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COMPREHENSIVE Hollow Palm Monk Lightspeed Leveling Guide

0.3 TTE

Speed Leveling

Monk

By VinidictionYT

Updated on Sep 12, 2025

Sep 12, 2025

Build Overview

Yeooo, Whats Up Chefs!

This is my detailed hyperspeed leveling guide for Monk, trade links are included down below in the gearing section. Its also worth noting that this setup can be used to speedlevel any class in the game with minor tweaks/variations that shouldnt be too hard to figure out.

I will be following this guide up with a Low budget Endgame Invoker Guide and then finally a Deep Endgame Invoker Guide as well. The current plan is to go for a flicker strike setup but that is subject to change.

POB Import Code For My Character Immediately After Finishing The Campaign - https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/c870

Strengths and Weaknesses

Sub 4 Hour Campaign EASILY - Can get it down to sub 3:30 if youre really zooming. THIS INCLUDES ALL PERMANENT CAMPAIGN BONUSES.
Extremely smooth, quick and is effectively a ranged character in 90% of situations so its also very safe.
Can get ALL of the gear via the trade links down below for less than 100 exalted orbs.
Do Not Need To Do Ascendancy Points During The Campaign Unless You Want To.

Honestly there arent any real weaknesses. However, you could technically get the campaign time down to sub 3 hours Im pretty sure if you wanted to spend like multiple divines but Idk if thats really a weakness persay.

Build Variants

Level 1 - 22

Level 22 - End of Campaign

Equipment

Level 1 - 22

Level 22 - End of Campaign

Set 1

Set 2

Equipment Priority

+10

This will be a step by step guide with trade links for how to manage your gear throughout the entire leveling process - YOU SHOULD PREBUY ALL OF THESE ITEMS FOR MAX EFFICIENCY.

While using the trade links, when in doubt just sort by the sum amount at the bottom middle of the item descriptions. This will ensure that you are seeing some of the best options within the max price range.

MAX PRICE IS NEVER SET HIGHER THAN 15 EXALTED ORBS, FEEL FREE TO INCREASE OR LOWER THIS BASED ON HOW MUCH CURRENCY YOU WANT TO SPEND.

Level 1 -

Equip Widowhail - (Ideally 3 sockets, Sort by the Quiver bonus roll within your budget) - https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/Q6Xmm0Otw

Equip Asphyxia's Wrath - https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/9llZX5zuK

Equip Foxshade - https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/3qKjg2qPf5

Equip Blackheart x2 - https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/DE0EeZwi5

Equip Northpaw - https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/M7W5B06uJ

Equip Meginord's Girdle - https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/8rOl7DXnUV

Equip Luminous Pace - https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/DEea5wwU5

Level 5 -

Equip Crown of the Victor - https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/dGZMbKpiJ

Level 8-15ish -

Equip Gauze Wraps (Base Type Does Not Matter) - You want these to have flat damage rolls & +1 level of melee skills (Even though the melee skills part doesnt start until level 22) - https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/QLK4BQ43fw

Equip Lapis Amulet (Base Type Doesnt Matter But The Attribute Ones Are The Best At This Level) - You want this to have +1 Level of melee skills, nothing else matters too much but +attributes is good, resistances, etc. (Just use the trade link itll hook you up) - https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/wv4Dgg7mFb

Level 11 -

Equip Wanderlust - https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/OJ0GyZgCE

Equip Your First Jewel - (This can be one of two types of jewels, either a regular just good emerald or a gain +1 rage on melee hit jewel - Once you get to level 22 you will want to equip a +1 rage jewel though) - Rage Jewel - Sort By Sum https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/9zE9reXOfK - Regular Good Jewel - Sort By Sum https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/zbKZzQjKi4

Level 20 -26 - During This Time You Will Be Replacing Both Of The Blackheart Rings

Level 20ish Equip A Ring - (Base Type Doesnt Really Matter but resistance bases are always a good choice at this point) - (We specifically want this ring to have flat damage rolls, beyond that +attributes, resistances, life, etc. are all good stats to look for.) - SORT BY SUM https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/X3Jk6nqRtP

Level 26 Equip Death Rush - (This gives us onslaught on kill which is 10% movespeed and a bunch of skill speed as well) https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/2Kenwv20Tk

Level 35ish

Equip An Upgraded Amulet With +2 Level Of Melee Skills - https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/7ndgpBYyS5

Level 40 - 55ish - During This Time We Will Be Upgrading Out Of All Of Our Low Level Uniques (Keep In Mind That This Is Not Really Necessary But If You Use My Trade Links You Can Find Good Items For Decently Cheap That Will Make The End Of The Campaign A Lot Quicker/Smoother. You Can Also Use These All The Way Into Maps, Probably To level 75 Where You Can Then Start Buying Endgame Items.)

One Somewhat Mandatory Upgrade Is To Get A Singular Mana Leech Ring To Pair With Walker of the Wilds For Infinite Mana Sustain (This replaced Deaths Rush In My Case, But You can Keep Deaths Rush And Replace Your Other Rare Ring If You Want) - https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/2Ke0YD8dIk

Body Armour - (Sort By Total Energy Shield And Then Look For A Good Sum Value As Well) https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/pJVbZyb3H0

+2 Level Of Melee Skills Gloves - https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/Z6eLXWEzHQ

Belt - https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/bGeKbMnDIL

Boots - https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/opKjdaLKFl

Helmet - https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Rise%20of%20the%20Abyssal/6znXkGnMUG

Skill Gems

Level 1 - 22

Level 22 - End of Campaign

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 15

Dex 35

Int 10

Expand all

Lightning Arrow

Lightning Rod

Herald of Thunder

Support Gems Are In Priority Order Throughout This Entire Guide For Every Skill Gem. YOU DO NOT NEED TO GET PERFECT JEWELLERS ORBS FOR ANY OF THE SKILLS, BUT IF YOU WANT TO THEN IT SHOULD BE FOR STORM WAVE AND TEMPEST FLURRY.

GREATER JEWELLERS ORBS (4 Sockets) ARE EXTREMELY CHEAP AND SHOULD BE ADDED TO EVERY SKILL THAT MAKES SENSE IF YOU WANT TO BE EFFICIENT.

Level 1 - 22 - At this point it is SIGNIFICANTLY faster and easier to just level with a bow - Bow gets Lightning Arrow + Lightning Rod and Quarterstaff Gets Falling Thunder and Killing Palm :/ - Herald of Thunder Is the obvious choice for our first spirit skill because it works for the bow setup and we will continue to use it for the rest of the campaign with the Hollow Palm Technique setup as well.

Rotation - For Clearing just weave in a Lightning Arrow here and there as you are sprinting through the different zones. Dont Stop and Hold it down because this will slow you down a lot.

For Single Target - Precast a few Lightning Rods and then use Lightning Arrow and watch every boss die in literally 2 seconds or less.

Level 22 - Rest Of The Campaign - At Level 22 we swap over to Storm Wave + Tempest Flurry and of course keep Herald of Thunder.

Rotation - For Clearing just treat Storm Wave like you were treating Lightning Arrow, weave it in here and there as you are sprinting through the different zones - it has really good AOE and will one shot everything that isnt a rare.

For Single Target - Do one full 4 hit combo with Tempest Flurry To apply the 100% increased magnitude shock (See Here - https://poe2db.tw/us/Tempest_Flurry). After that just spam Storm Wave and the bosses will evaporate.

At Level 31 - Equip a level 7 Profane Ritual (This is how we get power charges throughout the campaign, simply use it on dead bodies and get free power charges, very easy). Additionally, this is when you can equip Charged Staff and Hand of Chayula.

Rotation - For clearing the rotation stays the same.

For Single Target - At this point the only difference is we start the fight off with Hand of Chayula to apply Elemental Weakness and Voltaic Mark for a SIGNIFICANT Damage increase. If you want to Min-Max then you should try to carry 3 power charges into the beginning of the fight for your Charged Staff but it is completely beyond unnecessary.

Passive Tree

Level 1 - 22

Level 22 - End of Campaign

main:

123

set 1:

set 2:

FOLLOW THE PRIORITY ORDER SHOWN ABOVE - YOU SHOULD TECHNICALLY WAIT ON GETTING HOLLOW PALM TECHNIQUE UNTIL YOU ARE LEVEL 22 AND ARE SWAPPING OVER TO Storm Wave.

IF YOU WANT TO GET MORE DEFENSIVE NODES DURING THE CAMPAIGN THEN FEEL FREE TO GRAB Mindful Awareness & Step Like Mist EARLIER INTO YOUR PLAYTHROUGH.

Most Of Your +5 Attribute Points Should Go Towards Strength And Intelligence To Meet Requirements For Skill Gems. You'll Need Roughly 57 Intelligence For Elemental Weakness And 70+ Strength For Herald of Ash.

Ascendancy Choices - Although not necessary for the campaign, if you do want to get your ascendancy points during your playthrough I would recommend I am the Thunder... and Lead me through Grace...

1. Build Overview 2. Strengths and Weaknesses 3. Build Variants 4. Equipment 5. Skill Gems 6. Passive Tree

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