06-20-2012, 03:16 AM
The game is feeling tougher now that I'm in Hell and I'm trying to focus more on what is happening with my skill usage instead of just going by feel like I normally do. What I'm seeing right now with Sweeping Wind is that I need it's AOE for the White mobs. I just don't feel comfortable without it when facing a large number of mobs. Yet when I face a Champion pack it seems either the pack is easy enough that it really doesn't matter either way or I'm running a lot and Sweeping Wind ends up down and staying down cause I need to spend my spirit on other things.
Thus my thinking currently is that I'll keep Sweeping Wind for now since I need it for the trash, but when I hit 58 (4 levels from now) I'll swap in Backlash on my Mantra and see if that provides enough AOE on the trash to compensate for the loss of Wind. The question then becomes, what do I put in Wind's place?
I've already gone back to Tempest Rush instead of Dashing Strike. I just don't like how Dashing works when not targetting a mob and that is an important aspect to me. So I'm just going to keep Tempest Rush and hope I can manage the Rubberbanding enough to not get killed by it.
My build at 58 will then be as follows.
The empty spot is the Sweeping Wind spot that I need to figure out what to fill with. Could be an Ally, could be something else. I'm really not sure right now.
Thus my thinking currently is that I'll keep Sweeping Wind for now since I need it for the trash, but when I hit 58 (4 levels from now) I'll swap in Backlash on my Mantra and see if that provides enough AOE on the trash to compensate for the loss of Wind. The question then becomes, what do I put in Wind's place?
I've already gone back to Tempest Rush instead of Dashing Strike. I just don't like how Dashing works when not targetting a mob and that is an important aspect to me. So I'm just going to keep Tempest Rush and hope I can manage the Rubberbanding enough to not get killed by it.
My build at 58 will then be as follows.
- Fists of Thunder: Lightning Flash
- Tempest Rush: Tailwind
- Breathe of Heaven: Circle of Life (I know most prefer the damage buff rune, but I'm still finding the life very useful)
- Serenity: Ascension (I really want to use Tranquility to free people I group with from freezes and such, but I think I need to worry about myself more at this point)
- Mantra of Evasion: Backlash
- Transcendence
- Seize The Initiative
- The Guardian's Path
The empty spot is the Sweeping Wind spot that I need to figure out what to fill with. Could be an Ally, could be something else. I'm really not sure right now.