I mean, it's not like crits are bad. You just don't get anything out of it other than extra DPS.

Which is a pity, because the way Blizz has designed the monk class has really pigeonholed us into two gearing/playstyle options: the melee IAS/LoH tank, or the 2h caster (where I imagine crit is secondary to Spirit Regen and Life on Spirit).

This post was edited by irimi on Jun 14 2012 03:50pm

you have a passive skill
adds 30% of your critical to your dodge chance

Hey guys

Trying to gear my character to kill in act 3/4

I can kill act 2 easily. Solo'd the entire act with under 10 deaths

Act 3 wrecks the shit out of me.

I'm currently at 25% block 45% dodge 614 res all 43k health 17.5k dps and 715 LOH

I know I need to upgrade my rings and shoulders and shield and weapon. I'm shooting for 800 res all with ~50k health, 20k dps with 47ish% dodge and 34% or so block with ~1k LOH

Will I be fine with those stats? Or do I really need 1k+ res all to survive? Thanks guys.

I cleared A4 with 5.8k armor and 800 resists, with ~38k hp, 800 LoH, and 23k DPS.

What build are you running? What's your attack speed?

This post was edited by irimi on Jun 14 2012 04:08pm

I'm using

fist of thunder with thunderclap on leftclick
deadly reach with keen eye on right click (to buff armor and to kite)
breath of heaven with the rune that makes me do more damage (gets me to 20k dps from my 17.2k or whatever I'm at)
serenity with peaceful response
sweeping wind with the rune that makes it do more damage
mantra of evasion with hard target (for more armor)

and act 3 owns me.. but I am only at 614 res all 17.3k dps 43k health 715 LOH right now. Upgrading to 800 res all would make things much easier?

EDIT:

passives I'm using

transcendence
one with everything
sieze the initiative

EDIT:

I have 2.31 attacks per second.

This post was edited by Newb. on Jun 14 2012 04:16pm

What about Act 3 owns you? What are you dying to?

Mostly elite mobs. But trying a siegebreaker run right now and I just got raped by a collosal gorger in like 1 hit.

Colossal gorgers are for the most part going to 1-hit you with their big move. You're supposed to dodge those, and/or cc+kill them before they get a chance to do it.

Swap Deadly Reach or Sweeping Wind with Blinding Flash. That's a 3s CC + major DPS burst you're missing for dealing with mobs like those. You can also swap in Mystic Ally and have an Earth or Fire Ally tank those hits for you instead.

How much armor do you have? Are you running with an Enchantress?

This post was edited by irimi on Jun 14 2012 04:22pm

I'll try it out thanks

EDIT:

Yes I have Enchantress. Armor is at 7k with hard target on from mantra of evasion, like 9k with deadly reach keen eye buff.

EDIT:

I can't even get close to killing the siegebreaker assault beast.

This post was edited by Newb. on Jun 14 2012 04:27pm

Siegebreaker on a monk is a kitefest. You're not supposed to stay in melee range of him unless he's distracted by Tyrael or Mystic Ally. That's why most people who play monks don't run him for a long time. Run in, DPS him, and if he starts to attack you, Blind him and get a few hits before running away. Or use Serenity to DPS or as an oh-shit button to get away. He must have been easier back when Tyrael actually did a decent amount of damage (also: get your Enchantress a good weapon because her DPS makes the Siegebreaker fight a lot less painful as well).

With your gear, you should be able to do Tower->Cydaea->Azmo runs, I think. It might not be easy (Elite Phasebeasts will still own anybody), but the bosses are easier to kill than Siegebreaker.

And yes, many bosses on this game are retarded for melee. I watched a video of some DH killing Azmodan in 20+ seconds, which amounted to him standing there and holding right click.

This post was edited by irimi on Jun 14 2012 04:32pm