Monks can embrace darkness and sacrifice Spirit for Darkness by becoming Acolytes of Chayula Ascendancy. This path provides a distinct playstyle that emphasizes shadow damage and using Chayula's darkness skills. The Acolyte of Chayula provides an excellent set of survival tools with the powerful defensive powers of Embrace the Darkness and the life and energy shield leech.
Acolyte of Chayula Nodes
- Ravenous Doubts
- Mana Leech is instant
- Consuming Questions
- You cannot Recharge Energy Shield
- Mana Leech effects also Recover Energy Shield
- Chayula's Gift
- +10% to Maximum Chaos Resistance
- Chaos Resistance is doubled
- Reality Rending
- 23% chance to Gain 25% of Damage with Hits as Extra Chaos Damage
- 13% chance to Gain 50% of Damage with Hits as Extra Chaos Damage
- 7% chance to Gain 100% of Damage with Hits as Extra Chaos Damage
- Waking Dream
- Grants Skill: Into the Breach
- Lucid Dreaming
- Effect and Duration of Flames of Chayula on You is Double
- Embrace the Darkness
- Remove all Spirit
- Base Maximum Darkness is 100
- For each Life or Energy Shield lost to Damage, reserve 1 Darkness instead if possible
- Darkness Reservation lasts for 10 seconds
- +5 to Maximum Darkness per Level
- Grasp of the Void
- Gain 1% of Damage as Extra Chaos Damage per 20 Unreserved Darkness
- Inner Silence
- 50% reduced Darkness Reservation Duration
