Second tier

Monk

Monk is the secondary advancement option for the Acolyte class. It forgoes the majority of its ancestor's supportive potential to focus on closing out fights in the best way possible: damage, damage, and more damage.

Following the same pattern as the Priest, Monk skills are divided into two general branches: Spirit Skills building out of the Spiritual Discipline passive, and Combo Skills building out of the Fist Mastery passive. However, these should not be mistaken for two separate builds, while a Monk may choose to specialize in one side of the skill tree over the other, weaving both sides of the tree together is the key to maximizing the Monk's potential.

Also similarly to Priest, Monks have the same system of copying skill levels. Using a Discipline skill will cause your next Combo skill to rise in level to meet it, and vice versa. However, the Monk takes this system one step further, with all skills getting a bonus if cast this way, and a different bonus if cast immediately after another skill of the same type.

The Combo skills are extremely straightforward. They do not require a combo state and can be cast freely, and are capable of dealing Critical damage. If they are cast immediately following a Discipline skill, they are guaranteed to Crit, while if cast following another Combo skill, their cooldown is reduced by half.

Spirit skills, while not much more complex, are at least a bit more varied. Each skill deals physical damage with a unique attribute, one gaining damage based on the target's defense, the other able to be cast at a considerable range, and if cast immediately after a Combo skill, also inflict status effects like Slow and Vulnerable. If instead cast after another Spirit skill, they have their Cooldowns halved.

Finally, Monks possess two skills that slot between the two branches, Spiritual Cadence and Fury. Spiritual Cadence grants the user a stacking buff that increases in effectiveness every time the user switches between Combo and Discipline skills, restoring a small amount of HP and SP each time. Fury fills the opposite niche, granting a stacking buff that increases in strength every time the user uses a skill that matches the previous one, also boosting the user's Crit Rate. Both effects reset to the lowest level if the wrong condition is met, forcing the Monk to think carefully before breaking from their usual combo routine.