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. This guide highlights top-tier builds for each class, offering a solid starting point for your adventure. Note that balance changes may shift the meta over time.
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Witch: Minion Summoner Infernalist
This build maximizes the Witch's summoning potential, offering a less demanding, balanced alternative to the riskier Blood Mage. You'll command an army of undead and demonic minions, supported by your own fiery attacks. The ability to transform into a demonic form adds a unique gameplay element.
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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: Maintain your minion army, providing fire support and utilizing Vulnerability debuffs. Master the interplay between Flame Wall, Raging Spirits, and Detonate Dead for optimal AoE damage. Strategic minion management is crucial.
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Mercenary: FrostFerno Witch Hunter
This hybrid build combines fire and ice damage, utilizing crossbows and a dual passive skill tree approach. It excels in 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: Freeze enemies with Permafrost Bolts and Galvanic Shards, then unleash devastating fire-based explosions with your grenades and Explosive Shot. Master timing and utilize support gems for maximum effect.
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Monk: Herald of Thunder Invoker
This build offers excellent survivability while delivering substantial lightning damage. Herald of Thunder is the core skill, supported by mobility and crowd control. Ideal for newcomers.
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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 damage, Orb of Storms for crowd control, and Vaulting Impact for mobility. Staggering Palm provides crucial crowd control and stunning capabilities.
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Warrior: Armour Breaker Warbinger
This balanced build utilizes a two-handed mace for high damage output while maintaining strong 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 survivability. Armor-breaking skills are key to maximizing damage.
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Sorceress: Ember Fusillade Stormweaver
This build offers a good balance of damage and survivability, allowing for efficient progression through the campaign.
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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, Ember Fusillade for high damage, and Solar Orb and Firestorm for AoE. Flammability significantly boosts damage output.
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Ranger: Deadeye Grenadier
This build excels at AoE damage and mobility but sacrifices survivability. Not recommended for beginners.
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Key Skills: Permafrost Bolts, Fragmentation Rounds, Flash Grenade, Gas Grenade, Explosive Shot, Explosive Grenade, Rapid Shot.
Gameplay: Utilize Permafrost Bolts for freezing, grenades for AoE damage and crowd control, and Explosive Shot for massive burst damage. Requires skillful management of cooldowns and positioning.
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These are some of the strongest builds currently available, but remember that the meta is subject to change. Choose the build that best suits your playstyle and enjoy your journey through Wraeclast!
