Sevenfold Wake
Rare attack
Finish: hit 3 times for 3 damage. Spend up to 3 Spirit for +1 damage per hit each. A complete sequence adds a separate 6 damage hit and 1 Spirit.
The Monk
The body remembers.
A martial pilgrim of palms, sweeping kicks, breath, and resonant shockwaves.
- Max HP
- 65
- Spirit
- up to 6
- Cards
- 31
How the Monk plays
Chain Opening -> Flow -> Finish in one turn for the finisher's bonus and 1 Spirit. Spirit caps at 6 and persists; untagged cards preserve sequence progress.
Starting deck
Every Monk run begins with these ten cards.
- 3x Palm of Dawn: Opening: deal 5 damage and gain 1 Spirit.
- 3x River Step: Flow: gain 6 Block and draw 1 card.
- 2x Bellbreaker: Finish: deal 8 damage. Complete the sequence for 6 extra damage and 1 Spirit.
- 2x Quiet Center: Gain 4 Block and 2 Spirit. Preserves the current sequence.
A few rare cards
Empty Horizon
Rare attack
Finish: deal 4 damage to every enemy. Complete the sequence for 3 more damage to every enemy and 1 Spirit.
Echoing Hands
Rare power
Gain 1 Chi: your next attack repeats its damage once. Exhaust.
Sunburst Finish
Rare attack
Finish: deal 6 to all enemies. Complete the sequence for 4 more to each and 1 Spirit.
Disciplines
At the start of a run, and again at the start of each new act, you choose one of three Disciplines. They last for the rest of the run.
- Flowing Form: Completing a martial sequence grants 4 Block.
- Flameheart: Start battles with 1 Spirit; increase Spirit cap by 2.
- Clear Mind: Draw 1 additional card each turn.
- Thousand Palms: Attack damage effects deal +1 per hit.
- Open Road: Your first Opening each turn refunds 1 Energy.
- Sanctuary: Recover 1 HP at the start of every turn.
Builds to try
Sun-chain martialist
Play Opening, Flow and Finish in that order. Saffron Feint is a free, exhausting Opening that leaves Energy for the rest of the chain. Clapper Jab opens for free every turn, Rising Toll cracks a foe open (Vulnerable) and Lampsnuff Kick finishes the chain to draw 2.
Key cards: Open Gate, Horizon Palm, Cinder Kick, Sunward Kick, Empty Horizon, Sunburst Finish, Saffron Feint, Clapper Jab, Ember Swallow Dash, Rising Toll, Lampsnuff Kick.
Disciplines that fit: Open Road, Flowing Form.
Resonant palms
Store Spirit for repeated hits. Resonance Seal primes Chi and Spirit; Chi repeats attack damage without paying the scaling cost again. Prayer-Bead Flurry and Censer Wheel turn every flat bonus into several hits.
Key cards: Echoing Hands, Sevenfold Wake, Empty Cup, Hurricane Steps, Stone Current, Horizon Palm, Resonance Seal, Prayer-Bead Flurry, Censer Wheel.
Disciplines that fit: Thousand Palms, Flameheart.
Moving sanctuary
Build Spirit behind defensive Openings and Flows, then complete the chain with Sheltering Finish. Inner Fire punishes repeated enemy hits. Answering Bronze strikes enemy attacks back at them and Cistern Mist mends between chains.
Key cards: Stone Breath, Stone Current, Pilgrim's Veil, Inner Fire, Breath of Return, Pilgrim's Trust, Sheltering Finish, Cistern Mist, Answering Bronze.
Disciplines that fit: Sanctuary, Flowing Form, Clear Mind.