Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (2024)

1.

Best in Slot Gear and Alternatives

The build incorporates the complete Uliana's Stratagem set bonuses,taking five of the six available Uliana set pieces, and then adding two piecesof the craftable Captain Crimson's Trimmings set —Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (1) Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle and one more of your choosing, according toyour weakest Uliana set roll (either Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (2) Captain Crimson's Thrust orUliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (3) Captain Crimson's Waders). This auxiliary set provides CDR as well as RCRbonuses, and then scales your damage dealt and damage reduced according toboth stats, respectively — bringing a massive boon to the build. Youwill attain the complete set bonuses of this two-set amalgamation viaUliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (4) Ring of Royal Grandeur in the Cube.

Rolls-wise, this Exploding Palm-centric playstyle takes good advantage ofCooldown Reduction, Skill and Area Damage affixes. Cooldown Reduction isrecommended as the fourth primary on Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (5) Uliana's Fury, alongside Dexterity,Crit Chance and Crit Damage (as you approach 15,000 Dexterity due to highParagons, it is recommended to even reroll the Dexterity on the glove to AreaDamage). Life Regeneration or Elite Damage Reduction, plus high Dexterity andVitality and secondary Physical Resistance are the desired stats onUliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (6) Uliana's Heart. High main stats, CDR and Area Damage rolls will behelpful on Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (7) Uliana's Strength. Note that both Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (8) Uliana's Heart andUliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (9) Uliana's Strength are able to roll Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (10) Seven-Sided Strike %, but it isnot advisable to seek these stats out, as the skill is mostly a tool to spreadand detonate Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (11) Exploding Palm, and the primary roll is best spent onsomething else. Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (12) Captain Crimson's Thrust should be dedicated toToughness, with high Dexterity, Vitality and Life Regeneration rolls ideallyaccompanied by Physical Resistance in the secondary stats. BothUliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (13) Uliana's Spirit and Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (14) Uliana's Destiny should be rolled withUliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (15) Exploding Palm % bonus.

Having Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (16) Ring of Royal Grandeur in the Cube to attain the full Ulianabonus allows you to split between offense and defense in the jewelry slots.One of the 2.4 reworks, the Endless Walk set — Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (17) The Compass Rosering and Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (18) The Traveler's Pledge amulet — adds a unique mechanic thatslowly increases your damage by up to a 100% if you remain stationary, anddrains it away and increases your damage reduction while moving. This dynamicfits the Uliana playstyle, which alternates dashing between fights withperiods of stationary Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (19) Seven-Sided Strike spam (the movement from the SSSanimation does not lower the Endless Walk damage bonus). See this build's skills page for more information.

Your other ring slot will be taken by the pure damage boost ofUliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (20) Convention of Elements, whose rotation of elemental bonuses you willneed to learn and time to maximize the benefits of the short-lived Cold cycle.Its ideal stats are Crit Chance, Crit Damage, an open Socket and either CDR,Area Damage or a flat Damage increase, with both bringing about equal value tothe build.

With the dependence on Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (21) Exploding Palm to deliver the bulk of thedamage, it is no wonder that Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (22) Gungdo Gear is the suggested bracer forthe build. With an effect both simple and devastating, this piece appliesUliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (23) Exploding Palm to enemies caught within the radius of a detonatedUliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (24) Exploding Palm, spreading like wildfire through the Uliana 6-piecebonus. Aim for the expected Cold elemental damage, Crit Chance, Dexterity andVitality.

Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (25) The Fist of Az'Turrasq is your first mandatory weapon; this legendaryfist increases the on-death explosion damage of Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (26) Exploding Palm by up to500%; as a true multiplier to the base damage of the skill, it essentiallydoubles the output of your primary source of damage. Getting a roll with orclose to the maximum 500% of the unique bonus is your foremost concern; otheroptimal stats include a good base damage roll, Cooldown Reduction and AreaDamage.

Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (27) Lion's Claw was introduced in Season 4 as an item tailored after thisbuild. Turning Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (28) Seven-Sided Strike into a fourteen-sided strike withoutextending casting time, this fist weapon serves as another true damagemultiplier by allowing you twice as many Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (29) Exploding Palm detonationsfrom Uliana's 6-piece bonus. The preferred stats for Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (30) Lion's Claw aresimilar to your other weapon — good base damage roll, Cooldown Reductionand Area Damage.

1.1.

Season 32 Theme — Ethereal Weapons

With this Season's addition of Ethereal Weapons as a theme, your idealoff-hand weapon during Greater Rift solo pushing will beBartuc's Cut-Throat, whose unique damage stacking mechanic andunrivaled skill and pure stat bonuses will outperform any other alternatives.It needs to be rolled with the weapon power of either Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (31) Lion's Claw,Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (32) The Fist of Az'Turrasq, or Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (33) The Flow of Eternity, and will ideally havethe Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (34) Determination passive. Learn more about Ethereal weapons in our Ethereal mechanics guide, and read upon how to farm them in the Etherealfarming guide.

1.2.

Desired Stats, Breakpoints and Other Notes

The build requires Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (35) Exploding Palm skill damage on helm and boots(max 30%) and Cold elemental damage bonus on amulet and bracers (max 40%)Aside from that, it requires as much Area Damage as you can fit (ideally130%+) while still maintaining a high investment in Cooldown Reduction, whichis by far the hardest and most demanding utility roll; try to obtain 70%+ CDR,which will require a solid CDR roll on pretty much any gear piece that can getit aside from the amulet, Diamond in the helm, maxed out CDR in Paragons andan Enchantress follower. While not mandatory and just for reference, in orderto achieve permanent Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (36) Epiphany, you will need ~75% CDR afterUliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (37) Gogok of Swiftness stacks. Dedicated Resource Cost Reduction Rollsshould not be necessary, and you can leave the stat to the minor gains fromParagon and the Cpt. Crimson set.

For Defense stats, aim for a life pool between 500-600k; dropping as muchas you can for offense as you grow accustomed to the build. You will mostlysustain through Life per Hit on gear, with one high roll in your setup (i.e.bracer or weapon).

All augmentations on gear should be done with your main stat, Dexterity.

Note that the stat suggestions below portray an ideally rolled item withstats listed in relative order of importance. The first four of them are mainstats, and the latter two — secondary stats. If your item lacks and isunable to be rerolled into the primary stats outlined below, especially for astat higher on the list, strongly consider its replacement. PerfectingSecondary stats is mostly a case of hyper-optimization and is not a case fordiscarding an item, except where noted.

SlotPiecesStat Priority
Head
  1. Dexterity
  2. Socket
  3. Critical Hit Chance
  4. Exploding Palm Damage %
  5. Physical or Lightning Resistance (Secondary Stat)
  6. Crowd Control Reduction (Secondary Stat)
Shoulders
  1. Dexterity
  2. Cooldown Reduction
  3. Area Damage
  4. All Resistance (guaranteed; can roll to RCR)
  5. Pickup Radius (Secondary Stat)
  6. Health Globe Healing Bonus (Secondary Stat)
Torso
  1. Dexterity
  2. 3 Sockets
  3. Vitality
  4. Reduced damage from Elites
  5. Physical or Lightning Resistance (Secondary Stat))
  6. Melee or Missile Damage Reduction (Secondary Stat)
Wrists
  1. Dexterity
  2. Critical Hit Chance
  3. Cold Damage %
  4. Vitality
  5. Physical or Lightning Resistance (Secondary Stat)
Hands
  1. Dexterity
  2. Dexterity (replaced by Area Damage at High Paragons)
  3. Critical Hit Chance
  4. Critical Hit Damage
  5. Cooldown Reduction
  6. Physical or Lightning Resistance (Secondary Stat)
  7. Pickup Radius (Secondary Stat)
Waist
  1. Dexterity
  2. Vitality
  3. Life %
  4. Life Regeneration
  5. Physical or Lightning Resistance (Secondary Stat)
  6. Life per Kill (Secondary Stat)
Legs
  1. Dexterity
  2. 2 Sockets
  3. Vitality
  4. Life Regeneration
  5. Physical or Lightning Resistance (Secondary Stat)
  6. Life per Kill (Secondary Stat)
Feet
  1. Dexterity
  2. Exploding Palm Damage %
  3. Vitality
  4. Life Regeneration
  5. Physical or Lightning Resistance (Secondary Stat)
  6. Health Globe Healing Bonus (Secondary Stat)
Amulet
  1. Socket (guaranteed)
  2. Critical Hit Damage
  3. Critical Hit Chance
  4. Cold Damage %
  5. Physical or Lightning Resistance (Secondary Stat)
  6. Melee or Missile Damage Reduction (Secondary Stat)
Ring #1
  1. Socket
  2. Critical Hit Damage
  3. Critical Hit Chance
  4. Cooldown Reduction or Area Damage
Ring #2
  1. Socket
  2. Critical Hit Damage
  3. Critical Hit Chance
  4. Cooldown Reduction or Area Damage
Weapon #1
  1. High Weapon Damage
  2. Dexterity
  3. Socket (preferably from Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (50) Ramaladni's Gift)
  4. Cooldown Reduction
  5. Area Damage
  6. Life per Kill (Secondary Stat if LpH not present)
Weapon #2
  1. High Weapon Damage
  2. Dexterity
  3. Socket (preferably from Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (52) Ramaladni's Gift)
  4. Cooldown Reduction
  5. Area Damage
  6. Life per Kill (Secondary Stat if LpH not present)

To help you with farming the gear you need for your builds, we have two veryuseful guides that you can access by clicking the links below: a Salvage Guide tohelp you quickly check whether or not you can safely salvage a piece of gear anda Legendary Farming Guide to help you efficiently farm legendaries and set items.

Legendary Item Salvage Guide Guide to Farming Legendaries and Set Items

1.3.

Altar of Rites

The former Season 28 theme, the Altar of Rites, has been revised andre-added to Diablo 3 as a permanent character progression mechanic. — Forvirtually all builds and players of all skill levels — from casual toadvanced — we recommend progressing through the Altar tree using the pathoutlined below. The suggested path is geared towards maximum quality of lifefirst, then amplifying damage, and then mopping up the tree with defensive andedge case utility nodes.

Note that while they require reaching them with a Seal, Legendary PotionPowers are not part of the Seal cost system; Potions unlock with a separateresource called Primordial Ashes, obtained from salvaging Legendary or Setitems of Primal (red bordered) quality. Upgrade them as soon as possible, andin the order shown below (courtesy of Caleko's Altar of Rites planner).

Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (53)

You can read more on the Altar of Rites, Seals and Legendary Potion Powersin our dedicated Altar of Rites Mechanics guide.

Altar of Rites Explained

2.

Paragon Points

In the Core section, max out Movement Speed to the 25% cap. Normally thisis done by dumping the first 50 Core Paragon points into Movement Speed, butif your boots have an imperfect roll with Movement Speed as a stat that youcannot replace, adjust the necessary point investment accordingly by simplysubtracting your roll from the 25% max. After that dump as much as youcomfortably can into Dexterity, but feel free to invest into Vitality if youfeel yourself lacking in toughness. Maximum Spirit is not necessary in thisbuild.

In the Offense section, max out Cooldown Reduction, Crit Chance, CritDamage, and Attack Speed, in that order. In Defense, prioritize AllResistance, then Life %, then Armor, and finish off with Life Regeneration. InUtility, build up Area Damage and Life on Hit first, then finish off withResource Cost Reduction and Globe Radius.

3.

Paragon Points

SlotParagon Points
Core
  1. Movement Speed up to 25% cap
  2. Dexterity
  3. Vitality
  4. Maximum Spirit (skip)
Offense
  1. Cooldown Reduction
  2. Critical Hit Chance
  3. Critical Hit Damage
  4. Attack Speed
Defense
  1. All Resistance
  2. Armor
  3. Life %
  4. Life Regeneration
Utility
  1. Area Damage
  2. Life on Hit
  3. Resource Cost Reduction
  4. Globe Radius

4.

Gems

Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (54) Bane of the Trapped is a potent source of additional damage, as it isits own multiplier in your total damage calculation. When fighting in meleerange, as a Uliana Monk naturally does, the gem will proc on its own throughthe level 25 property, bringing a self-sufficient increase to your DPS.

Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (55) Gogok of Swiftness has great synergy with the build, indirectlyproviding you with more damage and survivability by increasing the essentialCooldown Reduction, as well as scaling Dodge chance. While less important, theAttack Speed aspect will assist with resource upkeep to enable care-free spamof Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (56) Cyclone Strike.

Introduced in Season 4, Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (57) Bane of the Stricken occupies the third andfinal jewelry socket in GR progression. Building up your damagemultiplicatively in prolonged fights and with a level 25 bonus specificallytargeting Rift Guardians, this gem is designed to assist AoE heavy builds intheir struggle against single target, high HP enemies. The Uliana Monk is aprime example of such a build, and Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (58) Bane of the Stricken is consideredmandatory for pushing.

When it comes to gear gems, you will start out progression by slotting thehighest available level of Emeralds in the chest and pants sockets. Ideally,these will all be Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (59) Flawless Royal Emeralds as soon as possible. As yougrow in Paragon (bulking up Dexterity in the Core section) and aim for highertier and more dangerous GRs, you will transition those gems into the defensiveUliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (60) Flawless Royal Diamond. There is no specific breakpoint where you dothat; the rule of thumb is to make the change as soon as you feel the lack oftoughness impede your progress. Since this is a fairly cooldown-dependentbuild, slot a Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (61) Flawless Royal Diamond in your helm. In your weapons, usea Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (62) Flawless Royal Emerald for the Crit Damage boost.

SlotGems
Jewelry
Helm
Torso and Pants
Weapon

For more information about gems, please refer to our guide on gems.

Legendary Gems and Normal Gems Guide

5.

Kanai's Cube

Cubing Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (70) The Flow of Eternity is essential for the build, as the uniquepower of this daibo cuts the base cooldown of Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (71) Seven-Sided Strike by 60%and doubles its damage. No other weapon effect is remotely comparable, asbetter uptime of that skill directly translates into damage andsurvivability.

Created with Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (72) Seven-Sided Strike in mind, Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (73) Binding of the Lost isa damage reduction powerhouse that scales with the power of Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (74) Lion's Claw,optimally providing you with 49% DR. With a generous 7-second uptime and theCooldown Reduction focus of the build, you will easily overlap its effect.Note that the unique power of this belt ranges between 3-3.5 damage reduction,with a 7% loss between the minimum and maximum — so try to perfect yourroll for optimal performance.

In the jewelry slot you will use the Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (75) Ring of Royal Grandeur, a cachelegendary ring from Act I bounties.Running the full 6-piece Uliana set bonus and Cpt. Crimson 3-piece bonus whiledodging the undesirable guaranteed stats on the Grandeur by cubing its poweris a tremendous boost to the build.

The Kanai's Cube can be used for much more than simply extracting Legendary powers from items. Pleaserefer to our Kanai's Cube guide for more information.

Kanai's Cube guide

6.

Follower

The recommended follower for this build during solo GR progression is theEnchantress, due to her cooldown reduction- and elemental damagebonuses, both of which contribute greatly to this build.

For more information regarding followers, we advise you to read our FollowerGuide, which contains detailed advice for choosing the skills and the gear ofyour follower.

Diablo 3 Follower Guide

7.

Legendary Potion

Your recommended potion is Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (76) Bottomless Potion of the Tower, whoseArmor-increasing properties complement the naturally high All Resistances statof Monks (due to Uliana Seven-Sided Strike Monk BiS Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points (77) Harmony) for optimal survivability.

8.

Changelog

  • 10 Jul. 2024: Added Season 32 advice for ethereal weapons.
  • 10 Apr. 2024: Added Season 31 advice for the unbound Kanai's Cube slots.
  • 08 Jan. 2024: Revised guide for the permanent addition of the Altar of Rites, and added Season-specific Soul Shard recommendations.
  • 13 Sep. 2023: Added Season 29 Paragon Cap and Gearing recommendations.
  • 22 Feb. 2023: Added Season 28 Altar of Rites recommendations.
  • 26 Aug. 2022: Added Season 27 Angelic Crucible recommendations.
  • 14 Apr. 2022: Guide reviewed for Season 26.
  • 08 Dec. 2021: Minor gear revision; added Season 25 Soul Shard recommendations.
  • 21 Jul. 2021: Added Ethereal weapon recommendation for Season 24.
  • 01 Apr. 2021: Added follower recommendation.
  • 16 Nov. 2020: Added S22 Cube recommendation.
  • 01 Jul. 2020: No changes required for Season 21.
  • 12 Mar. 2020: No changes necessary for Season 20.
  • 21 Nov. 2019: Updated to include Cpt. Crimson; imrpoved tables and explanations across the board.
  • 23 Aug. 2019: Reviewed for Season 18.
  • 16 May 2019: Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
  • 17 Jan. 2019: Added suggestions for the baseline Ring of Royal Grandeur for Seasonal characters.
  • 28 Oct. 2017: Replaced Lefebvre's Soliloquy with Spirit Guards as the cubed armor piece.

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