The Horadrim Corner: Epiphany Support Monk
by JR Cook - 9 years ago show comments
Welcome to the Horadrim Corner! Come gather by the fire and talk about the builds you all want to see! Let the ancient knowledge of the Horadrim assist your quest for greatness as you slaughter the demons that stand in your way. For all that is good, build yourself into a warrior worthy of Pandemonium!
Allo Allo! Here we are at another edition of Horadrim Corner, this week featuring the Shaolin Warrior, the Monk. With the latest news from Heroes of the Storm, including the addition of the Monk as a hero, it seems the perfect time to highlight a Support Monk build for Diablo itself. Like many other support builds, it revolves around high defense, lots of crowd control, and increasing your team’s damage. It also achieves a highly sought after goal, permanent Epiphany. Now without further ado, here it is:
Actives
Crippling Wave – Breaking Wave: A great AoE skill that also increases the damage of your whole team.
Cyclone Strike – Implosion: Spammity spam spam spam this skill. Working like a vacuum sucking up enemies, this is going to be your main spender.
Epiphany – Desert Shroud: Dashing across the field in a blur of untouchable amazingness, this mimics the effect of a Unity along with giving great mobility.
Inner Sanctuary – Forbidden Palace: Combining team defense and offense, this does a little bit of everything and should be used at every opportunity.
Dashing Strike – Blinding Speed: Both an escape and engage/exploration skill, this can help you get away or get in the middle to start tanking for your team.
Mantra of Conviction – Dishearten: Kill power up and a slow aura to help proc your team’s Bane of the Trapped.
Passives
Exalted Soul: You will be needing lots of Spirit to yank all of those enemies in with your Cyclone Strike.
Beacon of Ytar: The Monk’s cheat death; does any more need to be said?
Sixth Sense: One of the best defensive skills in the game, just a simple damage reduction.
Harmony: To pair with Sixth Sense, the other best defensive skill, a huge increase into All Resist.
Stats Preferences
Cooldown Reduction>All Resist/Armor>Vitality/Life%>Attack Speed>Life per Second>Resource Cost Reduction
In order to make this build possible you will need a minimum of 60% CDR, combining with In-Geom and the Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac to allow for permanent Epiphany.
Items
Core:
Inna’s Mantra: Yay team buffs! You will be using the Spirit Stone, Gloves, and Pants.
Born’s Command: Everybody’s favorite cooldown reduction set, this helps make permanent Epiphany possible. Don those Shoulders, Chest and Sword.
Captain Crimson’s Trimmings: Hoorah for even more CDR! Just need the Belt and Boots here.
In-Geom: In a good rift, this alone may be enough to satisfy your cooldowns.
Countess Julia’s Cameo: With a large number of Rift Guardians being poison, this has become the best defensive amulet around.
Ring of Royal Grandeur: Wearing three different sets naturally requires you to wear this infamous ring.
Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac: And to round it all out….more CDR!
Legendary Gems:
Molten Wildebeest’s Gizzard, Esoteric Alteration, and Gem of Efficacious Toxin: The defense and support trifecta, these will get both you and your team the most out of the gem slots.
Each week, we will be featuring a different build for a different class, rotating through to spread the love around. If you have a cool build that you are using and would like to share with the community, send it over to my email: threedaysjpt@blizzpro.com. Send me pictures, notes, items, skills, everything!