Basic Math - The Failure of Diablo Melee

[Archon_Wing]

No you're not. You just have to kite until their shields wear off - like everybody else. At least you get boosted armor and resistances, meaning you can take a few hits, as well as invulnerability yourself (and multiple movement-based skills). Even I can take half a second of Arcane Sentry (finally) with my Demon Hunter - in the end of Act I. I'm willing to bet Act II and beyond is another story, but regardless if a DH can do it a Monk or Barb can do it better, and easier.

Act II is, however, where all the complaints come from. Act 1 is not always a walk in the park. Some mobs are just way too fast for you to kite and if they have anything that can trap you with arcane, it's pretty much gg and all the teleportation skills require a target.

Yes, I know that gives me a few more hits, but a lot of bad things can happen during cooldowns. It's just incredibly hard to actually hurt the enemy. All that defense stack to merely survive a few seconds more sacrifices thousands upon thousands of dps. Oh yes, I can kite for a bit and then... the game is like "Fuck you, here's out of time debuff". It's not just about survival. At least the game has the decency to just off you ranged characters quickly rather than trolling me by almost killing dead monsters and killing me anyways. :p

It's really easy to say these things in theory but since playing the game leads to suboptimal situations, and Monks usually only have a brief timing window when their combat ability is at full capacity in which pretty much any mistimed ability means that you are dead. Which about summarizes inferno for any class, really. It's like me saying "well, as a DH, you just have to not get hit!". It's simply not going to happen.

But that's not my point. All those fancy invincibility spells cost spirit, and if you're losing a fight, you're not building up spirit. If you're running away, you're not building up spirit. And you can't use them, and thus you are worthless.

However, I understand the game's just not been out long enough, and I'm certainly not going to tell other people how to play classes I haven't played to inferno yet. So yea, the grass is always greener on the other side.