[0.5] Giga Bonk Martial Artist - Flicker / Falling Thunder Monk - League Starter to Endgame

Quarterstaff:

DO NOT BUY THE Dreaming Quarterstaff !!!!!! This is a 0% Critical Hit Chance Base and will destroy your DPS!!!!

You'll want to prioritize Added Damage to Attacks since we'll be using the new Breath of Aldur Rune to convert Flat Lightning and Fire into Flat Cold damage for a Pure Cold Damage Quarterstaff for easy Herald of Ice procs.

Prioritize Critical Hit Chance (Sinister Quarterstaff), + Level of All Melee / Attack Skills, and Critical Damage Bonus.

Socket 1 Breath of Aldur, 1 Farrul's Rune of the Hunt, and if 3rd socket Saqawal's Rune of the Sky.

Body Armor:

We'll be swapping to the Forgotten Warden as this provides as much EV/ES as a really good Rare Body Armor all while costing less than 1 Divine. The Companion from the Skill on the Body will take 10-15% of Deflected hits damage so a nice 15% Damage Reduction alongside the support gems in the companion for more Defense Tech.

Our Deflection Rating will also increase when we lose ES so we should be insanely tanky with this Body Armor. I've socketed 1 Idol of Eramir for Charge Consumption Efficiency and an Perfect Iron Rune for EV/ES.

Gloves:

This is one of the most important pieces of our build now thanks to Way of the Stonefist.

Added Damage -> Gain Extra Damage as ____ - Increased Crit Bonus -> + to Base Crit Chance (Massive Increase) - +2 Level of Melee -> +1 Level of Melee & 10% to All Skill Quality - Arcane Surge on Crit (Abyss Mod) -> Power Charge on Crit - And Much More!

For Giga Investment , go for Single/Double Chance to Explode Corpses (From Magnitude of Bleed/Poison Mod). This is INSANE clear speed and QoL. Still get + 2 Melee and Crit Bonus, otherwise flexible options.

The Glove slot can now provide nearly the same Defenses as a Body Armor, the reveal showed a pair of Gloves with 1100 EV and 350 ES which is INSANE!

Helmet:

They nerfed Subterfuge Mask so no more Pure ES Helmet!

Go a Hybrid EV/ES Helmet, Critical Hit Chance, Resistances, Attributes, and/or Rarity. If you can get Subterfuge Mask from an Anoint or Megalomaniac then it may be worth. Will have to test myself.

Boots:

An EV/ES, EV, or ES pair of Boots will work. I've crafted a pair using the new Chronomancy Mods from the Uhtred's Sidereus Rune to grant Skills have 15% Chance to Not Remove Charges but Count as Consuming Them. This makes Flicker Strike so OP!

Otherwise go for Gain Deflection, 30-35% Movement Speed, Attributes, Rarity, and any Resistances that you can get.

Belt:

This slot is up to you, but I recommend the Shavronne's Satchel up until you can afford Mageblood or Headhunter. With an Instant Recovery Flask, you can heal your ES with Shavronne's Satchel which is great.

I went with Mageblood since I got one from Ritual. I went with Diamond, Quicksilver, Silver, and Jade to provide 30% MS, +2000 EV, 75% Increased Crit, and 30% Skill Speed.

Amulet:

You can use whatever type of Amulet you prefer, still undecided on Final Giga invest Amulet for now. Between Absent Amulet, Distorted Amulet, or just a regular Amulet.

Go for Increased Evasion Rating, Increased Global Defenses, Increased Maximum Energy Shield, + Level of Melee Skill, Critical Hit Chance, and any needed Resistances and Attributes.

Anoint Thaumaturgic Generator if you're rich for extra passive Frenzy, Endurance, and Power Charges to fuel Charge Regulation. Otherwise take a budget anoint like Critical Exploit, Serrated Edges, Vulgar Methods, etc.....

Rings:

Prioritize Flat Cold / Lightning / Physical Damage but any work. % Increased Cold is decent but not better than flat. Otherwise cover any needed Attributes, Rarity, Resistances, etc.....

You'll need 1 line of Leech Phys Damage as Mana on either Weapon, Gloves, or Rings to make Oisín's Oath work!!!!

Jewels:

I use the Heart of the Well which can give Gain Extra Damage as Chaos for HUGE Damage. Expect to spend BIG for a two line Gain Extra Damage but it makes and insane boost. Increased Mana Cost Efficiency is also a GREAT line to reduce Mana Cost of Skills!

I like to use a Time-Lost Sapphire with Critical Hit Chance and place it next to Stupefy to allow all the Nodes around that area to grant us extra bonuses. Not required by would take this at some point since there's so many Notables we take around this Jewel Socket. The new Voices Jewel will probably be used, need to acquire and test.

The Uber Jewel I will use is a Megalomaniac with an Offensive and Defensive Notable.

I like Defensive Nodes such as Subterfuge Mask, Pocket Sand, The Wild Cat, Afterimage, Inner Faith, Patient Barrier, Chakra of Breathing, and Storm Driven.

I like Offensive Nodes such as Harness the Elements, Stormbreaker, Overwhelming Strike, Sundering, Deadly Flourish, Reaching Strike, and Rapid Strike.

These are just a few but I wanted to give examples as you don't have to have the same Notables as me. There are better options out there!