Acolyte of Chayula vs Martial Artist

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Acolyte of Chayula and Martial Artist are both Monk ascendancies. Acolyte of Chayula has 10 notables and 10 small passives, mostly about chaos (5), life (3) and resistances (3). Martial Artist has 8 notables and 8 small passives, mostly about attack speed (2), critical hits (2) and energy shield (2). The biggest differences: chaos (5 vs 0), life (3 vs 0) and resistances (3 vs 0). 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

Martial Artist

8 notables · 8 small

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  Hollow Focus TechniqueNotable

  Grants skill Hollow FocusWhile active, ethereal bells periodically appear near you. Your Hits immediately destroy the bells, creating a shockwave that damages nearby enemies and causes a Heavy Stun on enemies that are Primed for Stun. The bells are themselves always Primed for Stun, they can be Culled, and Hits against them are always Critical Hits.
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  Hollow Form TechniqueNotable

  Grants skill Hollow FormChannel to create fleeting images of your astral self near the target location. The images perform a Socketed Melee Attack once then vanish, targeting the closest enemy if possible. The images cannot perform Channelled Skills or Conditional Skills. Consuming a Power Charge creates additional images.
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  Hollow Resonance TechniqueNotable

  Grants skill Hollow ResonanceAttaches an ethereal bell to your back. Critical Hits with other Skills will cause the bell to ring out, damaging nearby enemies.
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  Martial AdeptNotable

  When you gain Combo, gain an additional Combo

  -0.2 seconds to current Energy Shield Recharge delay per Combo expended when using Skills
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  Martial MasterNotable

  Skills can build and retain Combo regardless of Weapon Set

  Gain Combo from all Attack Hits
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  Runic MeridiansNotable

  Can tattoo Runes onto your body, gaining

  additional Rune-only sockets:

  • 1 Helmet socket

  • 2 Body Armour sockets

  • 1 Gloves socket

  • 1 Boots socket
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  Way of the MountainNotable

  100% Surpassing chance per enemy Power to gain Mountain's Teachings on Immobilising an enemy, up to a maximum of 30

  Lose a Mountain's Teaching when you are Hit, or when you use or Sustain an Attack that benefits from Mountain's Teachings
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  Way of the StonefistNotable

  Gloves you equip have their Base Type transformed to Fists of Stone while equipped, and

  their Explicit Modifiers are transformed into more powerful related Modifiers

  Ignore Attribute Requirements to equip Gloves

Small passives

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  Additional Power Charge Chance

  10% chance when you gain a Power Charge to gain an additional Power Charge
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  Area of Effect×2

  8% increased Area of Effect
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  Attack Speed×2

  4% increased Attack Speed
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  Attributes

  +5 to all Attributes
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  Evasion and Energy Shield

  15% increased Evasion Rating

  15% increased maximum Energy Shield
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  Immobilisation Buildup

  20% increased Immobilisation buildup

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