CHANGED THE ORDERS AND ADDED BELL BELL BELL (#7) BUILD

1. Speed Palm Build

Ideal weapon set up : Fast weapon + LS WKL

Passive Variation:
STI or NDE

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aUSYVk!gVX!aZccaa

Absolutely No Echoing Fury for this build since you want the Palm-ed mob to stand still to maximize the AOE palm dmg.
This is GREAT for high MP games since mobs have very high hp.
Most of the elites all blow up with 1 palm-ed AOE dmg.

Do NOT palm the reflect pack. You WILL die to that palm explosive reflected back at you. You can use NDE passive to prevent this, but I just don't palm them and use STI which obviously extremely beneficial for us in terms of EHP.



2. Nirvana Monk Builds (Ways of Hundred Fists Fist of Fury + Breathe of Heaven Infused With Light)

2A) BlowJob Monkey Build
Ideal weapon set up : Slow weapon MH + Crit EF (Can be swapped with LS WKL or LS EF)

Skill Variation:
SW Cyclone or SW Blade Storm or SW Fire Storm
Passive Variation:
Beacon or Guiding Light
STI or Guiding Light or NDE

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aUSXfk!gVX!abcYZa

This is my favorite support build. And this is where EF comes in handy.

Pop BOH Infused light
Use Fist of Fury on 2-3 mobs
Pop Overawe bonus
Infinite Cyclone Strike for 5 seconds

It's great to have EF on this build because you need to get as high aps as possible to spam cyclone strike as much as possible within 5 seconds window.

This works EXTREMELY WELL with

HOTA Barb
CM Wiz
Bear WD
CoB WD
Bell Monk
Trap DH

This is by far the best supporting monk build in my opinion.

You have to be careful with nasty elites though as your permanent buffed dmg isn't as high as the palm build or other regulars.

But the main focus is to suck up everything in the screen for other party members to kill everything around you.

2B) Infused Bell Build

Ideal weapon set up : Slow weapon MH + Crit EF (Can be swapped with LS WKL or LS EF)

Passive Variation:
Exalted Soul or Beacon or Guiding Light
STI or NDE

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aUSXek!gbX!abcYaa

This utilizes the same Nirvana mechanic but with Bell instead of Cyclone Strike.

You can literally drop as many as 12 WALL OF LIGHTS within 5 seconds. Insane burst dmg. Best to spam these when the elites are against the wall since Bell knockbacks the mobs.

3. Smoothing Guiding Light Support Build

Ideal weapon set up : Fast weapon + LS WKL

Skill Variation:
Blinding Flash or Exploding Palm Flesh

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aUSYfk!gfX!aZccca

Cyclone Strike Smoothing Breeze works with Guiding Light

So, if anyone wants to use guiding light but not BOH, you can do this.
Great for permanent party dmg boost as well as sucking it up.


4. Full Party / Solo Monk Support Build

Ideal weapon set up : Fast weapon + LS WKL

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aUSXfk!gfX!YZcbZa

Using quickening rune on FoT lets you spam Overawe bonus/Cyclone Strike all time.

You can swap out Blazing Fist for Palm for more support and effective party dps boost.

5. Full Party / Solo Monk Main DPS-er Build

Ideal weapon set up : Fast weapon + LS WKL

Skill Variation:
Exploding Palm or Wave of Light Empowered Bell

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aUSXVk!gfX!aZcbaa

This is great when you are the main DPS-er for the party.

6. Tokio's Tri-Gen DPS-er Build

Ideal weapon set up : Fast weapon + LS WKL or LS EF + LS WKL or LS EF + Slow weapon

8a) Guiding Light + Breathe of Heaven Wraith variation

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aUSXbk!gfX!aZcbca

8b) Bell variation (Quickening can be used instead of Thunderclap)

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aUSebk!gcX!aZcbca

8c) Blinding Flash variation

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aUSYbk!gVX!aZccca

8d) Palm variation

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aUSVbk!geX!aZcaca

This build gives us so much damage buff. It's all 99% permanent buff in the run as well.

WofHF Blazing Fists : 15% attack speed
DR Foresight : 18% damage boost
3 Combo Strike : 24% damage boost (8% x 3)

Breathe of Heaven Wraith : 15% damage boost
Guiding Light : 18% damage boost

7. Bell Bell Bell Build

Ideal weapon set up : Rare Sword (RUBY) + Rare Dagger (or EF)
Skill Variation:
MoC Overawe or MoH Circular Breathing

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aUSXek!gbX!YZYbba

This build is using bell to do the job. No Tclap/No Cyclone. Thus, WKL isn’t great for this spec.
Bell takes the weapon damage of Mainhand, and take dex/cd /ls from OH. So, either Dagger or EF is a great choice for OH.

8. 2HANDER MONKS (Skorn/TR/Bell Build)

Ideal weapon set up : Skorn or Doom Hammer

Skill Variation:
FoT Quickening or Crippling Wave Rising Tide
Air Ally or Serenity or BOH Blazing Wrath or Blinding Flash Faith in the Light
MoC Overawe or MoH Circular Breathing
Passive Variation:
Exalted Soul or STI

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aejSck!dcb!YbbYZa

This is a godly build for VOTA essence runs. This is what makes us one of the fastest essence runners. Infinite TR around the map. Locate the elites. Melt them with bells. Rinse and repeat.

From my regular gear set up, I just change out my

Mempo -> Spirit regen Inna's helm
DW -> Lifesteal Skorn
Litany -> Bell SOJ


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For all these Uber Monk Builds, if you must use OWE passive, you can just swap Beacon for it.

EASY UBER BUILDS

#1 http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aYSXgk!VfX!accbYa

If you die with this build, don’t uber or bump down the MP lvl.

#2 http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aUSYgk!gVX!aZccYa

Blazing Fist give you great mobility to kite around if you need to

HARD UBER BUILDS

#3 http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aUSYbk!geX!aZccca

Monks with high unbuffed dmg will scale much better with this trigen build. Pacifism will save you many times from cc effects

#4 http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aUSXVk!gfX!aZcbaa
This is great for party uber runs because of Guilding Light + Overawe bonus + Palm dmg bonus. This is HUGE for the entire party.

#5 http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aUSXek!gfX!YZcbba

Quickening with high aps will fill up the spirit globe fast. I usually like to fill up the globe to almost full and press down the bell to spam. It’s better than belling every time you get the spirit. But 1 bell should get you shitload of life back, so if you are in danger, just bell away to survive.

UBER BUILDS FOR SKORN (2Hander Users)

#6 http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aYSjek!dcX!YcYbba

Passive Variation:
Either Guardian or Chant can be swapped for either Pacifism/NDE/OWE

Air Ally takes the aggro off of you A LOT. It basically take the hit for you during ubering. It’s like a shield. And it can be recasted when it dies. It does give you good amount of spirit per run to spam more bell. 2H Bell monks literally live off the lifesteal from the bell, so more spirit = more survival.

#7 http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aYSgek!dcX!YcYYba
This is easier version with Serenity instead of Ally. Less edps per uber run but safer.

This post was edited by jinshin85 on Jun 4 2013 12:51pm

so 2A can be swapped out for LS EF and 2B not?

Fixed it! Please let me know if there's an error. Thanks man.

does wkl boost wave of light dmg?

since theres light in it , does it deal light dmg ?

This post was edited by cranium-sf on Jun 4 2013 02:46pm

Nope. Bell dmg is HOLY, so it won't be buffed by WKL.

But like I said in other monk topic, if you are going to use FoT Tclap/SW Cyclone with Bell. Then, it's a good idea to stick with WKL on OH.

But if you are going to use FoT Quickening/SW Inner Storm for maximum spammage of bell, go with EF or dagger on OH.

No , wkl boosts Lighting Skill Damage, WoL is Holy Damage

so if i go for fot quickening / worhf as main atack but spawn bell as soon as i can , wouldn t ef be bether in killingthen switching to wkl?
since most kild i make if i face a big group are done by the bell rly

rly dont know what to do

I laid out two good options, the choice is yours.

For me I never really play without tclap, so I go woth nirvana pillar bell build. So I stick with my wkl.

hm ok but '' Bell takes the weapon damage of Mainhand, and take dex/cd /ls from OH. So, either Dagger or EF is a great choice for OH.''
if thats so , it doesn t rly mather if ur offhand is a wkl or a higher dmg weapon, right?

so is wkl on offhand/ gz dps sword on main stil bether since it boosts ur 2 main skils , and ur bel gets its dmg from ur main weap
or most wkl be ur main weap to get the light dmg boosts?

correct me if im wrong

e: lets make the question more simple

this is my skilsetup i like the most : http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aUSXek!gXd!aZcbba

whats best for this? wkl or ef?

This post was edited by cranium-sf on Jun 4 2013 03:24pm

Rare/WKL/EF are all great choice for that build honestly. As long as you are using tclap/cyclone, you are benefitting from your WKL bonus. It's amplified when you are at high dmg.

And don't use guardian path, it's a crap passive.