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[0.5] SPARK STORMWEAVER Leaguestarter

Sorceress

Stormweaver

Starter

End Game

0.5 RotA

Verified

By animeprincess

LIVE

Updated on Jun 7, 2026

Jun 7, 2026

Build Overview

Welcome to the STORMWEAVER 0.5.0 League Starter Landing Page!

This is your one-stop resource for kicking off the league strong on spellcasters. This page will be updated continuously throughout the league, with many video tutorials to push your character to its limits.

0.5 Spark Stormweaver is my new update for the Return of the Ancients leaguestart! This league, we are abusing increased limits on Orb of Storms with the synergy of Elemental Equilibrium cold infusions to giga buff Spark. With investment, we will be adding in a Cast on Critical Comet setup for extreme burst DPS.

👉 bookmark this page and refresh it while you play—you’ll get all the latest updates here first!

THIS PAGE IS A CAMPAIGN GUIDE / BUILD HUB

THE ENDGAME BUILD IS FOUND HERE: Endgame Spark/CoC Comet Guide - mobalytics page

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RESOURCES:

VIDEO COMPANION GUIDE (important watch)

FULL CAMPAIGN RUN with commentary (video)

[LIVE UPDATING] MOBA PAGE WITH MY ACTUAL CHARACTER IN LEAGUE

Youtube Playlist for the build

Follow me at twitch.tv/animeprincess or youtube.com/@anime.princess to catch the build live, and join the Discord server with 7k+ active members to discuss the build, ask questions, and troubleshoot 24/7 — whether I’m live or not.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Full Spark gameplay from the first zone
Play the actual build immediately and continue using it all the way through campaign.
Massive damage from Unleash + Orb of Storms
Orb of Storms gives huge extra damage whenever you press Spark, making the build feel powerful very early.
Strong clear, strong bosses, smooth SSF leveling
Built for campaign comfort, with a full SSF leveling VOD available as reference on my Youtube Channel.
Natural endgame transition into CoC Comet
The build already hits extremely fast, making it a perfect foundation for scaling into Crit and eventually Cast on Critical Comet
Perma-Freeze

Gear reliant without vendor crafting
You need a good lightning staff to keep damage feeling smooth.
Solution: Use the vendor regex in the guide to highlight potential upgrades from the vendor, and loot staff bases using the provided loot filter, in order to craft an upgrade yourself. Trade links are also provided for cheap early upgrades.

Build Variants

Act 1

Act 2

Act 3

Act 4

Interludes

CI Cold Swap

Crit Swap (Go to CoC Comet Endgame Guide Now)

Equipment

Act 1

Act 2

Act 3

Act 4

Interludes

CI Cold Swap

Crit Swap (Go to CoC Comet Endgame Guide Now)

Set 1

Set 2

Equipment Priority

LEVELING ITEMIZATION TOOLS:

VENDOR ITEM REGEX: copy paste this into vendor search box to highlight items of interest

strict 'old' regex from practice runes

new alternate test regex (shows more things, testing it live on stream):

LEVELING LOOT FILTER: follow this loot filter to highlight key sorceress itemization drops

Loot filter (follow AnimePrincess Spellcaster leveling)

!poe2filter is the chat command on twitch to grab my filters from there as well, including the endgame filter

STAFF STAT PRIO:

1. + level of all spell skills / + level to lightning spell skills

2. cast speed

3. % spell damage / % lightning damage

4. gain % as extra ele damage (all of them are great, i would prio cold and lightning over fire slightly)

AMULET STAT PRIO:

1. + level of all spell skills / + level of all projectile skills

2. cast speed

3. spirit (expensive)

4. energy shield

5. life

6. mana regen

REST OF GEAR:

1. High Life and Energy shield

2. Cap your resistances

This is a rough example of the sort of damage stats you will be looking for on gear. I am listing alot of stats per gear slot because its not realistic to expect to get fully perfect gear, and it will make the search for gear easier/cheaper if the list is bigger. Generally speaking, the higher up on the list, the more impactful the stat is, but realistically everything I listed is quite impactful.

Remember to cap your resistances, and try and get as much life an energy shield as possible! on a leaguestart, we will value both life and energy shield, but later on we will drop life completely to go full energy shield defenses.

BUDGET TRADE LINKS:

WEAPON:

HIGH DPS LEVELING STAFF, READ BELOW FOR INSTRUCTIONS

Character level 30+ Staff: PoE2 Trade - Path of Exile

Endgame Staves: PoE2 Trade - Path of Exile

Endgame staff for Call of the Brotherhood setup: PoE2 Trade - Path of Exile

Click the blue 'show filters' button the top right of that link, and under the requirements section for 'level', edit in your character current level under the 'max' field (I defaulted it to level 30). This will search for the best weapon that your current character can equip, that costs 10 exalted orbs or less. If it doesn't show anything, lower the 'weighted sum' (default at 450) and try again. Once you pass act 3, you can change the search method in the top right to 'instant buyout and inperson trade' because you will have unlocked async trade via NPC Ange.

Make sure to click the grey 'sum' button under the item stats, if you want to search for the highest damage option. Searches always default to lowest price, and if you want the cheapest rather than the highest damage, just leave it as is instead.

AMULET:

Endgame DPS Amulet PoE2 Trade - Path of Exile

Skill Gems

Act 1

Act 2

Act 3

Act 4

Interludes

CI Cold Swap

Crit Swap (Go to CoC Comet Endgame Guide Now)

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 5

Dex 5

Int 40

Spark

Frost Bomb

Orb of Storms

Flame Wall

Mana Remnants

Elemental Weakness

Gem Priority

+10

SKILL PROGRESSIONS:

There are 5 separate pages that show the skills and supports you should be using, as well as which acts you will unlock them in. I have also included a written explanation of how and why you should be using these spells and supports.

ACT 1 SKILL USAGE:

Spark is picked up in the first zone and will be a major part of our damage for the entire campaign. It is also used to trigger multiple Orb of Storms. I personally bind Spark to right click and Orb of Storms to left click on the mouse.

Frost Bomb amplifies all of our damage by applying Exposure to enemies. I would mainly use this on bosses. Make sure you keep the gem leveled, because it can lose the Exposure effect if the gem level falls too far behind the enemy level.

Orb of Storms is going to become a massive damage dealer for us. Every time a spell is cast within range of the orb, it shoots out lightning that chains through enemies. In Act 1, our setup drops double Orb of Storms every time we press the button thanks to Unleash combined with Overabundance I. In Act 3, we grab +1 Orb of Storms limit on the passive tree, giving us 3 orbs that all deal massive chaining damage every time we cast Spark.

Flame Wall amplifies the damage of Spark bolts that pass through it. This is the least important button in the build by far, but it does help with damage, and you can pre-load it on bosses if you want to.

Mana Remnants should be your first aura, and dramatically helps mana sustain.

ACT 2 SKILL USAGE:

The skill gems to not change at all, but we prioritize our first lesser jewellers on Orb of Storms and add supports to various skill gems.

Passive Tree

Act 1

Act 2

Act 3

Act 4

Interludes

CI Cold Swap

Crit Swap (Go to CoC Comet Endgame Guide Now)

main:

123

set 1:

set 2:

ACT 2 FREE LESSER JEWELLER ORB

In the 'Mastodon Badlands' zone, complete the league mechanic (Rune of Aldar Remnant) and it will drop a guaranteed lesser jeweller orb that we should use on our Orb of Storms. In order to get this reward, you need to clear the Orok Campsite and open the rare chest, which will drop the jeweller orb!

ACT 3 FREE LESSER JEWELLER ORB

The very first zone in act 3 (before the encampment) has a guaranteed lesser jeweller orb that we should use on our Spark. In order to get this reward, you need to clear the Orok Campsite and open the rare chest, which will drop the jeweller orb!

ACT 4 FREE GREATER JEWELLER ORB

The first zone in Ngakanu as you complete act 4, will guarantee drop a Greater Jewellers Orb from the league mechanic, which you should use on Orb of Storms

QUEST REWARDS:

venom crypts: 25% increased mana regeneration

tattoos: all 3 resistances

ASCENDANCY ORDER

The order is pretty flexible honestly, as there are alot of powerful options in here.

My suggested progression:

1. Constant Gale - grants Arcane Surge

Helps greatly with mana sustain, gives decent damage as well. You should take this with your first ascendancy point.

2. Strike Twice - targets can be affected by 2 of your shocks at the same time, 25% less magnitude

Shock was buffed to last 8 seconds, and being able to apply double shock will be a nice damage boost.

3. Shaper of Storms - All damage can shock

Note that as soon as you get Call of the Brotherhood you NEED to have this node or else you cannot shock. You can very cheaply respec out of Constant Gale to get this immediately from the Hooden One (i paid 12k gold or something to do it)

4. Storm's Recollection

You already should be getting near infinite cold remnants but now you definitely will be.

WEAPON SETS

2nd weapon set is meant for Frost Bomb during the campaign, in order to increase exposure effect. Later on, we can optionally move Elemental Weakness onto the second weapon set as well, to scale up its duration and effect as well. The 2nd weapon set passives are meant to scale up damage with utility effects, rather than with straight up direct damage nodes.

1st weapon set has all other spells, and we choose damage nodes for the 1st weapon set passives.

Atlas Tree

Act 1

Act 2

Act 3

Act 4

Interludes

CI Cold Swap

Crit Swap (Go to CoC Comet Endgame Guide Now)

Bottom left of this tree makes you faster, stronger, and gives you occasional divine orbs via researchers strongboxes (which you should always Alchemy orb).

The rest of the tree makes waystones harder, and also more rewarding.

Quest Rewards

Check which quests you’ve completed on your character

Clearfell — Beira of the Rotten Pack

+10% to Cold Resistance

Hunting Grounds — The Crowbell

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Freythorn — The King in the Mists

+30 to Spirit

Ogham Farmlands — Una's Hut

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Ogham Manor — Candlemass, the Living Rite

+20 to maximum Life

Keth — Kabala, Constrictor Queen

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Valley of the Titans — Medallion

30% increased Charm Charges gained

+1 Charm Slot

Deshar — Final Letter

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Spires of Deshar — Sisters of Garukhan

+10% to Lightning Resistance

Jungle Ruins — Mighty Silverfist

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Venom Crypts — Venom Draught

25% increased Mana Regeneration Rate

Jiquani's Machinarium — Blackjaw, the Remnant

+10% to Fire Resistance

The Azak Bog — Ignagduk, the Bog Witch

+30 to Spirit

The Molten Vault — The Molten Vault

Reforging Bench

Aggorat — Blood Sacrifice

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Journey's End — Captain Hartlin

Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Skill Gem(Lv 13)

Delirium Drop

Eye of Hinekora — Navali's Rest

5% increased Maximum Mana

Halls of the Dead — Yama The White

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Halls of the Dead — Tawhoa's Test

+5% to Lightning Resistance

Abandoned Prison — Goddess of Justice

30% increased Mana Recovery from Flasks

Halls of the Dead — Tasalio's Test

+5% to Cold Resistance

Halls of the Dead — Ngamahu's Test

+5% to Fire Resistance

Wolvenhold — Oswin, the Dread Warden

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Khari Crossing — Akthi and Anundr

Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Khari Crossing — Molten Shrine

5% increased Maximum Life

Qimah — Tabana's Pillar

+5% to all Elemental Resistances

Kriar Village — Lythara, the Wayward Spear

+40 to Spirit

Howling Caves — The Abominable Yeti

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

How it Plays

This build leverages increased spell limit to create an incredibly powerful damage setup built around our main skills: Spark and Orb of Storms, combined with Unleash support.

Unleash builds up to 3 charges on Orb of Storms, so when we tap it, we unload a huge burst of damage. These charges build up while running between packs, and they also passively build up while fighting bosses.

For clearing, the combo is simple. Tap Orb of Storms — I recommend binding this to left mouse button — to instantly drop triple orbs. Then tap/hold Spark — I recommend binding this to right mouse button — to instantly fire out volleys of Spark bolts, which will trigger the three Orb of Storms to shotgun the screen. When your Orb of Storms runs out, repeat the process.

For bossing, the core setup is exactly the same, but before you burst, you debuff the boss with Frost Bomb and Elemental Weakness. These massively amplify our damage and make the Orb of Storms + Spark combo hit much harder.

Sigil of Power can be pre-cast on the ground as the boss is coming out of an invulnerability animation. This gives us a powerful damage buff while we are standing on the sigil and casting our spells.

How it Works

Quest rewards to take:

1) charm recharge - act 2
2) mana regen from venom reward - act 3
3) tattoos - lightning resist/cold res/fire resist - act 4
4) mana recovery from flask - act 4
5) shark fin quest - 30% es - act 4
6) boon - resistances - interlude

FAQ:

Q: How do I solve mana?

Efficiency II on all skill gems, anoint Conservative Casting on amulet, Mana Remnants with Storm's Recollection for additional remnants and pickup radius, mana regeneration on gear (ie Flowing Raiment base for free extra regen), Efficient Casting on tree, 2% Mana on kill on Sapphire, Clarity II spirit gem if you have extra spirit, mana regen on ring. These are alot of examples and you don't have to do all of them.

Zenith II will also help reduce mana cost and you should put this on all your damage spells if your mana cost gets solved with it. It reduces mana cost, adds 30% more damage, but only if you do not drop below 90% mana.