Infernalist Witch minions will melt everything - literally

Campaign maps melt quickly to Arsonists, without me having to do anything.

I use the Skeletal Warriors from the sceptre as my meat shields (with Meat Shield support).

If it's safe, I'm spamming Flame Wall with SRS.

I have Flammability + Pain Offering to help my minions vs bosses.
Vs most bosses, you can just walk in circles while your minions melt it down very quickly.

This is my build if you're curious, written step-by-step guide as a pinned comment of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl5SyQgLtRk

I've also live streamed the full playthrough, so you can see the thoughts behind it, the mistakes, the things I've changed over time, how I adapted to difficulties I've faced, etc.

Showcase vs Jamanra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ll-TaXzhU
Showcase Minions Only vs Rattlecage: https://youtu.be/akEabifcBfU
Showcase map progression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UcU_lgCMFk

I am confident that this is one of the topbuilds out there, both early and late, although its performance in late act 6 and maps remains to be tested.

Open for suggestions.

I'm going to play this on HCSSF live on stream once I've got some time.

there are like 4 nodes for 60% spell damage noone seems to take around here, aren't those good?

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Nightycore112#0774 wrote:

there are like 4 nodes for 60% spell damage noone seems to take around here, aren't those good?

The Lasting Incantation cluster? You can absolutely take them.
I have posted what I consider the "core" path.
You can do multiple things from here.

Personally I am planning to path to Ingenuity + Patient Barrier, then get
Adverse Growth, Regenerative Flesh, Entropic Incantation, Vile Mending,
Arcane Blossom, Insightfulness.

With Beidat's Gaze and Beidat's Will as my 3rd and 4th ascendancies,
I want to get Mind over Matter and Eldritch Battery.

Essentially I want to max up my Energy Shield and mana regen, add that Energy Shield to mana,
and use my mana as my HP.

You can straight up take life from here though, or path towards Lasting Incantation, that's completely up to you,
and will work perfectly fine.

ye, ill prob go more mana regen as is better to survive bosses for longer

mine look like this atm

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/e944q03z

when i get higher i will branch from the deadly swarm to the left cluster u have

i am limited by the gear so i am at limit with INT STR DEX for gems and skills lol

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Nightycore112#0774 wrote:

ye, ill prob go more mana regen as is better to survive bosses for longer

mine look like this atm

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/e944q03z

when i get higher i will branch from the deadly swarm to the left cluster u have

i am limited by the gear so i am at limit with INT STR DEX for gems and skills lol

I think you should commit to minion damage nodes early, and then branch out, instead of the opposite. Minion damage is your priority.

You will also absolutely need accuracy.
For this reason, I went up via Power of Death, then took all the blue nodes on the Growing Swarm cluster, then pathed to the Fear of Death Cluster, taking Gravedigger and Relentless Fallen on the way as well.
Then I went to Lord of Horrors + Bringer of Order.

Your Arsonists aren't going to crit, so that would be relatively pointless in this build, but it could work if you go for other minions.
I think Arsonists are the best minions for this though.

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/x248h0h8

So you say Maybe i should go for pure damage and hit rather than crits ?

I use rn snipers with gas arrow for explosion

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Nightycore112#0774 wrote:

So you say Maybe i should go for pure damage and hit rather than crits ?

I use rn snipers with gas arrow for explosion

Yes.
I also think Arsonists are better than Snipers, but if you really want to use Snipers, it should be okay. Just know it will be significantly less damage.

will try arsonists, as i think crit doesnt work for snipers either so i need to respec lol

so, i took out minion instability and put fire pen on srs, put infernal legion so i have them low all the time to explode them

Or maybe fire pen on arsonists so when i explode SRS they do more damage

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Nightycore112#0774 wrote:

will try arsonists, as i think crit doesnt work for snipers either so i need to respec lol

so, i took out minion instability and put fire pen on srs, put infernal legion so i have them low all the time to explode them

Or maybe fire pen on arsonists so when i explode SRS they do more damage

Fire Penetration is a good support for Arsonist *eventually*, but Magnified Effect + Scattershot + Martial Tempo + Minion Mastery (lv 3) should be prioritised. They add more damage.

My suggestion is to find a new build cause they are already nerfing that.