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Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)

PoE 2 0.3 Monk Build - Hollow Palm Invoker

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This is a Hollow Palm Invoker Monk build for endgame in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)'s The Third Edict Update. Check out the Hollow Palm Invoker Monk endgame build, including its gear, socketables, skills, and playstyle!

Hollow Palm Invoker Build Summary

FGKorbyn21's Hollow Palm Invoker Build

This Hollow Palm Invoker Build is from FGKorbyn21's YouTube guide. The video includes details on how to gear up to get the build online. Be sure to check more of FGKorbyn21's Path of Exile 2 content by subscribing to his Youtube and Twitch to ask any questions you have about the build!

Hollow Palm Invoker Monk Build

Build Setup
Path of Exile 2 PoE 2 Hollow Palm Invoker
Hollow Palm Invoker
Falling Thunder Icon Ghost Dance Icon Herald of Ash Icon Herald of Ice Icon Ice Strike Icon Wind Dancer Icon Hand of Chayula Icon Mantra of Destruction Icon Shattering Palm Icon Elemental Conflux Icon
Diablo 4 Build - Pro Extremely High Elemental Damage

Diablo 4 Build - Pro Fast Clear Mobbing and Bossing

Diablo 4 Build - Pro Excellent Mobility

Diablo 4 Build - Con Melee Playstyle

Diablo 4 Build - Con Requires Dodging

The Hollow Palm Invoker Monk build makes use of the new Hollow Palm Technique, together with Ice Strike and Falling Thunder to fast clear maps and burst down Bosses with ease. This build also focuses on various Persistent skills that requires you to have at least 220 Spirit that you can get from your Invoker Ascendancy node.

Date Changes
09-12-2025 Created Hollow Palm Invoker build for endgame.

Hollow Palm Invoker Equipment

Gear Modifiers
Ancestral Tiara IconAncestral Tiara
(Helm)
・Maximum Energy Shield
・Increased Energy Shield
・Maximum Mana
・Increased Armor
・Increased Critical Hit Chance
・Lightning Resistance
・Strength
Sleek Jacket IconSleek Jacket
(Body Armor)
・Increased Evasion and Energy Shield
・Evasion Rating
・Maximum Energy Shield
・Maximum Life
・Cold Resistance
・Chaos Resistance
Desecrated Modifier:
・Increased Spirit Reservation Efficiency of Skills
Vaal Wraps IconVaal Wraps
(Gloves)
・Adds Cold Damage to Attacks
・Adds Lightning Damage to Attacks
・Maximum Mana
・Level of All Melee Skills
・Chaos Resistance
・Leech Physical Attack Damage as Mana
Quickslip Shoes IconQuickslip Shoes
(Boots)
・Increased Movement Speed
・Evasion Rating
・Maximum Energy Shield
・Increased Evasion and Energy Shield
・Lightning Resistance
・Cold Resistance
・Gain Deflection Equal to Evasion Rating
・Fire and Chaos Resistances
Amber Amulet IconAmber Amulet
(Amulet)
・Strength
・Increased Evasion Rating
・Maximum Life
・Level of All Melee Skills
・Intelligence
・Increased Critical Hit Chance
Prismatic Ring IconPrismatic Ring
(Ring 1)
・Adds Fire Damage to Attacks
・Evasion Rating
・Increased Cold Damage
・Fire Resistance
・Chaos Resistance
・All Elemental Resistances
Topaz Ring IconTopaz Ring
(Ring 2)
・Adds Physical Damage to Attacks
・Adds Fire Damage to Attacks
・Increased Lightning Damage
・Fire Resistance
・Cold Resistance
・All Elemental Resistances
Ultimate Life Flask IconUltimate Life Flask
(Life Flask)
・% of Recovery Applied Instantly
・Chance to Gain a Charge when you Kill an Enemy
Ultimate Mana Flask IconUltimate Mana Flask
(Mana Flask)
・% of Recovery Applied Instantly
・Increased Charges Gained

Weapons

This build does not use any weapons as it requires you to make full use of the Hollow Palm Technique, which allows you to scale your unarmed damage as if you are equipping a Quarterstaff.

List of Weapons

Armor and Accessories

Your equipment should consist of stacking Evasion Rating and Energy Shield for survivability, while also keeping in mind your elemental damage between Physical, Cold, Fire, and Lightning damage to maximize your damage output.

Try to get a Leech Physical Damage as Mana modifier on your Gloves since you will be making use of the Walker of the Wilds keystone passive to help maintain your mana throughout fights.

Lastly, this build also requires you to have at least 220 Spirit so you can run Elemental Conflux and all your other persistent skills. You can achieve this by getting around 1340 Evasion Rating and 424 Energy Shield that scales your Spirit with the Lead me through Grace ascendancy passive node.

List of Armors List of Accessories

Runes and Soul Cores

Equipment Sockets
Armor

As for your Runes, focus on equipping a Greater Iron Rune for your Helm and Body Armor for the increased Evasion Rating and Energy Shields. Slot in Greater Storm Rune on your Boots to help you reach the 75% Resistance cap and a Talisman of Sirrius on your Gloves for the added Attack Speed.

List of Runes List of Soul Cores

Belts and Charms

Belt Modifiers
Darkness Enthroned IconDarkness Enthroned ・Flasks Gain Charges per Second
・Charm Slot
・This item gains bonuses from Socketed items as though it was Gloves
・Increased Effect of Socketed Items
Runes:
Charm Options
POE 2 Stone Charm Stone Charm POE 2 Golden Charm Golden Charm POE 2 Nascent Hope Thawing Charm Nascent Hope Thawing Charm

We highly recommend getting the Darkness Enthroned unique belt as it allows you to socket Runes on your belt and benefit from the bonus stats. Just make sure the unique belt modifier has Gloves listed down for the socketed item bonuses so you can slot in the required Runes.

As for Charms, equip a Stone Charm with the Also Grants Guard modifier to provide you with a free overshield when you do get stunned, and a Golden Charm for the added Rarity of Items found while mapping. We also recommend a Thawing Charm to help you combat against Freeze ailments that hinder you and ruin your runs.

List of Belts List of Charms

Hollow Palm Invoker Skills

All Active and Persistent Skills

Skill Support Gems
Elemental Expression IconElemental Expression
Ice Strike IconIce Strike
Falling Thunder IconFalling Thunder
Shattering Palm IconShattering Palm
Hand of Chayula IconHand of Chayula
Mantra of Destruction IconMantra of Destruction
Elemental Conflux IconElemental Conflux
Herald of Ice IconHerald of Ice
Herald of Ash IconHerald of Ash
Wind Dancer IconWind Dancer
Ghost Dance IconGhost Dance

First of all, in order to get all 5 support gem slots for Elemental Expression, you will have to reach level 90. Your main skills should consist of Ice Strike and Shattering Palm for dealing with large packs of mobs and clearing maps, and Hand of Chayula to buildup Power Charges and expend them with Falling Thunder to deal huge burst damage against Bosses.

As for your Persistent skills, focus on maxing out the Herald of Ice support gem slots so you can slot in the Deadly Herald support gem for more damage. If you do not have Spirit for it yet, you can always swap the support gem out with Cold Mastery as a temporary replacement.

Since we are using all types of elements anyway, Elemental Conflux should consistently provide you with a 70% damage boost no matter the rotation of the active element. Take Wind Dancer and Ghost Dance as your failsafes which give you more Evasion Rating and Energy Shields to help you survive through endgame content.

List of Skills

Hollow Palm Invoker Passive Tree

Passive Tree Progression

Ascendency Passive Nodes
Lead me through Grace, I am the Blizzard, and Scatter them to the Winds
Passive Nodes
1. Mindful Awareness, Concussive Attack, and Lust for Power 2. Deadly Force, Spectral Ward, and Overflowing Power
3. Throatseeker and Chakra of Impact 4. Walker of the Wilds, Struck Through, and Beastial Skin
5. Coming Calamity and The Wild Cat 6. -
Screenshots taken from Path of Building

※ Legend: Red = Weapon Set I | Green = Weapon Set II

The Ascendancy passives for the Hollow Palm Invoker Monk build focuses on scaling your Spirit with Evasion and Energy Shields to help you equip all the required Persistent skills. Take Sunder my Enemies to ignore enemy resistances, and Scatter them to the Winds to enable Elemental Expression. Lastly, I am the Blizzard is used for boosting our Cold damage since we no longer using Herald of Thunder.

The rest of your passive tree nodes should prioritize on getting more damage, attack speed, and Critical hits such as Concussive Attack, Moment of Truth, and Deadly Force. Hollow Palm Technique is the core keystone passive for this build as it allows you scale your Unarmed damage as if you have Quarterstaff equipped.

Keep in mind to increase the limit your Power Charges up to 7 stacks by getting Lust for Power, The Power Within, and Overflowing Power.

Passive Skill Tree Guide and List of Passives

Jewels

Heart of the Well Diamond Heart of the Well Diamond ・Gain Damage as Extra Cold Damage
・Gain Damage as Extra Lightning Damage
・Chance to Inflict Bleeding on Hit
・Reduced Slowing Potency of Debuffs on You
Megalomaniac Diamond Megalomaniac Diamond Allocates: Pocket Sand
・Increased Blind Effect
Allocates: Wasting
・Increased Duration of Damaging Ailments on Enemies
・Increased Damage with Hits against Enemies affected by Ailments

The Heart of the Well Diamond will be the first jewel you need to slot in since this provides a great boost of Cold and Lightning damage for this build. As for Megalomaniac, make sure you have at least the Pocket Sand allocation so you can completely benefit from the Blind effects you inflict for survivability.

List of Jewels

Hollow Palm Invoker Playstyle and Skill Rotation

Mobbing Rotation

For mobbing, your skill priority should involve using Ice Strike and Shattering Palm to deal huge AoE damage across the map. The rotation is as follows:

  1. Use Shatter Palm to close gaps and dash around.
  2. Spam Ice Strike to buildup Combo for more damage.
  3. Execute Falling Thunder to deal huge burst damage and clear mobs.
  4. Rinse and repeat.

Bossing Rotation

For bossing, we will mainly be using Hand of Chayula to stack Combos and Charges while using Falling Thunder to expend them for burst damage. The rotation is as follows:

  1. Spam Ice Strike to buildup Combo.
  2. Once you have around 90 Combo, dash in and use Hand of Chayula to expend its Combos and gain 7 Power Charges.
  3. With 90 Combo and 7 Power Charges, execute Falling Thunder to deal extremely high burst damage.

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