Sunwuko is one of the best Monk sets in Diablo 3. It offers several solid builds for various purposes. Here, we are presenting the best Solo Greater Rift pushing build based on the Monkey King's Garb set. If you prefer better mobility over raw DPS, you can also try the Sunwuko WoL's speed-farming variation. Our full guide can be found here.
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General information
The entire build is based on the Monkey King's Garb (named after Sunwuko the Monkey King) set which provides the following bonuses:
Sunwuko set in combination with Vengeful Wind legendary Fist Weapon increases the damage of Wave of Light to an insane level. This combined with all the items listed below, make up for one of the strongest damage dealing abilities in the game. It is even further amplified by the use of Bastions of Will rings. Your primary attack also is used to generate additional Spirit (you won't be able to use Epiphany - Insight for that purpose), and grant increased damage reduction thanks to Spirit Guards legendary Bracers.
Sunwuko WoL build is easy to play. All you have to do is to keep your Sweeping Wind up (just casting it once you start a Greater Rift is more than enough) and spam Wave of Light. You also need to keep your buffs up that include Spirit Guards, Bastions of Will and Dashing Strike Dodge Chance to stay alive.
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Recommended items
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Head - Tzo Krin's Gaze Stat priorities: 1) Critical Hit Chance 2) Socket 3) Dexterity / High special power value 4) Vitality 4) Secondary res. Socket: Special power: Increases Wave of Light damage by 125-150% Wave of Light is now cast at your enemy |
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Chest - Sunwuko's Soul Stat priorities: 1) Dexterity 2) Vitality 3) Reduced damage from Elites 4) Secondary res. Sockets: |
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Pants - Sunwuko's Leggings |
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Gloves - Sunwuko's Paws Stat priorities: 1) Dexterity 2) Critical Hit Chance 3) Critical Hit Damage 4) Reduced Resource Cost 5) Secondary res. |
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Boots - Crudest Boots Stat priorities: 1) Dexterity 2) Vitality 3) Increased Wave of Light damage 4) Armor 5) Secondary res. Special power: Mystic Ally summons double the number of Mystic Allies that fight by your side |
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Pauldrons - Sunwuko's Balance |
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Bracers - Spirit Guards Stat priorities: 1) Critical Hit Chance 2) Fire damage% 3) Dexterity 4) Vitality 5) Secondary res. Special power: Spirit Generators reduce all damage taken by 45-60% for 3 seconds |
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Amulet - Sunwuko's Shines Stat priorities: 1) Socket 2) Critical Hit Damage 3) Critical Hit Chance 4) Fire damage% 5) Dexterity |
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Ring - Focus Stat priorities: 1) Socket 2) Critical Hit Chance 3) Critical Hit Damage 4) Resource Cost Reduction 5) Area damage 6) Dexterity (Part of the Bastions Will set) Set bonuses:
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Ring - Restraint |
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Belt - Kyoshiro's Soul Stat priorities: 1) Dexterity 2) Vitality 3) Life% 4) Armor 5) Secondary res. Special power: Sweeping Wind gains 2 stacks every second it does not deal damage to any enemies |
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Weapon - Vengeful Wind (mandatory) 1) Socket 2) Stack count increased by 7 3) High average damage 4) Damage% 5) Dexterity 6) Resource Cost reduction Sockets: Special power Increases the maximum stack count of Sweeping Wind by 6-7 |
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Weapon - Kyoshiro's Blade (optional) 1) Socket 2) High average damage 3) Damage% 4) Dexterity 5) Resource Cost reduction Sockets: Special power Increases the damage of Wave of Light by 150%. When the initial impact of Wave of Light hits 3 or fewer enemies, the damage is further increased by 200-250% |
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Bonus Items for Season 16 (thanks to built-in Ring of Royal Grandeur power) |
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Ring - Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac Reduces the remaining cooldown of one of the skills by 1 second when hitting with a resource-spending attack Use in Kanai Cube instead of RoRG |
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Kanai Cube powers | |
Incense Torch of The Grand Temple Reduces the Spirit cost of Wave of Light by 50%, and increases its damage by 450-500% |
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Pinto's Pride Wave of Light also Slows enemies by 80% for 3 seconds and deals 125–150% increased damage Can be freely replaced with Nemesis Bracers. If you put Pinto's Pride bracers in the cube, you are guaranteed to get the 150% Increased Wave of Light damage though |
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Ring of Royal Grandeur Reduces the number of items needed for set bonuses by 1 (to a minimum of 2) |
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Legendary Gems | |
Bane of the Trapped
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Bane of the Stricken
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Zei's Stone of Vengeance
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Recommended skills
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Wave of Light Focus a wave of light that crushes enemies for 835% damage as Holy Explosive Light Releases 8 waves in all directions, each dealing 830% weapon damage. Changes damage type to Fire Your main DPS skill. With all the required items equipped, you are allowed to freely spam it |
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Dashing Strike Quickly dash up to 50 yards, striking enemies along the way for 370% damage as Physical Blinding Speed Changes damage type to Cold, and grants 40% dodge chance for 4 seconds after using the dash Main mobility skill. Used also for the amazing defensive buff |
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Crippling Wave Unleash a series of large sweeping attacks that deal 155% damage as Physical to all enemies in front of the Monk. Every third hit also dazes enemies within 11 yards, slowing their movement speed by 30% and attack speed by 20% for 3 seconds. Tsunami Changes damage type to Cold, increases the range and also freezes enemies with every third hit We recommend using Desert Shroud rune. The additional spirit regen. might be only useful in extremely long and exhausting fights (GR.100+) |
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Sweeping Wind Surrounds the Monk in a vortex that continuously deals 105% damage as Physical per tick to all enemies within 10 yards. The vortex lasts 6 seconds and is refreshed each time the Monk strikes an enemy with a melee attack. Landing a Critical Hit has a chance to increase the vortex effect, up to 3 stacks for a total of 315% damage per tick Inner Storm While at maximum stacks grants 8 Spirit regenerated per second Mandatory skill. Provides Spirit regeneration, and increases the damage of your Wave of Light skill |
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Mystic Ally Passive: A mystic ally fights by the Monk's side. The ally deals 130% of their damage as Physical per swing. When the ally dies, it is reborn after 5 seconds Active: The Mystic Ally has its damage increased by 50% for 10 seconds Air Ally Passive: Increases spirit regeneration by 4 per second Active: Instantly restores 100 spirit Air Allies are used for Spirit regeneration only |
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Mantra of Salvation Passive: You and your allies within 60 yards gain 20% increased resistance to all elements Active: You and your allies gain an additional 20% increased resistance to all elements for 3 seconds Agility Also passively increases dodge chance by 35% As you can no longer gain damage reduction from Unity and Epiphany it is required to cover up for the missing toughness by changing aura to Mantra of Salvation. If you are comfortable with your current level you may as well use Mantra of Healing - Circular Breathing for increased Spirit regen. |
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Harmony 40% of the Player's single elemental resistances from items increases also resistance to all elements |
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Beacon of Ytar Reduces all cooldowns by 20% |
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Sixth Sense
Increases maximum Spirit by 50 and Spirit Regeneration by 4 per second |
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The Guardian's Path Provides one of the bonuses depending on the type of weapon equipped:
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If you have suggestions or requests for different Monk builds, please let us know in the comments below.
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