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 best builds currently available, 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 during boss encounters.
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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: Master minion management, utilize Vulnerability debuffs, and leverage Flame Wall's area damage and spirit summoning. Strategic corpse management is crucial for Detonate Dead.
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Mercenary: FrostFerno Witch Hunter
This hybrid build combines fire and ice skills for a unique and effective playstyle. Early game focuses on Permafrost Bolts and Galvanic Shards, transitioning to Explosive Shot for devastating area-of-effect damage later.
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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, then unleash explosive combinations of grenades. Maximize freeze duration and elemental damage bonuses.
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Monk: Herald of Thunder Invoker
This build prioritizes defense while delivering significant damage. The core skill, Herald of Thunder, empowers your attacks with lightning, making it ideal for both campaign progression and endgame.
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Key Skills: Tempest Flurry, Tempest Bell, Staggering Palm, Vaulting Impact, Orb of Storms, Storm Wave.
Gameplay Tips: Utilize mobility (Vaulting Impact) and crowd control (Staggering Palm, Orb of Storms) to maximize Herald of Thunder's effectiveness.
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Warrior: Armour Breaker Warbinger
This balanced build utilizes a two-handed mace for high damage and survivability in melee combat. The Warbinger Ascendancy provides armor-breaking skills for increased damage output.
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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: Early game utilizes Earthquake and Shockwave Totem for crowd control. Later, focus on maximizing mace damage and armor penetration.
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Sorceress: Ember Fusillade Stormweaver
This build offers a good balance of damage and survivability, enabling quick leveling and campaign completion. It relies on powerful fire spells and strategic spell rotations.
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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, and optimize Ember Fusillade with support gems. Master spell rotations for maximum damage against bosses.
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Ranger: Deadeye Grenadier
This build excels at area damage and mobility but lacks survivability, making it challenging for beginners. It utilizes crossbows and explosive attacks for devastating results.
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Key Skills: Permafrost Bolts, Fragmentation Rounds, Flash Grenade, Gas Grenade, Explosive Shot, Explosive Grenade, Rapid Shot.
Gameplay Tips: Combine freezing, poisoning, and explosive attacks for maximum damage. Prioritize evasion and elemental resistances.
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These are the top builds currently, but future updates and balance changes may alter their effectiveness. Choose wisely, and may your adventures in Wraeclast be fruitful!
