Diablo Immortal: The Best Speed Farm Monk Build
Mystic Wind Cyclone Strike Monk Guide
The Mystic Wind Cyclone Strike Monk has a large area of effect and high movement speed which makes it the best speed farming Monk build with the Tempest Rush Cyclone Strike Monk being a close second. This is a speed farming build so options for PvP legendary gems and PvP equipment have been omitted from the guide.​ With the recommended essences Cyclone Strike creates damaging winds around you, Shield of Zen damages nearby enemies and reduces your damage taken, Inner Sanctuary burns nearby enemies, and Seven-Sided Strike passively attacks nearby enemies.
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Paragons & Legendary Skills: Mystic Wind Cyclone Strike Monk Build
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1. Slinger is the best paragon for damage because it increases your damage and critical hit chance when you use skills.
2. Gladiator is the best PvP paragon tree for this build because it gives a cheat death and helps with loss of control.
3. Vanquisher is the best paragon tree for increased magic find and gives increased damage and attack speed on kills.
4. Harbinger can be used in Erebban for an absorb shield, movement speed, and to move unhindered through enemies.
5. Survivor is the recommended paragon for Vanguard because it has a cheat death that works in Vanguard.
6. The best paragon legendary skill for this build is Lightning Rod which deals damage when you repeatedly hit enemies.
7. Below you can find an image for the best paragon for damage and the second image is the best paragon for PvP.
Mystic Wind Cyclone Strike Monk Skills and Equipment:
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Skills
1. Fist of Thunder (primary attack)
2. Cyclone Strike
3. Seven-Sided Strike
4. Inner Sanctuary
5. Shield of Zen
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Main Hand
Leaping Shadow - Seven-Sided Strike now empowers you launching attacks at nearby enemies.
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Off-Hand
Eye of the Storm - Cyclone Strike now also gains an increased radius.
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Main Hand 2
Calefaction - Shield of Zen now deals damage, reduces damage taken, and makes you immune to knockback.​
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Off-Hand 2
Respite's Sigh - Gives increased Inner Sanctuary duration.
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Helmet
Inner Flame - Inner Sanctuary now follows you and burns nearby enemies.
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Chest
Balance in Moderation - Cyclone Strike now increases your movement speed and damages nearby enemies.
Note: The movement speed is significant which helps make this build a great speed farming build.
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Shoulders
Windchild - Seven-Sided Strike now also increases your movement speed.
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Legs
Terminal Pace - Cyclone Strike is increased by a percentage of your movement speed.​
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Recommended Sets
1. Grace of the Flagellant (4 Set) - Deals bonus damage after damaging an enemy five times.
2. Vithu's Urges (2 Set) - Increases the duration of beneficial effects on you and your party members by 30%.
3. Issatar Imbued (2 Set for Speed Farming) - Increases your movement speed by 30% after defeating enemies.
4. Banquet of Eyes (or 2 Set for DPS) - Increases damage to enemies by 15% when they have continual damage on them.
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Best Curses
1. Lashed - Using your primary attack generates three crackling whips that damage enemies on cooldown.
2. Wired - Optional to create a surge of lightning on kill that jumps between enemies with a medium length cooldown.
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Best 5 Star Legendary Gems
1. Roiling Consequence - Increases your critical hit chance and causes critical hits to burn enemies.
2. Golden Firmament - Causes ranged wind attacks and increases your evasion rating.
3. Blood-Soaked Jade - Gives increased damage, reduces damage taken below 50% life, and increases movement speed.
4. Colossus Engine - Gives increased skill damage, increased area of effect, knockback immunity, and increased size (which increases your movement speed) for a medium duration with a 20 second cooldown.
5. Starfire Shard - Deals AoE damage and stuns enemies in PvP inside the Maw of the Deep legendary gem effect.
6. Blood Floe - Lower priority 5 star gem that increases damage, critical hit chance, critical hit damage, and causes bleed.
7. Wulfheort - After damaging enemies 5 times you slash them and increase attack speed for you and your allies.
8. Void Spark (PvM) - Deals AoE damage that's very effective for challenge dungeons, terror rifts, and speed farming.
9. Maw of the Deep (PvP) - Used at a high rank to deal damage, gain a damage buff, draw in enemies, and stun enemies.
Note: The Mother's Lament two star critical hit chance legendary gem can optionally be used with the new Blood Floe critical hit chance and critical hit damage legendary gem in the place of Wulfheort at lower resonance levels.
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Best 2 Star Legendary Gems
1. Pain Clasp - Gives high increased damage against enemies that have a continuous damage effect on them.
2. Mother's Lament - Increases your critical hit chance and causes a blood spike that makes enemies bleed.
3. Specter Glass - Increases the damage taken by enemies after critical hits and increases your critical hit chance.
4. Fervent Fang - Gives enemies a stacking damage taken increase when they are hit by an attack.​
5. Mourneskull - This legacy gem can be used to increase your damage and deal damage but it no longer drops.
6. Igneous Scorn - Can be combined with Roiling Consequence and Mother's Lament to deal damage on critical hits. Igneous Scorn is the lowest priority 2 star gem on the list and should eventually be replaced with a ranked up 5 star gem.
7. Crimson Behelit - Strong legacy gem with increased damage and reduced damage taken that's drop disabled.
Note: Viper's Bite isn't needed to trigger the damage increase on Pain Clasp from there being damage over time on the target because the Shield of Zen skill with the Calefaction weapon essence already deals damage over time.
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Best 1 Star Legendary Gems
1. Berserker's Eye - Increases all of your damage and critical hit chance but also increases your damage taken.
2. Everlasting Torment - A great budget option that deals damage over time on critical hits and increases your attack speed.
3. Entropic Well - An excellent one star gem for skill damage that can eventually be replaced with a strong 5 star gem.
Note: Berserker's Eye is a great one star legendary gem that needs a high ranked up 5 star gem to match its damage.
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Best Familiars
1. Savior Duskprowler - Look for a 170+ Resilience legendary Duskprowler with the Savior passive skill which provides a cheat death and temporary damage immunity. The 170+ Resilience on the familiar lowers the cooldown of Savior.
2. Broodtalon/Skitterwight - Can have Savior which provides a cheat death and Lingering Wounds for more damage.
3. Any Savior Familiar - Look for any 170+ Resilience familiar with Savior for a cheat death and great passive skills.
4. Rare Duskprowler - Relentless Strikes is the next best skill because it gives a chance to cast the Duskprowler shield twice. Innervate which gives a chance at resetting one of the player's skill cooldowns, Steel Hide which gives a chance to block, Precision which gives critical hit chance, and Tenacity which lowers the cooldown of the shield are also desirable.
5. Magic Duskprowler - Duskprowler shields are hard to replace so a rare or magic ability Duskprowler is the budget option.
Note: Broodtalons and Skitterwights have status effects over a duration which increases the duration of Lingering Wounds.
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Normal Gems
Prioritize Tourmalines for added damage in red sockets and a combination of Citrines and Topazes for potency and resistances in yellow sockets for the highest refinement. Potency increases harmful effects durations on enemies and resistances decrease harmful effects durations on you. Citrines for potency is preferred if you only care about PvM damage but resistances come into play more with PvP. You should also use your highest refinement Aquamarines and Sapphires which give increased armor and armor penetration in blue sockets. You can optionally combine all of your bound Rubies which give life into one or two Rubies and socket them into your equipment if they give more refinement. Gems give refinement based on their quality and refinement increases the attributes on the equipment the gems are socketed in.
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Gem Notes
The Blood Floe gem is a great option when it's combined with multiple sources of critical hit chance and critical hit damage. The Seeping Bile legendary gem deals continuous damage but it isn't needed on this build to trigger the damage increase on the Pain Clasp legendary gem from having continuous damage on the target because Inner Sanctuary and Shield of Zen already deal continuous damage. Golden Firmament is a very strong 5 star legendary gem that has wind damage, increased evasion, and it triggers Firestorms when it's mixed with burning damage which increases your wind damage. When using multiple increased critical hit chance legendary gems you should also consider rolling increased critical hit damage on every piece of equipment with Reforge Stones for increased damage.​
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That's all for the Mystic Wind Cyclone Strike Monk Guide. For the meta PvP Monk you can click here PvP Monk Guide.​
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