Monk vs Warrior
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The Monk is a Dexterity/Intelligence class (7/11/11 Str/Dex/Int) that starts with a Wrapped Quarterstaff; the Warrior is a Strength class (15/7/7) that starts with a Wooden Club and a Splintered Tower Shield. They begin at different points of the passive tree. Across their ascendancies the biggest differences are armour (1 vs 9 nodes), melee (2 vs 9 nodes) and energy shield (7 vs 0 nodes). Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.
Side by side
| Monk | Warrior | |
|---|---|---|
| Attributes | Str7 Dex11 Int11 | Str15 Dex7 Int7 |
| Trait | Trained to evade incoming attacks | Knockback opponents when attacking |
| Starts with |  Wrapped Quarterstaff |  Wooden Club Splintered Tower Shield |
| First skill gem |  Falling Thunder |  Rolling Slam |
| Gems that need its weapon | 20 (quarterstaff) | 20 (one hand mace, shield) |
| Ascendancies |  Martial Artist Invoker Acolyte of Chayula |  Titan Warbringer Smith of Kitava |
Their ascendancies' nodes by theme
| Nodes about… | Monk | Warrior |
|---|---|---|
| Minions | – | 1 |
| Companions | – | 1 |
| Spells | 1 | 1 |
| Melee | 2 | 9 |
| Projectiles | 1 | – |
| Attack speed | 4 | – |
| Critical hits | 6 | – |
| Fire | – | 2 |
| Cold and freeze | 2 | – |
| Lightning and shock | 4 | – |
| Chaos | 5 | – |
| Physical | 1 | 1 |
| Elemental | 5 | – |
| Totems | – | 4 |
| Block and shields | – | 4 |
| Life | 3 | 5 |
| Energy shield | 7 | – |
| Mana | 1 | – |
| Armour | 1 | 9 |
| Evasion | 5 | – |
| Resistances | 4 | 5 |
| Spirit | 3 | 1 |
| Charges | 2 | – |
| Stun | 1 | 3 |
| Area of effect | 2 | 2 |
| Cooldowns | – | 1 |
| Leech | 2 | – |
| Warcries | – | 2 |
| Strength stacking | 1 | 4 |
| 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
Warrior ascendancies
- Titanmelee 5, stun 3 and life 2
- Warbringertotems 4, block and shields 4 and armour 4
- Smith of Kitavaresistances 5, melee 4 and armour 3
Titan vs Warbringer · Smith of Kitava vs Titan · Smith of Kitava vs Warbringer
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