SWK LTK Monk Speed Farming Variation
Speed Farming
The Sunwuko LTK Monk deals with regular Rift farming decently all the way through the highest Torments, making it a viable build for the task. We have solo speed GR rankings and solo speed T16 rankings if you want to know more about which builds are best for speed farming.
Within the limited scope of regular difficulties, the necessary damage and toughness to triumph over the enemy is significantly smaller. Thus, your best course of action is to improve utility and speed.
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Adapting Rotation
When you are speed farming regular rifts, parts of your playstyle will adapt to the lowered challenge and focus more on speed and utility.
Similarly to all Sunwuko builds, this LTK variant begins runs by activating
Sweeping Wind, which should be kept up throughout the rift. Use your
superior mobility from the
Dashing Strike reset by
In-geom to seek
out enemies, destroying them in one fell swoop with the convenient AoE of
Lashing Tail Kick
Sweeping Armada . Your Spirit needs will be taken care of by
the combined passive regeneration of
Epiphany
Insight,
Mantra of Healing
Circular Breathing and
Chant of Resonance, plus the
active pop of
Air Ally; you will make up the loss of toughness from losing
Desert Shroud via
Goldwrap.
Adapting Skills
The recommended skill alterations from the GR progression build are:
Epiphany is an omnipresent self-buff in all versions of the build. You can consider
Insight over
Desert Shroud if you trust your upkeep of
Goldwrap mitigation.
- You can shift away from survivability into more utility on
Dashing Strike depending on your confidence in handling the build. This is usually done by replacing
Blinding Speed with either
Quicksilver for the additional charge during T16 rifts (where elites are more abundant for
In-geom procs), or
Way of the Falling Star (for the greater distance covered during bounties).
- Since you will be dropping the excessive clone damage from
Rabid Strike plus
Bindings of the Lesser Gods combo in T16 farming, you should also swap
Cyclone Strike for a passive Spirit regeneration source from
Mantra of Healing
Circular Breathing.
- Since toughness will be mostly taken care of by
Goldwrap, you can consider dropping the Monk progression staplel
Harmony for
Chant of Resonance; coupled with
Circular Breathing, it will provide a solid source of Spirit regeneration for your farming convenience.
Adapting Gear
You will still be taking advantage of the full 6-piece set bonuses of
Sunwuko set while wearing 5 of the available pieces, and using a
Ring of Royal Grandeur to complete the full bonus, since reliance on the
Rabid Strike clone and Cpt. Crimson damage scaling is absolute overkill
for T16 rift farming however, you will be shifting several pieces around:
- Get
Gyana Na Kashu for the head slot, which will add a solid single target damage proc and brings a massive skill damage bonus to boot;
- Wear
Goldwrap, which brings near-invulnerability with its interaction with
Boon of the Hoarder and
Avarice Band;
- Take
In-geom over
Rabid Strike for its unparalleled Cooldown Reduction utility.
Lastly, it is advisable to wear Ring of Royal Grandeur as an equipped
item, since this allows you to have the damage multiplier of
Squirt's Necklace in the Cube despite the neck slot occupation of
Sunwuko's Shines. Pair this ring either with
Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac to ensure your cooldown availability (in Rifts
or Bounties where
In-geom procs prove unreliable), or a Physical damage
Stone of Jordan for a constant Elemental and Elite damage boost.
Note that both Zodiac and SoJ are recommended for solo farming, since your
Follower can wear Avarice Band and "Emanate" its valuable pickup radius
effect to you as if you wore it yourself. When group farming, equip the Avarice
yourself in their place.
Since you will be dropping the whole Rabid Strike —
Bindings of the Lesser Gods interaction in T16s, consider wearing
Warzechian Armguards instead; they will bring an environment
destruction-based speed buff that is easily provided by the AoE of this
build. The former favorites, the elite spawning
Nemesis Bracers, are still
very valuable, but they can now be equipped on the follower while still getting
their bonus via the Emanate mechanics. You should still equip them in groups,
where you cannot have a follower with you. The
Nemesis Bracers value comes
from the additional loot — not to mention progression — coming from
the extra elite spawns. They let you finish standard rifts that much faster, and
acquire the coveted GR keys in greater amounts.
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To help you with farming the gear you need for your builds, we have two very useful guides that you can access by clicking the links below: a Salvage Guide to help you quickly check whether or not you can safely salvage a piece of gear and a Legendary Farming Guide to help you efficiently farm legendaries and set items.
Adapting Gems
Bane of the Trapped and
Bane of the Powerful will bring excellent
damage multiplication value to the build in speed farming.
In normal rifts, the third gem slot should be taken by
Boon of the Hoarder. This high utility gem feeds you practically infinite
gold and gives you a massive short-term speed boost while picking it up,
automated by
Avarice Band. It will also render you practically
invulnerable through a worn
Goldwrap.
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For more information about gems, please refer to our guide on gems.
Adapting Kanai's Cube
During speedruns, In-geom shines over your other options by cutting 10
seconds off all your cooldowns after killing an elite, essentially nullifying
resource and mobility concerns for a generous 15-second period — usually
enough to keep the procs going.
You should wear your stronger rolled item between Rivera Dancers and
The Crudest Boots, and extract the weaker one in this slot.
Tucked away in the jewelry slot of the Cube, Squirt's Necklace will add
another huge damage multiplier to the build. You will counteract its "increased
damage taken" downside with the
Goldwrap toughness boost.
The Kanai's Cube can be used for much more than simply extracting Legendary powers from items. Please refer to our Kanai's Cube guide for more information.
Follower
The recommended follower for this build during standard rift farming for keys
is the Enchantress due to her cooldown reduction buff from
Prophetic Harmony, as well as the
Focused Mind attack speed buff.
For more information regarding followers, we advise you to read our Follower Guide, which contains detailed advice for choosing the skills and the gear of your follower.
Legendary Potion
Your recommended potion is Bottomless Potion of the Tower, whose
Armor-increasing properties complement the naturally high All Resistances stat
of Monks (due to
Harmony) for optimal survivability.
Changelog
- 14 Apr. 2022: Guide reviewed for Season 26.
- 08 Dec. 2021: Guide revised and added Season 25 Soul Shard recommendations.
- 21 Jul. 2021: Added Ethereal weapon recommendation for Season 24.
- 01 Apr. 2021: Minor gear adjustments and added a follower recommendation.
- 16 Nov. 2020: Added S22 Cube recommendation.
- 01 Jul. 2020: No changes required for Season 21.
- 12 Mar. 2020: No changes necessary for Season 20.
- 21 Nov. 2019: Overhaul of speed farming build to include the Sage's set for farming. Updated for Season 19.
- 23 Aug. 2019: Reviewed for Season 18.
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