monkey set bonus 20% dmg for combat staff + 75 spirit spent create decoy deal 1600% dmg;
inna set hv daibo, with set bonus sweeping wind spirit cost reduce + spirit regen;
skills sweeping wind inner storm regen 4 spirit, Wave of Light cost 75 spirits.
i think all these synch each other very well.
base dmg for 2H daibo is very high so the effective WoL & decoy dmg dealt should be higher as well, just like the old D3V skorn bell build.

so bro, don't look down on your inna set, i think it should be working well when pairing with monkey set for better spirit regen WoL holy build.

possible WoL gears which i can think of for monkey & inna set:

monkey set = glove, helm, ammy (max 20% holy)
inna set = daibo, belt, chest
aughild set = shoulder, bracer (max 20% holy)
ring = RORG, SOJ (max 20% holy)
pant & boot can choose either 1 from set blackthrone, cain, asheara, captain crimson, etc..

This post has been edited by dreaming: Jun 11 2014, 04:42 PM

Yes... I tested this set combo.
With my setup, i can clear everything easily up to T4.
However, i can't do well in T5 due to low toughness and no elite dmg reduction gear.

I use cindercoat, law of seph spirits stone, sunwuko glove, shoulder n ammy, inna daibo n belt, rorg n 1 rare ring, captain crimson boot n pant, reaper bracer. Total cdr 46%.

skills blinding flash, air ally, epiphany, WoL explosive light, inner sanctuary, serenity.
passive exalted soul, guardian path, beacon of ytar, OWE.

With this setup, I hv about 700k dps, and i can drop primary attack and perma WoL.
When blinding flash 29% + Inner sanctuary 30%, I saw WoL crit 24m+.

Quite fun too. Pls try it, maybe u can have better result

This post has been edited by dreaming: Jun 14 2014, 11:57 AM

i'm always referring to this thread to check skill proc co-efficiency:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/11914351645

not sure how true it is, but you guys can check from there and see.

ya.. also, dont forget that you can always slot in few diamonds to boost AR.

my earlier hope on OWE modification is every single resistant will be converted into AR regardless on what elements it is! too ambitious i know..

i had switched my lighting resist monk to physical resist recently. this is damn hard and pain because every pcs of gears need to re-farm / re-craft / enchant to the same resistant type.
with the upcoming changes, no worry if we found some useful gear with different resistant, it still can be stacked into AR, so not that bad still. but i think the percentages should be adjusted to higher number like 50% or something.
in long run, we should have flexibility in swapping gears without worry on the resistant type.

For the other change, dex = armor.
it shown that bliz is trying to use the most simple way to resolve the dex class dmg mitigation issue.
imo, the str = armor or int = AR should remain to str and int class only.
and yes, dodge is utterly useless.
However, i found another stat which is quite comparative also - "melee/range/elites attack dmg reduction". wonder why they dont bother to consider it?

example, they can replace dodge and focus dex class in dmg reduction stat.
most dex class have 8,000-10,000 dex number.
they can do something like 0.2% of total dex converted to melee, range & elites dmg reduction. so, monk & DH will have like 16% - 20%.
and i believe other monk's skills highlighted by cow can slowly tune into dmg reduction as well, like DS 29% dodge become 29% dmg reduction; 42.5% crit chc add into dmg reduction and etc..
this is still not that bad imo and every class will still maintain their uniqueness in dmg mitigation.

this is why i seldom touch monk recently

hahaha...

this is what my "utility" monk did when joining T5-T6 party
1. bring FoA, MUST!
2. drop dps gears, equip with toughness and +% physical & elites gears.
3. choose EP, CS, DS and other spirit regen & passive skills
4. sticky to the team, don't be fool go 1v1
5. DS, CS1, EP1, EP2, EP3, CS2, EP4.... kaaboommmmm !!!
6. seriously, i feel good when my name keep appearing in the message box "XXX has killed Elites"

yeah, the new passive is looking good when pairing together with blinding flash +29% increase dmg.
and damn it! i had salvaged many depth diggers..

not in the current patch bro, because we still far behind other classes no matter how many dps we can squeeze out from gears or skills.
wd 1 big bite from doggy = 60m+
sader 1 shotgun = 60m+ per beam
what do we have?

Hence in party game, we need to go with zDps + CS to follow (as we are follower) their path and help in clearing mobs at least.
let see what will happen in the coming patch.

gladfly told me his doggy crit 60m+ when he first got tallman ring.
should have more big number with further turning.

same feeling.

i joined a random t5 party, and surprisingly the teammates quite like our support monk services - EP+CS.
they: monk is damn OP.
me: huh ... u know, monk is struggling on the damage output.
they: no, ur EP killed so fast
me: i just put EP, u guys are killing the mobs actually
they: we focus to kill 1, but ur EP killed the other 100
me: .....

after the game, i got 2 fren request. my mind telling me that they are requesting follower services.

well, in party game, follower is not allow.
so.... monk came-in to take up the role

i think they hate ppl ks their kills

don't you aiming for paragon 800?
not easy for a pure monk to reach paragon 600, i salute!

yeah, please fix the 2hander build as well.
missed the old days TR Bell and hope to see it viable again at higher difficulty level.

found another hatred thing when i play sader:

sader's passive have 800+ LPWS + increase by 1% from health globes bonus
vs
monk's passive 200+ LPSS + 0.4% from health globes bonus

sader's flail have 300+ LPWS
vs
monk's fist weapon 100+ LPSS

dont tell me monk can DW to have 300+ LPSS, becoz sader can 1 weapon 300LPWS + shield which is more tanky!

WTF is this!!!! WHY!!!!! blizz really taht hate monk!!??

not pointing to other player so shouldnt have issue gua..
cow can provide some opinion as well.

be it ultimate tanker or something else, they have to set the right direction & philosophy for monk before tuning/changes on the skills.

finally, EP/FoA has been nerf.
well done blizz!!

1. i assume blizz will workout something else to compensate the nerf, new build perhaps.
2. i can have more focus on DH & Cru until they fix the broken monk

ya, other skills should be buff to have more viable builds.
the dmg from LTK/WOL just doesn't scale well with higher torment monster's health.
so monk will still be the follower class.