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Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)

PoE 2 0.2 Huntress Build - Poison Bleed Rapid Assault Ritualist

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This is a Poison Bleed Rapid Assault Ritualist Huntress build for Mapping in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)'s Dawn of the Hunt Update. Check out the Poison Bleed Rapid Assault Ritualist build, including its gear, socketables, skills, and playstyle!

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Poison Bleed Rapid Assault Ritualist Build Summary

Woolfio's Poison Bleed Rapid Assault Ritualist Build

This endgame build is crafted by Woolfio. Check out all of their detailed guides on Path of Exile 2 and all things ARPG over at Woolfio (Youtube)!

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Poison Bleed Rapid Assault Ritualist Endgame Build

Build Setup
Path of Exile 2 (PoE2) - Ritualist IconRapid Assault Ritualist
Blood Boil Icon Wind Dancer Icon Disengage Icon Spearfield Icon Rapid Assault Icon Thunderous Leap Icon Bloodhound Herald of Blood Icon
Path of Exile 2 Build Pro Fast Mob Clear

Path of Exile 2 Build Pro Strong DoT

Path of Exile 2 Build Pro Can Quickly Stun Rares and Uniques

Path of Exile 2 Build Con Weak in Zones with no Walls

Path of Exile 2 Build Con Vulnerable to Getting Chain Stunned

The Poison Bleed Rapid Assault Ritualist build focuses on DoT and chaining Poison and Bleed to cause chain reactions and DoT focused bleed to clear out mobs and bosses alike.

Build FAQs

Build Notes

How Does the Chain Reaction Work

Herald of Blood detonates after the enemy dies while bleeding. This effect itself won't be able to cause enemies bleeding but it can inflict poison which can trigger Bursting Plague and the plague explosion is considered a hit which can inflict Bleed again as a hit chance. This causes a chain reaction that can quickly wipe mob groups by creating a poison and bleed loop.

Poison Bleed Rapid Assault Ritualist Equipment

Equipment
Massive Spear Icon Weapon Trapper Hood Icon Helmet Gutspike Buckler Icon Offhand
Wyrmscale Coat Icon Body Armour
Snakebite Spined Bracers Icon Gloves Heavy Belt Icon Belt Braced Sabatons Icon Boots
Ultimate Life Flask Icon Health Flask Icefang Orbit Iron Ring Icon Ring 1 Amber Amulet Icon Amulet Pearl Ring Icon Ring 2 Ultimate Mana Flask Icon Mana Flask

Weapons

Spear

It is recommended to equip a Spear that provides additional physical damage to scale both Poison and Bleed, so Mighty Spear would be the best base Spear due to its implicit. Naturally, build up as much Physical Damage as possible to burst down any opponent and slot in Life Leech for survivability.

List of Weapons

Armor

Evasion Based

For your armor, try to stack Evasion since it will be your main source of survivability alongside Stun Threshold so that enemies will not stop your mobility.

Essentially you are a glass cannon with solid manueverability especially when paired with high movement speed Boots. Naturally, have your gear cap out on Elemental Resistances as this is crucial for any build.

Snakebite Spined Bracers

Since this build will heavily rely on Poison, the Snakebite Spined Bracers are a no-brainer to increase the build's damage output by adding an additional maximum stack of Poison you can inflict.

List of Armors

Accessories

Icefang Orbit Iron Ring

To further increase the survivability of this build, the Icefang Orbit Iron Ring utilizes this build's Poison capabilities to inflict Chill on enemies, slowing them down in the process.
List of Rings

Amber Amulet

This build requires a significant amount of Strength due to the Support Gems and Spear equipped.
List of Amulets

Jewels

Note: The modifiers listed are arranged according to priority.

Ruby Jewel Ruby ・Increased Melee Damage
・+% Chance to Inflict Bleed
・Gain Rage on Hit
・Life Leech

For your jewels, the build will mainly revolve around Ruby jewels as they can maximize your ability to deal Melee Damage and inflict Bleeds. Optionally, you can either have Rage on Hit for more offense or Life Leech for more survivability.

List of Jewels

Runes and Soul Cores

Equipment Sockets
Weapon
Armor

The best runes for this build will be the Greater Iron Rune to amp up the build's Physical Damage, allowing both Poison and Bleed to scale further. For your Armor runes, choose any Elemental Resistance Rune to help you reach the 75% cap for all your Elemental Resistances.

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

Charms

POE 2 Thawing Charm Thawing Charm ・Increased Duration
・Increased Charges
・Gain Charges Per Second
POE 2 Antidote Charm Antidote Charm ・Increased Duration
・Increased Charges
・Gain Charges Per Second
POE 2 - Amethyst CharmAmethyst Charm ・Increased Duration
・Increased Charges
・Gain Charges Per Second

The build equips Thawing Charm or Antidote Charm have specific elements that can help with your survivability. As for endgame, try to pick up or trade Amethyst Charms as Chaos damage will be the main problem of your survivability in harder maps.

List of All Charms

Poison Bleed Rapid Assault Ritualist Skills

Skill Support Gems
Rapid Assault IconRapid Assault
Spearfield IconSpearfield
Herald of Blood IconHerald of Blood
Disengage IconDisengage
Thunderous Leap IconThunderous Leap
Wind Dancer IconWind Dancer
Blood Boil IconBlood Boil
BloodhoundBloodhound's Mark

Rapid Assault will be the build's main damaging skill, and since Bleed's damage comes from the hit that inflicts it, we want it to deal as much damage. Spearfield's main purpose is to add an additional poison stack and to keep doing it with its hazard effect. The reasons and explanations for including the skills and support here are indicated below:

  • Herald of Blood - Provides the build with more AoE clear with Bleeding damage.
  • Disengage - Repositioning skill after a Parry.
  • Thunderous Leap - Included as a means to traverse maps efficiently.
  • Blood Boil - Additional means of damage for Mobbing and Bossing.
  • Bloodhound's Mark - Allows you to make use of Bleed as a means of burst and stun accumulation.
  • Wind Dancer - Provides the build additional survivability by increasing your Evasion. The support gems included allows peeling enemy aggro from you.

List of Skills

Poison Bleed Rapid Assault Ritualist Passive Tree

Passive Tree Progression

Ascendancy Tree
Ritualist Ascendancy Group Nodes
Passive Nodes
1. node 1 ritualist poison bleed Honed Instincts + Blur 2. node 2 ritualist poison bleed Lasting Toxins + Escape Velocity + Spear Cluster
3. node 3 ritualist poison bleed Deterioration 4. node 4 ritualist poison bleed Wasting + Fast Acting Toxins
5. node 5 ritualist poison bleed Glancing Blows + Coated Arms 6. node 6 ritualist poison bleed Lay Siege + Bloodletting + Cruel Methods

For our passive tree, we'll be taking poison related nodes while getting survivability nodes through evasion as well. We also want to increase our attack damage as bleed's main damage is scaled on the hit that causes the bleed so the harder our attacks hit the enemy, the higher the total bleed damage will be.

Passive Skill Tree Guide and List of Passives

Poison Bleed Rapid Assault Ritualist Playstyle

Skill Rotations

※ Press on what type you are fighting for a more detailed explanation on the playstyle and skill rotation.

Type Skill Rotation
Mobbing
Rapid Assault Icon
Bossing
Rapid Assault Icon Spearfield Icon Thunderous Leap Icon

Mobbing

For general mobbing, you'll want to only rely on a singular skill which is Rapid Assault. The magic of the mobbing will happen based on Herald of Blood's interactions.

  • Start and end the fight with Rapid Assault.

This will inflict bleed that will trigger Herald of Blood. Herald of Blood's explosion will then inflict poison after it explodes from plagueburst which inflicts bleed and this interaction will be your main mobbing tool.

Bossing

Your Bossing setup will be a bit different but will still rely on Rapid Assault.

  • Start the fight with Rapid Assault.
  • Continue using Rapid Assault then use Spearfield to increase your poison limit.
  • Detonate the Spearheads with Thunderous Leap for high amounts of bleed damage.

Our bossing relies on stacking poison and triggering a huge burst of damage and bleed from Rapid Assault's detonation damage.

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