Monk

Difficulty 2/3Physical element iconPhysicalArcane element iconArcane

A bare-fisted fighter. Strings of blows, dodges and chi instead of mana.

Unlock the Monk with the achievement Way of the Fist: Defeat 50 elites in total. Unlocks the Monk.

Base stats

Health105
Armor1
Move speed5.6
Health regen / s0
Mana100
Mana regen / s1
Critical chance10%
Pickup range2.9
Damage multiplier×1

At a glance

  • 105 health, armor 1, 15% dodge
  • Strings of blows: the final finishing blow hits an area
  • Dodging grants brief invulnerability and a counter
  • Chi instead of mana: builds from hits, fades outside combat
  • Weapon: Fists
  • Ultimate: Thousand Fists

Starting weapon: Fists iconFists

Ultimates

Pick one of the two before a run, on the class card.

Thousand Fists iconThousand Fists

For 2.6 s the monk's phantoms fall on every enemy in the circle and strike in strings, while you are invulnerable; at the end a shockwave knocks everyone back.

Available from the start.

Lotus Bloom iconLotus Bloom

For 4 s a golden lotus surrounds you: you heal 45% health, enemies are pushed out of its petals, projectiles inside it die out.

Unlock this ultimate with the achievement Monk: Second Ultimate: Survive 8 minutes as Monk on any map. Unlocks ultimate: Lotus Bloom.

Class weapons and skills

Class passives

Evolutions for this class

WeaponPassiveEvolutionSuper-evolution
Fists iconFistsEvasion iconEvasionThousand Hands–
Dragon Fist iconDragon FistMight iconMightHeavenly Dragon–
Mountain Strike iconMountain StrikeVitality iconVitalityTrembling Earth–
Seven Points iconSeven PointsPrecision iconPrecisionTouch of Nothingness–
Hand of Thunder iconHand of ThunderAttack Speed iconAttack SpeedHand of the Storm–
Ice Lotus iconIce LotusMana Spring iconMana SpringEternal Lotus–

Talent tree

Talents are bought with points earned by playing the class. The trunk is open to every path; past the trunk you commit to one of the three paths.

Trunk

Open to every path.

TierTalentEffectRanksCost
1Fortitude talent iconFortitude+5% health per level.31
1Practice talent iconPractice+4% damage per level.31

Flow path emblemFlow

Don't stand where the blow lands: every dodge is a counter.

TierTalentEffectRanksCost
1Light Step talent iconLight Step+8% dodge and +5% speed, but −1 armor.11
2Fluid Strike talent iconFluid StrikeAfter a dodge for 2 s: +12% damage per level.21
3Counter Wave talent iconCounter WaveEvery dodge releases a wave around you that damages and knocks back, and grants 8 chi.12
4Wind Dance talent iconWind DanceEvery dodge grants a stack (up to 5, fade after 3 s): +4% dodge and +6% speed per stack.13

Iron Body path emblemIron Body

Stand in the middle of the horde and take every hit.

TierTalentEffectRanksCost
1Iron Skin talent iconIron Skin+3 armor and +10% health, but −5% dodge and −8% speed.11
2Tempering talent iconTemperingEvery hit taken grants 3 chi per level.21
3Dragon's Breath talent iconDragon's BreathAt full chi: +3 health per second and +2 armor.12
4Unshakable talent iconUnshakableA blow that reaches you rebounds in a wave around you (once per 1.5 s). Below 30% health the wave is twice as strong.13

Chi Master path emblemChi Master

Chi never fades, and the ultimate returns faster and heals.

TierTalentEffectRanksCost
1Inner Fire talent iconInner FireChi does not fade outside combat, but strikes grant 10% less of it.11
2Focus talent iconFocus+12% chi from hits per level.21
3Healer's Hand talent iconHealer's HandThe ultimate heals 25% health.12
4Endless Hail talent iconEndless HailThe ultimate returns 40% chi, and chi flows faster (+40% cap per second).13