[0.5] Glacial Lance/Cascade Martial Artist Act1 to T15 Guide

I am updating this build daily as i progress and refine it with daily snappshots of my character.

Rags to Riches; How to craft your weapon + Armor: Video Guide
Detailed Leveling Guide: Act 1 - Act 3 Full progression
Glacial Monk Endgame build: Endgame build

This one of the strongest and most satisfying levelling builds in poe2 right now. You freeze explode groups of enemies as soon as you touch them, build up freeze on bosses and proceed to obliterate them, sometimes even oneshotting them with a simple glacial cascade.

Hollow Palm Technique requires a minor respec at lvl 13. I recommend this to maximize performance during lvling. We retire this keystone around lvl 50 for a quarter staff.

Skill upgrade priority early Act 1-Act 2 end: Glacial Cascade > Frozen Locus > Tempest Flurry > Freezing Mark > Frost Bomb
Skill upgrade priority after early act 3: Glacial Cascade > Frozen Locus > Wave of Frost > Herald of Ice > Storm Wave > Freezing Mark > Elemental Weakness

Once you reach maps and acquire the needed uniques for the build, you can immediately swap. Further information can be found in the section.

Leveling tips: Leveling tips video

Leveling Checklist: Written guide

Groups of enemies:

Use Frozen Locus which is detonated by enemies more often than not. If its not used up, cast Glacial Cascade on it to explode it. Ice Bite I provides you with additional damage, while Rage I is also buffing Frozen Locus. Both of which further buff Herald of Ice.

Later, use Frozen Locus into Wave of Frost. If enemies survive, use Glacial Cascade to finish them off.

Bosses:

• Use Hand of Chayula on bosses to apply Freezing Mark and Elemental Weakness if applicable.
• Tempest Flurry to apply shock early. We switch to Storm Wave once available to engage in ranged combat. This will lower the potential damage, but will improve the overall survivability and feel by a lot.
• Frozen Locus with Glacial Cascade early and Wave of Frost later to apply freeze.
• Glacial Cascade to consume freeze.
• Keep up shock and debuffs, proceed with using Glacial Cascade.