Monk FAQ Overall: - Best ethereals: Jade Talon (usually speedfarming) and Bartuc (usually push), Shadowkiller is a budget low-end option to help you survive - Casual-friendly build: play water Inna build - Best build: LoD WoL (on season) but it's a small gap, Inna is the king in T16 and low speeds however and super easy - Group meta: Inna + other dps (Inna, GoD, Bomb, ...) is fine, WoL + Firebird is fine (hard to play though), WoL in 150 is not great Inna - Ethereal powers: Echoing Fury, Flying Dragon, In-Geom, Furnace, Messerschmidt are good (depending on content) - Cooldown: Mostly T16 (water) and speeds (fire), otherwise not very important - Attack Speed: Good stat because it increases overall damage done by pets - Tasker and Theo: Works for auto-attacks but not for actives - useless - Allies not going wave form: Don't spam your ability, only use it when they are lazy - Area damage: only works for 2 out of 10 allies (the default + copy from boots, not from set) - almost useless LoD - Etheral powers: Rabid Strike, Kyoshiro & Incense Torch have to be combined, if you want In-Geom for speed drop Kyoshiro - Survivability: Setup is squishy by default. Use and time Serenity well and maybe use Inna until a later point when you are stronger, focus on good positioning and stay away as your clone deals damage (you don't need to stay in the middle to attack) - No damage at all: the Rabid Strike clone is stuck and you need to force TP him to you by not attacking for 1-2 sec - keep an eye out - Low dps: If playing with Wizard: you only kill trash, wizard all elites alone, keep up Squirt's - Resources: with Jade Talon / Shadowkiller you can sustain resources depending on pull size and use another skill, if not use Air Ally - Cooldown: around 60% CDR is smooth but you need to attack with Zodiac to reset Epiphany, also don't waste Serenity / Mystic Ally / Dash uses to funnel more procs into Epiphany - Crudest Boots/Bindings: increase damage of Rabid Strike clone - When to switch: at least LoD lvl 99, 6+ ancients and the more the better - When to use nonancients over ancients: especially on big multiplier items (boots, bracers) if your ancient versions are terrible there - Mystic Ally damage: only works for Inna
Inna is really chill for speed farming. I'm just button mashing and teleporting all over the place. I found the Uliana starter set to be essentially unplayable if you didn't have the cooldown reducing daibo. I ended up with doing a strange LoD build utilizing a few random Legendary powers and my wrecking Mystic Allies and was able to farm mid level rifts pretty effectively to get my Inna set.
I'm going to be honest, this was the most helpful LoD video I've seen. Thanks for the great tips and information presented. Serenity was an overlooked passive for me that I feel is crucial for this build. I don't understand the power creep with ancients yet. It doesn't look like much on paper but it's huge. I melt like butter without them, it's weird.
Started transitioning from starter set to Inna, the water variant is really fun for farming. Fire gameplay feels like jade wd and is decent enough. Went up to GR 110 / 800p, then tried to transition to WoL. I find it Way too squishy for my taste, it is hard for me to enjoy playing and get frustrating quickly.
Same here. Struggled around 45ish with exploding palm because I was missing important pieces. Switched to Inna’s and blew thru my first 50 in 55s. It’s gonna be awesome.
Same. I was excited hearing about how WoL is top tier and tried it but realized I wasn't ready. Maybe once I have tons of ancient/primal gear and a high level LoD gem but for now I'm sticking with speed farming GR 100, T16s, and poweleveling random people with my Inna Water build
There are some time where I am attacking and the mystic allies are just standing around. I am using shift to ensure I am attacking enemies but the allies are doing nothing. I might be doing something wrong. Does anyone knows how to ensure to avoid this? Thanks.
This was so helpful. I came back to diablo after a LONG time, currently running 120+ GR with a 700 paragon Inna monk (no primals nor any Augment). I just have 1 question: Any potion recommendation?
this video was not a full build guide as I had made that already (and I think referenced it too here) - this was to answer more advanced questions for people already playing the season with it
I happen to find a good Lightning traveler's pledge, Stone of Jordan and Aughild's's bracers. This would convert cold or fire ally into lightning, correct? Also you didnt cover Aughild's. Is this set worth using at all? I saw you did not.
SoJ's passive does convert stacked elemental damage to all other elements yes. I don't use aughilds as I would rather use Lefe's shoulders (damage reduction). You can wear Aughilds if you wear crudest boots and throw lesser gods bracers in cube. You absolutely need BOLG (binding of lesser gods) and crudest boots.
@@MisterJiggles Thanks, I figured as much since my damage was great. Yeah, I also got flying dragon in cube. Wear ethereal geom and echo fury. Dropped messersmid since water ally doesnt really need it. Speedrunning 110's 3min at 800 para seems fine to me.
Since aughilds can be crafted I found it pretty easy to get primal versions (or ancient can't remember which one is the Red one) for shoulder and bracers. They seem better all around but for pushing highest possible GRs I think Lefebvre's and the other bracers are the way to go
I got a ethereal with incence torch at level 9 and went with Wave of Light all the way. One thing the current build lacks, compared to the old one is that it is not very "confy". You do basically nothing when Epiphany is down, and even with lots of CD, and Obsidian, it is still hard to keep it up all the time. Also, even when the clone isn't stuck, sometimes you are close to an elite, and the close attack another enemy at the side of the room, and you do no damage. That said, still a fun build, after you get the hang of it. Specially once you get used to teleport around with Cyclone Strike stead of with your dash.
I wouldve save some time if this video existed before i started the season two days ago...I started with lod wol and that was a struggle to push through gr lol. yesterday I was struggling to push past 75. As soon as i went inna, 89 insta clear with some scraps in my stash that was put together in like 5 min lol. Great video i think. People who are like me...listen to him and just do inna. great video/
Here is one that wasn't answered: when playing 2 Inna monks, will cyclone strike work for the other monk or will both have to carry cyclone strike to proc each their own Bindings of the Lesser God?
It happens to me every time on Perendi, the Hammer guy. Im glad that i play with a friend he kills it for me when it happens xD But that cannot be the solution. I hope there will be a fix very soon
Oh yes, to Empower Rift so I can level up the legendary gems faster and it gets expensive as I empower higher GR levels. The gold earned can easily finished.
Omfg dude 😎😎 i like your video but sorry i had to click dislike because " you're talking wayyyyyy to much and most of it got nothing to do with the build "
well its obviously not a build video, as he already made those. he talks about the practical problems etc you face when you play these builds and how they compare.
You must be new to this content creator. He's being very informative, and he also gives the option of just reading a much shorter version. I've read it and responded to you in less than 2 minutes.
I feel like the over talking is mainly because he has 49 hours played since Friday. 31 hour stream. I mean if I did that my brain would probably be mush. lol. I played around 30 hours this weekend and I'm a tired casual.
Monk FAQ
Overall:
- Best ethereals: Jade Talon (usually speedfarming) and Bartuc (usually push), Shadowkiller is a budget low-end option to help you survive
- Casual-friendly build: play water Inna build
- Best build: LoD WoL (on season) but it's a small gap, Inna is the king in T16 and low speeds however and super easy
- Group meta: Inna + other dps (Inna, GoD, Bomb, ...) is fine, WoL + Firebird is fine (hard to play though), WoL in 150 is not great
Inna
- Ethereal powers: Echoing Fury, Flying Dragon, In-Geom, Furnace, Messerschmidt are good (depending on content)
- Cooldown: Mostly T16 (water) and speeds (fire), otherwise not very important
- Attack Speed: Good stat because it increases overall damage done by pets
- Tasker and Theo: Works for auto-attacks but not for actives - useless
- Allies not going wave form: Don't spam your ability, only use it when they are lazy
- Area damage: only works for 2 out of 10 allies (the default + copy from boots, not from set) - almost useless
LoD
- Etheral powers: Rabid Strike, Kyoshiro & Incense Torch have to be combined, if you want In-Geom for speed drop Kyoshiro
- Survivability: Setup is squishy by default. Use and time Serenity well and maybe use Inna until a later point when you are stronger, focus on good positioning and stay away as your clone deals damage (you don't need to stay in the middle to attack)
- No damage at all: the Rabid Strike clone is stuck and you need to force TP him to you by not attacking for 1-2 sec - keep an eye out
- Low dps: If playing with Wizard: you only kill trash, wizard all elites alone, keep up Squirt's
- Resources: with Jade Talon / Shadowkiller you can sustain resources depending on pull size and use another skill, if not use Air Ally
- Cooldown: around 60% CDR is smooth but you need to attack with Zodiac to reset Epiphany, also don't waste Serenity / Mystic Ally / Dash uses to funnel more procs into Epiphany
- Crudest Boots/Bindings: increase damage of Rabid Strike clone
- When to switch: at least LoD lvl 99, 6+ ancients and the more the better
- When to use nonancients over ancients: especially on big multiplier items (boots, bracers) if your ancient versions are terrible there
- Mystic Ally damage: only works for Inna
what about adding some gameplay footage? for me its the most important part to see how smooth it looks in game.
I would love to see you complete the Inner Set dungeon on master with this change.
Great Video, helped a lot with recent questions I haven't found an answer before :)
Inna is really chill for speed farming. I'm just button mashing and teleporting all over the place. I found the Uliana starter set to be essentially unplayable if you didn't have the cooldown reducing daibo. I ended up with doing a strange LoD build utilizing a few random Legendary powers and my wrecking Mystic Allies and was able to farm mid level rifts pretty effectively to get my Inna set.
Inna is such a fun build to play.
And buggy on gr bosses ..
@@Ge_n_Ge only on perendi for me
imo my fav build all time
I'm going to be honest, this was the most helpful LoD video I've seen. Thanks for the great tips and information presented. Serenity was an overlooked passive for me that I feel is crucial for this build.
I don't understand the power creep with ancients yet. It doesn't look like much on paper but it's huge.
I melt like butter without them, it's weird.
Started the season late, went EP monk into Inna's. I just started my first LoD character, the WoL monk. Monk is running this season.
Started transitioning from starter set to Inna, the water variant is really fun for farming. Fire gameplay feels like jade wd and is decent enough. Went up to GR 110 / 800p, then tried to transition to WoL.
I find it Way too squishy for my taste, it is hard for me to enjoy playing and get frustrating quickly.
Same here. Struggled around 45ish with exploding palm because I was missing important pieces. Switched to Inna’s and blew thru my first 50 in 55s. It’s gonna be awesome.
Same. I was excited hearing about how WoL is top tier and tried it but realized I wasn't ready. Maybe once I have tons of ancient/primal gear and a high level LoD gem but for now I'm sticking with speed farming GR 100, T16s, and poweleveling random people with my Inna Water build
There are some time where I am attacking and the mystic allies are just standing around. I am using shift to ensure I am attacking enemies but the allies are doing nothing. I might be doing something wrong. Does anyone knows how to ensure to avoid this? Thanks.
The ally ai feels pretty bad. Slows down alot of my runs.
You should always keep them in water form, additionaly cyclone strike seems to bug them out more often!
This only happens to me when I stand still. Moving around a bit seems to fix it.
Bruuuuh where you get those wings from?
can you talk about the support build you have on your screen?
Your builds rock!
Thank you for another excellent video.
oh my guy wudi with the much needed info dump
This was so helpful. I came back to diablo after a LONG time, currently running 120+ GR with a 700 paragon Inna monk (no primals nor any Augment). I just have 1 question: Any potion recommendation?
kulle-aid
@@wudijo ty, was running armor one since I rerolled aughid 2 piece from soliloquy+spirit guards combo and found myself squishier
Soooooo how exactly do you get these items you're talking about? Would be nice to know... especially in a video that's supposed to be a build guide...
this video was not a full build guide as I had made that already (and I think referenced it too here) - this was to answer more advanced questions for people already playing the season with it
My fire allies don't explode a lot of times. I'm stuck around 125GR. Am I gathering too much mobs
I think they only explode when you cast Mystic Ally. I still like running water ally bc the area damage works and helps a lot with clearing.
@@MisterJiggles yes I know they explode when you press the ally skill.
What I meant is 2 or 3 out of 10 times I do that, they don't do any damage.
I happen to find a good Lightning traveler's pledge, Stone of Jordan and Aughild's's bracers. This would convert cold or fire ally into lightning, correct? Also you didnt cover Aughild's. Is this set worth using at all? I saw you did not.
SoJ's passive does convert stacked elemental damage to all other elements yes. I don't use aughilds as I would rather use Lefe's shoulders (damage reduction). You can wear Aughilds if you wear crudest boots and throw lesser gods bracers in cube. You absolutely need BOLG (binding of lesser gods) and crudest boots.
@@MisterJiggles Thanks, I figured as much since my damage was great. Yeah, I also got flying dragon in cube. Wear ethereal geom and echo fury. Dropped messersmid since water ally doesnt really need it. Speedrunning 110's 3min at 800 para seems fine to me.
@@markveen1373 some how i got an ethereall flying dragon. I think the best I was doing was 100's in like 4 minutes sub 800 para
Since aughilds can be crafted I found it pretty easy to get primal versions (or ancient can't remember which one is the Red one) for shoulder and bracers. They seem better all around but for pushing highest possible GRs I think Lefebvre's and the other bracers are the way to go
I got a ethereal with incence torch at level 9 and went with Wave of Light all the way. One thing the current build lacks, compared to the old one is that it is not very "confy". You do basically nothing when Epiphany is down, and even with lots of CD, and Obsidian, it is still hard to keep it up all the time. Also, even when the clone isn't stuck, sometimes you are close to an elite, and the close attack another enemy at the side of the room, and you do no damage. That said, still a fun build, after you get the hang of it. Specially once you get used to teleport around with Cyclone Strike stead of with your dash.
Hi! Do i play with Area dmg for WoL solo/grp speeds or only for pushing? thank you
I wouldve save some time if this video existed before i started the season two days ago...I started with lod wol and that was a struggle to push through gr lol. yesterday I was struggling to push past 75. As soon as i went inna, 89 insta clear with some scraps in my stash that was put together in like 5 min lol. Great video i think. People who are like me...listen to him and just do inna. great video/
Sorry for dumb question but what is WoL in 150 and Inna (started D3 few days ago after like 8 years break). Its some kind of armor set name?
Inna = Inna's Mantra (Monk set)
WoL = Wave of Light (Monk skill)
Here is one that wasn't answered: when playing 2 Inna monks, will cyclone strike work for the other monk or will both have to carry cyclone strike to proc each their own Bindings of the Lesser God?
good one, each monk has to activate their own
Miss playing the game with people 😞 gets really boring playing solo all the time
No love for Tempest Rush?
another time I guess
Really fun season, can't wait till I get 2k gons, takes me forever by myself
What to do on the GR when its bugged for Inna fire? Sometimes the allies dont attack the GR boss!
It happens to me every time on Perendi, the Hammer guy. Im glad that i play with a friend he kills it for me when it happens xD But that cannot be the solution. I hope there will be a fix very soon
@@rouvenbose5831 yeah and nobody talks about it. 50%gr bosses are somehow buggy and you do 0 damage!
So what weapons should i use to Speed farm gr as water innas build? Ingeom and?
Rabid strike
so grand temple cube does stack on ethereal item with same bonus power with grand temple?
No, only the highest stat one will work which will more than likely be the cubed one.
Does Rabid Strike work with Innas??
no
Quick question, which is more vital, flying dragon or the furnace?
Definitely flying dragon for the attack speed boost to up your sheet damage against all targets, which will up the allies damage.
@@carlatterbery2748 thank you
Why use amethysts on weapons and not emeralds? is Attack speed more important than crit chance/damage??
it's for his support build as you need survivability. cc/cd > as.
How often are you guys getting ethereal drops? I'm paragon 500+ and still have a level 14 ethereal because its the only drop I've gotten..
doing gr 100 speeds and getting 1 in 15 gr's or so
I have around 10 and I'm 800 para.
@@ibramdev switch to 101 like Rax and you'll get one every time lmao
They are dropping like crazy
Why is flying dragon that important ? Attack speed affects the « wave form » ?
Yeah it scales with the active form of ally too
Its more because it Doubles your Sheet DPS so then this affects the allies. Thats the Difference to t&t
Season is unreal. Got my Wiz ethereal. P550 gr115 in 3 min with no socket in weapon lol. Still to find ramaladin gift..
Unrelated but I’m bummed there’s no ethereal for dh shadow impale but I got a primal Karleis so it ok 😁
Would be op at 150 lol
to me the lod wave of light is clunky and hard to play
generally Lod builds are not as fluid as other builds.
It was the best t16 clearer before GOD came along😊
I've only had two ethereal drop since Friday WTF Blizzard lol
After I get high with monk I get stuck on a certain level because it's to squishy
Which build do you use?
It was a bell build not sure on equipment because the character is gone but I guess hard mode is a different game
i run 2 man with me as water alliess and my friend with GoD DH and it's so fast it's kinda silly
Is mistic ally freezing everything so buriza has 100% crit?
Think my biggest issue is my pet is not able to pick up gold while farming for GR keys.
Lol 😂😂, get a ping on the follower that increases the pickup radius
Avarice band
@@Gregski3 yup, but no luck so far, so just focusing on leveling first, 🤣
Do you actually need the gold?
Oh yes, to Empower Rift so I can level up the legendary gems faster and it gets expensive as I empower higher GR levels. The gold earned can easily finished.
a question: what exactly the two pieces of sunwuko does? just nerf you?
maybe wrong translation in your client but it's 50% damage taken reduction
Argh, blizzard giving me wol items. As I just started, I don’t have many ancients. Wol is very squishy
WoL is way too slow to be played with FB wizard. If you encounter tunnels and the fb just teleports the WoL cant keep up.
I guess dashing strike, the best movement ability in the game, just doesn't exist anymore
Exactly, that's the reason wudi is already 1900 paragon, bc his group with firebirds and wol is slow
Cyclone strike while in epiphany is a free teleport/dashing strike. WoL is one of the fastest builds in the game for that reason
Omfg dude 😎😎 i like your video but sorry i had to click dislike because " you're talking wayyyyyy to much and most of it got nothing to do with the build "
That's why there is a TLDW it is legit a shorter version, you just need to read it
well its obviously not a build video, as he already made those. he talks about the practical problems etc you face when you play these builds and how they compare.
You must be new to this content creator. He's being very informative, and he also gives the option of just reading a much shorter version. I've read it and responded to you in less than 2 minutes.
I feel like the over talking is mainly because he has 49 hours played since Friday. 31 hour stream. I mean if I did that my brain would probably be mush. lol. I played around 30 hours this weekend and I'm a tired casual.
yeah obviously production quality is suffering a bit at season start when I sleep 3h a night
Thanks. For some reasons my loot is lod loot but non ancient. Is lod a pet build? So I should wear it when my ethereal doesn’t roll a weapon? Thanks