okay
gear critique..
the head..
take away the life/spirit and put in crit via reforge..
either that or find a 5 property head with
life
dex
socket
life/spirit
random property that will be rerolled into crit..
the amulet..
that's a nightmare rather than an amulet..
i can accept that you need the loh..
but if damage is your focus cdr is a commodity.. crit please..
honestly i'd go with an amulet with
dex
vit
crit dmg
crit chance
pick a random rare with 400ish dex&vit that has either HIGH (8.5) crit and another crappy star or viceversa HIGH crit damage (85+) and another crappy stat.. you'll just reroll the fourth stat..
steady striker
i don't want to sound a jerk, but they're terrible.. they have loh.. they have asp.. they have crit... but no vit and no dex..
either reroll the armor into vit (or dex.. if you have enough toughness definitely go for def), OR if you are sporting an elemental build, i'd go for bracer with
+x element damge of your choice
+dex
and two additional stat.. one of which SHOULD be either a decent amount of crit (always rule of tumb never go for sub 5.. 5 is the MINIMUM you're seeking) and the other a survival stat that you like (vit? loh? your call)
chest
drop that shit..
you can find plenty of chest with
dex
life
+one nice suffix
if you REALLY aim for the cyclone strike bonus, at least be a man and reroll the bonus armor.. either into dex or into life...
frankly i'd forgo everything and try to nag and reroll a rare chest so that it offers
410ish dex
400ish life
loh
3 sockets
the socket number is mandatory, and a rare chest with 4 primary property and dex+vit+loh+crapStat is easy to come by.. and the reroll is painless..
boots
this slot is ok, but i'd try to reroll a secondary into a bonus for a skill of choice.. i don't remember which skill the boots can be rerolled on but do consider it in the future..
legs
take away the armor
the only reason i'd go for legendary "generic" legs is if they offer say
dex
life
2 sockets
resist all
else just go with rare pants with
dex
life
sockets
+one stat as whatever you feel like..
if you want to keep your leg you should REALLY reroll them, but frankly i'd say that as a waste of a shard since they're really a weak item...
guantlets
again aim for a 4 property guantlets
they should have
dex
vit
crit chance
1 crap to be changed to crit dmg..
if you really don't find anything on those lines, try something with
dex, vit, loh, + crap and reroll the crap suffix into crit chance
stone of jordan
soj.. eh.. the other stats are okayish but the elite dmg +30%? most of times you'll be fightining NON elites, so either you put this one on during boss or stuff like that or you don't use it at all
plus a ring is a KEY item for so many bonus
frankly you should get aim for a
dex
crit chance
crit dmg
then either vit or attack speed depending on your toughness..
my general approach for ring is
dex and crit as a combo are easy to come by.. if you find one that has 4 property (MANDATORY), 5 critical chance and either 6 attack speed or a sizeable amount of vitality/ther stuff and the last stat is crap.. you're golden, just reroll the crap stat into crit dmg... same if you find a ring with crit chance, HIGH crit dmg, vit and a crap stat... reroll the crap stat into dex..
rule of thum is always aim for 4 useful stat.. if AFTER a reroll you're left with 3 useful stat and 1 shit, most likely it means that either you reforged wrong OR you picked an item with 1 great modified, 1 decent modifier and two trash modified.. and that won't serve our purpose to optimize
ring2
the same general advice as ring1 applies.. tough if you really are attached to this ring, you can reroll the armor bonus into crit damage bonus (try to get at least 40...)
offhand
you've got a socket which is nice, but you can easily find a decent dex, vit, weapon with a socket or with a crap stat that can be rerolled into a socket with way more dps than 1,7k.. try to abandon that weapon in favour of a 1,9k rare one hander with vit, dex and a crap stat that you'll reroll into a socket.. if you find one that has LOH on top of all these stuff even better, but it's just icing the cake...
mainhand
just NO..
damage is okay, but really no socket? that's stupid... remove the 6% attack speed or remove the vitality and put an emerald in a socket there...
belt
I don't like the belt.. the loh is low, it just has three stats....
but beggars can't be choosers..
personally i'll use on my monk a string of ears i've found.. it has comparable dex, it has vit, and another stat.. plus it has a secondary which reduces physical damage by 25% (which won't cover a whole lot of enemies, but it will at least reduce the damage of some of 'em)..
so a quick general recap..
if you have to choose
socket on weapon
crit dmg//crit %
dex
attack speed (this may go down depending on spec/classes)
socket on armor
defensive stat (life, life%, loh, all res)
non standard stat like
+X to skill
+X to elemental damage
deserves more information, as they are becoing more and more widespread..
if your build has a specific type of elemental damage your BEST bet would be to have a modifier for that element on the wrist as this is a common affix, or bonus to a specific moves (most likely coming from helm, chest, whatever...)
this won't count as on-paper dps but they really adds up in terms of numbers...
of course if your toughness is REALLY low the defensive stat may rise a few position, but in the long run as you get more and more equipped, you get to choose what exacly you can sacrifice and what you can't sacrifice (and when you hit the sweetzone for toughness on your "usual" playing difficulty, either you ramp up the difficulty or tweak your gear so that additional toughness is actually dps stat, since you don't need anymore toughness at that moment)
hope this help..
If you were in the eu, i'd say come with me and get a bit carried for a few bounty till we get 5 horadrim chest.. rack up on rares and check if any rare is "worth" using/rerolln.. then open the horadric chest...
alas you're on us so, that's that...
