Anyone know how level difference will effect the formula? Do mobs that are higher level than you are have an increased chance to hit? Making the 1's in the formula into 1.#'s. I'm just curious how inferno with it's mobs gaining levels on the character will affect the dodge rate.
On a different note, I'm pretty happy with the build so far. About to finish Nightmare and with all the dodge stuff running I'm a bit over 60% dodge. So far easily enough to support healing the damage I do take.
Over the life of all my monks I have periodically debated Sweeping Wind - Inner Storm for some spirit regen. I think I have finally come to a conclusion on that which is that I don't like it. Thinking about it, the only times Sweeping Wind will be at a full 3 stacks is when I can stand and deliver some hits. In that case I am generating plenty of spirit already. So the times when I would need the regen from it are also the times it won't be giving the regen. So I think that rune is a bit badly designed. Even just changing it to "gain 1 spirit per second per stack" would make it better even though the end numbers are the same cause then even with one stack it is giving something. With the current way it only gives at full stacks and that makes it less useful.
I'm also debating how good Mantra of Evasion - Backlash would be. I have already been saved a couple of times by my usage of Divine Protection. So I'm hesitant to give that up. Yet in game Backlash says 63% damage as an AOE for every dodge. So at 50% dodge that seems like it could be a solid amount of damage that would cost no spirit at all. It ties in with the build well and replaces a skill that one hopes to never trigger. It is just hard cause those times when it does trigger are really really important times as a HC character. Also DP does work on Allies which is appealing. So at the moment I'm a little torn on damage vs survival in that regard.
On a different note, I'm pretty happy with the build so far. About to finish Nightmare and with all the dodge stuff running I'm a bit over 60% dodge. So far easily enough to support healing the damage I do take.
Over the life of all my monks I have periodically debated Sweeping Wind - Inner Storm for some spirit regen. I think I have finally come to a conclusion on that which is that I don't like it. Thinking about it, the only times Sweeping Wind will be at a full 3 stacks is when I can stand and deliver some hits. In that case I am generating plenty of spirit already. So the times when I would need the regen from it are also the times it won't be giving the regen. So I think that rune is a bit badly designed. Even just changing it to "gain 1 spirit per second per stack" would make it better even though the end numbers are the same cause then even with one stack it is giving something. With the current way it only gives at full stacks and that makes it less useful.
I'm also debating how good Mantra of Evasion - Backlash would be. I have already been saved a couple of times by my usage of Divine Protection. So I'm hesitant to give that up. Yet in game Backlash says 63% damage as an AOE for every dodge. So at 50% dodge that seems like it could be a solid amount of damage that would cost no spirit at all. It ties in with the build well and replaces a skill that one hopes to never trigger. It is just hard cause those times when it does trigger are really really important times as a HC character. Also DP does work on Allies which is appealing. So at the moment I'm a little torn on damage vs survival in that regard.