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"The monk cannon" - a budget fast and effective monk build for Act 3 champion farming

Ty for this!!
My AR and LoH are much lower (504@res, 2.2kLoH) but with breath I have 161k dmg (items are so cheap nowadays especially getting half decent BoA crafts) and I kill elites/champs before serenity wears off its crazy!

Appreciated!

(Running MP0. Even in 3 everything dies too fast for my low AR to kick in, but 0 is just hilarious and never dies)
 
What results do you get with your 160k dps Cannon?
 
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What results do you get with your 160k dps Cannon?
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With that build I was getting around 1.5 Legs/Hour on MP0 WITHOUT using the move-speed passive and without dying. XP was slow though :(

Changed up weapons to a low dps CHD/Socket Echo and a decent LS/Socket WKL which nerfed my DPS down to around 120k buuut I changed the Wave of Light rune to Empowered (40 spirit cost) and he's actually doing at least as much damage as a result of CONSTANTLY dropping bells all over. This let me do MP5 (with some deaths, varying on how many per hour) for the XP BUT has slightly less legs/hour.
^(Despite the lower DPS, this was noteably more pricey then the Skorn to get decent damages around 900+ on Echo and 750-800 on WKL)

Paragon only up to 46 but I'm going back to mp0 to get my legs/hour up a little and will just use xp Gem / Hellfire and hope for the best lol also putting on the move-speed passive to hopefully help

*ISSUE WITH EMPOWERED WoL!* For some reason demonbuddy CONSTANTLY chooses to use WoL instead of refreshing his mantra/sweeping/blazing wrath. It often fixes itself over time, but there are MANY times where he doesn't have all of the buffs but drops bells all over the place.
 
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After 1.08 my Monk is not using the Dashing Strike to move to normal mobs, only to Elites and bosses. This is slowing down the runs by a ton, nuff said. Anyone else have this problem? Ive tried everything i can think about.
 
Using the WKL monk build in 1.08, im getting 42m/hr exp and 500 iph, 300k gph.

Monk paragon 28. Also, I am using the A1-A3 Keyrun profile, so the stats could be substantially higher with the newer ACT 1 profiles.
 
Take a look at this guy's build:
SevenSin | Monk | Diablo 3 DPS & EHP Calculator

Focus on critical hit chance, goal is to use sweeping wind, and extra lightning dmg combined with WLK main hand weapon does crazy dmg.

I have close to 49% crit hit chance, you need it to be very high. Also, I like using Echoing Fury instead of his off-hand weapon. The fear helps a ton with elites in MP3+.
 
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for high mp ( over 6 ) it's ok if i use 2 wepon with this build ?? .. can somewone post if it's ok this build for high mp ??
 
i just wanted to give you a million thanks! i switched to two 1h weapons that give me 4k after kill with 100kdps buffed and 700 AR. i like this setup a bit more cause instead of 1.4APS im getting about 2.3APS :) very very fast! im sitting at a pretty 20 million xp per hour! so thank you!!
 
Thanks for this awesome build, it really helped me get set up. Now though that i have good gear (167k dps unbuffed) i've found this spec is better for me for MP1 farming:
Monk - Game Guide - Diablo III
Once you stop dying a lot you can swap out ascention for fire ally and spirit passives for more dps. I kill an elite pack in about 2 bell attacks. Only downside are reflect packs :p.
Focus your gear on crit % and crit damage. I've been following this dudes gear as a sort of go to guide.
I run with the scoundrel as his increased crit % seems better than the spirit from the templar, i havnt tried enchantress.

HenkiKastaja - Community - Diablo III

Though i'm using a 5k life on kill skorn, im unsure if i should change it for life steal, but it seems pretty decent still. Getting that 2 set bonus from the ring and the boots gave me a huge boost, even when i bought really cheap crap versions of them.
 
I've been using this same monk build for MP7-8 Act 2 Oasis farming, Getting ~55mXP/hr, 800 IPH, 400k GPH.

Stats are as follows, 240k DPS ub, 500 AR, 54% CC, 550% CD, 45k HP. No life steal, Just 5400 LoK.

I used to swear by champion farming, but since I've found the "In a Rush!" profiles, I've found it's been FAR more rewarding for almost any character/build. I suppose its designed for barbs, however I ran it accidentally on MP8, instead of 4, and its 100% fine, maybe 4 deaths per hour NOT avoiding champions.
 
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