LoN LTK Monk

[Valks 2,375]

On 11/23/2016 at 1:18 PM, MuFfInMaN said:

Personnally I always lose my stack when there are only a few enemies left (high grift especially). In melee (just like boss fights),  I need to go away, wait for the stack to grow back and then I'm back fighting. Lot of time wasted like this and it is dangerous.

Perhaps I am being really stupid and completely missing something, but why aren't you just refreshing it with your melee attacks? Please correct me if I'm missing something.

[Valks 2,375]

On 11/24/2016 at 8:11 PM, Guest Sorat said:

Thanks and best regards, Sorat.

Tagging you to read the advice given by Muffin.

[romilly 0]

I don't have a Laws of Seph to cube - what's the best alternate? Magefist and Mana Regen rune on BL? Cindercoat? I don't find myself OOM much, esp with Epiphany on. I'm confused as to why there isn't a better option than Blinding Flash. Can anyone explain the reason for it? I though I'd seen an item that increases damage to blinded foes, but can't find it now. Maybe it's on a weapon, so that'd be no good. 

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Romilly-1131/hero/80977662

I know my crit isn't optimized, I just found out this morning that it's crucial to stack maintenance!!! (You may want to high-light the reason right up front of the build).

Also, curse my luck, I'd made a bad enchant choice on my best weapon (thinking base dmg didn't matter for another build in here, anyway, my bad), and I haven't had a single Ramaldi's drop in 80 hours of play... 

 

Edited December 6, 2016 by romilly

[bambino 0]

On 11/28/2016 at 8:36 PM, Blainie said:

Perhaps I am being really stupid and completely missing something, but why aren't you just refreshing it with your melee attacks? Please correct me if I'm missing something.

I am also having trouble keeping up stack. How exactly do you "melee attack"? 

[MuFfInMaN 0]

11 hours ago, bambino said:

I am also having trouble keeping up stack. How exactly do you "melee attack"? 

He means using Lashing Tail Kick in close range (close enough to hit enemies). On critical hits, there is a chance you will get up to 3 stacks back. I find it works fine when there are enough enemies, but once you are in close range with one or 2, you have to back away to get your stack back.

[romilly 0]

Ok, I got my Stash Tab with this build. Have hit Gr71, so NBD, but I'm seeing how far I can go ...

So one question - why the Seize The Initiative? I'm finding that at my max level I'm getting OOM too fast - even before my stacks are exhausted or Blind is up again. 30% ATS just means I go OOM faster... So would it be better to drop in the Exalted Soul? Or maybe the +20% on Blind?  or even +20 if you move 25 yds (momentum)?

Thoughts?

 

 

 

[Franky 0]

Hello. I really don't get it. I have my monk build exactly with the specifications on the LTK build, i just don t have unity ring. Still on GR70 i get ONE SHOTED although i have 180 million toughness. I really don t understand what i should do. Need all ancient gear on me? DPS is 1 million, ancient scarbinger and normal vengefull wind.

Please advise

[Guest Neogeo]

On 17/12/2016 at 6:49 PM, Franky said:

Hello. I really don't get it. I have my monk build exactly with the specifications on the LTK build, i just don t have unity ring. Still on GR70 i get ONE SHOTED although i have 180 million toughness. I really don t understand what i should do. Need all ancient gear on me? DPS is 1 million, ancient scarbinger and normal vengefull wind.

Please advise

This build relied on Blind for most of the damage mitigation. You also need at least paragon 700+ to attempt GR70. Other than that, I am not sure what else can be done seeing as Monk is squishy in nature and relied more on RNG dodge. Did you check that you didn't accidentally consume all the sweeaping wind stack? That's 50% damage reduction gone. 

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Belt affixes are: 4. Armor, 5. Armor.

[Franky 0]

On 12/19/2016 at 3:57 PM, Guest Neogeo said:

This build relied on Blind for most of the damage mitigation. You also need at least paragon 700+ to attempt GR70. Other than that, I am not sure what else can be done seeing as Monk is squishy in nature and relied more on RNG dodge. Did you check that you didn't accidentally consume all the sweeaping wind stack? That's 50% damage reduction gone. 

That is another problem. I managed to upgrade much more my monk and did a GR72 alone. Still, my numbers go for 1.5 million DPS and 500 million toughness in battle, and i expected to be stronger. I really can t find a solution to mantaining the stack of the sweeping wind, and have to evade often to a clear area. That is annoying actually,

[Franky 0]

On 12/19/2016 at 3:57 PM, Guest Neogeo said:

This build relied on Blind for most of the damage mitigation. You also need at least paragon 700+ to attempt GR70. Other than that, I am not sure what else can be done seeing as Monk is squishy in nature and relied more on RNG dodge. Did you check that you didn't accidentally consume all the sweeaping wind stack? That's 50% damage reduction gone. 

Let's just admit this BUILD is embarrasing. You need at least 3 minutes on GR70+ to kill the boss because you constantly loose you stacks. No top players uses this gear. It' a total failure, no chance to go further GR80 EVER

[Neogeo 0]

On 30/12/2016 at 4:44 PM, Franky said:

That is another problem. I managed to upgrade much more my monk and did a GR72 alone. Still, my numbers go for 1.5 million DPS and 500 million toughness in battle, and i expected to be stronger. I really can t find a solution to mantaining the stack of the sweeping wind, and have to evade often to a clear area. That is annoying actually,

You can incorporated fist of fury into the build. That will help you maintain stack effortless. Alternatively, you can try the LON version which give better toughness and lower damage. You can also try to increase your critical chance to at least 50% and switch to LTK physical rune with bigger AOE. It's not a pushing build. You will have an easier time pushing with Genmonk. 

[Slash02 0]

I like the icy veins builds by Deadset, but this one looks to have issues - - - at present.  Please correct me for any errors.

1) Vulture claw has a 10 foot radius of effect; what is the radius of effect of sw?  You have to get near an enemy but not too close.  10-x= too small a distance.  Other choices give you more distance to not risk a wind shutoff.  I like the hand of ytar.  Cold is much safer.  Vulture claw probably works better in LoN where this one major downside of Sunwuko is bypassed.

2) it appears there is zero spirit regeneration without flash and epiphany.  If both are on cooldown when there is shutoff . . .  why not have some built-in regeneration (e.g., circular breathing, exalted soul).  A passive is chosen for 30% or so IAS when that is a low priority for loading paragon points?  ;)

Some of the other responses from players look as if there may be a few too many manual adjustments to make at this point.  Maybe it's the Sunwuko's . . . I have a LoN bell monk that's a hoot, more fun so far than the kicker.

 

[Neogeo 0]

21 hours ago, Slash02 said:

I like the icy veins builds by Deadset, but this one looks to have issues - - - at present.  Please correct me for any errors.

1) Vulture claw has a 10 foot radius of effect; what is the radius of effect of sw?  You have to get near an enemy but not too close.  10-x= too small a distance.  Other choices give you more distance to not risk a wind shutoff.  I like the hand of ytar.  Cold is much safer.  Vulture claw probably works better in LoN where this one major downside of Sunwuko is bypassed.

2) it appears there is zero spirit regeneration without flash and epiphany.  If both are on cooldown when there is shutoff . . .  why not have some built-in regeneration (e.g., circular breathing, exalted soul).  A passive is chosen for 30% or so IAS when that is a low priority for loading paragon points?  ;)

Some of the other responses from players look as if there may be a few too many manual adjustments to make at this point.  Maybe it's the Sunwuko's . . . I have a LoN bell monk that's a hoot, more fun so far than the kicker.

 

1. You have a chance to gain stack for every critical hit so if your critical chance is above 50%, you should not have issue maintaining stack in a crowd. When hiting single target like RG, you need to dash out of the melee zone once in a while for the kyo belt to regenerate stack. 

2. You could use a generator like FoF, that would eliminate your stack issue in exchange for some toughness loss (the only replaceable skill in the build is your mantra).  Trust me, with zodiac and Seph, you won't run out of spirit unless you just standing there hitting air.

[Valks 2,375]

On 12/6/2016 at 4:22 PM, romilly said:

I don't have a Laws of Seph to cube - what's the best alternate? Magefist and Mana Regen rune on BL? Cindercoat? I don't find myself OOM much, esp with Epiphany on. I'm confused as to why there isn't a better option than Blinding Flash. Can anyone explain the reason for it? I though I'd seen an item that increases damage to blinded foes, but can't find it now. Maybe it's on a weapon, so that'd be no good. 

I'm very surprised that you have spare Spirit lying around, honestly. Are you struggling to generate Wind stacks to spam kick?

[Valks 2,375]

On 12/14/2016 at 1:40 PM, MuFfInMaN said:

He means using Lashing Tail Kick in close range (close enough to hit enemies). On critical hits, there is a chance you will get up to 3 stacks back. I find it works fine when there are enough enemies, but once you are in close range with one or 2, you have to back away to get your stack back.

Exactly. I'm playing this build this season and this is working absolutely fine for me, especially with being able to push 10 stacks of sweeping. Simply retreat, build to 10, then you can fully deplete your Spirit, reset with Flash, spam, dash away and reset.

[Valks 2,375]

On 12/14/2016 at 8:17 PM, romilly said:

Ok, I got my Stash Tab with this build. Have hit Gr71, so NBD, but I'm seeing how far I can go ...

So one question - why the Seize The Initiative? I'm finding that at my max level I'm getting OOM too fast - even before my stacks are exhausted or Blind is up again. 30% ATS just means I go OOM faster... So would it be better to drop in the Exalted Soul? Or maybe the +20% on Blind?  or even +20 if you move 25 yds (momentum)?

Thoughts?

I'm assuming this is with Obsidian Ring also? Can you link me your character? Just want to check some stuff before advising.

[Valks 2,375]

On 12/17/2016 at 10:49 AM, Franky said:

Hello. I really don't get it. I have my monk build exactly with the specifications on the LTK build, i just don t have unity ring. Still on GR70 i get ONE SHOTED although i have 180 million toughness. I really don t understand what i should do. Need all ancient gear on me? DPS is 1 million, ancient scarbinger and normal vengefull wind.

Already answered, but just wanted to confirm the user's observations. The most obvious problems could be Sweeping Wind stacks and Blinds. Link me your character please.

[Valks 2,375]

On 12/24/2016 at 10:33 PM, Guest Waist Affix: #4 & #5 said:

Belt affixes are: 4. Armor, 5. Armor.

Noted, thanks!

[Valks 2,375]

On 12/30/2016 at 8:44 AM, Franky said:

That is another problem. I managed to upgrade much more my monk and did a GR72 alone. Still, my numbers go for 1.5 million DPS and 500 million toughness in battle, and i expected to be stronger. I really can t find a solution to mantaining the stack of the sweeping wind, and have to evade often to a clear area. That is annoying actually,

Using dash properly is incredibly important in 1v1 situations, such as on a boss. As for in packs of mobs, you really shouldn't be struggling that much with maintaining Wind, especially given Crit levels of the build.

[Valks 2,375]

On 12/30/2016 at 6:57 PM, Franky said:

Let's just admit this BUILD is embarrasing. You need at least 3 minutes on GR70+ to kill the boss because you constantly loose you stacks. No top players uses this gear. It' a total failure, no chance to go further GR80 EVER

If you are losing stacks and struggling to maintain them vs. a boss, you aren't playing the build correctly. You should be using dash to reset. It easily lines up with Blind and spirit refills. I don't think your issue is from the build, it is how you are playing it, at least from what you are saying.

[unholyzeal 1]

Signed up for an account because of how disgusted I am with these so called 'Pro' gamers. If you really are pro, please provide accurate information. Your guide is listed as being up to date, but you are still using both sweeping wind and dashing strike. You can no longer use these two together and haven't been able to for a long time. That changes the build significantly(Including your choice of weapons entirely) and when every source lists this build when you google, it becomes infuriating. 

Edited January 10, 2017 by unholyzeal

[Guest Kri]

I don't understand how you equip dashing strike and sweeping wind at the same time. Can someone please explain this to me?

[Orthios 271]

13 hours ago, unholyzeal said:

Signed up for an account because of how disgusted I am with these so called 'Pro' gamers. If you really are pro, please provide accurate information. Your guide is listed as being up to date, but you are still using both sweeping wind and dashing strike. You can no longer use these two together and haven't been able to for a long time. That changes the build significantly(Including your choice of weapons entirely) and when every source lists this build when you google, it becomes infuriating. 

Looks like someone needs to learn about Elective Mode for skills.  You can find this option by going to Options > Gameplay.  This allows you to equip any ability on any action slot (1, 2, 3, 4, LMB, and RMB) so long as it is not mutually exclusive with other skills (think: Monk Mantras, which are explicitly 1 active).  You most definitely can use both Sweeping Wind and Dashing Strike at the same time, and have been able to for a long time now.

11 hours ago, Guest Kri said:

I don't understand how you equip dashing strike and sweeping wind at the same time. Can someone please explain this to me?

See above about Elective Mode.

[Maximbrutii 0]

On 1/9/2017 at 5:30 PM, unholyzeal said:

Signed up for an account because of how disgusted I am with these so called 'Pro' gamers. If you really are pro, please provide accurate information. Your guide is listed as being up to date, but you are still using both sweeping wind and dashing strike. You can no longer use these two together and haven't been able to for a long time. That changes the build significantly(Including your choice of weapons entirely) and when every source lists this build when you google, it becomes infuriating. 

This person has to be a troll. How can you be even be "disgusted" with someone when you don't even know of a basic option? Instead of questioning WHY someone was able to perform certain functions and investigating via google, you make a pretty damning accusation for someone who was just trying to provide some variety to the community. Disgusting! /s