[0.4] Spearfield Witchhunter - Delete the Screen - by Ignatius

Campaign / League Start

You do not want to full send / "League Start" this build. Use Spud's Merc leveling and then swap when you have some key pieces:

Leveling guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf1ZgWCjWes

My Build guide video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wolucrVTYA

Variants

My original variant of this build is here: https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/ignatius-spearfield-screen-wrecker

Original variant used Atalui's Bloodletting and Falcon Dive, both of which received heavy nerfs. I solved for these over on that guide using Pathfinder or Amazon, but in doing so realized that Witchhunter would be altogether stronger in end game, so here we are.

Why Witchhunter

The main reason is Weapon Master, which allows us to toggle 100 additional passives as weapon set skill points. This lets the build completely stack all attack speed nodes on Weapon Set 1, and all damage nodes on Weapon Set 2.

Witchhunter also offers Zealous Inquisition and Judge, Jury, and Executioner, which though not outstanding offer lots of nice damage and clear. In 0.4 it is probably worth dropping these for Sorcery Ward, which will solve all defenses for the build to the moon.

TLDR How It Works

The Damage

1 - Spearfield with crit, damage, and hazard node scaling, converted to elemental by Embitter, and then scaled via Sacred Flame and Rakiata's Flow.

The Speed

2 - Whirling Slash at 9 attacks per second zooms around the screen, absorbing chilled ground from Frost Nexus, and getting a massive AoE buff when we absorb a Whirlwind Lance with a Combat Frenzy Frenzy Charge.

The AOE

3 - Using Witchhunter's Zealous Inquisition, Herald of Ice, Herald of Ash, and optionally Trampletoe, the entire screen gets wiped with ease.