Very rough draft of my Ice Strike monk. He did not survive long enough for me to figure out the endgame of the build so you will have to put in some work if you make it past 70-80.
Ascendency order is 10% as lightning, 10% as cold. Respec 10% as cold to the Evasion applies to Physical damage reduction node when you get 6 points. Add back 10% as cold with your 8th point.
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Monk Ice Strike
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Equipment
Physical damage as big as possible on the staff but trust tooltips for dps upgrades when you have a possible staff upgrade. Life/resist is important on gear early. Once you start getting evasion/ES clusters in the lvl 50+ range, go for gear with good ev/es rolls. Prioritize ES on helmet due to the talent that gives evasion based on ES. Boots should always have movement speed.
Skill Gems
Support Gem Requirements:
Str 20
Dex 20
Int 50
Ice Strike
Herald of Ice
Shattering Palm
Tempest Bell
Hypothermia
Charged Staff
Combat Frenzy
Grim Feast
Ghost Dance
Wind dancer good too but idk how to fit it. Didn't play this char past lvl 70 cus it died.
Combat frenzy is pointless until you get the keystone to convert frenzy charges to power charges + charged staff.
Add in persistent buff supports like Cannibalism/Vitality/Precision/Clarity as you get extra spirit due to ascendancy.
Passive Tree
main:
122
122
set 1:
20
20
set 2:
20
20
Don't spec Eternal Youth until you have 2k+ ES before overflow and you have enough spirit to run Cannibalism and Vitality supports.
Generally focus on % increased damage and % increased attack/skill speed first. Add in crit and the charge Keystone when you get charged staff. Add in evasion/es when you feel cowardly. Only take the fire part of the top elemental cluster if you are consistently igniting due to having fire damage sources on your gear.
