JoeTang Wrote:http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#UWbdXk!bfg!Zccaba

Didn't really enjoy spenders in the Beta, especially the Secondaries, so I'm thinking of something that just pomegranates out DPS from all ends and uses Spirit purely for Dashing Strike and refreshing Mantra of Conviction. Seven-Sided Strike looks cool, but given the 30 second cooldown, I'd rather opt to spend my Spirit in the aforementioned method. But with a build like this, I doubt I need the extra 100 Spirit, and could put something else there. If I don't need the movement, I could swap in Sweeping Wind, too, and if the Critical Rate is too low, I'd have Thunderclap on Fists of Thunder for movement instead.

modular Wrote:i think id swap exalted soul for chant of resonance or near death experience (especially for inferno)
chant of resonance looks crazy helpful for the mantra, and you could swap in the single spender you like or something cuz of the regen

i didnt play monk all the way to 13 (only like 6 or 8), but the glaring flaw of not generating spirit seems like it can be overcome easily later in the game

JoeTang Wrote:A mantra lasts 3 minutes. An additional 7 minutes seems rather stupidly useless. I didn't have any issue with generating spirit in the beta either unless there were just no monsters. I didn't particularly like any of the spenders, but that might change with the runes. None of the secondaries did significantly more damage than a generator to be worth the Spirit, except maybe Lashing Tail Kick, but the knockback wasn't helpful at all. Exploding Palm was really the only thing that contributed towards killing things faster at that point.

modular Wrote:eh, if maple has taught me anything at all, its that buff timers are always too short... but id think the regen would be nice for spamming dashing strike for movement purposes. whats better than a random passive that doesnt do anything for your dps? one that helps get you to the next mob faster. one that revives you when you die in inferno. i dunno. better than having max spirit with 3 generators and 1 utility spender...

meh i dont really want to argue cuz its an open ended game
but maybe you didnt think about these or something

JoeTang Wrote:The point is I'd be reusing Mantra of Conviction every now and then to get the +48% damage buff instead of +24% when possible to spend spirit (which would be half my total spirit without that passive), and Dashing Strike would be for moving towards enemies initially and it only costs 25. After I've closed the distance once, it wouldn't be necessary to do it again and I'd have recharged the spirit spend in ~2 seconds there after? The point of three generators is to make use of Combination Strike, though I might lower it to two or swap Dashing Strike to get Sweeping Wind for more damage, which would be a good spender as well. If I actually have trouble surviving, I could just swap out Mantra of Conviction to something defensive, rather than taking Near Death Experience since survival would be a larger issue for other party members at that point than me I feel.

It seems really wasteful to have Deadly Reach only for the 3rd strike bonus every 30 seconds though, but 18% is a lot, and it has good linear range. I really enjoyed Piercing Trident's effect, despite being slower. Crippling Wave is for radial crowd control with really good debuffs, especially party, and Hundred Fists would be my primary attacking. I have a strong intention of party play here, so I should have some decent support for crowd control, and I may not need to engage too quickly if others can't keep up with movement, or may need to engage quicker if there's a Vaulting DH with me ~_~ which would affect my Dashing Strike spec.


About your Demon Hunter, I had read somewhere that Hungering Arrow with Puncturing Arrow had higher DPS than an unruned Rapid Fire since it could pierce, which is interesting, but I'm not too sure on the validity. It seems plausible, but since we don't know any specifics yet on the rate of fire for Rapid Fire, we don't know for sure yet. Rapid Fire just has such a low potential to overkill against trash with its 57%? per arrow that made it so good in the beta, whereas Hungering usually only hit two targets and died, it was still really good. I think you've specced too much into crowd control though. Also, given how good Hungering Arrow and Entangling Shot are, I think having too many Hatred reducer runes is a bit wasteful when you could be investing in DPS or even better crowd control on spenders. There's that Discipline generator on Multishot too, which is really weird. Having near limitless Discipline with Vault... It'd be like trying to keep up with a Teleporting Sorc in DII T_T I think Demon Hunters have too much mobility.

Untradeable Wrote:Im confused as to the when the servers will actaully go live. Can anyone tell me exactly when it will be open?

modular Wrote:damn you error 108



midnight pst for the americas

Justin Wrote:14 hours guys.

My body is ready.

Can't pineappleing wait.

modular Wrote:damn you error 108

Untradeable Wrote:So what class is everyone gunna play first? Personally im torn between Monk and Demon Hunter. (I didn't play the beta, As did not want to spoil it for myself)

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