Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)

PoE 2 Lightning Tempest Invoker Monk Build

This is a Lightning Tempest Invoker Monk endgame build for Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). Check out the Lightning Tempest Invoker endgame build, including its gear, socketables, skills, and playstyle!

Lightning Tempest Invoker Build Summary

Lightning Tempest Invoker Build

※ Switch tabs to view build progression: Endgame (Atlas),Mid-Game (Act 3 to Cruel Mode),Early Game (Acts 1-2).

Endgame
Mid-Game
Leveling
Build Setup
Invoker Portrait Lightning Tempest Invoker
Herald of Ice Icon Herald of Thunder Icon Tempest Flurry Icon Tempest Bell Icon Combat Frenzy Icon Wind Dancer Icon Storm Wave Icon Shattering Palm Icon
Diablo 4 Build - Pro High DPS

Diablo 4 Build - Pro Fast Stun Capabilities

Diablo 4 Build - Pro High Survivability

Diablo 4 Build - ConAilment Reliant Reliant
Build Setup
Invoker Portrait Charged Tempest Flurry Invoker
Killing Palm Icon Falling Thunder Icon Herald of Thunder Icon Tempest Flurry Icon Tempest Bell Icon Wave of Frost Icon Storm Wave Icon Lingering Illusion Icon
Diablo 4 Build - Pro High DPS

Diablo 4 Build - Pro Fast Stun Capabilities

Diablo 4 Build - Pro High Survivability

Diablo 4 Build - ConPower Charge Reliant
Build Setup
Thunder Cascade Monk Build Thunder Cascade Monk
Killing Palm Icon Falling Thunder Icon Glacial Cascade Icon Herald of Thunder Icon Tempest Flurry Icon Ice Strike Icon Tempest Bell Icon Wave of Frost Icon
Diablo 4 Build - Pro High Burst Damage and Crowd Control

Diablo 4 Build - Pro Excellent Mobility

Diablo 4 Build - ConLow Defenses

This Monk endgame build still uses Charged Staff, buffing Tempest Flurry to clear mobs and deplete Bosses fast. This build focuses on amplifying Physical damage for higher damage outputs from all Skills.

Date Changes
01-13-2025 Updated the build for higher-tier mapping.
12-17-2024 Replaced Falling Thunder with Flicker Strike.
12-17-2024 Updated the Build for Act 2 Cruel until Endgame.
12-11-2024 Updated the Build for Act 3 until Cruel Act 1.
12-11-2024 Respecced the build to focus on Electric Damage, replacing Ice Strike and Glacial Cascade with Tempest Flurry and Storm Wave.
12-08-2024 Updated the Build for Act 2
12-08-2024 Swapped Frozen Locus for Wave of Frost

Build FAQs

Build Notes

Why Change Ice Strike to Tempest Flurry?

We changed Ice Strike into Tempest Flurry as Charged Staff works better with Tempest Flurry as it stacks the chances to proc Shock.

Why Respecc the Build Into Full Lightning?

During testing, a full Lightning build greatly outscales an Ice and Lightning build, this is because the second Freeze buildup after the first is much slower and is hardly useful in boss fights. Meanwhile, the full lightning build almost always causes shock multiple times in a boss fight, keeping the build’s damage amplified.

Lightning Tempest Invoker Gear Setup

Equipment and Modifiers

※ Switch tabs to view build progression: Endgame (Atlas),Mid-Game (Act 3 to Cruel Mode),Early Game (Acts 1-2).

Endgame
Mid-Game
Leveling
Gear Modifiers
Helm ・Armor
・Added Evasion Rating
・Increased Evasion Rating
・Cold Resistance
・Fire Resistance
・Lightning Resistance
Armor ・Increased Evasion Rating
・Maximum Life
・ Fire Resistance
・Cold Resistance
・Lightning Resistance
・Armor
Gloves ・ Added Evasion Rating
・Maximum Life
・Maximum Mana
・Armor
・Lightning Resistance
・Leech Physical Damage as Life
Belt ・Maximum Life
・Maximum Mana
・Lightning Resistance
・Fire Resistance
・Cold Resistance
・Increased Charm Charges Gained
Boots ・Maximum Mana
・Movement Speed
・Added Evasion Rating
・Added Armor
・Cold Resistance
・Fire Resistance
Ring ・Physical Damage to Attacks
・Chaos Resistance
・Lightning Resistance
・Maximum Mana
・Leech Physical Damage as Mana
Amulet ・Level to All Melee Skills
・Critical Hit Chance
・Maximum Life
・Added Armor
・Added Evasion Rating
・Lightning Resistance Resistance
Ring ・Physical Damage to Attacks
・Chaos Resistance
・Lightning Resistance
・Maximum Mana
・Leech Physical Damage as Mana
Quarterstaff ・Added Physical Damage
・Increased Physical Damage
・Level to All Melee Skills
・Increased Attack Speed
・Life per Enemy Hit
・Leech Physical Damage as Life
Gear Modifiers
Helm ・Armor
・Added Evasion Rating
・Increased Evasion Rating
・Maximum Mana
・Dexterity
・Critical Hit Chance
Armor ・Increased Evasion Rating
・Maximum Life
・ Fire Resistance
・Maximum Mana
・Life Regeneration per Second
・Armor
Gloves ・ Increased Armor and Evasion
・Added Lightning Damage to Attacks
・Maximum Life
・Maximum Mana
・Intelligence
・Lightning Resistance
Belt ・Maximum Life
・Maximum Mana
・Lightning Resistance
・Life Regeneration per Second
・Cold Resistance
・Increased Charm Charges Gained
Boots ・Maximum Mana
・Life Regeneration per Second
・Added Armor
・Movement Speed
・Added Evasion Rating
・Cold Resistance
Ring ・Physical Damage to Attacks
・Lightning Damage to attacks
・Maximum Mana
・Leech Physical Damage as Mana
Amulet ・Level to All Melee Skills
・Critical Hit Chance
・Maximum Spirit
・Maximum Life
・Fire Resistance
・Cold Resistance
Ring ・Physical Damage to Attacks
・Lightning Damage to attacks
・Maximum Mana
・Leech Physical Damage as Mana
Quarterstaff ・Increased Physical Damage
・Increased Lightning Damage
・Increased Elemental Damage
・Increased Attack Speed
・Life per Enemy Hit
・Dexterity
Gear Modifiers
Helm ・Armor
・Maximum Mana
・Critical Hit Chance
Armor ・Lightning Resistance
・Cold Resistance
・ Fire Resistance
・Maximum Mana
Gloves ・ Armor
・Physical Damage to Attacks
・Maximum Life
・Critical Damage Bonus
Belt ・Life Recovery from Flasks
・Reduced Flask Charges Used
Boots ・Maximum Mana
・Life Regeneration per Second
Ring ・Maximum Mana
・Maximum Life
・Cold Resistance
Amulet ・Life Regeneration Per Second
・Maximum Energy Shield
Ring ・Maximum Mana
・Maximum Life
・Cold Resistance
Quarterstaff ・Cold Damage
・Physical Damage
・Lightning Damage
・Increased Elemental Damage with Attacks
・Increased Attack Speed

These are the preferred modifiers for the gear setup of the build. For your weapons, it's ideal to obtain a weapon with Physical increases. For armor and accessories, you'll want to stack on Evasion Rating, Armor, Maximum Life, and Elemental Resistances for your survivability.

Evasion Rating and Armor are the most important modifiers in your armor for your survivability, as they synergize well with the ...and Protect me From Harm node in the Invoker Ascendancy tree as well as the Beastial Skin in the passive tree.

Socketables

Jewels

The modifiers listed below are arranged according to priority.

Ruby Jewel Ruby ・Increased Melee Damage
・Increased Amount of Life Leeched
・Break Increased Armor
・Armor
Optional:
・Increased Life Regeneration
・Increased Damage Against enemies with Fully Broken Armor
Emerald Jewel Emerald ・Increased Attack Damage
・Increased Damage with Quarterstaves
・Increased Elemental Damage
・Increased Attack Speed with Quarterstaves
Optional:
・Increased Magnitude of Ailments you Inflict with Critical Hits

For your jewels you'll want 2 Rubies and Emeralds to gain damage modifiers for your attacks. You can opt to use less jewels if you have enough of the modifiers to boost your build.

Charms

POE 2 - Thawing Charm Thawing Charm ・Increased Duration
・Increased Charges
・Recover Life when Used

You'll want to use the Thawing Charm as your primary charm to avoid being frozen. However, if you have an extra charm slot you can also use the Staunching Charm to negate bleeding effects.

Runes and Soul Cores

Equipment Sockets
Weapon
Armor

You'll want to stack physical damage on your weapon for higher damage when using your skills. For armor runes, allocate whichever is your weakest resistance to reach the 75% cap.

Lightning Tempest Invoker Skills and Passive Tree

Active Skills

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Main Damaging Skills

Your main damaging skills will be Tempest Flurry buffed by Charged Staff. You can gain Charged Staff through Combat Frenzy. Use Tempest Bell to further amplify your damage against enemy groups and bosses.

Herald of Thunder and Herald of Ice are used for improving the mobbing capabilities of the build. Shattering Palm is also used to synergize with Herald of Ice.

Gaining Power Charges

You can sustain your Power Charges through the use of Combat Frenzy together with the Resonance node in the passive tree which allows you to obtain Power Charges when you freeze or Electrocute enemies.

Passive Skill Tree

Ascendancy Tree
...and Protect me From Harm and Elemental Expression
Passive Nodes
1. Flow State 2. Style Bender
3. Resonance 4. Storm Surge
5. Power Within 6. Lust for Power
7. Overflowing Power 8. Beastial Skin
9. Heartstopping - -

The passive tree priority is to take nodes that grant Attack Speed, Lightning Damage, Penetration to Lightning Resistance, Power Charges, and Evasion Rating. You'll also want to take nodes that grant Critical Strike Chance and Damage to take advantage of Elemental Expression.

Increasing the number of your Power Charges is important as it increases the damage of Charged Staff, increasing your overall DPS. Evasion Rating is incredibly useful for defense as it grants Damage Reduction from the ...and Protect me From Harm ascendancy node.

Lightning Tempest Invoker Playstyle and Skill Rotation

Skill Rotation

The playstyle of the Charged Tempest Flurry Invoker revolves around increasing the damage of Tempest Flurry with Charged Staff and Tempest Bell to clear mobs and deplete bosses faster. The rotation is as follows:

  1. Electrocute enemies with Tempest Flurry or Freeze them with Shattering Palm to gain Power Charges.
  2. Cast Charged Staff then use Tempest Flurry.
  3. Always use the Tempest Bell against Bosses to amplify damage.

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Comment

20 Anonymous26 days

Are you a little bit retarded? I did it without problems, meanwhile I am end Act 3 and still no problem. Maybe the char or game is not for you

19 TheDeci27 days

Another option I've been using for gaining charges is with redflare conduit anchorite garb. It has a 20 percent chance to gain a charge per attack. You get a lot of charges with this armor so prepare to get the ailment shocked on your character frequently. But it allows you to use another charge spender like flicker strike or falling thunder, while still having enough charges to keep charged staff going.

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