Breaking the Monk in Diablo 3 - Attack Speed OP

[quickshothd]

http://youtu.be/0kG3NFNDHmw showcasing the speed upgrade.

http://youtu.be/aENgfYyfO48 Speed build vs Belial

This is a quick video of what happens when you stack attack speed (not even a lot) on a monk. I basicly can spam any spell non stop no matter its spirt cost. At this attack speed you regain spirit so fast it doesnt matter.

Considering I could add WAY more attack speed if I bought the right items and considering at level 42 I get a rune that will absorb like 2k damage everytime I cast my mantra. Then basicly I cant really see how I could die. Even a 50 spirit mantra can be spammed every second! No matter what build your going for having this much attack speed is just freaking amazing and should help. Enjoy!

I threw this video together in like 30sec so sorry for the 'rushed' job.

I would LOVE any advice or other tips/tricks other monks have found. Im sure my lowbie nub self is like WAY behind the trends. But at least in the partys iv been in that have other monks none seem doing this. Is there a better setup? Please let me know, because from what I can see I could get another 1.00-2.00 attack speed increase with later gear (the gear I have now sucks) so yea. This is not a brag post or anything like that, just wanted to show you something cool that I think may be a tad op, please correct me if need be.

[fry]

Yep i found the same thing myself. Didnt even need the attack speed gear, but it looks like that would help a heap and might try it out now.

Wait until you get the Boon of Protection rune. Life regen increased to 1,240.4 Life per second + a mystical shield for 2 seconds that absorbs up to 15% of each target's maximum Life in damage.... OP much?

Through Nightmare i would just spam the healing mantra over and over. The whole party can stand in fire and just laugh. The only time you need to move away is with the laser beams.

[Such Violent Storms]

I always wondered whether you could attack fast enough to generate 50 spirit within 3 seconds! I do think it's awesome and insane, but not OP. The Monks need an edge, and stuff like this is a good niche to be amazing at. Like you said, you aren't even stacking it fully. In addition you can get the Quickening rune for FoT to periodically generate spirit.

Being able to maintain the active bonus on Mantras for things like MoH Boon of Protection, MoC Overawe, and MoE for dodge builds is going to be glorious.

[quickshothd]

Yep i found the same thing myself. Didnt even need the attack speed gear, but it looks like that would help a heap and might try it out now.

Wait until you get the Boon of Protection rune. Life regen increased to 1,240.4 Life per second + a mystical shield for 2 seconds that absorbs up to 15% of each target's maximum Life in damage.... OP much?

Through Nightmare i would just spam the healing mantra over and over. The whole party can stand in fire and just laugh. The only time you need to move away is with the laser beams.

THATS EXACTLY the plan, all ready been testing it out since level 42 and its EPIC. I NEVER DIE!

[quickshothd]

Added another video showing the build in action vs Belial. How long do you think this build will work. I now forsure into difficulty 3 but can it make it to inferno?

[Threepwood]

Aparently, if you want something really broken, FoT (Quickening) is bugged at the moment. Supposedly it grants the bonus spirit on any crits that happen while using FoT, instead of just crits from FoT itself. So if you have sweeping wind up, for example, you get a ton of extra hits/crits and therefore a ton of extra spirit.

Haven't tried it myself yet though. Don't want to get used to exploiting a bug and then have no idea what to do when the inevitably fix it.

[ariza]

Which runes they use for mouse left&right i cant see them also for mantra which rune?

[Such Violent Storms]

Added another video showing the build in action vs Belial. How long do you think this build will work. I now forsure into difficulty 3 but can it make it to inferno?

I think it will work for a long time. If not forever. You really aren't "exploiting" anything, since it's just a Monk's natural advantage of Mantras, Transcendence, attack speed, fist weapons, etc. "Breaking the monk" sounds a little negative, I think this is just one of many higher potentials for the monk. It could very well work in Inferno in a party. It might take longer solo.

Which runes they use for mouse left&right I cant see them also for mantra which rune?

left: Fists of Thunder-Thunderclap, right: Sweeping Wind-Blade Storm

Mantra of Healing will end up using Boon of Protection

[Catchafire]

I think it will work for a long time. If not forever. You really aren't "exploiting" anything, since it's just a Monk's natural advantage of Mantras, Transcendence, attack speed, fist weapons, etc. "Breaking the monk" sounds a little negative, I think this is just one of many higher potentials for the monk. It could very well work in Inferno in a party. It might take longer solo.


left: Fists of Thunder-Thunderclap, right: Sweeping Wind-Blade Storm

Mantra of Healing will end up using Boon of Protection

Please explain the Boon of Protection. Why is it great say when compared to Mantra of Conviction with Overawe rune???

[redrach]

It's effectively infinite HP if you can regen spirit fast enough to spam it every 2s (such as when constantly attacking a boss).