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Quarterstaff Strike Whirling Assault Minion Invoker (+5 Melee Skills)

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

Overview

Offense

1. Quarterstaff Strike
164,344
2. Whirling Assault
74,992
Hit DPS
164,142
Attacks/sec
2.54
Average hit
64,664

Utility

Mana
700
Spirit
234
Gear spirit
24
Move speed
x1.35

Defense

Life
1
ES
12,730
Gear ES
2,134
Ward
80
Fire res
75%
Cold res
75%
Lightning res
75%

Passive Tree

154
Nodes
37
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
Lead me through Grace...Notable
+1 to Spirit for every 8 Item Energy Shield on Equipped Body Armour
+1 to Spirit for every 20 Evasion Rating on Equipped Body Armour
Energy ShieldArmour
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
Pure EnergyNotable
+10 to Intelligence
30% increased maximum Energy Shield
AttributeEnergy Shield

Effect Profile

EffectStats
Attribute
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute39+195
  • to Intelligence6+48
  • to Dexterity3+20
  • to Strength2+20
Critical
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Critical Damage Bonus15290%
  • increased Critical Hit Chance12167%
  • increased Damage if you've dealt a Critical Hit in the past # seconds240%
  • reduced Critical Hit Chance2-40%
Energy Shield
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased maximum Energy Shield17339%
  • gain additional Ailment Threshold equal to # % of maximum Energy Shield328%
  • gain additional Stun Threshold equal to # % of maximum Energy Shield328%
  • faster start of Energy Shield Recharge218%
Mana
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Mana Regeneration Rate554%
  • increased Mana Cost Efficiency336%
  • increased Mana Cost Efficiency of Marks160%
  • reduced maximum Mana1-10%
Attack Damage
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Damage675%
  • increased Attack Area Damage441%
Area
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Area of Effect for Attacks874%
Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Speed27%
  • increased Skill Speed28%
  • mark Skills have # % increased Use Speed220%
  • increased Attack and Cast Speed18%
Gem
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Effect of your Mark Skills436%
  • mark Skills have # % increased Skill Effect Duration250%

Gear

Weapon 1

Agony Spire

Razor Quarterstaff

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Range14
Physical Damage239-419
Quality30
SocketsS S
Lightning Damage16-318
Attacks per Second1.67
Critical Hit Chance10%
Total DPS828.3
Physical DPS549.4
Elemental DPS278.9
Requirements
Level77
Rune
  • 40% increased Physical Damage
Bonded
  • Bonded: 40% increased effect of Fully Broken Armour
Desecrated
  • 131% increased Physical Damage
Explicit
  • +3.72% to Critical Hit Chance
  • Adds 43 to 94 Physical Damage
  • Adds 16 to 318 Lightning Damage
  • 19% increased Attack Speed
  • +5 to Level of all Melee Skills
  • Corrupted
Helmet

Hypnotic Ward

Kamasan Tiara

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield544
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level75
Rune
  • 20% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Explicit
  • +72 to maximum Energy Shield
  • 139% increased Energy Shield
  • +35 to maximum Mana
  • 15% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +39% to Cold Resistance
  • +31% to Lightning Resistance
Body Armour

Vortex Hide

Vile Robe

Item Level 80
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield1073
Movement Speed-3%
Quality28
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level65
Rune
  • 40% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • +33 to Intelligence
Explicit
  • +122 to maximum Energy Shield
  • 146% increased Energy Shield
  • +32% to Fire Resistance
  • 47% reduced Ignite Duration on you
Gloves

Apocalypse Grip

Runeforged Gold Gloves

Item Level 67
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield181
Quality20
SocketsS
Ward62
Requirements
Level59
Rune
  • 30% increased Magnitude of Non-Damaging Ailments you inflict
Bonded
  • Bonded: 15% increased Duration of Elemental Ailments on Enemies
Desecrated
  • 16% increased Energy Shield
  • +14 to maximum Life
Explicit
  • +49 to maximum Energy Shield
  • 73% increased Energy Shield
  • 16% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +2 to Level of all Melee Skills
  • Leech 8.65% of Physical Attack Damage as Mana
Boots

Mind League

Sekhema Sandals

Item Level 82
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield336
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
  • +46 to maximum Energy Shield
  • 99% increased Energy Shield
  • 11% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +25% to Lightning Resistance
  • 60% reduced Shock duration on you
Explicit
  • Corrupted
Belt

Headhunter

Heavy Belt

Item Level 80
Unique
Properties
Charm Slots2
Requirements
Level50
Implicit
  • 23% increased Stun Threshold
  • Has 2 Charm Slots
Explicit
  • +57 to maximum Life
  • +21 to Strength
  • +38 to Dexterity
  • When you kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds
Amulet

Behemoth Choker

Solar Amulet

Item Level 80
Rare
Requirements
Level30
Enchant
  • Allocates Crushing Verdict
Implicit
  • +12 to Spirit
Explicit
  • +80 to maximum Energy Shield
  • 52% increased maximum Energy Shield
  • 17% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +3 to Level of all Melee Skills
  • +38% to Cold Resistance
  • +31% to Lightning Resistance
Ring 1

Cataclysm Band

Topaz Ring

Item Level 75
Rare
Requirements
Level16
Desecrated
  • 15% increased Rarity of Items found
Implicit
  • +24% to Lightning Resistance
Explicit
  • Adds 15 to 36 Physical Damage to Attacks
  • 9% increased Lightning Damage
  • +21 to Strength
  • +15% to all Elemental Resistances
Crafted
  • +32% to Fire Resistance
Ring 2

Blight Turn

Unset Ring

Item Level 74
Rare
Requirements
Level44
Implicit
  • Grants 1 additional Skill Slot
Explicit
  • Adds 14 to 25 Physical Damage to Attacks
  • Adds 15 to 26 Fire damage to Attacks
  • 11% increased Rarity of Items found
  • +38% to Fire Resistance
  • +33% to Cold Resistance
  • 16 Life Regeneration per second
Charm 1

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
Charm 2

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 Wolf for 13 seconds on use
Charm 3

Tidebound Stone Charm of the Practitioner

Item Level 68
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level8
Implicit
  • Used when you become Stunned
Explicit
  • Recover 81 Mana when Used
  • 18% reduced Charges per use
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
  • 70% reduced Amount Recovered

Skills & Gems

Whirling Assault(Lv21)5 gems

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

1% more Area of Effect
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
Medveds FellingLv1
Uul Netols EmbraceSupports Skills that can cause Damaging Hits, granting extra Chaos damage and causing Chaos damage to Break Armour.Lv1
RageforgedSupports any damaging skill that you use or Trigger yourself, causing it to spend Rage to deal more damage. If you don't have enough Rage to spend, the damage bonus will not apply.Lv1
InspirationSupports any skill, making it cost less to use. Cannot support skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1
Tempest Bell(Lv20)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
ImpaleSupports Attacks, causing them to Impale on Hit but making them unable to Extract Impale themselves.Lv1
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
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
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
Quarterstaff Strike(Lv20)4 gems

Strike with your Quarterstaff.

Soul ThiefSupports Attacks, causing their Physical damage to Leech Mana.Lv1
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Entangle(Lv15)4 gems

Conjures a rootbound fissure that crawls forward, damaging enemies in its path. While the fissure persists, vines lash out from it and attach to nearby enemies, damaging and Slowing them.

Limit 4 Fissures
Deals 4 to 6 Physical Damage
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Branching FissuresSupports Skills which create Fissures in the ground, causing them to create additional secondary Fissures which branch off from the primary fissure, with lowered area of effect and Damage.Lv1
BlindSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on Hit.Lv1
Pinpoint CriticalSupports any skill that Hits Enemies, causing it to Critically Hit more often but deal less damage with Critical Hits.Lv1
Herald of Ash(Lv14)4 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.

PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Swift AfflictionSupports any skill that deals damage, causing it to deal more non-Ailment damage over time but have a shorter duration.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
AcrimonySupports Skills which can Damage Enemies. Enemies affected by Damage over time from Supported Skills which was not caused by a Damaging Ailment have reduced Life regeneration rate. Only the strongest instance of this Debuff will apply. Does not Support Skills used by Minions.Lv1
Freezing Mark(Lv19)4 gems

Mark a target, making them more susceptible to being Frozen. When the Marked target is Frozen, the Mark Activates, granting you a Buff which gives extra Cold damage and Consuming the Mark. Marking another target while you have the Buff will remove the Buff.

Hits against Marked enemy cause 25% more Freeze buildup
Single OutSupports Mark Skills. Enemies affected by Supported Marks will have their Armour Broken by Physical Damage they take.Lv1
Mark Of SiphoningSupports Mark Skills, causing enemies they Mark to Leech Mana to you when you Hit them with Attacks.Lv1
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Cold MasterySupports Cold skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1
Herald of Thunder(Lv17)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
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
ImpaleSupports Attacks, causing them to Impale on Hit but making them unable to Extract Impale themselves.Lv1
MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Lv1
Meditate(Lv20)3 gems

Channel to Recharge Energy Shield and allow that Recharge to Overflow. Channelling ends when you take damage or your Energy Shield is fully Overflowed.

24% more Energy Shield Recharge Rate
IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1
Second WindSupports Skills which have a cooldown, giving them extra uses of that cooldown. Cannot support Meta, instant, or Triggered Skills, and cannot modify the Skills of Minions.Lv1
SteadfastSupports Channelling Skills you use yourself, granting you higher Stun Threshold while Channelling 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
IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Second WindSupports Skills which have a cooldown, giving them extra uses of that cooldown. Cannot support Meta, instant, or Triggered Skills, and cannot modify the Skills of Minions.Lv1
Convalescence(Lv18)2 gems

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
IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
Eternal Rage(Lv14)1 gem

While active, you constantly regenerate Rage.

Regenerate 0.25 Rage per second
PrecisionSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Accuracy while the Skill is active.Lv1
Power Siphon(Lv18)No supports

Attempt to rip the lifeforce from an enemy. Enemies within Culling range will be highlighted and instantly killed on Hit, granting a Power Charge. Can only target Enemies in Culling range.

Deals 3 to 5 Physical Damage

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.

Meditate(Lv1)No supports

Channel to Recharge Energy Shield and allow that Recharge to Overflow. Channelling ends when you take damage or your Energy Shield is fully Overflowed.

24% more Energy Shield Recharge Rate

No support gems detected for this skill.

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