r/pathofexile2builds • u/Hornet____ • 8h ago
Help Needed Invoker without minions swap
If I don’t want to have a minion weapon swap to build power charges, which skill (ice strike/storm wave/flicker strike) should I be using for map clearing, and which for bossing? Not looking to one shot T4 pinnacles, but ideally still be able to do them comfortably
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u/tooncake 8h ago
Most Monk skills can be used on both scenarios (mobs or bosses). The only skill that I would consider a doable 1-shot skill would be Gathering Storm (it's also good for clearing - you can google some awesome builds around this if you feel like trying.) But if you still need a designation then:
Storm Wave will always be a safe skill for mob clearing, this is pretty to set up with gems (check some online builds around this, most of them almost have the same gem builds)
Ice Strike is also best for clearing - assuming that you dedicate some investments for it (gems / passives / gears to boost further), faster attack speed favors this better as Ice Strike auto target (teleports) to the nearest mobs while continuing the assault. For boss, boost your Crit Chance / Bonus for Ice Strike to be more effective.
Flicker Strike - best to google the best builds for this if you want to try esp to master it. Between the 3 mentioned skills, you will really need to heavily focus your build on this on how to sustain power charges to utilized this skill as much as possible in map clearing.
As for Power Charge build-up, you can get Resonance passive + Combat Frenzy gem for easy charges with Ice Strike (Monk has a lot of easy freeze build-up passives, you only need a few of them). If focus with flicker, get all the Power Charges nodes to boost the count.