SWK Tempest Rush Monk Speed Farming Variation
Normal Rift Speed Farming Variation
The Tempest Rush Monk can deal quite well with Normal Rift farming all the way through the highest Torment difficulties. The build variation suffers from minor inconveniences compared to top tier speed farming builds (i.e. conflicting bracers, competing weapon slots), but otherwise handles the task with ease. 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.
Active Skills |
---|
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Passive Skills |
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.
In the speed farming Tempest Rush build, you will be applying the necessary
CC for Cesar's Memento through the automated
Cyclone Strike pulls
from
Won Khim Lau by selecting the
Wall of Wind rune. This allows you
to drop
Blinding Flash from the progression version of the build, and use
the mobility staple
Dashing Strike. The build remains largely the same,
but you will no longer have to keep track of stacks, since you replace the
Flurry rune with the fire-and-forget of
Electric Field,
which allows you to focus on re-applying self-buffs like
Mantra of Conviction
Annihilation and
Epiphany
Insight.
Adapting Skills
Parts of the skill and passive selection will overlap with the base Greater Rift progression build, but others will have to change according to the task at hand. Ability to cross over great distances faster and more efficiently take precedence.
- Change the
Tempest Rush rune from the stacking mechanics of
Flurry (too slow for the purposes of speedfarm) for the increased AoE of the
Electric Field rune.
- Replace
Blinding Flash for the Monk's teleportation skill,
Dashing Strike. Coupled with the speed buffing
Way of the Falling Star rune, this ability is an indispensable tool for overall mobility.
- The lost hard CC from
Blinding Flash (necessary to trigger
Cesar's Memento) is made up for by taking the
Wall of Wind rune on
Cyclone Strike, whose casts will be automated by the equipped
Won Khim Lau.
- Replace the unnecessarily defensive
Mantra of Salvation with the extra movespeed of
Mantra of Conviction
Annihilation.
- Resource management will be handled by the combination of
Sweeping Wind
Inner Storm and
Epiphany
Insight; the loss of survivability due to the latter will be made up via
Goldwrap.
- In your passives, you can replace defensive choices like
Harmony and
The Guardian's Path with the extra damage of
Momentum and
Seize the Initiative.
Adapting Gear
You will still be taking advantage of the full 6-piece set bonuses of
Sunwuko, incorporating the same split as you would in progression — but
instead of the Cpt. Crimson set, you will be including the Sage's Journey set for
Death's Breath farming. Take Sage's Ribbon and
Sage's Passage, and
then complete both the SWK and Sage set bonuses with a
Ring of Royal Grandeur in the Cube.
Both the cooldown-over-time resets of Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac and the
timed damage increase of
Convention of Elements greatly diminish in
usefulness during Normal Rift farming. That progression-oriented jewelry will be
better replaced by a split between a Lightning damage
Stone of Jordan (for
the permanent damage increase) and an
Avarice Band (for the synergy with
Goldwrap and
Boon of the Hoarder).
The trio of Tempest Rush-oriented legendary items will remain in their
place, as they are too valuable to pass up even during farming:
Vengeful Wind for the massive increase to the SWK 6-piece bonus,
Won Khim Lau for the damage multiplication and
Cyclone Strike
convenience, and
Cesar's Memento for the substantial damage buffs.
Slot | Pieces | Stat Priority |
---|---|---|
Head |
|
|
Shoulders |
|
|
Torso |
|
|
Wrists |
|
|
Hands |
|
|
Waist |
|
|
Legs |
|
|
Feet |
|
|
Amulet |
|
|
Ring #1 |
|
|
Ring #2 |
|
|
Weapon #1 |
|
|
Weapon #2 |
|
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
Taeguk both still 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 a worn
Avarice Band. It will also render you practically
invulnerable through a worn
Goldwrap.
Slot | Gems |
---|---|
Jewelry | |
Helm | |
Torso and Pants |
|
Weapon |
For more information about gems, please refer to our guide on gems.
Adapting Kanai's Cube
While you will lose a damage multiplier by dropping Balance from the
weapon slot in the Cube, you will make up the loss with the valuable
cooldown-resetting powers of
In-geom.
Our default recommendation for the armor Cube slot is Goldwrap, since
its synergy with
Boon of the Hoarder and
Avarice Band will render you
practically invincible during regular Rifts.
Lastly, in order to maintain the valuable 6-piece bonus of Sunwuko and
3-piece bonus of the Sage set, you will need to cube a
Ring of Royal Grandeur in the jewelry slot.
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 numerous utility bonuses, allowing you to smooth out your speed runs even further.
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
The best potion for Tempest Rush Monks is the
Bottomless Potion of Kulle-Aid, as it allows you to break through Waller
affixes — an elite affix common enough to be a major pain in a build that
is highly dependent on mobility.
Changelog
- 14 Apr. 2022: Guide reviewed for Season 26.
- 08 Dec. 2021: Added Season 25 Soul Shard recommendations.
- 21 Jul. 2021: Added Ethereal weapon recommendation for Season 24.
- 01 Apr. 2021: Added follower recommendation.
- 16 Nov. 2020: Added S22 Cube recommendation.
- 01 Jul. 2020: No changes required for Season 21.
- 14 Apr. 2020: Fixed elemental damage recommendation and typos.
- 12 Mar. 2020: No changes necessary for Season 20.
- 21 Nov. 2019: Significantly expanded the overall information in the guide, Sage setup changed to reflect new items. Updated for Season 19.
- 23 Aug. 2019: Reviewed for Season 18.
- 16 May 2019: Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
- 23 Mar. 2018: Added the guide.
More Monk Guides
Builds from Other Classes
Farming Guides
This build is presented to you by Deadset, one of the very few professional Diablo 3 players. Deadset regularly publishes video guides on Youtube and streams on Twitch, where you can see how this and other builds play out in practice.
- Diablo Immortal Reaches Over 10 Million Downloads
- Diablo Immortal Hotfixes: June 6th
- Diablo Immortal Known Issues, Hotfixes, and Patch Notes for PC Open Beta
- Don't Forget to Turn on Auto Loot in Diablo: Immortal
- Diablo Immortal Blizzard Store Update and Health Potion Collector's Box
- New Diablo Immortal Wings and Pet in Diablo 3
- Diablo Immortal Guides and News Section Launch
- Diablo: Immortal Launch Guide: Global Release Times, PC Pre-Download and More