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[PoE 2] INSANE DMG! Trinity Martial Artist Build - Whirling Assault Monk Guide - Path of Exile 2 0.5

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Summary

  • Core Mechanics: The build utilizes Trinity Support for significant elemental damage scaling and Hollow Form for burst boss-killing potential.
  • Trinity Strategy: Balanced elemental damage (specifically Cold and Lightning) is required to maximize the Trinity gem’s affinity bonuses, which can grant up to 57% more elemental damage.
  • Hollow Form: Used primarily for single-target encounters. While Laconial Caress is a popular synergy, using standard high-damage gloves often yields superior DPS results.
  • Spirit Management: The build is optimized for a 100-spirit reservation budget, utilizing Beacon of Aces and Herald of Ash.
  • Gear Priorities: Focus on weapons with dual-elemental damage (Cold/Lightning or Cold/Fire), high Energy Shield for survivability, and appropriate passive tree nodes for area of effect (AoE) and critical strike damage.

Trinity Setup and Damage Scaling

Trinity provides 6% more elemental damage per 30 affinity of any type. By balancing elemental damage—ideally across all three elements, but effectively with two—you can reach high affinity levels.

  1. Balancing Elements: Use gear (rings and weapons) to ensure damage ranges overlap. Cold and Lightning are the primary targets for this build.
  2. Gem Leveling: Aim for a Level 19 Trinity gem, which can be boosted to level 20 using fire mastery.
  3. Spirit Reservation: Currently, the build is tuned for 100 spirit. Use Beacon of Aces and Herald of Ash. Adding Herald of Ice or Wind Dancer requires acquiring an amulet with ~60 additional spirit.

Hollow Form Tech

Hollow Form is the primary ascendancy tool for deleting bosses.

  • Bossing Rotation:
    1. Use Whirling Assault to clear mobs and build initial damage.
    2. Use Killing Palm to gain power charges and proc Blazing Critical and Thrill of the Kill.
    3. Activate Hollow Form once the boss is targetable to maximize damage output.
  • Gloves vs. Laconial Caress: While Laconial Caress provides charge generation, it is often outclassed by rare gloves with high flat elemental damage (Cold, Fire, Lightning), which can nearly double total DPS.

Support Gem Configuration

  • Whirling Assault: Rage, Ancestral Call, Pinpoint Efficiency, Elemental Armament.
  • Tempest Bell: Magnified, Durability, Ancestral Call, Close Combat.
  • Killing Palm: Thrill of the Kill, Charge Profusion, Blazing Critical.
  • Hollow Form: Whirling Assault, Blind Sight, Pinpoint Critical, Elemental Armament, Close Combat.
  • Hollow Resonance: Magnified, Cooldown Recovery, Blind, Stun, Pinpoint Critical.
  • Hollow Focus: Magnified, Cooldown Recovery, Close Combat, Blind, Culling Strike.

Gear and Passive Tree

  • Weapon: Prioritize Cold and Lightning damage. Look for “Double Elemental” damage and “Elemental Damage with Attacks” as a prefix.
  • Survivability: Shavronne’s Wrappings (or Shavon Satchel) paired with instant flasks is recommended. Transitioning to Chaos Inoculation (CI) is a planned future progression step.
  • Passive Tree: Focus on Mindful Awareness, Moment of Truth, and AoE nodes. 10-fold Attacks and Spectral Ward are key. For extra damage, allocate Hollow Keeper when extra points allow.
  • Ascendancy: Run Stonefist, Hollow Form, Resonance, and Focus. If Hollow Resonance feels redundant, it may be swapped for Runic Radiance.

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