Siphoning Strike Acolyte of Chayula Starter Build (Guide, Loot Filter)

Updated: 4/11/25

00:00 Introduction
01:00 Uniques, Tech
04:50 Siphoning Strike, Interactions, Leech, Charges, Shocked Ground, Freezing
15:37 Other Skills
18:50 Other Items
20:12 Passive Skill Tree
24:09 Ascendancies
26:13 Loot Filter
31:38 T17 Waystone - Fast Map
35:16 T17 Waystone - Delirium, Ritual, Breach
42:10 Boss Kill Example (Leech Showcase)

Mobalytics Guides:
Dahbadu's Siphoning Strike Charge Stacking Acolyte of Chayula Starter: https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/5...
Dahbadu's Ice/Flicker Strike CoC Invoker Starter: https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/5...

Dahbadu's Monk Loot Filters:
Very Strict: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yd2i...
Uber Strict: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16ONC...

Videos:
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Leveling:
Level with Glacial Cascade, Falling Thunder (also combos with Wake of Destruction boots), Ice Strike, Tempest Bell, and switch over to Siphoning Strike and Storm Wave (with Call of the Brotherhood, so it freezes like your Glacial Cascade) when you get them. Your first spirit skills should be Wind Dancer and Ghost Shroud, and and eventually when you get the Resonance notable, run Combat Frenzy as a spirit skill if you're freezing a bunch of stuff so you can generate power charges for your Charged Staff. After you get more spirit and the rings, you can incorporate the Heralds. If you run into issues, free free to post or ask away.