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Originally Posted by photon
Ok, killing Hell Diablo felt like easy mode (due to my gear I assume). But Act I Inferno the elites are really being difficult, and it feels like it's my elemental resist that's the issue... I'll be fine, but then one defile or arcane will take me down 3/4 health before I can hardly move.
I think my resist is about 350 for all of them (Monk, so they all have the same), is that adequate, or too low?
I haven't spent much in gear, and have 850k on hand.. is this the point where people start having to farm for millions / gear just to play Act I Inferno?
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You shouldn't have to farm millions to do Act 1. Your resists might be fine, mine are not even that good - I have about 320, but I don't get hit a ton as a DH, so a monk might need a lot more, and you should be able to push those up with some good gear tweaks. As a monk you can get 80-100 per resist piece with All Resist + Another secondary resist. I assume you have figured out that you should pick a resist and focus on it, if you need I can further explain.
Just as important as resist though, is HP and Armor (and dodge). This is known as effective heatlh (see
here for a calculator). By plugging your numbers into there, you can see how all yours stats effectively work together to keep you alive.
Plus it tells you how what the best stat to improve to give you the most effective hp, (see this snippet of an old version of mine)
You can see that, at my current stat levels, I get 99 EHP per vit but only 20 for Int, 18 for str, 21 per dex, and 198 for each All Resist that I get. +life % is the best at 997 ehp, but also one of the hardest to get.
This is good because it allows me to understand that while All Resists is good, Vit is still half as good, and a piece with both at good levels would be best. It also gives you a total of your EHP, so you can figure out how a gear change has impacted you, or might impact you.
If any of this is confusing, I can explain further.
edit: As a monk, you might be able to use some of my old gear that I am pawning off, invite me (Rathji#1666) and we can see what I have for you.