all monk, needs more spirit regen! from all 100screanshots in this topic, 1 monk have tiny(2-3) spirit regen! rest have zero!
and the nice thing is, the new ias-nerv in patch 1.03 will force to do this! / will nerv all who forgot it

before patch:
ignoring resorces/class only stats = <60%effectivniss out of a char

after patch:
ignoring resorces/class only stats = <30%effectivniss out of a char

my monk, have more spirit regen, then wizzard have arcane power regen, whitout even using a combi skill!
using the same spirit as i regen also heals myself massivly 4k+/sec! (can temp-boost it to over 20k/sec heal if needed ofc, whitout a single LoH/whitout cooldown heal skill, dealing mass damage in the procces!)

res and block amount or 2 weapons with more loh

What do you think is better?

More DPS/AS or block/some res/life?

In this build... more block % and slightly more resists. Curious you went with MoE - is it working for you?

I usually see MoH + Time of Need on a lot of monks.

Sorry I'm referring to the 1h + shield.

i stopped using MoH time of need after i hit 800 res doesn't seem worth it cause armor boost mitigates more

E: when can a monk solo pony level?

This post was edited by Mizter on Jun 17 2012 10:29am

The only reason I can see that you would need spirit regen is for Transcendence or stacking life per spirit spent gear, which is good but it's not the only way to go.



Healing by spamming a skill with transcendence or something else? And how do you boost it to 20k/sec?

Also, where are you farming in Inferno, what kind of gear do you have, what are your stats, etc.?

This post was edited by orangetomato on Jun 17 2012 10:46am

AFAIK he's pretty much running a caster build, which is certainly viable, but completely different from the way most melee monks function and how they are built. Just look up his thread on self-sustaining Tempest Rush or something.

thinking about replacing my strings but i don't know if i should cause its 18% dr 42 total res and 51 dex

This post was edited by Mizter on Jun 17 2012 01:25pm

Ok so patch 1.03 is coming and will lower our attack speed and therefor dps.
I think Im gonna give up struggling to keep a good dps and just go full tank.

The plan is to get a fast 1h weapon with shield and stats like spirit regen, heal per spirit and vita, even if it will only have like 600 dps.
Ill also get less loh and ias on rings and gloves, and more defensive stats..

Ill have a very low dps, medium speed and loh but more defensive stats and rely more on spirit regen and heal for spirit...