This is a Detonate Dead Blood Mage Witch endgame build for Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). Check out the Detonate Dead Blood Mage Witch build, including its gear, socketables, skills, and playstyle!

Detonate Dead Blood Mage Witch Build Summary

Crazymrpipz's Detonate Dead Blood Mage Witch Build

This endgame build for Blood Mage is crafted by Crazymrpipz, showcased in a detailed guide over at his Youtube channel.

The video breaks down the build step-by-step, covering everything from skills, gear, and passives to dominate the endgame!

You can also check out Crazymrpipz's Twitch Channel for more Path of Exile 2 content!

Detonate Dead Blood Mage Witch Build

Build Setup
Detonate Dead Blood Mage Witch
Great for Bossing One Shots Most Enemies Minions Take the Heat Off You Very squishy

This endgame Detonate Dead Blood Mage build shines at deleting Tier 15+ bosses in the Atlas by turning corpses into massive explosions. Detonate Dead's AoE clears huge areas of enemies effortlessly, making it perfect for sweeping hordes and efficiently handling Trial of Chaos with Level 80 Keys.

The build’s survivability is enhanced by skeletal minions, who draw enemy attention away from you, keeping you safe while you rain destruction.

Detonate Dead Blood Mage Witch Gear Setup

Equipment and Modifiers

Note: Weapon Set 1 is for clearing mobs, while Weapon Set 2 is for fighting bosses.

Weapon Set 1

Weapon Set 2

Gear	Modifiers
Enezun's Charge Volatile Wand	・Grants Skill: Volatile Dead ・Increased Spell Damage ・Increased Critical Hit Chance for Spells ・Mana per Enemy Killed ・Chance to not destroy Corpses When Consuming Corpses
Scepter	・Grants Skill: Purity of Fire ・Increased Spirit ・Increased Level of All Minion Skills ・ Minions Have Increased Maximum Life
Helm	・ Increased Energy Shield ・ Maximum Life ・ Increased Level to All Minion Skills ・ Fire Resistance ・Lightning Resistance
Robe	・Increased Energy Shield ・Maximum Energy Shield ・Maximum Life ・Spirit ・Cold Resistance ・Reduced Bleeding Duration on You
Gloves	・Increased Energy Shield ・Maximum Life ・Maximum Mana ・Dexterity ・Fire Resistance ・Lightning Resistance
Belt	・Reduced Flask Charges used ・Armor ・Maximum Life ・Cold Resistance ・Lightning Resistance ・Stun Threshold
Boots	・Increased Movement Speed ・Energy Shield ・Evasion Rating ・Maximum Life ・Lightning Resistance ・Cold Resistance ・Strength
Ring	・Armor ・Maximum Life ・Maximum Mana ・Increased Rarity of items found ・Dexterity ・Lightning Resistance
Amulet	・Maximum Energy Shield ・Increased Energy Shield ・Maximum Mana ・Increased Level of All Spells ・Life Regeneration Per Second
Ring	・Increased Rarity of Items Found ・Lightning Resistance ・Maximum Life ・Increased Level of All Minion Skills ・Fire Resistance ・Strength
Amulet	・Increased Rarity of Items Found ・Spirit ・Maximum Life ・Increased Level of All Minion Skills ・Increased Critical Hit Chance

Gear	Modifiers
Scepter	・Grants Skill: Purity of Fire ・Increased Spirit ・Increased Level of All Minion Skills ・ Minions Have Increased Maximum Life
Threaded Light Woven Focus	・Increased Energy Shield ・Increased Mana Regeneration Rate ・Increased Light Radius ・Increased Spell Damage per 10 Spirit
Helm	・ Increased Energy Shield ・ Maximum Life ・ Increased Level to All Minion Skills ・ Fire Resistance ・Lightning Resistance
Robe	・Increased Energy Shield ・Maximum Energy Shield ・Maximum Life ・Spirit ・Cold Resistance ・Reduced Bleeding Duration on You
Gloves	・Increased Energy Shield ・Maximum Life ・Maximum Mana ・Dexterity ・Fire Resistance ・Lightning Resistance
Belt	・Reduced Flask Charges used ・Armor ・Maximum Life ・Cold Resistance ・Lightning Resistance ・Stun Threshold
Boots	・Increased Movement Speed ・Energy Shield ・Evasion Rating ・Maximum Life ・Lightning Resistance ・Cold Resistance ・Strength
Ring	・Armor ・Maximum Life ・Maximum Mana ・Increased Rarity of items found ・Dexterity ・Lightning Resistance
Amulet	・Maximum Energy Shield ・Increased Energy Shield ・Maximum Mana ・Increased Level of All Spells ・Life Regeneration Per Second
Ring	・Increased Rarity of Items Found ・Lightning Resistance ・Maximum Life ・Increased Level of All Minion Skills ・Fire Resistance ・Strength
Amulet	・Increased Rarity of Items Found ・Spirit ・Maximum Life ・Increased Level of All Minion Skills ・Increased Critical Hit Chance

Weapons

Get a scepter that increases Spirit, Increased Level of All Minions Skills, and Increased Maximum Life for Minions.

A key gear item for the build is Enezun's Charge Volatile Wand. This wand provides a 25% chance of not destroying corpses when casting spells that would normally consume them like Detonate Dead. This allows you to reuse the same corpses for multiple explosions.

Another key piece of gear is Threaded Light Woven Focus, which provides Spell Damage per 10 Spirit, amplifying your damage as your Spirit pool increases.

This build features weapon sets depending on the situation:

• Weapon Set 1, equipped with Enezun's Charge Volatile Wand, is perfect for mobbing and clearing waves of enemies with ease.


• For boss fights, swap to Weapon Set 2, where you’ll want to place your scepter as your primary weapon and equip Threaded Light Woven Focus as secondary.

List of Weapons

Armor

Focus on gear with Spirit and Increased Level to All Minion Skills for scaling your minions' power. Ensure Elemental Resistances are capped at 75% for survivability. Look for bonuses to Energy Shield, HP, and Increased Rarity of Items Found to enhance your durability and loot drops. Don't overlook Increased Movement Speed on boots to maintain mobility!

Socketables

Jewels

Note: The modifiers listed are arranged according to priority.

Ruby	・Increased Minion Life Optional: ・Increased Spell Damage

Equip jewels with increased Minion Life—up to 15% per jewel! A set of 4 Rubies focused on Minion Life makes your minions tankier and your Detonate Corpse damage deal more damage.

List of Jewels

Charms

Note: The modifiers listed are arranged according to priority.

Antidote Charm	・Used when you're poisoned ・Increased Charges ・Recover Life when Used

For Charms, focus on filling any missing resistances. If resistances are maxed, consider Antidote Charm, as poison damage goes through Energy Shield, and be dangerous in certain situations.

List of All Charms

Runes and Soul Cores

Note: The modifiers listed are arranged according to priority.

Equipment	Sockets
Armor	Desert Rune Storm Rune Glacial Rune Iron Rune

Slot in Desert, Storm or Glacial Runes to cover any missing resistances. If you're already resistance-capped, swap them for Iron Runes in your armor to boost survivability.

This build does not use Soul Cores.

Detonate Dead Blood Mage Skills and Passive Tree

Active Skills

Skill	Support Gems
Detonate Dead	Corpse Conservation Minion Pact Spell Echo Magnified Effect Ambush
Sacrifice	Cannibalism Clarity
Grim Feast	Font of Blood
Skeletal Brute	Meat Shield Minion Mastery Physical Mastery
Soul Offering	Persistence Ablation
Vulnerability	-
Skeletal Cleric	Arcane Tempo Last Gasp Ingenuity
Frost Wall	Icicle

This Blood Mage build focuses on Detonate Dead spell, utilizing its explosive corpse damage for efficient area clearing. Keeping the Detonate Dead gem at Level 7 minimizes mana cost without reducing its effectiveness, as damage scales with corpse life, not gem level. Slotting Ambush in lets you one-shot bosses, while Magnified Effect boosts its AoE for even larger explosions.

Additionally, you can swap Considered Casting for Magnified Effect when fighting bosses.

For minions, aim for 4 Skeletal Brutes to deal heavy damage and take pressure off you, while 2 Skeletal Clerics keep them alive longer with healing and resurrection.

Soul Offering boosts your damage by impaling a Skeleton, granting a Spell Damage buff that further increases Detonate Dead's power. Grim Feast feeds on corpses to restore Energy Shield, and while active, it grants the chance for Grim Remnants to drop from killed enemies and your minions.

Lastly, Sacrifice allows you to use your minions as substitutes for corpses, enabling you to cast Detonate Corpse more frequently, even during boss fights when there are no corpses. Combined with the massive HP of your Skeletal Brutes, this makes your Detonate Corpse devastating to enemies.

List of All Gems

Passive Skill Tree

Ascendancy Tree
Ascendancy Group Node
Passive Nodes
1.	Raw Destruction to Critical Overload	2.	Melding to Deadly Force
3.	Tempered Mind and Careful Assassin	4.	Vile Mending
Weapon Set 1 Nodes
1.	Repulsion and Reverberation	2.	-
Weapon Set 2 Nodes
1.	Desensitisation	2.	Cut to the Bone

Full Tree Pathing

Stack up on Minion Life passives to keep your minions beefy, and get nodes like Living Death, Necrotised Flesh, and Vile Mending. This not only boosts your survival but makes those corpse explosions from Detonate Corpse and Sacrifice even more devastating!

Meat Recycling is a key passive, giving a 15% chance to avoid destroying corpses when consumed. This keeps your clears smooth and your boss fights consistent since your Skeletal Brutes won’t keep dropping like flies when casting Detonate Corpse.

Grab True Strike, For the Jugular, and Deadly Force for loads of crit chance and crit damage.

For Weapon Set 1, go with Reverberation and Repulsion for bigger AoE, stronger spell damage, and knockback effect for mobbing. For Weapon Set 2, pick Desensitization and Cut to the Bone for extra critical damage and physical damage—perfect for making your Detonate Dead hit like a truck, with a chance at one-shotting bosses.

Passive Skill Tree Guide and List of Passives

Detonate Dead Blood Mage Witch Playstyle and Skill Rotation

Skill Rotation

You can one-shot Tier 15+ bosses with this build!

The Detonate Dead Blood Mage Witch build focuses on utilizing the Detonate Corpse skill for clearing mobs, with minions acting as the front line. The optimal rotation is as follows:

Mobbing Rotation

1. For clearing mobs, switch to Weapon Set 1.
2. Let your Skeletal Brutes and Skeletal Clerics engage the enemies.
3. Cast Detonate Dead on corpses.
4. Against tougher enemies, use Detonate Dead on one of your Skeletal Brutes.

Bossing Rotation

1. For boss fights, switch to Weapon Set 2.
2. Let your Skeletal Brutes and Skeletal Clerics engage the enemies.
3. Cast Vulnerability or Soul Offering.
4. If there are no corpses nearby, use Detonate Dead on one of your Skeletal Brutes.

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