Best Monk Invoker build in Path of Exile 2

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Path of Exile 2 has received an initial release on December 6, 2024. There is a total of 12 distinct Classes, each granting its own uniqueness in the game. Unfortunately, the Classes in Path of Exile 2 are gender-locked, meaning you cannot choose the gender of a specific Class as it is predetermined. Selecting the best Invoker build is crucial at the early stages because gameplay depends on it. Explore the Invoker Build in Path of Exile 2 and see how he redefines gameplay! In this guide, we’ll discuss the Best Invoker Build in Path of Exile 2 including the best gear and passive skills to use.

Invoker build in Path of Exile 2 Explored

The Invoker Ascendancy specializes in Ice or Lightning damage and enhancing the skill damage. Invoker Looks like a strong choice for cast on critical builds but lacks some defensive capabilities and the quality of life nodes. This makes it a more damage-oriented Ascendancy choice in Path of Exile 2. It uses elemental magic in its attacks and utilizes abilities more than its counterpart in combat. We include Quarterstaff Strike, Storm Wave, and Orb of Storm in this Monk Invoker build to make your character’s capabilities stronger. Alternating Current and Harmonic Generator are the best passives that we also include for this build.

In this full overview of the setup, we will explain what skill gems and skill links should you focus on. Then as well, we’ll see what is the best gear and how to get it for both the leveling and midgame. And then finally we will go over the passive skill tree, stats, and your skill rotations, so we would be able to get the highest damage possible, and much more.

Invoker Build Pros	Invoker Build Cons
Elemental Damage Focus	Requires Elemental Ailments
Evasion Synergy	Less Healing and Recovery
Energy Shield	Complexity
Crowd Control
High Mobility

Best Invoker skills and support gems in Path of Exile 2

Here are all the best active skills and Support Gems for Invoker build in Path of Exile 2.

• Quarterstaff Strike
• Storm Wave
  • Upheaval (Support Gem)
  • Martial Tempo (Support Gem)
  • Primal Armament (Support Gem)
  • Lightning Infusion (Support Gem)
  • Heft (Support Gem)
• Orb of Storm
  • Overabundance (Support Gem)
  • Lightning Exposure (Support Gem)
• Charged Staff
  • Persistence (Support Gem)
  • Perpetual Charge (Support Gem)
  • Ruthless (Support Gem)
• Wind Dancer
  • Clarity (Support Gem)
  • Vitality (Support Gem)
• Herald of Thunder
  • Electrocute (Support Gem)
  • Concentrated Effect (Support Gem)
• Combat Frenzy
  • Profusion (Support Gem)
• Tempest Ball
  • Magnified Effect (Support Gem)
• Killing Palm
  • Behead (Support Gem)
• Blasphemy
  • Enfeeble (Support Gem)

Quarterstaff Strike

Strike with your Quarterstaff.

Storm Wave

Sweep your Quarterstaff, projecting a bolt of Lightning through the ground in a long wave ahead of you.

• Converts 80% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage
• Wave Length is 8 Metres
• Wave Width is 1 Metre

Additional effects from quality:

• Wave width is (0-1) metres

Upheaval (Support Gem)

Supports melee attacks which create fissures in the ground, causing them to create additional fissures at the cost of damage and attack speed.

• Supported Skills create 2 additional fissures
• Supported skills deal 40% less damage
• Supported Skills have 20% less attack speed

Martial Tempo (Support Gem)

Supports Attacks, causing them to attack power.

• Supported Skills have 25% more attack speed

Primal Armament (Support Gem)

Supports attacks that use a weapon, causing them to deal more weapon elemental damage.

• Supported skills deal 25% more weapon elemental damage

Lightning Infusion (Support Gem)

Supports attacks, causing them to gain lightning damage but deal less cold and fire damage.

• Supported attacks gain 25% of damage as extra lightning damage
• Supported attacks deal 50% less cold and fire damage

Heft (Support Gem)

Supports skills which deal damage, increasing the maximum physical damage of their hits.

• Supported Skills have 30% more maximum physical damage

Orb of Storms

Creates an Orb of electricity that fires Chaining Lightning bolts at nearby enemies.

• Deals 3 to 9 Lightning Damage
• Chains 3 Times
• Fires a bolt every 3.4 seconds, and when you use a Lightning Skill near the Orb
• Orb disappears after 12 bolts
• Orb radius is 2.8 metres
• Orb duration is 10 seconds
• Limit 1 Orb of Storms

Additional effects from quality:

• Chains (0–3) Times

 Overabundance (Support Gem)

Supports skills which can have a limited number of effects active at once, increasing that limit at the cost of their duration. Only applies to restrictions that use the word “Limit”.

• Supported skills have +1 to Limit
• Supported Skills have 50% less skill effect duration

Lightning Exposure (Support Gem)

Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing it to deal less damage but inflict lightning exposure when it shocks an enemy.

• Supported skills inflict lightning exposure for 8 seconds on shocking an enemy
• Supported skills deal 25% less damage

Charged Staff

Consume all Power Charges to infuse your Quarterstaff with electricity adding Lightning damage and a Lightning shockwave to your Quarterstaff Attacks. Reusing the skill while the buff is active grants additional duration and damage.

• Buff grants 1 to 6 added Quarterstaff Attack Lightning
• Damage per Power Charge consumed, up to your maximum Power Charges
• Buff duration is 6 seconds per Power Charge consumed.

CHARGED SHOCKWAVE

Attack Damage: 73%

• Convert 80% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage
• Wave length is 5 metres

Additional effects from quality:

•  0(0-20)% Increased Skill effect duration

Persistence (Support Gem)

Supports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer

• Supported Skills have 40% more skill effect duration

Perpetual Charge (Support Gem)

Supports skills that consume power, frenzy, or endurance charge in use, giving them a chance not to remove each charge while still gaining the benefits of consuming them.

• Supported Skills have a 35% chance to not remove charges but still count as consuming them

Ruthless (Support Gem)

Supports attacks, causing repeated uses to be more effective at stunning enemies.

• Every fifth use of supported attacks causes 500% move stun buildup

Wind Dancer

rants a buff that gives you more Evasion per stage. Being hit by a Melee Attack while you have this buff consumes all stages to damage and Knock Back enemies around you.

• 3 Maximum Stages
• Gain a Stage every 1.5 seconds
• 15% More Evasion rating per stage
• On being Hit by a Melee Attack, consume all Stages to Tigger Gale Force

Additional effects from quality:

• 0(0-1)% Maximum Stages

Clarity (Support Gem)

Supports persistent buff skills, causing you to gain increased mana regeneration while the skill is active.

• 30% increased mana regeneration rate while a supported skill is active

Vitality (Support Gem)

Supports persistent buff skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the skill is active.

• Regenerate 1% of Life per second while a supported skill is active

Herald of Thunder

While active, killing Shocked enemies with Attack damage will cause subsequent Attack hits to release lightning bolts which deal Attack damage to all surrounding enemies.

• Attack Damage: 92%
• Bolt Impact Radius is 1.6 Metres
• 100% of Bolt Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage

Electrocute (Support Gem)

Supports any skill which can deal damage. Lightning damage from supported skills can inflict electrocute but supported skills deal less damage.

• Lightning damage from supported skills contributes to electrocution buildup
• Supported skills deal 40% less damage

Concentrated Effect (Support Gem)

Supports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher.

• Supported Skills have 50% less area of effect
• Supported skills deal 40% more area damage

Combat Frenzy

While active, grants you a Frenzy Charge when you Freeze, Electrocute, or Pin an enemy. This can only occur once every few seconds.

• Gain a Frenzy Charge when you Freeze, Electrocute, or Pin an enemy, no more than once every 6.3 seconds

Additional effects from quality:

• 0(0-20)% Chance to gain an additional Charge

Profusion (Support Gem)

Supports skills that can generate charges, giving them a chance to generate an additional charge when they do so.

• Support skills have a 50% chance to grant an additional charge

Tempest Bell

Build a combo by successfully striking enemies with other skills. After reaching maximum combo, use this skill to cause the Bell on your staff to grow to a massive size as you drop it on the ground. The Bell damages enemies on impact and can be hit by your skills, creating a damaging shockwave. Elemental Ailments applied to the Bell cause its shockwaves to deal extra damage of the corresponding type and hits which would have caused knockback to increase the area of effect of the shockwaves.

• Deals (18601)% more damage per Elemental Ailment afflicting the Bell (18602)% of physical damage converted to the corresponding damage type of each Elemental Ailment afflicting the Bell.
• Requires 4 combo to use
• Lose combo if you generate no combo for 8 seconds
• Limit 1 Bell

Magnified Effect (Support Gem)

Supports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.

• Supported Skills have 40% more area of effect

Killing Palm

Dash to an enemy and strike them with an unarmed attack, culling enemies if their life is low enough. Each enemy killed by this strike grants a power charge. Enemies around you that can be Culled will be highlighted. This skill always strikes with your bare fist, even if you have a Quarterstaff equipped.

• 5 to 9 added attack physical damage
• Culling Strike
• Can’t be evaded
• +700% to critical hit chance

Behead (Support Gem)

Supports strike skills, causing them to steal modifiers from rare monsters they kill.

• Killing blows from supported strike skills against rare monsters grant one of their modifiers for 20 seconds

Blasphemy

Turns socketed curse skills into vile auras, applying their effects to all nearby enemies.

• Socketed curse skills apply in an Aura around you
• Reserves 60 spirits per socketed curse

Enfeeble (Support Gem)

Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, making them deal less damage.

• Curse applies after a 1-second delay
• Curse duration is 6 seconds
• Curse radius is 1.5 meters
• Cursed normal, magic, or rare enemies deal 20% less damage
• Cursed unique enemies deal 10% less damage

Best Invoker Stat Priorities

Invoker in Path of Exile 2 refers to a character focused on agility, melee combat, and sometimes elemental damage. Your stats are crucial in every aspect as your gameplay mostly depends on them. Prioritize attack speed, critical strikes, and damage modifiers to deliver fast and devastating melee attacks while maintaining agility and precision.

Regular stats

• Dexterity
• Intelligence
• Strength

The Invoker is a Dexterity/Intelligence hybrid class, meaning you need to reserve some attacks through evasion. The ones that you use will be steeped by your energy shield. As a melee fighter, you want to be a tank with a few hits, making Strength stat crucial as well. Dexterity boosts your attack speed, accuracy, and evasion, and Strength on the other hand grants added melee damage and life scaling. Intelligence is optional and you can consider it when using elemental skills or auras that require Intelligence.

Defensive stats

• Energy shield
• Evasion
• Life leech

This Invoker build focuses on agility, evasion, and mobility, making it defense-oriented around avoiding hits. Evasion is the primary defense for neglecting attacks, so you need to look for evasion nodes on the passive tree with a high evasion rating. Enhance your Life pool to tackle hits that cross evasion. Aim for the Life nodes in the passive tree and gear with enhanced Life. Energy Shield adds an extra layer of defense to your character, enhancing survivability in combat. Make sure to equip hybrid evasion/energy shield gear.

Offensive stats

• Physical damage
• Elemental damage
• Cold damage

Physical damage is the primary damage type for most Invoker-style melee skills. With enhanced physical damage stats, you’ll be dealing massive damage and killing enemies with 2~3 hits. Lightning damage adds fire, lightning, and cold damage for elemental “fists.” The enhanced cold damage allows you to freeze enemies in a place, dealing massive damage with your attacks.

Best Invoker Passive Skills

Path of Exile 2 offers passive skill nodes that we recommend to grab when you got a chance because they’re highly effective. The Invoker has stronger early options for the passive skill, enhancing the initial survivability. However, if you want to min-max more, they are easily respec-ed. You will get a massive boost to both attack power and attack rate without depending on flasks. Consider picking notable passives in the star-shaped cluster from your starting point.

• Immortal Thirst- 15% increased maximum energy shield, 25% increased amount of mana leeched
• Alternating Current- 20% increased magnitude of shock you inflict. 25% increased mana regeneration rate if you have shocked an enemy recently
• Harmonic Generator- 40% increased magnitude of shock you inflict with critical hits. 25% increased critical hit chance against shocked enemies
• General Electric- 40% increased to shock. 5% increased attack and cast speed with lightning skills.
• Echoing Thunder- 30% increased elemental damage if you’ve shock an enemy recently.
• Alternating Current- 20% increased magnitude of shock you inflict. 25% increased mana regeneration rate if you have shocked an enemy recently.
• Herald Damage- 12% increased damage while affected by a Herald.
• Enhanced Reflexes- 8% increased Dexterity. 30% increases evasion rating.
• Falcon Technique- 1% increased attack speed per 15 Dexterity.
• Killer Instinct- 30% increased attack damage when on full life, 50% increased attack damage when on low life

How Skill Tree is Set in POE2

For most new players, the passive skill tree is extremely daunting but actually, it’s quite simple. A character is granted one passive skill point every time they level up and are sometimes even granted more from completing certain quests. In extremely simple we have the intelligence section which focuses on spell damage, summoning, and elemental damage.

Next, we have the Dexterity section which is more focused on ranged combat, evasion, and speed. At the bottom left, we have the Strength section which is more melee and defense-oriented. Next, we’ve passive nodes and they are split into two categories. The small passives that grant minor bonuses such as a small increase in attack speed, spell damage, melee damage, or attributes.

Second, we’ve notable passives. These are larger passive points that grant greater bonuses than the smaller ones but they have stats on them that are often closely related to the small passives leading up to them. Think of these as checkpoints to work towards. On top of this, we have a third passive point but is not entirely compared to the two others. For the third one, we have the keystones which are build changing character defining that often provide a massive amount of power with a downside. However, these downsides can be reduced or worked towards.

Following a specific setup is extremely useful and understanding the passive skill tree can make or break your character. Investing more time in this specific section will definitely upgrade your knowledge of the game.

Best Invoker Gear

Gear in Path of Exile 2 is crucial for any build, including your Invoker build. The Gear determines how strong and survivable your build will be in combat. Gear in the Invoker build allows you to handle the tougher battle in Path of Exile 2. Armour reduces fire damage, lightning damage, and cold damage that you take in combat.

Gear Slot	Gear	Requirement	Effect
Main Hand Weapon	Advanced Slicing Quarterstaff	59 level, 42 int., 105 dex.	Adds (12-19) to (22-32) physical damage to attacks (48-71)% increased elemental damage with attacks (65-84)% increased physical damage +3 to level of all melee skills (26-28)% increased attack speed (35-28) increases critical hit chance
Helmet	Advanced Hewn Mask	45 level, 46 int., 46 dex.	+(100-119) to maximum Life +(90-104) to maximum Mana (35-38)% increased critical hit chance +(36-40)% to fire resistance +(20-23)% chaos resistance
Body Armour	Advanced Full Plate	59 level, 122 str	+(175-189) to maximum Life +(43-46) to Spirit (45-50)% increased armour +(26-30)% to Fire Resistance +(36-40)% to Cold Resistance +(36-40) to Lightning Resistance
Belt	Heavy Belt	50 level	(20-30)% increased Stun Threshold +(150-174) to maximum Life +(225-255) to armour +2 Charm Slots +(34-36) to Strength
Gloves	Advanced Bolstered Mitts	55 level, 88 str	+(150-174) to maximum Life (39-44)% increased armour +1 to the level of all Melee Skills (14-16)% increased attack speed +(36-40)% to Cold Resistance
Boots	Advanced Bronze Greaves	51 level, 88 str	35% increased movement speed +(150-174) to maximum Life (45-50)% increases armor +(26-30)% to Fire Resistance +(20-23)% to Chaos Resistance +(36-40)% to Lightning Resistance
Ring 1	Ruby Ring	8 level	+(20-30) to fire resistance
Ring 2	Sapphire Ring	12 level	+(20-30) to cold resistance
Amulet	Lapis Amulet	8 level	+(10-15) to Intelligence

How to Play Invoker in Path of Exile 2

Invoker in Path of Exile 2 involves high mobility along with mastering a fluid. It is a damage-focused class that uses Quarterstaves for better speed, range, and damage modifiers. Apply ailments by focusing on lightning and cold skills. Use Energy Shield for sustainability and Evasion to dodge attacks. The nodes near the Shadow starting area are Lightning and Cold Damage Nodes, boosting skill effectiveness. Prefer maximizing elemental damage and critical strikes when fighting bosses in combat.

Use the gear that focuses on elemental damage and Critical Strike Chance along with the Evasion and Energy Shield. Equip the weapons that boost lightning, cold damage, or critical damage. Use rings and amulets to enhance elemental ailment effectiveness. Prioritize equipping Armor with Evasion stats and Energy Shield. Dodge heavy attacks by utilizing mobility and carry flask to maximize elemental resistance.

If you’re looking to excel as an Invoker in Path of Exile 2, then focus on agility, elemental power, and strategic ability. Invoker specializes in Ice or Lightning damage and enhancing the skill damage. Invokers change into Unbound Avatars that deal additional damage and enhance the ailments inflicted on foes.

Best Monk Invoker Build in Path of Exile 2 Summary

FAQs about Best Monk Invoker build in Path of Exile 2 (POE 2)?

How important is gear for my Invoker build?

Gear in Path of Exile 2 is crucial for any build, including your Invoker build. The Gears determine how strong and survivable your build will be in combat. Gear in the Invoker build allows you to handle the tougher battle in Path of Exile 2, so always focus on improving gear through crafting, buying, or farming.

How do I acquire Invoker’s new skills?

Getting new skills involves obtaining skill gems that you can socket into the equipment to grant corresponding abilities. You can obtain the skill gems while progressing through the campaign or you can purchase the skill gems from the vendors. Use the support gems to increase the strengthen the effects of your primary skills.

Can I respec my Invoker build if I make a mistake?

Yes, you can respec your Invoker build by refunding passive skill points through The Hooded One, an NPC located in the Clearfell Encampment. Complete the “Sorrow Among Stones” quest in Act 1, to unlock this feature. However, it will take you 2 to 5 hours, depending on your pace.

What’s the best way to level up the Invoker build quickly?

The best way to level up the Invoker build quickly is by selecting skills, and equipment, and employing synergistic combat techniques. Enhance your gear and equipment and optimize the skill gem selection. 

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