Acolyte of Chayula vs Invoker

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Acolyte of Chayula and Invoker are both Monk ascendancies. Acolyte of Chayula has 10 notables and 10 small passives, mostly about chaos (5), life (3) and resistances (3). Invoker has 9 notables and 10 small passives, mostly about critical hits (4), elemental (4) and energy shield (4). The biggest differences: chaos (5 vs 0), critical hits (0 vs 4) and evasion (0 vs 4). Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.

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Acolyte of Chayula

10 notables · 10 small

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  Archon of ChayulaNotable

  Grants skill Archon of ChayulaBuild Glory by dealing Chaos damage to enemies. When you have maximum Glory, you can entreat the Dreamer to inhabit you, briefly becoming his Archon.
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  Chayula's GiftNotable

  +10% to Maximum Chaos Resistance

  Chaos Resistance is doubled
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  Deepening ShadowsNotable

  1% increased maximum Darkness per 1% Chaos Resistance
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  Embrace the DarknessNotable

  You have no Spirit

  Base Maximum Darkness is 100

  Damage taken is Reserved from Darkness before being taken from Life or Energy Shield

  Darkness Reservation lasts for 5 seconds

  +10 to Maximum Darkness per Level
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  Grasp of the VoidNotable

  Grants skill Void IllusionWhile active, creates a short-lived illusory copy of yourself whenever you dodge roll. The copy can be damaged by enemies, and copies that are destroyed by an enemy will cause damaging explosions. Copies created this way have 1 Life.
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  Inner TurmoilNotable

  Gain 1 Volatility on inflicting an Elemental Ailment

  Take no Damage from Volatility
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  Lucid DreamingNotable · choose one option

  Choose one of 3 options:

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    Choice of Life

    Remnants you create have 50% increased effect

    Remnants can be collected from 50% further away

    All Flames of Chayula that you manifest are Red
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    Choice of Mana

    Remnants you create have 50% increased effect

    Remnants can be collected from 50% further away

    All Flames of Chayula that you manifest are Blue
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    Choice of Power

    Remnants you create have 50% increased effect

    Remnants can be collected from 50% further away

    All Flames of Chayula that you manifest are Purple
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  Sap of NightmaresNotable

  Leech recovers based on Chaos Damage as well as Physical Damage
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  UnravellingNotable

  Grants Unravelling
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  Waking DreamNotable

  Grants skill Into the BreachCreate a Breach around you, allowing you to see nearby Flames of Chayula. You are considered to be in a Breach while this skill is active.

Small passives

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  Chaos Damage×2

  11% increased Chaos Damage
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  Chaos Resistance

  +7% to Chaos Resistance
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  Damage as Chaos

  Gain 4% of Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
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  Darkness×2

  10% increased maximum Darkness
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  Leech

  11% increased amount of Life Leeched

  11% increased amount of Mana Leeched
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  Skill Speed×2

  4% increased Skill Speed
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  Volatility

  10% chance to gain Volatility on Kill

Invoker

9 notables · 10 small

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  ...and I Shall RageNotable

  Grants skill Unbound AvatarGain Unbound Fury by inflicting Elemental Ailments with Hits on enemies. Once you reach maximum Unbound Fury, consume it to become Unbound for a duration, vastly augmenting your Elemental prowess.
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  ...and Protect me from HarmNotable

  Physical Damage Reduction from Armour is based on your combined Armour and Evasion Rating

  35% less Evasion Rating
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  ...and Scatter Them to the WindsNotable

  Trigger Elemental Expression on Melee Critical Hit

  Grants skill Elemental ExpressionCreate a fiery explosion, an arcing bolt of lightning, or an icy wave of projectiles. The chance for an explosion is proportional to your Strength, for a bolt proportional to your Dexterity, and for a wave proportional to your Intelligence.
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  Faith is a ChoiceNotable

  Grants skill MeditateChannel to Recharge Energy Shield and allow that Recharge to Overflow. Channelling ends when you take damage or your Energy Shield is fully Overflowed.
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  I am the Blizzard...Notable

  Gain 10% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage

  On Freezing Enemies create Chilled Ground
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  I am the Thunder...Notable

  Gain 10% of Damage as Extra Lightning Damage

  25% chance on Shocking Enemies to created Shocked Ground
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  Lead me through Grace...Notable

  +1 to Spirit for every 8 Item Energy Shield on Equipped Body Armour

  +1 to Spirit for every 20 Evasion Rating on Equipped Body Armour

  Cannot gain Spirit from Equipment
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  Sunder my Enemies...Notable

  Critical Hits ignore non-negative Enemy Monster Elemental Resistances
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  The Soul Springs EternalNotable

  Meta Skills gain 35% more Energy

  Meta Skills have 50% increased Reservation Efficiency

Small passives

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  Chill Effect

  15% increased Magnitude of Chill you inflict
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  Critical Chance×2

  12% increased Critical Hit Chance
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  Elemental Damage×2

  12% increased Elemental Damage
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  Energy Shield Recharge Rate

  20% increased Energy Shield Recharge Rate
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  Evasion

  20% increased Evasion Rating
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  Evasion and Energy Shield

  15% increased Evasion Rating

  15% increased maximum Energy Shield
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  Shock Effect

  15% increased Magnitude of Shock you inflict
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  Triggered Spell Damage

  Triggered Spells deal 16% increased Spell Damage

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