Josh van der Flier scored two tries in a man of the match display.
There are 40 people in Leinster.
Tries: O'Brien, Lowe, van der Flier, and O'Brien Cons: O'Brien, Lowe, and van der Flier.
Montpellier is 7.
Try: Foursans.
After a five-week lay-off, Leinster recorded their biggest European win with a 13-try dismantling of Montpellier.
The four-time European champion scored six tries before the break and seven after.
The victory puts their campaign back on track after they were handed a 28-0 loss in the reverse fixture.
Masivesi was shown a red card for scoring the try.
Covid-19 cases in the camp were paid for by the province's festive schedule.
Montpellier's desperate performance contributed to the gargantuan score, but there was little sign of rust in the display.
Tadhg Furlong was forced off early with a foot injury, just three weeks before the start of the Six Nations, and it was a blemish on an otherwise satisfactory afternoon for the hosts.
It was too good.
It took less than three minutes for Jack Conan to find the game's opening try.
Jimmy O'Brien and Ross Byrne made use of bounces to extend the lead before Ross Molony scored the bonus point in the 24th minute.
slack handling errors prevented them from chalking up even more tries, as they were guilty of for all their impressive and varied attacking play.
Montpellier was briefly given cause for celebration as he barrelled over the line from close range. The Top 14 side's sails were not put into motion as Michael Ala'alatoa ran onto the brilliant flat pass of Jamison Gibson-Park for a fifth try as normal service resumed.
The corner goal by Jordan Larmour just before the break was one of the highlights of the game.
After coming on for the first time in over two months, Johnny Sexton kicked five conversions.
The introduction of Johnny Sexton, playing for the first time since Ireland's win over New Zealand on 13 November, further lifted the RDS crowd as their side continued to flourish with Josh van der Flier and O'Brien going over in quick succession.
After picking off an overthrown line-out, Van der Flier charged in for a ninth score.
The Irish flanker carried at will, and he did a great job at the breakdown. It was Van der Flier who received the swinging arm of the Montpellier back row, with the Montpellier back row dismissed to compound his side's misery.
The scoring continued at a frantic pace, with replacement hooker Dan Sheehan helping himself to a pair of tries before Conan and James Lowe rounded off the scoring.
Ringrose, O'Brien, and Ringrose were the captains of the team.
Replacements: Deegan, Ruddock, Lowe, and Sheehan.
Bevia, Lucas, Darmon, Martin, Vici, Foursans, Aprasidze, Nariashvili, Guirado, Thomas, Duguid, Capelli and Verhaeghe are all from Montpellier.
Replacements: Eymeri, van Rensburg, and Rodgers.
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