Tempest Flurry Invoker
Welcome to the Tempest Flurry Invoker guide. This build combines a multitude of Quarterstaff skills. You have easy Power Charge generation from Profane Ritual. With enough Power Charge generation you can maintain full uptime on Charged Staff and spend any excess on Falling Thunder for massive area damage.
So if you want to go lightning fast, ring your bell, and play with a double ended light saber, this build is for you.
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This guide assumes you are at least level 68 and have completed Act 3 Cruel, to learn more about the leveling process check out our leveling guide (coming soon).
Skills
- Charged Staff adds a large flat Lightning Damage buff. It also causes your attacks to produce a shockwave, this drastically improves the quality of life for your Tempest Flurry. Maintain this buff at all times.
- Tempest Flurry attacks rapidly to take advantage of this build's mechanics.
- Charged Staff fires a shockwave dealing Attack Damage on every Attack.
- Tempest Bell deals a large amount of area damage every time it is hit.
- Falling Thunder can be considered your "spender" ability, to use your over abundance of Power Charges. It deals massive damage in a huge area of effect, whilst primarily strong for open layouts, Ricochet gives it more consistency in more linear waystones.
- Tempest Bell should mainly be used against high Health targets. It can also be used when being swarmed by enemies to deal large AoE damage.
- Profane Ritual is the Power Charge engine for the build. Reaper's Invocation allows you to store instant casts of the skill when defeating enemies with a melee attack and can cast up to 6 times with 1 button press. This provides immediate recharge of your Power Charges on every pack of enemies.
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Upon reaching roughly 50% Critical Strike Chance, respec your tree to the alternative variant shown as well as your skill gems. It is crucial to have 20% Quality on your Cast on Shock as *despite it not saying in game*, Quality increases how much energy you gain when shocking. Combined with the Dynamism cluster on the skill tree, 2 shocks is enough to trigger 1 Profane Ritual.
50% Critical Strike Chance is enough due to Ambush granting 100% more Critical Strike Chance to Falling Thunder. You can also remove all Lightning Penetration Nodes here as Sunder my Enemies… causes Critical Strikes to ignore enemy Elemental Resistances.
Skill Rotation
- The start of the Map is always the most difficult as you aren't able to use Charged Staff. Defeat enemies with your Tempest Flurry to generate Energy so that you can use Profane Ritual and start gaining Power Charges.
- Maintain your Charged Staff, this adds Shockwaves to your Tempest Flurry attacks and the extra hit allows you to cycle through Tempest Bells much faster.
- Spend any excess Power Charges on a fully stacked Falling Thunder for massive area damage.
- Use Tempest Bell against high health targets such as Rares and Bosses as well as anytime you are getting swarmed by enemies.
- To generate Power Charges against bosses, apply a shock with Tempest Flurry and then consume it with Siphoning Strike to gain a power Charge.
Passives
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Ascendancy
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- Lead me through Grace… causes you to gain Spirit per Energy Shield and Evasion on your Body Armour. This should be one of the first gear pieces you craft or purchase to reach enough Spirit to use all of your Passive Skills.
- …and Protect me from Harm is crucial for defence, allowing you to gain additional Physical Damage Reduction based on your Evasion Rating.
- Sunder my Enemies … is a huge Skill Point save once you have enough Critical Strike Chance, as it allows you to remove all Lightning Penetration Nodes.
- The Soul Springs Eternal provides more Energy generation. This makes it possible to trigger Profane Ritual more frequenrlty for more Power Charges.
Gearing
- Once reaching Zone Level 67 you can drop the best Quarterstaff Base, Expert Gothic Quarterstaff. Craft or purchase one with high Physical Damage and Attack Speed. Socket Iron Runes for additional local Physical Damage.
- Your Body Armour is very crucial for an Invoker Monk due to Lead me through Grace…. Focus on crafting an Expert Waxed Jacket with as much Evasion or Energy Shield as possible. Make sure to socket Iron Runes to increase it further, as well as quality from Armourer's Scraps.
- Gloves are a great slot to gain additional Damage as they can have both Attack Speed and Flat Elemental Damage.
- Get as high of a Life pool as possible.
- Reach the Elemental Resistance Cap of 75%.
- If you are still struggling check out our Survival Guide for additional useful information!
Atlas Passives
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FAQ
Find answers to commonly asked questions and dive deeper into the Tempest Flurry Invoker Build's mechanics.
How do you I generate Power Charges?
There are multiple different ways to generate Power Charges at different levels of progression.
- Reaper's Invocation stores casts of Profane Ritual. You can then re-activate the skill to immediately cast all stored copies of the spell.
- Cast on Shock automatically casts Profane Ritual when you reach enough Energy. Swap to this setup once you have 3 Ascendancy Nodes.
- Use Siphoning Strike against bosses where there are no corpses to consume for your Profane Ritual.
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Summary
- Tempest Flurry is a fast-hitting Melee skill that triggers shockwaves from Charged Staff to deal massive lightning damage to surrounding enemies.
- Use a Reaper's Invocation setup combined with Profane Ritual to generate a massive amount of Power Charges to maintain your Charged Staff buff.
- Additional Power Charges are spent on Falling Thunder for massive area damage.
- Place Tempest Bell whenever available on bosses for a massive damage boost.
- Evasion and Energy Shield allow you to utilize Ghost Dance as well as granting you Spirit from your Body Armour to enable all of your Passive Skills.