Diablo Immortal: The Best AoE Damage Monk
Dash Mystic Winds Cyclone Strike Monk Guide
The Mystic Winds Cyclone Strike Monk has a large area of effect and high movement speed which makes it the best Monk build for dungeons and speed farming with the Tempest Rush Cyclone Strike Monk being a close second. This is a PvM build so options for PvP legendary gems and PvP equipment have been omitted from the guide.​ With this build Cyclone Strike creates damaging winds around you, Shield of Zen increases your damage, damages enemies, and reduces your damage taken, Exploding Palm dashes forward burning enemies, and Seven-Sided Strike automatically attacks enemies.
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Paragons & Legendary Skills: Mystic Winds Cyclone Strike Monk Build
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1. Vanquisher is the best paragon for damage for this build because it increases your damage when you kill enemies.
2. Gladiator is the best PvP paragon tree for this build because it gives a cheat death and it 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 recommended in Vanguard when you have a low charm because it has a cheat death that works in Vanguard.
6. The best legendary skill is Searing Flame which deals extra damage when you burn enemies and it explodes on kills.
7. Below you can find an image for the best paragon for damage and the second image is the best paragon for PvP.
Mystic Winds Cyclone Strike Monk Skills and Equipment:
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Skills
1. Fist of Thunder (Primary Attack)
2. Cyclone Strike
3. Exploding Palm
4. Seven-Sided Strike
5. Shield of Zen
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Main Hand
Leaping Shadow - Seven-Sided Strike now automatically attacks nearby enemies over a duration.
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Off-Hand
Obstruction of Omniscience - Exploding Palm now dashes forward damaging and burning enemies in its path.
Note: With the new Nimblemind essence this is the highest damage option and it also improves the builds mobility.
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Main Hand 2
Calefaction - Shield of Zen now deals damage, reduces damage taken, and makes you immune to knockback effects.​
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Off-Hand 2
Eye of the Storm - Cyclone Strike now also has a greatly increased radius.
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Helmet
Nimblemind - Shield of Zen now also increases your damage with increases to your movement speed.
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Chest
Balance in Moderation - Cyclone Strike now damages nearby enemies and increases your movement speed.
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Shoulders
Windchild - Seven-Sided Strike now also increases your movement speed when it hits an enemy.
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Legs
Terminal Pace - Cyclone Strike now also is increased by a percentage of your increased movement speed.​
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Recommended Sets
1. Grace of the Flagellant (4 Set) - Deals bonus damage each time you damage an enemy five times.
2. Vithu's Urges (2-4 Set) - Increases the duration of your beneficial effects on you and your allies by 30%.​
3. Untouchable Mountebank (2 Set) - Gives a 20% chance to gain an absorb shield when you are damaged.
Note: Look for two blue sockets on your rings so that you can socket them with Sapphires which give Armor Penetration.
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Recommended Attribute Priority (PvM/PvP)
1. Fortitude (Armor/Armor Penetration)
2. Strength (Primary/Skill Damage)
3. Vitality (Maximum Life)
4. Willpower (Potency/Resistances)
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Best 5 Star Legendary Gems
1. Roiling Consequence - Powerful gem that increases your critical hit chance and causes critical hits to burn enemies.
2. Blood-Soaked Jade - Gives increased damage, reduces damage taken below 50% life, and increases movement speed.
3. Colossus Engine - Gives increased skill damage, increased area of effect, short knockback immunity, and increased size (which increases your movement speed) for a medium duration with a 20 second cooldown.
4. Fated Trail - Deals damage over time as a percentage of your life, shatters enemies' armor, and immobilizes enemies.
5. Blood Floe - Lower priority 5 star gem that increases damage, critical hit chance, critical hit damage, and causes bleed.
6. Hellbound Desire - Increases damage and movement speed with bonus damage for a six second duration.
7. Leviathan Tomb - Increases your damage for a duration and makes critical hits increase its damage bonus.
8. Void Spark (PvM) - Deals massive AoE damage that's effective for challenge dungeons, terror rifts, and speed farming.
9. Seeping Bile (PvP) - Deals high damage over time that is great for killing opponents after they use a cheat death.
Note: This is a PvM build not a PvP build but PvP options are still included in the legendary five star gems section.
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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 an enemy bleed.
3. Specter Glass - Increases enemies' damage taken after scoring a critical hit and increases your critical hit chance.
4. Fervent Fang - Gives enemies a stacking damage taken increase and increases damage against elites and bosses.​
5. Mourneskull - This legacy gem can be used to increase your damage and deals its own damage but it no longer drops.
6. Viper's Bite - A nice gem for early on that deals high damage over time if you have low legendary gems and resonance.
7. Igneous Scorn (PvM) - Can be combined with Roiling Consequence and/or Mother's Lament to deal damage on critical hits. Igneous Scorn is the lowest priority 2 star gem and should be the first to be replaced with a ranked up 5 star gem.
8. Crimson Behelit - Strong legacy gem with increased damage and reduced damage taken that's drop disabled.
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Best 1 Star Legendary Gems
1. Berserker's Eye (PvM) - Increases your damage and critical hit chance but it 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 budget gem that gives high increased skill damage and attack speed.
4. Surging Sea - A lower priority one star legendary gem that has a skill damage increase that stacks up to 10 times.
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 Resilience on the familiar lowers the cooldown of the Savior skill. The Tenacity passive is recommended to lower the Duskprowler shield cooldown. The Lingering Wounds passive can also be used for more damage but it requires the Ignition passive on Duskprowlers to burn enemies over time to work.
2. Broodtalon/Skitterwight - Look for Savior which provides a cheat death and Lingering Wounds for increased damage.
3. Ash Sweeper - Ash Sweepers are strong, especially in PvP, because they damage nearby enemies and mark an enemy reducing their damage by 20% for three seconds. They can also have 170+ Resilience to reduce the cooldown of Savior.
4. Any Savior Familiar - You can use any familiar with Savior for a cheat death and great passive skills as an alternative.
5. Rare Duskprowler - Guardian is the next best familiar passive because it can provide a large heal when you drop below 50% life. Innervate can reset one of the player's skill cooldowns, Phalanx increases your damage and defenses, Precision gives familiars critical hit chance, and Tenacity lowers the cooldown of the Duskprowler shield which are also desirable.
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 often in PvP. You should also use your highest refinement Aquamarines and Sapphires which give increased armor and armor penetration in blue sockets. You can 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. Normal 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 Hellbound Desire and Blood-Soaked Jade five star gems are important on this build for increased movement speed. The Fated Trail five star gem is a decent five star legendary gem that scales with your maximum life from your Vitality and resonance. The fairly new Leviathan's Tomb five star gem deals more damage than Fated Trail but it doesn't have the added benefit of an immobilize effect. The Blood Floe five star gem is a great option when it's combined with multiple sources of critical hit chance and critical hit damage. When using multiple increased critical hit chance legendary gems you should also consider rolling increased critical hit damage on every available slot with Reforge Stones for more damage.​
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That's all for the Mystic Winds Cyclone Strike Monk Guide. You can view more guides at the top of this page. Good luck!
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