[POLL] Monk or Barb for INFERNO MF runs?

[maven]

* who is really better in terms of survivability in mf gear, killing speed and hp regen? (for inferno act1-act3 farming)

Any experience and comments shared are greatly appreciated ​

 

[EpicG]

imo, with a good combat profile and equal gear the barb comes on top since he can use sprint to increase is run speed by 50% and keep it up 100% of the time

 

[Jackie1234]

also i feel revenge is superior to any loh a monk has.

 

[NiiChan]

This is a good question i want to know too.

if i found any good information i post here, i'm searching for this too =)

 

[waaldodxn]

Use a monk. Monk can survive longer than a barb with the proper gear.

 

[Jackie1234]

I dont know i keep getting monks needing my help killing some bosses. Ignore pain is so crazy op. also we are talking about bot characters we dont want to spend alot of money on them to bot. We want them to do a good job with the least amount of money spent. I feel a barb in a defensive build with good weapon can do better then a monk doing the same.

 

[qztr]

I'd go with a Monk.

 

[jack99]

I dont know i keep getting monks needing my help killing some bosses. Ignore pain is so crazy op. also we are talking about bot characters we dont want to spend alot of money on them to bot. We want them to do a good job with the least amount of money spent. I feel a barb in a defensive build with good weapon can do better then a monk doing the same.

Botting generally tends to favor those characters which can quickly and efficiently dispatch monsters without requiring gear and skills dedicated to defensive stats at the expensive of DPS.

The impression I'm getting is that barbs are better at tanking. I think the better question is whether we'd have a significant difference in killing speeds between a monk and a barb with similar survivability (barbs with enough vit and str and monks with enough vit and dex).

 

[Pegleg2060]

If were talking act 1/2 i think its generally easier to get resistances with monk's passive "One with everything". Revenge is nice for barbs but you'd have to have your bot spamming it the whole time because its a proc based skill, whereas monk's have serenity and breath of the heavens available on 15 second cooldown and 20 second cooldown. I think both could do well, but i think in general strictly act 1/2 monk will be faster overall and generally less expensive to gear up.

 

[RouXXX]

From my experiences monk gear also shares the same stats as DH gear. And DH gear is very expensive. Monks could cost more for good items.
But this factor could be minimal if a monk can clear/make more GPH.

 

[Jackie1234]

If were talking act 1/2 i think its generally easier to get resistances with monk's passive "One with everything". Revenge is nice for barbs but you'd have to have your bot spamming it the whole time because its a proc based skill, whereas monk's have serenity and breath of the heavens available on 15 second cooldown and 20 second cooldown. I think both could do well, but i think in general strictly act 1/2 monk will be faster overall and generally less expensive to gear up.

yes its a proc based skill, but you dont have to have the bot spam it. the bot knows when it procs and ueses it the 2nd it procs. I used a build with my barb pre patch 1.03 and botted inferno act 2. And had 17k dps.

 

[vulpi]

I had both on core run and like better the barb , its faster and more dps output than the monk .

 

[osgamingmmo]

My monk was making 3-4 million an hour on sarth, I mean the gold per hour was only like 300-500k. But Flawless Squares in hardcore sell for 16-25k Each, you get 2-3 every single run, Materials sell for alot too, I salvage everything. Easy 4 Mill, I think my best hour was 5 million, like 540k Gold, then tons of gems, materials in the AH sold within seconds, can't snap your finder fast enough. I mean in hardcore, If gold never dropped EVER and you only got like 2 gems, thats 16-25K x2 in gems, even worth it if you only get 1 gem. I mean these same gems sell for 400-600 gold on softcore, but hardcore $$$, and if you upgrade its even more. I mean Stars sell for 2.2 million, cost what 600k to make 1? Maybe I should have kept this to myself but we are all here for the same reason to farm gold. Your welcome to all the thank you for the tip, because now I probly just made 50% of you want to farm hardcore gold because its worth more and its worth more on EU, that area is where more people are, US players dont buy alot of hardcore gold. i mean I can only get $11 per million, websites sell it from anywhere from 20-50 per million.

 

[osgamingmmo]

I wish someone made a sarth profile and plugins that killed everything on the way to sarth and around sarth, the few extra seconds do not matter in hardcore, it could actually be helpful if you get a gem or even just more gold. Plus afking hardcore is a no go, 90% of the sarth profiles are 1/2 written and bug out, its to risky to farm if you can't baby sit it, I wish someone would right some nice hardcore profiles and honestly I am on the prowl for a area that drops 2-3 gems, gold dont matter to me honestly. If I can get gems easy, even just squares from hell, I am happy, 2 sqares and 800g to upgrade = gold in my pocket and its retarted safe. And you can afford the best goldfind/MF gear in the game selling gems.

 

[Zephlen]

I wish someone made a sarth profile and plugins that killed everything on the way to sarth and around sarth, the few extra seconds do not matter in hardcore, it could actually be helpful if you get a gem or even just more gold. Plus afking hardcore is a no go, 90% of the sarth profiles are 1/2 written and bug out, its to risky to farm if you can't baby sit it, I wish someone would right some nice hardcore profiles and honestly I am on the prowl for a area that drops 2-3 gems, gold dont matter to me honestly. If I can get gems easy, even just squares from hell, I am happy, 2 sqares and 800g to upgrade = gold in my pocket and its retarted safe. And you can afford the best goldfind/MF gear in the game selling gems.

The profile I was using did kill the monsters on the way to the cellar entrance, unless you chose for it to wormhole/leap/vault.