42 dodge 701 all res 6k armor .. only 13k dps because my wep is garbage . I dont die in a3 just shit dies way to slow. Saving up

is this buffed? please come see me ingame
Xsvnolan#1176

Honestly, your stats are pretty good, save for one thing... Resistances. Allthough they arent horrible, 100-200 more all resist will make a HUGE difference. you can even do with 1k less armor, or less HP for more resistance gear and you will see a massive differences.
It's kinda silly, but my monk has only 30k life and 6k armor... and i ofc was getting slaughtered in Act2... then i spent a while to farm to afford better resist gear.. stacked from 450 resists to 600, and i can practically face tank most elites/champs in Act2 now... i suppose i met some sort of breakpoint.

Also, giving up a bit of armor/life for more DPS would help, otherwise you will have a tough time with enrage timers later on. More dex, crit chance/crit dmg, or attack speed are ways to boost dps without needing a new weap.
Those two tips are the best i can think of for your specific gear setup. Oh, but lastly, i would give up CripplingWave/Concussion for the typical Deadly Reach/Keen eye... a passive armor buff that can be achieved at range has much more chance of being active than Concusions short range. (not too mention the armor will stack nicely with your already high armor level)... and i would drop Resolve for Transcendence. Same shortcomings as Concussion, it has to hit a target to take effect, and your attack has such a short range, MIGHT still be usable once you change to deadly reach... but Transcendence is a very nice passive since it will give an extra 3k+ heal per cooldown, and since we use so many cooldowns... 3k heal per Mantra Spam, and per 4 cooldowns you have, including however many times you gotta respawn your ally.

Err sorry for the run-on, hope those ideas help.

Which one is better ?

I'd take he one you're wearing. (ofc 5k life is great if you have under 30k life or so?)

Is there any viable 2-hand build for a Monk atm, assuming you have enough gold to get the gear.

Ifso, tell me!

Caster build.

Elaborate

Thanks for the advice, I actually have all of my LoH on my weapons. My jewelry basically just has single resists and attack speed.

Fear doesn't work against elites does it?

I think most people's problems come from technical skill rather than build/item problems. My monk has pretty mediocre gear and I've been able to clear everything. I killed ghom last night finally and found that gg gear isn't really needed to clear the game. The only limiting factor for monk is getting enough DPS imo.

Here are my monk stats unbuffed: 21k dps, 28k life, 750 res, ~5k armor ,1.1k LoH.