Monk Ascendancy

Invoker

Invoker combines Cold and Lightning damage, elemental Critical Hits, Meta Skills, Spirit conversion, and Armour plus Evasion defence.

True strength lies within. One must only focus... and believe.

Character class: Monk
Path type: Regular
Introduced: 0.1.0
Maximum points: 8

Ascendancy treeOfficial export 0.5.2

Wiki reviewGame 0.5.4d

Tree identities, effects, connections, and icons come from the official 0.5.2 export. The class corpus was checked 2026-07-30 for game version 0.5.4d.

Gameplay identity

Current official tree

Core mechanics

Its elemental branches gain extra Cold or Lightning damage and create ground effects when Freezing or Shocking enemies.
Sunder my Enemies makes Critical Hits ignore non-negative enemy Elemental Resistances, while Elemental Expression triggers from Melee Critical Hits.

Important tradeoff

The Armour and Evasion conversion branch applies 35% less Evasion, and the Spirit branch prevents Spirit from Equipment.

How to unlock or change

Regular path

Complete an eligible Ascension Trial and use its Ascension device to choose this Ascendancy. To change to another regular Ascendancy for the same character class, complete the required trial tier and refund every allocated Ascendancy passive before using the device again.

Trial of the Sekhemas guide Trial of Chaos guide How to change Ascendancy

Ascendancy passive tree

Official export 0.5.2 | Plan this Ascendancy

9notables

10minor passives

0choice options

3granted skills

Notables and choices

Build-defining passives, choice parents, and their selectable options.

Passive	Exact effect	Requires	Unlocks
Notable...and I Shall Rage	Grants Skill: Unbound Avatar	Elemental Damage, Elemental Damage	End of branch
Notable...and Protect me from Harm	Physical Damage Reduction from Armour is based on your combined Armour and Evasion Rating 35% less Evasion Rating	Evasion	End of branch
Notable...and Scatter Them to the Winds	Trigger Elemental Expression on Melee Critical Hit Grants Skill: Elemental Expression	Critical Chance	End of branch
NotableFaith is a Choice	Grants Skill: Meditate	Energy Shield Recharge Rate	End of branch
NotableI am the Blizzard...	Gain 10% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage On Freezing Enemies create Chilled Ground	Ascendancy start	Chill Effect, Elemental Damage
NotableI am the Thunder...	Gain 10% of Damage as Extra Lightning Damage 25% chance on Shocking Enemies to created Shocked Ground	Shock Effect	Elemental Damage
NotableLead me through Grace...	+1 to Spirit for every 8 Item Energy Shield on Equipped Body Armour +1 to Spirit for every 20 Evasion Rating on Equipped Body Armour Cannot gain Spirit from Equipment	Evasion and Energy Shield	Evasion
NotableSunder my Enemies...	Critical Hits ignore non-negative Enemy Monster Elemental Resistances	Critical Chance	Critical Chance
NotableThe Soul Springs Eternal	Meta Skills gain 35% more Energy Meta Skills have 50% increased Reservation Efficiency	Triggered Spell Damage	End of branch

Minor passives

Every connecting passive in the current official tree export.

Passive	Exact effect	Requires	Unlocks
MinorChill Effect	15% increased Magnitude of Chill you inflict	I am the Blizzard...	End of branch
MinorCritical Chance	12% increased Critical Hit Chance	Ascendancy start	Sunder my Enemies...
MinorCritical Chance	12% increased Critical Hit Chance	Sunder my Enemies...	...and Scatter Them to the Winds
MinorElemental Damage	12% increased Elemental Damage	I am the Blizzard...	...and I Shall Rage
MinorElemental Damage	12% increased Elemental Damage	I am the Thunder...	...and I Shall Rage
MinorEnergy Shield Recharge Rate	20% increased Energy Shield Recharge Rate	Ascendancy start	Faith is a Choice
MinorEvasion	20% increased Evasion Rating	Lead me through Grace...	...and Protect me from Harm
MinorEvasion and Energy Shield	15% increased Evasion Rating 15% increased maximum Energy Shield	Ascendancy start	Lead me through Grace...
MinorShock Effect	15% increased Magnitude of Shock you inflict	Ascendancy start	I am the Thunder...
MinorTriggered Spell Damage	Triggered Spells deal 16% increased Spell Damage	Ascendancy start	The Soul Springs Eternal

Granted skills

Granted by Faith is a Choice

Meditate

Channel to Recharge Energy Shield and allow that Recharge to Overflow. Channelling ends when you take damage or your Energy Shield is fully Overflowed.

Spell, Channelling: Applies
Level: 1
Cooldown Time: 7.00s
Cast Time: 1.00s

24% more Energy Shield Recharge Rate

Granted by ...and Scatter Them to the Winds

Elemental Expression

Create a fiery explosion, an arcing bolt of lightning, or an icy wave of projectiles. The chance for an explosion is proportional to your Strength, for a bolt proportional to your Dexterity, and for a wave proportional to your Intelligence.

Spell, AoE, Projectile, Trigger, Lightning, Cold, Fire, Chaining: Applies
Level: 1
Cost: 3 Mana
Cooldown Time: 0.25s
Cast Time: Instant

Triggers Fiery Explosion, Arcing Bolt, or Icy Wave on Melee Critical Hit
Deals 8 to 12 Fire Damage
Explosion radius is 3.6 metres
Deals 3 to 16 Lightning Damage
Chains 7 times
Deals 7 to 10 Cold Damage
Pierces all Targets
Fires 3 Projectiles

Granted by ...and I Shall Rage

Unbound Avatar

Gain Unbound Fury by inflicting Elemental Ailments with Hits on enemies. Once you reach maximum Unbound Fury, consume it to become Unbound for a duration, vastly augmenting your Elemental prowess.

Buff, Lightning, Cold, Fire, Duration, Conditional: Applies
Level: 1
Cooldown Time: 12.00s

Gain Unbound Fury when you inflict an Elemental Ailment with a Hit on an Enemy Maximum 100 Unbound Fury Cannot gain Unbound Fury while Unbound
40% more Elemental Damage while Unbound
80% more chance to inflict Elemental Ailments while Unbound
40% more Elemental Ailment Buildup while Unbound
Unbound duration is 8 seconds

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Guides using this page

AscendancyHow to choose a class and Ascendancy

Compare all eight classes by starting attributes, passive-tree position, associated combat style, and all 23 current Ascendancy choices.

Guides using this page

AscendancyHow to choose a class and Ascendancy

Compare all eight classes by starting attributes, passive-tree position, associated combat style, and all 23 current Ascendancy choices.

AscendancyTrial of the Sekhemas guide

Enter with a Barya, protect Honour, choose a route through each floor, use Relics and Sacred Water, defeat the scheduled boss, and claim the eligible Ascendancy reward.

AscendancyTrial of Chaos guide

Enter with an Inscribed Ultimatum, complete rooms while accumulating trial modifiers, defeat the scheduled bosses, and claim rewards or Ascendancy points from the completed tier.

AscendancyHow to change Ascendancy

Complete a suitable Ascension Trial, refund every allocated Ascendancy point beside the Ascension device, and choose another regular Ascendancy for the same character class.

BasicsHow to Get More Support Gem Sockets

Increase a Skill Gem from two to five Support sockets, understand item-granted and passive-granted skill breakpoints, and decide whether to risk corruption for a sixth socket.