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This Monkey Tech will ONESHOT the Endgame LOL

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Summary

  • The Concept: Utilizes a specific “tame beast” (the monkey) that possesses an exceptionally high 25% base critical strike chance.
  • Scaling Mechanism: By leveraging rare modifiers (specifically “Powerful Crits”) and high critical strike multiplier, this build achieves guaranteed critical hits.
  • Damage Potential: Combines minion modifiers, Sniper’s Mark, and chaos damage scaling (via Wither and specific items) to reach millions of damage per hit, capable of one-shotting endgame bosses.
  • Build Status: This is confirmed to be an intended, deliberate design choice rather than a bug.

Core Mechanics of the Monkey Minion

The core of this strategy relies on the monkey tame beast due to its unique base statistics:

  • Base Critical Strike Chance: 25%, which is significantly higher than the standard 5–6% found on most minions.
  • Scaling: The high base percentage allows for effortless scaling using increased critical strike modifiers.
  • Rare Modifiers: Tame beasts can hold up to four rare modifiers. The “Powerful Crits” modifier provides 300% increased critical strike chance, which, when applied to the monkey’s base, results in a 100% chance to critically strike.
  • Critical Multiplier: The monkey features a 250% base critical strike multiplier, which is further bolstered by an additional 150% increased multiplier from modifiers.

Enhancing Damage Output

To maximize the “mega bonk” potential, the following setup is utilized:

  1. Sniper’s Mark: Increases the consumption of crit damage multiplier. If the monkey hits a boss while this mark is active, it deals massive damage.
  2. Mark Strategy: Even if the mark is not consumed by the monkey (potentially due to other minions hitting the target), shock ground effects serve as a reliable alternative for high damage.
  3. Wither & Chaos Scaling:
    • Wolf Pack Companion: Uses Wither support, loyalty, and high attack speed to maintain Wither stacks, enabling extra chaos damage.
    • From Nothing Jewel: Paired with Black Flame to grant Entropic Incarnation for further chaos damage scaling.
    • Additional Nodes: Grip of Evil provides extra crit multiplier scaling, while Vile Mending offers defensive utility.
  4. Utility and Support:
    • Bear Companion: Utilized via the Spirit Walker ascendancy with damage support.
    • Silver Fist: Used with damage support.
    • Rare Sceptre: Should be used on a Rattling base, featuring crit damage scaling, +minion levels, flat damage, and minion damage.
    • Curse/Aura Setup: Run a Despair curse with Curse Amplifier support and utilize a talisman for the Cath’s Balance node to further boost the main hit.

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