They unic problem with Ice is Far i see os that once you Froze one enemy he gets stronger agains freezer (Stun too) so in boses is kinda akward bc you start losing dmg
Well, this video got you another subscriber. What a fun looking monk build that I’m counting down the minutes till I get off work to go home and try lol
Saw a tip on reddit for a cheaper method to get 3/4 link gems, one of the results of corrupting a skillgem is that you can get -/+1 slots to it. I've tried it on a few and it honestly seems to be a 1/3 chance to land it. The most interesting thing so far about it though is that these skills can still be levelled up, so it makes it a decently cheap way to get it to 4link
I've been following multiple builds, started on the right side (lust of power nodes etc), but then saw your build (the one heading toward the top/spectral ward etc), and immediately respecced to that and decided to stick to it. The funny thing is now I see we're back at the side I started on, dang I should have saved my money, hahahaha. Monk has been fun so far, thanks for sharing the build and the progress!
Haha nice - dont know if my comment led you down this rabbit hole with the three dragons tech since i dropped it and immediately went fuck it build around unique. The freeze lets us trigger eye of winter on cast on freeze which works better in maps/bosses (keep it lowest level to help with mana) applying crit weakness and pretty much doubling our crit chance and giving us another scaling axis - the shards also hit bell so when they line up burst damage goes through the roof
I switched to this build from cast on shock/reapers mark tempest flurry and it's far more stronger 1. before you get power charges/charged blade pop, tempest flurry hits like a wet noodle - ice strike still hits strong without it 2. ice strike has faster movement which is QoL 3. you can have same frenzy conversion tech on tempest flurry, but you need a lego + tempest flurry has less dps than ice strike
For tempest bell if you destroy it fast you can use the support that allows you to use combo and cool down abilities twice for perma bell. You'll still gain combo whilst bell is down for the second cast. It halves the length bell lasts though so you need enough attack speed but you seemed to have that covered. You only generate power charges at the rate combat frenzy allows so you may want to play around with less plus to power charges and see if it still performs the same. If so you can use those points on crit.
@Travic_ overabundance. I also have it paired with persistence to add back in duration but with your attack speed you may not need to. Unless you can't think of anything better. I also have close combat on bell too which seems to be working.
Cool tech for Bell if you use dont use it very often is hourglass +rageforged+anything else (im using glaciation) also rage is 4th link in my ice strike. Quality on Bell gives you 25 hits and this is insane@@Travic_
i actually would try ice strike if i was u. its true it doesnt have the range but ice strike has a teleport like effect and can be extremely fast. if you pair ice strike with charged staff you then get that range boost but have higher dmg from ice strike plus the teleportation effect with extra freeze power. thats how i am currently playing the frost monk and it seems like its almost cheating. everything is frozen also i use the spirit skill combat frenzy to get unlimited charges for charged staff and i even use falling thunder as a back up since i have so many charges
try comet with cast on shock, it freezes and blows stuff up too :D but you stay lightning for the shock + additional damage. spell echo, cascade, cold pen if you can get it, rain down like 10 comets :D
I’ll watch the video soon Mr streamer, but I have a few questions. How do you generate power charges? What armour are you using? And have you tried comet?
Well, my friend let me tell you power chargers are generated even easier in this variation. You simply just need to freeze them up no need for shenanigans on the body armor. No need for shenanigans of a comment. No need for any shenanigans at all. Just play the game click a mob and bone baby ready to freeze and ready to charge xDDD
during the showcase you wondered what killed you, the rare/ mini-boss spawns little purple explosion, you stood in 2 or 3 of them at once while already e-s depleted, nice vid though! (:
@@Travic_ i'm one shotting bosses at T6, and all the elites too, it's just op (: if you get high enough shock chance you nonstop rain comets and insta-empty your mana bar, can spam the mana pot for infinite damage :P
After the nerf to cast on shock which unfortunately happened not for monk but affects monk, Power Charge spender falling thunder build feel pretty bad. This build is a saving grace that I fell back on. Flicker strike on bosses feels pretty good though, possibly replacing the mark.
Ice strike actually lets you dash to enemies on the first attack, but other than that good video! I'm currently using freeze monk, but might go to lightning later on
how are you enjoying ice monk compared to lightning monk? like are the problems you ran into with lightning fixed with frost or are they about the same?
Freeze and shatter in ea looks like the Best defence mechanic so far at least for monk. You have a whole screen of mobs doing nothing, in breaches your game play looks like you play flicker strike from poe1, bosses 90% of time is in deep freeze. Insane
This is dope man. When do you recommend switching from full lightning to ice/lightning? I’m only 35 and almost done with act 2. Love seeing you evolve while playing, this game is awesome.
How is the build after nerf? I was just planning to spec into this as im new to POE and now wondering if I should hold off after patch? Dont want to waste the little things I have specing into this if its now not that great? Love the video thanks
the reason your ice strike doesn't move you forward is surely cause you checked "always attack without moving", my ice strike moves me forward exactly like tempest flurry. but moving forward is actually a huge downside for me, often I roll out of ground effects/aoe just to teleport back in with ice strike, cause yes, ice strike also teleports you even if it's not said in the skill description and even if you check "always attack without moving".
Do we know if the supports from our spammable and charged staff do any kind of stacking or if they're completely separate? In other words can I put cold infusion on ice strike and lightning infusion on charged staff without the 50% reduction affecting the other?
I swapped to this build at level 71. I leveled as the lightning monk showcased in my progression video. I have to level a new monk and learn leveling pathing soon so I can answer this question more efficiently
I'm lvl 65 and I'm a monk with str8 ice skills and cold damage with a ton of freeze. I can freeze bosses in seconds and ect. But I'm having a really big damage problem. I can't seem to deal much damage to enemies in act 3 cruel did I put to much freeze buildup? How do I fix
charged staff is a spell? So now we gotta put points into spell stuff? It also says reusing it while active increases the buff..how often are u doing that?
@@Travic_ hey travic thanks for answering. What tier waystones are You on with this build? Im about to watch your new video now. You make great content pleasure to meet you
i prefer ice strike and solar orb to overload my bell , everything freezes all the time including bosses. Bell is hit by the ice strike and solar orbs (2 with support gem). So that gives also infinite bell
@ the problem I’m having is my ice strike is freezing super fast but it’s not giving me any charges. I use a staff in my office hand and freezing shards is giving me the charge. Wave of frost freezes fast too but no charge. The game is making me feel stupid 🤷♂️
No I tested it in enemies during stream and wasn’t a huge fan. I ended up putting quality on it and liked it a bit more. It’s a lot of damage I have a video about it coming out shortly - you can see all the build upgrades and paths it takes on stream via live stream or twitch / TH-cam vods :) *edit for spelling*
do i need a bow equipped in offhand slot or something? i just got combo frenzy finally and i have my spirit set for it but i dont gain any charges, i have the skill spec in the passive tree to convert but nothing happens. i dont get any charges from it
im just lvl 50, but i went all out on crit chance first, about 33% atm. im just launching shock waves atm, but at start of act 3 im often oneshitting mobs. i kinda want to go hybrid eventually, with both herald of frost and lightning, and shocking, electrocuting, freezing everything and the explosions of both. not quite sure which skill i would use, i guess i would have to infuse some frost dmg on both charged staff and shock wave.
There is a setting in game to show buff icons, I am not on the computer to check where the setting is but there is one you need to turn on if you dont see any buffs
Is there some guide that explains it? I dont really get it how I should transit from lightning monk to the cold, Im 28lvl right now and I can't even equip most of these gems and items...
To transition you honestly just get gold and respec, I am not sure how cold does in the campaign as I leveled with lightning. I only swapped in maps and when I had gold. You would need to try it in the campaign. Majority of the nodes are the same its just a skill swap
@@Travic_ Gold shouldnt be a problem later on, but the biggest problem is that lightning monk depends on certain items with are useless after the transition - like armour and belt. And the idea to buy expensive gear (probably 10-15 ex) to level up 5 or 10 levels and then completely change everything which also takes up a lot of currency (another 20 or so) seems quite difficult and time wasting.
At least you should have put some gameplay for people to see. Even 1-2 minute gameplay would be amazing. I just wanna see the gameplay first, no matter which part of the video is it then Im gonna watch the video after I see the footage. Now Im not gonna watch it. Genuine criticism, don’t get me wrong , just an advice.
This got me to follow. My build leaned towards ice and I was getting dejected seeing the lightning guides.
Ice is the way my eyes have been open
They unic problem with Ice is Far i see os that once you Froze one enemy he gets stronger agains freezer (Stun too) so in boses is kinda akward bc you start losing dmg
Idk what you are talking about, lighting monk is simply more damage
Amazing guide - going to give this a run. Monk has been a lot of fun. Appreciate all you put into this.
Is this the old dbd apefist????
Holy hell it is! Whaddddup bro! Hit me up if you have any questions or need help brother been a minute!
@@Travic_ Yessir - I still support the homies, I just usually do it quietly.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING THANK YOU!!!
Woooooooooooooooo
Yo, you didn't hear this from me but the whirlwind + bell is absolutely insane as boss skill.
Finally I can start playing monk now :) pretty good looking build to test it out
Woooooooooooooooo
Damnit Travic, now you have me thinking about converting from lightning to cold 🥶
Welcome to the club
fyi, ice strike teleports to enemies on the first two strikes, so you keep hitting em and never move past.
Came here to say this. I use ice strike and and am just dashing from pack to pack insanely fast
Yea for sure. I’ve used both and think Ice strike is actually more mobile
@@jeremyday1611100%
The support for ice strike is crazy! I clearly need to test this more!
I am using ice strike with herald and maaaan sometimes it does feel like flicker strike
I am a Hong Kong player, you just solve my problem of how to play lightning and freeze enemies at the same time thx a lot.
Welcome!!!!!!
Ice strike has a dash to target making it also quick, if not quicker.
Nice. Ty.
Well, this video got you another subscriber.
What a fun looking monk build that I’m counting down the minutes till I get off work to go home and try lol
LMAO LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saw a tip on reddit for a cheaper method to get 3/4 link gems, one of the results of corrupting a skillgem is that you can get -/+1 slots to it. I've tried it on a few and it honestly seems to be a 1/3 chance to land it.
The most interesting thing so far about it though is that these skills can still be levelled up, so it makes it a decently cheap way to get it to 4link
I've been following multiple builds, started on the right side (lust of power nodes etc), but then saw your build (the one heading toward the top/spectral ward etc), and immediately respecced to that and decided to stick to it. The funny thing is now I see we're back at the side I started on, dang I should have saved my money, hahahaha.
Monk has been fun so far, thanks for sharing the build and the progress!
Ya it’s been a crazy evolving door. Thanks for being on the journey!
Haha nice - dont know if my comment led you down this rabbit hole with the three dragons tech since i dropped it and immediately went fuck it build around unique.
The freeze lets us trigger eye of winter on cast on freeze which works better in maps/bosses (keep it lowest level to help with mana) applying crit weakness and pretty much doubling our crit chance and giving us another scaling axis - the shards also hit bell so when they line up burst damage goes through the roof
Ohhhh hmmmm ill for sure check!!!
can it trigger charged stuff too?
I switched to this build from cast on shock/reapers mark tempest flurry and it's far more stronger
1. before you get power charges/charged blade pop, tempest flurry hits like a wet noodle - ice strike still hits strong without it
2. ice strike has faster movement which is QoL
3. you can have same frenzy conversion tech on tempest flurry, but you need a lego + tempest flurry has less dps than ice strike
Great video! What do you mean "afford" call of the brotherhood? I thought uniques only dropped. Where do you buy it?
There is a trade site pathofexile2.com then there is a button on the site to trade I showcase this in my latest video about my damage upgrade
For tempest bell if you destroy it fast you can use the support that allows you to use combo and cool down abilities twice for perma bell. You'll still gain combo whilst bell is down for the second cast. It halves the length bell lasts though so you need enough attack speed but you seemed to have that covered.
You only generate power charges at the rate combat frenzy allows so you may want to play around with less plus to power charges and see if it still performs the same. If so you can use those points on crit.
Oh man I need to look up this support gem that sounds insane
@Travic_ overabundance. I also have it paired with persistence to add back in duration but with your attack speed you may not need to. Unless you can't think of anything better. I also have close combat on bell too which seems to be working.
Cool tech for Bell if you use dont use it very often is hourglass +rageforged+anything else (im using glaciation) also rage is 4th link in my ice strike. Quality on Bell gives you 25 hits and this is insane@@Travic_
i actually would try ice strike if i was u. its true it doesnt have the range but ice strike has a teleport like effect and can be extremely fast. if you pair ice strike with charged staff you then get that range boost but have higher dmg from ice strike plus the teleportation effect with extra freeze power.
thats how i am currently playing the frost monk and it seems like its almost cheating. everything is frozen
also i use the spirit skill combat frenzy to get unlimited charges for charged staff and i even use falling thunder as a back up since i have so many charges
try comet with cast on shock, it freezes and blows stuff up too :D but you stay lightning for the shock + additional damage.
spell echo, cascade, cold pen if you can get it, rain down like 10 comets :D
Ill try it again but I tried it and it felt like the damage wasnt there
Thank you Sir for sharing your idea! Newbie monk is following you!
Heck yeah lets goooo
I’ll watch the video soon Mr streamer, but I have a few questions. How do you generate power charges? What armour are you using? And have you tried comet?
Well, my friend let me tell you power chargers are generated even easier in this variation. You simply just need to freeze them up no need for shenanigans on the body armor. No need for shenanigans of a comment. No need for any shenanigans at all. Just play the game click a mob and bone baby ready to freeze and ready to charge xDDD
oh nah that stupid little diatribe about deaths in game has me SMITTEN. i KNOW this guy is quality based on that alone, im subbing 🙏
Gotta keep it real xD
during the showcase you wondered what killed you, the rare/ mini-boss spawns little purple explosion, you stood in 2 or 3 of them at once while already e-s depleted, nice vid though! (:
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@Travic_ i'm one shotting bosses at T6, and all the elites too, it's just op (: if you get high enough shock chance you nonstop rain comets and insta-empty your mana bar, can spam the mana pot for infinite damage :P
thanks for the shoutout! glad i could help! :)
Helllll yeah
It's all coming together! Go Travic GO!
!!!!!! Appreciate you pammy
Any hoo😅, ty Travic for all the work you're doing
Welcome!
After the nerf to cast on shock which unfortunately happened not for monk but affects monk, Power Charge spender falling thunder build feel pretty bad. This build is a saving grace that I fell back on. Flicker strike on bosses feels pretty good though, possibly replacing the mark.
A bunch of people have been mentioning flicker on bosses. What supports are you using
Ice strike actually lets you dash to enemies on the first attack, but other than that good video! I'm currently using freeze monk, but might go to lightning later on
Awesome man, I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
this video opened my eyes
Wait till you find out I tripled my damage on stream (video coming in a few hours working on it now)
how are you enjoying ice monk compared to lightning monk? like are the problems you ran into with lightning fixed with frost or are they about the same?
Wondering about this too, I've been playing the lightning variant. Which one do you think is stronger, worth to switch over?
I hate to say this but this overall experience has been a 1000x better
Freeze and shatter in ea looks like the Best defence mechanic so far at least for monk. You have a whole screen of mobs doing nothing, in breaches your game play looks like you play flicker strike from poe1, bosses 90% of time is in deep freeze. Insane
@@Travic_oh..🤔👀
Came for the info, subbed for the death clip 😅
HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Love ittt...... im play monk, but sadly diff approach on ascendancy
But overall its fun to play monk
Heck ya! We should still be experiementing and finding the best thing
This is dope man. When do you recommend switching from full lightning to ice/lightning? I’m only 35 and almost done with act 2. Love seeing you evolve while playing, this game is awesome.
I didnt test it in the campaign I only swapped in maps! But the swap early shouldnt be too ahrd
So would you prefer o say is better light monk o cold monk talking about damage playstyle survival? Thanks so much
I am 1000x prefering the cold atm
Thanks a what lvl u think that we can swap to this version ? I’m lvl 50 right now but I’m no sure
How is the build after nerf? I was just planning to spec into this as im new to POE and now wondering if I should hold off after patch? Dont want to waste the little things I have specing into this if its now not that great? Love the video thanks
It’s fine I have an update video coming out should be done in a hour or two
@Travic_ awesome thanks legend
the reason your ice strike doesn't move you forward is surely cause you checked "always attack without moving", my ice strike moves me forward exactly like tempest flurry. but moving forward is actually a huge downside for me, often I roll out of ground effects/aoe just to teleport back in with ice strike, cause yes, ice strike also teleports you even if it's not said in the skill description and even if you check "always attack without moving".
I swapped to ice strike at the end of stream and going to play with it a bit more!
Keep 'em coming bud.
Thank you!!!
I told u bro, insane 💪
It was indeed mind blowing
The best defense is a good freezefense
HELLLLLLLLL YEAH!
I LOVE SURPRISE CAT!
Bro she always want to make an appearance
Do we know if the supports from our spammable and charged staff do any kind of stacking or if they're completely separate?
In other words can I put cold infusion on ice strike and lightning infusion on charged staff without the 50% reduction affecting the other?
I’m honestly not sure we need to test!
nice guide, the passive tree seems confusing though; could you tell us the right path to take throughout the leveling process pls?
I swapped to this build at level 71. I leveled as the lightning monk showcased in my progression video. I have to level a new monk and learn leveling pathing soon so I can answer this question more efficiently
I’m a electric ice monk made it to act 3 by my self with little stress in two day.
Woooooo
I am pkaying with ice strike, but added som crit chance and crit dmg up to 400%. Test it its hella strong
I'm lvl 65 and I'm a monk with str8 ice skills and cold damage with a ton of freeze. I can freeze bosses in seconds and ect. But I'm having a really big damage problem. I can't seem to deal much damage to enemies in act 3 cruel did I put to much freeze buildup? How do I fix
i wouldnt go close combat in the bell especially since you are taking tempest flurry for the range. it's kinda counter eachother
Not if you’re standing on top of the bell and the rare or boss but what else would you suggest?
charged staff is a spell? So now we gotta put points into spell stuff? It also says reusing it while active increases the buff..how often are u doing that?
Every minute i press the button. We dont need to scale it its already strong
heyy after recent patch i was considering rerolling but I may just use my gold to switch to this build do you recommend it to me?
nvm i dont have enough gold, GGG plz.
Just farm more gold ! Builds still strong even after lasts nights patch
@@Travic_ hey travic thanks for answering. What tier waystones are You on with this build? Im about to watch your new video now. You make great content pleasure to meet you
@@ep1podcast Thank you sir! Ive been to tier 15 a few times. I am having map sustain issues so I keep getting pushed all the way back down :(.
Great video thank you
You are welcome!
i prefer ice strike and solar orb to overload my bell , everything freezes all the time including bosses. Bell is hit by the ice strike and solar orbs (2 with support gem). So that gives also infinite bell
Ill look into solar orbs first time im hearing about it!
USE CONC effiect on flurry, its a huge boost in damage and the base aoe is so small you barely notice it
You mean charged staff?
Ill test it out!
Call of the brother hood switch every lightning damage buffs too ? Passives and gear stats?
It should convert all yes
I love tempest flurry but for cold builds I am finding ice strike to be better and it teleports to enemies as well
My shattering palm also teleports me! But both are good
@Travic_ that's true I haven't unlocked shattering palm yet. Nice guide, thanks for it!
What is giving consistent status effects to proc your charges? I’m struggling having the charges for charged staff.
I have a section in the video explaining this
@ the problem I’m having is my ice strike is freezing super fast but it’s not giving me any charges. I use a staff in my office hand and freezing shards is giving me the charge. Wave of frost freezes fast too but no charge. The game is making me feel stupid 🤷♂️
Combat frenzy + profusion in gems. Resonance notable in passive tree
@@Karregog I have all that. My ice strike and wave of frost still won’t proc a charge in freeze. 🤷♂️
@@jeremyday1611check your combat frenzy Maybe its not active
Put blind on shatering palm and it will blind all enemies in range of the aoe also
!!! I am testing this right now
Be honest, because you never used Ice Strike on an actual enemy, you had no idea it had lunge range.
No I tested it in enemies during stream and wasn’t a huge fan. I ended up putting quality on it and liked it a bit more. It’s a lot of damage I have a video about it coming out shortly - you can see all the build upgrades and paths it takes on stream via live stream or twitch / TH-cam vods :) *edit for spelling*
@@Travic_ Sorry for assuming! I may have miss-understood your comments about the range.
do i need a bow equipped in offhand slot or something? i just got combo frenzy finally and i have my spirit set for it but i dont gain any charges, i have the skill spec in the passive tree to convert but nothing happens. i dont get any charges from it
You have to free to get the charge
@@Travic_ it says freeze or electrocute or pin an enemy tho?
@@Travic_ ?? Is it just bugged for electrocuting? It says it works
@@iamisobe It worked when I electrocuted enemies with the gloves on so I am not sure about the bow
@@Travic_ tempest fury has 100% chance to shock on 4th strike but I have never received a single charge
im just lvl 50, but i went all out on crit chance first, about 33% atm. im just launching shock waves atm, but at start of act 3 im often oneshitting mobs.
i kinda want to go hybrid eventually, with both herald of frost and lightning, and shocking, electrocuting, freezing everything and the explosions of both. not quite sure which skill i would use, i guess i would have to infuse some frost dmg on both charged staff and shock wave.
The goal is to eventually use both cold and lightning the quesiton is how is the best way to do it xD
At what level does the build come online ? I’m 34 but I’m stuck at act 2 final boss cause I lack damage right now
Upgrade your weapon! Thats so damn important!
can you please update mobalytics skill gem setup? herald of ice cold infusion tech etc. got nerfed
New video about skill gem rework coming out shortly - infusion still works just on the herald of ice explosion
Hi , cast on freeze is not good ?
It is if you can sustain mana and I plan to revisit it when mana leech is fixed
Cant see power chargis on top left corner checked evry setting it dobt show to me do you guys kwn why is that?
There is a setting in game to show buff icons, I am not on the computer to check where the setting is but there is one you need to turn on if you dont see any buffs
@Travic_ i have switched them on but still nothink
You still get good shocks on ice strike without cotb
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Is there some guide that explains it?
I dont really get it how I should transit from lightning monk to the cold, Im 28lvl right now and I can't even equip most of these gems and items...
Same here
To transition you honestly just get gold and respec, I am not sure how cold does in the campaign as I leveled with lightning. I only swapped in maps and when I had gold. You would need to try it in the campaign. Majority of the nodes are the same its just a skill swap
Apppreciate you pam!!
@@Travic_ Gold shouldnt be a problem later on, but the biggest problem is that lightning monk depends on certain items with are useless after the transition - like armour and belt. And the idea to buy expensive gear (probably 10-15 ex) to level up 5 or 10 levels and then completely change everything which also takes up a lot of currency (another 20 or so) seems quite difficult and time wasting.
No idea how Charged staff can work with ice Strike...it just doesn't proc.
last question: how you deal with mana issues?
Mana flask
One question, how to respec passive tree without spending ridiculous gold…
start new character
Do anyone know how to fix Combat Frenzy cause I'm not getting charges from frozen enemies
Do you have resonance?
It slice it cuts it moves me forward and most important, it will kill.
Hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll yeah
There is no freezing Mark in the game
i was extremely underwhelmed with unbound avatar , lots of buildup for ~8s of uptime
Yeah I’m thinking eventually when we swap to more ailments it will be fine for bigger content but for now I’m skipping
dude add flicker step with your combo and thank me later
YA?!?!?!? What would you suggest I cut?
Why no comet?
The damage isn’t too good cause we’re not scaling it
how to get combat frenzy gem bro im newplayer lv 29
Its a spirit support gem you just need to level more
At least you should have put some gameplay for people to see. Even 1-2 minute gameplay would be amazing. I just wanna see the gameplay first, no matter which part of the video is it then Im gonna watch the video after I see the footage. Now Im not gonna watch it. Genuine criticism, don’t get me wrong , just an advice.
After the short intro there is literally almost 3 minutes of game play where he shows how the build plays... its the second section "Map Showcase"...
Theres multiple sections of gameplay footage in the first minute of the video and theres a chapter marking it after the introduction!
??? Clearly didn’t watch the video.
Everybody and their mother plays monk soo boring
kekw
Then why are you here?
last question: how you deal with mana issues?
Mana flask