Overview
This build plays Martial Artist as a fast, mobile melee Monk. Pounce opens every fight, Devour deals the damage and builds charges, and the Martial Artist utility skills Hollow Focus and Hollow Form add blind, movement and cooldown recovery. The idea is never to stand still and trade hits. You jump in, blind and slow the pack, burst it and move on.
Blasphemy with Temporal Chains slows everything around you, so melee range is safer. Wind Dancer and Ghost Dance add evasion and recovery on top. The creator rates it 4/5 for league start, bossing, mapping and scaling. It scales with attack speed, crit, charges and cooldown recovery.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- High mobility and fast engagement with Pounce
- Blind and Temporal Chains make melee combat safer
- Steady charge generation keeps damage up
- Active, movement-based gameplay
Cons
- Needs good positioning; boss mechanics cannot be face-tanked
- Feels clunky until cooldown recovery and charge generation are online
- The video gives skill links only, with no specific unique or gear list
Key Skills
- Devour — main damage and charge generation with Charge Profusion, Blazing Critical and Rage
- Pounce — engage and mark priority targets
- Hollow Focus — blind, culling and Living Lightning utility
- Hollow Form — Martial Artist mobility and pressure skill
- Blasphemy + Temporal Chains — slowing curse aura
Gear & Anointments
Prioritise attack speed, melee damage, crit, charges, cooldown recovery, evasion, life and resistances. Specific uniques to be confirmed against the source video and the creator’s linked written guide.
Credits & Source
Build credited to RNGenius. See the source video for the full build’s gameplay footage + voice commentary: HOLLOW FORM MARTIAL ARTIST BUILD GUIDE | PATH OF EXILE 2 PATCH 0.5.5.