Skeletal Arsonist Raging Spirits Minions Detonate Dead
Early Access – Day 28 – January 3, 2025
I have never been a fan of minion build in POE 1, mostly because of the micromanagement of Spectres which was almost mandatory. As I like to play brands and totems, I should like minions so I wanted to give it a try in POE 2. So I chose this most meta league starter build.
I followed this maxroll guide to level up which was great! Super tanky, good damage.
Then I followed what Balormage did in this video mixed with what Helm Breaker did in this Maxroll guide. It’s basically an army of minions with mainly Skeletal Arsonists for your DPS. You also need to summon Raging Spirits by casting Flame Wall, Detonate Dead to help map clear, then Flammability and Pain Offering on boss.
I levelled up until 90, killed the 3 citadels mini-boss. I eventually stopped playing this build mostly because of the visual clusterfuck.
| Bossing | ★★★★ |
| Defence | ★★★★★ |
| Mapping | ★★★ |
| Budget | ★★★★ |
| Overall score | 16 |
What I liked
- Super Tanky – a lot of ES with Grim Feast, 50% block cap, max res
- Great DPS
- Cheap – can be put together for probably less than 4-5 divs
- Lazy minion playstyle great for bossing
- Can do all waystone mods
What I disliked
- Minion AI – especially when running small corridors like Towers. My “favourite” way was to step forward, summon Raging Spirits, step backward to pull the minion toward my Skeletal Arsonists, then Detonate Dead to help with clear
- Mapping – See above but even in good open map, mapping could be faster, Detonate Dead help a lot
- Slow – Movement speed and map clear
- Visual nightmare – Between Flame Wall, Raging Spirits, the Skeletal Arsonists bombing away, I might need to change eye balls and graphic card
Would I play it again?
YES! On a league start scenario as it is super tanky and cheap to build.
Path Of Building and stats
Sorry POB is not yet available
| Hard Core? | YES |
| Solo Self Found? | YES |
| League starter? | YES |
| Levelling skill | YES, as soon as level 6 |
| Budget | Probably less than 5 divs |
| Death count | 5 |
| Level | 90 |
| Played | 1 day 17 hours |
Please visit this Google Sheet to see the main information and POB data I kept track of. You can more easily compare with other builds.
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