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Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)

PoE 2 0.4 Ranger Build - Poison Pathfinder

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This is a Poison Pathfinder Ranger build for endgame in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)'s The Last of the Druids Update. Check out the Poison Pathfinder endgame build, including its gear, socketables, skills, and playstyle!

PoE 2 Icon Attention! This 0.4.0 endgame build starts from Level 65 and above. If you want to see a build for leveling, check out our Leveling Builds!

Poison Pathfinder Build Summary

FatBellyWW's Poison Pathfinder Build

This Poison Running Assault Pathfinder endgame build is based on a build by FatBellyWW over at FatBellyWW (Youtube). The video includes details on how to gear up to get the build online. Check out FatBellyWW's YouTube and Twitch channel for more Path of Exile 2 content and ask questions about the build!

Poison Pathfinder Build

Path of Exile 2 PathfinderPoison Pathfinder
Bow Shot Icon His Foul Emergence Icon Poisonburst Arrow Icon Vine Arrow Icon Ghost Dance Icon Toxic Growth Icon Wind Dancer Icon Herald of Plague Icon Eternal Rage Icon
Path of Exile 2 Build Pro Extremely High DoT

Path of Exile 2 Build Pro Long-Range AoE Clearing

Path of Exile 2 Build Pro Excellent Survivability

Path of Exile 2 Build Con Requires Combos

This Poison Pathfinder build is designed around consistently dealing high DoT burst damage using Poisonburst Arrow and Vine Arrow as your main way for inflicting Poison. Toxic Growth will be used in tandem with your Poison arrows to deal huge burst damage in a wide area for fast mob clearing.

Furthermore, Despair and His Foul Emergence is for softening up enemies for higher Chaos damage to help you maximize your damage output in high tier maps.

Date Changes Made
01/05/26 ・Builds is updated for Patch 0.4.
09/15/25 ・Updated Skills, Equipment, and Passive Tree. Added FatBellyWW's latest update video as well.
09/07/25 ・Updated Equipment to have more Physical and Crit damage, Resistances, and Deflection Rating. Added Countess Seske's Rune of Archery to recommended Runes and Soul Cores.
09/05/25 ・Updated Equipment, Runes, and Skills and . Passive Tree was updated as well.
09/04/25 ・Added Weapon Swap build and used Slivertongue and Ryslatha's Coil uniques. Jewel recommendations were added as well. Companion: Fleshpierce has been added to Skill gems.
09/03/25 ・Poison Pathfinder Build Revised for The Third Edict Patch.
04/22/25 ・Poison Pathfinder Build Revised for Dawn of the Hunt Patch.
01/17/24 ・Updated for Tier 15-16 in Atlas.
・Transitioned from Gas Arrow to Poison Concoction.
・Changed most write-ups.
・Removed some irrelevant Build FAQs.
・Addressed the nerfs.
12/18/24 ・Updated for Tiers 7-8 Atlas.
・Changed write-ups.
・Changed Early Game to Leveling.
12/16/24 ・Renamed to Poison Pathfinder Ranger Build
・Updated for Finishing Cruel Mode and Early Atlas.
・Added in Specific Equipment and changed write-ups.
・Replaced Blasphemy with Ghost Dance.
・Changed some Build FAQs.
12/14/24 ・Updated for Early Cruel mode.
・Edited some write-up for Barrage.
・Removed Cast on Ignite and Toxic Barrage
・Added Build FAQs
12/11/24 ・Changed title to Explosive Poisons Pathfinder from Explosive Cursed Poison Ranger.
・Added base early set-up.
・Updated for Early-Mid Act 3.
12/10/24 ・Updated for the fight against Jamanra and the start of Act 3.
・Renamed to Explosive Poisons Pathfinder Ranger.
・Replaced Enfeeble with Flammability.
・Replaced Vine Arrow with Flame Wall.
12/9/24 ・Replaced Poisonburst Arrow with Gas Arrow.
・Changed Support Gems.
・Changed some Equipment Modifiers.
・Added a Passive Skill Tree node.
12/8/24 ・Renamed to Poison Curse Ranger.
・Updated for Early Act 2.
・Addressed Poison + Contagion combo.
12/7/24 ・Poison Contagion Ranger Created.

Poison Pathfinder Equipment

※ The affixes shown below are arranged based on descending priority.

Gear Affixes
Obliterator Bow IconObliterator Bow
(Weapon Set 1)
・Increased Physical Damage
・Adds Physical Damage
・Critical Hit Chance
・Level of All Projectiles Skills
・Gain Mana per Enemy Killed
Desecrated:
・Increased Physical Damage
・Accuracy Rating
Primed Quiver IconPrimed Quiver
(Weapon Set 1)
・Adds Physical Damage
・Increased Damage with Bow Skills
・Increased Critical Hit Chance
・Dexterity
・Gain Life per Enemy Killed
Desecrated:
・Projectiles Deal Increased Damage with Hits Against Enemies Further than 6m
The Unborn Lich Ravenous Staff IconThe Unborn Lich Ravenous Staff
(Weapon Set 2)
・Increased Desecrated Modifier Magnitudes
・Increased Chaos Damage
・Block Chance
・Enemies you Curse Have -% to Chaos Resistance
・Chance for Spells Skills to Fire 2 Additional Projectiles
Ancestral Tiara IconAncestral Tiara
・Maximum Energy Shield
・Increased Energy Shield
・Maximum Life
・Fire Resistance
・Cold Resistance
Desecrated:
・Fire and Chaos Resistance
Slipstrike Vest IconSlipstrike Vest
・Evasion Rating
・Increased Evasion Rating
・Spirit
・Lightning Resistance
・Gain Deflection Rating Equal to % of Evasion Rating
Desecrated:
・Strength and Dexterity
MaligaroMaligaro's Virtuosity Fine Bracers
・Increased Evasion Rating
・Increased Critical Hit Chance
・Increased Attack Speed
・Dexterity
・Your Critical Hit Chance Cannot Be Rerolled
・Your Critical Damage Bonus is 250%
Drakeskin Boots IconDrakeskin Boots
・Increased Movement Speed
・Increased Evasion Rating
・Dexterity
・Cold Resistance
・Fire Resistance
Desecrated:
・Increased Evasion Rating
・Stun Threshold
Utility Belt IconUtility Belt
・Armor
・Maximum Life
・Strength
・Chaos Resistance
・Physical Thorns Damage
Corruption:
・Increased Maximum Energy Shield
・Cold Resistance
Solar Amulet IconSolar Amulet
・Allocates Spray and Pray
・Increased Evasion Rating
・Spirit
・All Elemental Resistances
・Fire Resistance
・Lightning Resistance
Desecrated:
・Increased Global Defences
Unset Ring IconUnset Ring
・Evasion Rating
・Maximum Life
・All Elemental Resistances
・Cold Resistance
・Chaos Resistance
Desecrated:
・Adds Physical Damage
Topaz Ring IconTopaz Ring
・Adds Lightning Damage
・Increased Cold Damage
・Maximum Life
・Intelligence
・All Elemental Resistances
・Chaos Resistance
Ultimate Life Flask IconUltimate Life Flask
・Recovery Applied Instantly
・Increased Charges
Ultimate Mana Flask IconUltimate Mana Flask
・Increased Amount Recovered
・Recovery Applied Instantly

Weapons

Initially, we want to use the Slivertongue Zealot Bow until you find a good Obliterator Bow with high Physical Damage as this offers much better damage output once you reach high tier maps. Make sure to equip a quiver with an Attack Speed implicit modifier to spam your skills faster and maintain the poison duration upkeep.

Additionally, this build also makes use of The Unborn Lich unique staff to further enable your Despair marks for more damage.

List of Weapons

Armor and Accessories

Your main survivability revolves around heavy use of Evasion Rating and a moderate amount of Energy Shields. Stack as much Evasion Rating as you can since you will be making use of the new Deflection Rating modifier which allows you to deflect 40% of damage taken from Hits and Ailments.

Furthermore, this build makes use of Maligaro's Virtuosity so you can focus more on Critical Hit Chance nodes on your passive tree due to the locked 250% critical damage. Try to go for more Rune Slots when corrupting your unique gloves to maximize your Physical Damage.

As for your Accessories, equip a Solar Amulet to help meet your Spirit requirements and an Unset Ring so you can make use of all the skills we need for the build. The rest should focus on meeting the 75% Resistance Cap to help you survive better in high tier maps.

List of Rings List of Amulets
List of Armors

Runes and Soul Cores

Equipment Sockets
Weapon
Armor

Naturally, the best rune for slotting into your weapon would be the Greater Iron Rune, allowing the build to further scale the core skills with Physical Damage. As for armor runes, use the Greater Iron Rune again for your Helm and Body Armor to increase your Evasion Rating respectively.

Lastly, slot in The Greatwolf's Rune of Claws on your Maligaro's Virtuosity unique gloves to provide you with flat Physical Damage on your attacks for maximizing your damage output.

List of Runes List of Soul Cores

Belts and Charms

Belt Modifiers
Utility Belt IconUtility Belt ・Armor
・Maximum Life
・Strength
・Chaos Resistance
・Physical Thorns Damage
Corruption:
・Increased Maximum Energy Shield
・Cold Resistance
Charm Options
Stone Charm IconStone Charm Nascent Hope Thawing Charm IconNascent Hope Thawing Charm BeiraBeira's Anguish Dousing Charm

For your Belt, any Utility Belt with the right modifiers can work for the build. Ideally, we want to use Headhunter or Ryslatha's Coil once you have enough currency to buy them to further push the build for high tier maps and Bosses.

As for your Charms, equip a Stone Charm and Nascent Hope to combat Stun and Freeze effects. Beira's Anguish is extremely useful for taking on Abyss content to help counteract ignite effects that can easily ruin your run.

List of Belts List of Charms

Poison Pathfinder Skills

All Active and Persistent Skills

Skill Support Gems
Bow Shot IconBow Shot
His Foul Emergence IconHis Foul Emergence
Poisonburst Arrow IconPoisonburst Arrow
Vine Arrow IconVine Arrow
Toxic Growth IconToxic Growth
Despair IconDespair
Herald of Plague IconHerald of Plague
Wind Dancer IconWind Dancer
Ghost Dance IconGhost Dance
Eternal Rage IconEternal Rage -

The Poison Pathfinder built utilizes the crowd control and chaos DoT of Vine Arrow while also using Toxic Growth to blank the field with poison pustules for AoE coverage. Your main way for triggering these pustules will be by using either Plague Bearer's AoE skill or the typical Poisonburst Arrows. Use Despair against Bosses just as they are about to pop up but can be an optional curse skill for now until you have full weapon swap setup.

As for your persistent skills, Herald of Plague should further enable your Poison skills for AoE clearing, while Wind Dancer and Ghost Dance are your defensive skills for boosting your Evasion Rating and Energy Shields. Lastly, Eternal Rage is a reliable source of Rage to further boost your damage output.

List of Skills

Poison Pathfinder Passive Tree

Passive Tree Progression

Ascendency Passive Nodes
Overwhelming Toxicity, Running Assault, and Path of the Sorceress
Passive Nodes
1. Crippling Toxins, Escape Velocity, and Subterfuge Mask 2. Maiming Strike, Acceleration, and Pierce the Heart
3. Beastial Skin, Struck Through, and Building Toxins 4. Step Like Mist and Leeching Toxins
5. Deadly Force, Spectral Ward, and Impending Doom 6. -
Screenshots taken from Path of Building

※ Legend: Red = Weapon Set I | Green = Weapon Set II

Prioritize the Contagious Contamination and Overwhelming Toxicity passive nodes to further enable your poison effects. Take Relentless Pursuit and Running Assault next to grant you Slow immunity and increase your movement speed while using Skills.

As for your Notables, we recommend skipping all the Critical nodes first and heading straight for Crippling Toxins, Stacking Toxins, and Lasting Toxins for early poison boosts. Then, take Escape Velocity for the movement speed and immediately go into Maiming Strike for more damage. Make sure to get Staggering Palm and Leeching Toxins for the added damage and Poison sustain respectively.

Lastly, head down the passive tree and get Escalating Toxins, Building Toxins, and Toxic Tolerance as your final poison nodes to maximize your poison ailments and provide Poison immunity. Take Beastial Skin for better evasion rating to help survive through high tier maps. Do note that you can start getting your Critical nodes by this time as soon as you have transitioned your equipment into a crit-based build.

Passive Skill Tree Guide and List of Passives

Jewels

Sapphire Icon Sapphire ・Increased Magnitude of Ailments You Inflict
・Increased Magnitude of Damage Ailments You Inflict with Critical Hits
・Damaging Ailments Deal Damage Faster
・Increased Critical Hit Chance
・Increased Energy Shields
・Gain Mana Per Enemy Killed
・Gain Life Per Enemy Killed

It is recommended to focus on getting Sapphires that provide more magnitude to your Ailments and deal damage faster. You can also make use of Critical Hit Chance to further enable the critical attacks of the build.

For your defensive modifiers, focus on boosting your Energy Shields and gaining Life and Mana per enemy killed for better mapping survivability.

List of Jewels

Poison Pathfinder Playstyle

Bossing Skill Rotation

When against Bosses, you will mainly be stacking Vine Arrows and Toxic Growth pustules . The rotation is as follows:

  1. Set up 3 Vine Arrow plants beneath the Boss that you will poison later.
  2. Use Despair to reduce their chaos resistance.
  3. Spam Toxic Growth around the Boss until you reach the 12 Pustule limit.
  4. Spam Poisonburst Arrows to trigger all the Pustules for huge burst damage.

Mobbing Skill Rotation

When against large packs of mobs, you will only need to spam Vine Arrow and Poisonburst Arrow to quickly deal poison damage in a wide-range. The rotation is as follows:

  1. Set up 3 Vine Arrow plants that you will poison later.
  2. Cast Toxic Growth around the area until you reach the 12 Pustule limit.
  3. Spam Poisonburst Arrow to proc both Vines and Pustules for burst damage.
  4. Rinse and repeat.

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17 Anonymous Anonymous about 1 year

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16 Anonymous Anonymous about 1 year

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