I never dueled as a monk, since i just got mine 1 day ago. But as an Wd dueler, i think the worst char to duel against is THE MONK. Why? Hit hard, tank hard and DODGE alot... The only thing they cant dodge is locust swarm and haunt... I dueled a monk with 140k dps unbuff, 90k life and shield user.... Like 3k life regen per sec ... LMAO i lost alot but on the final moment i just made a build to get him and it worked. The dude ragequited. Dmg overtime is a good way to counter the monk, using locust, haunt, spirit barrage and plague bats worked!

Alright, I worked on my monk a little and would like to know what you guys think about him and what to improve next. Thanks

http://eu.battle.net/d3/de/profile/neko-2322/hero/262497
http://www.diabloprogress.com/hero/neko-2322/Nakryl/262497

haha i was looking at ur monk and is pretty like mine! http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Feuer-1922/hero/28667217

IMO u need to improve ur resistances. Ur ammy got no phys res, ur rare ring got no phys res, ur hellfire ring is terrible roll and ur gloves can have phys res aswell. The resists part is totally messed up. Other things are fine, maybe more lifesteal, cause if u go for only one wep with ls, it must be 2.9+ to be effective.

The resis-"problem" (is 540 so low?) is due to crafting. I'll for sure keep crafting, currently working on better bracers. I'll try to get my hands on a new ring, but it's hard to find one with similar stats and physical resis. I'd even prefer cc instead of cd on it, but the AVG-roll with over 60 is incredibly good. I'm constantly working on new hellfire rings, but this one ain't too bad actually. It beats my 100dex/5.5cc/3xcd ring, hence I'm using it. Would prefer 6cc and maybe some AS on it though

I totally agree on the ls-part. Higher than mp6, I feel rather squishy. Once I upgrade my offhand, I'll probably still have to go with a butcher's sickle, but in that case with 2.7% ll for sure. I'm already looking into replacing my EF but maintaining 150k sheet dps unbuffed and getting another ll weapon for higher MPs. What kind of weapon do you guys recommand in order to lose only about 10k dps while gaining that extra ll?

This post was edited by Nekony on Feb 26 2013 07:40am

Imo u should aim for an WKL. Its amazing the effective dps it adds to the char. Im doing MP7 essence runs with my monk and is so smooth! Why dont u go with nats ring + boots? Provides good resists and CC for the char. Go with ef + wkl, u gonna reach a good IAS and will have 5~6% dps add from wkl, +light dmg and 3 ls from wkl. Im crafting alot too, my problem is essences, all i find i craft LOL. Iso a better ammy, i just made an 9cc/98cd 200 dex but the res is PHYSICAL... LMAO

Are you having a problem like dying quickly? You could improve on your armor to over 5k, and get rid of those zunimassa's in favour of high armor 70-80 all res nats; they're pretty cheap and decent boots.

Also a tip: If you change the "de" to "en" in your link when linking the profile it translates it for us English native speakers (not sure if other browsers work, but Chrome wouldnt translate the german).

One of the goals is moving to getting rid of One With Everything passive.

Dual Wield monks use Won Khim Lau on the offhand with echoing fury. Both are very expensive, but if you can afford to get rid of the sickle, do it.

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yeah!! what he says

This post was edited by TK_Zerothehero on Feb 26 2013 07:56am

dual wield is very good, but why don't some of you like to use a skorn?

you can get an endgame skorn for cheap compared to 2x 1hander.

Good points. I spent 400m on my echo and 200m on my wkl. Now im iso chest armor upgrade, maybe a mempo with 4+cc, better ammy and bracers...

I doubt I'd gain any damage by going with a cheap Nats set, but in the long run this is probably the way to go. Maybe if I switchced to a WKL, then the elemental damage wouldn't be as great as right now. Switching from 1760 dex boots to Zunis added about 11k dps, that's quite alot imo.
I love playing with WoL right now, and it doesn't benefit from a WKL. However, the damage from WoL itself seems high enough to make it worth looking into improving my FT/cyclone damage.

Yeah I run with a skorn, bell build and eventually will buy a dual wield setup once I get the gold. Having fun with bells atm though. SO many skorns out there, cheap w/ good stats and gets me in the 160k dps range, 5%+ LS. Easy, but need to get accustomed to slower attack speed, especially if you're transitioning from EF+WKL

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That's why I asked what problem you were having, or what you were looking to do. If you were dying you'd have to sacrifice something or spend a ton, but just straight upgrades and gold not an issue, spend 100s of millions on weapons. Your gear is good, don't get me wrong

This post was edited by TK_Zerothehero on Feb 26 2013 08:04am