Tzo Krin's, SoE, and Sage's seekers.

Rolled a monk yesterday with the intention of her being my A1 farmer. Will be equipping her with all MF gear and she probably wont leave A1 (maybe A2 once in awhile). Any ideas for a build? I need something that is only defensive enough to survive A1. Are there any defensive mechanics that dont scale well and are really only suitable for early inferno?

Also, offensively I would like to stick with Cyclone Strike. Want to be able to easily clear through without chasing.

thunderclap and you'll have no problem chasing anything. While still generating spirit and doing decent consitent dmg.

for a1 i just use max dmg to clear fastest, with 800 res/5500 armor i can afk in desecrator

so its usually fot + thunderclap, breath of heaven + dmg, dmg mantra, serenity, sweeping wind (60% dmg rune), exploding palm (fire rune).

hit one with exploding palm, finish with fot, everything dies in chain reaction. repeat for every monster pack (white). Champions need some more time, usually around 30 seconds to kill with 20k dps (+mantra, crits go up to 40k)

Im looking for new weapon, so 3 stats what is the most important?
life each hit
dex
and what?

loh
attack speed
dex
crit damage
socket
% damage
damage mod

perfect 7 stats

k so im in a cross-road

i just tried to do whimsy with dw setup. and they still hurtin pretty hard after the nerf.
is goin shield really that important to be able to face tank them unicorns n gummy bears?

cause im debating on spendin gold on a stormshield but alot of people having success with just dual welding wit mass LOH n crit dam...

cause if i go shield route, im gonna go ahead and get me a Helm of Command while im at it.

if i stay DW, is it smart to invest in a Tzo Krin for the extra attack speed?

so tryin to see what you jspers have on this take before i waste some gold haha.

they have success with dual wield in act3
thats all they are, 80% glass cannon farm monks. not end game full clear characters


if they went near act4/whimsy they would get their ass pounded hard by champ mobs

This post was edited by Buffjesus on Jun 25 2012 09:32am

so its smarter for me to go towards helm of command and stormshield setup?

Post nerf... is it time to say goodbye to blackthorne's amu and get instead high dex/res/crit amu?

I also use pants, those two items only add 14k life ... but pants only have ~40 res and amu ~30.

if you want to end game clear without running away from half the champ mobs