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Flicker Strike Hollow Resonance Freeze Martial Artist (+4 Melee Skills)

Martial Artist·MonkPatch 0.5.2·byPublic Ladder
Version 1·Updated Jun 13, 2026
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Overview

Offense

Main skill: Flicker Strike

1. Flicker Strike
1.17M
2. Quarterstaff Strike
175,014
Hit DPS
1.16M
Attack rate
4.36/s
Average hit
266,754

Utility

Resources, movement, and recovery

Mana
631
Character spirit
193
Gear spirit
186
Move speed
x1.35

Defense

Life pool, mitigation, avoidance, and resistance coverage

Life
1,645
Character ES
8,819
Gear ES
1,146
Character evasion
6,565
Gear evasion
1,024
Fire res
75%
Cold res
75%
Lightning res
46%
Chaos res
76%

Passive Tree

132
Nodes
37
Notables
0
Keystones

Key Passives

Wild StormNotable
+10 to Dexterity
Gain 4% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
Gain 4% of Damage as Extra Lightning Damage
AttributeCold DamageLightning Damage
True StrikeNotable
+10 to Dexterity
20% increased Critical Hit Chance
AttributeCritical
For the JugularNotable
25% increased Critical Damage Bonus
+10 to Intelligence
CriticalAttribute
Mindful AwarenessNotable
24% increased Evasion Rating
24% increased maximum Energy Shield
EvasionEnergy Shield
Killer InstinctNotable
40% increased Attack Damage while on Full Life
60% increased Attack Damage while on Low Life
Life
Crashing WaveNotable
25% increased Damage if you've dealt a Critical Hit in the past 8 seconds
Critical
Flow Like WaterNotable
8% increased Attack and Cast Speed
+5 to Dexterity
+5 to Intelligence
SpeedAttribute
First Principle of the HollowNotable
+5% to Cold Resistance
+5% to Lightning Resistance
20% increased Evasion Rating
20% increased maximum Energy Shield
Cold ResistanceLightning ResistanceEvasionEnergy Shield

Effect Profile

EffectStats
Critical
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Critical Hit Chance13210%
  • increased Critical Damage Bonus13265%
  • increased Critical Damage Bonus with Quarterstaves361%
  • increased Critical Damage Bonus if you've consumed a Power Charge Recently360%
Attribute
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute25+125
  • to Dexterity7+70
  • to Intelligence5+38
  • ignore Attribute Requirements to equip Gloves1+1
Energy Shield
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased maximum Energy Shield21350%
  • faster start of Energy Shield Recharge428%
  • increased Evasion Rating if Energy Shield Recharge has started in the past # seconds150%
  • increased Evasion Rating while you have Energy Shield130%
Evasion
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Evasion Rating16215%
  • gain Deflection Rating equal to # % of Evasion Rating318%
  • increased Evasion Rating if you haven't been Hit Recently120%
Charges
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Endurance, Frenzy and Power Charge Duration480%
  • to Maximum Power Charges2+3
  • increased Power Charge Duration240%
Attack Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Damage790%
Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Speed28%
  • increased Attack Speed with Quarterstaves26%
  • increased Skill Speed28%
  • increased Attack and Cast Speed18%
Gem
PassiveCountTotal
  • quarterstaff Skills that consume Power Charges count as consuming an additional Power Charge1+1
  • skills can build and retain Combo regardless of Weapon Set1+1
  • skills deal # % increased Damage per Combo consumed, up to # %18%
  • skills have # % chance to not remove Charges but still count as consuming them110%

Gear

Weapon 1

Woe Beam

Striking Quarterstaff

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Range14
Physical Damage64-133
Quality20
SocketsS S
Cold Damage121-187
Fire Damage103-192
Lightning Damage17-344
Attacks per Second1.74
Critical Hit Chance10%
Total DPS1010.1
Physical DPS171.4
Elemental DPS838.7
Requirements
Level77
Rune
  • 60% increased Elemental Damage with Attacks
Desecrated
  • Adds 121 to 187 Cold Damage
Implicit
  • 16% increased Melee Strike Range with this weapon
Explicit
  • +4.68% to Critical Hit Chance
  • Adds 103 to 192 Fire Damage
  • Adds 17 to 344 Lightning Damage
Crafted
  • 24% increased Attack Speed
  • +3 to Level of all Attack Skills
Helmet

Storm Peak

Ancestral Tiara

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield474
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • 20% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • 99% increased Energy Shield
Explicit
  • +44 to maximum Energy Shield
  • 39% increased Energy Shield
  • +47 to maximum Life
  • 34% increased Critical Hit Chance
  • +34% to Fire Resistance
  • 16% increased Energy Shield Recharge Rate
Body Armour

Rune Skin

Sleek Jacket

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield322
Evasion1024
Movement Speed-3%
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level65
Rune
  • 40% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • +14% to Fire and Chaos Resistances
Explicit
  • +23 to Evasion Rating
  • +10 to maximum Energy Shield
  • 137% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
  • +45 to Spirit
  • +39% to Cold Resistance
Crafted
  • +35% to Fire Resistance
Gloves

Horror Hand

Fists of Stone

Item Level 80
Rare
Properties
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level0
Rune
  • Destroys all Augment Sockets on the item to create a Jewel Socket
Implicit
  • Has +3 to Evasion Rating per player level
  • Has +1 to maximum Energy Shield per player level
Explicit
  • 18% more Global Evasion Rating and Energy Shield
  • Attacks Gain 17% of Damage as Extra Fire Damage
  • Attacks Gain 15% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
  • +1 to Level of all Melee Skills
  • +12% to Quality of all Skills
  • +1% to Maximum Chaos Resistance
  • +19% to Chaos Resistance
  • +2.26% to Critical Hit Chance
Boots

Sorrow Stride

Sekhema Sandals

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield350
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • 18% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • 35% increased Movement Speed
Explicit
  • +54 to maximum Energy Shield
  • 95% increased Energy Shield
  • 35% reduced Attribute Requirements
  • +44% to Cold Resistance
  • +26% to Chaos Resistance
Belt

Headhunter

Heavy Belt

Item Level 82
Unique
Properties
Charm Slots2
Requirements
Level50
Implicit
  • 25% increased Stun Threshold
  • Has 2 Charm Slots
Explicit
  • +45 to maximum Life
  • +23 to Strength
  • +35 to Dexterity
  • When you kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds
Amulet

Agony Beads

Bloodstone Amulet

Item Level 82
Rare
Requirements
Level18
Enchant
  • Allocates Overwhelming Strike
Desecrated
  • 10% increased Evasion Rating
Implicit
  • +37 to maximum Life
Explicit
  • +4 to Level of all Melee Skills
  • +48 to Spirit
  • 22% increased Critical Hit Chance
  • +31 to Strength
Crafted
  • 29% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Ring 1

Vengeance Band

Breach Ring

Item Level 79
Rare
Requirements
Level40
Desecrated
  • Adds 28 to 37 Cold damage to Attacks
Implicit
  • +20% to Maximum Quality
Explicit
  • Adds 23 to 39 Physical Damage to Attacks
  • Adds 5 to 93 Lightning damage to Attacks
  • +12% to all Elemental Resistances
  • +22% to Fire Resistance
  • +34% to Lightning Resistance
Ring 2

Kraken Finger

Topaz Ring

Item Level 78
Rare
Requirements
Level16
Desecrated
  • +15% to Lightning and Chaos Resistances
Implicit
  • +26% to Lightning Resistance
Explicit
  • Adds 10 to 22 Physical Damage to Attacks
  • Adds 16 to 27 Cold damage to Attacks
  • 24% increased Lightning Damage
  • +22% to Cold Resistance
  • Gain 26 Mana per enemy killed
Charm 1

Soaked Stone Charm of the Wide

Item Level 25
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level8
Implicit
  • Used when you become Stunned
Explicit
  • Recover 33 Mana when Used
  • 24% increased Charges
Charm 2

Nascent Hope

Thawing Charm

Item Level 81
Unique
Properties
Charges Max40
Charges Per Use40
Duration30
Quality0
Requirements
Level12
Implicit
  • Used when you become Frozen
Explicit
  • 23% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy
  • Energy Shield Recharge starts on use
Charm 3

The Fall of the Axe

Silver Charm

Item Level 79
Unique
Properties
Charges Max40
Charges Per Use20
Duration30
Quality0
Requirements
Level10
Implicit
  • Used when you are affected by a Slow
Explicit
  • Grants Onslaught during effect
Life Flask

Catalysed Ultimate Life Flask of the Surgeon

Item Level 83
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • 66% increased Recovery rate
  • 33% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy
Mana Flask

Saturated Ultimate Mana Flask of the Bottomless

Item Level 83
Magic
Properties
Quality20
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • 76% increased Amount Recovered
  • 48% increased Charges gained

Skills & Gems

Hollow Form(Lv20)4 gems

Channel to create fleeting images of your astral self near the target location. The images perform a Socketed Melee Attack once then vanish, targeting the closest enemy if possible. The images cannot perform Channelled Skills or Conditional Skills. Consuming a Power Charge creates additional images.

RageSupports Melee Attacks, causing them to grant Rage on Hit.Lv1
TwofoldSupports any Skill that Consumes Charges, granting a chance for benefits of that Consumption to be doubled.Lv1
BurgeonSupports Channelling Skills you use yourself, causing them to deal more damage the longer they have been Channelled.Lv1
InspirationSupports any skill, making it cost less to use. Cannot support skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1
Hollow Resonance(Lv20)5 gems

Attaches an ethereal bell to your back. Critical Hits with other Skills will cause the bell to ring out, damaging nearby enemies.

Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
PinSupports any skill that Hits enemies, allowing its Physical damage to Pin enemies but making it unable to Stun.Lv1
EmbitterSupports Skills which can Damage Enemies with Hits, causing all sources of Damage Gained to instead be treated as Damage Gained as extra Cold for Supported Skills.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Pinpoint CriticalSupports any skill that Hits Enemies, causing it to Critically Hit more often but deal less damage with Critical Hits.Lv1
Hollow Focus(Lv20)5 gems

While active, ethereal bells periodically appear near you. Your Hits immediately destroy the bells, creating a shockwave that damages nearby enemies and causes a Heavy Stun on enemies that are Primed for Stun. The bells are themselves always Primed for Stun, they can be Culled, and Hits against them are always Critical Hits.

A bell appears every 3 seconds
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Lv1
IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Pinpoint CriticalSupports any skill that Hits Enemies, causing it to Critically Hit more often but deal less damage with Critical Hits.Lv1
Charged Staff(Lv19)5 gems

Consume all Power Charges to charge your Quarterstaff with electricity, adding Lightning damage and a Lightning shockwave to your Quarterstaff Attacks. Reusing this skill while the Buff is active adds to the Buff's duration and damage.

Buff grants 1 to 2 Added Quarterstaff Attack Lightning damage per Power Charge Consumed, up to your maximum Power Charges
TwofoldSupports any Skill that Consumes Charges, granting a chance for benefits of that Consumption to be doubled.Lv1
InnervateSupports damaging skills you use yourself. Killing a Shocked enemy with supported skills imbues your damage with Lightning damage for a short time.Lv1
Blazing CriticalSupports Skills you use yourself which Hit enemies. Critical Hits with Supported Skills imbue all of your Attacks with Fire damage for a duration.Lv1
Fire InfusionSupports any skill that deals damage, causing them to Gain Fire Damage but deal less Cold and Lightning Damage.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Herald of Thunder(Lv19)5 gems

While active, killing Shocked enemies with a non-Herald Attack Hit will cause subsequent Attack Hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies.

Lightning Bolts strike the targets of your next 2 Attack Hits after killing a Shocked enemy with Attack damage
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Elemental FocusSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more Elemental Damage but be unable to inflict Elemental Ailments.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Cold InfusionSupports any skill that deals damage, causing them to Gain Cold Damage but deal less Fire and Lightning Damage.Lv1
EmbitterSupports Skills which can Damage Enemies with Hits, causing all sources of Damage Gained to instead be treated as Damage Gained as extra Cold for Supported Skills.Lv1
Falling Thunder(Lv20)5 gems

Suffuse your Quarterstaff with electrical energy, then Slam the ground to deal damage in a large cone in front of you. Consumes your Power Charges to fire Lightning Projectiles forwards from the impact.

CulminationSupports Melee Attack Skills. Supported Skills gain Combo when you successfully Strike Enemies with other Melee Attacks. Supported Skills reset their Combo on use, dealing more Damage the higher Combo you had on use. Cannot support skills which already gain Combo. Cannot modify the Skills of Minions.Lv1
Fist Of WarSupports Slams you use yourself, providing a powerful Ancestral Boost every few seconds.Lv1
Concentrated EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Breachlords AmalgamLv1
Flicker Strike(Lv21)5 gems

Teleport to a enemy and Strike them. Consumes Power Charges to perform additional teleporting Strikes on nearby enemies.

Concentrated EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher.Lv1
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
Ancestral CallSupports Strikes you use yourself, providing a powerful Ancestral Boost every few seconds. Cannot Support Channelled Skills and does not modify Skills used by Minions.Lv1
TwofoldSupports any Skill that Consumes Charges, granting a chance for benefits of that Consumption to be doubled.Lv1
Rakiatas FlowSupports Skills that can cause Damaging Hits, causing those Hits to treat Enemy Elemental Resistances as inverted.Lv1
Whirling Assault(Lv20)5 gems

Advance while hitting enemies around you with a series of spinning Strikes.

1% more Area of Effect
CulminationSupports Melee Attack Skills. Supported Skills gain Combo when you successfully Strike Enemies with other Melee Attacks. Supported Skills reset their Combo on use, dealing more Damage the higher Combo you had on use. Cannot support skills which already gain Combo. Cannot modify the Skills of Minions.Lv1
Living LightningSupports Skills which cause Damaging Hits. Living Lightning Minions are created when dealing Lightning damage with Supported Skills - bundles of living electricity that target nearby enemies with Chaining Attacks. Enemies will not directly engage these Minions, and can pass through them. Does not modify skills used by Minions.Lv1
Ailith LineageSupports Skills which can expend Combo. On expending Combo with Supported Skills, you have a chance to gain Power Charges based on the amount of Combo expended.Lv1
RageSupports Melee Attacks, causing them to grant Rage on Hit.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Quarterstaff Strike(Lv20)3 gems

Strike with your Quarterstaff.

Inevitable CriticalSupports any skill you use yourself that Hits enemies, causing it to accumulate Critical Hit chance over time.Lv1
Concentrated EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher.Lv1
Elemental FocusSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more Elemental Damage but be unable to inflict Elemental Ailments.Lv1
Wind Dancer(Lv19)3 gems

While active, periodically grants stages of a buff that gives you more Evasion per stage. Being Hit by an Enemy while you have this buff consumes all stages to damage and Knock Back enemies around you.

Gain a stage every 1.5 seconds
BlindSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on Hit.Lv1
MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Herald of Ash(Lv15)2 gems

While active, enemies you sufficiently Overkill with non-Herald Attacks will cause an explosion that Ignites nearby enemies based on the Overkill damage dealt.

Fire MasterySupports Fire skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Trinity(Lv20)1 gem

Become attuned to all Elements building up Fire, Cold and Lightning Affinity based off the highest Elemental Damage type dealt by your Hits. Your Elemental Damage is enhanced the more Affinity of any type you have.

1% more Elemental Damage per 30 Affinity of any type
On dealing Elemental Damage with a Hit, gain 5 Affinity of the highest Elemental Damage type and lose 3 Affinity of the other types
Uhtreds ExodusSupports Skills which can gain levels, granting them many additional levels provided no other supports are used with the supported Skill. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1

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