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Monk

Monk

7 builds 22 active and 18 passive skills

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The Monk is Diablo 3's fastest, most mobile class — a martial artist who uses the Spirit resource for lightning-quick combos and powerful aura effects. They work equally well as a damage dealer and as group support.

In the current tier list (Season 40), two Monk builds are in tier S: No set Wave of Light and Raiment of a Thousand Storms. Tier A adds Monkey King's Garb Wave of Light and Uliana's Stratagem Exploding Palm. You will find every build of the class below, each with gear, cube powers and stat priorities.

Base values at level 70

Main attribute
Dexterity 217
Vitality
147
Strength / Intelligence
77
Resource
Spirit
Innate damage reduction
30%
Base critical hit
5% · +50% damage

Without gear or Paragon points, from the game files (version 2.8.0). Barbarian, Crusader and Monk take 30% less damage by default as melee classes.

Monk Builds

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No set Wave of Light

No set · Monk

  • Tier S in Season 40
  • 3,169 views
  1. Serenity
  2. Wave of Light
  3. Cyclone Strike
  4. Dashing Strike
  5. Mystic Ally
  6. Epiphany

Raiment of a Thousand Storms

Set build · Monk

  • Tier S in Season 40
  • 1,968 views
  1. Way of the Hundred Fists
  2. Crippling Wave
  3. Cyclone Strike
  4. Serenity
  5. Mantra of Salvation
  6. Dashing Strike

Monkey King's Garb Wave of Light

Set build · Monk

  • Tier A in Season 40
  • 1,531 views
  1. Way of the Hundred Fists
  2. Wave of Light
  3. Cyclone Strike
  4. Dashing Strike
  5. Epiphany
  6. Sweeping Wind

Uliana's Stratagem Exploding Palm

Set build · Monk

  • Tier A in Season 40
  • 972 views
  1. Way of the Hundred Fists
  2. Seven-Sided Strike
  3. Epiphany
  4. Cyclone Strike
  5. Dashing Strike
  6. Exploding Palm

Patterns of Justice Tempest Rush

Set build · Monk

  • Tier B in Season 40
  • 5,887 views
  1. Tempest Rush
  2. Serenity
  3. Sweeping Wind
  4. Epiphany
  5. Blinding Flash
  6. Mantra of Salvation

Inna's Mantra Mystic Ally

Set build · Monk

  • Tier B in Season 40
  • 2,037 views
  1. Way of the Hundred Fists
  2. Cyclone Strike
  3. Mystic Ally
  4. Dashing Strike
  5. Inner Sanctuary
  6. Serenity

Monkey King's Garb Tempest Rush

Set build · Monk

  • Tier B in Season 40
  • 958 views
  1. Way of the Hundred Fists
  2. Tempest Rush
  3. Epiphany
  4. Sweeping Wind
  5. Blinding Flash
  6. Mantra of Salvation

Active Skills (22)

Passive Skills (18)

Monk Sets (6)

Inna's Mantra

Set bonuses

  • (2) Set: Increase the passive effect of your Mystic Ally and the base passive effect of your Mantra by 100%.
  • (4) Set: Gain the base effect of all four Mantras at all times. You gain 5% damage reduction for each Mystic Ally you have out. Your Mystic Allies no longer take damage.
  • (6) Set: Gain the passive abilities of the five runed Mystic Allies at all times. Attacking enemies creates your chosen Mystic Ally that lasts 15 seconds, up to 10 Mystic Allies. The damage of your Mystic Allies is increased by 900% for each Mystic Ally you have out.

Set pieces

Monkey King's Garb

Set bonuses

  • (2) Set: Your damage taken is reduced by 50% while Sweeping Wind is active.
  • (4) Set: Every second Sweeping Wind spawns a decoy next to the last enemy you hit that taunts nearby enemies and then explodes for 1,000% weapon damage for each stack of Sweeping Wind you have.
  • (6) Set: Lashing Tail Kick, Tempest Rush, and Wave of Light have their damage increased by 1,500% for each stack of Sweeping Wind you have.

Set pieces

Patterns of Justice

Set bonuses

  • (2) Set: Sweeping Wind gains the effect of every rune, and movement speed is increased by 5% for each stack of Sweeping Wind.
  • (4) Set: Attacking with Tempest Rush reduces your damage taken by 50% and increases Spirit Regeneration by 50.
  • (6) Set: Hitting with Tempest Rush while Sweeping Wind is active increases the size of Sweeping Wind and also increases all damage dealt by 20,000%.

Set pieces

Raiment of a Thousand Storms

Set bonuses

  • (2) Set: Your Spirit Generators have 25% increased attack speed and 400% increased damage.
  • (4) Set: Dashing Strike spends 25 Spirit, but refunds a Charge when it does.
  • (6) Set: Your Spirit Generators increase the weapon damage of Dashing Strike to 60,000% for 6 seconds and Dashing Strike increases the damage of your Spirit Generators by 14,000% for 6 seconds.

Set pieces

Uliana's Stratagem

Set bonuses

  • (2) Set: Every third hit of your Spirit Generators applies Exploding Palm.
  • (4) Set: Your Seven-Sided Strike deals 777% its total damage with each hit. All damage taken is reduced by 77% for 7 seconds after applying Exploding Palm to an enemy.
  • (6) Set: Increase the damage of your Exploding Palm by 12,500% and your Seven-Sided Strike detonates your Exploding Palm.

Set pieces

Monk Legendary Items (11)

General Sets (14)

Bastions of Will

Set bonuses

  • (2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds. When you hit with a resource-spending attack, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.

Set pieces

Guardian's Jeopardy

Set bonuses

  • (2) Set: Your melee damage reduction is increased by 1% per 1,000 base Vitality from equipped items. Your missile damage reduction is increased by 1% per 1,000 base Strength, Dexterity, or Intelligence from equipped items depending on your class.
  • (3) Set: You gain an additional 100% of your base Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Vitality attributes from equipped items.

Set pieces