Monk In Endgame Mapping Feels SO DAMN GOOD - FULL Guide On Everything I've Learned With Monk So Far

[@dayanson6920]

First change they need to make. Add a button that lets you see all skill gems instead only having to click the gem.

[@ChrisKruxed]

Now thats the kind of change I can get behind

[@anthonygriffin8463]

I agree bro

[@kilner79]

100% needs a button for all 3 of the gem things its a joke how it is now

[@hmp01]

also seeing the links of supports on a skill picture in the action bar just so you are sure links are working and know which supports you have

[@Ambander-p3x]

Also sort all gems by attribute, and put all character information on one page like in PoE1. This UI is ultra scuffed console tier UI design.

[@temp1430]

BTW for anyone struggling with trial if you get honor resist on your relics (caps at 75) you take 4 times less honor dmg at cap, makes 3rd and 4th trial pretty free

[@fade9004]

good tip. I had like 30% reduction and one rares did like 600 honour in 1 cast on me. couldn't really avoid it as it was camping at some of the fire traps that are a pain.

[@WeCrackAllGames]

6:39 sometimes i have problems hitting the bell, there is some kind of weird "aim assist" that bothers me like crazy. Hope they improve this

[@RA1KU]

Agreed, the big bosses might have a few additional hit boxes. On the Zalmarath and Tor Gul bosses, abilities fairly frequently didn't hit or target what I actually tried to hit.

[@jonathangrimes8975]

You can turn it off

[@seanhernandez5409]

@@jonathangrimes8975oh really how?

[@kingderpington6082]

@@jonathangrimes8975 PLEASE TELL ME HOW IT MAKES IT SO HARD SOMETIMES

[@r3playyyy]

I dont think you can turn it off, hope it gets adressed eventually

[@Tommynbd]

To help those not so high in level, here is what helped me start freezing/chilling stuff more often to provide power charges from Resonance. ** edit on 2. Herald of Thunder is much better DPS and i found my time easier with this active vs Herald and didn't see a huge loss on powercharges. 1. I made it a priority to go for the orange nodes south east. These add increase % for freeze buildup. Only had to grab the freeze ones and it made a huge difference. 2. Making sure herald of the ice was active and also combat frenzy. Mob clearing began to always give me powercharges. Have glaciation as a support gem for herald of ice. 3. I only ascended for the first time giving me 2 points. I only needed 1 point into chill effect. 4. I do have some crit chance and dmg nodes so that likely helps. 5. I also kept frozen locus as one of my skills. Really not sure if this helps but it seemed like it, but it could also be the above things helping more. This could be useful in boss fights. 6. The bell helps me get powercharges in bossfights. Not entirely sure why the bell freezes but it does so that's cool. Hopefully that helps those only around level 45 who want the build to start feeling more like you're on autopilot for the powercharges. I'm still doing testing on what I can get rid of but still have constant chilled/frozen enemies.

[@zz-ic6dx]

im stuck debating if I want to respec into cold, Im playing lightning (storm wave) and using siphoning strike and charged staff. But going full cold looks really good

[@sleepy4078]

@@zz-ic6dx cold is IMO much better, u perma stun and freeze all time so even if it did less damage [which it doesnt] it wouldnt matter since every encounter is free kill for you and mobs and bosses cant really fight back

[@zz-ic6dx]

@@sleepy4078 Yeah i think once i get done with acts Im gonna go into cold, the only cold skill im using right now is shattering palm and it's SO good for clearing, I use it once and it covers enemies in icicles that explode on death. Feels like legacy explode chest mod from poe 1

[@teekill1230]

how is his cold damage so high for storm wave? @ 10:13

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

Combat frenzy generation is super slow though.

[@Szepsi1992]

Do note on bell, when you aply ailment it have damage conversion. Conversion now prevents damage to get buffed from original type. So when bell got converted fully from phys, heavy swing support does nothing.

[@briany2094]

This interaction apply to all forms of convertion?

[@herbv3449]

did that change in the hotfix patch?

[@rhodan74]

@@briany2094 conversion can only be scaled by the final damage type. If the conversion is mixed, both can be scaled but the converted damage doesn't take the original damage into account. e.g. 20% phy, 80% lightning with 100& increased phys and 90% increased lightning becomes 120/170 instead of 120 / 210 in old POE afaik

[@reecedactyl]

ooh, does me shocking it make it do a full lightning damage nova

[@kipex4]

I’m not sure thats the case here, the conversion isnt 100% conversion. It’s 60% conversion + you can have multiple of those overlap on one bell. There is always tempest rising support gem you could swap over too.

[@scar6599]

THE BUILD IS FKED AFTER THE LAST UPDATE GGG WHY..... MATHIL COME BACK WE NEED YOUUU

[@scar6599]

For those wondering, slotting in glaciation support gem on storm wave can help build freeze easily again after the patch

[@Siegram999]

putting ultimatum as an option for ascending has to be the most masochistic choice. I beat act 3 and it was still harder than anything up to that point cause of the sheer rng of everything.

[@Unpulumpa]

I just get down in the pit and am suddenly swarmed by like 40 mobs and cant even fight back lol. Had me reroll a character and got instantly demotivated to continue

[@jorgealvarado7151]

Just get back to it at level 60ish lol. Come back OP

[@TheAluvisify]

Idk Ultimatum in itself is fine, it's just the tuning that's off. Like the boss damage is actually crazy and I almost got oneshot despite doing the trial overleved by 10+ levels. But I definitely prefer Ultimatum over Sanctum for ascending just from a mechanical and design point of view (not necessarily a balance one).

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

The fact they somehow managed to make ascending WORSE than poe1 ascending is crazy. I always hated lab but it wasnt too too bad. Just a sort of necessary evil. Then i hear theyre going to make ascending far less annoying in poe2. Awesome!! Its astronomically worse... impressively so really. Overleveling for act 2 trial is more or less fine enough but ultimatum is just dumb. Even ignoring the RNG forced mechanics. The mobs are just ridiculous for no reason.

[@肉絲蛋炒飯-b4y]

Sanctum is bad too. How are melee going to clear 3floor of sanctum without having +10lv advantages

[@gustavoignaciocevallosgonz5881]

I also started a Monk, with heavy focus in speed and it has been a blast! Great video Mathi!

[@seandarroch9700]

Awesome video Mathil! really enjoyed it. Rerolled off my Titan and starting Invoker Monk right now having a blast with the combos

[@rolandoresurreccion8216]

damn. Mathil making POE2 content looking like POE1 on week 1. damn. slow down. amazing build my lowbie monk def doesnt look like this. mine is looking a slow old guy whacking rats with stick.

[@spuffles2104]

GET THEM RATS KING

[@brianhouston7807]

So you copied my build bro? Stay with it, the rats live in fear lol

[@Sh4rkeBotxD]

Agree get rid of trials for ascendency. They are just sucky, or make a checkpoint to boss once you get there. I’m fine dying but I hate running everything over and over to get to a boss

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

Yeah id be fine with just "ascendancy bosses" Rather than the annoying tedium that is poe1 and poe2 ascending.

[@Sorain1]

Definitely need some ascendency trials that are more tied into the normal game loop so people's builds and skills that are required are matched up with the rest of the game properly.

[@Sh4rkeBotxD]

@@TheCosmicAstro- yea it definitely made me think how to defeat the boss. I hated running through the rooms though trying not to get hit.

[@Ambander-p3x]

Nah It would make zero sense that your character just suddenly becomes significantly stronget from beating a single boss. It has to be a trial.

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

@Ambander-p3x Completing a stupid trial doesnt make sense either. Your entire forced nonsensical "logic" is not logic.

[@liams2814]

The amount of details you spat out in this video is just mind boggling! Absolute legend! Thank you for taking the time to show us your current build, keep it up!

[@a2daj83]

something i dont see many people talk about is how the mobs path to actively surround you. even if they start in front of you their pathing sends them around you, they dont rush you in a direct line. perhaps the new dodge will help but currently the goal of the game is to surround and kill you

[@RickCarleton]

So... the mobs are doing their job? Good. You want them to 1v1 you instead?

[@a2daj83]

@RickCarleton I want them to run at me, not to actively encircle me with deliberate pathing. If mobs come from different directions, sure, but if 10 monsters are directly in front of me I don't think they should flank me like assassins. Perhaps ok if it's a certain recognisable mob type but it's every single monster currently.

[@ShockiTV]

@@a2daj83 mobs have their dimensions and cannot be all at 1 location. It is natural that to reach you they need to be next to the other mobs, so they spread around

[@innerg_92]

@@a2daj83 then get better at controlling them lmao

[@a2daj83]

@innerg_92 not every build is a freeze/stun build, not every build comes online early, not every build has giga dam/defense early. Simply controlling them or the classic "git gud" during the campaign is just not a solution for most players, especially new players

[@Mystic444x]

ice strike feels so much better than flurry for me, and it hits the bell way more consistently. I just put lightning and cold on my weapon so my ice strike can shock and my lightning skills can freeze

[@ytubestolemyhandle]

I found Ice Strike better for leveling at the very least, since you freeze almost every mob in 1-2 hits.. elites by 3 tops. Especially with 2 winter runes in your weapon.

[@syntaxed2]

They need to fix or get rid of the trials/ultimatum - Did they learn nothing from PoE1 lab? everyone hated that shit

[@cr6458]

What are you talking about? People love ultimatum in POE1. In what way are these things analogous?

[@jamesrochester2459]

People hated Ultimatum until they learned to love it. The Chads at GGG understand that the masses must be taught what is fun

[@adiddevil]

I love sanctum and ultimatum

[@Buggolious]

I like sanctum but the problem is that you need a specific style of build to do jt

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

Sanctum and ultimatum are fine CHOICES for league mechanics. But they generally lend themselves towards very specific builds. Sanctum being more safe, totem, ballista, etc type builds. Ultimatum being hyper tanky to shrug off all the negative BS it throws at you. They are in no way compatible with being forced on every single player just to ascend. Lab was dumb but this is so much worse

[@Acemont]

Ok but real talk - the area design of maps is AWESOME. I cannot get enough of PoE 2's art. But if ya'll find Sanctum and Ultimatum trials toxic (which they are) - wait until we get ToTa as the 3rd one.

[@stephennetu]

What's a ToTa :-O

[@slendeaway7730]

​​​@@stephennetu Trial of the Ancestors. Auto chess league mechanic that was spawning bosses with trillions of hp. Also the league tattoos and hinekora's locks are from I believe.

[@girthpapi]

I fucking loved ToTA, so I'd be down haha. Really though, just bring back Labs and make them cooler.

[@TheAluvisify]

Man, if they tune TOTA to have the same kinds of oneshots, that'll be...something.

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

Weird. First person ive seen praise the area design. Some of them look cool but theyre way too big for how much back tracking you have to do. Base MS needs to be faster tbh. Maybe like a 15% inc would feel good without being crazy

[@tylorthurston1751]

WOW That's an amazing guide Mathil! , I wish all content creators were as good as you :)

[@bobbobb5759]

love how all these classes seem to do same damage as the warrior, but have normal attack speeds lol

[@khrishp]

You have not seen some of the new warrior builds?

[@chocolatine_2427]

Which are ? ​@@khrishp

[@DiogoSanti]

You need to see warrior with hammer dropping, no one is making that kind of damage...

[@GE_Photon_Lord]

​@@DiogoSantigot nerfed

[@ryandugan9176]

Are we talking about the same game? Warrior has been nerfed multiple times because it’s trivializing bosses this build struggled with lol

[@Malao558]

Yeah, ascending is pretty tough right now. Sanctum is palatable even though I didn’t love it in PoE1, but Ultimatum is like pulling teeth. I spent 3 hours trying to clear the tutorial ultimatum last night at 11 levels over the area, and I didn’t end up clearing it. Why would they choose one of if not _the_ rippiest mechanic in the first game as the one to ascend with? It’s really hard to get a set of modifiers that won’t hose you completely, even if you get good objectives and don’t run into too many problematic rares.

[@MyNameIsSalo]

the ulmatium bosses especially are giga overtuned. I burnt through 8 of the 7 wave trials (which i only found out didnt actually give my 3rd point after the 8th...) because the bosses all have abilities that are designed to 1 shot you through my 1.5k life, es and 3k mana. One of them does a tornado attack that does like ~2k dps and covers half of the arena and chases you faster than you can run. Had to cheese it with blink as there's no way to avoid it without blink or some other mobility skill. Sanctum bosses on the other hand are very managable and fair (not sure about the 4th floor but 1 2 and 3 are good). But sanctum fucking sucks if you don't have really good max honour + resist relics, with relics it's a complete breeze so you either need to buy a set of relics for several exalts or farm your own. You also need to complete 2nd floor to unlock more relic slots to get better resist. So theres so much prep work to it

[@Yoonoh]

another thing you can potentially look into for this build is charge infusion, if you can sustain the power charges its 20% more crit

[@Teageltron40K]

Thanks for the video. I'm made a more melee ice setup but still some good info in here for me. Love watching the vids and the stream on twitch, keep it up!

[@WickedBTW]

I wish all content creators were as good as Mathil!

[@breakthecode4634]

Some are better some are worse

[@iluvatarchem]

@@breakthecode4634 no one is better mechanically Except for alkhaizer

[@breakthecode4634]

@@iluvatarchem fanboys gonna fanboy

[@TheTWH9]

Thank god mathil has this opinion on ascendancy trials. I completely agree. Ritual and Sanctum required for ascending is just straight up ass and not fun

[@adiddevil]

It is easy

[@Buggolious]

They need a lot of tweaking rn

[@kunkand3564]

what u think? ggg just couldnt finish their jobs on time and running out of budget.. they're just eager to get sales from EA

[@ytubestolemyhandle]

2 worst league mechanics in the game and they put it in PoE 2 as a requirement. FML indeed

[@getoutofmylobby4347]

I think its fine, i like sanctum, however 3-4 floors for ascending is stupid. There is no way the time effort of going from normal lab to uber lab scales the same as going from 1 floor sanctum to 4 floors.

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

Im impressed they somehow made ascending worse than poe1. Especially after they said theyd make it less annoying lmao

[@kylerBD]

Its way way way way way way way way way way way way more annoying. I found lab fun.

[@bazdarinothebizier9085]

They never said that. They said they would look into changing it. You got monkeypawed once again. Be careful what you wish for.

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

@@bazdarinothebizier9085 they literally did but ok lol. (was ages ago back when poe2 was still mostly unknown)

[@bazdarinothebizier9085]

@@TheCosmicAstro- So no proof? Gotcha 👍

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

@bazdarinothebizier9085 you don't have proof that I'm wrong either. I'm not going looking through multiple years old videos for some random a-hole debutant

[@Doomer3003]

Nice. I use a very similar build and i love it. I just have a bit of an issue with power charges generation. What do you use exactly to freeze enemies?

[@AtomGaimz]

with his ascendancy giving him extra damage as cold even when he uses lightning skills the attacks have a chance to freeze. With tons of attack speed and crit that happens often in this kind of build

[@lucagenovese7207]

​Thanks for the answer, i wanted to know the exact thing as OP said. It still sounds weird to me that just a bit of cold damage allows to proc freeze even on shock skills. I thought you needed at least a solid ice skill but...apparently not. Herald of ice + some freeze build up nodes on the tree should help as well. Am i right? Gonna try this evening. Also, what about to go full electrocute to gain charges, therefore completely avoid ice? I d love to. Still not sure how to proc electrocute@@AtomGaimz

[@Ackz89]

Ascendency node 35% meta energy build up, take cast on shock with profane ritual and you will have permanent charges. It's tons more fluid than trying to manually get charges with shock siphon or killing palm

[@daxzys]

@@lucagenovese7207 - There is a support gem to convert some lightning damage into electrocution, but it tanks the overall damage with 40%. I am currently doing that, but I assure you it's nothing like getting charges from freezing enemies. Freezing is 100% more reliable at generating charges for you, than electrocution at least in my opinion.

[@lucagenovese7207]

@daxzys tyvm, i see! Now i just need to figure out a reliable way to freeze, like is there a specific skill/node tree, or just cold damage...or a mix of these?

[@drumnbassdan]

Loving my Titan but will be giving Monk a go after, this looks amazing!

[@RigRacers]

Try a wand in your secondary weapon slot, with power siphon on it. Allows you to easily steal power charges from range without ever having to dive into the enemies.

[@battlecarrier]

I rushed "...And Protect Me From Harm" and assembled full trickster with ghost dance, spectral ward, and subterfuge mask. It works good.

[@AcrossTheSea12]

I think having one of the ranged attacks is not really optional - especially in sanctum, if you dont have a way to safely deal ranges damage you are toast

[@soulflame5635]

Played monk for few days Math - Lost all hair :D But strength has risen

[@rafakoch7128]

For me personally best poe content creator! Love you mate and your builds are awesome as always!

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

The way I generated power charges was on monk was with Cast on Shock Profane Ritual.

[@143shanks]

thats way too clunk and requires a lot of spirit when u can just automate it via combat frenzy and use that spirit for both the heralds and ghost dance and wind dancer for more defensive layers.... u dont even need to invest in "+power charges" nodes and 3 are enough for 100% uptime...

[@lethalgaming9218]

@@143shanks What am I putting 'Combat Finisher' on? Little confused on this response

[@143shanks]

@@lethalgaming9218 combat frenzy**

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

@143shanks that's why I picked yo the spirit node for invoker.

[@KrummySkill]

Yeah i had a staff with +4 to skills and the mana cost was insane. I realized I need a staff with damage stats and not + levels lol.

[@grainyedro801]

Thank you for this build, you have made me have more fun in this game

[@Kodaheid]

I'm using staggering palm for my gap closer because it also provides another projectile if you use it on enemies with a prime for stun (gold glow).

[@SanfordTheGrey]

I actually hope the trial post act 3 will be the Lab again 😢

[@TiagoRodrigues-oz4qs]

I love the dedication, every time he's gonna talk about his character he uses the fit 😂

[@Vigoszz]

Gigachad the real streamer... During his whole POE1 stream.. He is that one streamer who just play the game when everyone else was raging, quiting, bitching and even insulting a dev.. He just plays a good game even when the conditions are not at all good.. A real streamer with skill and can make a any build viable with few currencies, the only streamer who used Arcanis brand as a main skill and viable... My respect always!!

[@TheLarnia]

I think monk will be in the next nerf to death wave from GGG .

[@Schwaka]

Something that helped me with monk from 1-14 is just using the normal attack with the attack speed support gem, and only using falling thunder if I had power charges. I was struggling on bosses way more than other people by trying to go all in on killing palm/falling thunder, but saw another monk video where the creator said they just used normal attack and bell until they got T5 skills, and once I switched over to that at level 11 or so, I breezed through bosses. I was too focused on what I thought I was supposed to do, and didn't take the time to think about what I could do. I picked up Ice Strike at lvl 14, am now at lvl 19, and I've just been decimating everything. I got pretty lucky and got a quarterstaff with +42% elemental damage, and that's probably been carrying me.

[@IIShinoda]

Thanks a lot Sir Monk, much appreciated 🙏🏽🔥

[@_bAAm_]

funny how i blindly build almost the same build as you.. except i went for lightning at the beginning. been watching mathil for too long...

[@evilfiendish9787]

I think part of the dissonance with these trial mechanics, outside of them being overtuned, comes from an imbalance of time and risk. If the risk is high the time sink should be low, if the risk is low the time sink should be high. The old system was long but worked because the risk was relatively low. Overall, I like the idea narratively. It's cool to imagine your character going through this process to achieve a higher state of power, and I think that it's important to what GGG is trying to achieve with these systems. I have three separate suggestions for changing the ascendancy mechanic to achieve both narrative weight and better balance between time and risk. 1. (Low Risk/Low Time) You choose a trial type to ascend and complete it. You have achieved ascension and thus are given ascendancy passive points at specific level thresholds. 2. (Low Risk/ High Time) Each trial's ascendancy points are put at the same sign post. You get the points for each trial at the SAME point of progressively higher tier trials. Floor 1 of T1, T2, T3, and T4 Sekhama Trial or Challenge 4 of a 4, 6, 8, and 10 challenge Ultimatum. With this, you still should encounter a bit more difficulty by virtue of the zone being of higher level and you have the allure of playing through further for more rewards but do not have to. 3. (Low Time/High Risk) Move the first boss encounter that gates access to ascendancy to the front of the run as a gate keeper. After some tuning, the bosses could function as a sign post that you can access quickly behind which the ascendancy points and access to the rest of the trial is gated. If you want access to the true rewards of the endgame system you have to be able to pass through the gates of a difficult encounter. For all three, the in game systems are retained as optional endgame content with unique rewards. Narratively, your character has glimpsed that there is more to these trials through the rewards they can gain outside of just proving themselves in the eyes of those who created them and achieving a higher state of power.

[@andybanan1992]

Nah, i love the trials, they are also a great test of how your build is shapimg up. I do however think that the honor one should NOT have been the first trial,as you are SOOOO heavily punished for even the tiniest mistake, and new players especially are roadblocked much more than experienced players.

[@evilfiendish9787]

@@andybanan1992 I also like them how they are because I like both Sanctum and Ultimatum, but I still think the bosses are overtuned lol. Glad you're having fun too!

[@DriitzzCabal]

i am so glad that you're not a game designer because those are the worst idea i've ever heard, that is even worst than what we currently have.

[@jonathangrimes8975]

@evilfiendish9787 really the only change that needs made to trials is maybe making the limit the mod pools of the quest versions so you don't just get unlucky and get the near impossible mods, or nerf those mods a bit

[@NageIfar]

I went the Ice Strike route, with both Heralds, Combat Frenzy, and now even Ghost Shrouds for a severely underrated defense layer (thanks to a high spirit amulet). Very tanky setup, even in SSF! Starting to get into very respectable Evasion numbers now, and took two large Evasion clusters with a high EV chest. But the real star is Shattering Palm; that skill is so good for gap closing. Lastly i have Charged Staff with Bind, Knockback and Maim support, since Ice Strike does enough damage. Blind is super strong, even if you only sport ~55% evasion. As soon as i get my third and forth (lmao, as if) Ascendancy i will go for the spirit and defensive nodes as well.

[@sombrego2260]

I play a similar build and I picked the bow nodes since they are near the quarterstaff one and used my weapon swap points for each. That way I can use bell + freezing salvo as an aoe combo it's pretty good and salvo can also help to burst at range when playing mostly with ice strike.

[@drifterinnocent]

That monk cosplay dude your build is definetly serious

[@abebuckingham8198]

They put quarterstaffs and unarmed specializations right across from each other so they'd be good candidates to use weapon passives if you're building with more palm skills.

[@Embre_2]

I started using the lightsaber really early in act 3. The way i sustained charges was using "Profane ritual", just placing it on dead enemies and it gave me the charges. Had the 40% duration support on it and always got my charges back before it ran out no issue.

[@yash19842]

what about boss fights with no ads ?

[@Embre_2]

@@yash19842 Didnt struggle much, dropped the bell and played frost strike for freeze too.

[@luhcsgrimm8857]

Third ascendency trial better just be... Labyrinth.

[@RickCarleton]

Seem the next zone is Karui, so I'm expecting Trial of the Ancestors.

[@stockdrifta]

Never thought id be begging to do lab again 😅

[@肉絲蛋炒飯-b4y]

@stockdrifta lab is not balanced for every class but it's just 10x better than sanctum or ultimatum

[@NamelessThun]

one of the power charge nodes has a metric shitton of critical damage, can recommend

[@ithildiess8305]

HAH took untill 4:16 untill i realised he went full monk with bare chest bald head and the beads XDD. 10/10 dedication.

[@lucasdx666]

hi, this guide is amazing and this build kills everything ^^ just one question, what poisons did you use @Mathilification?

[@FourOnHand]

He quick question, Is taking the +2 powercharge note not worth it? Getting 5 is such a damage boost

[@FourOnHand]

The powercharge wheel close to the staff wheel by the way

[@Kurzerk]

Hey Mathil one thing I noticed is that some stats carry over from your second weapon so you can use it as a stat stick. I haven't done a ton of testing but definitely +stats (int, dex, str) seem to stay when swapping, but +melee skills and things like that do not. Just a suggestion, might be worth looking into what is best to put on your alternate weapon.

[@HsFearless]

Once you get to monster lv75 you can get sanctum and ultimatum coins with 4 floors and 10 trials which in their description specifically say it's going to give you ascendancy points for completing, not sure how many ascendancies we get, cause that makes 5?

[@Ackz89]

You should try (courtesy of milkybk) cast on shock with profane ritual for power charge constant uptime. I run 5 power charges but can run 7, and have permanent uptime on charged staff as well as the ability to dump with thunder for huge aoe and damage.

[@alejandrohayling8381]

doesnt work on bosses

[@Ackz89]

@alejandrohayling8381 no, you have to manually do your own shock and power charge generation with siphon strike for bosses with no adds. But this is assuming you're at maps, for which it works a treat

[@Xtcii]

So now the patch has dropped and completely ruined us, what are your thoughts and what are up-coming plans mate? Power charge gain from Frenzy is dead now :( Been testing all morning trying to find a solution or a fix but fallen short each time. Any suggestions? Looking forward to your next vid buddy!

[@Productive_Chad]

Its not dead u can make it work pritty easy tbh

[@Xtcii]

@@Productive_Chad Other than Glacial Cascade for ranged build up instead of Stormwave? Building up charges with Ice strike feels horrible compared to just ramping with Stormwave, and Glacial Cascade does half the damage. It works, but it doesn't feel half as good. Unless you can suggest something better buddy? Because i'm head scratching hard here :(

[@iESCAP1SM]

Let me go out on a limb here and suggest that constant autopilot supply of charges wasn’t their intention

[@Xtcii]

You're probably right mate! But this is PoE. Anything is possible :P Just been testing a bit more and Ice Strike seems to be the go-to. Gemmed properly it's damage is solid and it's power charge gain is fast still. Was hoping we could still play at ranged, but guess it's up close n personal from now on xD

[@Productive_Chad]

Use cold infusion in youre charge staff and u should be freezing none stop

[@ronalddemeter2691]

some little info people figured out 7 round ultimatum is for ascendancy skills 3-4 skills 1-2 either 1 floor sanctum or 4 round ultimatum 3-4 either 1 floor sanctum or 4 round ultimatum (which ever you didnt do ) or 2 floor sanctum or 7 round (which ever you did before) 5-6 is 3 floor lvl 60+ sanctum or 10 round lvl 75+ ultimatum 7-8 is 4 floor lvl 75+ sanctum or defeat trialmaster

[@Erik-108]

Hey Mathil, super helpful info and guidance on Monk, thx buddy. Out of interest have you found a way to make 'attack whilst in place' to work, specifically with Tempest Flurry when using Charged Staff? There is an option in the menu and an option per skill in the skills panel, but neither seem to do anything for this specific combo, ta

[@b44dsss]

he still does not realize it that electrocute is not shock xD

[@lucagenovese7207]

?

[@meem-zd3kj]

then what is shock

[@hajto1122]

@@meem-zd3kj shock is when you put lightning debuff on enemy that makes you do more dmg. Electrocute is when you stun enemy with lightning damage. Same thing as chill and freeze.

[@marvinvira7638]

Thank you so much. It was easy to understand as I am new to poe2. Keep it up👍

[@DriitzzCabal]

Monk could go CI with the ghost shroud aura , he's basically the trickster of poe2, also why not invest into the power charge nodes ? the charged staff duration and flat lightning damage benefits a lot from power charges , and power charges themselves have some good bonus to crit dmg bonus and chance of when u gain a power charge to gain max charges instead , so maximum sustain there. Imo the quarterstaff nodes are kinda meh , so many points to invest in there, could grab the nodes of attack speed 1% * 15 dex

[@143shanks]

charges do not have inherent benefits in poe2 like they had in poe1... no bonus to crit with power charges in poe2... charges only help activate other skills in one way or another... investing in more power charges does nothing becuase u have 100% uptime of charged staff with just the combat finisher and the base 3 power charges.... the flat lightning damage is nice but u need to invest around 10-12 passive points in the tree for the power charges... imo not worth it, when u can invest those points into getting a better defensive layer...

[@minibeefcake]

Thanks for the vid. Great content as always. I can't play right now (I'm on a Mac, le sigh) so I'm just checking out streams and vids here and there to get my fill :x

[@kaydokin8614]

Why does your lightning furry have so many follow up ligtning strikes?? Mine hits just the one time. Yours seems to hit like..all over the place with bigger strikes lol. Given, i am only level 40. But dang. Goes crazy. I think its the herald of lightning

[@BamboSW]

those are shockwaves from charged staff

[@lukasbrauneruv]

damn we gonna need new terms because endgame mapping while doing t8 maps feels like a wrong term but considered it takes like 12h to even get to maps i guess its fine :D Anyway the only thing im scared of is the lack of defenses on some classes during t15 maps especialy life builds

[@Utahjazz-uh9fm]

I like it. I went left from the Echoing nodes then straight up for climate change. 25% of cold damage as extra fire against frozen 🥶 enemies little bit a travel but then you don’t have to worry about getting a good elemental staff while leveling

[@kaebo2386]

I found a ring that gives me an extra skill gem slot, so I threw hand of chayula in there with freezing mark and voltaic mark. I'm only level 51 but I'm blowing through areas to get to endgame now

[@intergalacticspacewizard1966]

Thanks for voicing concerns over ascendancy trials, atm it feels awful. while i don't think it should be delivered on a platter, things like sanctum is very unfriendly to slow builds, or even build cancelling if you're doing thorns, a single death and you have to restart the whole thing should be punishment enough. Just like how POE1 does it

[@Psyclown86]

This build differs from the one you shared on Maxroll. Which one do you recommend the most?

[@cyrus_the_slayer4545]

Hey, thanks for the video! Really like how you are following it and your updates. I’m looking to do similar test to what you are doing but am just wondering what is the risk of the fund closing down? I don’t earn a lot so just keen to chuck money into it and maybe keep contributing to it $50 a week to xdte, rdte ymag and ymax. Just wondering if I can chuck it in there, drip and let it go. Might be able to grow and maybe in a few years pull it out and put it in SCHD

[@Krasstaman]

good video, nice insight! and i got a question about the talents. I am playing lightning only, would you go for echoing thunder in this case or is it not worth it to go that way?

[@Bez_straha_od_zla]

Is resonance really smart? To get endurance charges instead power charges? Is feeding frenzy better than palm? 6 sec cooldown kind a sux on feeding frenzy...

[@KyokujiFGC]

I wasn't ready for bald Mathil

[@hmp01]

imagine we get charged staff running constantly, like being an aura or something, now THAT would be cool

[@iFlu]

Quick question, how much fire damage is required to start ignition buildup? Because I put a Desert Rune on my staff (which adds fire damage) but I don't see any ignition build up. Would it be different if it came from a ring or a piece of armour?

[@c9705]

I enjoyed the trials, felt challenging and pretty fun.

[@TKnightTea]

THERE IS NO WAY to do the trial of S as a Warrior - after like 12 tries, I just had to skip it.. :( And continue the campaign without my ascendancy

[@archiewall582]

I went back after leveling 12times and with a new weapon

[@andreaseriksson4632]

Or just ask someone for help with it.

[@itsshow710]

Thats fine, just come back when you’re stronger, I went at 22 almost killed it but was annoying .”, decided to not waste time and went back at 30, breeze through the boss

[@manaio1123]

Hi Mathil, your build is insane....and i really happy to follow this for my progression in the game with my monk. I have one question because i don't know in this video u explain this point: how do u get the three charges for charged staff to activate? i'm level 45 and i activate them with Killing palm (isometimes it's hard because this skill doesn't do too much damage) that i don't see anymore in your build...there is another way to activate the charges? ty for advice....

[@RAINMAKER1724]

You need to look at 8:51. with resonance effect he gains power charge from frenzy charge. So basically You need a skill to generate frenzy charge. He does that with combat frenzy skill.

[@manaio1123]

@@RAINMAKER1724 ty mate

[@verySharkey]

I've found myself some uniqe hands that make all lightning dmg proc electrecute. Makes power charges trivial. Charged staff does a lot more dmg too if you go up t6 max charges.

[@Kamelosk]

this build looks so potent

[@robinbleus9645]

Is your Evasion all the defences you got? like im lvl 41 with same ish build but im so damn squishy its not even fun anymore

[@DarthVapor86]

As far as weapon set points it is a free point isnt it? It allocates a passive point whether you use it on both or not correct? If all the ones ive used for that are not active than i need to know that lol.

[@ZadkeilMercy]

Wrong if you allocate points into second weapon and never use a skill to swap to that weapon those passives are not being used.

[@DarthVapor86]

@ZadkeilMercy specced into my only weapon

[@Syph_Silver]

@@DarthVapor86 but it uses points from your overall point pool, so you wont get any extra over not using weapon points, those are only for noting that they swap

[@DarthVapor86]

@Syph_Silver oh so it's pretty much making level 80 cap for passive points if you don't utilize it. Thanks for the clarification. Very convoluted system but very cool

[@MyNameIsSalo]

it just lets you split 20 points on your tree into a different set of nodes. you still get the same amount of passive points active either way. It's been nice for things like curses if you're top right side of tree, you remove damage nodes for curse nodes on your second weapon set and your curses become x2 stronger and faster to activate, but you lose 0 damage from your normal skills So anything that uses utility setups which you can buff through the tree should be using the alternate tree for them

[@ytubeanon]

I was 5 minutes into the video before realizing he was cosplaying a monk

[@veldricelow]

actually just want to know or i missed out, how do you always get the power charges up and running to cast charged staff, like my current build is to shock and use siphoning strike to get my power charges up.

[@DanielSansom-cz5yx]

12:10 if you read the tooltip of HoT, it says it can't shock. The coursing current is a waste. Innervate works on it tho

[@anthonydirosa314]

thanks for this dude, this helped a ton.

[@Rafael-km9mx]

I made a similar build, currently lvl 85. Only using tempest flurry ATM, build is bonkers Plus shattering palm teleport + explosions are the chief kiss

[@ZeBeaupre]

85?!?!?!? If you don't have a job it makes sense...otherwise you're insane

[@Rafael-km9mx]

@@ZeBeaupre dev wfh, i have a lot of free time (: if i didnt work out daily prob would be close to 90

[@yourcommentisbad]

@@Rafael-km9mx lol

[@Rafael-km9mx]

@@yourcommentisbad ?

[@Njordin2010]

​@@Rafael-km9mxnice!

[@kltakumi]

Bro, have any site can see your build? your build is good and easy to build

[@bigt9239]

Does this build use evasion and armour or does it use energy shield ? I see the energy shield seems lower

[@adriancapataz7304]

How do you gain charges against bosses?

[@mariomcp]

I came up with a similar sort of idea, though I am running 5 spirit skills: Ghost Dance Wind Dancer Herald of Ice Herald of Thunder Combat Frenzy for power charge generation I have 10k Evasion with the Invoker ascendancy to give phys reduction, leading to ~70% phys reduction, ~75% evasion, and I have around 2k life and 2k ES. I capped my resists and I feel pretty tanky vs everything that is NOT chaos damage as I only have 18% chaos res. Unfortunately, the game is filled with chaos damage that just sucks to deal with. Clear is great, single target vs regular bosses is great. Having fun, except the 4th sanctum is just impossible. I mean seriously. I got to the final boss with 5-6k Honor and he has so much HP despite me having NO buffs to bosses HP or monster HP. I have 40% more damage and it felt like I was tickling him. He then has a one shot mechanic that I literally was unable to complete because of minus MS affliction. Was very upsetting.

[@aryasingh3358]

yeah bro invoker is op

[@danielnoh1520]

Can confirm chaos damage is absolutely brutal in maps, considering throwing all my currency on amethyst ring

[@CatalysedCat]

nice defensive stats dude :o

[@Syph_Silver]

nice stats, i wonder how much is that phys mitigation better over taking Acrobatics

[@CatalysedCat]

@@Syph_Silver acrobatics would let you dodge magic projectiles, probably not slams. physical dmg reduces dmg you take from slams which can't be dodged, big weakness for monk, as you can't dodge roll 100% of them and they often 1 or 2 shot you.

[@lucagenovese7207]

What about to rely on "electrocute" to gain charges if i want to play exclusively with lightning? Anyone has experience with that? Still not sure how to proc electrocute tho, if it s just by spamming lot of skills that can shock or it s something separate. I d love to know thank you exiles

[@christians4501]

There's a support gem somewhere that allows shocks a chance to execute. Saw it the other day. Don't remember what it's called

[@ChimpyEvans]

So Coursing Current and Herald of Thunder. Does it actually work? Herald is 'Payoff', and its description states that it benefits from a particular status effect (here, shock). It then states that the skill can't apply the effect it benefits from. So current wouldn't ever trigger because herald can't shock, no?

[@Lipitakke]

THe thing is the next Attack after kiling a shocked, Herald will proc a Lightning Hit that can shock, and then will shock in area.

[@Akadehmix]

omg, I play monk, and i thought I was doing good, and then I see this, what in the f is this build. I need this, lol

[@thousandyoung]

herald of frost is nerfed btw.

[@ChubbyPOE]

I keep getting overwhelmed playing monk. Do you get leech somewhere for sustain?

[@FranzFerdinandBHOP]

I also struggled with the sustain slightly. I went for x2 runes in my weapon sockets with % phys damage leeched as life, and % phys damage leeched as mana. Of course, this means you need a weapon with 2 sockets and the two runes...

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

​@@FranzFerdinandBHOPalso to be doing enough phys damage.

[@DELZOR]

if you go the ice strikes route you will be freezing a lot thus making it easier

[@ChubbyPOE]

@@DELZOR yah I’m still low level so even tho I can freeze melee mobs the range attacker still kills me quite often

[@DELZOR]

@@ChubbyPOE ye that is one of the changes of the overall gameplay loop. you gotta have those in mind all the time as melee and focus them first

[@LarsK83]

I can't understand how he can survive with that low dodge chance and zero armor, he must be a pro at dodging and mechanics!

[@SoMoN69]

hey great guide but could someone explain me what I'm missing at level 37, I have combat frenzy + resonance but I can't get my charge : I rarely freeze with Ice Strike and I kind of never Electrocute... I feel it way easier to keep my charged staff with killing palm or siphoning strike :(

[@143shanks]

this got nerfed to the ground... we were able to freeze non stop before but they changed the herald buffs so no more freezing with tempest flurry anymore '

[@SoMoN69]

@@143shanks shit ! what is the actual monk op build then lol

[@shidiwen1407]

Why are youn talking about Monk builds? This is a sorcerer video

[@143shanks]

@@shidiwen1407 lol

[@143shanks]

@@SoMoN69 gotta go back to ice strike or look for something else.. I'll look into the tree more after work ina bout an hour

[@ShockiTV]

Why dont u have any support gems inside your staff attack for those strike combo skills?