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

i got a second barb gear at hand and was wondering if i should use this for a second bot, or dump it and buy some monk gear
the stats are:

56.5% crit
354% chd
39.5k life
8.8% life steal
~550 allres
~81k dps
15% ias
3/5 IK set
12%MS

the chars P82 though so id loose some good amount of dps when starting a new character

what do you guys think?

the monk will probably clear the runs way faster than this barb but i dont know much about monks

any ideas on what would be better?
 
I wanted to thank you for this thread as I have tried the build and built my 4 monks following your guide since I had a very limited budget and worked great. they are rapping inferno mp0 on a 5M budget each.
 
theatristformallyknownasG said:
Happily botting mp4 with 0dph and mp5 with 5dph uisng this build and concept.

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What are your stats? I found that it was easier for me to switch to 1 handers to go beyond MP1.

Btw, to the people asking about editing the new trinity, don't. The new version of trinity is already setup to spam WOL it seems.
 
// Wave of light
if (!bOOCBuff && !bCurrentlyAvoiding && !playerStatus.bIsIncapacitated &&
(iElitesWithinRange[RANGE_25] > 0 || ((targetCurrent.bThisEliteRareUnique || targetCurrent.bThisBoss) && targetCurrent.fRadiusDistance <= 14f) || iAnythingWithinRange[RANGE_15] > 2) &&
hashPowerHotbarAbilities.Contains(SNOPower.Monk_WaveOfLight) &&
GilesUseTimer(SNOPower.Monk_WaveOfLight) &&
(playerStatus.dCurrentEnergy >= 90 || playerStatus.dCurrentEnergyPct >= 0.85) && GilesHasBuff(SNOPower.Monk_MantraOfConviction))
{
return new GilesPower(SNOPower.Monk_WaveOfLight, 16f, vNullLocation, -1, targetCurrent.iThisACDGUID, 1, 1, USE_SLOWLY);
}
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I noticed in a group it rarely spawns wave of light as well. I reckon the problem is the lack of spirit since its always kept at 50% or lesser. Whats the trigger point? Perhaps i misunderstood something.

Also, im using the old trinity 1.6.3.4. Would it help if i updated it to the latest 1.7.1.6? I set my non elite glider to 3, so basically im only moving towards the elites. Is this good for the build?
 
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tesslerc said:
I'm running around 14mil xp/hour
MP0.
im paragon 20 so the drops are different between characters.

and the effectivness is related to the PRICE.
sure you can build a dual wield monk with LoH for 50-60mil (and those are probably the cheaper ones) that will clear Act 3 or do this build for 15mil and it will clear in the same time or faster.
You kill each trash mob in 1 hit so 1.4 aps is still more effective, and you do Wave Of Light in an elite pack and it takes them 50% down or more.
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Exactly. I did this on three monks and spent a total of 23 million on the three of them. Thanks a bunch for this. Great guide.
 
How are you all getting full builds for < 10 mil? Skorns alone that match OP's required stats are 12 mil.
 
Solypsys said:
How are you all getting full builds for < 10 mil? Skorns alone that match OP's required stats are 12 mil.
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What server are you on?? I bought one yesterday for 2m that exceeded the needed stats
 
You have to be kidding.

Bought a skorn with 13xx 300dex and 4k life on kill for less than a mil a week ago.
Make sure you are looking at LIFE ON KILL and not life on hit!
 
hmm just made a monk. did spend around 85mill on him.

550 all res
39k hp
4100 + armor

90k dps skorn
5% life steal
upgraded to +2k life on kill

mp0 . got over 18 deaths/hour.
something must be wrong. my second DB map seems to be laggy sometimes. or it could be Arelogger.
tried 2 different combat routines. i'm clueless for now
 
This build is extremely underwhelming, in addition to the fact that the combat routine doesn't support it anymore. Nearly everything dies in 1 hit from fists of thunder. What this means is he can't build enough spirit to sustain the rest of the build, he only gets enough spirit to use Breath of Heaven and Mantra of Conviction. The bot then spends the next 30 minutes killing everything with only fists of thunder, occaisionally sweeping wind.


Over all this makes him extraordinarily slow, I was getting 150k gph. Guess I'm going to have to go back to WD which gave me 400k+ hr for ~20 mil.
 
Solypsys said:
This build is extremely underwhelming, in addition to the fact that the combat routine doesn't support it anymore. Nearly everything dies in 1 hit from fists of thunder. What this means is he can't build enough spirit to sustain the rest of the build, he only gets enough spirit to use Breath of Heaven and Mantra of Conviction. The bot then spends the next 30 minutes killing everything with only fists of thunder, occaisionally sweeping wind.


Over all this makes him extraordinarily slow, I was getting 150k gph. Guess I'm going to have to go back to WD which gave me 400k+ hr for ~20 mil.
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If you are one-shotting everything with fist of thunder, teleporting from mob to mob, how do you imagine it could be faster by casting sweeping wind in between? -_-"
 
adessis said:
If you are one-shotting everything with fist of thunder, teleporting from mob to mob, how do you imagine it could be faster by casting sweeping wind in between? -_-"
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Because fist of thunder is nearly single target. If there's 20 monsters on the screen he's going to have to use fist of thunder on damn near every single one of them. Contrast that with WD or another class with AOE who uses 1 ability once or twice, clears the screen, and moves on.

And of course he doesn't generate enough spirit to reliably use wave of light or sweeping wind, which would help this.
 
Solypsys said:
This build is extremely underwhelming, in addition to the fact that the combat routine doesn't support it anymore. Nearly everything dies in 1 hit from fists of thunder. What this means is he can't build enough spirit to sustain the rest of the build, he only gets enough spirit to use Breath of Heaven and Mantra of Conviction. The bot then spends the next 30 minutes killing everything with only fists of thunder, occaisionally sweeping wind.


Over all this makes him extraordinarily slow, I was getting 150k gph. Guess I'm going to have to go back to WD which gave me 400k+ hr for ~20 mil.
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Witch Doc can't move beyond 25%MS (Horrify is crap), so you're capped at 400IPH and 400K GPH even if you have >150K DPS.
 
Solypsys said:
This build is extremely underwhelming, in addition to the fact that the combat routine doesn't support it anymore. Nearly everything dies in 1 hit from fists of thunder. What this means is he can't build enough spirit to sustain the rest of the build, he only gets enough spirit to use Breath of Heaven and Mantra of Conviction. The bot then spends the next 30 minutes killing everything with only fists of thunder, occaisionally sweeping wind.


Over all this makes him extraordinarily slow, I was getting 150k gph. Guess I'm going to have to go back to WD which gave me 400k+ hr for ~20 mil.
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Then your DB / Trinity / Profile is broken.
For it tonwork effectively it should cast all buffs including sweeping winds AND 1 hit all the trash.
With high attack speed these 1 hit kills make you pretty fast and thunderclap does hit multiple targets.

If many enemies it should use wave of light or if elites. And refresh mantra of conviction vs elites only.


You are more than welcome to edit monk.cs to your liking, this build has been tested and working great and it should give around 550-600 items per hour with the big red profile.
 
tesslerc said:
Then your DB / Trinity / Profile is broken.
For it tonwork effectively it should cast all buffs including sweeping winds AND 1 hit all the trash.
With high attack speed these 1 hit kills make you pretty fast and thunderclap does hit multiple targets.

If many enemies it should use wave of light or if elites. And refresh mantra of conviction vs elites only.


You are more than welcome to edit monk.cs to your liking, this build has been tested and working great and it should give around 550-600 items per hour with the big red profile.
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Part of the problem seems to be big red, the constant pausing and backtracking makes sweeping wind drop, which makes him run out of spirit, which makes it so he has no AoE damage. I'll have to test it again on alkaizer when DB is back up.
 
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