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

Updated on Jul 11, 2026
Jul 11, 2026

Build Overview

Here's my guide for my Giga Bonk League Starter and Endgame Build for Patch 0.5! This is a Work in Progress so expect rapid changes early on! I've included Leveling Variants and Budget Variants, just scroll through the Variants!

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🚨Work in Progress, be sure to come by the Twitch Stream for the Newest Skill Tree and Gems as I'm changing it to test new things!🚨

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🚨I've included a League Starter Leveling Guide, Early Mapping Guide, and Endgame Guide to cover your run on Monk from Start to Finish. Click the appropriate Tab for Gear and the Passive Tree🚨

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New Power Charge Tech Here

In the Endgame, we'll use Shattering Palm + Living Lightning II + Culmination II + Ailith's Chimes to generate Power Charges on Hit for FREE! We'll hit a target with Shattering Palm, this will trigger Living Lightning II minions which will expend built Combo when hitting targets thanks to the Martial Master node. This combo is then consumed by Ailith's Chimes for Power Charges. Simply enter map, press Shattering Palm a couple times and you have Charges!

We'll use these Power Charges with Falling Thunder + Nova Projectiles II for 360° Clear! This will be our main Bossing and Mapping Skill. Bonk with Falling Thunder, then recharge your Charges with 1 press of Shattering Palm on enemies, then bonk again!

The new Way of the Stonefist Ascendancy Node will allow our Gloves to be transformed into new and stronger versions of themselves! This will provide things like Explode Corpses for Damage, Onslaught on Hit, + to Crit Chance, and More!

We'll also use Martial Adept + Martial Master to build up Combo from ALL our hits and twice as fast. For every 1 Combo we consume, we reduce our Energy Shield Recharge Rate by 0.2 seconds, so 10 combo consumed = -2 seconds before ES Recharge starts. We spam Combo skill so CONSTANT ES recharge!

Our Defenses were Buffed in 0.5 with Deflection and Evasion getting some MASSIVE improvements. We'll be around 6K Energy Shield, 77% Evasion, and 95% Deflect on top of Chaos Immunity with Chaos Inoculation and Instant ES recovery with Shavronne's Satchel + Ultimate Life Flask with Instant Recovery. We'll also have a Companion with Spirit Vessel from the Forgotten Warden Body Armor. This Companion will eat 10% of Damage taken and 15% of Deflected Hit Damage for a massive Damage Reduction!

Filter's I use (Shoutout Mr9Lives) - Here

Act 1 Regex - "i.+mov|^ad.*ph.*da|^\d.*ph.*da|^\+.*ills$|lacquered|studded|co.+res"

Act 2 Regex - "li.+res|^\+.*ills$|i.+mov|nymph's|o-wisp's|sylph's|\d [cfl].+da"

Act 3 Regex - "i.+mov|resi|^\+.*ills$|\d [cfl].+da|nymph's|sylph's|cherub's"

Act 4 Regex - "i.+mov|resi|^\+.*ills$|\d [cfl].+da|^\d.*ph.*da|^ad.*ph.*da|nymph's|sylph's|cherub's"

Strengths and Weaknesses

  • Nuke Bosses
  • Insane Clear Speed
  • Curse and Crit Immune
  • Super Tanky (Deflection OP)
  • Very Fast
  • Tougher League Start
  • Riskier Playstyle (Skill Diff, just lock in)
  • Kinda Squishy until CI

Build Variants

Please Read, Monk is not a braindead 1 Button Build for the most part. Lack of reading will make this a painful experience.....

New Power Charge Tech Here

This variant will start transitioning into the Endgame Variant by scaling our Critical Hit Chance towards 100% and getting our Auto-Power Charge Generation online with Ailith's Chimes.

We'll use Shattering Palm + Living Lightning II + Culmination II + Ailith's Chimes to generate Power Charges on Hit for FREE! We'll hit a target with Shattering Palm, this will trigger Living Lightning II minions to hit targets and build Combo thanks to the Martial Master node. This combo is then consumed by Ailith's Chimes for Power Charges. Simply enter map, press Shattering Palm a couple times and you have Charges!

We'll also be swapping from a Physical Staff to a Elemental Staff as this will make it easier to proc Herald of Thunder and eventually Herald of Ice. We'll re-spec our Ascendancy once we get Ailith's Chimes so we no longer need the Hollow Focus Bells for Power Chargees.

Once we have the Power Charge Generation, we can start using Falling Thunder / Flicker Strike in mapping and bossing. YOU MUST HAVE either Ailith's Chimes!

Equipment

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Equipment Priority
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Quarterstaff:

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

Prioritize these Affixes:

- Adds # to # Damage to Attacks (Cold > Lightning > Fire)

- % Increased Elemental Damage with Attacks

- + to Level of Melee / Attacks

- +% to Crit Chance

- % to Critical Damage Bonus / % Increased Attack Speed

You'll want to swap to a Elemental Damage Staff around this time as we'll need our Herald of Thunder and eventually Herald of Ice to increase our mapping speed. You'll want to aim for a Lightning / Phys, Lightning / Cold, or Lightning / Cold / Fire staff. All work well but I'd prefer more Lightning than anything.

Any Added Damage to Attacks, + Level of Melee, +% to Critical Hit Chance are also nice. Damage type priority: Lightning -> Cold -> Phys -> Fire

I'll use 2 Soul Core of Topotante to give us 30% Elemental Penetration. This combined with Hand of Chayula + Elemental Weakness should handle all Elemental Resistances on Bosses / Pinnacles until we get enough damage or Rakiata's Flow way later.

Body Armor:

Prioritize these Affixes:

- + / % Increased Evasion and Energy Shield

- % Gain Deflection Rating

- +% Res / Attributes / Rarity

Get the highest EV / ES Body Armor available to you at the time, we will be swapping to Forgotten Warden once we're high enough LvL to equip it.

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

Prioritize these Affixes:

- + / % Increased Defense -> % More EV/ES or + EV/ES per Level

- + Damage to Attacks -> % Gain as Extra Damage

- % Increased Critical Damage Bonus -> +% to Crit Chance

- % Increased Attack Speed -> % Chance for Onslaught on Hit

- + Level of Melee -> + Level of Melee and % Increased Skill Quality

Get +2 Melee and Critical Damage Bonus for the converted Crit Chance and Quality. Otherwise 1-2 Defensive / 1/2 Offensive Prefixes are really useful here.

Helmet:

If using Raven-Touched Shard, go Pure ES Helmet. If not using it, go EV / ES Hybrid Helmet!

Prioritize these Affixes:

- + / % Increased Energy Shield / Evasion and Energy Shield

- % Increased Critical Hit Chance

- +% Res / Attributes / Rarity

Get the highest ES or EV / ES Helmet as possible. Raven-Touched Shard is not required but was a nice Defensive Boost.

Boots:

Prioritize these Affixes:

- 30-35% Increased Movement Speed

- + / % Increased Evasion and Energy Shield

- % Gain Deflection Rating

- +% Res / Attributes / Rarity

Get as much Movement Speed and Defenses you can afford.

Belt:

This slot is up to you, but I recommend the Shavronne's Satchel. This allows our INSTANT Life Flask to also heal our Energy Shield. This is an instant recovery for when we need it. You could also use Ingenuity for extra stats on your rings or Headhunter once your heavily invested.

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.

Prioritize these Affixes:

- % Increased Evasion Rating / Energy Shield / Global Defenses

- + Level of All Melee Skills

- % Increased Crit Chance / Bonus

- +% Res / Attributes / Rarity

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 these Affixes:

- Adds Damage to Attacks (Any but Phys > Cold > Lightning > Fire)

- +% Res / Attributes / Rarity

Get whatever damage you can, then cover those Resistances / Attributes / Rarity.

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 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'd go for a Time-Lost Sapphire if you can afford it, or a regular Sapphire if you can't. Ideally you'll want Crit Chance, Crit Bonus, Maximum Energy Shield, and desecrated Global Defenses. Other good mods are Energy Shield Recharge Rate, Increased Ele Damage, Increased Cold Damage, etc.....

Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 20

Dex 60

Int 35

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Falling Thunder

Level 17

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Shattering Palm

Level 17

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Charged Staff

Level 17

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Hand of Chayula

Level 17

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Mantra of Destruction

Level 17

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Herald of Thunder

Level 17

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Wind Dancer

Level 17

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Charge Regulation

Level 17

Gem Priority
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Mapping -

New Power Charge Tech Here

We'll use Shattering Palm + Living Lightning II + Culmination II + Ailith's Chimes to generate Power Charges on Hit for FREE! We'll hit a target with Shattering Palm, this will trigger Living Lightning II minions to hit targets and build Combo thanks to the Martial Master node. This combo is then consumed by Ailith's Chimes for Power Charges. Simply enter map, press Shattering Palm a couple times and you have Charges!

Once you have Charges, use Falling Thunder or Flicker Strike and refill on charge with Shattering Palm. Feel free to use Mantra of Destruction to boost your Damage whenever needed as well. Remember, once we consume 20 total combo, our ES recharge will start INSTANTLY so spam these combo skills.

Bossing -

Bossing has a lot of options, I'll be using Falling Thunder. Simply walk into the Arena, get Power Charges from the Living Lightning II Tech, buff yourself with Charged Staff, get some more Charges, press Mantra of Destruction and then BONK with Falling Thunder. If whatever you hit lived, hit another Shattering Palm and go again.

Hand of Chayula is useful for lowering Boss Resistances early on, eventually we drop it once we don't need the Damage or Elemental Penetration anymore.

Passive Tree

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This tree will start to transition us to what our endgame tree will look like. Make sure to check for what nodes we remove.

We focus on Nodes to Stack Maximum Power Charges like Overflowing Power and The Power Within. You'll need to get our Critical Hit Chance as high as possible with Nodes like Moment of Truth, True Strike, Struck Through, etc...

Stack ES, EV, and Deflection using, Enhanced Reflexes, First Principle of the Hollow, First Teachings of the Keeper, and Mindful Awareness so we have a sufficient Hit Pool when mapping. Build Blind usingDistracted Target to increase our DPS and help cap our Critical Hit Chance out. This will also increase our Evasion Rating and Accuracy against Blinded Targets.

We'll respec to Martial Adept and Martial Master once we hit Level 65 and can equip Ailith's Chimes. This enables near infinite Power Charges! This means we don't need Hollow Focus + Killing Palm anymore.

Atlas Tree

This setup is just what I went for initially, for sure not optimal so pick what you please. Will change once we know more.

Quest Rewards

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Clearfell — Beira of the Rotten Pack
+10% to Cold Resistance
Hunting Grounds — The Crowbell
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Freythorn — The King in the Mists
+30 to Spirit
Ogham Farmlands — Una's Hut
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Ogham Manor — Candlemass, the Living Rite
+20 to maximum Life
Keth — Kabala, Constrictor Queen
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Valley of the Titans — Medallion
30% increased Charm Effect Duration
+1 Charm Slot
Deshar — Final Letter
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
The Spires of Deshar — Sisters of Garukhan
+10% to Lightning Resistance
Jungle Ruins — Mighty Silverfist
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
The Venom Crypts — Venom Draught
25% increased Stun Threshold
Jiquani's Machinarium — Blackjaw, the Remnant
+10% to Fire Resistance
The Azak Bog — Ignagduk, the Bog Witch
+30 to Spirit
The Molten Vault — The Molten Vault
Reforging Bench
Aggorat — Blood Sacrifice
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Journey's End — Captain Hartlin
Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Skill Gem(Lv 13)
Delirium Drop
Eye of Hinekora — Navali's Rest
5% increased Maximum Mana
Halls of the Dead — Yama The White
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
Halls of the Dead — Tawhoa's Test
+5% to Lightning Resistance
Abandoned Prison — Goddess of Justice
30% increased Mana Recovery from Flasks
Halls of the Dead — Tasalio's Test
+5% to Cold Resistance
Halls of the Dead — Ngamahu's Test
+5% to Fire Resistance
Halls of the Dead — Tribal Medicine
30% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Wolvenhold — Oswin, the Dread Warden
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
The Khari Crossing — Akthi and Anundr
Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
The Khari Crossing — Molten Shrine
5% increased Maximum Life
Qimah — Tabana's Pillar
15% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Kriar Village — Lythara, the Wayward Spear
+40 to Spirit
Howling Caves — The Abominable Yeti
Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

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Changelog

7/9/26 - Added Mirror Tier Investment Variant. This is a high skill and investment version of the build that is centered around farming the juiciest Expedition in the game. Can swap the Berserk tech for Legacy of Wanderlust if slow is too annoying.

6/27/26 - Added Tatto's since Mobalytics added support for it

6/23/26 - Updated ALL Endgame variants providing more clarity on what mods to prioritize. Updated to match Final Update changes with a video to come within a day or two.

6/20/26 - Updated descriptions, added Shark Fin Reward. Update video coming soon!

6/7/26 - Added link to new video, added new Body Armor Forgotten Warden (Cheap and OP). Updated descriptions further and corrected some typos.

6/7/26 - Added new Power Charge Tech which replaces Whirling Assault with Shattering Palm. Check the Tech out! Updated all Endgame variants to match. Added new info for Giga Invest variant revolving around Mageblood. Lots of other minor changes.

6/2/26 - Added new video going over New Power Charge Tech and the new Breachlord's Amalgam Lineage Gem. Updated Variants

6/2/26 - Did major updates to all variants to match the changes we've made due too the testing in 0.5. PoB file removed until I give it a full update, new YT video coming in a day or two to go over newest changes.

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