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Quarterstaff Strike Hollow Form Crit Martial Artist (177% Physical Damage)

Martial Artist·MonkPatch 0.5.2·byPublic Ladder
Version 1·Updated Jun 13, 2026
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Run Gear Check

Overview

Offense

1. Quarterstaff Strike
87,079
2. Hollow Form
20,215
Hit DPS
82,509
Attacks/sec
2.34
Average hit
35,290

Utility

Mana
729
Spirit
150
Gear spirit
100
Move speed
x1.81

Defense

Life
1
ES
5,734
Gear ES
974
Ward
205
Character evasion
30,406
Gear evasion
2,657
Fire res
75%
Cold res
75%
Lightning res
75%
Chaos res
5%

Passive Tree

147
Nodes
39
Notables
1
Keystones

Key Passives

Chaos InoculationKey
Chaos Inoculation
Chaos
Frantic ReachNotable
-20% reduced Accuracy Rating
18% increased Area of Effect for Attacks
AccuracyArea
Tenfold AttacksNotable
4% increased Attack Speed
6% increased Attack Speed if you've been Hit Recently
+10 to Strength
SpeedAttribute
Way of the MountainNotable
100% Surpassing chance per enemy Power to gain Mountain's Teachings on Immobilising an enemy, up to a maximum of {1} Lose a Mountain's Teaching when you are Hit, or when you use or Sustain an Attack that benefits from Mountain's Teachings
stone skin grants attack damage increased final you use yourself: 15
stone skin grants damage taken increased final: -40
stone skin grants stun threshold increased final: 50
AttackChargesAttack DamageDamage
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

Effect Profile

EffectStats
Attribute
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute24+120
  • to Dexterity8+76
  • to Intelligence4+30
  • to Strength2+20
Critical
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Critical Damage Bonus13260%
  • increased Critical Hit Chance11180%
  • 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 Rating23308%
  • gain Deflection Rating equal to # % of Evasion Rating631%
  • increased Evasion Rating if you haven't been Hit Recently120%
Energy Shield
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased maximum Energy Shield17227%
  • 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%
Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Speed27%
  • increased Cast Speed with Cold Skills211%
  • increased Attack Speed with Quarterstaves26%
  • increased Skill Speed28%
Gem
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Skill Effect Duration891%
  • skills have # % chance to not remove Charges but still count as consuming them110%
Area
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Area of Effect for Attacks980%
Charges
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Endurance, Frenzy and Power Charge Duration250%
  • surpassing chance per enemy Power to gain Mountain's Teachings on Immobilising an enemy, up to a maximum of {#} Lose a Mountain's Teaching when you are Hit, or when you use or Sustain an Attack that benefits from Mountain's Teachings1100%
  • to Maximum Power Charges1+2
  • chance when you gain a Power Charge to gain an additional Power Charge110%

Gear

Weapon 1

Tempest Post

Striking Quarterstaff

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Range14
Physical Damage259-547
Quality20
SocketsS S
Attacks per Second1.4
Critical Hit Chance10%
Total DPS564.2
Physical DPS564.2
Requirements
Level77
Rune
  • 40% increased Physical Damage
Bonded
  • Bonded: 40% increased effect of Fully Broken Armour
Desecrated
  • 78% increased Physical Damage
  • +187 to Accuracy Rating
Implicit
  • 16% increased Melee Strike Range with this weapon
Explicit
  • Adds 39 to 86 Physical Damage
  • 177% increased Physical Damage
  • +4.2% to Critical Hit Chance
  • 28% increased Stun Duration
Crafted
  • +3 to Level of all Attack Skills
Helmet

Foe Salvation

Ancestral Tiara

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield610
Quality30
SocketsS
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • 20% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • 96% increased Energy Shield
Explicit
  • +73 to maximum Energy Shield
  • 42% increased Energy Shield
  • +34 to maximum Mana
  • +40% to Cold Resistance
  • +35% to Lightning Resistance
  • 18.5 Life Regeneration per second
Body Armour

Armageddon Veil

Corsair Coat

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Evasion2657
Movement Speed-3%
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • 40% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • +259 to Evasion Rating
Implicit
  • 5% increased Movement Speed
Explicit
  • +78 to Evasion Rating
  • 141% increased Evasion Rating
  • +27 to Dexterity
  • +33% to Lightning Resistance
  • Gain Deflection Rating equal to 24% of Evasion Rating
Gloves

Lochtonial Caress

Runeforged Fists of Stone

Item Level 79
Unique
Properties
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level0
Rune
  • Destroys all Augment Sockets on the item to create a Jewel Socket
Implicit
  • Has +2 to Evasion Rating per player level
  • Has +1 to maximum Energy Shield per player level
  • Has +1 to maximum Runic Ward per player level
  • Has +1 to maximum Energy Shield per player level
Explicit
  • Has +1 to Evasion Rating per player level
  • 9% less damage taken while on Low Life
  • 17% increased Attack Speed
  • Cannot Leech Mana
  • 8% chance to grant a Endurance Charge to Allies in your Presence on Hit
  • 7% chance to grant a Frenzy Charge to Allies in your Presence on Hit
  • 10% chance to grant a Power Charge to Allies in your Presence on Hit
Boots

Wrath Spur

Sekhema Sandals

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield364
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level80
Rune
  • 40% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • 41% increased Mana Regeneration Rate while stationary
Explicit
  • 35% increased Movement Speed
  • +56 to maximum Energy Shield
  • 78% increased Energy Shield
  • +27 to Intelligence
  • +45% to Cold Resistance
  • Corrupted
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 Sulphur
  • Legacy of Jade
  • Legacy of Quicksilver
  • Legacy of Jade
  • All Mage's Legacies have 37% increased effect per duplicate Mage's Legacy you have
Amulet

Morbid Medallion

Absent Amulet

Item Level 80
Rare
Requirements
Level78
Enchant
  • Allocates Well of Power
Desecrated
  • 18% increased Rarity of Items found
Implicit
  • -1 Prefix Modifier allowed
  • -1 Suffix Modifier allowed
Explicit
  • +50 to Spirit
  • +4 to Level of all Melee Skills
Crafted
  • 29% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Ring 1

Beast Gyre

Prismatic Ring

Item Level 80
Rare
Requirements
Level35
Desecrated
  • 17% increased Rarity of Items found
Implicit
  • +10% to all Elemental Resistances
Explicit
  • Adds 10 to 24 Physical Damage to Attacks
  • Adds 4 to 69 Lightning damage to Attacks
  • +23 to Intelligence
  • +16% to all Elemental Resistances
  • +40% to Fire Resistance
Ring 2

Kalandra's Touch

Ring

Item Level 81
Unique
Requirements
Level0
Implicit
  • Reflects opposite Ring
Charm 1

Rite of Passage

Golden Charm

Item Level 82
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 19 seconds on use
Charm 2

Aqueous Silver Charm of the Plentiful

Item Level 80
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level10
Implicit
  • Used when you are affected by a Slow
Explicit
  • Recover 123 Mana when Used
  • 41% increased Charges
Charm 3

Analyst's Dousing Charm of the Distiller

Item Level 80
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level32
Implicit
  • Used when you become Ignited
Explicit
  • 25% increased Duration
  • 26% reduced Charges per use
Mana Flask

Potent Ultimate Mana Flask of the Practitioner

Item Level 83
Magic
Properties
Quality20
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • 73% increased Amount Recovered
  • 20% reduced Charges per use

Skills & Gems

Quarterstaff Strike(Lv20)5 gems

Strike with your Quarterstaff.

Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1
BountySupports any Skill that Hits Enemies, causing Enemies it kills to grant more Flask and Charm charges.Lv1
Practiced ComboSupports Strike Skills. Supported Skills have a chance to build additional Combo on Hit. Cannot support Skills used by Minions.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
Culling StrikeSupports Attack Skills, causing them to Cull Rare and Unique Enemies on Hit.Lv1
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.

Rakiatas FlowSupports Skills that can cause Damaging Hits, causing those Hits to treat Enemy Elemental Resistances as inverted.Lv1
Garukhans ResolveSupports Attack Skills you use yourself which do not already have some Condition for use. Supported Skills have a maximum Critical Hit chance, but will Bifurcate Critical Hit Chance.Lv1
Voranas SiegeLv1
MobilitySupports skills that can be used while moving, allowing you to move faster while using them.Lv1
Hollow Focus(Lv20)4 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
Culling StrikeSupports Attack Skills, causing them to Cull Rare and Unique Enemies on Hit.Lv1
HeftSupports Skills which deal Damage, increasing the maximum Physical Damage of their Hits.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1
Pounce(Lv15)4 gems

Shapeshift into a Werewolf and leap to a target location, damaging enemies in an area around where you land. Predator's Mark will be Triggered targeting the highest Rarity enemy Hit, or if a Mark gem is socketed into this Skill, that Mark will be Triggered instead. Using this Skill allows any Wolf Minions you have to leap immediately.

Limit 4 Summoned Wolves
Xibaquas RendingSupports Skills that leap into the air, causing Corpses in the area you land to violently explode, damaging surrounding enemies.Lv1
Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1
Meat ShieldSupports skills which create Minions, granting them less damage taken but making them deal less damage. Cannot support skills which create undamageable Minions.Lv1
IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1
Wind Dancer(Lv18)4 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
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
BludgeonSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to Knock Back enemies.Lv1
BlindSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on Hit.Lv1
MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Lv1
Rend(Lv20)3 gems

Shapeshift into a Wyvern and perform a wide slash with your wingtip claws. Consumes a Power Charge if possible to grant you a Buff that gives you extra Lightning damage. While you have the Buff, Rend covers a much larger area but is slower.

PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
TwofoldSupports any Skill that Consumes Charges, granting a chance for benefits of that Consumption to be doubled.Lv1
Perpetual ChargeSupports skills that consume Power, Frenzy or Endurance Charges on use, giving them a chance not to remove each Charge while still gaining the benefits of consuming them.Lv1
Refutation(Lv20)3 gems

Spends all your Ward to gain a short-duration Buff that causes you to Block all Blockable Hits and apply Parried to enemies from which you've Blocked a Hit. This Buff is removed if you are Heavy Stunned. While this Buff is active, you cannot be Light Stunned, but Blocking too much damage may Heavy Stun you.

Parried Debuff duration is 2 seconds
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1
Arcane TempoSupports Spells, causing them to cast faster.Lv1
Convalescence(Lv12)1 gem

While active, grants a skill that you can use to instantly begin Recharging Energy Shield and gain a Buff for a duration that prevents that Recharge being interrupted. The Buff is removed at maximum Energy Shield and the skill cannot be used while Energy Shield is full.

Buff duration is 3 seconds
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Ghost Dance(Lv19)1 gem

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
Eternal Rage(Lv18)No supports

While active, you constantly regenerate Rage.

Regenerate 0.25 Rage per second

No support gems detected for this skill.

Lunar Blessing(Lv18)No supports

Shapeshift into a Werewolf and offer your Rage to the moon to receive a blessing, gaining bonus Cold damage for yourself and any Wolf Minions you have from Wolf Pack or Predator's Mark. Spends all Rage to extend the Buff's duration. While the Buff is active, your Werewolf Melee Attacks call down Moonbeams on Hit.

Buff grants 40% of damage Gained as Cold damage
Calls down a Moonbeam on the target Hit and up to 4 other targets within 6 metres

No support gems detected for this skill.

Berserk(Lv14)No supports

While active, strengthens your Rage, but causes you to lose Life while not losing Rage.

Grants 40% increased Rage effect

No support gems detected for this skill.

Charge Regulation(Lv19)No 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

No support gems detected for this skill.

Overwhelming Presence(Lv12)No supports

While active, emits an Aura that makes enemies in your Presence easier to Stun and inflict Elemental Ailments upon.

Enemies in your Presence have 15% reduced Elemental Ailment Threshold
Enemies in your Presence have 15% reduced Stun Threshold

No support gems detected for this skill.

Hollow Form(Lv1)No supports

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.

No support gems detected for this skill.

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