The Dashing Strike Monk takes advantage of all six pieces of the Raiment of a Thousand Storms set, opening up the jewelry slots for the all-out offensiveīastions of Will set. With the build, you will learn to draw the attention of additional enemies or freshly spawned boss adds to effectively extend the benefits from Speed increase when engaging enemies over 75% health, it results in speedier Spirit generation and faster Dashing Strikes. Seize the Initiative is the lonely offensive passive among a trio of defensive ones, but stands out on its own. The 2 second immunity to damage and crowd control impairing effects is just icing on the cake, giving you time to reposition and Near Death Experience is the cheat death passive provided to Monks on an acceptable 60 second cooldown, it will prevent a lethal situation and restore you Stacking Physical resistance whenever possible in an attempt to catch up with the elemental mitigation provided by Esoteric Alteration will yield the best Resistances across gear will result in the highest sheet All Resistance, try to properly harmonize with one of the key legendary gems, Esoteric Alteration. 100 Fire Resistance roll on the boots will add 100 to your sheet Fire Resistance and add 40 to your other resists.) While an even spread of the various The sizable 60 and 20 second timers forĮpiphany and Inner Sanctuary respectively, are important enough to demand a high CDR goal.Ī mainstay in the Monk arsenal of passives, Harmony fuels your All Resistance with 40% of the single elemental resistance per piece of gear. This concludes the overview of the Active Skills, now let us look through the Passives.īeacon of Ytar is a solid foundation for high skill uptime, providing a 20% chunk to your Cooldown Reduction. When out of Dashing Strike charges (by mistake or necessity)īut still in battle, Mantra of Salvation can be spammed to heal you through the Life per Spirit Spent stat on your gear. Its active component, which further increases resistances for a brief duration, will not be frequently used - as it consumes Spirit thatĬould otherwise be spent on Dashing Strikes - but still has its own utility. Rounding out the protective choices, Mantra of Salvation passively increases all resistances by 20%, and adds 35% dodge chance through theĪgility rune. Least, the Desert Shroud rune strengthens your defenses with 50% damage reduction while active. It increases your Spirit regeneration by 20 per second, ensuring your Dashing Strike spam remains uninterrupted. It bolsters your mobility by allowing you to stick to your Vastly improving the resource regeneration potential of your primary attack, Breath of Heaven usage simply translates intoĮpiphany is the third, and arguably strongest of the defensive cooldowns in the build. On a reasonable 20 second baseĬooldown, this skill will serve as a defensive bubble when dashing in place, further entrapping enemies with an 80% slow and increasing their damage taken byīreath of Heaven is yet another skill on a relatively short cooldown, whose base healing effect is eclipsed by the Spirit generation utility of the Inner Sanctuary creates a protective circle that more than halves the damage taken when inside its 11 yard radius. With damage dealing taken care of, four powerful mitigation skills with various utility bonuses will add to the Toughness of the build. To add to the survivability in high Greater Rifts, the rune of choice is the dodge-boosting Those charges by overspending Spirit, you can keep dashing infinitely. It remains a charge-based skill, the four piece bonus of the Raiment set allows you to spend 75 Spirit to refund a charge. This normally movement and utility oriented skill is turned into a tool ofĭestruction for six seconds after using Fists of Thunder, upping its damage to the impressive 12,500% through the 6-piece Raiment set bonus. On the topic of DPS, the real damage dealer of the build is Dashing Strike. The attack speed increase from the 2-piece bonus is what makes the real difference in Spirit generation, and subsequently - damage potential. While its meager damage will be amplified by the Raiment set, Generating primary in the Monk arsenal, and gains additional value by sticking you to your target. Your strongest defensive skill - Epiphany - will ensure your survival even in the highest of Greater Rifts.įists of Thunder is the generator of choice in the Dashing Strike Monk build with the Quickening rune, it turns into the most efficient Spirit For your protection and additional utility, you will be using Breath of Heaven and Inner Sanctuary on cooldown, and strategic uses of The Raiment set allows you toĭashing Strike continuously on top of the enemies while holding down Fists of Thunder, destroying them with a powerful 12,500% damage modifier to The basic strategy of the build is to charge into the fray, and then stick to your targets through Fists of Thunder.
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