Mobalytics
GamebaseReviews, Previews, & More
Gamebase
menu
MobalyticsUse your favourite features in-game with our Desktop App
PoE 2 Build

[0.5.5] Ky's 1 Button Arc Totems Gemling Legionnaire [ LeagueStart to Endgame]

presentationMercenary
presentationGemling Legionnaire
End Game
Speed Leveling
Starter
0.5.5 FR
Verified
By Ky
Updated on Sep 17, 2026
Sep 17, 2026

Build Overview

This is the start of my guide for Arc Spell Totem Gemling Legionnaire. The idea is to double-dip on the quality bonuses provided from Gemling Legionnaire to skill gems since both Arc and Spell Totem have INSANE bonuses granting 6% more damage per remaining chain ( about 30 chains currently or 180% more damage) and 120% cast speed with 6 totems up.

For all stages of the guide try to have your Spell Totem around level 23, this is the minimum level for +3 totem limit while costing the least amount of mana. You can give a couple additional levels for additional totem tankiness but keep this in mind.

READ Ancestral Bond. This makes it so our totems cost spirit instead of power/endurance charges.

Setups are available for all budget levels, this build does NOT require a high budget in any way to completely crush all content in the game.

LIVE RIGHT NOW - Twitch

0.5.5 Starter Video - Youtube

Make sure to lock your weapon and sceptre to both weapon sets and have your sets set correctly in both your passive tree and gems!!!

Strengths and Weaknesses

  • Auto-Targeting Offscreen Clear
  • 30 Chains
  • No Casting Slowdown
  • 1-Button & Low Input
  • Needs around 5k mana and a Kurgal's Gaze before feeling tanky

Build Variants

Starter Video - Youtube

Stream - Twitch

Unfortunately you cannot level as Arc Spell Totem as it requires a lot of passive points to make it to the Ancestral Bond keystone which this build requires to function.

Instead we play as a Grenade Mercenary with the intent to swap to arc totems around level 65-70ish. There is unfortunately no way around this. You can play any leveling build you would like, but I have the setup I will be using laid out here.

Here you will use Explosive Grenade Flash Grenade Gas Grenade Oil Grenade Cluster Grenade, to speedrun through campaign.

Leveling POB: https://pobb.in/DttTF88yOjkA

How to Play:

Act 1

Spend your first support gem on Multishot I for your Explosive Grenade followed by Multishot I for Flash Grenade. You should fire your Explosive Grenade far ahead of yourself and aim for the mobs to run into them as you are running away. This can take some getting used to.

For general clear you will be using primarily Explosive Grenade, cast it the moment you see a pack far ahead of you. This will be a long delay for now but it gets shorter and shorter as we progress. Flash Grenade can be used for a more instant but less potent burst of damage. This also causes huge stun-buildup so you should use it on cd for bosses to build stun bar.

Try to cut a level 5 skill gem before the final boss for Gas Grenade. Your priority should loosely be Frost Bomb ( for exposure as needed ) > Explosive Grenade > Gas Grenade > Flash Grenade ( for stun buildup. ) As long as the mob is ingited Gas Grenade will pop instantly.

Focus on +# to # added X damage on your crossbow and both rings. It is INCREDIBLY important to keep this value as high as possible as it is the baseline for all your skills damage. Check Vendors constantly to keep your weapon and rings up to date.

For Armour Pieces look to use Either Armour or Armour/Evasion Hyrbid Pieces with:
. +# to Maximum Life
. +#% Increased Cold/Fire/Lightning Resistnace
. High Total Aarmour/Evasion Rating Value

Equipment

item
1
item
2
item
4
item
6
item
5
item
2
item
7
item
8
item
9
item
item
item
Equipment Priority
+9

Here is a vendor regex you can use to search for boots with movespeed, possible weapon, ring, and amulet upgrades: "\d+% i.+mov|ph.*da|\d [cfl].+da|^\+.*ile skills$|o sp|\d.+m life"

Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 10

Dex 15

Int 0

1

Explosive Grenade

Level 20

supportmultishotplayer
supportelementalarmamentplayer
2

Gas Grenade

Level 20

supportmultishotplayer
supportelementalarmamentplayer
3

Flash Grenade

Level 20

supportmultishotplayer
4

Permafrost Bolts

5

Herald of Ash

Level 20

6

Pounce

Level 20

7

Frost Bomb

Level 6

8

Crossbow Shot

Gem Priority
+5

Passive Tree

main:
123
123
set 1:
20
20
set 2:
20
20

Quest Rewards

Check which quests you’ve completed on your character
Clearfell — Beira of the Rotten Pack
+10% to Cold Resistance
Freythorn — The King in the Mists
+30 to Spirit
Ogham Manor — Candlemass, the Living Rite
+20 to maximum Life
The Spires of Deshar — Sisters of Garukhan
+10% to Lightning Resistance
Valley of the Titans — Medallion
30% increased Charm Charges gained
+1 Charm Slot
The Azak Bog — Ignagduk, the Bog Witch
+30 to Spirit
Jiquani's Machinarium — Blackjaw, the Remnant
+10% to Fire Resistance
The Venom Crypts — Venom Draught
25% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
Abandoned Prison — Goddess of Justice
30% increased Mana Recovery from Flasks
Eye of Hinekora — Navali's Rest
5% increased Maximum Mana
Halls of the Dead — Tribal Medicine
Not Specified2 choices
Halls of the Dead — Ngamahu's Test
+5% to Fire Resistance
Halls of the Dead — Tasalio's Test
+5 to Intelligence
Halls of the Dead — Tawhoa's Test
+5% to Lightning Resistance
The Khari Crossing — Molten Shrine
5% increased Maximum Life
Qimah — Tabana's Pillar
3% increased Movement Speed
Kriar Village — Lythara, the Wayward Spear
+40 to Spirit

How it Plays

FAQ

Its VERY important for single target that you have your weapon set passives set correctly in both your passive tree and gem assignments. Also MAKE SURE your last cast is either a totem or mana tempest so that you are resting in set 1 ( archmage ).

When do I swap?

Swap when you have a gear set prepared to put you around 3.5k mana and you are AT MINIMUM level 70. BOTH OF THESE TOGETHER ARE REQUIRED not 1 or the other. Mana regen on rings and spirit on both your chest and amulet are very important aswell.

Upgrade order?

Buy Low Basic Stater Set of Gears -> !gring, !wand -> Buy/Semi-Craft a Cheap Medium Budget Amulet / Scepter / Helm / Chest / Boots / Gloves !gamulet -> !gbody -> !ghelm -> !ggloves -> !fork -> Mageblood -> !ggbody -> !gsceptre

Comments

186
L
landrover83•2d ago

I Have ancestral bond, totems to level 30 and 419 spirit but still can only cast 3 totems at a time. i have no idea what i am doing wrong. its very frustrating. i should be able to cast at least 5

0
J
Jason Travers•2d ago

Check your weapon sets. Totems should be only used with weapons one and curse with weapon set 2. Check to make sure your support gems that cost spirit (e.g. Herbalism, clarity) aren’t reserving too much spirit— you can put them in your shrine scepter for free spirit reservation.

1
View 1 reply
R
RichFlame•3d ago

How do I increase my totem limit?

0
S
Sigzel•2d ago

Ancestral bond and totem skill has to be lvl23 at least.

1
J
Jason Travers•3d ago

I finally got enough div to buy Atziris and am feeling pretty squishy. I’ve got 5k mana and everything else in the guide for this setup (kurgal’s gaze in helm, regen on jewelry amd sceptre, etc) and find the life reservation really bricks my survivability. Any tips for getting more tanky?

0
C
CoolFlame•1min ago

do you have mana regen ,im at 400% and without gaze feel comfy , with 200% and gaze you should be fine , do you use proper skill gems lvls like totems and elemental weaknes(i use even lower then guide this thing drain so much mana)


0
F
feehmatte•3d ago

Guys, someone knows why do we get Efficient Inscriptions (meta skills passive) on TEMPLAR BUDGET?


Im new to game and i dont even know what is an meta skill haha

0
S
Sigzel•2d ago

Look at the tags on you totem skill, it has the meta tag.

0
T
TVirusRising•3d ago

If you runeforge your lowest ES gear piece you can use Uhtred's Chalice which allows your flask to overcharge your mana. Use all of the charges when you enter a map and you're practically already at the 1.5x overcharge cap.

1
T
TVirusRising•3d ago

Also for min/max you could use a corrupted charge regulation with +1 lvl, slotted with precision 1 and Uhtred's Omen. Which makes it possible to hit a breakpoint at lvl 19 for an extra 1% bonuses, as well as adding an additional Str requirement for Virtuous Barrier.

0
H
homerko2•3d ago

In the guide you start at the templars start, but how would you do that without the split personality???

0
G
GrimRobot•2d ago

start at mercinary, path to where he put the gem, then start from templar and path to that gem, and refund everything connecting from that gem to the mercinary start

2
G
GathererThompson•5d ago

Something I missed: after moving from grenades to the totem, remember to swap your ascendancy node (the one that's set to dexterity should now be changed to intelligence).

1
I
IronStorm•5d ago

Thanks Ky for the comprehensive guide. I switched over at lvl75 and now at 91, able to clear T15 mobs and most map bosses with ease. For me the turning point came when I got at +1 level Arc and anoint Paragon on amulet.

I have a question on Split Personality Jewel. Started with the warrior version, and purchased the templar one last night (Good thing that prices are dropping). However no matter what I tried - connect back to starting node, remove all weapon set points, remove all the nodes to the SP jewel slot etc and just cannot remove the jewel, nor place the templar one. My SP jewel is allocated two nodes away from the Desensitisation nodes. Spent 700K gold trying to no avail. Ended up restoring back to SP warrior setup for now. Any suggestion how I can go about swapping???

0
G
GrimSun•5d ago

You might need to back to the initial mercenary start before being able to swap your new split personality jewel to then path to Templar.

So from warrior --≥ mercenary --> unallocate warrior --> Path to Templar --> Unallocate mercenary

Because going back from warrior to Templar might give you that issue of not being able to take out the Warrior SP Jewel out since the hard coded rule is not met, let me know if it worked :)

0
View 1 reply
C
CoolFlame•6d ago

Hay buddy this is one crazy build i love it and im happy that i make it till it exist(manage to reach ''3000'' divish gear). I could add just few tips you could use spirit craft on boots save a bit pressure , also you can use Tecrod gase in boots and swap Kurgal in helm for 5% mana.

Sadly probably im spoled i just cant immagine i could start from beach after i play this .

0

Video Guide

Build Planner Export

Export all build variants directly to your game.

Path of Building Code

Table of Contents

1. Build Overview2. Strengths and Weaknesses3. Build Variants4. Equipment5. Skill Gems6. Passive Tree7. Quest Rewards8. How it Plays FAQ9. Comments

Featured Builds

[0.5.5] Ball Lightning Ignite Endgame OP-Build (GERMAN)
Updated on Sep 29, 2026
Bleeding Ice Shot | Blood Mage | Sync Oh
Updated on Sep 29, 2026
Gemling Frost Bolt AutoBomber (0 Button Build)
Updated on Sep 29, 2026
[0.55] Hollow Form Martial Artist Monk - Hollow Palm and Whirling Assault - Early League Start Guide For Campaign and Map Progression for 0.5!
Updated on Sep 29, 2026
[0.5.5] Giga Bonk Martial Artist - Falling Thunder Monk - League Starter to Endgame
Updated on Sep 28, 2026

Become a Creator

Want to earn rewards by sharing your builds with your community?