My Starter Build - Freeze/Shock Meta Monk Invoker *Updated w/ Gameplay Vids*

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KodiakDuck#4596 wrote:

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Thorgale#4972 wrote:

Hi , verry nice build and i really like it, but i don't get something.
You show on your vidéo that you use Combat frienzy gem but not in the gems display that you linked. If not how do you get your charge foryour charged staff ?

Thanks alot if you take time to explain and sorry if you said it somewhere but i'm missing it ><

Thanks again for the work you have done !

If you take the resonance keystone it changes what charge you get.
https://poe2db.tw/us/Resonance

Yes i understand that but you need the combat frienzy gem and on his gem loadout he doesn't take it, that's why i don't get it

I figured out the this Freeze/Shock meta on my own, so much fun. I'm gonna try this build for sure

I've played long enough to optimize the build. See optimized Passive Skills and Skill Gems below.

*12/13/24 Update*
Act 1 Passive Skills: https://tinyurl.com/26fa7stz
Act 1 Skill Gems: https://tinyurl.com/bddvs6ne
*Notes: Requires 30 Spirit for Herald of Ice, Using Beginner Skills

Act 2/3 Passive Skills: https://tinyurl.com/jefm7k5j
Act 2/3 Skill Gems: https://tinyurl.com/52rrsdnp
*Notes: Requires 30-70 Spiriit for Herald of Ice, then add Ghost Dance. Still using Killing Palm and Ghost Dance until you get Combat Frenzy + Resonance.

Act 4/5/6 Passive Skills: https://tinyurl.com/3kenddrj
Act 4/5/6 Skill Gems: https://tinyurl.com/4nu989cy
*Notes: Requires 60-70 Spirit for Herald of Ice and Combat Frenzy. Switchover to Combat Frenzy + Resonance and Hand of Chayula w/ Voltaic Mark.

End-Game Passive Skills: https://tinyurl.com/625j4jf6
End-Game Skill Gems: https://tinyurl.com/yfuuukzs
*Not Pictured: Ghost Dance and Cast on Crit: Eye of Winter
*Priorities for Gem Sockets: Ice Strike (5), Charged Staff (5), Cast on Crit (5), Wave of Frost (5), Hand of Chayula w/ Voltaic Mark (4), Storm Wave (4)

Added Skill Gems based on Acquired Gear Requirements:
1 Unset Ring + 30 Spirit: Add Ghost Dance w/ Fast Forward
2 Unset Rings + 90 Spirit: Add Cast on Shock (casting Orb of Storms + Impetus + Arcane Tempo)
2 Unset Rings + 130 Spirit: Replace Cast on Shock with Cast on Crit (casting Eye Eye of Winter + Impetus + Arcane Tempo + Energy Retention)

1st Update Video: https://youtu.be/EBfkGMO1LYs?si=v3TuoGNyAcO0LLZa
2nd Update Video: https://youtu.be/j6DRd1atY0c?si=EacSZTzL-F3m-K9l
3rd Update Video: https://youtu.be/Jow2SpwLwCM
4th Update Video: https://youtu.be/xda5a-jqBK4
Act 1 Gameplay Showcase: https://youtu.be/xECrAcs2X7k
Act 2 Gameplay Showcase: https://youtu.be/98dK3_1NkMw

New video posted: https://youtu.be/xda5a-jqBK4

This video covers everything, from start to end-game.

Why Ice Bite and other relevant support stones on Herald of ice?

You don't freeze enemies using Herald of Ice, do you? When you kill a frozen enemy - the explosion is the actual "Herald of Ice" skill, right? So it all works only if you freeze an enemy with the explosion? Usually when i pop an enemy everything on the screen pops with it - no freezing, only death, so all these support skills just don't work

I may be wrong, and if i am - please explain to me where and why! <3

I'm not sure what you mean by the question. I'm freezing stuff all over the place, with Ice Strike or Wave of Frost, etc. The Herald of Ice is used to blow up packs with chain reaction freeze explosions. Sometimes it doesn't kill a monster in a pack if just one of the explosions hit, so if a monster was hit by the AoE ice nova and survives, it's frozen.

Are you clearing t15s with this?

Nice build. Love the vids and all the details. Cheers!

build is bad, creator is a Nephentus but from CIS

I watched this video for the whole duration and was wondering if the damage got better. The answer is no.