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

Tesslerc, this is nuts. Even with my 10% crit I am D E S T R O Y I N G everything. Thanks for the guide. Much appreciated.
 
1. Andariels Visage - works nicely especially for poison monks. try and get as low additional fire damage as possible ~6% is preferred (this is fire damage TAKEN - higher the number, the more damage you take!).

Just found a nice one 6k dps increase but has 15% fire damage, not worth the dps increase to for the extra damage ?

G
 
theatristformallyknownasG said:
1. Andariels Visage - works nicely especially for poison monks. try and get as low additional fire damage as possible ~6% is preferred (this is fire damage TAKEN - higher the number, the more damage you take!).

Just found a nice one 6k dps increase but has 15% fire damage, not worth the dps increase to for the extra damage ?

G
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Time will tell? :p give it a go and see how it affects.
But if you search for ~130dex 40poison res (no vit) 5-8% fire damage - they cost very little, and with vit maybe 5m i think.

Alot of the monsters in act 3 deal fire damage, including the biggest problem which is elites with molten and then molten core, but i have no idea what other stats you are maintaining so give it a go and see if its better to find another one

GL
 
tesslerc said:
Time will tell? :p give it a go and see how it affects.
But if you search for ~130dex 40poison res (no vit) 5-8% fire damage - they cost very little, and with vit maybe 5m i think.

Alot of the monsters in act 3 deal fire damage, including the biggest problem which is elites with molten and then molten core, but i have no idea what other stats you are maintaining so give it a go and see if its better to find another one

GL
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ran it for an hour or so, many more deaths, off to the AH with it :) I'll search for another.

G

EDIT:

picked up AV with 160 dex, 46 poison, 46 vit, 55 fire, 33% poison nova for 1.8mill :)
 
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Thanks for this. I've got a freshly geared 60 monk farming act 3 now. I was only able to get his DPS up to about 70k, with 740 AR 4000 Armour and 35k Hp - but hes still gone almost a full run now with out a single death. Once I replace a couple mediocre pieces I'll be over 40k HP with probably nearing 900 AR :)
 
need some kind fella to look at my item and tell me what stat is cheap and a fast way to improve so i can do this run :)
in total i score:
dex : 1681
armor : 3678
damage 60k buffed
all resist is abit above 700


helm : 115 dex / 120 vita / 54 cold / 4.5 crit hit chance
shoulders : 118 dex / 33 cold / 41 all / 5% life
gloves : 121 dex / 6% attack speed / 27 % crit hit damage / 3 % crit hit chance
ring 1 : + 18-44 damage / 168 dex / 83 vita
ring 2 : 1 attack speed / 21 crit hit damage / 2 crit hit chance
weapon : 1368.8 dps / 291 int (i know but i couldnt afford the dex), 3178 life after kill / 177 crit hit damage / 90 crit damage sox
boots : 151 dex / 57 vita / 44 cold / 12 all resist
legs : 119 dex / 100 vita / 30 cold / 53 all resist / 1x dex sox
chest : 187 dex / 74 vita / 33 cold / 37 all resist / 2xdex sox
bracer: 150 dex / 6% crit hit damage (know i can improve these, but how and cheap?)
amulet : 153 dex / 101 vita / 29 cold / 6 crit hit damage
 
tesslerc said:
Andariels Visage: 8% Attack Speed
Lacuni Prowlers: 8% Attack Speed
2 rings: 14% More attack speed
Gloves: 8% Attack speed

With an amulet I can get up to 1.5 aps
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so what would your aps be with inna's pants as well then since they have attack speed on them too?
 
theatristformallyknownasG said:
==== Misc Statistics =====
Total tracking time: 2h 35m 10s
Total deaths: 7 [2.71 per hour]
Total games (approx): 1 [0.39 per hour]

===== Item DROP Statistics =====
Items:
Total items dropped: 1279 [494.54 per hour]
Items dropped by ilvl:
- ilvl57: 1 [0.39 per hour] {0.08 %}
- ilvl58: 76 [29.39 per hour] {5.94 %}
- ilvl59: 23 [8.89 per hour] {1.8 %}
- ilvl60: 190 [73.47 per hour] {14.86 %}
- ilvl61: 417 [161.24 per hour] {32.6 %}
- ilvl62: 373 [144.23 per hour] {29.16 %}
- ilvl63: 199 [76.95 per hour] {15.56 %}

12mil exp/h
MP1

G
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how do get this info in demon buddy what plugin or key or button i should press... sorry im noob
 
need some advise here...

I'm running 2 rings now, one of them is a SOJ (6% lightning dmg, WOL 5%, dmg vs elite 25%) and a rare ring (ias7%/cd26%/AR52/Dex34)... I'm in the midst of getting another rare ring (ias6%,cc3.5%,dex100+/AR44), should i replace my SOJ so that I have more IAS or stick to the SOJ and replace my current rare ring. FYI, my atk speed is currently 1.31 with lacuni prowlers and a flying dragon. love this build haha although i run it in act 1 atm lol.
 
thunderdogz said:
need some advise here...

I'm running 2 rings now, one of them is a SOJ (6% lightning dmg, WOL 5%, dmg vs elite 25%) and a rare ring (ias7%/cd26%/AR52/Dex34)... I'm in the midst of getting another rare ring (ias6%,cc3.5%,dex100+/AR44), should i replace my SOJ so that I have more IAS or stick to the SOJ and replace my current rare ring. FYI, my atk speed is currently 1.31 with lacuni prowlers and a flying dragon. love this build haha although i run it in act 1 atm lol.
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Try both options and see what is more effective in terms of xp/hour and items/hour
 
hi tesslerc could u post a screen shot of ur items? so we can have a guide about equips? tnx
 
also requested that to him through pm never got it :(

still waiting for those screen shots or photos of items +
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Ok here goes for the items:
Helmet - Andariels Visage - 150dex, 65vit, 45poison res, 5% more damage from fire (important to be as low as possible)
Chest - 80dex, 135vit, 35 poison res, 55 all res, 3 socket (all emeralds)
Pants - 80dex, 80vit, 40poison res, 75all res, 280 armor, 2 sockets (emeralds)
Shoulders - 115dex, 160vit, 50poison res, 55 all res, 7 pickup radius (good for globes and extra gold)
Arms - 125dex, 45poison res, 65 all res, 8% attack speed, 7% crit chance
Ring #1 - 85dex, 75vit, 6% attack speed, 450 LoH (found by chance), 5% crit chance
Ring #2 - 15max dmg, 40 dex, 40 poison, 6% attack speed, 4% crit chance
Amulet - 10 dmg, 125dex, 115 vit, 45poison res, 8% attack speed, 40% crit damage
Bracers - Lacuni Prowlers - 70dex, 60vit, 50 poison res
Belt - 150dex, 40 poison res, 50 all res, 5 pickup radius
Boots - 200dex, 100vit, 40poison res, 170armour, 12% movement speed
Weapon - Skorn - 1350dps, 300dex, 4000 life on kill, 150% crit dmg (socket also emerald)

Scoundrel with 3% crit chance skill

Buffed - 92k dps, 750 All resist, 4500 armor, 34k health, 34% movement speed
*This monk cost ~20-25m (as you can see he is a little over the bar)

Here is the Trinity file for better use of mantra and wave of light.
Upon reaching an elite with over 130spirit it will first turn on mantra of conviction (extra 24% dmg) and then do wave of light in hope for a 1hit kill.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xjs1vnsp5p8hwie/GilesTrinity.cs
 
Thanks for the file, about 95k dps buffed, but a little low (575) on all resist, I'll work on it.

g
 
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tesslerc said:
The build itself:

Monk - Game Guide - Diablo III

Explanation:

We run Master of wind - meaning it's a once in a run cast due to 20sec uptime, this gives us 4 more skills that use spirit:
1. Breath of heaven - 15% damage buff (lasts 45 seconds)
2. Mantra of what ever you prefer (you should prefer conviction) - lasts 3 minutes
3. Wave of light - 430% Damage AoE (main dps output).
4. Serenity - 10 spirit (thats a joke) but it gives you 4 seconds to deal a million dps to kill anything and regen your hp.
Proof of concept:


Why Act 3 MP0:

Anything above mp0 isn't effective, even running MP5 with the extra magic find and extra chance for another item - costs too much to build a char to effectively farm this and it takes too long.
So its cheaper to run 4x Skorn monks on act 3 mp0 than 1 on mp5.

This build won't run you 0 DpH but it won't cost you 100mil to build, it will die only to the most extreme champion packs or when the avoidance doesn't work properly, and the best thing about it... the one you see in the video above cost ~15mil to build (not snipping bids from the AH but bought all items within 5minutes).
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Trying very hard to convince myself using this for a BOT over a Rend/Revenge/Frenzy Barb.

EDIT:
Tested this on my 50k dps, 50k hp, 800 All Resists, sadly 3.5k armor Monk:
The death rate is somewhat extremely high (16 per hour) if you fail to kill the elite within 4 to 6 sec. Elites with Shielding Affix and Ground Effects is a confirm death case. Phase Beasts, Succubi, Occultists, Tremors are a guaranteed death.

EDIT2:
250 to 290 Items dropped per hour, 38 Items actually picked up, 80k/30k/30k score.

I mean a Barb is seriously alot more Overpowered(OP) than the Monk in terms of:
- 1 Str = 1 Armor (Monk will have an armor deficiency of 1k to 2k pts, which leads to the Monk taking between 10% to 20% more dmg than the Barb, unless Monk takes "Seize the Initiative")
- Ruthless passive gives Barbs +5% Crit Chance, +50% Crit Dmg
- Str Gear is still cheaper than Dex Gear
- Rend: Bloodlust > Sweeping Wind: Whatever rune in terms of dmg output and healback
- 20 Fury HOTA: Smash is easier to spam than 75 Spirit WoL: Explosive Light
- Revenge/Rend/Ignore Pain does more dmg + healing than Breath of Heaven and Serenity

Also you should at least farm Act3 MP1 for the chance for every ilvl58 to ilvl62 items to roll ilvl63 stats.
 
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tomd737 said:
So you never tried this build, still you SURE barb is better. Although you have no idea how this monk's build works? Seriously?!
Besides the FACT that monk's eq is cheaper ATM, and like the monk is SKILL LESS? You determine wrong, confusing fact, that rely on air...
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No need to go all defensive.
- Monk equipment is not cheaper -> unless DHs go extinct.

Just put in the edits:
EDIT:
Tested this on my 50k dps, 50k hp, 800 All Resists, sadly 3.5k armor Monk:
The death rate is somewhat extremely high (16 per hour) if you fail to kill the elite within 4 to 6 sec. Elites with Shielding Affix and Ground Effects is a confirm death case. Phase Beasts, Succubi, Occultists, Tremors are a guaranteed death.

EDIT2:
250 to 290 Items dropped per hour, 38 Items actually picked up, 80k/30k/30k score.
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BTW, My Barb is able to spam 4x HOTA:Smash in the time frame that the Monk gets enough spirit to cast off one WoL: Explosive Light.
 
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mephuser1000 said:
BTW, My Barb is able to spam 4x HOTA:Smash in the time frame that the Monk gets enough spirit to cast off one WoL: Explosive Light.
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Man if you don't try the build AS IS then don't post any replies about it.
The stats i posted are for a reason, they are needed in order to 1 hit kill every trash mob and kill an elite pack within seconds - and getting to those stats cost 20 million gold (as i made a new bot yesterday...).

Saying your barb can spam HOTA well.. give the monk a REAL try and you will see.

My monk cost 20 mil gold and i'm getting these stats:

Total tracking time: 3h 41m 26s
Total deaths: 2 [0.54 per hour]
Total items dropped: 2110 [571.69 per hour]

The stats for this char are posted above, in my last post.
 
thank you for posting ur items...btw whats your scoundrels skills? and equips^^ tyvm
 
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