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[0.4] Hollow Palm Monk Speed Alt Leveling

Speed Leveling
presentationMonk
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0.4 TLotD
Updated on Dec 19, 2025
Dec 19, 2025

Build Overview

Lazy Exile Hollow Palm Alt Leveling Guide for Monk

0.4 Change

  • Alt Leveling setup is BUFF with the Hollow Palm changes
  • Oisín's Oath added (making mana much more managable)

Summary

This build is all about speed alt leveling your 2ND character, which you should have access to:

  • Tier 5 Support Gems
  • Greater Jeweller's Orbs
  • Currency to invest in Unique and Rare items

Preparation beforehand will yield the best results, remember, you only need to set this up once then use it for all other class that you want to level.

This setup is CLASS AGNOSTIC. We'll stack + skill levels, scales that with the physical damage from Hollow Palm, and this allow us to scale our damage throughout the campaign, from the moment you pick up Hollow Palm Technique, until the end of Interlude.

About the Monk Variant

Being near Hollow Palm Technique make this one of the premium class to benefits from this leveling setup. You can swap as early as Act 1, and enjoy a smooth power curve until the Interlude. The Invoke ascendancy have I am the Thunder... for some extra lightning damage and fits in the build very well.

Ascending is optional and you should not need to ascend at all.

Other Class Variant

Witch Variant

Sorcerer Variant

Huntress Variant

Ranger Variant

Mercenary Variant

Warrior Variant

Disclaimer

  • This build is not intended for endgame content and is meant to take you through the campaign from level 1 to 65 only. This build uses a specific tree and will require you to respec later on to your build.
  • You'll also need some currency to get started because there are some required unique items in this build, and if you don't have it, expect the player's power to drop drastically.
  • Toward the end of the campaign, this build will be squishy, but you can very easily replace Foxshade / Tabula Rasa and Meginord's Girdle with rare ES/Evasion Body Armour and rare Belt with resistances to make your character tankier

Strengths and Weaknesses

  • Simple and effective setup from level 1 - 65
  • Minimum gear swap
  • Reusable across multiple class
  • Hollow Palm damage doesn't fall off
  • Need respec after campaign

Build Variants

Equipment

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Equipment Priority
+10

Note:

The only thing you need to pick up in this build is Flasks, always pick up the highest level one, and craft with Orb of Transmutation and Augmentation.

Leveling Equipment

Level 1

  • Equip Pillar of the Caged God (Weapon Set 1)
    • Socket with Lesser Storm Rune (x3 if you can get corrupted with extra socket)
  • Equip Wings of Caelyn
    • To get enough dexterity requirements
  • Equip Foxshade / Tabula Rasa
    • Use Tabula Rasa if you're willing to invest in Emerald
    • Stats you want are % movement speed and/or % damage / % attack speed
  • Equip Meginord's Girdle
  • Equip Luminous Pace
  • Equip Jarngreipr

Level 5

  • Equip Greymake | replace Wings of Caelyn

Level 8

  • Equip Jade Amulet / Lapis Amulet
    • Required stat here is +1 to level of all Melee Skills
    • Int / Dex for attribute requirements
    • Anoint for Bestial Rage

Level 11

  • Equip Wanderlust | replace Luminous Pace
  • Equip Emerald
    • Stats you want are % movement speed and/or % damage / % attack speed

Level 14

  • Remove Pillar of the Caged God when spec into Hollow Palm Technique
  • Equip Crown of the Victor | replace Greymake
  • Equip Torn Gloves (any bases) | replace Jarngreipr
    • Any gloves that give +1 to level of all Melee Skills
    • Int / Dex for attribute requirements
    • Optional: Can get corrupted for +1 to level of all Melee Skills

Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 35

Dex 35

Int 30

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Falling Thunder

Falling Thunder
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2

Killing Palm

Killing Palm
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Herald of Thunder

Herald of Thunder
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Tempest Bell

Tempest Bell
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Tempest Flurry

Tempest Flurry
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Gem Priority
+20

Skill gems are in order of priority

  • Craft the skills and use Greater Jeweller's Orb
  • Craft all support gems
  • Always level up your skill gems

Rotation

AoE Clear

  • Killing Palm on cullable target for Power Charge
  • Spend Power Charge for empowered Falling Thunder

Single Target (Level 1-14)

  • Killing Palm on cullable target for Power Charge
  • Spend Power Charge for empowered Falling Thunder
    • Position just in front of boss for shotgun damage

Single Target (Level 14+)

  • Tempest Flurry to build up combo
  • Drop Tempest Bell on top of target
  • Tempest Flurry to hit both target & Tempest Bell

Passive Tree

main:
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123
set 1:
20
20
set 2:
20
20

Beeline to Hollow Palm Technique (level 14)

Whenever you get there, remove Pillar of the Caged God, and you should be ready to fight Act 1 boss.

Attributes

Mainly get strength, but if you lack intelligence/dexterity on gear, you can also spec into intelligence/dexterity as well.

Changelog

12/19 - Updated for 0.4

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