Is the true with boon of protection? Ive noticed lately that it does next to nothing for me.... I hit it right when the arcane sentries about to hit me, and I still get layed out.

Whats everyone using now for mantra?

I can usually kill them if they aren't jailers.. that combo is 1shot instantly and nothing you can do about it.

yeah its true. boon of protection only absorbs 1000hp now... so .. its useless ^^

source: http://www.diablofans.com/topic/43746-diablo-iii-massive-hotfix-list/

This post was edited by phos on May 23 2012 04:01pm

What would I be looking for between Vit and Dex? Stack vita gems or dex gems in sockets? I just got into A2 hell (stats http://i.imgur.com/imgiq.jpg) Not sure if I should be using 1h and shield yet?

As much dex as possible while keeping a good amount of life. I always have an arbitrary number in mind for the amount of life I want to keep, and I balance stats around that. Attack speed items are very good for increasing DPS as well.



yeah boon sucks now, I'm going evasion with hard target

This post was edited by orangetomato on May 23 2012 04:07pm

Evasion with hard target and the 100% dex to armor passive is nice.

trying to figure out the play style for that build, why use Transcendence? There is no spammable ability besides mantra?

spam mantra then. want to sit at full spirit? good luck.

to all the people saying use a shield:
shields only block so much damage, and they only have a 10-20% chance to block at that.

why not just use another one hander and use the guardians path passive (15% dodge w/ dual wield). when you dodge you take 0 damage.
not to mention the obvious dps increase.

IMO, monks aren't supposed to be using shields.

I've come to the conclusion that shields aren't viable for monks. I'm able to roll through elites in act1 inferno right now. Within using all my cooldowns I can kill at least 1 elite mob before potentially dying if i can't get away, even the vortex/jailor mobs. And with the nerf on boon of protection it's not completely viable for me to use mantra of healing anymore.

12.8k unbuffed dps.

1. Breath of heaven - increased damage rune
2. Serenity - healing rune
3. seven sided strike - increased damage rune
4. mantra of conviction - increased damage rune
left click. thousand fists w/ spirit generator rune
right click. crippling wave w/ dmg reduction rune (for tanking packs of normal mobs)

I'm currently pursing as much +life on hit as possible.. i have 444 right now just from my weapon. You can gain these bonus's from other gear as well. I'm wondering what the max would be.. maybe 2k would be godly?

Passives.
1. 100% dext to armor
2. highest res becomes all res
3. 16% damage increase from casting direct heals

This isn't the optimal damage build possible but it's very deadly and gives me enough survivability to roll through act1 inferno and kill things faster before they kill me essentially.

I'm considering swapping out my damage passive for dw dodge.. but i do a fair amount of kiting and try to avoid hits as much as possible so i feel it would negate the effectiveness of being a damage build.

This post was edited by InsomniA9 on May 23 2012 06:06pm