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Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)

PoE 2 0.3 Witch Endgame Build - Demon Warp Infernalist

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This is an endgame build for the Infernalist Ascension for the Witch class in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) The Third Edict update that uses Lightning Ball and Lightning Warp for a big burst of damage. Check out the Demon Warp Infernalist build for the Witch, including gear, socketables, skills, and playstyle!

Demon Warp Infernalist Build Summary

Ronarray's Demon Warp Infernalist Build

This is an endgame build for the Infernalist witch ascension, brought to you by Ronarray. You can find a detailed guide on this build on Ronarray's YouTube channel.

Check out the video for a detailed breakdown of the build, including gear, passives, and the selection of skill gems to that gets the build going.

You can also find more community discussions about detailed builds on his Discord channel. If you want to see him in action, check out his Twitch channel!

Demon Warp Infernalist Build

Build Setup
Path of Exile 2 PoE 2 Infernalist PortraitDemon Warp Infernalist
Demon Form Icon Sigil of Power Icon Orb of Storms Icon Lightning Warp Icon Ball Lightning Icon Blasphemy Icon Cast on Critical Icon Convalescence Icon
Path of Exile 2 Build ProGreat Burst Damage and Scaling

Path of Exile 2 Build ProProficient at Mobbing and Single Targets

Path of Exile 2 Build ProHighly Mobile

Path of Exile 2 Build ConRequires High Spirit Investment

Path of Exile 2 Build ConNeeds High Regeneration

Path of Exile 2 Build ConUsing Lightning Warp Carries an Inherent Risk

The build focuses on the reworked Demon Form to increase Spell Damage, and utilizes Lightning Warp to deliver explosive Lightning damage in an area.

Date Changes Made
09/3//25 ・ Build Created

Build FAQs

Build Notes

Switching from Arc to Lightning Warp

The initial game plan for the build was to use Arc to trigger Cast on Critical in combination with another source of damage. However, Arc lacks damage and does not consistently trigger Cast on Critical, so a different skill was utilized to deal damage instead.

Skipping Mastered Darkness

Removing the Demon Form stack limitation with the Mastered Darkness ascendency node improves damage scaling. However, changes to Demon Form make counteracting the life drain with regeneration extremely difficult. For this reason, we will only utilize the base Demon Form with a limit of 10 stacks.

Demon Warp Infernalist Witch Equipment

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

Gear Affixes
Chiming Staff IconChiming Staff

・+ Level of all Lightning Skills
・+ Increased Spell Damage
・+ Increased Lightning Damage
・Gain x% of Damage as Extra Lightning Damage
Wicker Tiara IconWicker Tiara
・Maximum Energy Shield
・Life Regeneration Per Second
・Elemental Resistance
・Life
River Raiment IconRiver Raiment
・Maximum Energy Shield
・+ Spirit
・% Increased Energy Shield
・Elemental Resistance
・Maximum Life
Jewelled Gloves IconJewelled Gloves
・+ Maximum Energy Shield
・+ Increased Energy Shield
・+ Elemental Resistance
・Life
・Mana
Sandsworn Sandals IconSandsworn Sandals
・Increased Movement Speed
・Life Regeneration
・Elemental Resistance
Linen Belt IconLinen Belt
・Life Regeneration per Second
・Elemental Resistance
・Life
Solar Amulet IconSolar Amulet
・+ Spirit
・Maximum Energy Shield
・Increased Energy Shield
・+ Level to All Spell Skills
Annointment:
・Conservative Casting
Amethyst Ring IconAmethyst Ring
・Elemental Resistance
・Life Regeneration per Second
Pearl Ring IconPearl Ring
・Elemental Resistance
・Life Regeneration per Second
Ultimate Life Flask IconUltimate Life Flask
・% of Recovery applied instantly
・% Increased charges
Ultimate Mana Flask IconUltimate Mana Flask
・% Increased amount recovered
・% Increased Charges Gained

Weapons

The recent changes to Demonform enable us to equip weapons when it's toggled on. Prioritize getting a good weapon with increased level to all lightning skills, as well as increased damage.

Depending on your current gear, you can interchange between a staff or wand and focus setup, so you can safely make the switch based on which has better stats without affecting the build.

List of Weapons

Armor and Accessories

For gear, you're going to need plenty of life regeneration to sustain Demon Form as well as plenty of Spirit to activate the rest of the skill setup. Grab energy shields wherever possible to increase your survivability, as well as the other resistances.

Lastly, you will need to annoint Conservative Casting to your Amulet with a Liquid Emotion, as this is mandatory for mana sustain.

List of Rings List of Amulets
List of Armors

Runes and Soul Cores

Equipment Sockets
Weapon
Armor

Socket Greater Storm Rune into your weapon, for increased Lightning Damage.

The armor runes that you select for your equipment are primarily determined by the resistances available on your equipment. Focus on maximizing your resistances and use Greater Iron Runes to increase your energy shield.

Make sure you reach the cap on your Chaos Resistance. This will decrease damage done to your energy shields from Chaos sources.

List of Runes List of Soul Cores

Charms

POE 2 Thawing CharmThawing Charm ・Reduced Charges per use
POE 2 Staunching CharmStaunching Charm ・Reduced Charges per use

We will primarily use charms to prevent crowd control effects from afflicting us, allowing us to stay on the move and dodge as needed.

As with the armor pieces, it is imperative that we obtain life regeneration on our belt, and acquiring defensive affixes is a close second priority.

List of Belts List of Charms

Demon Warp Infernalist Skills

All Active and Persistent Skills

※ The Support Gems' priority are arranged in a descending order. The first one being the most important and the last being the least crucial.

Skill Support Gems
Demon Form IconDemon Form
Sigil of Power IconSigil of Power
Blasphemy IconBlasphemy
Cast on Critical IconCast on Critical
Ball Lightning IconBall Lightning
Convalescence IconConvalescence
Lightning Warp IconLightning Warp
Orb of Storms IconOrb of Storms

The build is centered around the use of Ball Lightning and casting Lightning Warp on the Lightning Ball projectile to deal significant damage. Using Lightning Warp poses inherent risks, as it positions us directly near the enemy. To mitigate these risks, we rely on dealing substantial damage to take out the mobs in a single Lightning Warp cast.

This build uses the Zenith support gem, which increases damage dealt when your mana is full. We will use Mana Efficiency Gems alongside some passives to reduce our mana costs.

As mentioned in the Gear Selection section, this build requires a significant Spirit investment to use all the skills. If you cannot reach the required amount of Spirit, you can choose to drop Blasphemy and add it later.

List of Skills

Demon Warp Infernalist Passive Tree

Passive Tree Progression

Since Energy Shields will be our main source of tankiness for all encounters, we will take notable passives such as Insightfulness, Melding, and Enhanced Barrier to increase survivability.

Efficient casting is essential to minimize mana costs and maximize the benefits of the Zenith passive ability. It is also important to note that Considered Casting is a notable passive skill that presents a challenge in terms of its distance from our other nodes. Therefore, it is essential to annoint it in our Amulet.

The rest of our points will go to increasing our damage, so we will be taking passives such as Potent Incantation, Pure Power, and Careful Assassin to boost our damage output.

Passive Skill Tree Guide and List of Passives

Demon Warp Infernalist Playstyle

Mobbing Rotation

This will be the standard rotation for most encounters: bursting down hordes of enemies with massive damage via Lightning Warp. It is important to note that, given the use of the Unleash passive, adequate pauses must occur between skill casts to allow for the Unleash support gem to cool down.

  1. Cast Demon Form as soon as you load into an instance to start gaining stacks.
  2. Cast Ball Lightning for you to warp into.
  3. Cast Lightning Warp on your Ball Lightning.

Single Target Rotation

The rotation for bosses and tough elites is mostly the same, with some additional skills added to increase damage output.

  1. Cast Demon Form as soon as you load into an instance to start gaining stacks.
  2. Cast Sigil of Power for the damage buff.
  3. Cast Orb of Storms twice.
  4. Cast Ball Lightning for you to warp into.
  5. Cast Lightning Warp on your Ball Lightning.

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