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Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)

PoE 2 0.4 Monk Build - Chaos Caster Acolyte of Chayula

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Chaos Caster Acolyte of Chayula

This is a Chaos Caster Acolyte of Chayula Monk endgame build for mapping in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)'s The Last of the Druids Update. Check out the Chaos Caster Acolyte of Chayula Monk endgame build, including its gear, socketables, skills, and playstyle!

Chaos Caster Acolyte Build Summary

Korihor's Chaos Caster Acolyte Build

This is a Chaos Caster Acolyte build for 0.4.0 created by Korihor. The video linked above shows a full rundown, explanation, and demonstration of the build.

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Chaos Caster Acolyte Monk Build

Chaos Caster Acolyte
Chaos Caster Acolyte
Frost Bomb Icon Ice Nova Icon Despair Icon Blink Icon Cast on Critical Icon Siphon Elements Icon Thunderstorm Icon Life Remnants Icon Into the Breach Icon
Diablo 4 Build - Pro High AoE and Single-Target Damage

Diablo 4 Build - Pro High Elemental Resistances

Diablo 4 Build - Con Requires Life Sustain

This Chaos Caster Acolyte build focuses on Spell Casting with pure chaos damage conversion and critical strike amplification to utilize Cast on Critical. The build requires at least 150 Spirit to function with the Meta skills and Persistent skills.

Date Changes
01-13-2026 Created Chaos Caster Acolyte build page for endgame.

Chaos Caster Acolyte Equipment

Gear Modifiers
Chiming Staff IconChiming Staff
(Weapon Set 1)
・Increased Critical Chance for Spells
・Increased Spell Damage
・Increased Chaos Damage
・Maximum Mana
・Level to All Spell Skills
Volatile Wand IconVolatile Wand
(Weapon Set 2)
・% of Damage as Cold Damage
・Increased Spell Damage
・Increased Critical Strike Chance for Spells
・Maximum Mana
・Increased Cast Speed
・Life per Enemy Killed
Rattling Sceptre IconRattling Sceptre
(Weapon Set 2)
・Increased Spirit
・Maximum Mana
・Allies in your presence deal increased Damage
・Allies in your presence have increased Cast Speed
・Allies in your presence have +% to all Elemental Resistances
・Minions gain Maximum Life
Ancestral Tiara IconAncestral Tiara
(Helm)
・Increased Energy Shield
・Maximum
・Fire Resistance
・Cold Resistance
・Lightning Resistance
・Increased Rarity of Items Found
The Covenant Altar Robe IconThe Covenant Altar Robe
(Body Armor)
・Increased Energy Shield
・Maximum Life
・Spell Damage Leeched as Life
・Increased Life Cost Efficiency
MaligaroMaligaro's Virtuosity Fine Bracers
(Gloves)
・Increased Evasion Rating
・Increased Critical Strike Chance
・Increased Attack Speed
・Dexterity
・Your Critical Hit Chance cannot be Rerolled
・Critical Damage Bonus is 250%
Sekhema Sandals IconSekhema Sandals
(Boots)
・Lightning Resistance
・Increased Movement Speed
・Increased Energy Shield
・Maximum Energy Shield
・Increased Rarity of Items Found
・Increased effect of Socketed Items
Solar Amulet IconSolar Amulet
(Amulet)
・Level to All Spell Skills
・Increased Cast Speed
・Increased Maximum Energy Shield
・Spirit
・Increased Rarity of Items Found
Gold Ring IconGold Ring
(Ring 1)
・Remnants have increased effect
・Increased Chaos Damage
・Elemental Resistances
・Fire Resistance
・Increased Rarity of Items Found
Original Sin Amethyst Ring IconOriginal Sin Amethyst Ring
(Ring 2)
・Chaos Resistance
・Elemental Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
Ultimate Life Flask IconUltimate Life Flask
(Life Flask)
・Reduced Ammount Recovered
・Instant Recovery
・Increased Charges
Ultimate Mana Flask IconUltimate Mana Flask
(Mana Flask)
・Reduced Ammount Recovered
・Instant Recovery
・Increased Charges

Weapons

For your weapon, you will want to use a Staff to gain modifiers for spell casting. Make sure to have Chaos Damage, Spell Damage, and increased level to all Spell skills to maximize your damage. Lastly, get Critical Strike Chance to support the Cast on Critical Gem.

List of Weapons

Armor and Accessories

Focus on getting as much Energy Shield as possible on all of your armour pieces for primary defense. For your gloves, you will want the Maligaro's Virtuosity to support your Critical Hit Chance and Cast on Critical. Lastly, make sure to get Movement Speed and Elemental Resistances to round out your build.

List of Armors List of Accessories

Runes and Soul Cores

Equipment Sockets
Weapon
Armor

For your Staff, use Greater Vision Runes to increase the Critical Strike Chance for your spells. You will also want the Hedgewitch Assandra's Rune of Wisdom to add levels to your spell skills.

For your helmet, gloves, and boots, use Greater Iron, Storm, and Glacial Runes to increase your Energy Shield and elemental resistances. The Soul Core of Tacati is used for Chaos Resistance, while Fenumus' Rune of Draining is slotted in the gloves to increase the magnitude of Wither. Lastly, Tecrod's Gaze is used for Life Cost Efficiency.

For your body Armor, you'll want to stack Rabbit Idols on it for increased Rarity of Items found to help with farming.

List of Runes List of Soul Cores

Belts and Charms

Belt Modifiers
Soul Tether Long Belt IconSoul Tether Long Belt ・Maximum Energy Shield
・Intelligence
・Excess Life Recovery from Leech is applied to Energy Shield
・Increased Energy Shield Recovery Rate
Charm Options
Rite of Passage Golden Charm ImageRite of Passage Golden Charm Rite of Passage Golden Charm ImageRite of Passage Golden Charm Nascent Hope Thawing Charm ImageNascent Hope Thawing Charm

The Soul Tether unique belt is used to constantly keep your Energy Shield up, offering more defenses.

For your charms, two Rites of Passage Golden Charms are used for increased Rarity of Items found, but also to gain possession from the Spirit of the Bear and Spirit of the Primate. Lastly, the Nascent Hope Thawing Charm is used to gain charges when killing an enemy.

List of Belts List of Charms

Chaos Caster Acolyte Skills

All Active and Persistent Skills

Skill Support Gems
Frost Bomb IconFrost Bomb
Thunderstorm IconThunderstorm
Despair IconDespair
Cast on Critical IconCast on Critical
Ice Nova IconIce Nova
Into the Breach IconInto the Breach
Volatile Dead IconVolatile Dead
Blink IconBlink
Life Remnants IconLife Remnants
Skeletal Warrior IconSkeletal Warrior
Charge Regulation IconCharge Regulation
Siphon Elements IconSiphon Elements
Sacrifice IconSacrifice
Sigil of Power IconSigil of Power -

Into the Breach is an important skill that allows you to gain the Flames of Chayula. The slotted support skills on the skill allow you to increase their effectiveness and collect them from further away. Volatile Dead and Skeletal Warriors are gained from the Weapon Set 2 which allows you to gain volatility out of combat to prepare it for bosses.

Ice Nova is your main spell, along with Frost Bomb to trigger Cast on Critical, which houses Comet to provide an additional DPS spell. Thunderstorm will be your source of Shock to gain more damage.

Life Remnants are obtained through the Covenant Altar Robe. This skill allows you to regain life after killing an enemy.

List of Skills

Chaos Caster Acolyte Passive Tree

Passive Tree Progression

Ascendency Passive Nodes
Walking Dream, Lucid Dreaming, Chayula's Gift, and Inner Turmoil
Passive Nodes
Screenshot and video taken from Path of Building

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

When starting out the Tree, take the Energy Shield and obtain nodes related to increased Remnant Effect for damage from the Flames of Chayula. You also aim to build as much Critical Hit Chance as possible, specifically for Cast on Critical.

You will also want to invest in nodes that grant Skill Effect Duration as well as Chaos Damage. For your second weapon set, make sure to invest points into Unstable Bond for Volatility and nodes that grant Curse Magnitude to help against bosses.

To increase the damage of Comet from Cast on Critical, be sure to take Dynamism and Invocated Efficiency for damage scaling.

Passive Skill Tree Guide and List of Passives

Jewels

Note: The modifiers listed are arranged according to priority.

Heart of the Well Diamond Icon Heart of the Well Diamond ・Increased Critical Hit Chance
・Increased Critical Hit Chance for Spells
・Gain 13% of Damage as extra Chaos Damage
・15% of Leech is Instant
From Nothing Diamond Icon From Nothing Diamond ・Passives in Radius of Resonance can be allocated without being connected to your Tree.
Time-Lost Sapphire Icon Time-Lost Sapphire ・Notable Passive Skills in Radius also grant increased Critical Hit Chance
・Notable Passive Skills in Radius also grant increased Critical Hit Chance for Spells
・Notable Passive Skills in Radius also grant increased Withered Magnitude
・Small Passive Skills in Radius also grant increased Damage.

The From Nothing Diamond allows you to take Event Horizon and Spaghettification for chaos damage with a bonus of Critical Hit nodes. The Heart of the Well Diamond is important for the instant Life Leech modifier, which allows you to sustain your resource for the build.

Finally, the Time-Lost Sapphire grants Seeing Stars, Stylebender, Spell Haste, and Spellblade with bonuses from the jewel's modifiers for an additional push in damage.

List of Jewels

Chaos Caster Acolyte Playstyle and Skill Rotation

Chaos Caster Skill Rotation

The playstyle for the Chaos Caster Acolyte relies on preparing your Volatility and dropping buffs before casting your main spell. The rotation is as follows:

  1. Cast Volatile Dead to stack Volatility.
  2. Cast Sigil of Power, Despair, and Thunderstorm for damage buffs.
  3. Use Whirling Assault again to generate Power Charges.
  4. Cast Frost Bomb and Ice Nova to trigger Cast on Critical.

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