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 optimal builds for each class, focusing on effectiveness and ease of use for newcomers. Note that 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 less demanding experience than other options. The Infernalist's demonic transformation 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: Command a horde of undead and demons, supplementing their attacks with fire support and strategic positioning. Utilize Vulnerability for crucial debuffs. Flame Wall acts as both damage and minion summoning. Detonate Dead provides AoE damage using corpses.
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Mercenary: FrostFerno Witch Hunter
A hybrid build combining fire and ice, utilizing two crossbows and dual passive skill trees. Excellent for both early and late game.
Key Skills: Permafrost Bolts, Explosive Grenade, Gas Grenade, Explosive Shot, Herald of Ash, Galvanic Shards, Herald of Thunder.
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Gameplay: Freeze enemies with Permafrost Bolts and Galvanic Shards, then unleash devastating fire damage with explosives. Master the interplay between freezing and explosive attacks for maximum impact.
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Monk: Herald of Thunder Invoker
A highly survivable build centered around the Herald of Thunder skill. Ideal for newcomers due to its defensive capabilities.
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Key Skills: Tempest Flurry, Tempest Bell, Staggering Palm, Vaulting Impact, Orb of Storms, Storm Wave.
Gameplay: Utilize high mobility with Vaulting Impact and Staggering Palm for crowd control. Herald of Thunder empowers attacks with lightning damage, complemented by AoE skills like Tempest Flurry and Storm Wave.
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Warrior: Armour Breaker Warbinger
A balanced two-handed mace build offering high damage and 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 devastating mace attacks, enhanced by armor-breaking skills. Stampede and Leap Slam provide mobility and survivability.
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Sorceress: Ember Fusillade Stormweaver
A strong and survivable build focusing on fire damage, suitable for progressing through the campaign.
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Key Skills: Spark, Flame Wall, Ember Fusillade, Solar Orb, Firestorm, Flammability, Blasphemy (Enfeeble).
Gameplay: Combine Flame Wall and Spark for initial damage, transitioning to Ember Fusillade, Solar Orb, and Firestorm for high burst damage. Flammability significantly boosts damage output.
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Ranger: Deadeye Grenadier
A high-mobility, high-AOE build that may be challenging for beginners due to lower survivability.
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Key Skills: Permafrost Bolts, Fragmentation Rounds, Flash Grenade, Gas Grenade, Explosive Shot, Explosive Grenade, Rapid Shot.
Gameplay: Utilize freezing, poison, and explosive damage for devastating AoE attacks. Requires skillful positioning and resource management.
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This guide provides a starting point. Experimentation and adaptation are key to mastering Path of Exile 2. Remember that balance changes may impact build viability over time.
