mostly this. It comes down to how you play and skills used.

more armor would help, urs is a bit low for having hard target up.. 6k+ minimum after buff.
Other than that more heal sources like LPSS, LPS, LOH, LL, etc would 100% benefit you, but you should technically be able to beat inferno with the stats u have now.

play smart, kite often, and if REALLY having issues, stay at range with deadly strike ( i often roll with BOTH FoT and DS for any situation)

would you consider it a significant upgrade if i bought the ring on the left?


i paid like 6 mil for the one i am using and the other ring starting bid is 67 mil...
my loh is only 906, so i have been looking at rings with loh

This post was edited by kyrre on Jul 13 2012 02:03pm

Unbuffed (23Kdps) with Shield, 830@, 38k Life, 36% crit no loh

good stats?

Ok so I am posting this because I want some input from other Monks. I only want ones that can farm Act 3 easily to comment. I have just made the transfer from Act 2 (melting 30 packs in <1hour) and am now making the move to Act 3. I am doing great as far as most packs go but they seem to be taking to long. I run with a Wizard about equally geared and we actually end up getting enrage timers every so often. I want more damage to be able to melt these packs quicker. My current goals are:
-Raise res to about 900
-Raise LoH to about 1300
-Raise Dmg to about 32k unbuffed.
Basically, I want the same stats I have dual wielding but with a shield.
I posted my current stats and my wep/shield for reference. I am wondering if my next upgrade needs to be in the Wep/offhand category or if I could make up the stats needed in the armor category. Let me know what you think, thanks.
Current build is Serenity, BoH, SW w/ Cyclone, Dodge Mantra, FoT, and DR w/ Keen eye. This may also be an area of problem so im taking advice there as well. Usually just switch to Healing Mantra with res for Act 3.
If someone provides alot of useful help I will definitely be sending FG or IGG your way.


I really think Wep dps might be what is holding my dmg back so much. But please someone tell me WTF to replace this with that costs under 80mill.


This post was edited by cmcneil06 on Jul 13 2012 02:34pm

I've had pretty similar stats to you. You should have no problem farming Act 3 solo. If you're hitting enrage on 2 player games, I can assure you, you're not the problem. Tell the wiz to man up.

this stats looks very fine to me.
i do not even think you can hit enrage timer even with the other guy afk..

if you want pure dps increase you should have room for 200-300 more dex.

alternatively trade in your weapon for a crit dmg/socket weapon... +LoH if you are lucky or can afford the high priced ones.
making up for that 222 dex on gear plus maybe a bit more, adding 100-200% more crit dmg will be HUGE.
Even going drastic with a dagger, at only 700+ dps, but with LOTS of crit dmg + some LoH would be 10x better... it attacks way faster, so you will be returning more life per second AND dishing out more total dmg since you will be critical hitting way way more often.

losing life isnt a big deal, going as far down as 30k is still more than passable in Act3/4 provided you can keep your mitigation + LoH up (more loh never hurts).
for survivability, having 1500+ LoH will make it so you have more uptime of melee dps on target...
If you cannot go that rought, more armor especially will help melee uptime on mobs,

lastly, if you find you survive just fine, and have no problems try even dropping defensive mantras for Conviction + Awe. Spamming this @ the 3 second bonus is a MASSIVE dps increase for you and the wizard you group with.

If you guys hit an enrage timer, I'm pretty sure it's your Wiz's fault. High 20k dps for a Monk is pretty good. Also, 600-900 LoH is perfectly acceptable if you're aiming for 30k+ dps. Act 3/4 mobs hit HARD and regardless of your LoH/Res/HP, Desecrator, Plague and Molten will melt your monk. Your current goals are pretty good numbers to aim for but it will take a LOT of gold. Tens if not hundreds of millions. The MOST efficient thing to do with a monk after Act 2 is to keep your LoH/Res/HP static while solely focusing on DPS. Like I mentioned previously, you're gonna get hit hard regardless of any of your stats. It's better to try and burst elites down before you have the opportunity to fuck up. I personally would suggest to keep res at around 800, Loh at around 600-900 and focus solely on DPS. Crit damage, AS, and Crit % are HUGE in raising DPS but I'm sure you already knew that. Why kite for 5 minutes when you can burn something down in 2 Serenity cooldowns?

^ that, defense only helps so much to the point you are kiting until enrage. Hitting comfortable defensive stats to laugh off Act2 dmg i feel is enough to stay static at for act3/4 and then just focus on DPS overall.

good point!

I keep hearing crit dmg, crit dmg crit dmg.... I decided a while back while at 250% it really wasn't worth compared to having more AS and crit chance. Yes, I know it is valuable, but whille I have spent about 100mill andh ave another 100mill waiting to spend, it seems very unlikely I will be able to afford the godliness of trifecta items. Also, crit dmg does not affect stat menu damage. That, while I know isn't always the main thing, is what I am personally trying to raise. All i want is 32-35k and I will be smiling from ear to ear if I can maintain close to same stats. As far as crit chance and a/s speed go, the only way i could increase either of those is with set items. Every single piece of gear, aside from shield, has both on them (ones that can have them of course). DPS on weapon seems impossible to upgrade while maintaining close to the same stats. Posting gear now to help for reference.
Update-Started farming again earlier and I can confirm that I do OBLITERATE Act 3. I'd say 60% of packs are just destroyed with no troubles. There are 20% that require quite a bit of work and usually result in a death. Then there are another 20% that require either a TON of work and time or a ton of deaths. THIS is what im trying to fix. Basically those packs that most people dont even fight any way, I want to be able to destroy with small efforts. That is my goal im trying to reach.

Gloves are 218dex/56int/86vit/41 phys/28 crit dmg/8 crit chance


This post was edited by cmcneil06 on Jul 13 2012 05:31pm