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Hollow Focus Hollow Resonance Freeze Martial Artist (174% Physical Damage)

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

Offense

Main skill: Falling Thunder

1. Falling Thunder
115,663
2. Whirling Assault
80,064
Hit DPS
114,211
Attack rate
1.47/s
Average hit
77,949

Utility

Resources, movement, and recovery

Mana
704
Character spirit
115
Gear spirit
30
Move speed
x1.75

Defense

Life pool, mitigation, avoidance, and resistance coverage

Life
1
Character ES
9,973
Gear ES
1,408
Character evasion
27,248
Gear evasion
1,609
Fire res
75%
Cold res
75%
Lightning res
75%
Chaos res
50%

Passive Tree

132
Nodes
35
Notables
1
Keystones

Key Passives

Chaos InoculationKey
Chaos Inoculation
Chaos
Essence of the StormNotable
Gain 5% of Damage as Extra Lightning Damage
30% increased chance to Shock
Lightning DamageLightningAilment
Chakra of ImpactNotable
20% increased Attack Damage
Skills deal 8% increased Damage per Combo consumed, up to 40%
Attack DamageGem
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

Effect Profile

EffectStats
Attribute
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute24+120
  • to Dexterity4+45
  • to Intelligence4+30
  • ignore Attribute Requirements to equip Gloves1+1
Critical
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Critical Damage Bonus10170%
  • increased Critical Hit Chance8110%
  • increased Critical Damage Bonus if you've consumed a Power Charge Recently360%
  • increased Damage if you've dealt a Critical Hit in the past # seconds240%
Evasion
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Evasion Rating19254%
  • gain Deflection Rating equal to # % of Evasion Rating736%
  • increased Evasion Rating if you haven't been Hit Recently120%
Energy Shield
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased maximum Energy Shield16218%
  • faster start of Energy Shield Recharge532%
  • increased Evasion Rating if Energy Shield Recharge has started in the past # seconds150%
  • increased Evasion Rating while you have Energy Shield130%
Attack Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Damage12136%
  • increased Attack Area Damage221%
Mana
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased amount of Mana Leeched345%
  • increased Mana Cost Efficiency331%
  • increased Mana Regeneration Rate235%
Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Speed28%
  • increased Attack Speed with Quarterstaves26%
  • increased Skill Speed28%
  • increased Attack and Cast Speed18%
Charges
PassiveCountTotal
  • to Maximum Power Charges2+3
  • increased Power Charge Duration240%

Gear

Weapon 1

Vortex Goad

Skullcrusher Quarterstaff

Item Level 83
Rare
Properties
Range14
Physical Damage240-482
Quality27
SocketsS S
Attacks per Second1.65
Critical Hit Chance10%
Total DPS595.7
Physical DPS595.7
Requirements
Level75
Rune
  • 20% increased Physical Damage
  • 50% increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies
Bonded
  • Bonded: +1 to Level of all Attack Skills
  • Bonded: 20% increased effect of Fully Broken Armour
Desecrated
  • +4.88% to Critical Hit Chance
Implicit
  • 39% chance to Daze on Hit
Explicit
  • 174% increased Physical Damage
  • Adds 51 to 90 Physical Damage
  • 27% increased Attack Speed
  • Corrupted
Crafted
  • +3 to Level of all Attack Skills
  • Gain 30% of Damage as Extra Physical Damage
Helmet

Fate Star

Ancestral Tiara

Item Level 84
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield573
Quality24
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level80
Enchant
  • Allocates Zarokh's Gift
Rune
  • 20% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
  • Raven-Touched
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • 40% increased Energy Shield
  • +47 to maximum Life
Explicit
  • 18% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +70 to maximum Energy Shield
  • 98% increased Energy Shield
  • +34 to Intelligence
  • +42% to Lightning Resistance
Body Armour

Grim Veil

Falconer's Jacket

Item Level 80
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield485
Evasion1609
Movement Speed-3%
Quality26
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level75
Rune
  • 40% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • +42 to Evasion Rating
  • +13 to maximum Energy Shield
  • 40% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
Implicit
  • 5% increased Movement Speed
Explicit
  • 107% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
  • +155 to Evasion Rating
  • +45 to maximum Energy Shield
  • +36% to Fire Resistance
  • +23% to Chaos Resistance
  • Gain Deflection Rating equal to 23% of Evasion Rating
Gloves

Tempest Grip

Fists of Stone

Item Level 80
Rare
Properties
Quality25
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level50
Rune
  • +1 Suffix Modifier allowed
  • 8% increased Attack Speed
Bonded
  • Bonded: 20% reduced Slowing Potency of Debuffs on You
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 20% of Damage as Extra Fire Damage
  • +1 to Level of all Melee Skills
  • +12% to Quality of all Skills
  • +22% to all Elemental Resistances
  • +2.27% to Critical Hit Chance
  • 10% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Hit
  • Attacks Gain 23% of Damage as Extra Lightning Damage
Boots

Havoc Sole

Sekhema Sandals

Item Level 83
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield350
Quality23
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • 5% increased Movement Speed
  • 8% increased Deflection Rating while moving
Bonded
  • Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
  • Bonded: Prevent +3% of Damage from Deflected Hits
Desecrated
  • 99% increased Energy Shield
Explicit
  • 35% increased Movement Speed
  • +60 to maximum Energy Shield
  • +45% to Cold Resistance
Crafted
  • 60% increased effect of Socketed Augment Items
  • +15 to Spirit
Belt

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 Quicksilver
  • Legacy of Bismuth
  • Legacy of Diamond
  • Legacy of Jade
  • All Mage's Legacies have 36% increased effect per duplicate Mage's Legacy you have
Amulet

Tempest Pendant

Amber Amulet

Item Level 79
Rare
Requirements
Level8
Enchant
  • Allocates Grace of the Ancestors
Desecrated
  • 45% increased maximum Energy Shield
Implicit
  • +10 to Strength
Explicit
  • 60% increased Evasion Rating
  • +81 to maximum Energy Shield
  • +3 to Level of all Melee Skills
  • +15% to all Elemental Resistances
Crafted
  • +22% to Chaos Resistance
Ring 1

Kalandra's Touch

Ring

Item Level 79
Unique
Requirements
Level0
Implicit
  • Reflects opposite Ring
Ring 2

Hate Knot

Prismatic Ring

Item Level 79
Rare
Requirements
Level35
Implicit
  • +10% to all Elemental Resistances
Explicit
  • Adds 18 to 27 Cold damage to Attacks
  • Adds 2 to 64 Lightning damage to Attacks
  • +195 to Evasion Rating
  • 18% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +12 to all Attributes
  • Leech 8.1% of Physical Attack Damage as Mana
Charm 1

Rite of Passage

Golden Charm

Item Level 80
Unique
Properties
Charges Max80
Charges Per Use80
Duration10
Quality0
Requirements
Level50
Implicit
  • Used when you kill a Rare or Unique enemy
Explicit
  • Possessed by Spirit Of The Owl for 20 seconds on use
Charm 2

Nascent Hope

Thawing Charm

Item Level 67
Unique
Properties
Charges Max40
Charges Per Use40
Duration30
Quality0
Requirements
Level12
Implicit
  • Used when you become Frozen
Explicit
  • 25% 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

Wary Ultimate Life Flask of the Perpetual

Item Level 81
Magic
Properties
Quality20
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • 73% more Recovery if used while on Low Life
  • 59% increased Charges gained
Mana Flask

Lavianga's Spirits

Gargantuan Mana Flask

Item Level 79
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
  • 71% reduced Amount Recovered

Skills & Gems

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
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
HeftSupports Skills which deal Damage, increasing the maximum Physical Damage of their Hits.Lv1
SplinterSupports Skills that Hit Enemies, causing those Hits to Break Armour based on a portion of Physical Damage dealt.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.

Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
ExecuteSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more damage against enemies on Low Life.Lv1
HeftSupports Skills which deal Damage, increasing the maximum Physical Damage of their Hits.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
SplinterSupports Skills that Hit Enemies, causing those Hits to Break Armour based on a portion of Physical Damage dealt.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
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
TwofoldSupports any Skill that Consumes Charges, granting a chance for benefits of that Consumption to be doubled.Lv1
Nova ProjectilesSupports Projectile Skills, making them fire Projectiles in a circle. Does not Support Skills which rain down Projectiles from above.Lv1
Fist Of WarSupports Slams you use yourself, providing a powerful Ancestral Boost every few seconds.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
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
ConductionSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more likely to Shock.Lv1
TwofoldSupports any Skill that Consumes Charges, granting a chance for benefits of that Consumption to be doubled.Lv1
Oisins OathSupports Skills which Hit enemies, causing their Mana Leech to recover based on Elemental damage instead of Physical damage.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Whirling Assault(Lv21)5 gems

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

1% more Area of Effect
HeftSupports Skills which deal Damage, increasing the maximum Physical Damage of their Hits.Lv1
Heavy SwingSupports Melee Attacks, boosting their Physical damage at the cost of Attack Speed.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
Voranas SiegeLv1
Mantra of Destruction(Lv19)5 gems

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
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
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.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
ProfusionSupports skills that can generate Charges, giving them a chance to generate an additional Charge when they do so.Lv1
Chaos MasterySupports Chaos skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1
Tempest Bell(Lv21)5 gems

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
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
Heavy SwingSupports Melee Attacks, boosting their Physical damage at the cost of Attack Speed.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
HeftSupports Skills which deal Damage, increasing the maximum Physical Damage of their Hits.Lv1
Rakiatas FlowSupports Skills that can cause Damaging Hits, causing those Hits to treat Enemy Elemental Resistances as inverted.Lv1
Infernal Cry(Lv5)4 gems

Perform a Warcry, Empowering subsequent Melee Attacks if there are enemies nearby. Enemies in the warcry's area are destabilised and will Combust on death. This Skill's cooldown can be bypassed by expending an Endurance Charge.

Empowered Attacks Gain 30% of damage as extra Fire damage
Deals 3 to 5 Fire Damage
Raging CrySupports Warcry skills, causing them to grant you Rage on use depending on counted monster Power.Lv1
Enraged WarcrySupports Warcries, causing them to spend Rage to bypass their usual Cooldown.Lv1
BattershoutSupports Warcry Skills. Supported Skills Consume Fully Broken Armour to trigger Physical Damage explosions on Enemies within their range but cannot themselves Break Armour.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Herald of Thunder(Lv18)4 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
MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Deadly HeraldsSupports Herald Skills, making their triggered effects deal more damage at the expense of higher Spirit cost.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Herald of Ash(Lv14)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.

Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Fire MasterySupports Fire skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1
Ghost Dance(Lv19)2 gems

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
IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1
ClaritySupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Mana Regeneration while the Skill is active.Lv1

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