Monkey King's Garb Tempest Rush — Monk

Monk Build C · by eRnstl · 168 Views

Monkey King's Garb Tempest Rush for the Monk: tier C, Season 39, with gear, cube powers, gems and 3 variants.

At a glance

Class: Monk
Tier: C
Season: S39
Main skill: Way of the Hundred Fists
Items: 13
Cube powers: 4
Updated: 25.08.2026

Equipment

Helm Sunwuko's Crown
Shoulders Mantle of Channeling
Amulet Sunwuko's Shines
Chest Sunwuko's Soul
Gloves Sunwuko's Paws
Bracers Cesar's Memento
Belt Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle
Pants Sunwuko's Leggings
Boots Captain Crimson's Waders
Ring 1 Convention of Elements
Ring 2 Stone of Jordan
Main Hand Won Khim Lau
Off Hand Vengeful Wind

Active Skills

Way of the Hundred Fists Fists of Fury

Tempest Rush Bluster

Epiphany Desert Shroud

Sweeping Wind Inner Storm

Blinding Flash Self Reflection

Mantra of Salvation Hard Target

Passive Skills

Seize the Initiative

Beacon of Ytar

Mythic Rhythm

Harmony

Kanai's Cube

Weapon Balance

Armor Stone Gauntlets

Jewelry Ring of Royal Grandeur

4th slot (Season 39) Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac

Stat Priority

Dexterity
Critical Hit Chance
Area Damage
Vitality
Cooldown Reduction
Resource Cost Reduction

Legendary Gems

Bane of the Trapped Rank 150

Bane of the Stricken Rank 150

Taeguk Rank 150

Regular Gems

Helm Topaz

Armor Diamond

Weapon Emerald

Sunwuko's Crown

Helm

✦ Dexterity

✦ Critical Hit Chance

✦ Tempest Rush Damage

✦ Poison Resistance

✦ Socket

✦ Dexterity

✦ Area Damage

✦ Cooldown Reduction

✦ Fire Resistance

✦ Resource Cost Reduction

Sunwuko's Soul

Chest Armor

✦ Dexterity

✦ Vitality

✦ Damage Reduction from Elites

✦ Cold Resistance

✦ Socket

✦ Critical Hit Damage

✦ Critical Hit Chance

✦ Area Damage

✦ Cooldown Reduction

✦ Physical Resistance

✦ Dexterity

✦ Critical Hit Chance

✦ Arcane Resistance

✦ Dexterity

✦ Vitality

✦ All Resistance

✦ Life %

Sunwuko's Leggings

Pants

✦ Dexterity

✦ Vitality

✦ All Resistance

✦ Socket

✦ Dexterity

✦ Vitality

✦ All Resistance

✦ Tempest Rush Damage

Sunwuko's Shines

Amulet

✦ Gold Find

✦ Critical Hit Damage

✦ Critical Hit Chance

✦ Socket

Convention of Elements

Ring 1

✦ Critical Hit Damage

✦ Critical Hit Chance

✦ Area Damage

✦ Fire Resistance

✦ Socket

Stone of Jordan

Ring 2

✦ Maximum Spirit

✦ Damage against Elites

✦ Critical Hit Chance

✦ Physical Resistance

✦ Socket

Won Khim Lau

Main Hand

✦ Area Damage

✦ Resource Cost Reduction

✦ Cooldown Reduction

✦ Socket

Vengeful Wind

Off Hand

✦ Physical Damage (Weapon)

✦ Area Damage

✦ Resource Cost Reduction

✦ Socket

Gameplay

The configuration

This setup is stored as a complete build — gear, skills, runes and all four cube slots work together and are not assembled from individual statistics.

Set: Monkey King's Garb
Rating: tier C across all classes
Kanai's Cube: Balance, Stone Gauntlets, Ring of Royal Grandeur, Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac
Skills: Way of the Hundred Fists (Fists of Fury), Tempest Rush (Bluster), Epiphany (Desert Shroud), Sweeping Wind (Inner Storm), Blinding Flash (Self Reflection), Mantra of Salvation (Hard Target)
Passives: Seize the Initiative, Beacon of Ytar, Mythic Rhythm, Harmony
Variants available: GR push, Speed farming, Torment 16 / Nephalem rifts

Use the variant switcher above to move between the versions. What changes between them is spelled out below — read it before you rebuild.

What the set does

This build wears Monkey King's Garb. These bonuses apply once the matching number of set pieces is equipped — the damage multiplier hangs on them, not on the individual stats of the pieces:

2 pieces: Your damage taken is reduced by 50% while Sweeping Wind is active.
4 pieces: Every second Sweeping Wind spawns a decoy next to the last enemy you hit that taunts nearby enemies and then explodes for 1000% weapon damage for each stack of Sweeping Wind you have.
6 pieces: Lashing Tail Kick, Tempest Rush, and Wave of Light have their damage increased by 1500% for each stack of Sweeping Wind you have.

How the variants differ

Measured against the push version. Anything not listed here stays the same:

Speed farming: swaps in skills Cyclone Strike (Soothing Breeze), Dashing Strike (Blinding Speed); cube Mantle of Channeling, Cesar's Memento; gems Bane of the Powerful.
Torment 16 / Nephalem rifts: swaps in skills Cyclone Strike (Soothing Breeze), Tempest Rush (Flurry), Epiphany (Soothing Mist), Dashing Strike (Blinding Speed), Mantra of Healing (Heavenly Body); cube Goldwrap, Squirt's Necklace, Vengeful Wind; gems Boon of the Hoarder.

Sockets and gems

The 3 legendary gems (Bane of the Trapped, Bane of the Stricken, Taeguk) belong in the jewellery slots — that is the only place their rank counts, and the only place they keep growing when you upgrade after a Greater Rift.

The remaining 8 sockets are filled with Diamond: the multiplier already comes from the set and the legendary powers, so one more base stat does more there than another effect would.

On the season theme

Shades of the Nephalem spawns a shadow clone of your class at every shrine and pylon that fights along for one minute. Activate shrines inside the pull, not on the way there. The fourth cube slot is already filled in every variant above.