The Most BROKEN Build in Path of Exile 2: The Tempest Monk

[@buhhh69]

Hey! I'm not sure if you know already about this but I just want to share what I've discovered by experimenting stuffs. There's a way to gain POWER CHARGES automatically by just getting the RESONANCE passive in your passive skill tree then get the COMBAT FRENZY buff. This will give you constantly power charges whenever you electrocute or freeze an enemy without even using siphoning strike or any skills to collect power charges. Hope this helps!

[@qdogggaming9741]

?????? thats nuts

[@andoorekawa1675]

Yea, i thought every monk player discovered this already. Build via frenzy is so convenient to play. That game become kinda boring. You just click mobs with 2 skills always full on power charges.

[@DMT-ix9zj]

Yup it's so OP doing that

[@lolprayers2180]

Glad you helping the people. But i dont want to ruin what your saying but "monks players" like me knew this a week ago already but its a good reminder for cadets

[@upside9485]

This works for freeze, but we don’t have a way to electrocute. We shock. You would need to transition your skills to have cold/freeze to take advantage of this. If you’re NOT doing that, then using siphoning strike is the next best option for just lightning builds.

[@SymonKaine]

so happy to find someone building almost exactly what I am building. I havent run any guides either, so its caused me to have some differences, but I may have to try this...

[@deanchild9848]

I was really struggling with Monk but wow this guide is really nice you explain why you took certain things and how they work thank you.

[@EvoooJUSTevo92]

It's ironic ur not the first one to say that about monk but I've found money the easiest character for me. Absolutely powerhouse. I practically have a similar build but I accidently put frost rune on my quarter staff

[@lowercaseCAPS]

Best. Guide. Ever. The fact that you talk about Left-Click, that's something no other guide includes! This guide actually recommends what to use as the primary attack and offers alternatives. Best. Guide. Ever.

[@ThBlueSalamander]

lol what

[@WDAFREEFALL]

If you want it a bit easier to get things shocked, you can also find the "Wake of Destruction secured leggings" to shock the ground for siphoning strike

[@Maxstratus2002]

Solid Guide, Very Informative, to the point on skills and tree, no BS and solid logic behind all choices. You SIR, earned a sub. Keep up what you are doing because you are doing great.

[@ErmzPlays]

Thank you, sir.

[@brendanm8182]

Ive been watching your sim racing stuff for years. I searched "cold monk build POE 2" in yt and your ermz plays channel pops up. Perfection.

[@MrMammasan1]

Never played Poe but something told me to get monk, and soon as I got flurry the game became so much better and now can’t wait til level 9 and charge staff

[@wongkeebs4327]

I was doing raxx's ice monk and while it does tons of damage, it lacked survivability for me when i got to mapping. Switched off all the crit nodes and changed ascendencies to defensive nodes like you outlined and ive been having vastly more success shoving my stick into faces. Thanks!

[@danielhutchinson4449]

I’m doing is ice build and I’m cruel act 2, how do u change your ascendancy points

[@Benjimaru555]

@@danielhutchinson4449 same way you refund passives just cant change your ascendancy hope this helps

[@Benjimaru555]

ive noticed alot of builds are throwing survivability out the window and taking straight damage and it leads to this game play of kill or be killed in one shot XD

[@danielhutchinson4449]

@ yep haha il destroy my screen and a boss then some small mob will kill with me his pool of aoe he leaves behind hahaha

[@kxaamos]

I'm in a similar boat as you, started with raxx's build, switched to zizarians (much faster and more fun), now switched to this build, which has TONS of survivability and I'm still getting wrecked, even more so than before oddly enough. Raxx said he died 16 times on monk and 0 times on witch, im leads me to believe that he's stacking evasion/energy shield and resistances, or I should just quit this game.

[@amitnh12]

great build and tutorial ! please make a build page, so it will be easy to follow.... thanks !

[@Kappachino1911]

This. More ppl need to provide build guide rather than just a video to comment like subscribe for views.

[@ProF1re]

Amazing video! Probably a lot of people already asked but it would be nice to have a Guide for Gear. Ive never played poe1 so im new in to poe and its a bit hard to understand whats good for every character so a gear guide would be amazing :D

[@ErmzPlays]

Thanks! Sure. We'll definitely consider it in the near future.

[@RexRyuJin]

Excellent and detailed guide., especially with the passives. I've been building something similar by chance but this has given me the refinement i was looking for. Thanks man! Subbed.

[@yunglunatic2549]

Killer guide dude having a blast with this monk set up! That’s a sub from me sir! Strait to the point and info was perfect

[@leonm4her1]

Thank you for the video! Still waiting on a planner mate :D

[@Nozer6974]

Thanks really great guide cant wait to try it. you earned a sub 👍

[@alexmartinez3966]

The diablo music in the background is savage

[@titusspqr860]

1st time here on your channel. Awesome introduction to Monk class and OP build that looks amazing and fun! Very much appreciated, looking forward more in depth details of skill tree and class mechanics boosted by upgrades etc.

[@ElectricianAl]

If your starting new you can easily equip a bow or a staff with fireball/ice blast in your off hand that way you have some range capabilities to get through until you get some skills and gear.

[@michaelprince5249]

Great video actually went over everything even the small stuff thank you 👍

[@MrPadstow9]

Would love a updated version of this build with full gear to boot

[@characterK]

The best guide I’ve ran into. +sub

[@hotvik792]

Hi, I created and play almost this build from the beginning and I must say I really enjoy it. I had started a week ago and finished Act3 and fortunately since you posted this video I enjoyed it before they nerf it.

[@CaptainGunSkill]

is it still good post nerf?

[@Enten_Futter]

what how does it work on you i die instantly in a group of people and waht armor and weapons are you using (stats) cause it didnt explained in the vid

[@hotvik792]

@ Well, it is still very good and effective. Focused on physical damage with lightning dmg and shock. Combine it with power charges and energy shield and also gain life on kill/hit. Then you need mana regen, which I have mostly from items. No tank but regen is very fast and energy shield absorbs those big hits. Check the passive skill tree, look for power charge, physical damage, lightning, atrack speed, power charge + energy shield and evasion. And use the spirit for the auras with rolling and shocking.

[@TiredFawx]

Could you upload the build path to Maxroll? Can't wait to build this it looks like a lot of fun! Wouldn't mind an gear-based video too!

[@sir_quirkus7206]

Just make it yourself, it’s not that difficult

[@AnaruGreen213]

If you didn't know. There's a single passive on the tree that reduces your evade by 70% howevercit allows you to EVADE ALL ATTACKS. You can even evade those aoe 1 tap attacks where you should usually be in the safe area. I haven't died since. It's located close to the quarter staff passives, this mean you can reallocate those evade passives and roll other stats other than evasion. Sorry can't remember what the passive iis called but it's a larger passive slot just below the quarter staff passives

[@sycros8438]

It´s called Acrobatics, for those who wonder.

[@xtatachen]

Wait, whats the downside to that, there must be something?

[@eqzpert1]

@@xtatachen 70% less evasion rating. So you will be evading significantly less.

[@usernameistaken666]

So what's the point in using it?​@@eqzpert1

[@eqzpert1]

@@usernameistaken666 You can evade more type of hits. By default you can only dodge Projectiles and Strikes. With it you can evade Hits from AoE and stuff too.

[@JustinG1970]

Thanks for the guide ❤ Just got to level 14 and unlocked Tempest Flurry… wow what a game changer lol, melting everything now lol. Lvl 1 - 13 is very dull tho 😂

[@eshafajar9267]

nice guide, shoutout to that Nurgburgring reference

[@xcolonyx0821]

Lingering Illusion is a good buff to have active, allows you to get power charges by dodging enemy attacks.

[@dr.bherrin]

What kind of gear should one be looking for with this? Evasion or Energy Shield? What traits attack speed? I know gear is so varied, but what stats on gear are the most important would be really helpful.

[@Benisnaisu]

Thanks for the build but could you post a link to the skill tree so it's easier to follow ?

[@Danielito-z9i]

@ErmzPlas this is so insane I do the exact same build , logic but not with lightning, I'll do it with ice and cold and it's the exact same build just the other element. Element, so glad to found this video. You are doing great and that's why I know I am doing great as well in Poe 2

[@henrymonroy9533]

Bless you for this info!

[@digitalmadcat]

sorry if its been posted prvsly but to gain power charges why not take combat frenzy with profusion along with the Resonance node on the tree? Edit: nvm, i saw a post further down thats basically said the same thing lol.

[@BillyBob-ov5ef]

Ahh, the Nürburgring, I see you too are a man of style and good taste.

[@Ballacha]

i find ice build a lot faster on normal/blue/yellow mobs, and a lot easier when doing ascendency trials. with herald of ice + shattering palm + hand of chayula applying multiple cold debuffs, you basically dash all over the screen with your palms to put debuffs on a handful of mobs, then kill just one of them with ice strike, and watch your entire screen explode in chain reaction. super satisfying and excellent clearing speed. but the build in this video does look like it kills bosses a lot faster than ice monk. maybe i'll try it when i get bored of my current build.

[@RubyDaCherry2639]

Thank you for the video . I've been lost trying to figure out a build. Anyway we can get a written build on maxroll

[@kitebakiteback9664]

please make a part 2!!!!

[@brendanhogan2002]

I've been following this build and just noticed a couple of the gems you've got socketed aren't compatible with the skills they're in. For example, I was socketing Primal Armament, and noticed it has an "X" on Charged Staff on the "Supportable Skills" window.

[@Pachiplouf]

Yes cuz it's applying on the charged shockwave instead

[@scyritz4553]

Does gathering storm not cause shocked ground anymore? Doesn’t seem to work for me.

[@Angelicninja]

This is an amazing guide thank you!

[@ErmzPlays]

You're very welcome.

[@logyrac]

Since there's been people asking about a build planner, I used the video to make one for maxroll, the id is 1y1ro00e Feel free to take that one Ermz and do as you wish with it, it's currently just an exact copy of what was said in the video. Skill tree broken down into stages according to order in video, and alternate tree with 4 nodes changed for the version if people get the helmet. The armor is placeholder, can be ignored.

[@simz3192]

How do u search for it using this code on the site?

[@cameronbonfert7987]

I also don't see a way to search for this. Any help would be appreciated.

[@nicholassciclunamaggi7275]

Same issue would it be possible to include a link?

[@pudelmuetz1]

please add a link

[@orbital2272]

Link it

[@ghostpld1337]

❤ looking forward to try this out

[@fatalaris_live1151]

Dear Ermz. I switched from Perma-Freeze to your build but ive come into a huge problem. Im lvl 46 rn and i cant keep my Stacks up all the time. What do i miss at this point? I can see your buff is up for almost 1min. My buff is up for only 14 seconds. Also i cant get the Buff asap. Would love to get some help here. Further i would like to thank you for the time and effort with this vid. Keep up the great work. Little site note. If you want to provide this build in detail as a writen version you can use Mobalytics and share your builds there. Cheers and have a great day

[@Rymc]

No mention of storm wave support gems?

[@agentg96]

Yeah I was trying to follow this and noticed he did not cover that as well. Ermz, can you add that info in the description maybe?

[@SimonSmith68]

WoW this is one awesome guide, clear precise and very informative... ThX ( Got my SuB )

[@jeffthacker4899]

Do you have a build guide for this setup?

[@takusungjung3894]

so u are spinning while shooting projectiles?are those 2 different moves or do u have to switch 2 diferent moves contatntly?

[@kenjiartoriaa]

you should try cast on shock or freeze with ball of lightning, but it will melt your mana very quickly, so instead change it to use your life instead of mana and have huge live regen from hit :>

[@mr_crush]

This is by far the best build on this game that I have tried ( got merc,sorcress and warrior all 22+) and id go as far as I've never had a build melt bosses like this on any of this genre of games I've played ( maybe i am not very good?). Very very very good - not really got the syphoning strike working yet?. Still a Tempest Fury & Bell melts all and a bit of Storm Wave if they get to close.

[@zerodoc304]

I know you were trying to keep the video short but it would have been nice to have a quick section on skill rotation. Great video though, thank you sir!

[@funinpixels]

How do you generate power charges without combat frenzy and resonance

[@PhDGypsyDanger]

Would this be a good build for Hardcore? In terms of survivability and ease of early game?

[@ccerna1]

maybe i missed it what supportige gems to use for storm wave? thank you!!

[@wlatyyFN]

I copied the exact build but I have a problem I don’t have gathering storm is that why I’m not getting the lighting effect so I can’t use siphoning strike ? Because all I get now is pure freezing enemies

[@ProjectManon]

so funny i started game with this build, and now is one of the best :D

[@peasley5449]

Would love to see the written version. Good job

[@n0ex]

in act 3 when you can choose between a vial of permanant added stun/elemental threshold or mana regen what is the go to here ? also noticed that act 3 cuel gives chaos res so im guessing by then we go for that? maybe also an updaet on the build would be nice or taken how Gathering Storm is working, tested the skill and was like why isnt it generating any charges and then the line Perfect channel clocked in seems like a really redundat way when you need to get a "perfect" channel but anyways it does some dmg atleast

[@JDM1569]

Does one with the River 30% to defense only work with Staffs as it states in the tool tip? It's odd that it doesn't state quarterstaves like everything else.

[@bloodyangles4230]

any update on the build ?

[@shayntaylor8058]

Using now. Still viable.

[@bloodyangles4230]

@ yeah but its not Updatet fot lv 90+ and other skills or gems i habe a lot of gems

[@AWitlessIdiot]

Against mobs, you can utilize profane ritual to consume corpses for power charges. Basically allows for near endless power charges. Increase spell casting speed to further enhance this. Against bosses, you can put the 100% shock bonus on the bell to guarantee shocks to absorb for power charges. This enhances shocks on boss thus allowing for more frequent shocks via wave and or flurry. When I do this, I basically do the combo as follows: flurry until boss shocked, drop bell, siphon strike on bell (for 1 powercharge), trigger charged staff, spam siphon strike until bell disappears. This set gives me 3 to 5 power charges and allows me to go straight into another bell with a charged staff to flurry If you include the gem that gives a 50/50 shot of not consuming charges on charged staff skill, you can now easily collect 5 power charges, trigger charged staff, then if you still have the power charges, use falling thunder. Or if you don't like combos and you just want to spam 2 attacks endlessly... resonance + combat frenzy

[@Blakestone24]

I am not sure if someone is still here who can answer me that question but how do you make those arrows when you attack enemies like in the first minutes of the video in the gameplay?

[@killowz]

So is "One with the River" node worth it if we don't have that conversion equipment piece? The 30% defences to staff I feel is bugged/wrong since everything else is quarterstaves in the tree. Does the 30% stun buildup change that much vers using the points somewhere else?

[@chipappel7925]

Would it be possible to share your build in Mobalytics or someone else, thanks.

[@1BLACHI]

What do you think about Resonance in the skill tree + Combat Frenzy Skill?

[@sambeck1758]

wait hahaha, I knew I recognized this voice. The mastering and bass plugin goat dropping fire POE build guides????

[@christianmorales6624]

Where do you get 3 power charges at beginning. I only proc 1

[@derdurchdieturgeherdddtg2672]

Hello, what kind of stone do you have in your staff? I still don't understand, thank you very much

[@NeoDK]

How do you get the infinite charged staff blasts?

[@UnfilteredHues]

Do you have a build guide somewhere online other than this video?

[@HybridTheory101]

Build link?

[@Dbales34]

What’s the console equivalent of “left” and “right” click?

[@matthewwilkinson2523]

X square I think

[@chinarjadhav1457]

Bro how do you have so much energy shield ?? i have only 150 at level 67.... i think my equip is not that great, but it would help if you can tell what kind of equips we should be looking at like armor with evasion rating + armor or jsut evasion rating... and so on so forth.

[@Army0193]

For my quarterstaff, where should I focus? I do have right now Lighting, Cold DMG, and Attack Speed.But I have another with Critical Hit, Damage, Physical Damage and Cold Damage.

[@Dandiry]

Link build?Moba ? Maxroll?

[@petera1117]

Lazy?

[@AbirZenith]

Please take the time to make a build planner, would be a lot easier to follow. Great video regardless though.

[@j_5_]

Yeah this is quality content man. Really love your video. Like and subscribed. Love the build. But a planner would be helpful. Unless you’re just following one as well in which linking it would be nice.

[@assenhajilouizihamza6588]

still no planner for this one ? T_T

[@harvo5788]

how do you get charges from shock if all your lightning damage converts to freeze?

[@PLFBEZ]

What is the gear armor quarterstaff you have ect

[@christofborstlap3960]

Which boss do you have to do for the weapon you got?

[@blackmountain_x]

What type of armor would you recommend, more shield/evasion , armor/shield, Armor/evasion?

[@davidleehuynh1108]

the build synergizes with energy shield + evasion. prioritize evasion.

[@autowaaagh]

What are your thoughts on speccing into Spectral Ward to get Energy Shield from Evasion?

[@logyrac]

If you feel your defenses aren't sufficient and that energy shield is one of the weak points, seems like a decent 4 point additional investment. Earlier on maybe sacrifice a small amount of damage for it if you're feeling squishy.

[@ErmzPlays]

I experimented with this, but opted to go for a more DPS-heavy build because I like the exciting, bursty gameplay. I'm not a hardcore guy so the occasional death doesn't bother me. But it's definitely a valuable option if you prefer a bigger survival pool. That's the great thing about this build - you have the room to tailor it to yourself.

[@coltonpennington1458]

Great video thank you. When you get the +5 attribute passive skills do you prioritize int or dex?

[@alexl.8748]

I have alot of trouble getting power charges unless i manually do an attack that consumes it, theres so much going on i cant accurately apply the power charge consumption, how do i get power charges without manually using siphoning strike..etc..any easier wayy? thanks man

[@vintko]

PoE2 is my first aRPG (coming from a bunch of soulsborne games). I'm on controller and picked monk. Completely blind, I grabbed the Bell, all lightning quarterstaff techniques, and pumped all the attack/skill speed, damage, and evasion stats up on the skill tree. I feel like I accidentally figured out an OP build on my first playthrough. I'm steamrolling areas (sans the random 1 shots).

[@federicoescriva9444]

Can you give an explanation as to what gear and stats to focus on?

[@calebsantos6033]

Can you share stats and equipment?

[@rcalante]

What gear should we be looking for?

[@Jgonzzz]

Do the herald buffs that do 24% increased damge while affected by a herald stack for each herald on?

[@tma78]

i didnt use tempest bell for quite sometime as i read it and thought nah thats rubbish, then i got stuck and ended up trying it out. i see people going on about certain bosses and once they get to this part it gets harder. the bell dropping on their position and tempest flurry into it just melts them. its crazy. hope they dont nerf it into the ground though

[@freelancer1499]

I have all charged staff, chaos frenzy and tempest flurry setup just like or very similar to you, however I can't seem to get any Power charges even with "Resonance" massive skills. Am I missing something? Thanks!

[@googane7755]

Hi nice build but noticed that you don't have a lot of penetration, have you considered picking up Sunder my enemies and going full crit chance? I think the damage potential skyrockets when you can just ignore resistances.

[@timkelley8435]

Do you use any weapon set skill points here? Where do you use those

[@Karl-lm1hk]

Can you let me know which weapons, armour and helmet you use in your build please?

[@Blrnt]

concentrated effect should go on bell. more damage than on flurry

[@Kevaughan]

Is it just me or does Window of Opportunity not work anymore on Storm Wave? It won't let me socket it.

[@xbird123]

i am at level 31 and now with power charge... how do i get the power charges?? what skills do i need?

[@pearley12]

what support gems should i be using

[@emilyblade9676]

How come after I took 'Lead me to Grace' in ascendancy my Spirit drop down to 7/7 ?? Any idea?

[@Strawstream]

Hello, pretty new to arpgs. Which stats should I go for in my equip if I want to follow this build?

[@SlothCrimeSucks]

Int. and Dex.

[@asht7608]

Can you post your build on maxroll or mobalytics

[@9mgreeley]

What chest piece are you wearing to get all that spirit?

[@forsakenseraphim]

I like the video, but I have a question about one of your support skills. Namely Concentrated Effect. Now I am new to POE (played the first a little bit, but not much) but on that support ability you said it increases your damage by 40% but you lose 50% of the AOE. On the actual tooltip of the support crystal it says "Supports any skill with an area of effect" Wouldn't this not apply to the ability you added it to as there isn't any AOE for it to support?