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Tempest Rush Cyclone Strike Monk Guide

The Tempest Rush Cyclone Strike Monk was previously the meta for PvP Monk builds but has been somewhat replaced by untargetable Exploding Palm Monks in PvP. It is still, however, a great speed farm and PvP build but it has the weakness of being susceptible to CC in Battlegrounds which is one of the biggest complaints for this build. Tempest Rush Monks use Cyclone Strike with Seven-Sided Strike, Mystic Ally, Fist of Thunder, and an offensive and defensive version of Shield of Zen from the Calefaction weapon essence. With the recommended legendary essences Cyclone Strike will channel a staff of storm while moving around that damages nearby enemies and Seven-Sided Strike will passively attack nearby enemies.

Paragons & Legendary Skills: Tempest Rush Cyclone Strike Monk Build

1. Slinger is the best damage paragon 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.

Tempest Rush Cyclone Strike Monk Skills and Equipment:

Skills

1. Fist of Thunder (primary skill)

2. Cyclone Strike

3. Seven-Sided Strike

4. Shield of Zen

5. Mystic Ally

Main Hand

Leaping Shadow - Seven-Sided Strike now empowers you launching attacks at nearby enemies.

Off-Hand

Boundless Breath - Cyclone Strike recovers energy for every yard traveled.

Main Hand 2

Calefaction - Shield of Zen now deals damage, reduces damage taken, and makes you immune to knockback.

Off-Hand 2

Eye of the Storm - Cyclone Strike now also gains an increased radius.

Helmet

Malefic Apparition - Mystic Allies also increase your critical hit chance for every spirit ally stacking up to four times.

Chest

Driven Thunder - Cyclone Strike is now channeled spinning a staff of storm to damage nearby enemies.

Shoulders

Windchild (PvM) - Seven-Sided Strike now also increases your movement speed.

The First Wind (PvP) - Seven-Sided Strike now decreases your damage taken when it hits.

Legs

Waxing Steps - Mystic Allies primary attacks have a chance at summoning an additional spirit ally.

Recommended Sets

1. Grace of the Flagellant (4 Set) - Deals damage to enemies after every 5 hits against each target.

2. Vithu's Urges (2 Set) - Increases the duration of beneficial effects on you or your party members by 30%.

3. Banquet of Eyes (PvM 2 Set) - Increases damage to enemies by 15% when they have continual damage on them.

4. Untouchable Mountebank (PvP 2 Set) - Gives a 20% chance to gain an absorb shield when you take damage.

Best Curses

1. Lashed (PvM only) - Using your primary attack gives a chance to generate three crackling whips that damage enemies.

2. Atrophied - Continual damage causes a dark field to appear under enemies that deals damage over time.

3. Vexed - Occasionally releases a damaging roar when your summons enter the battlefield on cooldown.

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. Maw of the Deep - Can be used at a high rank to deal damage, gain a damage buff, draw in enemies, and stun enemies.

4. Starfire Shard - Useful for PvP to deal damage and stun enemies inside the Maw of the Deep legendary gem effect.

5. Frozen Heart (should be switched to for PvP) - Gives a life shield with a medium duration and chills enemies.

6. Void Spark - Deals AoE damage that's extremely effective in dungeons and the new PvP map.

7. Stormvault (PvP) - Can be used at rank 5+ to damage enemies over time and slows enemies movement speed.

8. Blood-Soaked Jade - Gives a damage increase and a significant boost to movement speed. It's one of the best 5 star gems at high ranks for increased damage and one of the weakest 5 star gems for increased damage at lower ranks.

Best 2 Star Legendary Gems

1. Pain Clasp - Gives high increased damage against enemies with a continual damage effect on them.

2. Viper's Bite - Deals damage over time and triggers the damage increase on the Pain Clasp legendary gem.

3. Mother's Lament - Increases your critical hit chance and causes a blood spike that makes enemies bleed.

4. Specter Glass - Increases the damage taken by enemies after critical hits and increases your critical hit chance.

5. Fervent Fang - Gives enemies a stacking damage taken increase when they are hit by an attack.

6. Crimson Behelit (PvP) - Great PvP two star legendary gem for increased damage and reduced damage taken.

Best 1 Star Legendary Gems

1. Everlasting Torment - A great budget option that deals damage over time on critical hits and increases your attack speed.

2. Entropic Well - An excellent one star gem for skill damage that can eventually be replaced with a strong 5 star gem.

3. Berserker's Eye - Increases your damage and critical hit chance but also increases your damage taken.

Note: These one star gems should eventually be replaced with higher resonance two or five star gems.

Best Familiars

1. Savior Duskprowler - The best option is a 170+ Resilience legendary Duskprowler that has Savior which provides a cheat death. The 170+ Resilience lowers the cooldown for Savior but can be lower to make the familiar more affordable.

2. Broodtalon/Skitterwight - Can have Savior which provides a cheat death and Lingering Wounds for more damage.

3. 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 the player's skill cooldown, Steel Hide which gives a chance to block, Precision which gives the shield critical hit chance, and Tenacity which lowers the cooldown of the shield are also desirable.

4. 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.

Normal Gems

Prioritize Tourmalines for added damage in red sockets and Citrines for Potency which increases harmful effects duration in yellow sockets. You should also socket your highest refinement Aquamarines and Sapphires which give increased armor and armor penetration in blue sockets. You can optionally combine all of your Rubies which give life and Topazes which give resistances into a couple Rubies and Topazes and use them inside your equipment for higher refinement. Refinement is determined by the quality of the gem and increases the main stats of the equipment the gems are socketed in.

Gem Notes

The new Colossus Engine legendary gem isn't included in the recommendations because it would take about rank 8 before it would be an upgrade for PvP over more easily accessible gems. The new Specter Glass two star legendary gem is one of the best two star gems for almost every build that has critical hit chance. Golden Firmament is a strong fairly new 5 star legendary gem that has wind damage, increased evasion rating, and it triggers Firestorms when mixed with burning damage. Roiling Consequence and Mother's Lament both give increased critical hit chance so you should try and roll critical hit damage on every piece of gear with Reforge Stones when using these two critical hit gems. Fervent Fang is a nice two star gem but it can be replaced with a Frozen Heart in PvP for an absorb shield and to chill opponents.

That's all for the Cyclone Strike Monk Guide. For a new meta PvP Monk build you can click here (to be added soon...).