Diablo Immortal: The Old Meta AoE Monk Build
Tempest Rush Cyclone Strike Monk Guide
The Tempest Rush Cyclone Strike Monk was previously the meta for PvP Monks but it has been replaced by the newer untargetable Exploding Palm Monks in PvP. This build is still strong for AoE damage because it deals more single target damage than the new meta AoE Mystic Winds Cyclone Strike Monk but it also deals significantly less AoE damage. This build uses the Fist of Thunder primary attack along with Cyclone Strike, Seven-Sided Strike, Mystic Ally, and Shield of Zen which is offensive and defensive. With the recommended essences, Cyclone Strike is changed to channel a staff of storms that damages nearby enemies while moving and Seven-Sided Strike is changed to passively attack nearby enemies.​
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Paragons & Legendary Skills: Tempest Rush Cyclone Strike Monk Build
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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 early on 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:
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Skills
1. Fist of Thunder (Primary Attack)
2. Cyclone Strike
3. Seven-Sided Strike
4. Shield of Zen
5. Mystic Ally
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Main Hand
Leaping Shadow - Seven-Sided Strike now empowers you to repeatedly launch attacks at nearby enemies.
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Off-Hand
Boundless Breath - Cyclone Strike now also recovers Cyclone Strike energy when you move.
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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 gains an increased radius.
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Helmet
Malefic Apparition (PvM) - Mystic Allies also increase your critical hit chance for every spirit ally stacking up to four times.
Fusing Crown (PvP) - Mystic Allies now also take a portion of your incoming damage.
Note: The Tranquil Palm Exploding Palm Monk does much better in PvP but PvP options for this build are still offered.
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Chest
Driven Thunder - Cyclone Strike now channels a spinning staff of storm that damages nearby enemies.
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Shoulders
Windchild - Seven-Sided Strike now also greatly increases your movement speed.​​​
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Legs
Terminal Pace (PvM) - Cyclone Strike now also has increased damage for every 1% increased movement speed.​
Path of the Storm (PvP) - Cyclone Strike now also decreases the damage that you take.
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Recommended Attribute Priority (PvM)
1. Fortitude (Armor/Armor Penetration)
2. Strength (Primary/Skill Damage)
3. Vitality (Maximum Life)
4. Willpower (Potency/Resistances)
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Recommended Attribute Priority (PvP)
1. Fortitude (Armor/Armor Penetration)
2. Vitality (Maximum Life)
3. Strength (Primary/Skill Damage)
4. Willpower (Potency/Resistances)
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Recommended Sets
1. Grace of the Flagellant (4 Set) - Deals additional damage after damaging the same enemy five times.
2. Vithu's Urges (2-4 Set) - Increases the duration of your beneficial effects on you and your party members by 30%.
3. Untouchable Mountebank (PvP 2 Set) - Gives a 20% chance to gain an absorb shield when you take damage.​​​​​
Note: Look for blue sockets on both of your rings so that you can socket them with Sapphires which give Armor Penetration.
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Best 5 Star Legendary Gems
1. Roiling Consequence - Increases your critical hit chance on cooldown 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. Hellbound Desire - Increases damage and movement speed with bonus damage for a six second duration.
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. Fated Trail - Deals damage over time as a percentage of your life, shatters enemies' armor, and immobilizes enemies.
6. Blood Floe - Strong gem that increases damage, critical hit chance, critical hit damage, and causes enemies to bleed.
3. Leviathan Tomb (PvM) - Increases your damage for a duration and makes critical hits increase the damage bonus.
7. Haunt Coil (PvP) - This gem should be used in defensive stance for very high reduced damage taken in PvP.
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.
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 and increases your damage against elites and bosses.​
5. Mourneskull - This legacy gem can be used to increase your damage and deal damage but it no longer drops.
6. Viper's Bite - This damage over time gem is strong early on and it deals great damage at low resonance levels.
7. Igneous Scorn (PvM) - Deals damage on critical hits and increases your damage after 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.
Note: Viper's Bite isn't needed to trigger the damage increase on the Pain Clasp gem from there being continuous damage on the enemy because the Shield of Zen skill with the Calefaction weapon essence already deals continuous damage.
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Best 1 Star Legendary Gems
1. Berserker's Eye (PvM) - Increases all of your damage and critical hit chance but also increases your damage taken.
2. Entropic Well - An excellent one star gem for skill damage that can eventually be replaced with a five star gem.
3. Everlasting Torment - A great budget option that deals damage over time on critical hits and increases your attack speed.
4. Surging Sea - A lower priority one star legendary gem that has a skill damage increase that stacks up to 10 times.
5. Faltergrasp (PvP) - Disables opponents' dash skills on critical strikes and greatly reduces their movement speed.
6. Respite Stone (PvP) - A powerful PvP one star gem that reduces damage taken and increases your block chance.
Note: Berserker's Eye is a great one star legendary gem that requires 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 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. The Tenacity passive is great to lower the Duskprowler's shield cooldown. The Lingering Wounds passive can be used for increased damage but it only works on a Duskprowler if you also have the Ignition passive which burns enemies.
2. Broodtalon/Skitterwight - Look for Savior which provides a cheat death and Lingering Wounds for more 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 provides healing when you drop below 50% life. Innervate can reset one of the player's cooldowns, Phalanx increases your damage and defenses, Precision gives critical hit chance to the familiar, and Tenacity lowers the cooldown of the Duskprowler shield which are also all 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 for PvM and Rubies for life for PvP 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. 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 for this build for increased movement speed. The Fated Trail five star gem is a strong legendary gem once you have high Vitality and ranked up five star legendary gems because its damage is increased with your maximum life. The fairly new Leviathan's Tomb five star gem deals more damage than Fated Trail but it doesn't have the added PvP benefit of an immobilize effect. The Haunt Coil five star gem should be be used in PvP in a defensive stance which greatly lowers your damage taken. The Blood Floe five star gem is a great gem when it's combined with multiple sources of increased critical hit chance and critical hit damage. Seeping Bile is excellent in PvP for finishing opponents off after their cheat deaths. When using multiple increased critical hit chance gems you should also consider rolling increased critical hit damage on your equipment with Reforge Stones for more damage.​
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That's all for the Tempest Rush Cyclone Strike Monk Guide. You can view more guides at the top of this page. Good luck!
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