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Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)

PoE 2 0.3 Monk Build - Powerwasher Acolyte of Chayula

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This is a Powerwasher Acolyte of Chayula endgame build for mapping in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2)'s The Third Edict Update. Check out the Powerwasher Acolyte of Chayula endgame build, including its gear, socketables, skills, and playstyle!

Powerwasher Acolyte of Chayula Build Summary

Toastji's Powerwasher Acolyte of Chayula Build

The Powerwasher Acolyte of Chayula Build is made by Toastji, who recently won Build of the Week on the PoE 2 Forums. The video linked above showcases the build in all its purple glory. Check out Toasti's Youtube channel for any questions and updates to the build!

Powerwasher Acolyte of Chayula Build

Build Setup
Path of Exile 2 PoE 2 Powerwasher Acolyte of Chayula
Powerwasher Acolyte of Chayula
Into the Breach Icon Ember Fusillade Icon Incinerate Icon Ball Lightning Icon Mana Remnants Icon Cast on Elemental Ailment Icon Living Bomb Icon
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The Powerwasher Acolyte of Chayula relies heavily on gaining fuel for Incinerate to burn down every enemy in your path. Stack up Volatility with your beam of purple fire to scale your damage up to its limits.

Date Changes
09-12-2025 ・Created Powerwasher Acolyte of Chayula build page.

Powerwasher Acolyte of Chayula Equipment

Gear Modifiers
Attuned Wand IconAttuned Wand
(Weapon Set 1)


The Wicked Quill Withered Wand IconThe Wicked Quill Withered Wand
(Weapon Set 2)
・Increased Critical Spell Damage Bonus
・Gain % of Damage as Extra Elemental Damage
・Increased Spell Damage
・Maximum Mana
・+ Level of All Fire Spell Skills
・Increased Flammability Magnitude
・Increased Spell Damage
・Maximum Mana
・Chaos Resistance
Leyline Focus IconLeyline Focus
(Offhand Set 1)

Effigy of Cruelty Antler Focus IconEffigy of Cruelty Antler Focus
(Offhand Set 2)
・Increased Energy Shield
・Increased Spell Damage
・Increased Chaos Damage
・+ Level of All Spell Skills
・Elemental Resistances



・Maximum Energy Shield
・Increased Spell Damage
・Chaos Resistance
Soaring Mask IconSoaring Mask
(Helm)
・Increased Evasion and Energy Shield
・Maximum Life
・Maximum Mana
・Elemental Resistances
・Gain Deflection Rating based on Evasion Rating
Sleek Jacket IconSleek Jacket
(Body Armor)
・Increased Evasion Rating
・Increased Energy Shield
・Increased Evasion and Energy Shield
・Spirit
・Elemental Resistances
・Gain Deflection Rating based on Evasion Rating
Barbed Bracers IconBarbed Bracers
(Gloves)
・Increased Evasion Rating
・Maximum Life
・Elemental Resistances
・Gain Deflection Rating based on Evasion Rating
Cavalry Boots IconCavalry Boots
(Boots)
・Increased Movement Speed
・Elemental Resistances
・Increased Evasion Rating
・Increased Effect of Socketed Items
Lunar Amulet IconLunar Amulet
(Amulet)
・Increased Energy Shield
・Elemental Resistances
・Increased Evasion Rating
・+ Level to All Spell Skills
・Increased Global Defences
Breach Ring IconBreach Ring
(Ring 1)
・Increased Chaos Damage
・Increased Evasion Rating
・Maximum Life
・Elemental Resistances
・Attributes
Prismatic Ring IconPrismatic Ring
(Ring 2)
・Increased Chaos Damage
・Elemental Resistances
・Increased Evasion Rating
・Increased Accuracy Rating
・Attributes
Ultimate Life Flask IconUltimate Life Flask
(Life Flask)
・Increased Recovery Rate
・Increased Charges
Melting Maelstrom Ultimate Mana Flask IconMelting Maelstrom Ultimate Mana Flask
(Mana Flask)
・Increased Duration

Weapons

Your Weapon Set 1, which has your non-Unique Wand and Focus, will be your central skillcasting set for Incinerate. It is important to set The Wicked Quill Withered Wand and Effigy of Cruelty Antler Focus in Weapon Set 2, as it is your main debuffer set with Ball Lightning, Despair, and Critical Weakness.

Look for modifiers that boost damage, specifically increased Spell Damage, additional Level to Spell Skills, and increased Chaos Damage.
List of Weapons

Armor and Accessories

In general, you are looking for as much Evasion, Energy Shield, and Deflection as possible. Since this build does not need Unique armor pieces, you can craft or trade for your preferred modifiers fairly easily.

List of Armors List of Accessories

Runes and Soul Cores

Equipment Sockets
Weapon
Armor

As for your Runes, make sure to equip the Fenumus' Rune of Agony for your Wand and Greater Body Rune on your Shield to help you gain more Chaos damage and Physical damage as Life leech for survivability respectively.

Furthermore, slot in a Greater Iron Rune on your Helm and Body Armor for the added Evasion Rating and Energy Shield. Use the Courtesan Mannan's Rune of Cruelty for more Ailment Magnitude and Farrul's Rune of Grace to help combat the movement speed penalty when using Incinerate.

List of Runes List of Soul Cores

Belts and Charms

Belt Modifiers
Headhunter Heavy Belt IconHeadhunter Heavy Belt ・Has 3 Charm Slots
・Maximum Life
・Attributes
Charm Options
Stone CharmStone Charm POE 2 Thawing CharmThawing Charm POE 2 Sanguis Heroum Staunching CharmStaunching Charm

We will be taking the Headhunter Heavy Belt to take the enemy elite's modifiers when they are slain. The effects may vary, but generally, enhancing their passive skills can significantly boost our damage output for a brief period.

For our charms, we will be taking defensive options in order to maintain our incinerate cast. Ideally, we would take charms with the modifier that provides Guard Chance when activated to further boost survivability when channeling our skill.

List of Belts List of Charms

Powerwasher Acolyte of Chayula Skills

All Active and Persistent Skills

Skill Support Gems
Cast on Elemental Ailment IconCast on Elemental Ailment
Incinerate IconIncinerate
Living Bomb IconLiving Bomb
Flameblast IconFlameblast
Ember Fusillade IconEmber Fusillade
Despair IconDespair
Ball Lightning IconBall Lightning
Into the Breach IconInto the Breach
Mana Remnants IconMana Remnants
Ghost Dance IconGhost Dance

The build is centered around the reworked skill Incinerate, used alongside the new keystone passive Blackflame Covenant. This is used in conjunction with the new Elemental Infusion mechanic, which enables the incinerate to set the ground aflame, thereby dealing increased ignite damage to enemies that walk through it.

To increase the effectiveness of our attacks on multiple targets, we will be utilizing the Cast on Elemental Ailment Skill gem to inflict Living Bomb on targets during mapping. Due to the Acolyte of Chayula's Ascension node Volatility, the damage dealt to other targets when an enemy dies is magnified, thereby increasing mapping speed.

To sustain the prolonged incinarate casts, we will be taking Mana Remnants to sustain our mana costs. Due to the fact that mobility is restricted during the casting of Incinerate, we take Ghost Dance to enhance survivability. This approach enables us to effectively absorb damage and sustain the Incinerate cast.

Finally, we will be using Despair and Ball lightning for our debuffs. Despair significantly enhances our chaos damage, while Ball Lightning is used to trigger Effigy of Cruelty, which in turn inflicts critical weakness on targets.

List of Skills

Powerwasher Acolyte of Chayula Passive Tree

Passive Tree Progression

Ascendency Passive Nodes
Unravelling, Chayula's Gift, and Waking Dream
Passive Nodes
1. Mindful Awareness, Moment of Truth, and Immaterial 2. Spaghettification, Instability, and Spectral Ward
3. Throatseeker, Precise Volatility, and Toxic Tolerance 4. Inner Faith, Pure Chaos, and Careful Assassin
5. Blackflame Covenant and Void 6. -
Screenshots taken from Path of Building

※ Legend: Red = Weapon Set I | Green = Weapon Set II

Your Ascendancy passives for the Powerwasher Acolyte of Chayula build should prioritize getting Waking Dream to consistently spawn Remnants that can benefit your main skills, and Chayula's Gift to help reach the 75% resistance cap. Unravelling is used for gaining more Ignite and Flammibility magnititudes with all your skills.

The rest of your passive nodes should give you damage boosts with Critical hits and Ailment Magnitudes, while your survivability focuses on stacking Evasion Rating and Energy Shields.

Passive Skill Tree Guide and List of Passives

Jewels

Note: The modifiers listed are arranged according to priority.

Sapphire Jewel Sapphire ・Increased Critical Damage Bonus
・Increased Cast Speed
・Increased Ignite Magnitude
・Increased Magnitude of Ailments you Inflict
Emerald Jewel Emerald ・Increased Lightning Damage
・Chance to Poison on Hit
・Increased Chance to Inflict Ailments
・Increased Magnitude of Ailments you Inflict
Sapphire Jewel Sapphire ・Increased Maximum Energy Shield
・Increased Critical Damage Bonus
・Increased Chance to Inflict Ailments
・Increased Magnitude of Ailments you Inflict
Sapphire Jewel Sapphire ・Increased Critical Damage Bonus
・Increased Ignite Magnitude
・Increased Curse Duration
・Increased Magnitude of Ailments you Inflict

Your Jewels should focus on stacking more Critical Damage and Ignite magnitude as this directly affects your damage output with most of your skills. Do note that you can also equip a Heart of the Well Diamond unique jewel with Ailment Magnitude stats if you have the currency for it.

List of Jewels

Powerwasher Acolyte of Chayula Playstyle and Skill Rotation

Mobbing Rotation

For mobbing, you will mainly just be spamming Incinerate to clear large packs of mobs throughout the map. The rotation is as follows:

  1. Cast Living Bomb on an enemy in the middle of a pack.
  2. Spam Incinerate for huge Ignite and Chaos damage.

Bossing Rotation

For bossing, you will need to start casting Despair and Ball Lightning for applying critical weakness and spam Incinerate for consistent damage. The rotation is as follows:

  1. Cast Ball Lightning to trigger critical weakness.
  2. Use Despair and Living Bomb for reduce their chaos resistance and apply an explosion on hit.
  3. Spam Incinerate for huge Ignite and Chaos damage.

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