This is a Poison Pathfinder Ranger endgame build for Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) that combines Poison, Fire, and Chaos skills. Check out this Pathfinder Ranger build, including its gear, socketables, skills, and playstyle!

Poison Pathfinder Ranger Build Summary

Poison Pathfinder Ranger Build

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This is a Poison Pathfinder Ranger build designed to breeze through the Atlas by combining both Poison, Fire, and Curses for the early and mid-game, then transitioning to use Poisonous Concoction later to have high burst damage and DoT (Damage over time).

Early on, this build utilizes the Poisonburst Arrow, Contagion, and Enfeeble to set up multiple DoTs on enemies. As the game progresses to the mid-game, it transitions to use Gas Arrow alongside Flame Wall to proc AoE (Area of Effect) damage repeatedly.

Build FAQs

Build Notes
1. Why Remove Cast on Ignite? 3. How to Get Frenzy Charges for Barrage? 6. Why Have Envenom on Gas Arrow? 7. Why Transition to Poisonous Concoction?

Why Remove Cast on Ignite?

Due to the recent nerfs in Patch 0.1.0d, Cast on Ignite became obsolete since Flame Wall cannot reliably ramp up Energy anymore.

How to Get Frenzy Charges for Barrage?

The build still does not have ways to obtain Frenzy Charges for Barrage reliably. Some testing has been done with pin synergies, but it is unreliable and slow to build up unless used with Toxic Growth.

Furthermore, upon testing, Barrage does not work with Toxic Growth but does so with Gas Arrow.

Why Have Envenom on Gas Arrow?

The explosion from Gas Arrow has a separate chance to inflict poison. As this build focuses on applying as much damage with the explosion from Gas Arrow, the Envenom is needed to have a constant up-time for maximum Poison stacks!

When paired with the Plaguefinger Gauze Wraps, the Poison Magnitude will scale with the poison inflicted by the explosion of Gas Arrow, leading to an increase in damage output.

Why Transition to Poisonous Concoction?

Overall, the damage potential and scaling of Poisonous Concoction is significantly better than Gas Arrow's current state. Furthermore, it is much easier to set up and requires pressing fewer buttons, allowing you to focus on survivability rather than damage!

Poison Pathfinder Ranger Gear Setup

Equipment and Modifiers

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Weapons

The Widowhail Crudebow is the primary weapon of this build since it defines Poisonous Concoction's damage potential by massively boosting the Quiver's level and critical modifiers.

The Visceral Quiver's base effect gives the build a flat percentage increase to Critical Hit Chance, ultimately increasing this build's damage output. This build will also focus on min-maxing the Quiver as its source of scaling level and damage, given that Widowhail boosts all of its modifiers by a significant amount!

A combination of the Zealot Bow and Primal Quiver with Attack Speed modifiers should be your second set of weapons to help Rain of Arrows quickly and reliably apply the Withered effect!

For the early and mid-game, focus on getting the Dualstring Bow as it allows all attacks to fire an additional arrow. You can set up an additional Gas Cloud and double your damage output by dealing the initial burst damage whilst stacking up on Poison stacks and Magnitude.

List of Weapons

Armor and Accessories

Ghostwrithe Tattered Robe will be this build's main source of survivability when paired with Chaos Inoculation since its life conversion happens before Chaos Inoculation, meaning you will preserve a significant amount of Energy Shield while negating all Chaos Damage dealt to you.

Corpsewade Iron Greaves is an alternative pair of boots you will slot in when you are mobbing as it allows you to consume a corpse and spread poison clouds that scale with enemy health. Upon equipping, slotting in Bursting Plague will add extra damage alongside the spreading poison!

Apart from the unique equipment listed for the armor, it gives you minimal Evasion for Wind Dancer while maximizing Energy Shields. Apart from the Energy Shield modifiers, cap out on Elemental Resistances as they are essential for surviving the higher tiers.

Additionally, get at least +40 Spirit on your amulet since this build utilizes multiple Spirit Skills!

During the early and mid-game, you will mostly rely on the Plaguefinger Gauze Wraps as they cause all of the damage you deal with Hits contribute to Poison Magnitude, meaning the Gas Arrow + Flame Wall combo alongside additional elemental modifiers will contribute to scaling!

All Armors and Accessories
List of Armors	List of Accessories

Socketables

Jewels

Note: The modifiers listed are arranged according to priority.

Emerald	・Increased Effects from Quivers ・Increased Projectile Damage ・Increased Poison Magnitude Optional: ・Increased Projectile Speed ・Increased Attack Speed
Sapphire	・Increased Chaos Damage ・Increased Effect of Wither Optional: ・Gain % of Maximum Energy Shield as Additional Stun Threshold

For your jewels, focus on getting Emeralds to gain damage modifiers and attack speed to boost your Poison damage. The best modifier you can get here would be for Quivers since most of your damage scaling is affected by them.

Secondly, you can get Sapphires that strengthen your Chaos Damage and Wither efficacy to further amp up damage. Optionally, you can get additional stun thresholds from your maximum energy shield to increase survivability.

List of Jewels

Charms

Note: The modifiers listed are arranged according to priority.

Thawing Charm	・Increased Duration ・Increased Charges ・Gain Charges Per Second
Staunching Charm	・Increased Duration ・Increased Charges ・Gain Charges Per Second

The best charm to slot in would be the Thawing Charm since it prevents you from being frozen, essentially a death sentence on higher tiers. Secondly, get a Staunching Charm since Energy Shields will be nerfed, allowing bleeds to get through your Energy Shields.

List of All Charms

Runes and Soul Cores

Equipment	Sockets
Weapon	Soul Core of Quipolatl
Armor	Iron Rune

The best slot-in for the Weapons is the Soul Core of Quipolatl for more attack speed, increasing the build's DPS and uptime of Poison!

The best slot-in for Armor should be Iron Runes to further increase Energy Shields. However, if you have not reached the maximum resistances, slot in some elemental runes!

All Runes and Soul Cores
List of Runes	List of Soul Cores

Poison Pathfinder Ranger Skills and Passive Tree

Active Skills

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Upon getting your third set of ascendancy points, the build will replace Gas Arrow with Poison Concoction as its main basic attack. Having support gems such as Scattershot, Chaos Infusion, and Deadly Poison to burst enemies down with high Chaos Damage!

Rain of Arrows is included to apply the Withered effect to increase the Chaos damage dealt to enemies through Withering Touch. As a general note, this interaction only becomes accessible after unlocking the Pure Chaos notable!

For the curses, Despair, and Temporal Chains are included. Despair reduces an opponent's Chaos Resistance, while Temporal Chains is included to further prolong the Withered and Poison effects you have applied. You can only apply two curses if you have the Whispers of Doom keystone!

The build will also utilize four Spirit Gems for its survivability, those being ① Wind Dancer, ② Ghost Dance, ③ Grim Feast, and ④ Alchemist's Boon

• Wind Ranger increases your survivability by adding Evasion while applying the Blind and Maimed debuffs.
• Ghost Dance acts as a contingency if you get hit by an attack by giving you an Energy Shield that scales off of the build's high Evasion.
• Grim Feast exponentially increases survivability by replenishing Energy Shields upon gathering remnants up to 100% of your Maximum Energy Shield.
• Alchemist's Boon is essentially your means of ammunition for Shattering Concoction since it helps you gain more flask charges per second!

List of Skill Gems

Passive Skill Tree

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Passive Tree Pathing

The passive tree priority for overall DPS is to take nodes that grant Projectile Damage, Poison Magnitude/Duration, increased Quiver Effects, Attack Damage, Chaos Damage, and Increased Wither Effects. Additionally, the build grabs the Whispers of Doom keyword to have both Temporal Chains and Despair active.

For the defenses, take nodes that mainly grant bonuses to Energy Shield as this build will rely on it for its survivability. The build treats Energy Shield as its HP and is further emphasized after equipping the Ghostwrite and taking both Chaos Inoculation and Eternal Youth keystones.

The ascendancy group nodes for the Pathfinder Ascendancy, Brew Concoction, and Overwhelming Toxicity are priority inclusions. Brew Concoction allows the build to access the Poisonous Concoction skill. Overwhelming Toxicity further increases the potency of all Poison procs by doubling the amount of Poison stacks the build can do!

Make sure to dedicate one +15 Strength to equip some support gems. After that, split between Dexterity and Intelligence depending on the attribute requirements of the skills/spells!

As a general note, it is best to save up on Gold as the transition from mid to end-game will require a significant sum for refunding!

Passive Skill Tree Guide and List of Passives

Poison Pathfinder Ranger Playstyle

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End Game	Mid Game	Early Game

End Game Rotation

Note: This clear was done on a Rare Tier 15 Waystone.

When you reach the first few Atlas maps, this build will be designed to easily clear mobs and delete bosses by combining Poisonous Concoction with Curse debuffs. For mobbing, you will mostly be using your main attack while relying on the Decompose skill of Corpsewade Iron Greaves.

While following a playstyle that revolves around proper positioning whilst pelting enemies with Poisons and Curses, the skill rotation should be:

1. Cast Temporal Chains to slow enemy movement and extend the duration of your debuffs.
2. Use Rain of Arrows to stack Wither stacks on enemies.
3. Cast Despair to lower the opponent's resistance to Chaos damage.
4. Throw Poisonous Concoctions enhanced by multiple damage multipliers.

Mid Game Rotation

When going through Cruel Mode, this build is equipped to deal with hordes and bosses with the Gas Arrow, Tornado Shot, and Flame Wall combination.

While following a playstyle revolving around kiting the enemy and melting them down with explosives and DoT, the skill rotation should be:

1. Cast Despair to lower the opponent's resistance to Chaos damage.
2. Use Flame Wall to ignite enemies then set up a Tornado Shot on the middle or top of the boss. Consistently set up a Tornado Shot on top of bosses to increase DPS!
3. Cast Barrage to enhance Gas Arrow, then shoot arrows on the Tornado to multiply the Gas Arrows by up to six.
4. Repeat from step one.

Early Game Rotation

During the early, the playstyle for this build revolves around properly setting up enemies before raining down toxins. The combo here is to set up Vine Arrow to an area you will lure the mobs in to lessen their mobility, and then cast Contagion alongside Enfeeble to set up AoE debuffs before spreading a Barrage-enhanced Toxic Growth to burst enemies!

1. Use Vine Arrow to a location you will kite to.
2. Cast Contagion and Enfeeble on the nearest enemy.
3. Spread toxic pustules using Toxic Growth.
4. Cast Barrage then use Poisonburst Arrow to proc the pustules and spread AoE poison.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 while cycling through Contagion/Enfeeble when necessary!

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