How To Play Monk Class In Path Of Exile 2? – Skills & Ascendancies

In the early access of Path Of Exile 2, developer are provided with 6 playable classes. Infernalist and Deadeye are currently the most popular classes, but they will be weakened in the next update plan.

Monk is the fourth popular class, and it is likely to become a class with strength tier 1 after the next update. So, let me give you a brief introduction to Monk class.

Monk is a melee class. He combines fast melee attacks with elemental attacks, and he is a powerful melee mage. He can use storms to create cracks on the ground, or he can use ice to crush opponents, and he can also use Tempest Bell to shock enemies.

For novices, it is a bit difficult to play Monk well. Because melee is not very safe compared to ranged classes, it will often be hurt, and Monk’s skill combination is more complicated. But the difficulty of Monk is exchanged for a fairly high output damage.

Monk Class

• Attributes: Intelligence/Dexterity
• Ascendancies: Invoker, Acolyte of Chayula
• Initial Skills: Quarterstaff Attacks (Physical, Cold, Lightning)

We will not introduce points allocation in detail here, because Monk still has a lot of room for development. If you feel that the current Monk is not the style you want, it is easy to change the points. You can reset the skill points through POE2 Currency and adjust your style at any time.

Monk Style

The main fighting style of Monk is to control the battlefield by combos and elemental spells. In the experience, as a melee class, Monk fights very fast. He can quickly perform combos and create control effects on the battlefield. He can knock down the opponent or freeze the enemy. Monk is a class that performs well in both attack and defend.

The main weapon of Monk is the long staff, which is a two-handed weapon that provides him with a very fast attack speed. When you build your own staffs, you can buy POE 2 Currency to add some Intelligence/Dexterity entries to your equipment, which will never be a loss for Monks.

Most of Monk’s skills rely on the long staff. Monk’s skills are roughly divided into three categories:

• Physical: It has the effect of knocking the opponent to the ground and AOE damage. The most typical skill is Tempest Bell. Tempest Bell requires monk to continuously attack the enemy and accumulate layers. It can be released after 4 combos, causing huge damage to the monster. This skill is usually used against bosses.
• Freeze: Freezes the opponent and crushes them. To deal damage with freezing skills, you need to rely on combos.
• Lightning: A very fast attack that uses lightning to make the enemy vulnerable. Many skills that require Power Charges belong to Lightning category.

Monk Skills

Monk’s Power Charges can enhance skills, which is a special resource. Such as the effect of Flicker Strike is to teleport Monk to the target and attack it. If Monk has Power Charges, the number of attacks of Flicker Strike will increase from one to three.

The core gameplay of Monk is the cycle of skill gems. Use fast attacks to control the opponent or gain Power Charges, and then use other skills to deal 2 huge damage. By constantly combining skills during the battle and maintaining continuous damage output, Monk will gain top DPS and mobility.

Monk Ascendancies

Currently, Monk has two Ascendancies: Invoker and Acolyte of Chayula.

Ascendancies can greatly change the fighting style of Monk and create a true class build for Monk. If you want to change the Ascendancies, you will waste a lot of precious POE2 Currency, so choose carefully.

Invoker

Invoker Ascension is themed around the elements. It greatly increases your elemental damage and gives you a lot of survivability.

“I Am The Blizzard…” and “I Am The Thunder…” are both very powerful choices, both of which empower the elements and create elemental zones on the battlefield. “I Am The Blizzard…” creates an icy area under the feet of frozen enemies. “I Am The Thunder…” has a 1/4 chance to electrocute the enemy, creating Shocked ground. If you decide to focus on one element, choose it according to your element.

“… And I Shall Rage” buff is more intuitive. It allows you to use the Unbound Avatar skill at will. The ailments you cause in this state will accumulate in the meter. When fully charged, you will gain “Unbound Fury” for nine seconds, which increases elemental damage by 40% and debuffs by 80% faster. If you can charge quickly, “… and I Shall Rage” will be your best choice.

If you choose this skill, you should use crits more often. Because the skill Sunder my Enemies allows you to ignore the elemental resistance of your opponent when you crit.

Acolyte Of Chayula

Acolyte Of Chayula’s power comes from Breach demon. This is a chaos-themed class, which means that Acolyte Of Chayula is very different from a normal Monk.

Acolyte Of Chayula sacrifices all of his HP to make you immune to chaos damage. The only way to stay alive is to rely on shields.

Acolyte Of Chayula has various ways to absorb shields and maintain them during battle. And Embrace The Darkness will replace Spirit, and the damage you take will last for ten seconds and then transfer to darkness. This is a very powerful damage reduction skill. So even rely on shields, Acolyte Of Chayula doesn’t have to worry about survival.

In addition, Ravenous Doubts and Consuming Questions combined can also allow you to continuously absorb shields during battle. Reality Rending is a skill that can give you powerful dark damage, although it is not so stable to trigger.

The above is a brief introduction to Monk class. The powerful build of Monk is still under development by players, Ice Monk, Lightning Monk and Black Monk are all possible targets. Players who like Monk class can try to build a monk class of their own.