Monk vs Sorceress
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The Monk is a Dexterity/Intelligence class (7/11/11 Str/Dex/Int) that starts with a Wrapped Quarterstaff; the Sorceress is an Intelligence class (7/7/15) that starts with an Ashen Staff. They begin at different points of the passive tree. Across their ascendancies the biggest differences are spells (1 vs 9 nodes), chaos (5 vs 0 nodes) and mana (1 vs 6 nodes). Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.
Side by side
| Monk | Sorceress | |
|---|---|---|
| Attributes | Str7 Dex11 Int11 | Str7 Dex7 Int15 |
| Trait | Trained to evade incoming attacks | Natural resilience to elements |
| Starts with |  Wrapped Quarterstaff |  Ashen Staff |
| First skill gem |  Falling Thunder |  Spark |
| Gems that need its weapon | 20 (quarterstaff) | 0 (staff) |
| Ascendancies |  Martial Artist Invoker Acolyte of Chayula |  Stormweaver Chronomancer Disciple of Varashta |
Their ascendancies' nodes by theme
| Nodes about… | Monk | Sorceress |
|---|---|---|
| Minions | – | 4 |
| Spells | 1 | 9 |
| Melee | 2 | – |
| Projectiles | 1 | – |
| Attack speed | 4 | 1 |
| Critical hits | 6 | 4 |
| Fire | – | 2 |
| Cold and freeze | 2 | 6 |
| Lightning and shock | 4 | 5 |
| Chaos | 5 | – |
| Physical | 1 | – |
| Elemental | 5 | 3 |
| Life | 3 | 4 |
| Energy shield | 7 | 5 |
| Mana | 1 | 6 |
| Armour | 1 | 1 |
| Evasion | 5 | – |
| Resistances | 4 | – |
| Spirit | 3 | – |
| Charges | 2 | – |
| Stun | 1 | – |
| Area of effect | 2 | 4 |
| Cooldowns | – | 3 |
| Leech | 2 | – |
| Strength stacking | 1 | – |
| Dexterity stacking | 1 | – |
| Intelligence stacking | 1 | – |
Nodes of all the class's ascendancies added up; each ascendancy's own counts are on its page.
Monk ascendancies
- Martial Artistattack speed 2, critical hits 2 and energy shield 2
- Invokercritical hits 4, elemental 4 and energy shield 4
- Acolyte of Chayulachaos 5, life 3 and resistances 3
Invoker vs Martial Artist · Acolyte of Chayula vs Martial Artist · Acolyte of Chayula vs Invoker
Sorceress ascendancies
- Stormweavercold and freeze 5, lightning and shock 5 and spells 3
- Chronomancerspells 3, area of effect 3 and cooldowns 3
- Disciple of Varashtaminions 4, energy shield 4 and spells 3
Chronomancer vs Stormweaver · Disciple of Varashta vs Stormweaver · Chronomancer vs Disciple of Varashta
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