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☆ April 23: 0.2.0f Hotfix 6
★ Dawn of the Hunt live now! ▶︎Best Builds
☆ HOT: Huntress | Amazon | Ritualist
★ Classes | Best Classes | Leveling Builds
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This is a list of leveling builds for all classes in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)'s Dawn of the Hunt update. Check out a list of leveling builds for all classes to carry you throughout Acts 1 to 3!
List of Contents
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| All Classes | List of Builds | Class Tier List |
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 Huntress |
 Mercenary |
 Monk |
 Witch |
 Sorceress |
 Warrior |
 Ranger |
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 Bleed Huntress
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 Disengage Jump back as you rupture the earth in front of you with spearpoints, damaging enemies. Consumes the Parried Debuff on Hitting enemies to release a shockwave and grant you a Frenzy Charge. This skill can be used while using other skills, and causes Strikes and Projectiles to miss you while jumping. This skill cannot be Ancestrally Boosted.
 Whirling Slash Perform a circular slash that kicks up a Whirlwind around you, Slowing enemies and Blinding them in its area of effect. Leaving the area collapses the storm, dealing damage and causing Knockback.
 Twister Whip up a twister with a flick of your Spear. The twister moves forward erratically, Blinding and repeatedly Hitting enemies within. If a twister touches a Whirlwind from your other skills, it Consumes the Whirlwind to create additional twisters that deal more damage. Passing over Elemental Ground Surfaces or Consuming an elemental Whirlsind will grant twisters extra damage of that element.
 Explosive Spear Hurl a single payload Spear that pierces through enemies and lodges in terrain where it lands. The Spear will explode at the end of its Detonation Time or if Detonated. Consumes a Frenzy Charge if you have one to explode immediately, dealing more damage in a cross-shaped area and creating Ignited Ground.
 Rake Dash towards an enemy and perform a lacerating slash, inflicting Bleeding on all enemies struck.
 Rapid Assault Perform a series of six rapid stabs. The final stab inflicts Bleeding and leaves a spearhead stuck in the target, Maiming them for a duration. Detonator Skills will cause the stuck spearheads to explode, dealing further damage to the target and other nearby enemies.
 Herald of Blood While active, killing an enemy with Blood Loss will cause a bloody explosion that deals Physical Attack damage to surrounding enemies based off the life of the exploded enemy, destroying their Corpse in the process. The explosion also has a chance to aggravate Bleeding.
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| Focus: Leveling, AoE, DoT, Bleed | |
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Summary: This Bleed Huntress utilizes her Rake skill to inflict bleed and dish out several melee and ranged attacks in combat. |
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 Lightning Mercenary
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 Herald of Thunder While active, killing Shocked enemies with Attack damage, will cause subsequent Attack hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies.
 Flash Grenade Fires a bouncing Grenade that unleashes a Blinding, Stunning explosion when its fuse expires. This explosion can Blind both Allies and Enemies.
 Wind Dancer Grants a buff that gives you more Evasion per stage. Being Hit by a Melee Attack while you have this buff consumes all stages to damage and Knock Back enemies around you.
 Voltaic Grenade Fires a bouncing Grenade that discharges an Electrocuting Lightning blasts when its fuse expires
 Emergency Reload Instantly relaods your active Crossbow Ammunition and Empowers the loaded bolts to deal more damage.
 Shockburst Rounds Loads your Crossbow with a clip of charged bolts which releases damaging pulses upon hitting an enemy affected by a lightning ailment. Using this skill again reloads the clip.
 Galvanic Shards Loads your Crossbow with a clip of charged bolts that fragment in flight, releasing Chaining Lightning beams when they Hit enemies. Using this skill again reloads the clip.
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| Focus: Leveling, AoE, Fast Clear, Lightning | |
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Summary: This Lightning Mercenary leveling build makes use of Galvanic Shards paired with Voltaic Grenade to easily clear mobs by dealing consistent lightning damage. |
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 Lightning Monk
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Herald of Thunder While active, killing Shocked enemies with Attack damage, will cause subsequent Attack hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies.
 Tempest Flurry Perform a series of aggressive Strikes. When used in quick succession, the third use Strikes three times, and the fourth performs a Final strike that calls down a powerful Shocking bolt.
 Tempest Bell Build Combo by successfully Striking Enemies with other skills. After reaching maximum Combo, use this skill to cause the Bell on your staff to grow to massive size as you drop it on the ground. The Bell damages enemies on impact and can be Hit by your skills, creating a damaging shockwave. Elemental Ailments applied to the Bell cause its shockwaves to deal extra damage of the corresponding type, and Hits which would have caused Knockback increase the area of effect of the shockwaves.
 Charged Staff Consume all Power Charges to infuse your Quarterstaff with electricity, adding Lightning damage and a Lightning shockwave to your Quarterstaff Attacks. Reusing this skill while the Buff is active adds to the Buff's duration and damage.
 Lingering Illusion Creates a short-lived illusory copy of yourself whenever you dodge roll. The copy can be damaged by enemies, and copies that are destroyed by an enemy will grant you a Power Charge.
 Siphoning Strike Dash to a target and Strike them with your quarterstaff. If the target is Shocked, consume the Shock to release a Lightning shockwave around the target and grant you a Power Charge.
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| Focus: Leveling, AoE, Burst Damage, Lightning | |
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Summary: The Lightning Monk leveling build makes use of Tempest Flurry with Tempest Bell to clear mobs and bosses with ease. The build uses Lingering Illusion and Siphoning Strike to keep Charged Staff active. |
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 Arsonist Minion Witch
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 Flame Wall Creates a wall of fire in front of the character, which ignites everything within its area. Any projectiles fired through the wall by you and allies deal added fire damage and inflict ignite on hit.
 Flammability Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Fire Resistance.
 Raging Spirits While active, your Fire Spells will also summon Raging Spirits, which are short-lived flaming skulls that rush at nearby enemies and rapidly Attack them. Enemies will not directly engage these Minions, and can pass through them.
 Skeletal Warrior Summons reviving Skeletal Warriors.
 Pain Offering Impales a Skeleton on bone spike to send nearby Minions into a frenzy as long as the spike remains. The bone spike itself is a minion. If it dies, effect ends immediately.
 Skeletal Cleric Summons Reviving Skeletal Clerics that heal other minions and revive fallen Skeletons.
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| Focus: Leveling, Minions, Crowd Control, DoT | |
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Summary: The Arsonist Minion build relies on Minions to do the bulk of the damage, allowing you to join the fight from a safe distance. |
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 Spark Sorceress
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 Arctic Armour Conjures an icy barrier that gains stages overtime. While the barrier has stages, Melee Attacks that hit you will remove a stage to cause a burst of ice that deals Cold Spell damage to the attacker.
 Spark Launches a spray of sparking projectiles that travel erratically along the ground until they hit an enemy or expire.
Flame Wall Creates a wall of fire in front of the character, which ignites everything within its area. Any projectiles fired through the wall by you and allies deal added fire damage and inflict ignite on hit.
 Orb of Storms Creates an Orb of electricity that fires Chaining Lightning bolts at nearby enemies.
 Conductivity Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Lightning Resistance.
 Mana Tempest Creates a storm of arcane energies that Empowers your Mana-costing Spells while you remain inside it. Maintaining the Storm constantly drains your Mana, and each spell you cast causes it to drain faster. The storm will dissipate when you exit it or run out of mana.
 Lightning Warp Teleports you inside the target's body, causing it to violently explode. Highlights enemies that can be culled, and can only be used on these enemies or Ball Lightning projectiles. The target is destroyed, and the explosion deals Lightning Damage to surrounding enemies and creates Shocked Ground.
 Mana Remnants Conjures surging lightning to restore your Mana. While active, Shocked enemies you kill have a chance to spawn a Mana Remnant, and Critically Hitting a Shocked target spawns a Mana Remnant every few seconds. Picking up a Mana Remnant grants you Mana which can Overflow maximum Mana.
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| Focus: Leveling, Mobbing, AoE, Lightning, Fast Clear | |
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Summary: The Spark Sorceress leveling build heavily relies on Spark to deal a barrage of AoE damage to clear maps easily. Spark's damage output is enhanced with the support of other skills such as Flame Wall, Mana Tempest, and Orb of Storms. |
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 Strike Warrior
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 Rolling Slam Slam the ground to Stun enemies and knock them away, then continue forward and perform a devastating second Slam. holding down the skill input allows you to change direction as you move.
 Perfect Strike Charge up your weapon while channelling. Releasing the moment you ECT STRIKE fully charge will release a wave of Fire.
 Leap Slam Jump into the air, damaging and Knocking Back enemies with your mace where you land. Enemies you would land on are pushed out of the way.
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| Focus: Leveling, AoE, High Single Target Damage, Physical | |
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Summary: The Warrior Class is built around priming enemies for stuns with Boneshatter and Leap Slam. Warriors aim to charge into enemy packs and set up satisfying killing blows. Perfect Strike is used to to quickly take down bosses. |
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 Lightning Ranger
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Herald of Thunder While active, killing Shocked enemies with Attack damage, will cause subsequent Attack hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies.
 Barrage Ready a volley of arrows or spears, Empowering your next Bow or Projectile Spear Attack to repeat multiple times. Consumes your Frenzy Charges on use to add additional repeats.
 Lightning Arrow Fires a charged arrow at the target. On hitting an enemy or wall, the arrow will fire Chaining Lightning beams at nearby enemies.
 Lightning Rod Fire an arrow that drops from above, creating a Lightning burst. The arrow remains in the ground, and any Chaining Lightning beams can Chain to it. When Chained to, the arrows release another Lightning burst.
 Stormcaller Arrow Fires an arrow that embeds where it lands for a short duration. At the end of the duration, a Lightning bolt strikes the arrow, disintegrating it and damaging enemies with a high chance to Shock.
 Freezing Salvo Passively coalesces icy missiles from the air over time. Using the skill fires a missile, firing an additional missile for each that has been accumulated.
Disengage Jump back as you rupture the earth in front of you with spearpoints, damaging enemies. Consumes the Parried Debuff on Hitting enemies to release a shockwave and grant you a Frenzy Charge. This skill can be used while using other skills, and causes Strikes and Projectiles to miss you while jumping. This skill cannot be Ancestrally Boosted.
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| Focus: Leveling, Burst Damage, Lightning, Bow and Spear | |
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Summary: This Ranger leveling build is designed around Lightning Arrow's and Lightning Rod's ability to burst along with Stormcaller Arrow's consistent AoE damage. |
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Leveling Builds are temporary and low investment builds that progress from Act 1, 2, and 3 quickly and reach the Endgame as soon as possible. Due to their low investment with Passives and Ascendancy, they are designed to easily pivot into different Endgame builds of your choosing!
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Strike Warrior
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Lightning Ranger
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Spark Sorceress
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Arsonist Minion Witch
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Lightning Mercenary
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Lightning Monk
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Bleed Huntress
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