Ceaseless Palm
- Bossing
- Skill Spam
- Critical
- Cross-Form Link
A TierBossing · Endgame
Overview
Overview
Monk of the Full Iris with the Palm at max tempo: crit at the cap, cooldowns cut by three sources, and Vital Impale on every crit.
Good for: Echo bosses T12–T20.
Strengths
- One of the highest boss damages in the collection
- Life steal through the Impale
- 554 health with no automation
Weaknesses
- Weak clear
- Many pieces
- Gem from another Form
Loadout
What the build carries
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- Inheritance
- Continuous MotionMonk of the Empty Iris
- Mastery
- Monk of the Full IrisLV 10 · 46 points
- Iris Links
- RuptureTrigger Gem
- Vital ImpaleLinked
Relics12
Core
- Fine Point
- Short Focus
- Two Hands
- Thousand EyesBLESSED · Keen
- Edge of the Gaze
Recommended
- Face to Face
- Counterweight
- Wedge
- Early Verdict
Optional
- First Word
- Heavy Fist
- Trained Hand
Legendary
- The Split Hourluxury pick, random drop
- Skill Echoluxury pick, random drop
Sets
Verdict
Critical and execution.
- Crooked Scales
- Worn Gavel
2 pieces: Criticals heal you. Capped per second.
Time Lord
Cooldown and repetition.
- Broken Hand
- Empty Hourglass
2 pieces: Every now and then a skill skips its cooldown and repeats itself.
Progression
Progression trees
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Iris Fragments: 1,544
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Body
- Hardened Bark8/8+80% health (max +80%)
- Restoring Sap5/5+40% healing received
Power
- Sharp Gaze8/8+48% damage (max +48%)
- Steady Rhythm5/5+35% on basic attacks
- Elite Hunter4/4+36% against elites
- Crownbreaker4/4+36% against bosses
Focus
- Reservoir5/5+50% maximum resource
- Serene Flow1/522% of natural flow
- Measured Haste4/4-20% cooldown (max -20%)
Fortune
- Hole in the Pocket, Reversed1/5+12% gold
- Deep Pocket4/4+4 relic slot
Constellation Point: 56
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Critical
- Measuring Eye+9% Critical Chance · +18% Critical Damage
- Blind Spot+18% Critical Chance against the controlled · +20% Critical Damage against the controlled
- Sure Blade+35% Critical Damage
- +4% Critical Chance ×3 · +10% Critical Damage ×4
Damage
- Weight of the Hand+18% Damage
- Second Intent+22% Damage with Skills
- +6% Damage ×4 · +8% Damage with Basic Attacks · +8% Damage with Skills · +8% Damage in Melee ×2
Defense
- Skin of the Iris+16% Maximum Health · +15% Resistance · +8% Affliction Avoidance
- Shell of the Void-9% Damage Taken · +12% Maximum Health · +8% Affliction Avoidance
- +5% Maximum Health ×3
RELIC SLOTS: +4
Vision Point: 35
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Blessings & Sets
- Blessed AwakeningTurns on Blessed Relics: in Tier 7 Echoes and above, 6% of relics come Blessed, and the chance climbs with every Tier. Commons can already be blessed.
- +6% Blessed chanceMore relics come Blessed.
- +6% Blessed chanceMore relics come Blessed.
- Blessing: UncommonUncommon relics can now come out Blessed.
- Blessing: RareRare relics can now come out Blessed.
- +10% Set Piece chanceEcho bosses drop more Set Pieces.
- Sets of the GazeTurns on Set Pieces: bosses in Tier 10 Echoes and above can now drop them, and every piece you find is yours for good.
- Advanced SetsThe advanced Sets can now drop.
- Sets of the VeilThe Sets from Beyond the Veil can now drop.
- Language of the IrisTurns on Iris Links: bosses in Tier 15 Echoes and above drop Gems, and every one you find is yours for good.
Inheritances
- +1 Archive slotThe Archive of Memories holds more Inheritances.
- Relics of the Great GazeEchoes start holding the relics that exist only in the Great Gaze, beginning with the commons.
- Uncommons of the GazeThe exclusive uncommons start showing up in Echoes.
- Rares of the GazeThe exclusive rares start showing up in Echoes.
- Epics of the GazeThe exclusive epics start showing up in Echoes.
Monk of the Full Iris
The iris filled.
Passive
- Full BreathingThe resource comes back on its own and cooldowns get shorter.
- Empty PalmMuch faster attacks and more melee damage.
In practice
How to play
Open with Breather and the Palm.
Keep Flow full.
Against packs, quick, then on to the next.
Against bosses, it's one of the strongest in the collection.
Careful: clear is weak — this is a boss build.
To keep
The build card
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Open the cardMeasured on Sep 28, 2026 · game v1.0.1 · test bench v8
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