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Gathering Storm Tempest Bell Crit Martial Artist (+5 Melee Skills)

Martial Artist·MonkPatch 0.5.0·byPublic Builds
Version 3·Updated Jul 11, 2026
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Overview

Offense

1. Tempest Flurry
522,994
2. Gathering Storm
445,042
Hit DPS
522,994
Attacks/sec
4.7
Average hit
111,181

Utility

Mana
792
Spirit
185
Gear spirit
58
Move speed
x1.54

Defense

Life
1
ES
6,287
Gear ES
796
Character armour
2,460
Gear armour
1,414
Character evasion
21,349
Gear evasion
2,575
Fire res
75%
Cold res
75%
Lightning res
75%

Passive Tree

148
Nodes
39
Notables
1
Keystones

Key Passives

Chaos InoculationKey
Chaos Inoculation
Chaos
Flow StateNotable
15% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
5% increased Skill Speed
ManaSpeed
Tenfold AttacksNotable
4% increased Attack Speed
6% increased Attack Speed if you've been Hit Recently
+10 to Strength
SpeedAttribute
Fated EndNotable
30% increased Curse Duration
Targets Cursed by you have -50% reduced Life Regeneration Rate
Enemies you Curse cannot Recharge Energy Shield
CurseLifeEnergy Shield
Chakra of ImpactNotable
20% increased Attack Damage
Skills deal 8% increased Damage per Combo consumed, up to 40%
Attack DamageGem
Chakra of RhythmNotable
6% increased Attack Speed
Speed
Shimmering MirageNotable
Gain additional Ailment Threshold equal to 30% of maximum Energy Shield
Energy Shield
True StrikeNotable
+10 to Dexterity
20% increased Critical Hit Chance
AttributeCritical

Effect Profile

EffectStats
Attribute
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute27+135
  • to Dexterity5+55
  • to Intelligence5+58
  • to Strength2+20
Critical
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Critical Damage Bonus11230%
  • increased Critical Hit Chance685%
  • increased Critical Damage Bonus with Quarterstaves361%
  • increased Critical Damage Bonus if you've consumed a Power Charge Recently360%
Energy Shield
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased maximum Energy Shield12200%
  • gain additional Ailment Threshold equal to # % of maximum Energy Shield350%
  • gain additional Stun Threshold equal to # % of maximum Energy Shield350%
  • enemies you Curse cannot Recharge Energy Shield1+1
Evasion
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Evasion Rating14186%
  • gain Deflection Rating equal to # % of Evasion Rating313%
Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Speed521%
  • increased Skill Speed519%
  • increased Attack Speed with Quarterstaves417%
  • increased Attack and Cast Speed18%
Curse
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Curse Duration8190%
  • increased Curse Magnitudes546%
  • reduced Curse Duration1-25%
Attack Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Damage10120%
Charges
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Endurance, Frenzy and Power Charge Duration480%
  • to Maximum Power Charges1+2

Gear

Carrion Cry

Lunar Quarterstaff

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Range14
Physical Damage60-124
Quality20
SocketsS S
Cold Damage178-260
Lightning Damage15-357
Attacks per Second1.5
Critical Hit Chance10%
Total DPS745.5
Physical DPS138
Elemental DPS607.5
Requirements
Level72
Rune
  • When socketed, transforms all Fire and Lightning modifiers to equivalent Cold modifiers
  • Gain 5% of Damage as Extra Damage of all Elements
Bonded
  • Bonded: 25% increased Cold Damage
  • Bonded: 8% chance to gain an additional random Charge when you gain a Charge
Desecrated
  • Adds 77 to 120 Cold Damage
Explicit
  • Adds 15 to 357 Lightning Damage
  • Adds 101 to 140 Cold Damage
  • +5 to Level of all Melee Skills
Crafted
  • +3.75% to Critical Hit Chance
  • 21% chance to gain Onslaught on Killing Hits with this Weapon

Glyph Halo

Grinning Mask

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield250
Evasion813
Quality30
SocketsS
Requirements
Level80
Enchant
  • Allocates Thaumaturgic Generator
Rune
  • Raven-Touched
Desecrated
  • +77 to Evasion Rating
  • +24 to maximum Energy Shield
Explicit
  • 137% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
  • +54 to Accuracy Rating
  • +49 to maximum Life
  • 34% increased Critical Hit Chance
  • +34% to Lightning Resistance
  • 15% increased Light Radius

Morior Invictus

Grand Regalia

Item Level 84
Unique
Properties
Armour1414
Energy Shield400
Evasion1301
Movement Speed-4%
Quality20
SocketsS S S S S
Requirements
Level65
Rune
  • +30 to Armour
  • +30 to Evasion Rating
  • +10 to maximum Energy Shield
  • 80% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +100 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +100 to maximum Mana
Explicit
  • 376% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
  • +10% to all Elemental Resistances per Socket filled
  • +14 to Spirit per Socket filled
  • +86 to Stun Threshold per Socket filled
  • Corrupted

Gale Touch

Fists of Stone

Item Level 81
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
  • 20% more Global Evasion Rating and Energy Shield
  • Attacks Gain 14% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
  • +1 to Level of all Melee Skills
  • +10% to Quality of all Skills
  • 20% chance to gain Onslaught for 4 seconds on Hit
  • +2.48% to Critical Hit Chance
  • Attacks Gain 20% of Damage as Extra Lightning Damage

Nemesis League

Wanderer Shoes

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield146
Evasion461
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level65
Rune
  • 20% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • Gain Deflection Rating equal to 21% of Evasion Rating
Explicit
  • 30% increased Movement Speed
  • +71 to Evasion Rating
  • +24 to maximum Energy Shield
  • 79% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
  • +44% to Fire Resistance
  • 41% reduced Chill Duration on you

Mageblood

Utility Belt

Item Level 79
Unique
Properties
Charm Slots3
Requirements
Level55
Implicit
  • Has 3 Charm Slots
  • 20% of Flask Recovery applied Instantly
Explicit
  • Legacy of Bismuth
  • Legacy of Jade
  • Legacy of Quicksilver
  • Legacy of Diamond
  • All Mage's Legacies have 43% increased effect per duplicate Mage's Legacy you have

Ghoul Torc

Solar Amulet

Item Level 80
Rare
Requirements
Level30
Enchant
  • Allocates Zarokh's Gift
Desecrated
  • +86 to maximum Energy Shield
Implicit
  • +15 to Spirit
Explicit
  • +4 to Level of all Melee Skills
  • 50% increased maximum Energy Shield
  • +31 to Strength
  • +38% to Cold Resistance
Crafted
  • 29% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Phoenix Band

Unset Ring

Item Level 86
Rare
Requirements
Level44
Implicit
  • Grants 1 additional Skill Slot
Explicit
  • Adds 15 to 25 Physical Damage to Attacks
  • Adds 16 to 23 Fire damage to Attacks
  • Adds 1 to 36 Lightning damage to Attacks
  • +32 to Dexterity
  • +45% to Fire Resistance
  • Leech 6.32% of Physical Attack Damage as Mana

Plague Knot

Unset Ring

Item Level 81
Rare
Requirements
Level44
Desecrated
  • +14 to Strength and Dexterity
Implicit
  • Grants 1 additional Skill Slot
Explicit
  • Adds 11 to 19 Physical Damage to Attacks
  • Adds 23 to 35 Fire damage to Attacks
  • Adds 2 to 45 Lightning damage to Attacks
  • +33 to Intelligence
  • 67% increased Mana Regeneration Rate

The Fall of the Axe

Silver Charm

Item Level 80
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

For Utopia

Stone Charm

Item Level 82
Unique
Properties
Charges Max40
Charges Per Use20
Duration30
Quality0
Requirements
Level8
Implicit
  • Used when you become Stunned
Explicit
  • Defend with 200% of Armour during effect

Rite of Passage

Golden Charm

Item Level 81
Unique
Properties
Charges Max80
Charges Per Use80
Duration10
Quality5
Requirements
Level50
Implicit
  • Used when you kill a Rare or Unique enemy
Explicit
  • Possessed by Spirit Of The Owl for 20 seconds on use
  • Corrupted

Opportunity

Ultimate Life Flask

Item Level 84
Unique
Properties
Charges Max75
Charges Per Use10
Duration30
Life Per Use920
Quality20
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • Effect is not removed when Unreserved Life is Filled
  • Cannot be Used manually
  • Used when you release a skill with Perfect Timing
  • Skills have 120% longer Perfect Timing window during effect
  • 105% increased Amount Recovered
  • 31% reduced Recovery rate
  • 64% reduced Charges per use

Lavianga's Spirits

Gargantuan Mana Flask

Item Level 80
Unique
Properties
Charges Max75
Charges Per Use10
Duration20
Mana Per Use185
Quality20
Requirements
Level49
Implicit
  • This Flask cannot be Used but applies its Effect constantly
  • 70% reduced Amount Recovered

Skills & Gems

Tempest Bell(Lv20)5 supports

Build Combo by successfully Striking Enemies with other skills. After reaching maximum Combo, use this skill to cause the Bell on your staff to grow to massive size as you drop it on the ground. The Bell damages enemies on impact and can be Hit by your skills, creating a damaging shockwave. Elemental Ailments applied to the Bell cause its shockwaves to deal extra damage of the corresponding type, and Hits which would have caused Knockback increase the area of effect of the shockwaves.

Limit 1 Bell
Support gems
InspirationSupports any skill, making it cost less to use. Cannot support skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1
RageSupports Melee Attacks, causing them to grant Rage on Hit.Lv1
BlindsideSupports Skills which can cause Damaging Hits. Supported Skills are more likely to Critically Hit Blinded Enemies, and deal more Damage with Critical Hits against Blinded Enemies, but cannot themselves inflict Blind.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
Voranas SiegeLv1
Tempest Flurry(Lv20)5 supports

Perform a series of aggressive Strikes. When used in quick succession, the third use Strikes three times, and the fourth use performs a Final Strike that calls down a powerful Shocking bolt.

Support gems
RageSupports Melee Attacks, causing them to grant Rage on Hit.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
BlindsideSupports Skills which can cause Damaging Hits. Supported Skills are more likely to Critically Hit Blinded Enemies, and deal more Damage with Critical Hits against Blinded Enemies, but cannot themselves inflict Blind.Lv1
CrescendoSupports Strikes that perform a Final Strike at the end of a combination of attacks, allowing you to use the Final Strike twice in succession.Lv1
Oisins OathSupports Skills which Hit enemies, causing their Mana Leech to recover based on Elemental damage instead of Physical damage.Lv1
Wind Dancer(Lv20)5 supports

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
Support gems
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
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
GlaciationSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more effective at Freezing enemies.Lv1
Herald of Ice(Lv20)5 supports

While active, Shattering an enemy with a non-Herald Attack Hit will cause an icy explosion that deals Attack damage to surrounding enemies.

Support gems
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
ExecuteSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more damage against enemies on Low Life.Lv1
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
Cold MasterySupports Cold skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1
Gathering Storm(Lv21)5 supports

Flip backward and Channel to charge your Quarterstaff with Lightning. Releasing dashes towards the target location, damaging enemies along the way. Releasing with Perfect Timing performs a Lightning-assisted dash that releases shockwaves from enemies you dash through. Perfectly Timed dash also explodes Tempest Bells on hit creating a shockwave that deals more damage and has a larger area, leaving Shocked Ground in its wake. This skill cannot be Ancestrally Boosted.

Support gems
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
Window Of OpportunitySupports Channelling skills that have special effects if released with Perfect Timing, causing them to deal much more damage if released with Perfect Timing but reducing the Perfect Timing window.Lv1
Perfected EnduranceSupports skills which have a benefit for Perfect Timing. Supported Skills grant at least one Endurance Charge when Hitting an enemy with Perfect Timing.Lv1
BlindsideSupports Skills which can cause Damaging Hits. Supported Skills are more likely to Critically Hit Blinded Enemies, and deal more Damage with Critical Hits against Blinded Enemies, but cannot themselves inflict Blind.Lv1
Tuls StillnessSupports Skills that can cause Damaging Hits, granting extra Chaos damage and causing Chaos damage to Contribute to Freeze Buildup.Lv1
Hand of Chayula(Lv20)3 supports

Dash to an enemy and Strike them, triggering socketed Marks with increased effect and applying socketed Curses with increased duration.

20% increased Effect of Marks from Supported Skills
Support gems
Heightened CurseSupports Curse Skills, magnifying their power.Lv1
Hex BloomSupports Curses, spreading their effects when a Cursed enemy dies.Lv1
Mark Of SiphoningSupports Mark Skills, causing enemies they Mark to Leech Mana to you when you Hit them with Attacks.Lv1
Charged Staff(Lv20)5 supports

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
Support gems
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
BlindSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on Hit.Lv1
Cold ExposureSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to inflict Exposure when it Critically Hits an enemy.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
Lightning MasterySupports Lightning skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1
Charge Regulation(Lv20)2 supports

While active, you gain powerful Buffs based on your active Charges. However, maintaining the Buff Consumes Charges every few seconds.

15% more Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield while you have an Endurance Charge
20% more Critical Hit Chance while you have a Power Charge
20% increased Skill Speed while you have a Frenzy Charge
Support gems
DemolisherSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger.Lv1
Uhtreds OmenSupports Skills which can gain levels, granting them additional levels provided exactly one other support is used with the supported Skill. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1
Mantra of Destruction(Lv20)2 supports

Build Combo by successfully Striking Enemies with other skills. After reaching maximum Combo, use this skill to Empower your next Quarterstaff Attack, causing it to deal additional Chaos damage. Each kill with the Empowered Attack grants Purple Flames of Chayula for a duration.

Empowered Attack gains 50% of Damage as Chaos
Support gems
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Delayed GratificationSupports Skills which require some Condition to be met for use. Supported Skills can be used an additional time after their Condition has been met, but meeting that Condition is harder.Lv1
Ghost Dance(Lv19)2 supports

While active, causes you to periodically gain Ghost Shrouds. If you are Hit while you have a Ghost Shroud, it is immediately consumed to recover Energy Shield based on your Evasion.

Gain a Ghost Shroud every 12 seconds
Support gems
IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1
Cool HeadedSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing Ignite applied to you to last for a shorter duration while the Supported Skill is active.Lv1
Elemental Conflux(Lv20)1 support

Tap into a current of raw and unpredictable Elemental power, causing you to deal greatly more damage of a randomly chosen Element. The Element affected changes frequently, though the same Element can be affected multiple times in succession.

Buff grants 40% more damage with the affected Element
Support gems
Cold MasterySupports Cold skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1

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