yeah pretty much, high block chance is nice too

Been running with a slightly modified version of slough's setup and switched to a 1h + shield setup. I've been breezing through a1 inferno now. I still need to update and improve shoulders, gloves and bracers, but I'm still hitting 9k unbuffed and 50k vita. '

Thanks for the help fellas

act 2 is almost impossible for me :/, normal mobs hit me for 20K with the above builds, 15K if i add a few more defensive things lol.
rares just hit me for 40K and i'm not even gonna try them anymore till i get some better gear xD

I think you gotta stack resists out the ass to succeed in a2, which is way we all farm easy mode act 1

what kinda resists are all you guys hitting?

My monk has about 10k DPS and 45k health unbuffed, skills I run are

Left Click:

Way of the Hundred Fists - Runed with Blazing Fists

Right Click:

Crippling Wave - Runed with Breaking Wave

Q (1):

Breath of Heaven - Runed with Blazing Wrath

W(2):

Sweeping Wind - Runed with Cyclone

E(3):

Mystic Ally - Runed with Earth Ally

R(4):

Mantra of Healing - Runed with Boon of Protection

Passives:

One with Everything

Combination Strike

Seize the Initiative

With combo strike and Way / Crippling wave I do solid damage as well as some AoE damage. Way of the Hundred Fists stacks bonus attack speed and move speed for crits. So attack 1 and 2 is Way of the Hundred Fists and attack 3 is Crippling wave, for the 10% bonus damage from all attacks. (Repeat this process for spirit generation). My spirit dump is my mantra of healing. The rune for a 15% hp shield that lasts for 2 seconds is extremely strong and typically on bosses and other 'painful' mobs you can see their attacks coming. This also allows you to ignore the existence of arcane orbs (assuming you have a decent resistance). While it lacks the potential invulnerability of Serenity it is spamable and usable with every 50 spirit you get. Since you're focusing on Crit for Way of the Hundred Fists' Blazing Fists rune, Sweeping Winds choice is obvious, bonus damage, and more area damage is always a good thing.

I'm open to suggestions for this build, but it's really strong and i've yet to find anything I can't solo atm, though I'm only part way through A3 inferno.

EDIT (Build Link): http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#UWXijQ!UgX!bcbccb

This post was edited by TorpedoTubbs on May 22 2012 04:07am

This is what I said in the beta....Well closer to "Why isn't this on by default?"

It didn't worked for me. Probably my gear is not good enough.

Cyclone strike is nessacry with that build because you get the 20% dodge buff plus it aids your AOE.

I played with this build yesterday and was fantastic in act 4 hell, only died once vs hell diablo in a 3 man game and my gear is not amazing.

They just patched the Quickening / SW setup, going to be experimenting with some builds.



Will be trying this, although i'm worried about the lack of serenity, not looking forward to getting 1 shot.