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 possibilities are vast. This guide highlights the top builds currently available, offering a streamlined approach to character selection.
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Table of Contents:
- Best Witch Build: Minion Summoner Infernalist
- Best Mercenary Build: FrostFerno Witch Hunter
- Best Monk Build: Herald of Thunder Invoker
- Best Warrior Build: Armour Breaker Warbinger
- Best Sorceress Build: Ember Fusillade Stormweaver
- Best Ranger Build: Deadeye Grenadier
Best Witch Build: 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 an army of undead and demons, adding a dynamic element to combat. The ability to transform into a demonic form provides an extra layer of engaging gameplay.
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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 Tips: Support your minion horde with fire damage and utilize strategic positioning and Vulnerability debuffs for maximum effectiveness. Master the interplay between Flame Wall, Raging Spirits, and Detonate Dead for optimal AoE damage.
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Best Mercenary Build: FrostFerno Witch Hunter
This hybrid build utilizes both fire and ice damage, employing two crossbows and a dual passive skill tree approach. Its effectiveness spans both early and late game.
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Key Skills: Permafrost Bolts, Explosive Grenade, Gas Grenade, Explosive Shot, Herald of Ash, Galvanic Shards, Herald of Thunder
Gameplay Tips: Freeze enemies with Permafrost Bolts and Galvanic Shards, then unleash devastating explosive attacks. Optimize your gear and skill gems to maximize both fire and ice damage.
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Best Monk Build: Herald of Thunder Invoker
This build offers excellent survivability while delivering substantial damage, making it ideal for both campaign progression and endgame content. The Herald of Thunder skill is the core of its power.
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Key Skills: Tempest Flurry, Tempest Bell, Staggering Palm, Vaulting Impact, Orb of Storms, Storm Wave
Gameplay Tips: Utilize Tempest Flurry and Orb of Storms for crowd control and AoE damage. Leverage Vaulting Impact and Staggering Palm for mobility and crowd control.
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Best Warrior Build: Armour Breaker Warbinger
This build utilizes a two-handed mace for high damage output while maintaining solid 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 Tips: Utilize Earthquake and Shockwave Totem for early-game crowd control. Focus on maximizing damage against single targets with Mace Strike and utilizing Warbinger's armor-breaking abilities.
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Best Sorceress Build: Ember Fusillade Stormweaver
This build balances damage and survivability, facilitating rapid leveling and campaign completion.
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Key Skills: Spark, Flame Wall, Ember Fusillade, Solar Orb, Firestorm, Flammability, Blasphemy (Enfeeble)
Gameplay Tips: Utilize Flame Wall for damage and defense. Master the rotation of Flammability, Ember Fusillade, Flame Wall, Solar Orb, and Firestorm for maximum boss damage.
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Best Ranger Build: Deadeye Grenadier
This build offers high mobility and AoE damage but lacks survivability, making it challenging for new players.
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Key Skills: Permafrost Bolts, Fragmentation Rounds, Flash Grenade, Gas Grenade, Explosive Shot, Explosive Grenade, Rapid Shot
Gameplay Tips: Utilize a crossbow for high physical and elemental damage. Master the freeze-then-explode strategy using Permafrost Bolts, grenades, and Explosive Shot.
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Remember that game balance changes may affect these top builds over time. This guide provides a starting point for your Path of Exile 2 journey.
