The Thunderstorm is a highly effective skill for the Monk in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 94 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Shock, Efficiency II, Boundless Energy II. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Wildsurge Incantation, Desensitisation, Aspiring Genius on the skill tree.

Thunderstorm
(Monk) Builds
Sample size: 94 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 19:43:54 UTC
Below data represents gem links within this cohort. Selected main skills are strictly isolated.
★ Selected Main Skills
Other Active Skills & Auras
Flasks Distribution
Main Hand (Set I)
Top Bases / Uniques
Top Explicit Mods
# to Level of all [Physical|Physical] [Spell|Spell] Skills
53.2%
#% increased [Spell] Damage
30.9%
[Gain] #% of Damage as Extra [Fire] Damage
30.9%
[Gain] #% of Damage as Extra [Cold] Damage
23.4%
#% increased Cast Speed
22.3%
[Gain] #% of Damage as Extra [Lightning] Damage
22.3%
# to maximum Mana
21.3%
#% increased [Spell] [Physical] Damage
18.1%
#% increased [Critical|Critical Hit Chance] for [Spell|Spells]
17%
#% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
11.7%
Offhand (Set I)
Top Bases / Uniques
Top Explicit Mods
#% increased [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
26.6%
# to Level of all [Spell|Spell] Skills
24.5%
# to maximum [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
20.2%
# to maximum Mana
18.1%
# to all [Attributes|Attributes]
16%
#% reduced [LightRadius|Light Radius]
14.9%
Grants effect of [UniqueShrineChaos|Dreaming Gloom Shrine]
14.9%
[Allies|Allies] in your [Presence|Presence] deal # to # added [Attack|Attack] [Chaos] Damage
14.9%
[Gain] #% of Damage as Extra [Chaos] Damage
14.9%
#% increased Skill Effect Duration
13.8%
Helmet
Top Bases / Uniques
Top Explicit Mods
#% increased [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
45.7%
# to maximum [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
42.6%
# to maximum Mana
40.4%
#% increased [ItemRarity|Rarity of Items] found
30.9%
# to maximum Life
28.7%
# to [Intelligence|Intelligence]
24.5%
#% to [Resistances|Cold Resistance]
22.3%
#% to [Resistances|Lightning Resistance]
22.3%
#% to [Resistances|Fire Resistance]
19.1%
#% increased [Critical|Critical Hit] Chance
14.9%
Body Armour
Top Bases / Uniques
Top Explicit Mods
# to maximum [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
61.7%
#% increased [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
56.4%
#% to [Resistances|Cold Resistance]
43.6%
#% to [Resistances|Fire Resistance]
38.3%
#% to [Resistances|Lightning Resistance]
34%
# to [Spirit|Spirit]
23.4%
#% increased [ESRechargeRate|Energy Shield Recharge Rate]
23.4%
#% to [Resistances|Chaos Resistance]
20.2%
# Life Regeneration per second
13.8%
# to maximum Life
12.8%
Gloves
Top Bases / Uniques
Top Explicit Mods
#% increased [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
72.3%
#% to [Resistances|Cold Resistance]
62.8%
# to [Intelligence|Intelligence]
51.1%
#% increased [Critical|Critical Hit] Chance
46.8%
#% increased Mana Regeneration Rate if you've dealt a [Critical|Critical Hit] [Recently]
45.7%
Cannot Regenerate Mana if you haven't dealt a [Critical|Critical Hit] [Recently]
45.7%
# to maximum [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
25.5%
# to maximum Life
22.3%
# to maximum Mana
16%
#% increased [CriticalDamageBonus|Critical Damage Bonus]
14.9%
Boots
Top Bases / Uniques
Top Explicit Mods
#% increased Movement Speed
62.8%
#% increased [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
48.9%
#% to [Resistances|Lightning Resistance]
39.4%
#% to [Resistances|Fire Resistance]
38.3%
#% to [Resistances|Cold Resistance]
30.9%
#% to [Resistances|Chaos Resistance]
27.7%
# to maximum [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
21.3%
# to [StunThreshold|Stun Threshold]
18.1%
# to maximum Mana
14.9%
# to maximum Life
12.8%
Amulet
Top Bases / Uniques
Top Explicit Mods
# to Level of all [Spell|Spell] Skills
64.9%
# to [Spirit|Spirit]
44.7%
#% increased [ItemRarity|Rarity of Items] found
37.2%
#% increased maximum [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
34%
#% increased [Spell] Damage
28.7%
# to maximum [EnergyShield|Energy Shield]
26.6%
#% increased Cast Speed
26.6%
# to maximum Mana
22.3%
#% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
20.2%
#% to all [ElementalDamage|Elemental] [Resistances]
19.1%
Ring 1
Top Bases / Uniques
Top Explicit Mods
#% increased Cast Speed
51.1%
#% to all [ElementalDamage|Elemental] [Resistances]
50%
#% increased [ItemRarity|Rarity of Items] found
40.4%
# to maximum Mana
35.1%
#% to [Resistances|Fire Resistance]
33%
#% to [Resistances|Chaos Resistance]
27.7%
# to maximum Life
25.5%
#% increased [Spell] Damage
23.4%
#% increased [CriticalDamageBonus|Critical Spell Damage Bonus]
21.3%
#% to [Resistances|Lightning Resistance]
21.3%
Ring 2
Top Explicit Mods
#% increased [ItemRarity|Rarity of Items] found
41.5%
#% to [Resistances|Cold Resistance]
31.9%
#% to [Resistances|Fire Resistance]
31.9%
#% to [Resistances|Lightning Resistance]
30.9%
#% to all [ElementalDamage|Elemental] [Resistances]
30.9%
# to maximum Mana
29.8%
#% to [Resistances|Chaos Resistance]
28.7%
#% increased Cast Speed
27.7%
# to maximum Life
23.4%
Reflects opposite Ring
21.3%
Belt
Top Explicit Mods
Has # [Charm] Slots
97.9%
# to maximum Life
52.1%
# to [Strength|Strength]
39.4%
#% of [Flask|Flask] Recovery applied Instantly
39.4%
#% increased [StunThreshold|Stun Threshold]
34%
All [MagesLegacy|Mage's Legacies] have #% increased effect per duplicate [MagesLegacy|Mage's Legacy] you have
33%
# to [Dexterity|Dexterity]
30.9%
When you kill a [Rarity|Rare] monster, you gain its [MonsterModifiers|Modifiers] for # seconds
30.9%
Legacy of [LegacyOfBismuth|Bismuth]
27.7%
# to [Armour]
21.3%
Main Hand (Set II)
Top Bases / Uniques
Top Explicit Mods
# to maximum Mana
40.4%
#% increased [Spell] Damage
38.3%
#% increased Cast Speed
30.9%
[Gain] #% of Damage as Extra [Lightning] Damage
22.3%
[Gain] #% of Damage as Extra [Cold] Damage
16%
# to [Intelligence|Intelligence]
14.9%
#% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
14.9%
# to Level of all [Physical|Physical] [Spell|Spell] Skills
13.8%
#% increased [LightRadius|Light Radius]
13.8%
[Gain] #% of Damage as Extra [Fire] Damage
12.8%
Interactive Meta Heatmap
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Key Notables & Keystones
Wildsurge Incantation
(75)79.8%✕ Remove
Desensitisation
(74)78.7%✕ Remove
Aspiring Genius
(67)71.3%✕ Remove
Heavy Buffer
(64)68.1%✕ Remove
Enhanced Barrier
(64)68.1%✕ Remove
Barbaric Strength
(62)66%✕ Remove
Cut to the Bone
(57)60.6%✕ Remove
Dangerous Blossom
(56)59.6%✕ Remove
Mind Eraser
(55)58.5%✕ Remove
The Unseen Path
(54)57.4%✕ Remove
The Lesser Harm
(54)57.4%✕ Remove
Forced Outcome
(54)57.4%✕ Remove
Shredding Force
(53)56.4%✕ Remove
Relentless Vindicator
(53)56.4%✕ Remove
Entwined Realities
(53)56.4%✕ Remove
Calculated Hunter
(52)55.3%✕ Remove
Elemental Equilibrium
(52)55.3%✕ Remove
Bolstering Presence
(52)55.3%✕ Remove
Arcane Nature
(50)53.2%✕ Remove
Blackflame Covenant
(50)53.2%✕ Remove
Lasting Incantations
(50)53.2%✕ Remove
Blood Tearing
(50)53.2%✕ Remove
Power of the Storm
(49)52.1%✕ Remove
Vulgar Methods
(49)52.1%✕ Remove
Sudden Escalation
(48)51.1%✕ Remove
Comradery
(47)50%✕ Remove
Wasting Casts
(47)50%✕ Remove
Cower Before the First Ones
(45)47.9%✕ Remove
Illuminated Crown
(43)45.7%✕ Remove
Chronomancy
(35)37.2%✕ Remove
Stormbreaker
(33)35.1%✕ Remove
Dependable Ward
(32)34%✕ Remove
For the Jugular
(32)34%✕ Remove
Hallowed
(31)33%✕ Remove
Battle Fever
(30)31.9%✕ Remove
Controlling Magic
(27)28.7%✕ Remove
Radial Force
(25)26.6%✕ Remove
Pure Energy
(23)24.5%✕ Remove
Pain Attunement
(23)24.5%✕ Remove
Patient Barrier
(23)24.5%✕ Remove
Dampening Shield
(22)23.4%✕ Remove
Critical Overload
(21)22.3%✕ Remove
Practiced Signs
(21)22.3%✕ Remove
Raw Power
(21)22.3%✕ Remove
Final Barrage
(20)21.3%✕ Remove
Melding
(20)21.3%✕ Remove
True Strike
(20)21.3%✕ Remove
Breaking Point
(17)18.1%✕ Remove
Right Hand of Darkness
(17)18.1%✕ Remove
Alternating Current
(17)18.1%✕ Remove
General Electric
(17)18.1%✕ Remove
Cooked
(17)18.1%✕ Remove
Tempered Mind
(16)17%✕ Remove
Deadly Force
(16)17%✕ Remove
Efficient Casting
(16)17%✕ Remove
Crystalline Phylactery
(16)17%✕ Remove
Rupture the Soul
(16)17%✕ Remove
Eternal Life
(16)17%✕ Remove
Soulless Form
(16)17%✕ Remove
Harmonic Generator
(16)17%✕ Remove
Critical Exploit
(16)17%✕ Remove
Power Conduction
(15)16%✕ Remove
Affliction Enforcer
(15)16%✕ Remove
Insightfulness
(13)13.8%✕ Remove
Touch the Arcane
(13)13.8%✕ Remove
Overzealous
(12)12.8%✕ Remove
Mental Alacrity
(12)12.8%✕ Remove
Constricting
(12)12.8%✕ Remove
Boundless Growth
(11)11.7%✕ Remove
Throatseeker
(11)11.7%✕ Remove
Deadly Swarm
(10)10.6%✕ Remove
Ritual Cadence
(10)10.6%✕ Remove
Exhaust All Power
(10)10.6%✕ Remove
Arcane Intensity
(10)10.6%✕ Remove
Ancestral Bond
(10)10.6%✕ Remove
Turn the Clock Forward
(9)9.6%✕ Remove
Raw Mana
(9)9.6%✕ Remove
Crystallised Immunities
(9)9.6%✕ Remove
Potent Incantation
(9)9.6%✕ Remove
Devoted Protector
(9)9.6%✕ Remove
Preservation
(9)9.6%✕ Remove
Conduit
(9)9.6%✕ Remove
Essence of the Storm
(9)9.6%✕ Remove
Acceleration
(9)9.6%✕ Remove
Brain Storm
(9)9.6%✕ Remove
Ruin
(8)8.5%✕ Remove
Return to Nature
(8)8.5%✕ Remove
Tactical Retreat
(8)8.5%✕ Remove
Careful Assassin
(8)8.5%✕ Remove
Frantic Fighter
(8)8.5%✕ Remove
Roil
(8)8.5%✕ Remove
Chakra of Elements
(8)8.5%✕ Remove
Forces of Nature
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Reusable Ammunition
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Catapult
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Dreamcatcher
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Sacred Flow
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Escape Velocity
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Ruinic Helm
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Prolonged Assault
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Fearful Paralysis
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Paranoia
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Thrill of Battle
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Dominion
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Catalysis
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Full Salvo
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Conservative Casting
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Furious Wellspring
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Crystal Elixir
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Ricochet
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Wisdom of the Maji
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Remorseless
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Proliferating Weeds
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Mind Over Matter
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Barrier of Venarius
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
The Winter Owl
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Efficient Loading
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Druidic Champion
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Eldritch Battery
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Beastial Skin
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Marked for Sickness
(7)7.4%✕ Remove
Remnant Attraction
(6)6.4%✕ Remove
Last Stand
(6)6.4%✕ Remove
Ceremonial Ablution
(6)6.4%✕ Remove
Madness in the Bones
(6)6.4%✕ Remove
Ice Storm
(6)6.4%✕ Remove
Brain Freeze
(6)6.4%✕ Remove
Bone Chains
(6)6.4%✕ Remove
Chakra of Thought
(6)6.4%✕ Remove
Zealous Inquisition
(6)6.4%✕ Remove
Battle Trance
(6)6.4%✕ Remove
Obsessive Rituals
(6)6.4%✕ Remove
Invigorating Archon
(6)6.4%✕ Remove
Efficient Inscriptions
(6)6.4%✕ Remove
Ancestral Reach
(6)6.4%✕ Remove
Ancestral Conduits
(6)6.4%✕ Remove
Profane Commander
(6)6.4%✕ Remove
Pitiless Killer
(6)6.4%✕ Remove
Spiral into Depression
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Ancestral Alacrity
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Climate Change
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Sanguine Tolerance
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Escape Strategy
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Reverberation
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Harness the Elements
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Heartbreaking
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Ether Flow
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Careful Consideration
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Supportive Ancestors
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Erraticism
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Spray and Pray
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Everlasting Infusions
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Gem Enthusiast
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Deadly Thorns
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Ingenuity
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Energising Archon
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Feel no Pain
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Enhanced Reflexes
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Shimmering
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Swift Flight
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Battle-hardened
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Unquenchable Iron
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Infernal Limit
(5)5.3%✕ Remove
Abasement
(4)4.3%✕ Remove
Empowering Infusions
(4)4.3%✕ Remove
Mental Perseverance
(4)4.3%✕ Remove
Sacrificial Blood
(4)4.3%✕ Remove
Paragon
(4)4.3%✕ Remove
Voll's Protection
(4)4.3%✕ Remove
Stupefy
(4)4.3%✕ Remove
Master of Hexes
(4)4.3%✕ Remove
Empowering Remnants
(4)4.3%✕ Remove
Tides of Change
(4)4.3%✕ Remove
Dizzying Hits
(4)4.3%✕ Remove
Whispers of Doom
(4)4.3%✕ Remove
Primal Sundering
(4)4.3%✕ Remove
Overexposure
(4)4.3%✕ Remove
Light on your Feet
(4)4.3%✕ Remove
Pure Chaos
(4)4.3%✕ Remove
Stylebender
(4)4.3%✕ Remove
Void
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Piercing Shot
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Shimmering Mirage
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Giantslayer
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Repulsion
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Essence of Virtue
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Precise Point
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Advanced Thaumaturgy
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Explosive Impact
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
The Wild Cat
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Infusing Power
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Turn the Clock Back
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Branching Bolts
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Heartstopping
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Infused Limits
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Stigmata
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Everlasting Bloom
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Zone of Control
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Imbibed Power
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Lucidity
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Mystical Rage
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Protraction
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Chaos Inoculation
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Thaumaturgic Generator
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Roll and Strike
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Momentum
(3)3.2%✕ Remove
Efficient Killing
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Storm Driven
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Rupturing Pins
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Sanguimancy
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Focused Thrust
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Heartstopping Presence
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Javelin
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Quicksand Hourglass
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Now and Again
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Relinquish Your Life
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Arcane Blossom
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Spell Haste
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Adrenaline Rush
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Bonded Precision
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Instruments of Power
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Vitality Siphon
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Sand in the Eyes
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Necromantic Conduit
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Sunder the Flesh
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Material Solidification
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Coming Calamity
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Phased Form
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Shocking Limit
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Gem Studded
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Resurging Archon
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Warding Fetish
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Barya of Navira
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Spaghettification
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
In the Thick of It
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Near at Hand
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Vile Mending
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Stormcharged
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Struck Through
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Navira's Well
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
The Fourth Teaching
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Leather Bound Gauntlets
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Invocated Efficiency
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Forthcoming
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Grasping Wounds
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Sacred Rituals
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Well of Power
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Implanted Gems
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Lightning Storm
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Mana Blessing
(2)2.1%✕ Remove
Rapid Reload
(2)2.1%✕ Remove