Acolyte of Chayula Ascendancy Overview
Last Updated:November 23, 2024|Changelog
The Acolyte of Chayula Ascendancy allows Monks to embrace darkness, sacrificing Spirit for Darkness. This path offers a unique playstyle focused on shadow damage and the manipulation of darkness powers granted by Chayula. With the strong defensive capabilities of Embrace the Darkness as well as life and energy shield leech, and the potential synergy with keystones like Eldritch Battery and Mind Over Matter, the Acolyte of Chayula offers a great set of tools for survival.
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Monk
Acolyte of Chayula Nodes
Embrace the Darkness
Embrace the Darkness removes all Spirit, replacing it with Darkness. This resource, which starts at 100 and increases by 5 per level, acts as a damage buffer. When taking damage, Darkness is reserved first, protecting your health pool. This reservation lasts for 10 seconds.
Grasp of the Void
Grasp of the Void allows you to convert unreserved Darkness into extra Chaos Damage. For every 20 points of unreserved Darkness, you gain 1% increased Chaos Damage. This mechanic offers a powerful way to scale damage output, rewarding careful positioning.
Chayula's Gift
Chayula's Gift increases your maximum Chaos Resistance beyond the normal cap of 75% and doubles your total Chaos Resistance. This powerful notable significantly improves survivability against Chaos damage and makes it significantly easier to cap your Chaos Resistance.
Ravenous Doubts
Ravenous Doubts grants instant Mana Leech, enabling rapid mana recovery.
Consuming Questions
Consuming Questions prevents Energy Shield recharge but allows Mana Leech to recover Energy Shield. This unique mechanic, combined with instant Mana Leech, creates a powerful recovery tool, allowing players to sustain their Energy Shield.
Waking Dream
Waking Dream allows players to see into the domain of the Breach Demons, granting access to Flames of Chayula. These flames, when collected, provide life, mana, and damage bonuses.
Summary
The Acolyte of Chayula Ascendancy is a unique and powerful class focused on darkness and shadow manipulation. By sacrificing Spirit for Darkness, this class gains access to powerful defensive and offensive abilities. Key mechanics like Embrace the Darkness, Grasp of the Void, Chayula's Gift, Ravenous Doubts, Consuming Questions, and Waking Dream allow Acolytes to create powerful and sustainable builds.
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Written by: Crouching_Tuna
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