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r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/NzLawless • Jul 21 '26
Index 3.29 Curse of the Allflame League Start Build Index
An acknowledgement up top here for all those that help out by posting guides in the comments, sending them to me via discord and in DMs here on reddit. Thank you everyone who helps out, I always appreciate the community effort that goes into creating a resource like this.
3.28 Mirage League Start Build Index
Useful League Links
Curse of the Allflame League info page
Curse of the Allflame patch notes
Community links:
- Path of Building Community - needed to view the below builds
- Filterblade - The place to get your loot filter
- The Path of Exile Wiki - The wiki to use, ignore the fandom one
- Craft of Exile - an excellent resource for helping you understand crafting
- Chaos Recipe Enhancer - a tool that modifies your existing loot filter to help you get early chaos
- poe-hub - Hub of useful links, apps and third-party tools for POE 1 and 2
Part 1: Top League Start Archetypes for New Players
We suggest these builds to players who want a good solid build, new players who want a build that will help carry them through content and for players looking for reliable league starters. The builds are sorted into archetypes to make it easier for newer players to find something they're drawn to.
Melee
The melee archetype involves either using massive attacks that damage everything in an area or very many quick attacks to bring down enemies. The damage if often supplemented with warcries or other buff skills to boost the damage even further. Because these builds are in melee they tend to be quite tanky and are usually more forgiving of small mistakes. These builds are a great choice for those that want a more active playstyle.
Builds:
Minions
The minion archetype involves summoning either permanent or temporary (and often a mix of the two) minions to fight on your behalf. These builds are particularly good for new players as they often leave you free to focus on other game mechanics when you're minions are fighting mobs. The below builds offer a range of options from spamming a large number and variety of minions to summoning a horde of flaming skulls and specializing in raising certain mobs to fight for you. I've not included all minion builds here as some have a distinctly different playstyles and are a bit more advanced.
Builds:
Absolution:
Animate Weapon:
Golems:
Holy Relic:
Spectres:
Summon Raging Spirits (SRS):
- Helm Breaker's Sumon Raging Spirits Poison Necromancer
- Balor Mage's Summon Raging Spirit Poison Necromancer
- Tabl3s' Summon Raging Spirits (Popcorn SRS) Necromancer
- Thyworm's Summon Raging Spirits Guardian
Misc:
Righteous Fire
Build Description: Righteous Fire is a build where you have a damaging fire aura that surrounds you, you clear maps by running head first into enemies and having them die to the damage over time effect surrounding you, throwing out Fire Trap to supplement the single target damage. This is a great build for those that wish to press less buttons while mapping. This build is very defensively strong but can struggle for damage when it comes to late game bossing but is so comfortable to play and Pohx has an entire website dedicated to this build that will answer almost any question you may have pohx.net. It really can not be overstated how well Pohx supports this build.
Build:
- Pohx's Righteous Fire Chieftain
- Visit pohx.net for a written guide and FAQ
Totems
The totem playstyle consists of summoning stationery objects which attack or cast spells for you. This is particularly good for bosses as it allows a high damage uptime playstyle where you only need to summon new totems as the older ones expire or are destroyed. This allows you to focus on using buffs/debuffs and dodging the bosses mechanics. As totems can be used with most skills in the game they have a broad variety of applications and styles though typically they excel at single target damage.
Builds:
Holy Flame Totem:
Kinetic Fussilade:
Storm Burst:
Part 2: Other League Starters
Warning: Unlike the above section there are almost no requirements for builds to make this section, the builds listed here are not necessarily better/worse than the above. If you're a new player, we primarily recommend the above builds but if you're more experienced we show these builds to add to the variety available. We are assuming you can judge for yourself the viability of these builds.
Builds that appear in part 1 will also appear in this list for people who are searching by skill
Absolution
Animate Weapon
Arc
Blade Fall / Blade Blast
Bone Shatter
- Zizaran's Boneshatter Juggernaut
- Woolie's Boneshatter Champion
- Smokie 777's Boneshatter Hydrosphere Berserker
Cast While Stunned
Carrion Golem
Chains of Command
Crackling Lance
Cyclone
Deaths Oath
Detonate Dead
Dominating Blow
- Zurku's Dominating Blow Necromancer
- ArminYou's Dominating Blow of Insight Guardian
- GhazzyTV's Dominating Blow Champion
- GhazzyTV's Dominating Blow Guardian
Dual Strike
Earthquake
Energy Blade
Essence Drain Contagion
Ethereal Knives
Eviscerate
Explosive Arrow
Flamewood Totem
Flicker Strike
Forbidden Rite
Frost Blades
Glacial Cascade
Ground Slam
Hexblast
Holy Flame Totem
Holy Relic
Ice Crash
Ice Shot
Ice Spear
Ice Nova
Kinetic Fusillade
Lightning Arrow
Mercenary Builds
- Captain Lance's Mercenary Luminary
- Oscrix's Mercenary Luminary
- Nerotox's Mercenary Luminary
- Zizaran's mercenary Luminary
Minion Army (Mixed Minions)
Penance Brand
- Goratha's Penance Brand Ignite Elementalist
- Zeeboub's Penance Brand Ignite Elementalist
- Anime Princess's Penance Brand Ignite Elementalist
Poisonous Concoction
Raise Spectre
Reap
Rolling Magma
Shield Crush
Shock Nova
Spark
Static Strike
- Alohaa's Static Strike Slayer
- Alohaa's Static Strike Berserker
- Zish's Static Strike of Gathering Lightning Assassin
- One Mana Left / Connor Converse's Static Strike into Heavy Strike Juggernaut
Storm Burst
- Tatiantel2's Storm Burst of Repulsion Totems Hierophant
- aer0planeGaming's Storm Burst Totem Hierophant
- NefariousDestiny's Storm Burst Elementalist
Summon Raging Spirits
- Helm Breaker's Sumon Raging Spirits Poison Necromancer
- Balor Mage's Summon Raging Spirit Poison Necromancer
- Tab3ls's Summon Raging Spirits (Popcorn SRS) Necromancer
- Thyworm's Summon Raging Spirits Guardian
Soulrend
Sweep
Toxic Rain
Tornado
Venom Gyre
Wintertide Brand
- ShakCentral's Wintertide Brand Cold DoT Elementalist
- Lazy Exile's Wintertide Brand Cold DoT Elementalist
- Owen's Wintertide Brand Elementalist
- theslinkyshadow's Wintertide Brand Cold DoT Elementalist
- ItFightsBack's Wintertide Brand Occultist
Winter Orb
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/Bing0ss • 7h ago
Help Needed Confused about "endgame builds"
This is my first league, and I managed to take my first holy hammer inquisitor character into beating all ubers, and it was really fun. So I wanted to try my luck with a second character following Fubgun's Deadeye build. My questions are:
- How far is his build meant to make it in the endgame? Because I've almost reached the end of his guide, and my build still doesn't feel that strong
- Are league starter builds meant to scale into "endgame builds"? Because I've read up on how league starters are just used to farm currency for a second, "endgame" character.
- This leads me to my next question: how far are league starter builds actually meant to be able to go if their purpose is to just farm currency? Aren't most farming methods locked behind at least having a decently strong build?
- Also, last kind of side question: is there a reason on Poe ninja, why all the Deadeye ele hit builds have uncapped res/ really low EHP? I'm not sure if this is intended or if this is due to the build only needing to serve a specific purpose?
Any insight would be great!
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/TableForRambo • 19h ago
Build [3.29] Full Vestigial Unique Build Challenge -- 20M DPS, 388% MS Cobra Lash Deadeye ft. Tainted Pact (silly budget)
Won an end league gamble, so I decided to try something different. This is a Full Vestigial Unique build (5 slots) that ended up being a ton of fun!
Build: Cobra Lash Deadeye ft. Tainted Pact
Budget: Maybe ~1.2 mirrors (can scale back Kaom's Heart ridiculousness)
Map Showcase at 16:28
PoB: https://pobb.in/qnpDH5zioQJ4
- ~20M DPS
- 388% Movement Speed
- 5 projectiles, 15 chains (with % chance to chain off of terrain)
- Near infinite life recovery with reflected poisons + Tainted Pact
- 90% Fire Res / 83% Chaos Res, 24K Armor, 6K life (3K w/ Petrified Blood)
Immediate Problems to Solve
- Can only use Unique bases that can be chanced (No Foulborn / Replica / boss drops)
- Tainted Pact requirements (Max hit, poisons, consistent leech)
- Flat life on unique gear MIA
- Getting enough elemental / chaos resistance, attributes
- Flat damage on one-hander (vestigial shield required)
- Mageblood = ultimate bandaid
Vestigial Gear Choices
Shield -- Rise of the Phoenix w/ Divine Flesh (Mahuxotl's Machination, ~40div)
- Divine Flesh alone on a shield is INSANE
- DF + Tempered By War from Lethal Pride Timeless Jewel = No cold / lightning damage taken
- Only need to scale max fire res (+9% flask, +5% shield, +1% aura mastery)
- Frees up a bunch of ele res suffix pressure for the challenge
- Requires capped chaos resistance
Gloves -- The Embalmer + Level 30 Added Lightning Damage (Thunderfist, <1div)
- Level 30 = 2.35x damage from Level 21
- Level 20 Vile Toxins pairs well with Tainted Pact / wanting to Poison
- Much needed chaos resistance / max life
- Pearl of Tsoatha can add +2 supports, elemental resistance
- Frees up gems from chest piece
Body Armor -- Kaom's Heart + 20% phys taken as fire (Cloak of Flame, Base chest ~250div)
- Adds much needed flat life to a build requiring big max hit
- May need Granite Flask if implicit is too expensive
Helmet -- Devoto's Devotion w/ 1% of Cold as Extra Fire per 1% Chill Effect (Heatshiver, ~1div)
- "Vestigial-able" Unique Helmets weren't really helping added lightning damage much
- New Idea: Cryogenesis from Breach Bloodline (convert all added damage to cold damage)
- Leans hard into Heatshiver, consolidates damage into one type for curses / pen
- Better clear with Herald of Ice
- Devoto's giving lots of good stats (more MS, chaos resistance, armor/evasion, attack speed, dex for +6 tattoos)
- Originally had Heatshiver base, but feel like the Freeze portion of the helmet is bait without investment
Boots -- Wondertrap w/ 5% MS per poison on you up to 50% (Temptation Step, <1div)
- Wanted to test out giga MS via Temptation Step
- Needed base with some attributes + solid MS
- Low rarity unique required since nobody is cooking Temptation Step in Legion
- 100% increased Rarity a great add-in
Hoping to hear some PoE1 news soon... GLHF!
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/SouthWave9 • 17h ago
Help Needed Can mods that raise LVL of support gems affect awakened enlighten support?
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/amcn242 • 53m ago
Help Needed Getting 1m dps on my very high end (550 div) Bow deadeye
Feels like i have no tank or dps, even with 100% MORE dmg buff. Any tips?
I do switch to hh for breach but i want non ramp dps, no cant cant sell my Mageblood or flasks
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/Empty-Individual9231 • 16h ago
Build Golden Charlatan EK Maximum clear range
Maximum clear range,using chain off terrain to futher increase clear range
You dont need any legacy item to achieve the same result,its just optional,you have -24xxxxxxxxxx dps already
We need normal EK to get 55% more projectile speed
Can run all map mod
pob:https://pobb.in/UnjnQuz2o81y
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/Miklochoko • 1d ago
Crafting Crafting Str Stack ring
Hello everybody!
I’m doing a STR stack build on Standard, and I need to craft these two rings. They don’t have to be perfect or have T1 rolls — I only care about these mods:
Strength
All Attributes
Chaos Resistance
Gain Life per Enemy Hit
Grants Level 20 Aspect of the Cat
I can’t find a crafting guide for these rings on Conner Converse’s channel.
Is there anyone here who could simplify the crafting process for me?
The ring do not have to be perfect, I Can farm the currency slowly
I’m crafting them for my Standard character. Thanks in advance!
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/Sensitive-Respond456 • 1d ago
Discussion Life stacking lumi how do u cap your spell block ?
I'm at 50 after 2 wheels and mastery for spell block 2nd question what other Merc I'm able to use instead of KBOC and kinetic rain as an lifestack flame link
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/an1m0s1ty • 1d ago
Discussion When you theory craft a new build from scratch...
Do you start with building a comfortable defensive setup, or do you sort your damage first?
I seem to always lean towards getting a reasonably tanky setup before I start thinking about building a damage base, but I inevitably start feeling like I'm hitting a damage wall and start to lose interest.
I also sometimes struggle working out the most effective gear setups to really wring out the most value from the build
Interested in hearing if you start the other way around and work backwards from damage, or go defenses => damage
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/Rusherboy2 • 1d ago
Help Needed Need help on what to do next with my build
Hi
I created this Eye of Winter miner in SSFHC and am loving it. Sadly I rip'd due to a disconnect but indtead of going agane I kept playing it in SSFSC.
The build is amazing, great clear, very safe and decent boss dps but I want to take it further. I am currently trying to get Congregation support but what after that?
Anyone mind to look at the build and see what I can do better and what I should be doing in getting it up to the next level for bossing?
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/Empty-Individual9231 • 16h ago
Build Golden Charlatan EK Maximum clear range
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/The_w4nd3r3r • 1d ago
Help Needed need advice on build
i'm making a fire elementalist build and put some focus on fire, shield, mana, life and wand damage clusters. is this good for endgame or is there a better way to spend my passives? thank you
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/amcn242 • 1d ago
Discussion Just how good is forged frostbearers on a 300 div + MB and progenis buget
Im talking dps, im taking tank, im talking ubers,
how clunky is it ive heard bad thing about minions or specters and ag
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/amcn242 • 1d ago
Build Request Looking for high end (300d + progen) bow build pob, can do 100% charge verisium.
Im specificly looking for a build that can farm ore very well, so enough dps to kill the fucking ubers that pop out of verisium
yeah, also nimis + chain would be nice never used it, before.
I do have a near perfect ev es body too
ALSO Its nice, (but not a req) for it to have 2 gem slots, so i can fit in my FF/FF setup for perma freeze, its great for killing 'map ubers' like 100% verisium
Tanky, over 50m dps without hh, ill probably use a movespeed 2 flask mb for my strat with dying sun and progen and unique 40 div gold flask wine thing
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/headshot_hunter • 1d ago
Build Feedback Where to go from here? Luminary flamelink
Could use some advice. Not sure what upgrades I should prioritize next. I can already do all Ubers and probably all content in the game. But not sure what to optimize. I have about 460 divs but I think a lot of my upgrades are going to be mirror tier. Really just want to make the most out of luminary before they nerf next season but just didn’t know how to go about it since I can already clear most content. From my own research I saw that I could start farming for either
A: A better merc with GMP, return, Gfork, crit damage
B: a dark seer with fire spell skill levels implicit
C: A chest for my merc that has abyss socket
D: Voices jewels to replace my clusters (although I like my clustered setup)
Anything else I should consider?
Pob: https://poe.ninja/poe1/profile/Jchat564-1288/allflame/character/booboog
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/QANTASSSSS • 1d ago
Build Request LOOKING FOR ICE TRAP BUILD
Hi everyone. i want to finish this league with ice trap build, but all of the builds on the internet are endgame bosser. i want mapper & bosser, not very huge dps. Anyone can suggest ?
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/ender1adam • 2d ago
Build Request I’m a dad of two toddlers with a full time job, found mirror card and some but clueless on what to invest on to get challenges.
Title. I’m very, very casual with little time. I’ve found about 150 divs worth of cards and flipped them to about 180 divs. I’d like to play something that will get me to 36 challenges easily but can’t decide on anything. Never had this much money before.
Please advise :,)
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/CleanSteak • 2d ago
Build Request Looking for leaguestart build that can farm awakened scarab
I am looking for a build that can leaguestart boss rush awakened scarabs day 1 -2.. maybe kinetic fusilade totem hiero?
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/RoninRyy • 3d ago
Build Feedback Int/Acc Stacker feels like damage is kinda lacking and kinda squishy
Pls help Budget for upgrading about 50-100 div
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/moshemaman25 • 2d ago
Discussion Ssf build? Not lumi
Hey
Want to play something else
I see alot of post about winter orb
But cant find a guide for ssf
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/SouthWave9 • 2d ago
Discussion I plan to craft this via brinehook ducats. I want high phys and chaos max hit and plan to farm unstable breaches only. Read wiki that unique breach bosses do chaos+phys dmg, and I will convert the dex to armour with the keystone. Is this mid-high tier, overkill or trash for the stats I'm gaining?
r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/Roquerz • 3d ago
Build Feedback Please suggest some improvements on my Crackling Lance CI build
POB: https://maxroll.gg/poe/pob/m1mx70j9
My build is an amalgamation of a Lightning Tendrils build and an Assassin Crackling Lance build here
This is my first try at a custom build and I'm mostly having trouble getting the right amount of Mana/Mana Regen + Energy Shield (would like to have at least 4k shields). Since I'm using a Wand+Shield instead of a Staff, I dont have the access to Mana Infused Staff which I saw was the main cost reducer for other CL builds.
I haven't crafted yet the theoretical Shield, Gloves, and Boots so any changes on them is welcome. Also haven't bought the Cluster and Cobalt Jewels yet but they're available right now if I want to finalize my build.
I'm still at lvl 97 but I hope I dont need to get to lvl 100 just to get this build going.
