Since the patch to secret of fire/ice i'm sure a lot of you have tried different builds with refund points or whatever.

Those who have tried both please say what you found out.

Have you seen a noticable improvement in your dps by adding int?

I find dex to be of great importance to my play style.

I play pvp, so dex does several things

It helps me crit because successful pvp needs defence so i spend my time in crane stance with a martial sword.

I use Shurikens alot in pvp, they probably account for 50% of the damage I do vs other players, high dex = good ranged damage.

Dex helps my dodge and parry, self explainatory.

I'm usually built str/dex/int 5/5/4 it works very well.

The question i'd like to know the answer to around the subject of int is where the point of diminshed returns kicks in. For my Bloodmage and Sorcerer its at 300 int.  300 points gives me 100% spell damage and there after every 10 points = +1% damage. Giving a maximum 160% damage at 900 int. + focus's + SDR gear.

On us monks though that spell damage mod from int isn't displayed on the character sheet, but i'm under the impression that it comes at a much lower level. Anyone figured out where that point lies?

Get a custom ui and you will see spell dmg rating.

Monks sdr scales differently then other classes so we only need 200 int to have 125 spell dmg rating, With full raid buffs we go up to 1000 spell dmg rating and secret of flame hits for 2-3k a hit.