Overview
Martialbreaker is a 0.5 league starter that fuses Facebreaker, Hollow Palm Technique, and the brand new Martial Artist monk ascendancy. The hook is Hollow Form Technique, the channeled skill that spawns astral clones at 70% of the player’s base attack speed; the clones cast a socketed melee attack, which lets Rolling Slam dodge its own 1-second flat attack time. Each clone fires both slams in its short lifetime, banking roughly 815% damage per clone before scaling.
Because Hollow Palm is active, the build can mix mace skills (Rolling Slam, Forge Hammer, Sunder, Hammer of the Gods) with quarter staff skills (Tempest Bell, Killing Palm, Whirling Assault) without needing to swap weapon sets. Facebreaker provides the flat physical for the mace half while Hollow Palm’s strength-scaling line doubles the quarter staff side. Power charges feed Hollow Form’s clone multiplier through a Tempest Bell + combo + Charge Infusion stack, with Red Flare Conduit as a single-target safety net.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Rolling Slam through Hollow Form bypasses the unscalable 1s attack time, turning a slow skill into a 2.4+ clones-per-second engine
- Facebreaker plus Hollow Palm Technique double-dips: mace skills scale on Facebreaker flat physical while quarter staff skills scale on the strength multiplier
- Stun-heavy core (Forge Hammer fissures, Sunder, Heavy Stun threshold) unlocks Mountain’s Teachings stacks for both damage and damage taken
- Tempest Bell now caps at three concurrent bells with ancestrally-boosted scaling, giving real single-target throughput
Cons
- Channeling Hollow Form locks movement, so screen awareness during dense rituals or breach packs is critical
- Power charge sustain is busy on a low budget — Charge Infusion, Perpetual Charge, and Red Flare Conduit are all needed before the build feels fluid
- Way of the Stone Fist effect on Facebreaker is unconfirmed; if the conversion strips the flat physical, the loadout has to pivot
- Strength stacking (~400-500) is needed to hit the projected Hollow Palm multiplier, which gates a chunk of the gear budget
Key Skills
- Hollow Form Technique — channeled clone generator socketed with Rolling Slam, the build’s primary damage source
- Rolling Slam — the socketed mace skill that clones cast for the 272% + 543% slam payload
- Tempest Bell — power-charge generator via combo plus Alith Chimes, three concurrent bells in 0.5
- Forge Hammer + Infernal Cry — armor-break fissure setup for boss single target
- Sunder + Hammer of the Gods — heavy-stun pop that adds Sundered Armor and a glory-triggered burst window
- Killing Palm — clear-speed dash that delivers guaranteed power charges
Gear & Anointments
Facebreaker gloves are the obvious target, contingent on Way of the Stone Fist preserving the flat physical roll. Hollow Palm Technique demands stacked evasion and energy shield on armor, which the new Fist of Stone bonuses help cover. The creator’s preferred ascendancy path is Way of the Mountain, Marshall Master, and Hollow Form Technique with Way of the Stone Fist as the fourth point, falling back to Runic Meridians if the glove conversion underwhelms. Specific anoints and unique fillers will be confirmed against the source video as launch lands.
Endgame Notes
The build is steered around heavy stunning bosses — Rolling Slam’s second slam adds 50% more damage to heavy-stunned enemies, Forge Hammer fissures proc on every slam, and Hammer of the Gods is triggered for free on every unique stun. Way of the Mountain layers Mountain’s Teachings on top, giving 15% more damage per stack on attacks and 40% less damage from incoming hits under the 30% life threshold. Mobalytics guide is being maintained in parallel with the stream for live updates.
Credits & Source
Build credited to Woolie. See the source video for the full Hollow Form + Rolling Slam math walkthrough and Tempest Bell power-charge plan: MARTIALBREAKER - Facebreaker x Martial Artist Leaguestarter (PoE2 0.5 Ancients).