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Quarterstaff Strike Rend Freeze Martial Artist (257% 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

Main skill: Quarterstaff Strike

1. Quarterstaff Strike
163,418
2. Hollow Resonance
73,936
Hit DPS
163,418
Attack rate
2.7/s
Average hit
60,638

Utility

Resources, movement, and recovery

Mana
858
Character spirit
146
Gear spirit
92
Move speed
x1.71

Defense

Life pool, mitigation, avoidance, and resistance coverage

Life
1,734
Character ES
3,510
Gear ES
646
Ward
148
Character evasion
19,894
Gear evasion
2,133
Fire res
66%
Cold res
75%
Lightning res
65%
Chaos res
75%

Passive Tree

156
Nodes
44
Notables
0
Keystones

Key Passives

Frantic ReachNotable
-20% reduced Accuracy Rating
18% increased Area of Effect for Attacks
AccuracyArea
Flow StateNotable
15% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
5% increased Skill Speed
ManaSpeed
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
Careful AssassinNotable
-20% reduced Critical Damage Bonus
50% increased Critical Hit Chance
Critical
Flow Like WaterNotable
8% increased Attack and Cast Speed
+5 to Dexterity
+5 to Intelligence
SpeedAttribute

Effect Profile

EffectStats
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%
Attribute
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute25+125
  • to Dexterity4+45
  • to Intelligence4+30
  • to Strength2+20
Evasion
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Evasion Rating20266%
  • gain Deflection Rating equal to # % of Evasion Rating1158%
  • increased Evasion Rating if you have been Hit Recently140%
  • increased Evasion Rating if you haven't been Hit Recently120%
Energy Shield
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased maximum Energy Shield16218%
  • faster start of Energy Shield Recharge1056%
  • faster start of Energy Shield Recharge if you've been Stunned Recently140%
  • increased Evasion Rating if Energy Shield Recharge has started in the past # seconds150%
Area
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Area of Effect for Attacks13102%
  • increased Area of Effect18%
Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Skill Speed416%
  • increased Attack Speed with Quarterstaves39%
  • increased Attack Speed210%
  • increased Cast Speed with Cold Skills211%
Gem
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Skill Effect Duration9101%
  • increased Reservation Efficiency of Minion Skills110%
  • skills lose Combo -#% slower1-20%
Mana
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased amount of Mana Leeched345%
  • increased Mana Regeneration Rate230%
  • increased Mana Cost Efficiency215%

Gear

Weapon 1

Foe Post

Striking Quarterstaff

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Range14
Physical Damage271-541
Quality20
SocketsS S
Attacks per Second1.75
Critical Hit Chance10%
Total DPS710.5
Physical DPS710.5
Requirements
Level77
Rune
  • 40% increased Physical Damage
Bonded
  • Bonded: 40% increased effect of Fully Broken Armour
Desecrated
  • +4.38% to Critical Hit Chance
Implicit
  • 16% increased Melee Strike Range with this weapon
Explicit
  • Adds 50 to 78 Physical Damage
  • 257% increased Physical Damage
  • +195 to Accuracy Rating
  • 25% increased Attack Speed
Crafted
  • +3 to Level of all Attack Skills
Helmet

Sorrow Visor

Brigand Mask

Item Level 79
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield147
Evasion479
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level65
Rune
  • 18% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
  • 15% chance when you gain a Power Charge to gain an additional Power Charge
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
  • Bonded: +1 to Maximum Power Charges
Desecrated
  • 33% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
  • +36 to maximum Life
Explicit
  • 94% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
  • +127 to maximum Life
  • +80% to Fire Resistance
  • Gain Deflection Rating equal to 21% of Evasion Rating
Body Armour

Ghoul Coat

Falconer's Jacket

Item Level 80
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield407
Evasion1355
Movement Speed-3%
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level75
Rune
  • 36% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • 31% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
  • +28 to maximum Life
Implicit
  • 5% increased Movement Speed
Explicit
  • +161 to Evasion Rating
  • +47 to maximum Energy Shield
  • 109% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
  • +37% to Cold Resistance
  • Gain Deflection Rating equal to 19% of Evasion Rating
Crafted
  • +35% to Cold Resistance
Gloves

Lochtonial Caress

Runeforged Fists of Stone

Item Level 65
Unique
Properties
Quality16
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
  • 8% less damage taken while on Low Life
  • 19% increased Attack Speed
  • Cannot Leech Mana
  • 9% chance to grant a Endurance Charge to Allies in your Presence on Hit
  • 6% 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

Brood Goad

Quickslip Shoes

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield92
Evasion299
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level75
Rune
  • +5% to all Elemental Resistances
Desecrated
  • +90 to maximum Life
Explicit
  • 35% increased Movement Speed
  • 86% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
  • +79% to Lightning Resistance
  • Gain Deflection Rating equal to 21% of Evasion Rating
Belt

Mageblood

Utility Belt

Item Level 80
Unique
Properties
Charm Slots3
Requirements
Level55
Implicit
  • Has 3 Charm Slots
  • 20% of Flask Recovery applied Instantly
Explicit
  • Legacy of Quicksilver
  • Legacy of Jade
  • Legacy of Gold
  • Legacy of Amethyst
  • All Mage's Legacies have 33% increased effect per duplicate Mage's Legacy you have
Amulet

Maelstrom Medallion

Gold Amulet

Item Level 79
Rare
Requirements
Level35
Enchant
  • Allocates Well of Power
Desecrated
  • +46 to Spirit
Implicit
  • 15% increased Rarity of Items found
Explicit
  • +89 to maximum Mana
  • 33% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +3 to Level of all Melee Skills
  • +18 to all Attributes
Ring 1

Kalandra's Touch

Ring

Item Level 80
Unique
Requirements
Level0
Implicit
  • Reflects opposite Ring
Ring 2

Onslaught Coil

Gold Ring

Item Level 79
Rare
Requirements
Level40
Desecrated
  • +15% to Cold and Chaos Resistances
Implicit
  • 15% increased Rarity of Items found
Explicit
  • Adds 22 to 28 Physical Damage to Attacks
  • Adds 28 to 43 Cold damage to Attacks
  • Adds 3 to 76 Lightning damage to Attacks
  • +33 to Dexterity
  • +13% to all Elemental Resistances
Charm 1

Rite of Passage

Golden Charm

Item Level 81
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 10 seconds on use
Charm 2

Nascent Hope

Thawing Charm

Item Level 80
Unique
Properties
Charges Max40
Charges Per Use40
Duration30
Quality0
Requirements
Level12
Implicit
  • Used when you become Frozen
Explicit
  • 24% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy
  • Energy Shield Recharge starts on use
Charm 3

Beira's Anguish

Dousing Charm

Item Level 80
Unique
Properties
Charges Max40
Charges Per Use30
Duration30
Quality0
Requirements
Level32
Implicit
  • Used when you become Ignited
Explicit
  • 21% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy
  • Creates Ignited Ground for 4 seconds when used, Igniting enemies as though dealing Fire damage equal to 500% of your maximum Life
Life Flask

Potent Transcendent Life Flask of the Perpetual

Item Level 80
Magic
Properties
Quality20
Requirements
Level50
Implicit
  • 75% increased Amount Recovered
  • 57% increased Charges gained
Mana Flask

Concentrated Ultimate Mana Flask of the Doctor

Item Level 68
Magic
Properties
Quality20
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • 70% increased Amount Recovered
  • 29% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy

Skills & Gems

Quarterstaff Strike(Lv20)5 gems

Strike with your Quarterstaff.

Elemental FocusSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more Elemental Damage but be unable to inflict Elemental Ailments.Lv1
Frost NexusSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to create patches of Chilled Ground around Frozen enemies.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Cold InfusionSupports any skill that deals damage, causing them to Gain Cold Damage but deal less Fire and Lightning Damage.Lv1
GlaciationSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more effective at Freezing enemies.Lv1
Rend(Lv20)5 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
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
Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1
Hit And RunSupports Attack Skills you use yourself which do not already have some Condition for use. Supported Skills can only be used after you have moved a certain distance, but have massively increased Skill Speed. Cannot support Skills which have a cooldown.Lv1
TwofoldSupports any Skill that Consumes Charges, granting a chance for benefits of that Consumption to be doubled.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
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
Cold ExposureSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to inflict Exposure when it Critically Hits an enemy.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.

MobilitySupports skills that can be used while moving, allowing you to move faster while using them.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
Voranas SiegeLv1
Rakiatas FlowSupports Skills that can cause Damaging Hits, causing those Hits to treat Enemy Elemental Resistances as inverted.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
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
BlindSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on Hit.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
Culling StrikeSupports Attack Skills, causing them to Cull Rare and Unique Enemies on Hit.Lv1
Devour(Lv19)5 gems

Shapeshift into a Wyvern and devour a Corpse or Cullable enemy, and additional nearby Corpses. For each enemy or corpse devoured, you regenerate life and gain a Power Charge. If the target is far enough away, you will leap to them and damage nearby enemies where you land. Targeting nearby enemies or corpses will not perform a leap or a Slam.

Regenerates 10 life per enemy or Corpse consumed over 1 second
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
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
RageSupports Melee Attacks, causing them to grant Rage on Hit.Lv1
ProfusionSupports skills that can generate Charges, giving them a chance to generate an additional Charge when they do so.Lv1
Thrill Of The KillSupports Skills you use yourself which Hit enemies. Culling a Shocked enemy with Supported Skills infuses all of your Attacks with Lightning damage for a short time.Lv1
Pounce(Lv7)5 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
Single OutSupports Mark Skills. Enemies affected by Supported Marks will have their Armour Broken by Physical Damage they take.Lv1
Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Brutus BrainSupports skills which create Minions, causing those Minions to be unable to deal or take Damage. Cannot support skills which create undamageable Minions.Lv1
LacerateSupports any skill that Hits enemies, giving it a chance to inflict Bleeding.Lv1
Blasphemy(Lv18)4 gems

Turn socketed Curse skills into vile Auras, applying their effects to all nearby enemies.

Supported Curses have 50% less Magnitudes
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Lv1
Pinpoint CriticalSupports any skill that Hits Enemies, causing it to Critically Hit more often but deal less damage with Critical Hits.Lv1
IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1
Herald of Ice(Lv18)4 gems

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

ClaritySupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Mana Regeneration while the Skill is active.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
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Varashtas BlessingSupports any Skill that can deal damage, causing it to deal more damage for each different Command Skill you have used in the past few seconds. Cannot modify the Skills of Minions.Lv1
Wind Dancer(Lv17)2 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
MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Lv1
BlindSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on Hit.Lv1
Herald of Thunder(Lv18)1 gem

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
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
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.

Hollow Focus(Lv1)No supports

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

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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