Path of Exile 2: The Last Druid promises a new chapter in the franchise, introducing exciting mechanics, a revamped skill tree, and even more powerful builds. Choosing the right U4GM build can significantly impact your experience in the game, whether you're looking for high damage output, survivability, or sheer fun. Let's dive into eight of the best builds you can try in the game.
1. Elementalist – Chaos Conflux
For players who love spellcasting, the Elementalist build is a perfect choice. With access to powerful Chaos spells like Contagion and Essence Drain, this build can deal significant damage over time. The key to this build is spreading chaos damage and using skills that can overlap and ramp up damage efficiently. The Elementalist also benefits from Elemental Conflux, allowing spells to deal both Fire and Cold damage, which synergizes well with chaos skills.
2. Slayer – Blade Storm Crit
The Slayer is always a top pick for those who love high-speed melee combat, and the Blade Storm Crit build is a great choice for Path of Exile 2. The build focuses on spinning through enemies with high critical strike chance and raw damage output. By stacking critical strike modifiers and attack speed, you’ll clear through mobs with ease and deal massive damage to bosses. The Slayer’s built-in life leech will also give you excellent sustain.
3. Necromancer – Minion Storm
Necromancer minion builds have always been popular, and they are even better in Path of Exile 2. The Minion Storm build utilizes a variety of summoned minions like Spectres, Zombies, and the new Wraith-type minions. Using the Command of the Dead ascendancy, your minions become more powerful, and you can increase their survivability with minion-specific mods. The build also allows you to boost your own defenses while your minions do the heavy lifting.
4. Champion – Gladiator’s Fury
If you want a tanky, offensive build, the Champion's Gladiator’s Fury is a great way to go. This build focuses on survivability through high armor and block chances, while simultaneously dealing devastating damage with the Gladiator's signature attacks, like Spectral Throw. It's perfect for players who enjoy standing their ground and wearing down enemies with superior defense and offense.
5. Templar – Arc Totem Build
For players who prefer a more supportive and defensive style of gameplay, the Templar Arc Totem build offers a unique take. It utilizes powerful lightning spells like Arc and Ball Lightning through Totems. By placing multiple totems on the battlefield, the Arc Totem build can deal massive AoE damage while you stay at a safe distance, avoiding damage. Totems also offer great utility, as they can help control space and provide damage amplification for other builds.
6. Assassin – Poison Blade Vortex
Assassin builds are all about stealth, crits, and fast-paced combat. The Poison Blade Vortex build is ideal for those who want to stack poisons quickly and leave a trail of destruction in their wake. This build maximizes the damage output through stacking poison and critical strikes, as well as offering high mobility with skills like Whirling Blades. It's perfect for fast and efficient clearing of high-tier content.
7. Druid – Beastmaster’s Wrath
One of the most anticipated classes in Path of Exile 2 is the Druid. The Beastmaster’s Wrath build focuses on summoning powerful animal companions to fight for you. The synergy between the Druid’s unique skills and their summoned beasts allows for tremendous flexibility in combat. The key to this build is balancing the power of your summoned companions with your own abilities to ensure that you're as deadly as your beasts.
8. Witch – Fireball Sorceress
The Witch has always been a staple in spellcasting builds, and the Fireball Sorceress build takes the Witch’s elemental prowess to a new level. By specializing in Fireball, Firestorm, and other area-of-effect fire spells, this build can decimate swathes of enemies with ease. Boosting fire damage, crit chance, and area of effect increases the effectiveness of this build, making it fantastic for both clearing maps and boss fights.
