Diablo 3: Monk Guide [Nightmare and Hell]

Posted by on May 30, 2012 in Guides |

Nightmare

Nightmare is where things become interesting. The mobs are tougher and stronger. You won’t be able to just go in and attack all the time. On the upside they also drop better loot. Stacking vitality (VIT) along with DEX will help counter the higher incoming damage. Don’t feel too bad about losing a few points of DPS in exchange for extra health. Getting hit points (HP) up to 30,000 should be more than enough to get through this level.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#aigZXh!YXd!abaYba

The build is now even more defense-oriented than the last one. Monks have naturally high dodge so using Mantra of Evasion will take full advantage of that. Raising armor through Seize the Initiative will provide damage mitigation during the times dodge fails.

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