Since the recent update, farming as a Monk/Warrior has been hard. I think I may have thought of a new AoE farming method that will still work, but I have not had a chance to test it out yet.
As an Ele/Monk (or Monk/Ele, but I think Energy Storage woud be better for this), use high Protection and (Smiting/Water), then have lower (Water/Smiting) and Healing. Skills would be similar to Monk/War, but in the absence of Bonetti's Defence, you would need more MP and Protective Spirit (this could not work with P. Bond). Go in like you would a Monk/War, and first cast an AoE cold spell that causes slowed movement, followed by an AoE smiting to do the damage, or a higher damage AoE cold that may or may not cause slowness. I have not really looked at the skills yet, but I'm sure we will find a way to use AoE slow to achieve good AoE farming again. They seem to just want to make us think of new strategies, or else they would not have made it as seemingly hard as they have.
As an Ele/Monk (or Monk/Ele, but I think Energy Storage woud be better for this), use high Protection and (Smiting/Water), then have lower (Water/Smiting) and Healing. Skills would be similar to Monk/War, but in the absence of Bonetti's Defence, you would need more MP and Protective Spirit (this could not work with P. Bond). Go in like you would a Monk/War, and first cast an AoE cold spell that causes slowed movement, followed by an AoE smiting to do the damage, or a higher damage AoE cold that may or may not cause slowness. I have not really looked at the skills yet, but I'm sure we will find a way to use AoE slow to achieve good AoE farming again. They seem to just want to make us think of new strategies, or else they would not have made it as seemingly hard as they have.