Oh, that melee/ranged divide! Monk struggling Hell.

[Treesh]

I didn't bother with resists on my monk until about act 4 hell and even then, I really didn't push hard for it and it was fine. I think your biggest concern is DPS. I think you've gone too far towards the defensive side of things (which means a lot coming from me because I'm a hugely defensive player in any game). Get a little more DPS, spirit regen on either your hat or your weapon (don't really need it on both at that point although if you can get it on both without having to sacrifice much, do so). The more spirit you are able to generate, especially on the shielded mobs, the more your transcendence will help because you can simply spend more spirit. I personally hated dashing strike every time I tried to work it into a build, but I think that's more personal preference than anything, which you stated you like pushing more buttons. =) Really for a monk, your gear is going to determine your build more than anything else. If you're low on DPS, you have to choose more offensive skills to boost it. The quicker things die, the more globes there are and the less incoming damage as the fight progresses and after your defensive skills are on cooldown. Try dropping mantra of evasion for mantra of conviction + overawe if you don't want to get different gear and don't want to change up too many other of your skills. If you find you have extra spirit you can spend, spam the mantra every 3 seconds to help with transcendence healing and make them take that much more damage. Plus, you get to push more buttons. That one change may make more of a difference than you might think.