Monk

[old.Tohtori]

Guess i'll hop on the driver seat for this bandwagon then. Loving it, i wasn't sure about it, but the more i play, the more fun it becomes.

At first it can be a bit repetitive(har...n diablo? ), but once you get more skills and runes it really opens up. And i'm at 11 only(haven't played that much).

Spoilerproofing this, so posting more later.

 

[Overdriven]

Is actually what I'm playing, just got to 11 also. Actually starts to become fun after a while, a couple of deaths due to lag but pretty good class. Suffering with a lack of decent armour and weapons atm though

 

[pikeh]

Up to lvl 17 on my monk now, wait till you get Way of the Hundred Fists. Mmmm.

 

[Overdriven]

Just hit 15 and Act 2... Interesting, relying on crafting a bit more now (got blacksmith to the 2nd 'level', so the gear is keeping me well) - Weapons are the annoying one as Monks seem to have been screwed. Nice 2h staff now though, but slow but better output. Just need to find melee speed gear =|

 

[pikeh]

hit level 24 tonight, loads of fun. Using dual weild weps mostly, better dps and get 2x lots of good stats.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Weapons are the annoying one as Monks seem to have been screwed.

How so? I'm using 2 1h axes on my monk and you can use any 1hander really

 

[pikeh]

I'm going for a heal/vitality/dula weild build, nice to have two sources of direct heal, the heal mantra, heal on spirit use etc. Not really liking the idea of a glass cannon for a monk considering the huge potential for a group player.

 

[Everz]

Can Monk be an offensive character? Seems the one to intrigue me the most.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Can Monk be an offensive character? Seems the one to intrigue me the most.

Yeap, very much so. It's a survival melee character really, atleast the way i play.

 

[BloodOmen]

they have better survival than barbarians do.

 

[pikeh]

Can Monk be an offensive character? Seems the one to intrigue me the most.

Yeh glass cannon aoe spec etc. I love the idea of it being a good group char though

 

[Everz]

Yeap, very much so. It's a survival melee character really, atleast the way i play.

How would one spec this 'way' then?

 

[pikeh]

Everz, compulsory that you select 'elective mode' on options in the games menu. Lets you select offensive/passive/defensive skills for every button. Some people whine that its cheesy, but tbh, just adds to combo of classes etc which is best.

 

[old.Tohtori]

How would one spec this 'way' then?

I just use the basic attack with more range(with wider attack), knockbacks and any ability/skill/whatnot that gives health. That spec might change in higher levels though, but so far it was smooth sailing.

Albeit, need to restart on HC and only at 16-17 with my monk.

Though the demon hunter stole my heart, high heels, grenades and a machine gun

 

[Everz]

I just use the basic attack with more range(with wider attack), knockbacks and any ability/skill/whatnot that gives health. That spec might change in higher levels though, but so far it was smooth sailing.

Albeit, need to restart on HC and only at 16-17 with my monk.

Though the demon hunter stole my heart, high heels, grenades and a machine gun

Well got to level 11 last night and switched to my kick thing with an AE damage, the hordes of monsters droping like flies is droolworthy. I was tempted by a Demon Hunter when I was browsing through, but I thought the Monk as I hoped it would follow on the from D1:Hellfire Monk .

Everz, compulsory that you select 'elective mode' on options in the games menu. Lets you select offensive/passive/defensive skills for every button. Some people whine that its cheesy, but tbh, just adds to combo of classes etc which is best.

Ahh lovely, that said clicking suits me for now as my 'gaming desktop' is currently my GF's bed on a laptop, thus using keys is a bitch, but i'll keep that in note for the future, cheers bud.

 

[pikeh]

I'm still using that roundhouse kick at 35, there is a rune that adds a fireball to knockback/damage, i find it more useful than the aoe knockback rune thats given on that skill, as a melee its a bit annoying havng too much knockback so try to keep it at a minimum. Always used the blind ability for easy cc!

 

[Everz]

Got the 'way of a thousand fists' now. Loving it.

As for 'monk' drops.. is it better I started crafting now as I've got diddly shit so far.

 

[Bahumat]

Go on AH. Crafted stuff normally sucks, that's of you even get the stats you need

 

[pikeh]

Yeh I wouldnt waste your money on crafting shit for the foreseeable future; huge money sink. Just spend it on AH or save, all of my stuff is drops apart from MH wep.

 

[Ctuchik]

I like the monk to, though it annoys me to death that the fucking thing STILL insist on using the fists even though i'm running around with a staff!

 

[pikeh]

Shame but 1h + shield seems to be the only viable wep spec in inferno :<

 

[Yrendan]

Shame but 1h + shield seems to be the only viable wep spec in inferno :<

this

 

[Ctuchik]

For now anyway, lets hope blizzard sorts that out in the balance patch.

 

[pikeh]

Well I hope so certainly. I'd rather have a 20% dps increase from second wep than a 20% block chance. Forced to respec to a defensive build atm.

 

[pikeh]

Having said that, it is quite good

 

[Ctuchik]

I ditched my monk. Spent to much time chasing mobs around unless i wanted to use that horribly annoying teleport on attack rune...

 

[pikeh]

blind?

 

[Ctuchik]

Well i do need glasses but i'm not blind no....

 

[pikeh]

:s
blind is an amazing cc skill, don't see how any monk can'tt use it!

 

[old.Tohtori]

Ran through normal with monk(last two acts with bro), can't say i saw my health go below 50%. Absolutely wonderful survival class, especially after DH

First belial fight where i just stood there, beat the f*cker down and he barely started the meteor shower.

Got my skills mostly in avoidance and debuffs to enemy, which means that at 600dex(screw vitality ) i'm at 45% damage reduction and 45% dodge, with enemy damage down to 45% too