Invoker vs Martial Artist

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Invoker and Martial Artist are both Monk ascendancies. Invoker has 9 notables and 10 small passives, mostly about critical hits (4), elemental (4) and energy shield (4). Martial Artist has 8 notables and 8 small passives, mostly about attack speed (2), critical hits (2) and energy shield (2). The biggest differences: elemental (4 vs 0), evasion (4 vs 1) and attack speed (0 vs 2). Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.

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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

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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