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Diablo III Reaper of Souls: Monk Unity Build
Welcome to my first (and hopefully not the last) guide for Diablo III: Reaper of Souls. The build I’m going to introduce here focuses on Unity, one of the new passive skills in RoS.
The core skills of this build are:
- Unity
- Mystic Ally: Fire Ally
- Mantra of Conviction: Collateral Damage
Why Unity?
All of the new monk passives buff your DPS. Among them, Unity is the most straightforward. It works as long as you have a group with you. I find Momentum to be too gimmicky and Mythic Rhythm too conditional.
How does Unity work?
As you can see, it buffs your DPS by 5% per ally while also raising their damage by the same amount.
Read MoreDiablo 3: Monk Inferno Farming Guide [Act 1 & Act 2]
Long overdue, I know, but here it is anyway.
Stats:
- Health: at least 20000
- DPS: 18000 for Act 1, 22000 for Act 2
- Resistance: 450 for Act 1, 750 for Act 2
- Armor: at least 7000
- Critical Hit Chance: at least 25%
Note that these are numbers intended for farming so they’re naturally higher than progression stats. If you need to use the Enchantress to get the armor up to that value, it’s okay to do so. Other than that the rest of the figures should be unbuffed. Here’s the build:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aigjXh!XYU!YcYcba
The build uses critical hits for both offense and survivability through spirit generation. The Cyclone rune dishes out additional DPS and will make short work of anything you fight. Quickening grants more spirit which then allows you to spam healing through the mantra. At 450 resist you should be able to swap Mantra of Evasion with Mantra of Conviction. Similar to my previous guide I recommend using the Overawe rune with it.
Read MoreDiablo 3: Monk Build [Inferno Acts 1 and 2]
I only had about three hours to play earlier but here’s the build I used to finish Act 2 on Inferno after patch 1.0.3 was applied:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#ajgYXk!YXU!abYcYa
I’ll post screenshots of my stats later but in terms of numbers I was at 800+ resist, 5000+ armor, 13000+ DPS and 22000+ hit points.
Build Info:
This is all about burst damage. The idea is to take out targets as fast as you can using the Overawe and Faith in the Light buffs.
For those looking for it, the spirit dump skill in the build is Mantra of Conviction. Why? Overawe.
Both Air Ally and Infused with Light are intended to grant extra spirit.
Sweeping Wind is a better choice DPS-wise, but I found myself kiting more than I was standing still so using Mystic Ally was the better option.
Questions? Suggestions? Hit the comments.
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