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Hi everyone
My nun Shokuzana is currently at 58 in Hell A2, and it's a blast.
I have experimented with many different builds, and have found one that I consider balanced between damage and survivability in hell. For those interested:
Skills:
Crippling Wave - Concussion
Sweeping Wind - Firestorm
Serenity - Peaceful repose (for solo) / Tranquility (for party)
Exploding Palm - Essense Burn
Breath of Heaven - Infused with Light
Mantra of Conviction - Overawe
Passives: Resolve, Transcendence, Seize the Initiative
Items:
Not going to list all of them, but my most precious ones are:
234 DPS claw with 70 dex 70 vit, 14% attackspeed, life on spirit, lifeleech, spirit regen.
226 DPS sword with 95 dex, 85 vit 100 int
Amulet with 156 dex, 75 str, 4-8 dmg, life on hit and 1 socket.
HP: 36k
DPS: 5.5k (Will be 11k once i get my 60 claws)
This setup is recent though. For the longest time, I was using Crippling Wave - Mangle, until Deadly Reach - Scattered Blows came along. Likewise, I was using The Guardians Path over Resolve, but as I reached Hell I found myself more and more overwhelmed by elite mobs, and decided to switch scattered blows for concussion, and guardians oath for resolve to give my enemies 45% damage reduction. I added healing mantra with time of need, but found that the healing was too low (though the further reduction was nice) and finally went back to overawe for a balanced build.
First the passives: Resolve adds to concussion to decrease the very high damage in hell, while STI does the same thing. I'm at 1250 dex, which translates into an extra 1250 armor, rocketing me from 31% dmg reduction to 47%. A noticable difference. Transcendence is nothing short of amazing, whenever i use mantra, exploding palm or sweeping wind i heal for around 15-20% of my total hp - and none of these have any cooldowns.
The idea is to open the fight with sweeping wind. I prefer fire storm over both bladestorm (I've found that it did more total damage) and Inner Storm (Infused with Light takes care of all my spirit needs). Following that, Mantra of Conviction for 3 seconds of 48% extra damage. The first enemy you encounter, use Essence Burn on it. By far my favorite move in the entire game, watching enemies explode in a fiery chain of dot and aoe is just eyecandy. As for AOE in general, this is definitely your strongest asset. While you lack singletarget dps, singletarget enemies are generally very easy once they have been isolated - they just take a little longer (Of course, you may wish to change the setup against act bosses, but those are predictable).
If you're in trouble, your final 2 moves is the key to your survival. Infused with light is your first line of defense - it's the skill you use when either low on life or low on spirit (adding 6 spirit on hit for 5 seconds is no joke, i frequently use it at full hp just to refill my spiritbar) but no immediate risk of getting bursted down. Serenity is your most powerful defensive skill in the game, as it will clear any cc from you and save you from WTF moments such as arcane enchanted and poison from trees and wasps. Both will heal you a good 30% of your life total, they have low cooldown and transcendence makes them even stronger. I decided on Peaceful repose over Ascencion, but i'm still experimenting on whether I need the extra healing, or if I should just stick with an extra second of invulnerability.
So there you have it. I have no idea if it's viable in inferno, but i'll let you know.
Please post your viable hell setup, i'm eager to learn how other people are playing.
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Originally Posted by Aginor
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