Monk is one of the easiest classes to level up in Diablo 3 due to its self-healing abilities and its variety of ways to mitigate damage.

While it may pack as much power as some of the other classes, its high survivability allows you to take down bosses and complete D3′s quests and boss encounters. As a bonus, the Monk’s survivability makes it an effective first class for tackling Inferno mode with.

In this Diablo 3 Monk leveling guide, we will be going over the best tips and strategies that you can use to level up quickly as a Monk in D3. Before we get into specifics, we should discuss perhaps the most important aspect of this D3 Monk Leveling guide: the leveling path.

The truth is in Diablo 3 that since you get a lot of experience points for completing quests, particularly for defeating boss enemies, you can level up very easily just by going through the game. As a general rule of thumb, normal mode should take you to level 25+ without needing to do any repeating. Once you clear normal mode you should be ready to go right into Nightmare mode.

In Nightmare mode you may have to do a bit of farming to get to the right level. You want to be around level 53-54 before you move on to Hell mode. I recommend repeating the final dungeon in whichever act you are in if the enemies in the next act are a bit too tough to start with.

The reason for this is the final dungeon in each act contains higher level enemies which gives you a lot of experience points and defeating the boss of the last dungeon of that act gives you a quest completion experience and gold reward. Leveling up in D3 really is as simple as that.

The things that will increase your leveling speed are not the actual path you take but rather tips and tricks that can help you deal more damage and survive better. This is the focus of this Diablo 3 Monk leveling guide as this is what separates slow levelers from fast levelers. 

As a followup, I’ve been able to kill The Butcher with only 9k life using glass cannon and stacking as much Attack Speed as I can.  It’s a little RNG, but if you can get your Templar to tank him long enough (get him stam!) you can kill him very quickly. You need glass cannon for Act 2 onwards, otherwise you won’t be able to kill the rest of Inferno. Unfortunately you have to time Smoke Screen with a few chains with this method, but he dies so fast it shouldn’t be too bad.

Being the casual gamer these days that I am with my job and lots of side work, I haven’t cleared too far into Inferno difficulty in Diablo 3 yet.  However, last night I took on the Butcher as a solo Demon Hunter.  It was annoying and hard, but fun.  I eventually overcame the encounter and was able to kill him quickly and efficiently.  Actually, very efficiently.  I ended up getting the achievement where you kill the Butcher in under 2 minutes!  Considering many people see the enrage timer, I consider that pretty good!

My big problem was the random-number-generator (RNG) events killing me.  As a Demon Hunter you’re about as squishy as a small bug, so 1 hit does you in pretty well.  Note that unless you have 30,000HP, The Butcher’s chain ability will 1 shot your character.

Knowing this, here are some tips that let me beat him.

This was the build I used, focusing on heavy single-target damage while still retaining some mobility.
Obtain 30,000 life.  Try substituting as few stamina-heavy items as possible over normal gear. Damage is important on the fight. Also, resistance to all or physical resistance items help too, as it’ll make it so you don’t need as much health.
Drop sentry and use Marked For Death on the boss at the beginning.  Keep up a Devouring Arrow tick as much as possible and use Elemental Arrow liberally.  Don’t get too greedy, as he’ll grab you if you’re not ready to strafe.
Strafe to the sides, don’t move straight away from him.  His blue grip chain will always get you unless you’re very far away.
Eat the chains damage.  If you have extra discipline you can time a Smoke Screen to avoid all damage from it.  Chains is random, though, so you have to get lucky.  If he hasn’t done one for a while it’s a good bet that the next ability will be one.
The fire on the ground sucks.  When you want to get to a health well it sometimes comes up at the worst time.  Never stand on it.  You can run over it for 2 seconds with Smoke Screen, but don’t tempt fate.
If your damage is high enough you’ll only have to re-mark the boss and re-drop sentry once during the fight.
Get a strong bow with at least 750-790DPS and a socket.  Gem it with a Green gem for 45% (or more) extra crit damage.  You crit a lot.  Do not get a crossbow.  For whatever reason, crossbows fire slower than bows in Diablo 3.  Seriously, even if they say they’re the same speed, they’re not.  Try it yourself with the same gear on. 

Did you know that you can make real money with Diablo 3? Here are top 7 strategies that you can do to make some gold as you play the game.

This is the most obvious tip. Strive to become a better player. The better you are at playing the game the higher your chances of getting the most rare items and make money out of it. It will not just motivate you to become a critical thinker but also light your way to the path of monetary success.

Sell up your gold. In fact, it is recommended that you sell your own gold within the first month for this is when it becomes such an in demand commodity. You can start your price at a high rate. Always be cautious on where you will spend your gold especially at the start of the game.

Gold farming is essential in Diablo 3 but remember that there comes various ways of the term farming. It also includes gear and essence farming methods. Each requires a unique approach and can also render you varying gains.

Do not hesitate to use artisans. Invest in crafting gear pieces and then sell them right at the auction house. To use your blacksmith can become an important way for you to make gold when most of the players have reached level 60.