I can’t ever tell you sure what to do with your attributes bc it will depend on your gear, but you will need over 120 int by the end, so grab a healthy amount of that
I can't even express how much I appreciate these build guides, they are so clear, so easy to grasp! Amazing job making POE more understandable for noob like me!
Also when you infect enemies with contagion, when they die, contagion stays on the corps. So when those little scorpion minions appear, they are all infected automatically by contagion, then they continue to spread as they attack. Such a great loop!
This was the build i was already running pretty much with a few improvements......big ups to my man Raxx.....when it comes to aarpgs me and my best friend treat your stuff like the literal bible......god teir content creator for sure!!!!!!!!!
Not sure if this is a bug or not, but when you get the passive skill, "Lord of Horror" (Minions have 12% reduced reservation) you need to click off all of your minions and then click them back. The game doesn't factor in the reduced reservation on active minions and that should get you at least 1 if not 2 additional minions.
This was so well broken down in the clearest way possible that anyone who has never even heard of this game could grasp it easily. Thank you man. Im only in act 2 but I learned a ton in such a short time watching this. Easiest sub.
bro i gotta tell, one of the best poe videos i have seen so far if not the best, you r covering absolutely everything ppl need to know in a very easy way to understand.
As a POE noob I am proud to say I made this build before seeing any guides. Love my minion witch! So much fun especially when you watch the monsters burn 🔥
Hey Rax, new dad here. (born the day POE2 came out). Thanks for the easy to follow guide, this has let me actually make some progress with the couple of hours that I've actually had to myself. Keep it up.
Thank you Rax, I've fixed my similar build using your tips and indeed it is much better. It looks like passive tree fire damage nodes that I've set were not working for minions. Now everything is melting :)
I love your philosophy in building! Now we get to see you take these classes into endgame and watch you make slight tweaks. Looking forward to seeing your tier 10+ builds!
I was working with an extremely similar build that I put together that I was trying to figure out why it wasn't working. Then realizing swap the wand for the shield.. oh my god. Plus this build with a controller is perfect. I'm using unearth while I work on gems for extra minions and with the shield, it points to the closest enemy which is usually in front of a bunch of dead monsters, so now when I use unearth, it doesn't go to a random wall with nothing, I unearth the monsters directly behind my target which usually spawns max minions.. It's fantastic. Thanks Hooded man.
Dude, i can't believe I found this video yesterday after suffering to level 30 with a chaos hexblast build that stalled out at the end of Act 3. Within a few hours I had obliterated Act 3. Thank you sir.
This build has made the game so much easier for me. I tried Deadeye ranger and stormweaver sorc and both had great burst damage but I was dying so often due to how squishy they are. I was really struggling with bosses as well. As soon as I tried witch though it was a game changer. So much more tanky than other classes I’ve tried and does really great damage as well. Absolutely steamrolling the game now with this build.
I had actually just started this but my tree is a mess so this will totally come in handy to help me clean that up, thanks! Also the wand skill that turns corpses into heat seeking fireballs just makes this insanely fun as well :)
Man I'm new to POE and after following this guide I finally destroyed Jamantra after few tries. Been grinding him for hours so effin tanky after this build he became soft haha. Though I lost all my gold refunding skills it was all worth it! Thank you!
Hey Raxx, appreciate the content. I know lots of people are looking for build guides and whatnot, and I enjoy them to see whats possible, but I mostly like to make my own... any chance you can make some "PoE2 for Dummies" videos, like what to do in the end game, tips for crafting and trading, things like that? Would be useful to new players like myself - I'm getting all my info from the global chat right now.
Opposite for me as a warrior. I cant see what the enemies are doing due to the fire walls. The skeletons look like enemies. You can't turn off the allies VFX.
Firewall+skulls just clutter up screen and make it hard to see enemy dmg zones.. also after testing i realised it adds little to dmg overall. I use enfeeble now which means i'm taking less dmg and so are minions...with the added bonus i can see ground !!!
Congratulations on the 0 deaths! And thank you for all the content that you provide to help others and us to learn from and mostly enjoy playing the game! keep up the great work!
And as always raxx is the hero who saves poe2 for me. I will try rhis build. Keep up your good work. Watching your guides is great. You always learn something.
Thank you man, this is EXACTLY what I've been looking for since realising Blood Mage isn't really viable yet. Barely need to change anything to change over from a bare bones minion DOT build to this. Very much appreciated 😀
Minion survival becomes a big issue when you get to maps and you WILL need to invest into survival. The problem is the revive timer resets if a minion dies. So if you fight something that can kill your minions (which is a lot if you dont make them tanky) you will lose one, your damage goes down and the enemies have less targets, which means you lose the next one before the revive and the timer resets, and it cascades until you are alone for the full revive timer and at that point you're probably dead. For personal survival ES stacking and grim feast is well known to be busted and you can take it easily with this build because there honestly arent that many minion nodes we need to worry about and you can pump your ES up a ton. Secondly consider taking the right side of that block tree and find yourself a shield with a high increased block roll. You can pretty easily be hitting over 60% block with just a few points. My witch is at 68% right now and combining that with grim feast means you dont die unless all your minions do first in maps
@goatyord you're on a 24 minute long build video for a game about autisticly over analyzing and optimizing numbers and you cant read a concise comment with a few build suggestions? You lost?
Great info Purple! im new to POE and was already running this type of build and wondered how endgame would be! I was getting worried about the survival side.
While you raise valid points, this is explicitly a levelling build. I agree with you though and think this build does more harm then good - it gives the player (especially a new one) a false sense of security that will perish in the end game. Also this build and playstyle have serious visibility problems that I think are worth mentioning.
@@APurpleSpyI think his issue was lack of paragraphs. I kind of see where he's coming from. Itsonlyonestepawayfromnotusingwhitesoaceatallwhywouldyounot
Very interesting construction, but for those who are just starting with the first construction, it is extremely difficult to realize, realize, somehow you lack spirit, I am at level 10 and I have not found anything with which I can jump to spirit Anyway congratulations for the very explicit video in the understanding of everyone
I know it's probably suboptimal, but I went Bloodmage in hopes the Leech stuff worked and to be a Cold caster but never made it to the build before the nerfs. I think Minion Witch as Bloodmage going down the right side of the tree is pretty good. Makes you really tanky, and the minions do all the work so you aren't sacrificing life to do any damage. I'd recommend people try it out before rerolling their Witch that may feel bricked.
Appreciate the info brother! I was close to this as a newbie beginner in POE, but there were a few parts of your build that helped me become tankier and do some more dps. Thanks for the info and build. I am level 20 now and have made it to the rolling caravan in act 2. I'm liking the game and the minion witch so far. Just going to keep grinding on the campaign and leveling. I'm thinking about maybe merc which was my first choice pre-launch, but back to my favorite type in the minion realm at launch. Seen your content on ranger and that is my 2nd favorite type of toon. Enjoying the game so far. My first ARPG was D4 and I still enjoy it (1200hrs playtime), but this is also fun and challenging in a different way. Enjoy your videos and streams. Keep it up!
Yo thanks a bunch. I have a feeling this will get boring but cant but cant deny how OP this looks. Only had to make subtle changes with my level 25 witch to get the ball rolling with this.
I think a missed opportunity in your excellent guide (for beginning players) is to explain that Raging Spirits is NOT a witch spell. In fact, if you are following "suggested" spells, you will/can miss the ability from the boss that gives you your first SPIRIT gem, and accidently spend it on a witch aura, instead of Raging Spirits. This was my fail, when I just did my own minion build.
Okay, you earned a subscribe from me: "In this jewel socket just throw in anything that does anything for minions." Those are the words only a thoughtful, experienced build creator would use! Like recognizes like. :) P.S. - looking forward to an end game build for this, too!
Great guide, this is actually what i been building on my own. But i see now i made some mistakes getting spell damage. Easy fix...and i see i at least chose the right kind of gear too so im happy about that. Thanks for the help!!! Will fix the build on my next day off 😊
Personally just transitioned into an ES version after leveling the campaign. This is by far the fastest version to campaign with, ignore most boss mechanics, just double flame wall before boss, flam into offering, then just spam flamewall whilst running. Melter. you will die, it has legit 0 defences. Nerf removed like 2 arsonists for me, went from 10-8 with a decent amount of spirit on my gear. (~+200).
sadly GGG will raise the spirit cost of the Arsonits soon. This is what is written in the forum "Skeletal Arsonists Spirit costs now match the other two Skeleton Mages, this should result in a slight decrease in the number of Arsonists at a higher level." 😒
"Fill the area flame easily" on the discussion on spell cascade. Just as an FYI, you cant have more then three flame walls up. You'll notice every time you cast with cascade, the old walls disappear. The benefit with cascade would be that it it automatically spread out and not overlapping. So you have better field coverage. Though as you notice, its random on which axis it will use.
One thing to note is that the Raging Spirits do actually contribute to your overall defenses. While they cannot take aggro, they do have hitboxes, and will eat projectiles. The rest of your minions reduce the number of enemies targeting you, while your RS minions reduce the number of non-penetrating projectiles you and your other minions have to worry about.
As a witch I’ve done everything in my power to avoid this build but it seems to be the only build anyone recommends. A chaos/disease blood mage would be cool
This is exactly what I tried to do on EA launch. I don't recommend it at all. Bloodmage is one of the worst, if not the worst, ascendancy and chaos dot for damage just doesn't feel smooth. You really need to delete the enemies instantly like the fire minion build does or else you start to see the glaring weaknesses of the minion AI compared to enemy AI. The enemies almost completely ignore your minions. The mobs go straight for you and you're left running around waiting for the disease to spread. Someone else referred to the build as a "backpedal simulator".
@@cranknnutz ya I’d like to avoid having any minions it’s just not my thing. Blood mage is the only reason I picked witch and I’m lvl 42 so I’m too deep to go back
@Raxxanterax thx for AWESOME guide. Excellent for new player. All explained. Only 1 QUESTION: shield ability "block chance" in PoE2 block physical AND magic. So may be it is the most important to have it on shield??
I am completely new to ARPGs (okay I played like an hour of D4 when it came out) and I was doing this build basically without even trying! I just had fire wall spawn raging spirits and skeletal archers (which I’m gonna switch out for arsonists now!) I’m glad this is a good build because I have no clue what I’m doing but I’m progressing nicely!
This video is great, thank you. Any chance you could please post a screenshot of your passive tree too? I know there's a maxroll link, but it doesn't show what to allocate the many many attribute nodes. I'm new to the game, so I don't know if I should just be focusing on intelligence or strength or what since I don't know if minion damage scales on. You don't seem to have any mana issues in the game, so what should I focus on?
I really wanted a "plague witch" to work with no minions. Spreading chaos damage and watching the mobs melt, but there seems to be something off with the scaling. It works really good at the start but from the end of act 2 it starts to regress and the damage just doesn't cut it anymore. I would really like to see your take on a build like that.
I reached Act 3 on my witch and was getting really bored of my skelly snipers and bonestorm. This is so much more fun. ❤ I did not even have to respec my passive skills. 😂 Great build!
Liked Fire Necro in Last Epoch, and also love this Infernalist Ascendancy. Something between this mad flying fiery skulls, infernal rings of doom and loyal hellhound just fit together thematically. And u can switch to freaking demon caster if u get bored of minions. And the splashart cool af :D
Just a note on UNEARTH CONTAGION interation. if trash dies with contagion raise them with unearth they will carry the debuff from contagion really helpfull early.
love minion builds. I use Malice sceptre and go crit with skeleton warriors. I do not really use SRS anymore. The fire can cause a problem by you not seeing what is on the ground.
I was skeptical about using a malice scepter, but I got one with 18% spirit, 53% ally damage, 19% ally crit chance, and 14% ally crit damage. All max rolls. It’s been working out so far lol
Yea dude I know there are plenty of easy mode builds but I just can’t stop shattering things with my Monk… it’s soooooo fun to blast around and slap everything. I do need to get a new weapon tho
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Update: Campaign cleared - still 0 deaths!
what attribute should i go for the +5 on the passive tree? all int or should i have some others?
Holy shit
@@justsomeguywithagrin840 Same Question!
I can’t ever tell you sure what to do with your attributes bc it will depend on your gear, but you will need over 120 int by the end, so grab a healthy amount of that
love the build but if you don't go left of Raw Destruction and instead go left at the top of the first attribute you will save 2 skill points
I can't even express how much I appreciate these build guides, they are so clear, so easy to grasp! Amazing job making POE more understandable for noob like me!
Poe2 is pretty easy to understand if you are willing to put effort into it, people expect big result without even trying anything themselves
@@AKmumu says the guy visiting other channels instead of being out in the field making something by himself lol
Anyone that's new to PoE is blessed to have you make content for it now. These are the best structured guides by far.
Also when you infect enemies with contagion, when they die, contagion stays on the corps. So when those little scorpion minions appear, they are all infected automatically by contagion, then they continue to spread as they attack. Such a great loop!
Contagion also scales in damage the more it spreads
is contagion worth using?
@@donaldwalley2450 Yeah its very strong especially early on
This was the build i was already running pretty much with a few improvements......big ups to my man Raxx.....when it comes to aarpgs me and my best friend treat your stuff like the literal bible......god teir content creator for sure!!!!!!!!!
Not sure if this is a bug or not, but when you get the passive skill, "Lord of Horror" (Minions have 12% reduced reservation) you need to click off all of your minions and then click them back. The game doesn't factor in the reduced reservation on active minions and that should get you at least 1 if not 2 additional minions.
Good lookin out
Thank you with your help I was able to go through campaign.
This was so well broken down in the clearest way possible that anyone who has never even heard of this game could grasp it easily. Thank you man. Im only in act 2 but I learned a ton in such a short time watching this. Easiest sub.
I think this is a lot less likely to be nerfed. It's a combo of simple things working together to pack a big punch. Nice work man.
They may change the cost of SRS
If this got nerfed I'm gonna be done with the game.
@@subzero308Same!
@@subzero308 they are going to nerf it with upcoming patch. you will have only 5 raging spirit and some other sht to destroy this built
@@randomized8900 Isn't that in already? I have one and a few days ago it was already only summoning 5.
this build is insane thank you very much !!! I hope to see a build update for higher levels
bro i gotta tell, one of the best poe videos i have seen so far if not the best, you r covering absolutely everything ppl need to know in a very easy way to understand.
8:09 This is huge. I had no idea there was an actual difference between ‘more’ damage and ‘increased’ damage.
Been playing this build since day 1. Biggest weakness is FPS. In breach it drops to 27 because of all the fire effects
The stutter is the real boss
@@ronon93 you playing on console/tv or pc?
Try playing on console, the whole game runs at sub 20 fps almost all the time.
Really that Bad on console?
@@WolfeNInfernalisnot on series x
As a POE noob I am proud to say I made this build before seeing any guides. Love my minion witch! So much fun especially when you watch the monsters burn 🔥
I really love these guide videos! Thank you so much!
Hey Rax, new dad here. (born the day POE2 came out). Thanks for the easy to follow guide, this has let me actually make some progress with the couple of hours that I've actually had to myself. Keep it up.
Dude this is really one of the best Build Guides I have seen so far. Thank you for all your work.
Thank you Rax, I've fixed my similar build using your tips and indeed it is much better. It looks like passive tree fire damage nodes that I've set were not working for minions. Now everything is melting :)
I love your philosophy in building! Now we get to see you take these classes into endgame and watch you make slight tweaks. Looking forward to seeing your tier 10+ builds!
I was working with an extremely similar build that I put together that I was trying to figure out why it wasn't working. Then realizing swap the wand for the shield.. oh my god. Plus this build with a controller is perfect. I'm using unearth while I work on gems for extra minions and with the shield, it points to the closest enemy which is usually in front of a bunch of dead monsters, so now when I use unearth, it doesn't go to a random wall with nothing, I unearth the monsters directly behind my target which usually spawns max minions.. It's fantastic. Thanks Hooded man.
New to POE2 and this is the best video i've ever seen since the beginning.
Dude, i can't believe I found this video yesterday after suffering to level 30 with a chaos hexblast build that stalled out at the end of Act 3. Within a few hours I had obliterated Act 3. Thank you sir.
The way you walk through a build is the best I've seen from guides on RUclips. Thanks for taking the time to help us noobs!!
Best build for beginners AND the entire Top 10 / Top 5 on all the leaderboards lol Love to see it
thats why the nerf hammer will smash on their heads soon
This build has made the game so much easier for me. I tried Deadeye ranger and stormweaver sorc and both had great burst damage but I was dying so often due to how squishy they are. I was really struggling with bosses as well. As soon as I tried witch though it was a game changer. So much more tanky than other classes I’ve tried and does really great damage as well. Absolutely steamrolling the game now with this build.
Great campaign build guide. Don't forget the Oaksworn shield - only requires lvl 7, native with 50 spirit, and most trade for 1 Ex.
I had actually just started this but my tree is a mess so this will totally come in handy to help me clean that up, thanks! Also the wand skill that turns corpses into heat seeking fireballs just makes this insanely fun as well :)
Raxx is not only one of the best arpg content creators, but one of the best gaming creators period. Also he’s got the best dry humor.
This build rips. Finally got it 100% set up. It's sick. Thank you!
Man I'm new to POE and after following this guide I finally destroyed Jamantra after few tries. Been grinding him for hours so effin tanky after this build he became soft haha. Though I lost all my gold refunding skills it was all worth it! Thank you!
Hey Raxx, appreciate the content. I know lots of people are looking for build guides and whatnot, and I enjoy them to see whats possible, but I mostly like to make my own... any chance you can make some "PoE2 for Dummies" videos, like what to do in the end game, tips for crafting and trading, things like that? Would be useful to new players like myself - I'm getting all my info from the global chat right now.
As in his descriptions, meanwhile you can also try to look at maxroll. There are also a few resources to at least some of these questions.
Sure I can make that, good idea
Bro... If all of your build guides are this good, you have just officially became my new favorite POE2 youtuber. Subscribed!!!
When I co-op and I see the fire circle and all the Minions I breath a sigh of relief and say it's going to be a good day. 😂
Opposite for me as a warrior.
I cant see what the enemies are doing due to the fire walls.
The skeletons look like enemies.
You can't turn off the allies VFX.
@@JoshTheMadLadmy friend just jumps in and hopes for the best
@@lucasgil9618 a true Chad warrior
Very true!
Firewall+skulls just clutter up screen and make it hard to see enemy dmg zones.. also after testing i realised it adds little to dmg overall.
I use enfeeble now which means i'm taking less dmg and so are minions...with the added bonus i can see ground !!!
Really appreciated this guide. I found it very easy to follow knowing nothing about poe2. Thank you!
Congratulations on the 0 deaths! And thank you for all the content that you provide to help others and us to learn from and mostly enjoy playing the game! keep up the great work!
Can't wait for the endgame version of this, currently blasting right now with this
Great video was about 75% on the same track. 1 QUESTION: what were you speccing into percentage wise, INTELLIGENCE, STRENGTH, AND DEXTERITY?
What I did was: as much Int and Dex as you need for the gems and the rest goes into Strength
Mostly int as the spells are expensive to upgrade at 14
And as always raxx is the hero who saves poe2 for me. I will try rhis build. Keep up your good work. Watching your guides is great. You always learn something.
Thanks for the guide Raxx, we all really appreciate the time and effort you put into all your guides.
Thank you man, this is EXACTLY what I've been looking for since realising Blood Mage isn't really viable yet. Barely need to change anything to change over from a bare bones minion DOT build to this. Very much appreciated 😀
Sounds tempting. Guess I'll put my main monk aside for a day and try this out. Thanks, Raxx, always a pleasure to watch.
Update: This is my favorite build now, just finished Act 2, so much fun!
I’m running a similar build with all minion damage but I’ve gone with the minion crit nodes also. Noticed you used a few of those. Great build dude
your arsonist bros really helped leveling my DoT witch on single target. Thank you
Minion survival becomes a big issue when you get to maps and you WILL need to invest into survival. The problem is the revive timer resets if a minion dies. So if you fight something that can kill your minions (which is a lot if you dont make them tanky) you will lose one, your damage goes down and the enemies have less targets, which means you lose the next one before the revive and the timer resets, and it cascades until you are alone for the full revive timer and at that point you're probably dead. For personal survival ES stacking and grim feast is well known to be busted and you can take it easily with this build because there honestly arent that many minion nodes we need to worry about and you can pump your ES up a ton. Secondly consider taking the right side of that block tree and find yourself a shield with a high increased block roll. You can pretty easily be hitting over 60% block with just a few points. My witch is at 68% right now and combining that with grim feast means you dont die unless all your minions do first in maps
Not reading all that.
@goatyord you're on a 24 minute long build video for a game about autisticly over analyzing and optimizing numbers and you cant read a concise comment with a few build suggestions? You lost?
Great info Purple! im new to POE and was already running this type of build and wondered how endgame would be! I was getting worried about the survival side.
While you raise valid points, this is explicitly a levelling build. I agree with you though and think this build does more harm then good - it gives the player (especially a new one) a false sense of security that will perish in the end game. Also this build and playstyle have serious visibility problems that I think are worth mentioning.
@@APurpleSpyI think his issue was lack of paragraphs. I kind of see where he's coming from. Itsonlyonestepawayfromnotusingwhitesoaceatallwhywouldyounot
Raxx to the rexcue. Nice guide man. Hope you keep it up to date!
Very interesting construction, but for those who are just starting with the first construction, it is extremely difficult to realize, realize, somehow you lack spirit, I am at level 10 and I have not found anything with which I can jump to spirit
Anyway congratulations for the very explicit video in the understanding of everyone
I know it's probably suboptimal, but I went Bloodmage in hopes the Leech stuff worked and to be a Cold caster but never made it to the build before the nerfs. I think Minion Witch as Bloodmage going down the right side of the tree is pretty good. Makes you really tanky, and the minions do all the work so you aren't sacrificing life to do any damage. I'd recommend people try it out before rerolling their Witch that may feel bricked.
That's me lol
Any chance we can have an end game guide for this build? Thank you so much :)
Appreciate the info brother! I was close to this as a newbie beginner in POE, but there were a few parts of your build that helped me become tankier and do some more dps. Thanks for the info and build. I am level 20 now and have made it to the rolling caravan in act 2. I'm liking the game and the minion witch so far. Just going to keep grinding on the campaign and leveling. I'm thinking about maybe merc which was my first choice pre-launch, but back to my favorite type in the minion realm at launch. Seen your content on ranger and that is my 2nd favorite type of toon. Enjoying the game so far. My first ARPG was D4 and I still enjoy it (1200hrs playtime), but this is also fun and challenging in a different way. Enjoy your videos and streams. Keep it up!
Yo thanks a bunch. I have a feeling this will get boring but cant but cant deny how OP this looks. Only had to make subtle changes with my level 25 witch to get the ball rolling with this.
Let’s go. As a brand new player to Poe I thought minions seemed cool and have been looking for a good video
I think a missed opportunity in your excellent guide (for beginning players) is to explain that Raging Spirits is NOT a witch spell. In fact, if you are following "suggested" spells, you will/can miss the ability from the boss that gives you your first SPIRIT gem, and accidently spend it on a witch aura, instead of Raging Spirits. This was my fail, when I just did my own minion build.
Good point I should have said that
I just respecced my entire minion build into this and this effin rocks. Thanks. :)
Never played Necro before and thought I'd give this buiild try - The damage out put it pretty crazy.
Okay, you earned a subscribe from me: "In this jewel socket just throw in anything that does anything for minions."
Those are the words only a thoughtful, experienced build creator would use!
Like recognizes like. :)
P.S. - looking forward to an end game build for this, too!
GD dude, watched stream yesterday and you'd said you'd do it last night. How you work on all this content so fast is amazing, thank you.
Bruhhhh this build is awesome I was struggling and ready to quit a witch build entirely. GG well explained thank you.
This build still viable and worth doing since the changes in the recent patch?
Great guide, this is actually what i been building on my own. But i see now i made some mistakes getting spell damage. Easy fix...and i see i at least chose the right kind of gear too so im happy about that. Thanks for the help!!! Will fix the build on my next day off 😊
Personally just transitioned into an ES version after leveling the campaign. This is by far the fastest version to campaign with, ignore most boss mechanics, just double flame wall before boss, flam into offering, then just spam flamewall whilst running. Melter. you will die, it has legit 0 defences. Nerf removed like 2 arsonists for me, went from 10-8 with a decent amount of spirit on my gear. (~+200).
sadly GGG will raise the spirit cost of the Arsonits soon.
This is what is written in the forum "Skeletal Arsonists Spirit costs now match the other two Skeleton Mages, this should result in a slight decrease in the number of Arsonists at a higher level." 😒
Unfortunate :(
will this build be shit then?
This build straight up cooks. I started it today and I’m already on act 3.
"Fill the area flame easily" on the discussion on spell cascade. Just as an FYI, you cant have more then three flame walls up. You'll notice every time you cast with cascade, the old walls disappear. The benefit with cascade would be that it it automatically spread out and not overlapping. So you have better field coverage. Though as you notice, its random on which axis it will use.
Such a great video and so well explained. You make the video as if I've never played the game before, and you'd be right. Thanks!
Great Build Raxx. ..Smash through every Act ,now made into Cruelty.
One thing to note is that the Raging Spirits do actually contribute to your overall defenses. While they cannot take aggro, they do have hitboxes, and will eat projectiles. The rest of your minions reduce the number of enemies targeting you, while your RS minions reduce the number of non-penetrating projectiles you and your other minions have to worry about.
As a witch I’ve done everything in my power to avoid this build but it seems to be the only build anyone recommends. A chaos/disease blood mage would be cool
This is exactly what I tried to do on EA launch. I don't recommend it at all. Bloodmage is one of the worst, if not the worst, ascendancy and chaos dot for damage just doesn't feel smooth. You really need to delete the enemies instantly like the fire minion build does or else you start to see the glaring weaknesses of the minion AI compared to enemy AI. The enemies almost completely ignore your minions. The mobs go straight for you and you're left running around waiting for the disease to spread. Someone else referred to the build as a "backpedal simulator".
@@cranknnutz ya I’d like to avoid having any minions it’s just not my thing. Blood mage is the only reason I picked witch and I’m lvl 42 so I’m too deep to go back
@Raxxanterax thx for AWESOME guide. Excellent for new player. All explained.
Only 1 QUESTION: shield ability "block chance" in PoE2 block physical AND magic. So may be it is the most important to have it on shield??
So well done. So well explained. So well thought out. Thank you for making it possible for me to like this game.
This one is fun and got me out of the log jam. Thank you
Hey Raxx love the build! Which venom draught reward did you choose ? Your mana regens was so fast!
I am completely new to ARPGs (okay I played like an hour of D4 when it came out) and I was doing this build basically without even trying! I just had fire wall spawn raging spirits and skeletal archers (which I’m gonna switch out for arsonists now!) I’m glad this is a good build because I have no clue what I’m doing but I’m progressing nicely!
Started with sorc and Im dying heaps. I've been eyeing witch from the start. Might finally make the switch.Great guide!
This helped my first game playthrough and got now to Cruel difficulty.
Dude this was awesome, thanks for making it!
I really like your explanations of everything. Helps me understand my build better. Great video, thanks!
Thank You Rax, you really helped me understand this class with so much insight. Appreciate ya!
You convinced me. This will be my next build.
This video is great, thank you. Any chance you could please post a screenshot of your passive tree too? I know there's a maxroll link, but it doesn't show what to allocate the many many attribute nodes. I'm new to the game, so I don't know if I should just be focusing on intelligence or strength or what since I don't know if minion damage scales on. You don't seem to have any mana issues in the game, so what should I focus on?
Same very new too and haven't a clue
Use your points on Intelligence mostly and a few on Strength and Dexterity, depending on the items you might be using.
I really wanted a "plague witch" to work with no minions. Spreading chaos damage and watching the mobs melt, but there seems to be something off with the scaling. It works really good at the start but from the end of act 2 it starts to regress and the damage just doesn't cut it anymore. I would really like to see your take on a build like that.
I think the 3rd ascendancy will be some sort of bone/chaos solo spellcaster thing.
Awesome build my man! I really appreciate.
OMG I was struggling playing zombies until I watched your guide, GAME CHANGER🙏🙏!!!!
Does it still work after nerfing Arsonist?
He done what 4 characters , Igve still got my first that only just got into cruel. Crazy
Thank you Redsantaraxx! You even made a guide on how to make a guide, just on the side.
5 am at work and waiting for another build! keep it up my guy!
Top notch guide, thank you Raxx, you da best!
I reached Act 3 on my witch and was getting really bored of my skelly snipers and bonestorm. This is so much more fun. ❤ I did not even have to respec my passive skills. 😂 Great build!
Liked Fire Necro in Last Epoch, and also love this Infernalist Ascendancy. Something between this mad flying fiery skulls, infernal rings of doom and loyal hellhound just fit together thematically. And u can switch to freaking demon caster if u get bored of minions. And the splashart cool af :D
Thanks so much!!! no ones make guides for newies start is my first poe2 game ever!
Just a note on UNEARTH CONTAGION interation. if trash dies with contagion raise them with unearth they will carry the debuff from contagion really helpfull early.
Will this build be updated after they nerf it?
love minion builds. I use Malice sceptre and go crit with skeleton warriors. I do not really use SRS anymore. The fire can cause a problem by you not seeing what is on the ground.
I was skeptical about using a malice scepter, but I got one with 18% spirit, 53% ally damage, 19% ally crit chance, and 14% ally crit damage. All max rolls. It’s been working out so far lol
0 deaths entire first act, then hyena man gave me some trouble, no deaths since. Great build!
Was this build nerfed with the latest update?
Yes, you cant have as many arsonists as you could, I went from 10 to 8. Not a gamebreaker
@jonathanhawken unbelievable they nerfed this . Twice this happened to me now . Glad to know it's still viable 👍🏻
What attributes for the +5's in the passive tree?
Dang it Rax I have to reroll a new witch now...
Thanks for the build.
Always a great starter, and it should remain strong because I think it has a lower ceiling in the ultimate endgame as it should.
SRS Is minion’s and +skill to minion’s affects SRS also, if I’m not mistaken you refer to them as a spell.
Sorry if I misspoke, yes they have the minion tag
Minion build 100% is the handholding i need sometimes but golly gee, monk feels sooo good when done correctly and minions cannot compare
Golly gee made me smile. Thanks 😊
Good for you, everyone has different personal preferences
Yea dude I know there are plenty of easy mode builds but I just can’t stop shattering things with my Monk… it’s soooooo fun to blast around and slap everything. I do need to get a new weapon tho
That's how I feel with ranger. My witch is higher level and "easier" but my God it's so fun to rain lightning and electricity down everywhere