D/A pve offensive derv

[skill]Reaper's Sweep[/skill][skill]Victorious Sweep[/skill][skill]Wearying Strike[/skill][skill]Signet of Malice[/skill][skill]Malicious Strike[/skill][skill]Heart of Fury[/skill][skill]Eremite's Zeal[/skill][skill]Resurrection Signet[/skill]

16 scythe
13 mysticism

Usage is simple....use Wearying Strike, then Signet of Malice to remove the weakness instantly. Malicious Strike is powerful on a scythe hitting for 102 dmg against 60al assuming you meet the requirement, so it's used after Wearying. Although deep wound is already in the build, Reaper's Sweep is still used cause it's an unconditional 42+dmg and it's deep wound requirement is somewhat unreliable in pve. Eremite's Zeal is used to keep your energy up - use it when Heart of Fury is about to end. You can also use it to remove unneeded enchantments that your monks cast on you.

Lyssa Variant:

[skill]Avatar of Lyssa[/skill][skill]Mystic Sweep[/skill][skill]Eremite's Attack[/skill][skill]Wearying Strike[/skill][skill]Signet of Malice[/skill][skill]Malicious Strike[/skill][skill]Heart of Fury[/skill][skill]Resurrection Signet[/skill]

This variant is a much more powerful but sadly is ineffective in hard mode because of the increased casttime on enemy skills Put on a +4 mysticism hood before activating Avatar of Lyssa to get the full 95second duration (then swap back to a scythe mastery hood of course).

These builds use no healing but assuming you have at least one good monk hero with 1-2 monk henches, that's never a problem. The point is to take full advantage of the damage that a derv can do.

Rez Signet? anyway i'm gunna try it looks quite usefull

Of course you'd use a res =p

self heal? monks have a lot of priority and cannot simply look after you.
If your plan was to rely on victorious sweep then it's pathetic, With conditions hammering you ontop of damage, you wont be able to cope. It needs thinking and some sort of self heal.

are these PvE? or PvP? if PvE you NEED a self heal, pvp you should have one, but its not totally necessary.

I assume 8th slot is for rez

also wearying strike + signet of malice isnt worth the 2 slots. try chilling victory. get your deep wound from reapers.

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I don't think proof is necessary. If you have a class with the capability to self heal then you should take advantage. I can't count the times that my hero or hench monks did something stupid, like try to kite from one enemy only to run right into another one. Then it's buh bye monk. As you pointed out PUG monks can be unreliable. I prefer not to leave my fate in the hands of AI or incompetent PUG monks. I've run the same build through three campaigns using Mystic Regen as a self heal and never had any problems. Of course your build is light on the enchants so I doubt that would be a viable option for you but, vital boon works well.

If your not bring a selfheal in a group you an asshole, plain and simple. heroes might not mind that your an asshole, but if you try to group with people the monks and other players that have to rez you have a right to be pissed.

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good builds should be able to balance damage, utility, support, and rez skills.

I'm gonna have to side with the OP about the self heal thing, you honestly do not need one. Any self heals will take away from the AoE damage of the scythe (which is the point of the build). That's like saying a monk needs to spec points into smiting or else the group won't need him, which is BS. This is PvE folks, you can get away with just about anything. Hench/Hero monks will do plenty of the healing, and in a real group you'd have to have a pretty worthless monk to NEED one. Any slots taken away from damage will make things take longer to kill, which can be much more dangerous to the team as a whole. Focus on what you're best at. You'll probably want a rez though, and Sunspear Signet works wonders in PvE.

people overuse monks, alot. monks shouldnt be constantly healing, they are there to give a hand up when a character takes serious damage.you shouldnt need 2-3 monks in every 8 person group, a selfheal on every character eliminates the need for 2 or more monks in every group, leaving spots open for more DPS. so adding mystic regen to your build can give the team more dps. get it?

He's right about the self heal.If you have it you should use it otherwise you're overloading your party with healing and killing your damage output. I did Hell's Precipice last night with a pretty good group. Everyone else in district was spamming for 2 monks 2 monks. We had one monk and a lot of self sufficient chars with the ability to self heal, at least a little bit. Breezed through and the monk wasn't constantly waiting for a recharge on energy.

You dont need a selfheal. I play with selfheal and prot usually in PUGs, but that's just because im used to horrible builds other people use.

If i play with henchies/heroes, i dont need a self-heal. Same when i play with people i know and who know how to play.

Selfheal is just optional, if it fits in the build, cool. Usually it's better to increase the damage, but that depends on the area where you're fighting. In FoW for instance, i go with selfheal/prot build dealing nice dmg as well.

and there are those rare skills like Victorious Sweep that can provide nice damage and a pretty decent self heal....just my 2 cents