Sunwuko Wave of Light Monk

[Arkathar 0]

On 30/9/2016 at 11:42 AM, Arkathar said:

Hi, great guide and great build! It was really good. I can play on T13 and T13 Rifts easily but I really deal no damage on GRifts from 60 onwards. I am Paragon 655 and have exactly the build showed here. Any tips? Thanks!

Hi, thanks for answering. Here is the link to my character: http://eu.battle.net/d3/es/profile/Arkathar-2522/hero/81441802

[Deadset 108]

On 10/3/2016 at 4:35 PM, Arkathar said:

Hi, thanks for answering. Here is the link to my character: http://eu.battle.net/d3/es/profile/Arkathar-2522/hero/81441802

Quick notes:

- Some of your items are incorrect with respect to the guide: Oculus Ring instead of Unity, Sledge Fist instead of Crystal Fist.

- A lot of your gear is not ancient, most importantly - your weapons. This hurts your damage a great deal, on top of the fact that you can't augment non-ancient gear with the Caldesann enchant, further reducing your damage potential.

- From the items that are correct, many don't have the needed stats. Jewelry and Helm are missing crit stats, Armor pieces are missing important Toughness and/or Damage rolls (Pants & Boots particularly).

- Boring tip, but more Paragons and Legendary Gem levels will make a huge difference.

[Arkathar 0]

Thanks for your tips! I changed Unity because I had no other to equip my companion and Sledge Fist because I do not usually die, but I used them both before. I am trying hard to find more ancients, but no luck so far. But I did not pay enough attention to the stats I think.

Will keep improving my gear. Great thanks!

[Valks 2,375]

On 10/4/2016 at 10:03 PM, Arkathar said:

Will keep improving my gear. Great thanks!

Good luck with it and just ask if you have any other questions :)

[Guest Contraus]

I feel like I'm hitting WAY harder using the Incense Torch than the 1-handers.  My torch is not even ancient and I don't even have a socket in it.  Whereas my 1-handers are ancient and have green gems in both.  Only thing I'm missing by using the torch is the affix on the Crystal fist, which I feel like I don't really need because I'm pretty good at keeping out of trouble.  Also, another benefit of using the torch is you attack slower and therefore don't blow through spirit and SW stacks nearly as much.  This allows me to easily run Magefist in the cube instead of Cindercoat, while missing the extra VW stacks even less.  I haven't pushed really high GR's yet using the torch (I've easily completed GR68 with tons of time left).  But, unless the Crystal Fist affix becomes completely necessary in higher GR's, it seems using the torch is a way better option (cube the Kyoshiro).  Any thoughts on this?  Am I missing something here?

[Valks 2,375]

On 10/14/2016 at 9:14 PM, Guest Contraus said:

Any thoughts on this?  Am I missing something here?

You've answered your own question here. That damage reduction from the fist becomes necessary as soon as you start pushing higher rifts. You will feel extremely fragile without it at 75+.

[Guest Peluconus]

Hey! Thanks for making this guide, it's pretty solid. I'm somehow "new" to the game, I started playing seriously in the last season, and the monk caught my attention for this one. During my playthrough, I found a fist weapon called Vengeful Wind , and I thought this could make a good synergy with the build, but as I'm not a veteran player, I wanted to ask for your point of view.

[Deadset 108]

On 10/28/2016 at 3:02 PM, Guest Peluconus said:

Hey! Thanks for making this guide, it's pretty solid. I'm somehow "new" to the game, I started playing seriously in the last season, and the monk caught my attention for this one. During my playthrough, I found a fist weapon called Vengeful Wind , and I thought this could make a good synergy with the build, but as I'm not a veteran player, I wanted to ask for your point of view.

Hello :) You can use Vengeful Wind as your offhand with Kyoshiro's for speedruns, but for Greater Rift pushing it is recommended to switch to the Crystal Fist for the damage reduction. You can be more trigger-happy with Vengeful Wind though, which is nice for speedruns.

[Guest bdoggg]

Why isn't the offhand treated as a stat stick?  I thought WoL only used mainhand damage, so wouldn't it be more useful to replace the damage range on the offhand for rcr or something?

[Valks 2,375]

10 hours ago, Guest bdoggg said:

Why isn't the offhand treated as a stat stick?  I thought WoL only used mainhand damage, so wouldn't it be more useful to replace the damage range on the offhand for rcr or something?

From what I remember in Davlok's testing, WoL alternates between MH/OH.

[SangFroidy 3]

PTR notes are claiming the Epihany bug is fixed, interesting since this build was nerfed in recent patches.  I had a lot of fun with WoL in S6, but that Monk was gone once the less-damage-under-the-bell bug started limiting GRs.  Since the PTR doesn't have the bonus drop rate anymore (boo hiss!) I don't have a Monk to try this claimed bug fix, anyone dust off a WoL build and try it on the PTR yet?

[Guest Sacer]

Hi Deadset. Do you think the new Flawless Royal Topaz pulls ahead of Flawless Royal Diamond (in helm) in terms of WoL spam? IE the base cost reduction vs reducing the cd on air ally.

[Valks 2,375]

On 12/14/2016 at 4:50 PM, SangFroidy said:

 I don't have a Monk to try this claimed bug fix, anyone dust off a WoL build and try it on the PTR yet?

At least on live right now, I'm finding WoL absolutely fine. I'm using it to speed farm 70s and there's no issues at all. I haven't tried actually pushing with it yet, though.

[Valks 2,375]

On 1/9/2017 at 5:40 PM, Guest Sacer said:

Hi Deadset. Do you think the new Flawless Royal Topaz pulls ahead of Flawless Royal Diamond (in helm) in terms of WoL spam? IE the base cost reduction vs reducing the cd on air ally.

I would definitely stick with the Diamond for GRifts. You could possibly take the Topaz for speed farming, but you are still in a position of being limited somewhat by Sweeping stacks.

[SangRys 0]

u can use Rabid Strike in speedrun. The Fist weapon does produce a mimic during Epiphany, it works with every rune. Use it with In-geom and cube Vengeful Wind or Kyoshiro's Blade. Whichever is better. I deal much more damage with it. Incense Torch of the Grand Temple is not necessary with frequent Epiphany Insight and Mystic Ally Air Ally activation. I wonder why no one has mentioned it here so far.

 

Edited January 17, 2017 by SangRys

[Neogeo 0]

2 hours ago, SangRys said:

u can use Rabid Strike in speedrun. The Fist weapon does produce a mimic during Epiphany, it works with every rune. Use it with In-geom and cube Vengeful Wind or Kyoshiro's Blade. Whichever is better. I deal much more damage with it. Incense Torch of the Grand Temple is not necessary with frequent Epiphany Insight and Mystic Ally Air Ally activation. I wonder why no one has mentioned it here so far.

 

Testing result sow that WOL casted by mimic did not benefit from SWK 6p bonus. So the damage added is minimal at best.

[SangRys 0]

so all the damage i dealt must have been mine all along.

Just google out Davlok's post, what a damn shame! 

[Valks 2,375]

4 hours ago, SangRys said:

so all the damage i dealt must have been mine all along.

It was a nice idea, but with a damage boost that high, I'm sure Deadset would have noted it if it worked!

[Guest KPS]

Thanks for the excellent guide!  I'm still new to all of 'Blizzard's Diablo Math' and theorycrafting...  My question pertains to why Bane of the Trapped over Bane of the Powerful ?  The buff+passive is +35% dmg and +15% dmg reduction *from elites*, while the Trapped would have to be level ~67 to get +35%.

I'm assuming because Trapped is multiplicative and Powerful is additive, but wasn't sure.  Just wanted to clear the air, thanks! 

[Guest xOr]

I've been playing WoL Monk using this build for a while now. How do you deal with small fast critters (sometimes spawning from the environment) that suck on your Sweeping Wind stacks, often making it fall off completely? Or do I just need to play very slow with this build?

[Guest RPO]

Hey guys,

I am 1100 paragon, and since I had been collecting all of the required items (ancient), I decided to give this build a shot. I have to say that I wasn't impressed. I really wanted to like the build, but came to the conclussion that you run this build you are either a masochist, or haven't tried any other builds. :)

Maintaining the stacks of sweeping wind is enough to make anyone go crazy. This was especially bothersome when killing a rift guardian that pulls you in/teleports or in "room" maps. Losing sweeping wind means you make 0 damage.

In summary, if you love skipping around, watching your spirit, keeping your eyes glued to the skills bar to make sure your wind is up, and that you are on the fire cycle to make any damage, this is the build for you. While I am sure this build can be played effectively, it's a ton of work.

I much recommend Inna pet/inna generator/SSS over this one.  

[Valks 2,375]

On 1/21/2017 at 8:07 AM, Guest KPS said:

I'm assuming because Trapped is multiplicative and Powerful is additive, but wasn't sure.  Just wanted to clear the air, thanks! 

Trapped is constantly up and requires no external activator such as clearing a pack of elites. It also ends up adding more damage than Power.

[Valks 2,375]

On 2/25/2017 at 11:50 AM, Guest xOr said:

I've been playing WoL Monk using this build for a while now. How do you deal with small fast critters (sometimes spawning from the environment) that suck on your Sweeping Wind stacks, often making it fall off completely? Or do I just need to play very slow with this build?

Dash to create distance.

[Valks 2,375]

On 2/26/2017 at 3:52 PM, Guest RPO said:

I much recommend Inna pet/inna generator/SSS over this one.  

This was obviously a while ago, but picking it up now in case any want to know - this build is very firmly placed in the mid to low tiers. It's not particularly strong compared to others, but can be decent at clearing packs. I personally do not use it, ever.

[Guest OnePunchSunwuko]

With the upcoming changes on to the Sunwuko set, I was able to easily clear a GR80 in 4 minutes with only 850 paragon.   Gear equipped was mostly ancient, with only 1 primal and 2 non-ancients.  Used a Vengeful Wind to get 10 stacks of Sweeping Wind for the 6,000% bonus.   Pretty sure this build would be able to push higher level GRs, as my gear isn't spectacular.