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malfore

Returning player with lots of questions

MONK

Hi everyone, I'm a returning player and the amount of changes since season 3 is overwhelming. I've been able to catch up though by watching a crap ton of youtube guides. I just cleared GR100 solo this season with a WoL monk. I play solo because I don't really have any friends that play D3 anymore. Anyways, here are some of my questions I'm hoping you guys can help me out with.

  1. Which one of these two weapons are better? https://imgur.com/YkYkQOV
  2. What should I focus on next to improve my character? Here is profile. https://us.diablo3.com/en/profile/Malfore-1496/hero/107329103
  3. Does anyone need a monk for your group play? It's pretty lonely farming by yourself all the time.

Posted Feb 3, 2019, 8:27 AM UTC

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JjuicyFruit•

  1. the left one will be more dmg, if you're jus using it for speedfarm i'd go with that.

  2. looks decent. find a better helm and you can get 15% WoL on boots. eventually you'll want a Tpledge with fire/crit/crit but i know it is hard to find.

  3. yep, check 4man leaderboards, every monk on there is a zmonk. quite easy to build and get into as zdps has a lot looser gear requirements than dps roles.

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xnatex21•

Why is the left weapon more dmg?

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canuckluckymh•

8% increased damage vs elites

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Engineman_23•

You should use the one on the right... you can roll the viatality off of it and put the elite damage on it.

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JjuicyFruit•

he already rolled the dmg range higher on the right one, it's locked with VIT on it which is why I'm recommending the one with elite %.

in general though, you don't want elite % either. a GG inGeom for monk would be DMG/AD/CDR

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malforeOP•

Okay thanks man, I'll look into building some zmonk gear.

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ragmancometh•

Elite damage is good for WOL. The one on the right is nice if you need the toughness I suppose.

I'd really consider getting rid of Tzo's, cubing Pintos and equipping Crudest for this setup; roll CHC/WOL on Innas helm. The Pinto's is a separate multiplier and will proc your Bane of the Trapped which, right now is mainly working vs mobs within 15 yards of you (its secondary). Tzo's WOL damage is added together with the 40% from Fire Allies and 16% from Mantra of Conviction that Inna's inherently provides for you, so it's actually only increasing your damage by like 70%. Pinto's will give you 40%+ more damage than Tzo's.

The other thing is Kyoshiros Blade; the Rabid Strike is doubling your WOL while in Epiphany but Kyo can more than triple the damage of a single WOL. Just try to aim your "bell" more at single targets, it'll proc and increase the AOE damage vs everything. Should be another 50%+ increase.

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malforeOP•

I have an ancient Kyoshiros Blade that I use for pushing, that's how I made it to GR100. I'm unsure about dropping Tzo's though. I ran Sun WoL building with sage set for death breath farming and not being able to cast WoL as a range skill was pretty annoying.

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ragmancometh•

What I suggested would be more damage but it might not be necessary, it's up to you really.

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OneMoistBoiiii•

I’d say the right one is definitely going to benefit you the most. Don’t re roll the main weapon damage next time either. The right one could’ve been insanely good if you’d have re rolled the vitality to something else. (Like 8% elite damage.)

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bigbozzgames•

Without knowing what the original weapon damage was I don't know how you can assume this.... If its a really low range ancient the best thing you can do is roll weapon damage especially early on when your getting your build together

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OneMoistBoiiii•

I guess that makes sense, still don’t think I would though.

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thethr•

How is there anything to discuss. You use a calculator and see which one does most dmg and that's that.

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malforeOP•

Yeah it was pretty low, around 1780 max dmg.

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mikejmarv•

I play solo too my friend. I run a wiz and it's even more sad because almost no group is looking for a wiz since Necro became a thing :(

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malforeOP•

Hey if you ever get bored of farming alone, hit me up. Malfore#1496

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mikejmarv•

I'm on Xbox. Used to play PC but my PC because outdated and didn't want to buy another

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