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PoE 2 Build

Woolie's Self-Cast Crit Ignite Bloodmage

Blood Mage

Starter

End Game

Verified

Witch

By Woolie

Updated on Jan 22, 2025

Jan 22, 2025

Build Overview

Fireball clears screen

Flameblast kills bosses

We stack as much life as possible both for defense (lol) and Bloodmage's Gore Spike

We then get as much crit chance as possible - reaching 100% is absolutely possible BUT requires significant investment (25div+) in the build.

DO NOT PLAY THIS BUILD IF YOU ARE NOT PREPARED TO SPEND AT LEAST 15 DIVINES TO GET STARTED!

Honestly, you should really only play this build if you want to do something off-meta. Run an attribute stacker or Archmage build for MUCH better "bang for your buck" lmao

Check the different "BUILD VARIANTS" for leveling / budget versions.

Build Variants

EXPENSIVE Endgame (50div+)

BUDGET Endgame (~15div)

Leveling

my current character - around 50div investment

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Equipment

Set 1

Set 2

// STATS TO LOOK FOR //

Wand--
Prefix:
"gain extra %dmg as fire"
"%fire dmg"
"%spell dmg"
"%spell dmg/+mana"
Suffix:
*"+lvl all fire spells / +lvl all spells" (only 1 allowed)
*MOST IMPORTANT MOD (max roll is +5)
"%cast speed"
"%crit chance for spells"

a decent wand (at least +3 spells + some cast speed, crit chance & %spell dmg) will cost around ~5div. the wand you see in the gear above cost me around 20div.

Body Armor--
Morior Invictus = %life and %all ele res WITH 5 SOCKETS!
use the filter on trade site for "Gem Sockets" under the "Misc" tab

Shield--
Mahuxotl's Machination = at least "550% inc effect of soul cores"
WITH 3 SOCKETS!
(armor/es roll doesn't matter)

Rings--
start with two Seed of Cataclysm and drop one for a rare ring once you get Atziri's Acuity (look for a pair with 40%+ crit chance)
Prefix:
"+life"
"%fire dmg"
"%rarity"

Suffix:
"%resistances"
"+strength"
"+all attributes"
"%cast speed"
"%rarity

Amulet--
instill = Careful Assassin
Prefix:
"+life"
"%life"
"%spell dmg"
"%rarity"

Suffix:
"+strength"
"+all attributes"
"+lvl all spells"
"%resistances"
"%cast speed"
"%crit chance"
"%rarity"

REST OF GEAR--
life, strength, resistances. that's it.

the wand, Morior Invictus & Mahuxotl's Machination are BY FAR the most-relevant gear slots, so be prepared to spend the bulk of your $$ on them.

// SOUL CORES //

socket Soul Core of Jiquani in your shield (non-negotiable) plus as many other pieces of gear as possible (a few Soul Core of Tacati are okay, too.)

EXPENSIVE Endgame (50div+) Variant

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Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 50

Dex 20

Int 65

Flameblast

Solar Orb

Fireball

Flame Wall

Flammability

Ball Lightning

Raging Spirits

Overwhelming Presence

**VERY IMPORTANT**

do NOT level up Flammability past level 7 or so - the mana cost gets absolutely ABSURD (especially once you get some global +lvls)

// SKILL ROTATION //

mapping = mostly one-button gameplay
Fireball with the occasional Flame Wall

bossing = Flammability > Ball Lightning > Solar Orb
then spam Flameblast

ensure that you always cast Flameblast with Solar Orb (30% MORE cast speed) and charge Flameblast to 10 stacks.

also, do NOT stop casting Flameblast after the first ignite - you need to "fish" for the largest ignite possible (which is based on the damage range of the skill!)

obviously, recast Flammability and Solar Orb once they expire, however, Ball Lightning only needs to be cast until it lands a shock due to Stormfire support.

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you have great recovery both while mapping and bossing thanks to Vitality Siphon and it becomes even better once you get Atziri's Acuity

Raging Spirits is for automatic and instantaneous Fire Exposure via Infernal Legion. Sadly, the exposure effect is NOT increased from your passive tree (nodes like Cremation) due to it applying from minions and not yourself.

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Passive Tree

main:

123

set 1:

set 2:

--JEWELS--

Jewels are INCREDIBLY important for your overall damage.

Snag one Prism of Belief unique jewel with "+3 Levels to all Flameblast skills" (should be ~2div), then fill the rest with rare jewels.

Primary stats to look for:

Prefix--
%inc magnitude of ignite (prefix; min 10%)
%inc magnitude of ailments (prefix; min 10%)
%inc magnitude of ailments w/ crits (prefix; min 12%)

Suffix--
%crit chance (suffix; min 10%)
%crit chance for spells (suffix; min 10%)
damaging ailments deal dmg faster (suffix; min 5%)

try to use jewels with only the above stats but other nice stats include:
%cast speed
%elemental dmg
%spell dmg

be prepared to spend anywhere from 10-15ex up to 1-2div per jewel. it's worth it.

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Atlas Tree

How it Works

we stack life for defense AND damage via Gore Spike and essentially get double crit chance thanks to Sunder the Flesh (most spells have 7 or 8% base crit)

this makes it so that Fireball can wipe our screen for 99% of cases.

then, due to damage-over-time (DoT) using the FINAL hit's value to determine damage (aka, our crits scale it), we opt to scale our single target damage with big boy ignites via Flameblast.

ignites also open up another multiplier to our damage in the form of "%inc magnitude of ignites / ailments", which is how we can get 1m+ dps (given enough crit multi and ailment magnitude.)

we further boost single target from lowering enemy resistances viaFire Exposure (from Raging Spirits + Infernal Legion) + Flammability and shocking them via Ball Lightning

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