Best Diablo 3 Monk Builds: Season 25

Looking for the best Diablo 3 Monk builds coming into this season? Here’s everything you need to know to get up close and personal with the hordes of the Burning Hells.

One of the most obscure classes in Diablo 3 is the elusive Monk, a character shrouded in mystery with an aptitude for all things melee.

Offering players a flexible playstyle weaving together spell buffs, AoE attacks and some good old punching, the Ivgorod assassin is perfect for a whole collection of players – if you can master their techniques.

So, here’s why you should pick the Monk going into this season, as well as a rundown of their best builds.

Contents

• Is the Monk right for me?
• Is the Monk good this season?
• Best Diablo 3 Monk build
  • Active Skills
  • Passive Skills
  • Item build & Soul Shard
  • Follower
• Alternative Diablo 3 Monk builds
  • Inna Mystic Ally
  • Patterns of Justice Tempest Rush

Diablo 3’s female monk is beautiful, but she’s deadly.

Is the Monk for me?

For players who love complex characters, the Monk is the one for you. Chaining together punches, kicks, and buffs, they nurture a high-rise-high-reward playstyle. One-shotting enemies won’t be a problem, but you’ll need to balance your damage-based abilities with your buffs.

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If you prefer a more tank-style class we suggest the Barbarian or Crusader, with the Demon Hunter being the go-to if you’re looking to tear the hordes apart from the backlines.

Is the Monk good in Diablo 3 Season 25?

A quick glance at Maxroll.gg’s key farming tier list will tell you that the Monk reigns supreme in the S-Tier. With four of the top eight builds being Monk ones, they’re the perfect pick to keep Hell’s horrors at bay.

Bathed in moonlight, the Monk has become one of Sanctuary’s fiercest protectors.

Best Diablo 3 Monk Build: Season 25

In order to do the maximum amount of damage this season, you’ll want to be running the Inna Mystic Ally build. This is the most reliable across all of the different ways of playing Diablo 3.

Reliant upon the Inna Mantra armor set, this build calls upon your Mystic Ally summon to give you a helping hand.

Active Skills

Below are all of the skills included in the build, but be sure to max out your fire damage, critical hit chance, critical hit damage, damage range and attack speed so that these skills work together efficiently:

Passive Skills

In terms of passive skills, you’ll want to have:

• Beacon of Ytar
• Seize the Initiative
• The Guardian’s Path
• Near-Death Experience
• Relentless Assault

Item build & Soul Shard

Your skills are nothing without a good set of armor and weapons, though, so here’s how to maximize your Diablo 3 Monk build this season:

In terms of the all new Soul Shards, you’ll want to run the Sliver of Terror on your helmet, and the Dregs of Lies on your weapon. The latter’s huge damage buff is worth the downsides, and the Pet Stacking damage means you can watch your Mystic Ally and adorable companion tear the hordes apart from afar.

Follower

While many dismiss the Follower, they can make or break your gameplay. Changes in Season 23 allowed you to customize their armor alongside their weapons, so now they really do have an impact.

• Read More: Diablo 3 Season 25 Soul Shards: How to get, stats, locations & tips

We recommend bringing along the spell-slinging Enchantress to give you some cooldown reduction.

Now that you know how to master Diablo 3’s best Monk build, here are some other options.

Alternative Diablo 3 Monk builds

If this build doesn’t seem like your cup of tea, don’t worry! There are two other paths that we can recommend following, and both are also S-Tier ranked.

Legacy of Dreams, Waves of Light

Reliant upon the Legacy of Dreams gem, this damage-based build truly turns up the heat against the hordes:

The full Legacy of Dreams guide can be obtained here.

Patterns of Justice Tempest Rush

Based on the Patterns of Justice armor set, this build relies on freezing your enemies and wrapping the icy talons of death around them.

A full breakdown of the PoJ Tempest Rush build can be obtained here.

So that’s it for our Diablo 3 Monk Builds for this Season! Hoping to become a Season 25 champion? Be sure to check out our guides:

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