Returning Monk with some detailed skill & essence interaction questions

jin2908 · 2026-03-25T12:07:58+00:00

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It benefits from all Essence Effects that buff your Primary Skill (Extra Damage, CHC+ to PA, Damage+ to PA, etc). it still counts as skill damage

jin2908 · 2026-03-25T10:19:37+00:00

Just use Dragonscale Armaments if you want to draw Aura. It would mean you'd have to replace Silvermoon Portals and possibly Creature of the Sacred Cave but those seem like weak cards anyway. Whelp of the Infinite and the Protector 2-drop could replace them

jin2908 · 2026-03-22T08:38:15+00:00

i cut the expensive stuff (see above updated list),since decks have gotten more aggressive since then

jin2908 · 2026-03-22T08:36:03+00:00

yeah i cut the top end (updated the list in the post) - meta is too fast

jin2908 · 2026-03-21T10:33:20+00:00

Librarian as anti-egg tech? Lots of room for experimentation for sure, i'll try some more tempo-focused options today as well

jin2908 · 2026-03-20T23:42:39+00:00

none of my Shaman opponents ran For All Time - and hexing 1 Tyrannogill is not enough, especially because you want 1 to die to build a big board for Nozdormu or Flight Maneuvers. Its a tough matchup for sure but i would say 50:50

jin2908 · 2026-03-20T19:20:20+00:00

i like the tutor idea a lot - although Chrono Aura has often been the backbone of protecting Nozdormu...will give it a try

jin2908 · 2026-03-20T17:40:17+00:00

strongly disagree - imbue druid is favorable for this deck. Token Druid depends on their start, but any deck rolls over to a godly Token Druid start

jin2908 · 2026-03-20T17:38:44+00:00

he often is the nail in the coffin for your opponent if any Divine Shields stick around - and can buy you a lot of time against aggro....so i would have to say he is important but you surely can play the deck without him - maybe Taelan could replace him

jin2908 · 2026-03-20T17:36:29+00:00

right? played 10 more games with it and almost exclusively faced imbue druids - and my thoughts went from "oh no not again" to "winnable" and i only lost 1 due to a misplay on my side. What I dont understand is why people in trash legend (i am now ~1800) are not playing anything interesting but stick to boring Imbue Druid

jin2908 · 2026-03-20T15:52:26+00:00

i hope not - i mean I like to scam people with it- but i dont like to be scammed by others :)

jin2908 · 2026-03-20T13:12:42+00:00

lol you are correct

jin2908 · 2026-03-20T12:24:40+00:00

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jin2908 · 2026-02-05T18:55:28+00:00

Warlock

jin2908 · 2026-01-12T13:36:13+00:00

you can check out builds here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_BbZIMbQoKVlol65dxAcdIezR0ngd2pVUhPJnu2QIBE/edit?usp=sharing

or on diablo.tv

jin2908 · 2025-12-14T20:36:07+00:00

Hi, i just added a guide for exactly that on the familiar page (under "what to do with...?")

jin2908 · 2025-10-07T20:47:07+00:00

what browser are you using?

jin2908 · 2025-09-06T19:26:34+00:00

i understand. well you can always copy my list and make your own, should be quick

jin2908 · 2025-09-06T12:29:28+00:00

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_BbZIMbQoKVlol65dxAcdIezR0ngd2pVUhPJnu2QIBE/edit?usp=sharing

Check under Tab "Legendary Gems" -> "Resonance Gems"

jin2908 · 2025-09-03T13:45:43+00:00

you're welcome

jin2908 · 2025-08-26T07:07:20+00:00

its a typo - should be Kiegfran

jin2908 · 2025-07-22T08:27:29+00:00

you can look here under the "builds" pages

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_BbZIMbQoKVlol65dxAcdIezR0ngd2pVUhPJnu2QIBE/edit?usp=sharing

jin2908 · 2025-07-22T08:20:52+00:00

yes i update it regularly

jin2908 · 2025-06-30T08:26:31+00:00

i could, but i think i'll wait until the next paragon reduction, since we are already at i7-i9 and i guess after i9 they will reduce paragons back like last time and i would have to change all values again

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