[0.2] Witch - Minion Army Lich - Leveling and Endgame Guide.

Hello everyone!

I have made a leveling and endgame guide for the Witch with the Lich Ascendancy that focuses on minions.

You can find the full guide here:

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/minion-army-lich-build-guide

With detailed steps on passive tree, skill gems and support gems.

Planner: https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/3frf0ih8



Video with last boss in cruel campaign and the first map done after:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VO_4B2mprM

I started with a standard SSF character (clean run) and after doing the first map after campaign I migrated the character to standard trade to test higher tier content with a bit better gear (Mid) gear setup.

I finished campaign before any % life nerf to enemies and before they recently buffed minion damage with like 50% more damage.


Video of a T17 map using gear that is comparable to the "Mid" item setup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_CMpBNqYyc


Video of doing the Trialmaster using gear that is comparable to the "Mid" item setup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HAeDaDMAac

Edit: If Vaal Guards get nerfed you switch back to Skeletal Arsonists.

followed the raw version of this guide and was very pleased!
currently at cruel.
I had to switch out them snipers for the ice mages on act 2 boss though, he was being VERY unreasonable.

managed all the trials so far on lvl. but also got rly lucky with finding +minion lvl gear from the merchants.

@hoffen i've seen many ppl talk about fireball instead of firewall after a certain lvl (player lvl 31+) for srs, since that one got heavily buffed. I have not tried it yet though. any thoughts on it?

also rly appreciate the new guide! great work!

EDIT: u rly was not kidding with the warning about the spectres. these guys are insane. the visual clutter is crazy as well. x)

any suggestions what to replace Unearth with? I play in a duo and the ritualist keeps complaining about me using up them good corpses...

Hey, Hoffen! Great job!
While we now have the new ascendancy, which one would you recommend for the minion build now?

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Sairef#3190 wrote:

Hey, Hoffen! Great job!
While we now have the new ascendancy, which one would you recommend for the minion build now?

I prefer Lich over Infernalist.

Thanks for this. After slugging my way through the 1st 4 Acts with chaos and snipers the immediate improvement was amazing.