The Monk is a melee character, with an emphasis on speed, buffing your allies, or dishing out burst damage quickly. Monk is best played as a support class. Supporting other players with their Mantra's and Healing abilities.[]
Monk Training Week: Q&A with UL experts Orion, zylog, Amphagory, FuryJovNord, James, INDIA, solar
Monk Builds (Patch 2.0.3)[]
Below are proven builds that work well with any form of gear:
White Monster AoE Build:[]
Active Skills:[]
- Crippling Wave : Rising Tide
- Lashing Tail Kick : Scorpion Sting
- Cyclone Strike : Implosion
- Dashing Strike : Quicksilver
- Exploding Palm : Strong Spirit
- Mantra of Conviction : Annihilation
Passives:[]
- Fleet Footed
- Exalted Soul
This build is utilized around the skill Exploding Palm. Use Dashing Strike to position yourself in to a group of monsters, then Cyclone Strike to round them all up. Use Exploding Palm at least three times on monsters around you. Then use Lashing Tail Kick to stun them in order to keep them in place and finish the ones with your EP debuff off first. When you kill a monster, MoC : Annihilation will grant you 30% movement speed along with fleet footed. Exalted Soul is there to provide more spirit for EP spamming.
Monk Builds (Patch 2.0.6)[]
Elemental DPS (Fire)[]
Notes: You will need to acquire some "ideal" Monk gears in order for these builds to be effective and efficient.
LTK Build[]
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Actives[]
- Lashing Tail Kick : Vulture Claw
- Mantra of Retribution : Transgression
- Dashing Strike : Quicksilver
- Serenity : Ascension
- Mystic Ally : Air Ally
- Epiphany : Desert Shroud
Passives[]
- Unity
- Transcendence
- One With Everything
- Exalted Soul
Equipments[]
- Helm = Andariel's Visage or Gyana Na Kashu
- Shoulder = Aughlid's Set
- Chest = Cindercoat
- Glove = Magefist
- Belt = Harrington Waistguard or Hellcat Waistguard or The Witching Hour or Fleeting Strap
- Pant = Raiment Pants or Cain's Pants
- Boot = Raiment Boot or Cain's Boots or Natalyas's Boots
- Rings = Stone of Jordan or Unity or Natalyas's Ring
- Amulet = Any amulet with +9%CritChance | +95%CritDMG | +%FireSkills
- Weapons = Sankis's Axe and Devastator
Fire Tips #1: Epiphany (Desert Shroud) is very very potent in higher Torment as by activating it gives you 50% Damage Reduction!
Fire Tips #2: Maximize your Spirit Pool and Spirit Regen as many as possible , so you can have fun spamming LTK !
Elemental DPS (Lightning)[]
Notes: You will need to acquire some "ideal" Monk gears in order for these builds to be effective and efficient.
Raiment 6-set burst damage Build[]
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Actives[]
- Way of the Hundred Fists : Blazing Fists (5% IAS per crit = Max 15% IAS)
- Lashing Tail Kick : Scorpion Sting
- Breath of Heaven : Blazing Wrath (10% increased damage)
- Mystic Ally : Fire Ally (10% Increased damage)
- Dashing Strike : Quicksilver (Max 3 DS charges)
- Mantra of Retribution : Transgression (10% IAS + synergy to Unity Passive)
Passives[]
- Fleet Footed
- One With Everything
- Unity
- Momentum
Equipments[]
- Helm = Raiment Helm or Andariel's Visage or The Eye of the Storm
- Shoulder = Raiment Shoulder
- Chest = Raiment Chest
- Glove = Raiment Glove
- Belt = Harrington Waistguard or Hellcat Waistguard or The Witching Hour or Fleeting Strap
- Pant = Raiment Pants
- Boot = Raiment Boot or Natalyas's Boots
- Rings = Ring of Royal Grandeur + Stone of Jordan or Unity or Natalyas's Ring
- Amulet = Any amulet with +9%CritChance | +95%CritDMG | +%LightningSkills
- Weapons = Won Khim Lau , Odyn Son , Shard of Hate , Thunderfury , JawBreaker
Lighting Tips #1: This build focus mainly on high burst of damage from Raiment 6 set bonus (Dashing Strike releasing 3000% Lighting Damage to nearby enemies)
Lighting Tips #2: Equipping Jawbreaker + Dashing Strike (Quicksilver) is possible to provide you "Infinite" number of DS Charges
Lighting Tips #3: Fleet Footed + Momentum works great with this build! You can try it out!
Elemental DPS (Cold)[]
Notes: You will need to acquire some "ideal" Monk gears in order for these builds to be effective and efficient.
Notes: Wave of Light (Numbing Light) seems bugged as the damage type is still Holy
Bell / LTK Build[]
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Actives[]
- Deadly Strike : Strike from Beyond
- Wave of Light : Numbing Light OR Lashing Tail Kick : Hand of Ytar
- Dashing Strike : Blinding Speed
- Mantra of Retribution : Transgression
- Mystic Ally : Air Ally OR Water Allly
- Epiphany : Desert Shroud
Passives[]
- Unity
- Transcendence
- One With Everything
- Exalted Soul
Equipments[]
- Helm = Andariel's Visage
- Shoulder = Raiment Shoulder
- Chest = Raiment Chest
- Glove = Frostburn
- Belt = Harrington Waistguard or Hellcat Waistguard or The Witching Hour or Fleeting Strap
- Pant = Raiment Pants
- Boot = Raiment Boot or Natalyas's Boots
- Rings = Ring of Royal Grandeur + Stone of Jordan or Unity or Natalyas's Ring
- Amulet = Any amulet with +9%CritChance | +95%CritDMG | +%ColdSkills
- Weapons = Azurewrath , Utar's Roar , Shard of Hate , Rimeheart
Elemental DPS (Holy)[]
Notes: You will need to acquire some "ideal" Monk gears in order for these builds to be effective and efficient.
Stun Bell Build[]
Actives[]
- Deadly Strike : Strike from Beyond OR Crippling wave : Rising Tide
- Wave of Light : Numbing Light / Empowered Wave
- Dashing Strike : Quicksilver
- Sweeping Wind : Inner Storm
- Mystic Ally : Air Ally
- Epiphany : Desert Shroud
Passives[]
- Unity
- Transcendence
- One With Everything
- Exalted Soul
Equipments[]
- Helm = Andariel's Visage (with +Holy% skill damage)
- Shoulder = Sunwuko Shoulder
- Chest = Inna Chest
- Glove = Sunwuko Glove
- Belt = Inna Belt
- Pant = Inna Pant
- Boot = Firewalker or Natalyas's Boots or any good rolled boot.
- Rings = Ring of Royal Grandeur + Stone of Jordan or Unity or Natalyas's Ring
- Amulet = Sunwuko Amulet (with +Holy% skill damage)
- Weapons = Skycutter + any good sword/dagger
Holy Tips #1: coming soon
- James || June 28, 2014
ZDPS Build[]
A glimpse into ZERO DPS (ZDPS) Monks
If you want to clear rifts faster, find a ZDPS monk. The monk provides great utility for the party
PLAY STYLE
- You are the leader of the party, which mean you should be in front of the party at all times using dashing strike and/or epiphany to teleport to enemies
- Clump enemies group together with cyclone strike instead of attacking each mob separately
- Use inner Sanctuary and Mantra of Conviction to buff your party and debuff enemies
- Use exploding palm on the lower HP enemies and on the minions of rare mobs
- Don't stay around too long, move to the next enemy mobs
NOTE:
- Always keep epiphany up when possible, so aim for your overall CDR to be over 70%
- If your party is not killing the mobs or elites within a few secs, then you might want to lower the torment level
How to Gear Remember, you are there for the party and not there to be a tank. Your skills are designed to buff your party and debuff the enemy.
CORE ITEMS:
The Laws of Seph, The Mind's Eye or Kekegi's Unbreakable Spirit
Primary Attributes: VIT, Spirit Regen and Socket (diamond gem) THEN either AR or % Life
Born's Shoulders
Primary Attributes: VIT, AR and CDR THEN either STR, Area Damage or Resource Cost Reduction (RCR)
Born's Chest
Primary Attributes: VIT, AR and 3 Sockets (diamond gem) THEN either Armor, % Life or Elite
Reduction
Asherea's Gloves ALT: St. Archew's Gage
Primary Attributes: VIT, AS and CDR THEN either STR, AR, Area Damage or Resource Cost Reduction
(RCR)
Strongarm Bracers
Primary Attributes: Physical Skills Damage, STR, VIT and AR
Captain Crimson’s Belt ALT: String of Ears or Goldwrap
Primary Attributes: STR, VIT, AR and % Life
Asherea's or Captain Crimson’s Pant
Primary Attributes: VIT, AR and 3 Sockets (diamond gem) THEN either STR or Armor
Asherea's or Captain Crimson’s Boots ALT: Illusory Boots
Primary Attributes: STR, VIT, AR and Armor
NOTE:
You need to use two out the three choices for Captain Crimson’s
SOJ
Primary Attributes: Physical Skills Damage, Elite Damage and CDR THEN either Str, Vit or Resource Cost Reduction (RCR)
STR
RORG
Primary Attributes: STR, AS and CDR THEN either Vit, % Life or Resource Cost Reduction (RCR)
Halcyon's Ascent ALT: Any ammy with Physical Skills Damage, VIT and CDR THEN either STR, Area
Damage, % Life or Resource Cost Reduction (RCR)
Primary Attributes: Physical Skills Damage, Elite Damage, Elite Reduction and CDR
Weapons:
The Fist of Az'Turrasq and Sunkeeper ALT: Born's Sword, Doombringer or Sledge Fist
Primary Attributes: VIT, CDR and Socket (diamond gem) and IAS if you can get it
NOTE: If you craft any items, do it on you Barb or Crusader
CORE SKILLS:
- Exploding Palm: The Flesh is Weak ALT: Strong Spirit Left mouse button)
- Inner Sanctuary: Forbidden Palace
- Mantra of Conviction: Annihilation
- Cyclone Strike: Implosion
- Epiphany: Soothing Mist ALT RUNE: Desert Shroud
- Dashing Strike: Way of the Falling Star ALT: Flying Side Kick (if you use The Laws of Seph, Blinding Flash: Replenishing Light)
- Exalted Soul, Chant of Resonance, Beacon of Yatar and Fleet Foot
NOTE:
- In the beginning, if you are still running out of spirit, you can change dashing strike to Crippling Wave: Rising Tide and/or Exploding Palm: Strong Spirit
- For really fast Parties, I would suggest Hex Pants of Yan and The Mind's Eye
Paragon
- Core: Max MS then Spirit then the rest in Vit
- Offense: Max CDR then AS then whatever
- Defense: MAX All Resist then % life then Armor % then REGEN
- Utility: MAX RCR then Area Damage LoH then GF
-Amphagory 15-JUNE-2014
IAS Fists[]
Active Skills:[]
- Way of the Hundred Fists : Fists of Fury
- Cyclone Strike : Implosion
- Dshing Strike : Quicksilver
- Exploding Palm : Strong Spirit
- Mantra of Retribution : Transgression
- Mystic Ally : Air Ally (or Fire if using Rue Chambers)
Passives:[]
- Transcendence
- Exalted Soul(or Unity)
- Seize the Initiative
- One With Everything
Gears:[]
- Monkey Set: Glove, Helm, Amulet
- Aughild Set : Shoulder, Body Amor
- Strongarm
- Blackhorn: Belt, Pant, Shoe
- Rorg
- Unity or SOJ or Rue Chambers
- Fist of Az
Important: Maximize attack speed as possible, no CDR is needed.
The core of the build is High attack speed to gain spirit fast and use the Palm and Cyclone to activate the Monkey set effect. As the use of Palm and cyclone, the build can be used in both team play and solo.
- Orion
Monk Builds (Patch 2.1.0)[]
Elemental DPS - Holy "Genwuko"[]
Notes: You will need to acquire some "ideal" Monk gears in order for these builds to be effective and efficient.
Sunwuko Version I []
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Actives[]
- Way of the Hundred Fist: Fist of Fury
- Breath of Heaven : Infused with Light
- Dashing Strike : Radiance
- Sweeping Wind : Inner Storm
- Mantra of Salvation: Agility
- Epiphany : Desert Shroud
Passives[]
- Harmony
- Alacrity
- Siege The Initiative
- Beacon of Ytar
Equipments[]
- Helm = Eye of Peshkov or Sunwuko Helm
- Shoulder = Sunwuko Shoulder
- Gloves = Sunwuko Glove
- Chest = Aughlid's Set or Tal Rasha Chest
- Bracer = Aughild's Bracer or Lacuni Prowlers or Steady Striker
- Belt = Harrington Waistguard or Hellcat Waistguard or The Witching Hour or Fleeting Strap
- Pants = Raiment Pants or Cain's Pants or Depth Diggers or Blackthorne's Pants
- Boots = Raiment Boot or Cain's Boots or Blackthorne's Boot
- Rings = Stone of Jordan or Unity or Ring of Royal Grandeur
- Amulet = Sunwuko Amulet or Blackthorne's Amulet or Hellfire Amulet or any amulet with socket, +9cc, +90chd, +holy damage
- Weapons = Flying Dragon
- Legendary gems for Monks (My preferences: #1 Gogok, #2 Mirinae, #3 Pain Enhancer, #4 Toxin, #5 Bane(Powerful), #6 Bane(Trapped), #7 Taeguk, #8 Wreath of Lightning
Tips #1: Epiphany (Desert Shroud) is very very potent in higher Greater Rifts as by activating it gives you 50% Damage Reduction!
Tips #2: Generating more spirit = more damage as you can spam spirit to activate Sunwuko 4pcs proc (3500% weapon damage as holy)!
- James || Sept 22, 2014