Monk Ascendancy

Martial Artist

Martial Artist develops Combo, unarmed glove transformation, body-bound Rune sockets, and Mountain's Teachings alongside three Hollow skills.

They made you a human weapon... but that strength has set you free.

Character class: Monk
Path type: Regular
Introduced: 0.5.0
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

Martial Master allows every Attack Hit to build Combo across weapon sets, while Martial Adept doubles Combo gain.
Way of the Stonefist transforms equipped Gloves into Fists of Stone and converts their explicit modifiers into stronger related modifiers.

Important tradeoff

Mountain's Teachings are lost when the character is Hit or uses or sustains an Attack that benefits from them.

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

8notables

8minor passives

0choice options

3granted skills

Notables and choices

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

Passive	Exact effect	Requires	Unlocks
NotableHollow Focus Technique	Grants Skill: Hollow Focus	Area of Effect, Area of Effect	End of branch
NotableHollow Form Technique	Grants Skill: Hollow Form	Additional Power Charge Chance	End of branch
NotableHollow Resonance Technique	Grants Skill: Hollow Resonance	Area of Effect	End of branch
NotableMartial Adept	When you gain Combo, gain an additional Combo -0.2 seconds to current Energy Shield Recharge delay per Combo expended when using Skills	Attack Speed	Attack Speed
NotableMartial Master	Skills can build and retain Combo regardless of Weapon Set Gain Combo from all Attack Hits	Attack Speed	End of branch
NotableRunic Meridians	Can tattoo Runes onto your body, gaining additional Rune-only sockets: • 1 Helmet socket • 2 Body Armour sockets • 1 Gloves socket • 1 Boots socket	Attributes	End of branch
NotableWay of the Mountain	100% Surpassing chance per enemy Power to gain Mountain's Teachings on Immobilising an enemy, up to a maximum of 30 Lose a Mountain's Teaching when you are Hit, or when you use or Sustain an Attack that benefits from Mountain's Teachings	Immobilisation Buildup	End of branch
NotableWay of the Stonefist	Gloves you equip have their Base Type transformed to Fists of Stone while equipped, and their Explicit Modifiers are transformed into more powerful related Modifiers Ignore Attribute Requirements to equip Gloves	Evasion and Energy Shield	End of branch

Minor passives

Every connecting passive in the current official tree export.

Passive	Exact effect	Requires	Unlocks
MinorAdditional Power Charge Chance	10% chance when you gain a Power Charge to gain an additional Power Charge	Ascendancy start	Hollow Form Technique
MinorArea of Effect	8% increased Area of Effect	Ascendancy start	Hollow Focus Technique
MinorArea of Effect	8% increased Area of Effect	Ascendancy start	Hollow Resonance Technique, Hollow Focus Technique
MinorAttack Speed	4% increased Attack Speed	Ascendancy start	Martial Adept
MinorAttack Speed	4% increased Attack Speed	Martial Adept	Martial Master
MinorAttributes	+5 to all Attributes	Ascendancy start	Runic Meridians
MinorEvasion and Energy Shield	15% increased Evasion Rating 15% increased maximum Energy Shield	Ascendancy start	Way of the Stonefist
MinorImmobilisation Buildup	20% increased Immobilisation buildup	Ascendancy start	Way of the Mountain

Granted skills

Granted by Hollow Form Technique

Hollow Form

Channel to create fleeting images of your astral self near the target location. The images perform a Socketed Melee Attack once then vanish, targeting the closest enemy if possible. The images cannot perform Channelled Skills or Conditional Skills. Consuming a Power Charge creates additional images.

Attack, Melee, Sustained, Channelling, Meta: Applies
Level: 1
Attack Speed: 70% of base
Requirement: Any Melee Martial Weapon

Images can be created within 6 metre radius of you
Creating an Image spends 80% of Socketed Skill's Cost
Consumes a Power Charge to create 2 additional Images
Socketed Skills cannot consume Charges
Socketed Skills have 30% less Attack speed
Socketed Skills deal 15% less damage

Granted by Hollow Resonance Technique

Hollow Resonance

Attaches an ethereal bell to your back. Critical Hits with other Skills will cause the bell to ring out, damaging nearby enemies.

Attack, AoE, Trigger: Applies
Level: 1
Cooldown Time: 0.50s (3 uses)
Attack Damage: 60%
Requirement: Any non-Talisman Melee Martial Weapon

150% more Stun buildup
Shockwave radius is 2 metres

Granted by Hollow Focus Technique

Hollow Focus

While active, ethereal bells periodically appear near you. Your Hits immediately destroy the bells, creating a shockwave that damages nearby enemies and causes a Heavy Stun on enemies that are Primed for Stun. The bells are themselves always Primed for Stun, they can be Culled, and Hits against them are always Critical Hits.

Attack, Buff, Persistent, AoE, Duration: Applies
Level: 1
Requirement: Any Melee Martial Weapon

Tempest Bells are destroyed after an additional 1 Hits
Bells appear within 3 metre radius of you
A bell appears every 3 seconds
Bell duration is 21 seconds
Modifiers to Cooldown Recovery Rate also apply to bell appearance frequency
Limit 3 active Bells
Tempest Bells are destroyed after an additional 1 Hits
Cannot cause Stun buildup
Shockwave radius is 2.3 metres

Other Monk Ascendancies

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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.

Related mechanics

MechanicFear Incarnate

Fear Incarnate is a stacking buff gained from Horror's Flight when you Cull a target. Each stack raises every Culling Strike threshold by 10% for 10 seconds, up to 20 stacks.

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.