This is IN DEPTH Guide for my Whirling Assault Martial Artist Monk Build for 0.5
I'm League starting this build myself - check progression or ask stuff on Twitch - twitch.tv/ronarray
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❗GUIDE IS BEING UPDATED LIVE - SAVE IT TO NOT MISS ANYTHING
As always, I will keep updating the guide after league start, so make sure to check it often.
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▸ Crafting Guide for All Gear + Amulet - https://youtu.be/rQ0kydfdesI
▸ Crafting Guide for Weapon + Rings - https://youtu.be/RdKoRIffBBE
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▸ STEP BY STEP Leveling - youtu.be/i6vzzrQIJ6w
▸ T15 Update + Whirling Swap - youtu.be/SKTko6cEckQ
▸ Trinity & Hollow Form Explained - youtu.be/EbyMEBDURpE
▸ When to Go CI and How to Be TANKY - youtu.be/WLT5_uRXR60
▸ How to get FREE Trinity Aura - youtu.be/L38rrIb9TsM
▸ What to FARM: Ritual Guide • Breach Guide
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▸ Why Martial Artist Monk?
After the reveal, Martial Artist ascendency looks like it combines all the best things that "melee" and Monk subclass have to offer. Just the bonuses from Way of the Stonefist are looking good enough to consider Martial Artist a strongest Monk ascendency.
On top of that Martial Artist got improves defenses with 5 additional rune slots or ES Recharge from Martial Adept. Also Deflect is getting a BIG buff in 0.5 together with general evasion improvements (15% on gear in endgame bases) which buffs the build even further.
Martial Artist Monk can work with great a variety of skills but for the Main setup we will use
Whirling Assault as a main skill together with
Trinity to improve the damage significantly. Whirling Assault ALSO synergizes great with Bells boosting the damage further.
Since Power Charge Generation is MUCH easier now than before (it is covered below), we can use
Charged Staff to offset the charges consistently.
And as a final touch,
Herald of Ash can provide satisfying explosions across the whole screen!
To melt bosses we also can use a combination of
Hollow Focus Technique +
Tempest Bell and
Hollow Form with
Whirling Assault inside to wipe content.
And since we have a lot of free charges, it is also possible (but not necessary) to add
Rend to the second weapon slot for HUGE 50% damage buff when we need it.
▸ Campaign Rewards:
Venom: Stun Threshold,
Tattoos: Resistances
Pillars: Movement Speed or Global Defense
Shark Fin: 30% Evasion/ES/Armour (Kaoms)
▸Vender Regex (Copy and paste into trader search):
"10% i.+mov|\d cfl.+da|^\+.*ee skills$|ck spe"
▸Order of Following Versions:
Lvl 1-23 → 23+ Unarmed → Act 3-6 → Campaign End → Endgame →Mid Endgame → Uber Endgame























































