Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In 0.5 Return of the Ancients we are returning to Monk. Monk has been granted a new ascendancy in the form of the Martial Artist! With this new ascendancy and all the new skills this will be an exciting time to experiment.

Build Guide - mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/martial-artist-hollow-palm-whirling-assault-travic

NOTE BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS IS ALL NEW UNEXPLORED TERRIROTIY THIS BUILD GUIDE IS ESSENTIALLY EXPERIMENTAL. WHIRLING SLASH/TWISTERS IS A SAFE LEAGUE START APPROACH TO GET CURRENCY AND PROGRESS BUT ASCENDANCY POINTS AND OTHER THINGS WILL BE EXPERIMENTAL PROCEED AT YOUR OWN WILL.

My current plan is either to play and level with this into Whirling Assault or I will play Whirling Slash / Twister. The goal is to get enough currency to buy the new shield from end game breach. Then transition into a build with that. My other plans for leveling can be found here:

mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/travic

The biggest thing to note with this build guide is it is designed to do one very specific thing. It gets you through the campaign and it starts you with early and mid game maps.

A big shoutout to GuyThatDies and FGKorbyn21 those guys did an amazing job with both of their builds. I used a lot of their information to help me put this together. The idea was I wanted a really smooth leveling experience and then I wanted a really strong early game mapping experience to get me to where I needed to be.

The videos that inspired this build can be found here:

GuyThatDies: youtube.com/watch?v=cm55q0M4_V0
FGKorbyn21: youtube.com/watch?v=x4aUqCJ6FEk

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