605 HP Monk Build

Where does one find the enchanted offhand and the 30 health weapon?

I've been fiddling more with the build - I took retribution off in favor of Signet of Judgement and exchanged blessed sig in favor of spear of light, however, the downtime between fights can be brutal, waiting for energy to regen.

If you use prot spirit anyways, why would you want 605 hp over a lower hp with super runes? It's not like you'd let your enchants drop..

The key is not high HP, but low armor. Take Frenzy and Heal Sig to lower it more if you want!

so without the amplified effects of degen, and assuming that you have something to cover the bond and prot spirit.....does this = the ultimate pvp invinci-build?

maybe against just warriors and assassins.

Almost useless in PVP because of energy issues?

Like what the others said, you don't have to cast in ANY order. Spirit bond ALWAYS acts before prot spirit. The only beef I have with this build is vs monks and casters. Low damage dealers add up after a while.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ilya Khan

I posted that info awhile back but someone kept deleting it =/

Interesting build, I'll definetely have to give this a try. One question, if you use the presear AL 5 or 7 armor, SB should trigger around 23-24 base damage. Is there any reason not to use this armor with this build?

@tepp if you're not having energy management problems, you could take out essence bond and sub in scourge healing for those stupid star lights. Also try cornering them so that you can take the full benefit of zealots. More health=more retribution DPS but less health=better net gain from SB, countering the degen effects towards mid range hp (though of course too low hp means certain death Xp) according to this build of course.
I use my own E/Mo version of this so I have no divine lol.

Quote: Originally Posted by tepp

Quote: Originally Posted by Avarre

i do it with 602hp and pre-searing armor muahahahha i can clear almost everything

Consider adding Holy Wrath into the build. I simply use Bonetti's Defense when I want to cast something, then mash the button until I see a casting animation.

You can usually cast a spell fairly expediantly like this, it helps if all the mobs arent attacking you at the same time (ie- synced up), but thats a precaution thats not really needed.

Btw, adding Holy Wrath increases your damage output by ~250%, which means killing mobs in under 1/3 the normal amount of time. Also, you have DPS roughly triple that of Shield of Judgement.

I've tested this build myself with this exact stat build.
15 Smiting (superior rune + helmet tattoo)
13 Protection (superior rune)
13 Divine Favor (superior rune)

All five pieces of AL15 armor.
Using Kephet's Staff since using the +5/45 offhand = not enough dmg for spirit bond to work.

[EDIT]
I've figured it out perfectly.
It's like this, folks.
The less HP you have, the better. At the same time, too little HP means that you may die too quickly.

Your equipment should be like this.
15AL Zealot's Scalp with Superior Smiting rune.
15AL Ascetics's Chest with minor vigor (still debating on the vigor. Actually, I don't think you need it.)
15AL Ascetics's Hands with Superior Protection rune.
15AL Ascetic's Legs with Superior Divine Favor rune.
15AL Ascetic's Feet.

Kephet's Refuge staff (ideal)

Now, from what I've gathered, the big advantages of this build over the 55 build is that this build can handle degen to certain degree and that it kills stuff faster.

So, ideally, the stats should be:
15 Smiting (DMG)
15 Protection (SB especially works well with this)
9 Divine (25% enchanting Blessed Aura + 20% Enchanting on your staff = not as good as 50% but still pretty good as far as lengthening the amount of your enchantments)

So, basically, with this build, you should be near invincible seeing as how every single hit should heal you for 100 health with a 15 protection SB. So, yeah, it's close to 55 monk but doesn't need a Grim Cesta or two more superiors. So at most, this build should only cost 10K to make total (weapon, runes, and armor combined).

I'm still testing it's functionality.
And for the record, Bonetti's + Holy Wrath = crap. The adreniline build + ranged attacks not working with Bonetti's like the descriptions says it should = NO energy to repop SOJ, Protective Spirit, and SB...

in otherwords, instant death.

Quote: Originally Posted by Klmpee

Quote: Originally Posted by Devolution

I'm currently using a N/Mo build based on this idea to solo the droks trolls.

16 to curses, 12 to prot prayers and the rest +sup rune to soul reaping.

And naturally low armour.

1:Prot spirit
2:Spirit bond
3:Spiteful spirit.
4: Insidious parasite
5:Reckless haste
6:essence bond
7:balth spirit
8:empty slot

Reckless haste to speed up the damage done by SS
Insidious to do damage versus a single troll, or to upkeep health a little bit better.

255 hp.

Quote: Originally Posted by ubermancer