If you're US, look up Inna's Reach with 300 Dex, Lifesteal and -4 LTK. There are a handful of 1200+ ranging from 100k bids to 1mil buyouts. If you're willing to sit on one you can get them rather cheap.
If you drop Lifesteal there is one for 5k. As in 5,000 gold. Just fiddle with the numbers a bit and you'll find one you can afford
I got a 1400+ DPS one with -5 LTK and a decent 3K bleed (27% application or so) for sub 250K right after 1.0.6 went live. So the higher DPS ones should be out there somewhere.
Also ProzaicMuze, have you experimented with WotHF: Windforce Flurry as another ranged option to compliment Ion Cannon? Also, do you know if Ion Cannon can proc the set bonus of the Shenlong set? I'd be an interesting build if it could. Would need more Spirit regen to make up for the faster Attack speed and lack of -4/5 LTK, but would bring a larger ranged option.
You call it Ion Cannon. I call it the Buddhist Palm. I wish it were more than just slow though and hide wider area. I like esoteric builds like this. I actually built a Backlash build way back when, it kills trash really fast but fails against certain elites and most bosses.
I'd actually like to try this build but I don't have the gold to do it. I don't play as much as I used too because reality has biting a lot more lately. Question is, are -X LTK items expensive on certain slots?
I've found the the weapon is by far the cheapest one to pick up. SoJ and Mara's can be expensive depending on how well they are rolled (settled for a Mara's with no crit/AS/Crit damage). Skullgrasp is a wild card. The biggest Pain is searching through dozens of pages of Mara's and Skull Grasps in order to find the ones with -4/5 LTK.
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I was hoping to have this guide out last Friday, but the YouTube powers that be had a few questions about the music in my videos (they needed me to identify 'em) so I had to wait until they was happy to start uploading again. We're should be good to go now!
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One thing I noticed is that you did not mention is that shields can come with up to -5 to LTK. This is a major item as one can get a shield with All-res, Crit chance, -5 LTK, vit, dex, and additional stats (including stun, chill on hit, or Prime res). This provides some additional protection allowing the user to "absorb" more hits and opens up a more varied selection for the MH weapon. Overall, I really like the build you provided. Just tried it out and had a blast.
@KdLoL - I think the 5.4% Life Steal should be fine as it scales better than LoH. The only thing I can see that may be needed for MP10 progression would be more Armor or HP. But I'm not sure. Overall you look rather solid.
Well, I don't have much to say now that you've posted it. You have a rather good setup going. Only thing I can see is maybe getting a weapon with both crit, socket, and life steal.
I`d say those gloves need resists on them, but you should probably wait untill the prices drop, while you`re legs are pretty decent and double resist is very good picking up a pair with lower initial dex and 2 sockets would be better
I took your advice and replaced my gloves with ones with some minor resists (and more crit & AS%). Then, in a short time period Saturday (~4 hours) the goddess of chance finally smiled upon me and I got: Inna's Radiance, Inna's Temperance, and Laccunni Prowlers to drop. Now I'm trying to decide whats next on my upgrade chain since that kind of tossed any plans out the window. I'm thinking of finding rings/neck with AR or Fire Res.
I really don't see much needing fixing really. You look very solid. The only thing I can think of is trying to find an echoing fury with socket and life steal, which when combined with your LoH would make the higher MPs much easier. 9/10
I'm one of the higher Dps monks around. I had a very good 1390 dps skorn with 5.80% life steal. Yes my tooltip dps increased from 131k to 170k unbuffed dps. But my actual farming speed decreased. The swing timer is just to slow. It works fantastic vs packs and bosses. But the slow swing timer just can't handle the hordes of trash. So im back at dual wielding, since it makes farming quicker.
The only thing I can think of that may help with the hordes of trash would be something like submission on MoC. It acts as a constant source of AoE damage that procs life steal and scales with AS%. Though this is at the cost of 12%/24% damage (if spamming MoC). I've been testing with Submission and it does work well against medium to large groups (and ranged guys who like to run), but isn't as good against bosses as Overawe.
i62 One Handed Mace
872.0 DPS
483-970 damage
1.2 Attacks per Second
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+274-580 Fire Damage
+30% Damage
+163 Dexterity
+107 Vitality
3% of Damage dealt converted to life
Empty Socket
Kiraan, have you tried bringing in WofHF runed with Windforce Flurry? The range on the 3rd strike looks decent and might allow you to mix it in with Hand of Ytar, allowing some spirit generation from attacks, freeing up a rune slot on Sweeping Winds or a mantra slot (MoH).
The Avatar (Spirit Stone) i63
80-160 Dexterity
Socket
One of
- Adds 5%-10% damage as Fire
- Adds 5%-10% damage as Cold
- Adds 5%-10% damage as Lightning
- Adds 5%-10% damage as Physical
+2 Random Properties
Equip: Chance when struck to enter an ascended state, casting an enhanced Sweeping winds that deals 7% Weapon damage as Fire, 7% weapon damage as Cold, 7% weapon damage as Lightning, and 7% weapon damage as Physical. This effect functions like sweeping winds and will replace any active instances of sweeping winds.
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I got a 1400+ DPS one with -5 LTK and a decent 3K bleed (27% application or so) for sub 250K right after 1.0.6 went live. So the higher DPS ones should be out there somewhere.
Also ProzaicMuze, have you experimented with WotHF: Windforce Flurry as another ranged option to compliment Ion Cannon? Also, do you know if Ion Cannon can proc the set bonus of the Shenlong set? I'd be an interesting build if it could. Would need more Spirit regen to make up for the faster Attack speed and lack of -4/5 LTK, but would bring a larger ranged option.
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I've found the the weapon is by far the cheapest one to pick up. SoJ and Mara's can be expensive depending on how well they are rolled (settled for a Mara's with no crit/AS/Crit damage). Skullgrasp is a wild card. The biggest Pain is searching through dozens of pages of Mara's and Skull Grasps in order to find the ones with -4/5 LTK.
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One thing I noticed is that you did not mention is that shields can come with up to -5 to LTK. This is a major item as one can get a shield with All-res, Crit chance, -5 LTK, vit, dex, and additional stats (including stun, chill on hit, or Prime res). This provides some additional protection allowing the user to "absorb" more hits and opens up a more varied selection for the MH weapon. Overall, I really like the build you provided. Just tried it out and had a blast.
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Here me: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Rathgood-1666/hero/3207488
I'd like to get more AR to help increase my survivability in higher MP, but its hard/expensive to find since I took Fire Res as my OWE res.
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Well, I don't have much to say now that you've posted it. You have a rather good setup going. Only thing I can see is maybe getting a weapon with both crit, socket, and life steal.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Rathgood-1666/hero/3207488
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I took your advice and replaced my gloves with ones with some minor resists (and more crit & AS%). Then, in a short time period Saturday (~4 hours) the goddess of chance finally smiled upon me and I got: Inna's Radiance, Inna's Temperance, and Laccunni Prowlers to drop. Now I'm trying to decide whats next on my upgrade chain since that kind of tossed any plans out the window. I'm thinking of finding rings/neck with AR or Fire Res.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Rathgood-1666/hero/3207488
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Base that I look for is
- 850+ DPS
- 100+ Dex
- Empty Socket
- Crit Damage
For survival you'd want to add on either LoH or Life Steal.
If you have the gold, a 1000+ DPS Echoing Fury with a socket and either crit damage or Life Steal would go a long ways
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I really don't see much needing fixing really. You look very solid. The only thing I can think of is trying to find an echoing fury with socket and life steal, which when combined with your LoH would make the higher MPs much easier. 9/10
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Rathgood-1666/hero/3207488
Just upgraded boots/bracers/shoulders (the +12k healing on potions from the boots is insane, 25K Health Potions are very nice)
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The only thing I can think of that may help with the hordes of trash would be something like submission on MoC. It acts as a constant source of AoE damage that procs life steal and scales with AS%. Though this is at the cost of 12%/24% damage (if spamming MoC). I've been testing with Submission and it does work well against medium to large groups (and ranged guys who like to run), but isn't as good against bosses as Overawe.
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i62 One Handed Mace
872.0 DPS
483-970 damage
1.2 Attacks per Second
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+274-580 Fire Damage
+30% Damage
+163 Dexterity
+107 Vitality
3% of Damage dealt converted to life
Empty Socket
Curious what the price would be for it. Thanks.
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Looks good to me. Not sure why you refere to it as a Kamikaze monk,. your armor and such seems nice and high.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Rathgood-1666/hero/3207488
Trying to decide whats next on my upgrade list.
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80-160 Dexterity
Socket
One of
+2 Random Properties
Equip: Chance when struck to enter an ascended state, casting an enhanced Sweeping winds that deals 7% Weapon damage as Fire, 7% weapon damage as Cold, 7% weapon damage as Lightning, and 7% weapon damage as Physical. This effect functions like sweeping winds and will replace any active instances of sweeping winds.
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