Monk Inner Sanctuary Elder Rift Build Guide: Gems, Items, and How to Play

This is a guide to the Inner Sanctuary Elder Rift Build, a PvE Monk Build in Diablo Immortal! Inflict huge damage-over-time with offensive versions of Inner Sanctuary and Shield of Zen! Read on to learn how to play this party build, which excels at general PvE in Dungeons and Rifts, and what gear, skill, and gem setups to use.

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Inner Sanctuary Elder Rift Build Profile

Build Profile and Rating

Inner Sanctuary Elder Rift
Class	Monk
Build Rating
Preference	Party
Build Focus	PvE: Dungeon, Elder Rift, Challenge Rift
Stat Priorities	・Strength ・Critical Hit Chance ・Critical Hit Damage ・Cooldown Reduction ・Vitality

Build Strengths and Weaknesses

Build Gear and Skill Summary

Main Hand		Off Hand
Fires of Peace		Respite's Sigh
Head	Shoulder	Chest	Legs
Judgment's Watch	Rising Tide	Disciplined Respite	Isolation's Path
Set (Grace of the Flagellant & War Rags of Shal’Baas)
Neck	Ring 1	Ring 2	Waist
Burning Heart of Shal'baas	Broken Palm	Severed Thumb	Storm-Tack of Shal'baas
Hands		Feet
Bloody Hand		Torn Sole
Paragon Trees
Vanquisher > Soldier > Mastermind
Skills
Deadly Reach (Primary)
Inner Sanctuary		Shield of Zen
Exploding Palm		Flying Dragon
Charm Priority
1. Inner Sanctuary 2. Shield of Zen 3. Flying Dragon 4. Exploding Palm 5. Deadly Reach

Gem Setup

Normal Gems

Legendary Gems

Gem Name	Effect
Aquamarine x2	+ 8 Armor
Citrine x3	+ 8 Potency
Ruby x1	+ 80 Life
Sapphire x2	+ 8 Armor Penetration
Topaz x1	+ 8 Resistance
Tourmaline x5	+ 8 Damage

Gem Name	Effect
Blood-Soaked Jade	Increases all damage you deal by up to 8% while at full Life, with a minimum bonus of 4% while at low Life. Increases your Movement Speed by 10%. Take 2% decreased damage while below 50% Life. 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
Howler's Call	Your Primary Attack has a 10% chance to summon a charging spirit wolf that inflicts 150% base damage + 1458 to all enemies in its path. Cannot occur more often than once every 20 seconds. The spirit wolf has a 12% chance to Stun enemies for 3 seconds. 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
Zwenson's Haunting	When you defeat an enemy, a dark beast attacks nearby enemies, dealing 50% base damage + 486 to all nearby enemies. Cannot occur more than once every 6 seconds. Gain a 7% chance to summon a dark dragon after using a skill against an enemy that causes loss of control. (Unlocks at Rank 3) Unlocks at Rank 3

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

Damage Over Time Rift-Buster

This build is a heavily offense-focused build that flips Inner Sanctuary and Shield of Zen on their heads and turns them into DoT skills that are capable of mowing down armies of mobs.

Huge Buffs to Inner Sanctuary

Due to the Judgment's Watch head gear, Inner Sanctuary now does continuous damage to all enemies. Respite's Sigh and Disciplined Respite both work to increase Inner Sanctuary's duration as well as decrease its cooldown time, increasing its viability as an offensive tool.

Shield of Zen for Additional Damage

The Fires of Peace main hand weapon turns Shield of Zen into a damage-dealing skill as well greatly adding to your DoT output.

Gems Hugely Increase Damage

The Legendary Gems Blood-soaked Jade, Chained Death, Fervent Fang, and Power & Command work hand in hand to increase your damage output. Furthermore, the Gems Howler's Call and Zwenson's Haunting summon beast allies to deal enormous damage to surrounding enemies.

A Collection of Set Items

First, four set items from Grace of the Flagellant increase continual damage by 15% from Inner Sanctuary and Shield of Zen, as well as increasing your damage after consecutive hits. Then, two set items from War Rags of Shal’Baas increases your primary attack damage by 15%, allowing Deadly Reach to deal more damage to more enemies.

Stats and Paragon Priorities

Attribute Priorities

Paragon Priorities

The Vanquisher Paragon tree should be your priority, as it contains various skills that increase your damage output. This would be all you need for a very long time.

At the endgame, the Mastermind and Soldier Paragon trees allow you to give buffs to your party members when in battle.

How to Play

Flying Dragon into Exploding Palm

When you notice that enemies are father apart from each other, you can use Flying Dragon to gather enemies into one spot and cast Exploding Palm on them, which inflicts them with Bleed.

Use Inner Sanctuary Around a Cluster of Enemies

When they've been grouped together and are Bleeding, cast Inner Sanctuary and use your primary attack Deadly Reach to get their health down further. They should all go down in a series of explosions.

Use Shield of Zen When Inner Sanctuary is on Cooldown

Use Shield of Zen to take out single enemies while waiting for Inner Sanctuary to finish its cooldown. You can also use this opportunity to dash through hordes of enemies, and lure them into a single spot, at which time Inner Sanctuary will be available for use again.

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