc, cd and dps in order to make 5.5+ LS effective?

does monk go for skorn?
1307dps, 305dx, 198CD, 1895 LOH

how much this worth?

both hand of mine AS is 2.47 pretty nice... I cannot acecpt 2 hand because too slow...
yup I think the same... that why i go for inna helm.
blackthorne surcoat + amulet = 100vit
inna pant + inna helm = 130dex
nat's shoe + nat's ring = 7CC
this is my current combination

sad. i only 60k dps unbuff and you guys are on 100k already.

LS or LoH I think the important is you can survive when using them... I mean tank able Monk using ls/loh. As I understand LS need high damage (CC or CD) but LoH do not need. Every hit generate life (LoH doesnt care enemy amour or resistance)

2200 LoH in inferno (20%) is 440hp per second. With my attack speed 2.47 meaning 2.47x440 = 1068 p/s. I now can stand in desecrator, molten, poison and arcane (not in heart of lazer). For LS I really no idea because I never use them.

3% LS out of 100k is 3000 in inferno (20%) is 600. With my attack speed 2.47 meaning 2.47x600 = 1482 p/s. Provided I can every hit 100k damage which normally as I mention you need high CC and CD. For normal to average people I think LoH is still best for them.
No need to be sad... be hardworking farm and earn money for better gear.. good luck

... Finger pain at kip spamming LMB on dual wield.

u have nice LoH. im still lacking LoH to facetank Ghom.
at mp6-7 if the dps is not fast enough, i couldnt tank ghom till he's dead.

i'm going for LoH with IAS build. trying to add in CC% to increase my dps.

i dare not go with LS because i read somewhere, to have LS work efficiently, it would require very high and consistent dps. i would think high IAS+LoH work better.

main concern also coz i got no gold ahha

26.5mil?! i skip a heart beat!

LoH gears and IAS gears are not cheap

THe monk forums here are nice. Well organized and the majority of people here knows what they are saying/advising/doing.

in the DH forums, u see part time DH players coming in and giving misleading information. SAD.

heated discussions are good, i enjoy very detailed information shared during the discussion. but of course we dont expect to keep it in ur hearts.
monk wouldn't hv such a nice community if everyone argues all the time
yuhhaur, ur monk somehow became my benchmark.. i was upgrading my monk recently.
still lacking the other shenlong gloves and my inna chest.. waiting to see how much additional dps it can give me 

provided you have 2k dex or more, cc/cd inflates dmg on your inventory the most.

case in point: i have ZERO IAS (only got 3% from enchantress lolololo) and i got ~50k unbuffed damage