Monk Inna Mystic Ally Build

The Inna's Mantra set has been thoroughly reworked in Season 24, reimagining the generic damage bonuses of its former state into an entirely Mystic Ally-centric playstyle that empowers the Monk with the combined power of all Ally runes, while simultaneously allowing them to summon a horde of Allies at their side via attacks. This results in a formidable summoner playstyle that can be reliably used in two elemental variations (Physical and Cold), and that can be taken through all forms of content. For the sake of brevity, this guide will present the Greater Rift solo pushing version and the speed farming version of the build, whilst adding notes on the various alterations you can make to tailor the build to your specific gameplay needs.

The basic skill setup of the Inna Mystic Ally Monk is displayed below. Read the dedicated Skills page for detailed information on choices, alternatives and build customization.

Active Skills
Way of the Hundred Fists Assimilation Cyclone Strike Implosion 1 Mystic Ally Fire Ally 2 Dashing Strike Blinding Speed 3 Inner Sanctuary Temple of Protection 4 Serenity Ascension
Passive Skills
Near Death Experience Seize the Initiative Beacon of Ytar The Guardian's Path

The required gear setup for the Inna Mystic Ally Monk is listed below. Check the Gear page for detailed information on choices, alternatives, gemming, Kanai's Cube and Paragon distribution.

• Helm: Inna's Radiance
• Shoulders: Lefebvre's Soliloquy
• Gloves: Inna's Hold
• Chest: Inna's Vast Expanse
• Belt: Inna's Favor
• Pants: Inna's Temperance
• Boots: The Crudest Boots
• Bracers: Spirit Guards
• Amulet: The Traveler's Pledge
• Ring 1: The Compass Rose
• Ring 2: Convention of Elements
• Weapon 1: Shenlong's Fist of Legend
• Weapon 2: Shenlong's Relentless Assault

The former Season 28 theme, the Altar of Rites, has been revised and re-added to Diablo 3 as a permanent character progression mechanic. — For virtually all builds and players of all skill levels — from casual to advanced — we recommend progressing through the Altar tree using the path outlined below. The suggested path is geared towards maximum quality of life first, then amplifying damage, and then mopping up the tree with defensive and edge case utility nodes.

Note that while they require reaching them with a Seal, Legendary Potion Powers are not part of the Seal cost system; Potions unlock with a separate resource called Primordial Ashes, obtained from salvaging Legendary or Set items of Primal (red bordered) quality. Upgrade them as soon as possible, and in the order shown below (courtesy of Caleko's Altar of Rites planner).

You can read more on the Altar of Rites, Seals and Legendary Potion Powers in our dedicated Altar of Rites Mechanics guide.

• Legendary Gem 1: Bane of the Trapped
• Legendary Gem 2: Bane of the Stricken
• Legendary Gem 3: Enforcer

• Weapon Slot: Flying Dragon
• Armor Slot: Bindings of the Lesser Gods
• Jewelry Slot: Ring of Royal Grandeur

We recommend the Enchantress for both GR solo progression and in speed GR and T16 farming. Check our Follower guide for advice on their skills and gearing. For your legendary potion, we recommend Bottomless Potion of the Unfettered.

This Season revives the Pandemonium Kill Streak buff from Season 19. Each stack grants a bonus to movement speed and damage, capping at +50% movement speed and +100% damage at 1000 kills. Hitting specific kill thresholds unleashes powerful effects. Read more in our dedicated Season of the Eternal Conflict Mechanics Guide!

While speedfarming sees limited use from this theme, Greater Rift pushing benefits significantly. Effects like Geysers (150), Meteors (400), and Angels (500) can clear elites and Rift Guardians instantly. Players may reset streaks after 150 kills to repeatedly trigger Geysers or push for 500+ kills near boss fights, often using Nemesis Bracers to spawn extra enemies.

Because the most potent effects (Geysers, Meteors, Angels) can obliterate Rift Guardians instantly up to GR150, players can retool builds for efficiency and comfort. Here’s how:

Since you can rely on killstreak procs to clear the Rift Guardian, Bane of the Stricken can be safely omitted in favor of:

• Another generic damage-scaling legendary gem ( Bane of the Trapped for builds with any form of crowd control and/or melee range, Zei's Stone of Vengeance for far ranged builds, Taeguk for channeling builds, Simplicity's Strength for primary attack-focused builds, Enforcer for pet-oriented builds, etc.)
• A survivability-oriented legendary gem ( Esoteric Alteration, Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard), or additional utility ( Gogok of Swiftness for CDR-reliant builds, Pain Enhancer for attack speed-heavy builds, or Wreath of Lightning for extra movement speed).

Adjust your equipment to items that favor durability, health sustain, and ease of movement. Consider adjusting non-essential skills for the build to ones that pull, reposition, or otherwise displace enemies to facilitate large pulls of enemy packs. In more concrete terms, this means:

• For class-specific items, Monks should consider Lefebvre's Soliloquy; this is a powerful damage reduction item that incentivizes you to use the enemy-pulling skill Cyclone Strike. Alternatively, Spirit Guards offer a similar defensive bonus for using resource-generating primary skills. Both options synergize well with the killstreak theme by improving survivability while grouping enemies.
• For additional options that balance between defense and offense, other helpful cross-class jewelry includes Unity (combined with the same ring on the follower plus a follower immortality token), and the Endless Walk set ( The Traveler's Pledge and The Compass Rose).
• Situational items that can bolster your defenses include Stone Gauntlets, the drawbacks of which are negated via CC-immunity effects like Epiphany, Ice Climbers, or the Altar of Rites CC-immunity node. Aquila Cuirass is also a strong choice for low Spirit-spending builds. A final niche consideration is Crystal Fist, which provides considerable Damage Reduction after using Dashing Strike.
• Utility items like Nemesis Bracers are essential as more elites mean more killstreak maintenance and faster progression. When soloing, they should be equipped by your follower; in groups, at least one party member should commit to wearing them. Edge cases will see the inclusion of Warzechian Armguards or Krelm's Buff Belt (more speed for easier scouting and pulls), Strongarm Bracers (extra damage vs. displaced enemies), and Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac to lower the downtime of Epiphany. To facilitate large pulls, consider using a Follower equipped with The Ess of Johan, a proc-based analogue to an enemy-pulling skill (albeit outside your control).
• Skill-wise, make sure to include at least one movement ability like Dashing Strike and an enemy-pulling tool like Cyclone Strike Implosion. Take a look if you can include passives like Beacon of Ytar for cooldown reduction or Near Death Experience as a cheat-death mechanic to play more aggressively. Epiphany Desert Shroud is vital for toughness during massive pulls.

In this section, we will briefly go over how to kickstart this build into reality; which items you should aim for with priority when farming and gambling, and what is their relative priority for the functioning of this spec. Note that these suggestions are exclusively aimed at getting you up and running into endgame farming, and might not reflect the gear you need to wear for high-end Greater Rift solo or group pushing. This section also assumes a fresh Season's start, which usually is the point where most players work on assembling their first build with a particular set.

If the Inna set is part of the Haedrig's Gift for the Season, your simplest and most straightforward path to assembling the build is to complete the Seasonal Journey chapters up to Chapter IV. The Seasonal Journey chapters will gradually give you a complete class-specific set, giving 2-3 pieces for Chapters II, III and IV.

From the pre-game menu, choose and do this week's Challenge Rift. When successfully completed, this weekly event will grant you 5,1 million Gold, 475 Blood Shards, 370 Reusable Parts, 350 Arcane Dust, 125 Veiled Crystals, 35 Death's Breaths, and 15 of each Bounty cache material: Khanduran Rune, Caldeum Nightshade, Arreat War Tapestry, Corrupted Angel Flesh, and Westmarch Holy Water. This will allow you some early Seasonal leeway to extract and reforge items in Kanai's Cube, speeding up the assembly of this build with the items recommended below.

Having some materials at your disposal, either from farming or the Challenge Rift, is particularly important when you get duplicate pieces of your desired set. When you do, you can use Kanai's Cube Skill of Nilfur recipe (10x Forgotten Souls, 10x Death's Breaths, 1x Set item) to convert into another item from the same set. You should never salvage duplicate pieces of a desired set before you have it assembled.

In order to assemble an Inna Mystic Ally Monk, you should do the following.

• Gather the full 6-piece Inna set using the advice above, or by spending Blood Shards at Kadala. In order of gamble chance, you should spend for: Pants, Boots, Gloves, Chest, Belt, and Helm. Do not gamble for the Daibo, since Weapon gamble costs are prohibitively expensive. A trick you can also use is to gamble for duplicate pieces with an easier gamble chance (i.e., Pants) and convert them into another piece from the same set using the Skill of Nilfur recipe in Kanai's Cube.
• Gamble Boots for The Crudest Boots, which also might have been your lucky find from the level 1 gambling. These boots double the number of Mystic Ally clones that are summoned by the skill, triples their damage dealt, and prolongs their active form attack — especially useful for Water Ally. This is your legendary item target No1.
• Gamble Bracers for Bindings of the Lesser Gods; this item further enhances the damage dealt by your Mystic Ally summmons, and forms a very satisfying synergy with the monstrous pull of Cyclone Strike. Bracers gambling can also net you Nemesis Bracers, which are a cornerstone farming item.
• Upgrade rare One-handed Swords to get In-geom; doing this on a level 1 Demon Hunter alt will improve your chances due to their lowest loot pool of legendary swords.
• Upgrade rare One-handed Maces to get Echoing Fury; doing this on a level 1 Witch Doctor alt will improve your chances due to their lowest loot pool of legendary maces.
• Upgrade rare Two-handed Axes to get Messerschmidt's Reaver; along with In-geom, these two legendary powers will practically nullify your Mystic Ally cooldown and mmake you an unstoppable force in farming sessions.
• Gambling Belts can net you Goldwrap — a cornerstone standard rift farming item that makes you nearly invulnerable as you pick up gold.
• Do Act I bounties to attain the act-specific Ring of Royal Grandeur from Bounty caches. This will be helpful either in completing the basic set bonus, or mixing other helpful sets in (Aughilds) as described in the Inna Mystic Ally Gear page. Bounties will net you the craftable set recipes to begin with, so you will be killing two birds with one stone. Bounties will also net you Avarice Band (Act III), another farming-oriented staple for most builds and classes, this one included.
• While largely undesirable due to high costs, gambling or upgrading rare Jewelry is also possible; the Bastions of Will set ( Focus and Restraint), the Endless Walk set ( The Traveler's Pledge and The Compass Rose), and Convention of Elements , Unity and will all bring massive damage bumps to the build, with other standout pieces that can also substitute or be temporarily helpful in the face of Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac, Stone of Jordan, Squirt's Necklace, or Oculus Ring and The Flavor of Time for your Follower.