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That doesn’t mean a single build can’t be created for taking on Diablo Immortal’s toughest Challenge Rifts. There are certain skills, armor pieces, gems, and sets that seem to consistently find favor. By blending what the best players are using, this build accounts for and incorporates the strengths of them all.
Due to several factors, like gear, skills, reforging, and upgrades, it is impossible to list the exact quantities for many of the numbers detailed here. Any variable number has been replaced with an ‘X’ to signify its potential to change.
Skill Selection
Between Cyclone Strike for the groups and Seven-Sided Strike for bosses, the only worry for the build is how to survive the charge-up and cooldown times for each of these two skills. Shield of Zen and Inner Sanctuary work together to make the Monk feel like a true tank.
Gear
The bulk of gamers will be hunting down their ideal pieces of legendary gear after taking the time to beat the game. But don’t forget to track down the set bonus pieces after choosing them from the list. A complete set gives three additional effects, on par with the legendary bonuses from the regular gear.
Primary Gear
With two defensive skills, it falls on the gear to focus mostly on offensive output. The boss will likely be a greater struggle than the rest of the Challenge Rift, so the PvE Monk should give Seven-Sided Strike a damage boost whenever possible.
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Set Items
It should be noted that this build sacrifices mobility skills to make room for a second survival skill. As a result, Monks that don’t invest at least somewhat in the Issatar Imbued set will be too slow to clear the Challenge Rift. The movement boost also ends up translating to higher DPS.
Reforge Bonuses
Even for paid players, reforge attribute bonuses can be guided, but are not guaranteed completely. With enough rerolls, any player can eventually get the exact attribute they want, but this will take time and luck, even for those who have the money. Therefore, several different attributes have been listed within the same family, in order of preference.
Family Bonus
With Cyclone Strike easily handling groups of enemies, Hydras become less of a rarity for the PvE Monk. This build will ensure that at least a handful of Hydras pop up to help out the Monk during each rift run.
Attributes
All three attributes can be considered equally valuable. It should be noted that Monks early in this build will get more use out of the skill damage. Eventually, when the Challenge Rifts get much more difficult, it’s the final boss that will be the biggest obstacle, and that’s when primary attacks become more important.
Gems
There are two kinds of gems to consider for this build: the legendary gems and the regular gems. Players of all income levels will be using this guide, so there are three charts for legendary gems to choose from. Probability demands that even paying for an advantage will still make it tough to get the right gems, so feel free to mix and match from the charts based on the character’s most valuable stats.
Legendary Gems
Don’t be surprised to see all three of the 5-Star “tank” gems in use here. The Monk has to go toe-to-toe with enemies that won’t be stunned or immobilized. That means taking several hits. The skills do some work mitigating the damage, but gems are needed to do the rest.
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All 2-Star gems will get priority over 1-Star gems if only due to the Resonance bonus that comes with them. After mastering the timing of Power and Command, it makes for a nice timing in the rotation of using skills and then using primary attacks to finish off the survivors.
There aren’t many 1-Star gems that don’t make sense for the Monk to use, since the class needs to do a bit of everything. Gems like Chained Death have effects so powerful that players may want to hold onto them until possessing at least six gems of a higher rarity.
Regular Gem Preference
While most DPS builds need to invest entirely in offensive gems, the PvE Monk will need to opposite. The DPS for this build is more than enough to get through tough Challenge Rifts. This means the only limitation is tanking. Get the regular gems to help out.
Diablo Immortal is available now for mobile and PC.
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