Frost-Bomb Ice-Strike Monk makes the game easy (Level 1 thru T12, with full Act 1 video)

I've shared my build with quite a few Monks struggling on the discord, and all of them have appreciated it, so I'm posting it here.

Kurobon's Monk Way of Frozen Shatter - PoE 2 Character Planner

The build is focused around maximizing freeze early, both to freeze/stun bosses, and to utilize easy to access AOE dmg with Herald of Ice explosions.

At level 1, we start a little atypically, by picking up frost-bomb, and then focusing on Frost-Bomb, standard Quarterstaff, Bell, and Staggering Palm. We ignore lightning skills, taking falling thunder off the bar by level ~6, because they don't stack bell charges and access to shock is limited early. This simply destroys all Act 1 content. Just in time for Manor and Act 1 wolf boss, we get Ice Strike and unlock the main core of the build, dumpstering the wolf boss. Frost Bomb stays in the build for Cold Exposure.

I have posted an unedited (unproduced) 3 hour walkthrough of Act 1, with a 30 minute Manor and 3 minute Act 1 Wolf boss kill, so you can see how I handle the build and Act 1. It's SSF-style, no bought gear (though I might have used a few crafting mats in the bank, I don't remember).

There is tons of commentary in it, so if you are struggling with POE2, watching more of it might help you with something you are not understanding. If you feel like you "understand" the game, it's there in case you want to look up something specific I did at a specific place.

POE2 - 3hr 15min Act 1 Playthrough - Freeze Monk - YouTube

POE2 - Late Act 1 & Easy 3 min Count Geonor Kill - Freeze Monk - YouTube

Around Act 3, I start to use Wave-of-Frost to freeze, and Glacial Cascade to shatter frozen enemies, for big AOE at mid-range, for a safe way to blow things up when getting into melee feels dicy.

Somewhere Near the end of Campaign (level 55-60) the build respecs to crit and charged staff, double herald (ice/thunder), back to full melee with ice-strike and flicker-strike, and the damage gets absolutely stupid.

I am currently level 84 doing T12 content, and more gated by waystones than ability to make enemies go boom. Played entire SSF with crafted/looted gear.

Hope it helps... Ask any questions here, or join the official POE2 discord and message me @ "kuroparkcity" (you'll have to join the officil discord to message me)

Loving the build so far, just curious on one thing. You have ice bite on multiple things and I was wondering what you can trade things out for?