Monk Exploding Palm Elder Rift Build Guide: Gems, Items, and How to Play

This is a guide to the Exploding Palm Elder Rift Build, a PvE Monk Build in Diablo Immortal! Use a three-skill combo centered around Exploding Palm to gather and obliterate enemy mobs in an instant! Read on to learn how to play this solo or party build, which excels at general PvE in Dungeons and Rifts, and what gear, skill, and gem setups to use.

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Exploding Palm Elder Rift Build Profile

Build Profile and Rating

Exploding Palm Elder Rift
Class	Monk
Build Rating
Preference	Solo and Party
Build Focus	PvE: Dungeon, Elder Rift, Challenge Rift
Stat Priorities	・Strength ・Critical Hit Chance ・Critical Hit Damage ・Vitality ・Attack Speed

Build Strengths and Weaknesses

Build Gear and Skill Summary

Main Hand		Off Hand
Spirit's Reach		Eye of the Storm
Head	Shoulder	Chest	Legs
Crippling Insight	Discipline's Weight	Storm Spirit	Companion's Melody
Set (War Rags of Shal'baas)
Neck	Ring 1	Ring 2	Waist
Burning Heart of Shal'baas	Resting Fangs of Shal'baas	Braided Serpent of Shal'baas	Storm-Tack of Shal'baas
Hands		Feet
Dozen Strikes of Shal'baas		Wind-Trods of Shal'baas
Paragon Trees
Vanquisher > Survivor > Soldier
Skills
Fists of Thunder (Primary)
Cyclone Strike		Exploding Palm
Seven-Sided Strike		Mystic Allies
Charm Priority
1. Seven-Sided Strike 2. Exploding Palm 3. Cyclone Strike 4. Fists of Thunder 5. Mystic Allies

Gem Setup

Normal Gems

Legendary Gems

Gem Name	Effect
Aquamarine x2	+ 8 Armor
Citrine x2	+ 8 Potency
Ruby x1	+ 80 Life
Sapphire x2	+ 8 Armor Penetration
Topaz x2	+ 8 Resistance
Tourmaline x5	+ 8 Damage

Gem Name	Effect
Ca'arsen's Invigoration	Increases the speed of your Primary Attack by 6%. Increases the damage of your primary attack by 2%. Unlocks at Rank 3
Chained Death	Increases damage done by your attacks by 1.50% per target hit, up to a maximum of 4.5% with 3 targets. Chained death bonus damage increases to a maximum of 4 targets. Unlocks at Rank 3
Fervent Fang	Each time you deal damage to an enemy, that enemy now takes 0.80% increased from your attacks, up to a maximum increase of 8% at 10 stacks. All damage you deal to Elite monsters increased by 1.5% Unlocks at Rank 3
Power and Command	Power and Command alternates states every 9 seconds. Power increases your Primary Attack damage by 8%. Command increases all other skill damage by 8%. You have a 7.5% chance to dispel a negative effect on you each time Power and Command states alternate. Unlocks at Rank 3
Seled's Weakening	Gain 6.00% increased damage for 60 seconds after killing an Elite monster. Increases all damage you deal to Elite monsters by 1%. Unlocks at Rank 3
The Hunger	Heal 40% base damage +567 Life each time you defeat an enemy. Cannot occure more often than once every 20 seconds. Increases your attack speed by 4%nfor 3 seconds after defeating an enemy. Unlocks at Rank 3

Indicated gem effects only display their base effect. Values will be higher depending on the gem's upgrade level.

Three-Skill Combo Mob Obliterator

This build is focused on taking out as many enemies as possible in a single instant with Cyclone Strike, Exploding Palm and Seven-Sided Strike, with Mystic Allies serving as a distraction or additional firepower.

Armor and Gems Boost Damage

The War Rags of Shal'baas Set helps achieve this high damage output, as well as Gems like Chained Death, Power and Command, and Fervent Fang.

Weapons Strengthen Combo Skills

While your Legendary armor helps increase the effectiveness of your skills, Your main hand weapon and off hand are particularly powerful at strengthening the damage-dealing output of your three-skill combo.

Spirit's Reach Drastically increases the time Seven-Sided Strike is active, making it a skill that is sure to bring enemies down to death, triggering the explosions of Exploding Palm. Eye of the Storm on the other hand increases the range of Cyclone Strike, allowing you to drag in even more enemies to their death.

Stats and Paragon Priorities

Attribute Priorities

Paragon Priorities

As Vanquisher increases your damage, this should definitely be your priority when playing solo. Survivor second, so as to give your Monk a little survivability. Last should be Soldier, and only used when in a party.

How to Play

Gather, Detonate, and Decimate

First, charge up Cyclone Strike to group enemies together. Next, use Exploding Palm to inflict enemies with Bleed. Finally, follow up with Seven-Sided Strike to knock their HP down until they all explode at the same time. This is the bread and butter of this build, as it is capable of eliminating an entire mob of enemies in a single instant.

Aggro as Many Enemies as Possible

This build shines the more enemies there are on screen. Run around to get as many enemies as possible to come to you. Then, when they are all in Cyclone Strike distance, execute the three-skill combo.

Mystic Allies for Distraction

Out of all the defensive skills available to a Monk, Mystic Allies is one of the most useful. Not only can your clones do damage, but they can also distract enemies and bosses while you retreat to heal or get behind an enemy.

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