Best Diablo 3 Monk Builds: Season 33

If you’re wondering what the best Diablo 3 Monk builds are for Season 33, our guide has everything you need to know.

The elusive Monk is one of the most unique classes in Diablo 3. Monks are shrouded in mystery and have a great aptitude for melee combat. This offers players plenty of flexibility as you can combine powerful melee blows, AoE attacks, and spell buffs in your Monk builds.

The Ivgorod warrior is one of the game’s strongest classes if you can master their techniques.

Here’s a full rundown of the best builds for Monks for Season 33 of Diablo 3.

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.

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 33?

In Season 33, the Monk is considered one of the best classes to use. With the right build, this class can climb to the top of any leaderboard.

Despite the ranking shaking up once again in Season 33, it seems like this titan will never be toppled but that’s not a bad thing.

Best Diablo 3 Monk Build: Season 33

In order to do the maximum amount of damage this season, you’ll want to be running the Legacy of Dreams, Waves of Light build. This is the most reliable Monk build in Season 33 of Diablo 3.

Active Skills

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

Skill	Rune
Wave of Light	Explosive Light
Mystic Ally	Air Ally
Epiphany	Desert Shroud
Cyclone Strike	Implosion
Mantra of Salvation	Agility
Blinding Flash	Faith in the Light

Passive Skills

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

• Beacon of Ytar
• Seize the Initiative
• The Guardian’s Path
• Harmony

Item build

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:

Item Type	Name
Helm	Tzo Krin’s Gaze
Shoulders	Lefebvre’s Soliloquy
Chest	Cindercoat
Gloves	Inna’s Hold
Bracers	Pinto’s Pride
Belt	The Witching Hour
Pants	Blackthrone’s Jousting Mail
Boots	The Crudest Boots
Ring 1	Convention of the Elements
Ring 2	Unity
Amulet	Squirt’s Necklace
Main-hand weapon	Kyoshiro’s Blade
Secondary weapon	Rabid Strike
Off-hand weapon	Incense Torch of the Grand Temple

Follower

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

With this Monk build, we recommend bringing along the spell-slinging Enchantress to give you some extra cooldown reduction.

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 across the A tiers.

Sunwuko Waves of Light

Similar to the build above, the Sunwuko Wave of Light offers a fun and powerful alternative:

Skill	Rune
Wave of Light	Pillar of the Ancients
Sweeping Wind	Inner Storm
Epiphany	Desert Shroud
Cyclone Strike	Implosion
Dashing Strike	Blinding Speed
Serenity	Ascension

Inna Mystic Ally

Based on the Inna’s Mantra armor set, this build provides the Monk with the combined power of Ally runes, as well as granting them the ability to summon hordes of Allies to their side on the battlefield. This gives the player a strong Summoner playstyle.

Skill	Rune
Way of the Hundred Fists	Assimilation
Mystic Ally	Fire Ally
Inner Sanctuary	Temple of Protection
Cyclone Strike	Implosion
Dashing Strike	Blinding Speed
Serenity	Ascension

For all the Diablo 3 character class builds, check out our guides for the Necromancer, Barbarian, Demon Hunter, Witch Doctor, Crusader, and Wizard.