Diablo Immortal BEST Monk Build: PVP & PVE

The Diablo Immortal Monk Class guide will cover all you need to know about her skills, the best armors, and which legendary items to equip her with to make the most out of her. So, without further Udo, let’s get started.

Here’s a brief overview of the Monk Build: 

Best Skills

Skills are the cornerstone of classes in Diablo Immortal. The selection of the right skills is crucial because not having the right set of skills can ruin your overall playstyle. There are a total of 14 skills you can equip Monk with, and selecting the right ones with trial and error in-game can consume a lot of time.

Moreover, Diablo Immortal allows you to equip four skills simultaneously apart from a primary skill. So, to save you from that hassle, let me get started with which skills to equip your Monk with to make the most out of her in Diablo Immortal.

Fists of Thunder

Fists of Thunder is the first skill that I would like to mention that allows you to teleport to one of your selected enemies and unleash a barrage of attacks on them. Furthermore, this skill allows you to teleport again after every third hit.

This skill is extremely useful for unleashing hell upon those enemies that keep dealing damage from a distance. So this ability is very useful for single-target nuking and remaining close to your enemies. Fists of Thunder is unlocked at Level 1 and has no cooldown.

Lightning Flux (Ultimate Ability)

Like any ultimate ability, Lightning Flux should be activated when your back is against the wall because Lightning Flux can only be activated when your Ultimate Bar is Full. Moreover, Lightning Flux is activated for a limited time only. There is a 12-second countdown on your enhanced fists and a 3-second countdown on your shield.

Cyclone Strike

Cyclone strike generates a maelstrom of wind, which deals a great AOE damage to surrounding enemies and knocks them away. Furthermore, Cyclone Strike can be even more devastating by combining it with other skills such as Exploding Palm.

As per my experience, the damage to Cyclone Strike increases the longer you charge it. Cyclone Strike is available as soon as you begin at Level One, with a cooldown of 12 seconds.

Wave Strike

Wave Strike is an AOE attack that pulls the enemy in the attack’s radius toward the Monk and unleashes a wave of energy dealing explosive damage to enemies. This is another skill that is very useful for crowd control.

Like Cyclone Strike, Wave Strike also deals more damage the longer you charge it. Wave Strike has a cooldown of 9 seconds and is unlocked at Level 3.

Seven-Sided Strike

This is one of Monk’s best skills that I would like to mention because it’s very useful for AOE damage, crowd control, and dealing great damage to a single target. Seven-Sided Strike allows the Monk to dash quickly between nearby enemies and strike them seven times each, dealing damage on every hit.

In addition, Monk will remain invulnerable throughout her attack animation, making it another great skill to turn the tables when you are in a pinch. Seven-Sided Strike is unlocked at Level 8 and has a cooldown of 12 seconds.

Mystic Strike

Mystic Strike is a dash attack that Monk can use not only to get out of harm’s way instantly but also to deal damage to enemies due to the spirit left behind by the dash. The spirit pulls all the enemies in its path and greatly damages them.

In my opinion, the mystic strike is the best mobility skill you can use for Monk’s build in Diablo Immortal. The distance covered by the dash is 4.5 yards. Additionally, like other skills, Mystic Strike has three chargers. It has a cooldown of 12 seconds and is unlocked at level 15.

Exploding Palm

Exploding Palm inflicts bleeding damage for 5 seconds, with 2 charges. As enemies succumb to the bleed, they explode, dealing damage to nearby foes. This AOE attack creates a chain reaction, eliminating nearby enemies in a single strike. However, subsequent explosions only cause 30% of the base damage.

It stands out as the Monk’s top AOE attack for swiftly clearing low-health crowds. Combining it with Cyclone Strike, Wave Strike, and Seven-Sided Strikes enhances its lethality. Unlocked at Level 28, it carries a 6-second cooldown.

Legendary Items / Armor Pieces

I have listed down some of the best Legendary armor pieces you can put on Monk in Diablo Immortal:

Head Piece 

Equipping Crippling Insight will grant an additional charge to Exploding Palm Skill. On top of that, Crippling Insight also decreases the cooldown for Exploding Palm by 10%. This headpiece is absolutely essential for you if you want to make the best crowd-control skill of the game even deadlier.

First Shoulder Piece

The first shoulder piece I’ll recommend for the Monk Class in Diablo Immortal is Discipline’s Weight. Discipline’s Weight allows you to enhance one of Monk’s best skills, Seven-Sided Strike.

This shoulder piece increases the damage dealt by Seven-Sided Strikes by 10%. Apart from that, Discipline’s Weight also decreases the cooldown of Seven-Sided Strikes by 10%.

Second Shoulder Piece

The First Wind is a nice alternative to Discipline’s Weight if you can’t get your hands on it. Another thing about it is how it enhances Seven-Sided Strikes differs slightly from Discipline’s Weight.

The First Wind will temporarily raise your damage by 3.5% for every strike you land during the Seven-Sided Strikes. Furthermore, just like Discipline’s Weight, it reduces the cooldown of Seven-Sided Strike by 10%.

First Chest Piece 

Breath of Incense is, without a doubt, the best chest piece for Monk in Diablo Immortal. This reddish-black armor can enhance two of Monk’s best skills. Breath of Incense enhances Seven-Sided Strike and Exploding Palm.

In my opinion, the reason it’s the best chest piece for Monk because it will enable a Seven-Sided Strike to cause an Exploding Palm explosion every time you kill an enemy with that skill. In other words, combining this armor with the Seven-Sided Strike skill allows you to unleash hell upon your enemies. Moreover, Breath of Incense reduces the cooldown of Exploding Palm by 10%.

Second Chest Piece

The second piece I recommend for Monk’s build is Resounding Soul. This armor piece enhances the Wave Strike skill. This is the best possible armor you can get for Monk if you use the Wave Strike Skill a lot because, unlike Breath of Incense, it only enhances one skill and does it considerably.

Resounding Soul increases the damage dealt by Wave strike by 10%. Additionally, it also reduces the cooldown of Wave Strike by 10%.

Third Chest Piece

Storm Spirit is the third chest piece I’ll recommend for your Monk’s Build in Diablo Immortal. Like Resounding Soul, this skill also considerably enhances one of the best Monk’s skills. Storm Spirit is what you should use if you want to enhance further Cyclone strike, which is one of the best AOE skills Monk can acquire.

Storm Spirit allows you to generate a much more powerful tornado that continuously damages all the nearby enemies. In addition, Storm Spirit increases the damage that Cyclone Strike deals by 10%.

Fourth Chest Piece 

Tempest Heart is a good alternative if you can’t get your hands on Storm Spirit and vice versa. The main change Tempest Heart brings to Cyclone Strike is also different from Storm Spirit. Unlike Storm Spirit, Tempest Heart allows you to become the storm itself instead of generating a storm.

The vortex you become will pull in enemies and knock them all away, dealing massive damage to them. Additionally, like Storm Spirit, Tempest’s Heart reduces the Cyclone Stike’s cooldown by 10%.

Leg Piece 

The Leg piece I’ll recommend for the Monk’s Build in Diablo Immortal is Path of the Storm. This is another armor piece that enhances Cyclone Strike a lot. Path of the Storm reduces the damage you take by 20% while using Cyclone Strike.

Furthermore, Path of The Storm also reduces the cooldown of Cyclone Strike by 10%. I’ll recommend that if you want to go for a full Cyclone build for Monk, equipping Storm Spirit or Tempest’s Heart with Path of The Storm is your best option in becoming the ultimate storm ruler.

Best Weapons for Monk Build in Diablo Immortal

In Diablo Immortal, you can equip your character with two weapons at the same time. One is the main hand weapon, and the other is the off-hand weapon. Aside from skills, you will use weapons while fighting enemies, so having the right weapons in both hands can make a huge difference in life-and-death situations.

Here are the best weapons I have listed below for Monk Build in Diablo Immortal:

Main Hand – Dragon’s Indignation

Dragon Indignation is my recommendation for the Main Hand if Seven-Sided Strike is your go-to skill or your entire build mostly enhances Seven-Sided Strike.

Using Dragon’s Indignation as your main hand weapon will allow you to inflict enemies with burn damage while performing the Seven-Sided Strike. Additionally, this weapon decreases the Seven-Sided strike’s cooldown by 10%

Main Hand – Unshakable Weight

For those who have built Monk with armors and gems that are used for enhancing the Wave strike, Unshakable Weight should be your choice of weapon for the main hand in Diablo Immortal. Unshakable weight increases the range of Wave Strike by 10%. Furthermore, it increases the damage inflicted by Wave Strike by 10%.

Off Hand – Eye of the Storm

Eye of the storm is the best Off-hand weapon for Monk if the armor pieces you have equipped enhance the Cyclone Strike skill. As mentioned above, Cyclone Strike is one of the best AOE skills Monk can use, and Eye of The Storm further increases its radius by 20%, turning this skill into a cataclysmic AOE attack.

Eye of The Storm is a must-have if you have Storm’s Spirit or Tempest’s Heart and Path of the Storm equipped.

Off Hand – Reaching Rebuke

A highly recommended Off-Hand weapon if you want to make Monk’s best AOE attack even more disastrous. Having Reaching Rebuke equipped, Exploding Palm will launch you at a location and will let you strike down your opponents with a gigantic hand.

This weapon increases the base damage equivalent to 10% of Exploding Palm’s base damage. The catch to this enhancement is that this weapon will increase the cooldown.

Gems For Monk Build

Gems can provide various buffs to your stats like movement speed, attack speed, defense, offense, and more.

Here are some of the best gems in Diablo Immortal you can equip to enhance further your Monk Class in Diablo Immortal.

• Everlasting Torment: Your critical hits will inflict agony, dealing damage equivalent to 10% of your base damage.
• Berserker’s Eye: Damage output is increased by 5.5%, and intake damage is increased by 6%.
• Power And Command: Allow you to change states every 9 seconds. The power increase for primary and normal skills is 8% for both. Furthermore, at a higher rank, this gem will allow you to dispel harmful effects on yourself.
• Fervent Fang: Allows you to deal higher damage the more you attack using her. The increase in damage dealt with after equipping Fervant Fang is 0.8%. As you deal further damage, this percentage will keep rising until the damage you’ve dealt reaches its maximum limit of 8%.
• Lightning Core: Slowly charges up with your primary attacks, and once fully charged, you can release an electrifying chain lightning attack with damage equivalent to 90% of your base damage. The catch is that it has a very low activation chance and cannot occur more than once every 20 seconds.
• Seled’s Weakening: Gives you a 6% damage boost of 60 seconds every time you kill an Elite mob.

Best Stats for Diablo Immortal Monk

Focus on Monk’s Strength for powerful attacks; invest heavily to maximize damage output and increase Combat Rating in Diablo Immortal.

Balance these stats ensure Monk’s HP remains competitive. Minimal investment in Intelligence is sufficient.

Utilize Monk’s Fortitude for bulk and Armor Penetration in PvP/PvE. Vitality adds Life Energy, allowing Monks to endure battles even after defense is compromised.

Paragon Skills for Monk Build

For you Monk Build, the best Paragon trees would be Vanquisher and Survivor in Diablo Immortal. The Paragon system and the infernal difficulty level, unlock once you reach level 60. You further improve your Monk Build through the Paragon skills in Diablo Immortal.

When you reach level 60, I recommend you to focus on investing your Paragon points in the following skills from the Vanquisher Tree:

• Heart of Wrath
• Armor Penetration
• Judgment 
• Wrath 
• Life
• Damage 
• Zeal 
• Potency 

For the Survivor tree, invest mainly in the skills mentioned below:

• Precognition
• Armor
• Indestructible 
• Unyielding
• Stalwart
• Life

Your first five Paragon points should be invested in the Damage node. Doing so will give you a whopping +75 bonus damage. The next points should be spent on the Zeal node. This will increase your attack speed as you progress in the battle.

This wraps up our guide on the best skills, armor, and gems for Monk Build. Let us know what you think about our guide in the comments below.

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