Path of Exile 2: Top Builds for Early Access
Choosing your first character in Path of Exile 2's early access can be daunting. With six classes and two Ascendancy classes each, the options are numerous. This guide highlights the currently strongest builds, categorized by class. Remember, future updates may shift the meta.
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Witch: Minion Summoner Infernalist
This build maximizes the Witch's summoning potential, offering a balanced and beginner-friendly experience compared to the riskier Blood Mage. You'll command a horde of undead and demonic minions, providing fire support and utilizing strategic mobility.
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Key Skills: Skeletal Brute, Skeletal Cleric, Pain Offering, Skeletal Arsonist, Detonate Dead, Flame Wall, Raging Spirits, Vulnerability, Summon Infernal Hound.
Gameplay: Manage your minion army, utilizing Flame Wall for AoE damage and minion summoning, and Detonate Dead for corpse-based AoE. Strategic use of Vulnerability debuff is crucial.
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Mercenary: FrostFerno Witch Hunter
A hybrid build combining fire and ice, the FrostFerno Witch Hunter uses dual crossbows and two passive skill trees for devastating effect.
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Key Skills: Permafrost Bolts, Explosive Grenade, Gas Grenade, Explosive Shot, Herald of Ash, Galvanic Shards, Herald of Thunder.
Gameplay: Freeze enemies with Permafrost Bolts and Galvanic Shards, then unleash explosive fire damage with grenades and Explosive Shot. Utilize Herald of Thunder for crowd control.
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Monk: Herald of Thunder Invoker
This build offers excellent survivability and damage output, making it ideal for newcomers. The Herald of Thunder skill is central to its effectiveness.
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Key Skills: Tempest Flurry, Tempest Bell, Staggering Palm, Vaulting Impact, Orb of Storms, Storm Wave.
Gameplay: Utilize Tempest Flurry for lightning AoE damage, Orb of Storms for crowd control, and Vaulting Impact for mobility. Staggering Palm provides crucial crowd control and damage.
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Warrior: Armour Breaker Warbinger
A balanced build using a two-handed mace, the Armour Breaker Warbinger delivers high damage while maintaining survivability in melee combat.
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Key Skills: Mace Strike, Stampede, Leap Slam, Ancestral Warrior Totem, Scavenged Plating, Hammer of the Gods, Seismic Cry, Attrition.
Gameplay: Utilize Mace Strike for single-target damage, Stampede and Leap Slam for mobility, and Ancestral Warrior Totem for additional damage and crowd control.
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Sorceress: Ember Fusillade Stormweaver
This build provides a good balance of damage and survivability, allowing for efficient campaign progression.
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Key Skills: Spark, Flame Wall, Ember Fusillade, Solar Orb, Firestorm, Flammability, Blasphemy (Enfeeble).
Gameplay: Utilize Flame Wall for defense and damage amplification, and Ember Fusillade as your primary damage source. Solar Orb and Firestorm provide additional AoE damage.
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Ranger: Deadeye Grenadier
High mobility and AoE damage make this build effective, but its lower survivability makes it challenging for beginners.
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Key Skills: Permafrost Bolts, Fragmentation Rounds, Flash Grenade, Gas Grenade, Explosive Shot, Explosive Grenade, Rapid Shot.
Gameplay: Freeze enemies, then unleash a barrage of grenades and explosive shots for devastating AoE damage.
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This guide offers a starting point for your Path of Exile 2 journey. Experimentation and adaptation are key to mastering these builds and finding your preferred playstyle.
