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PoE 2 Build

0.5.5 Supporting Fire Tactician

Mercenary

Tactician

0.5.5 FR

By p4wnyhof

Updated on Sep 8, 2026

Sep 8, 2026

Build Overview

Day 2 Update Video: https://youtu.be/UUNw0WcmHSA

Work in Progress will be filled on 0.5.5 Release Day 1!

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Mapping Loop:

1. Cast Supporting Fire

2. Rinse and Repeat

For Boss Fights:

1. Apply Mark for Death with Pounce

2. Spam Skeletal Arsonist until you activate Archon of Undeath

3. Cast Supporting Fire over and over again

4. Win

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The Spectre you are catching is the Blood Elemental in Act 3 Aggorat Area - Watch The Video for a step-by-step on how to Get Him

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Build Variants

Act 1

Act 2 (Lvl 28)

Act 2 (Minion Swap)

Act 3

Act 4

Interludes

LvL 75 (3rd Asc)

85 (4th Asc)

90+

Equipment

Act 1

Act 2 (Lvl 28)

Act 2 (Minion Swap)

Act 3

Act 4

Interludes

LvL 75 (3rd Asc)

85 (4th Asc)

90+

Set 1

Set 2

Equipment Priority

Skill Gems

Act 1

Act 2 (Lvl 28)

Act 2 (Minion Swap)

Act 3

Act 4

Interludes

LvL 75 (3rd Asc)

85 (4th Asc)

90+

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 15

Dex 5

Int 10

Fragmentation Rounds

Level 3

Herald of Ice

Level 4

Explosive Grenade

Level 4

Permafrost Bolts

Level 3

Gem Priority

Passive Tree

Act 1

Act 2 (Lvl 28)

Act 2 (Minion Swap)

Act 3

Act 4

Interludes

LvL 75 (3rd Asc)

85 (4th Asc)

90+

main:

123

set 1:

set 2:

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

Hunting Grounds — The Crowbell

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Ogham Farmlands — Una's Hut

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Valley of the Titans — Medallion

30% increased Charm Effect Duration

+1 Charm Slot

The Spires of Deshar — Sisters of Garukhan

+10% to Lightning Resistance

Keth — Kabala, Constrictor Queen

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Deshar — Final Letter

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

Jungle Ruins — Mighty Silverfist

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Aggorat — Blood Sacrifice

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Whakapanu Island — Great White One

+30% increased Global Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

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

Journey's End — Captain Hartlin

Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Skill Gem(Lv 13)

Delirium Drop

Halls of the Dead — Yama The White

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Khari Crossing — Molten Shrine

5% increased Maximum Life

Qimah — Tabana's Pillar

12% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate

Kriar Village — Lythara, the Wayward Spear

+40 to Spirit

Wolvenhold — Oswin, the Dread Warden

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Khari Crossing — Akthi and Anundr

Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Howling Caves — The Abominable Yeti

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Comments

Tiguidim•10d ago

the best thing i coud do in this build, was change armor for energy shield, it gave me so much more survivability, i put 2k hp and 6k es easily, and right now i have 200k dps but i'm fell capped in strenght, only 553 for now

Moto•1 month ago

What do you do about life sustain? I see you have a measly 2% recoup on one of your jewels on 90+ but don't see any other ways to keep life up. Since it's the minions doing the attacking w/ Suppressing Fire, normal mods like Life on kill, recovery on kill, leech on attacks are not going to work.

CyRo24•1 month ago

Nice build, but credits to KallTorak

tak3myload•1 month ago

on 90 build if u was gonna 5 socket other skills which ones would you do and what would you put in them cheers

Fireball•1 month ago

Hi I cant seem to fathom why you want cold damage on your gems. I dont see what does cold damage in the build?

Ninjaerik96•1 month ago

Exposure would be my guess

Cheechy13•1 month ago

Just wondering about the talisman and pounce interaction. About half way through campaign I started not switching out of wolf form after using Death from above or gas arrow etc. Can't get it to work now and don't want to manually switch weapon sets. Pounce is locked to set 2 and DFA to set 1. Unsure what else could be causing it

doodleluke•1 month ago

Where exactly is the survivability in this build? With these resistances, I’m basically getting one-shot by any boss I run into.

MrTact•1 month ago

Stack armor and go for "% armor applies to elemental" nodes/gear. Level 81 here, but certain bosses still nail me, unfortunately. I find the problem is less with taking damage (although ignite still sucks), but it's the ones with the one-shot mechanics. I flick my gaze down to the bar to see if I've managed to activate Archon of Undeath and in that brief second or so, the monkey hits me with a pillar.

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MrTact•1 month ago

I also got a lucky early drop of the unique belt that makes your flasks apply instantly on low life/mana, which has saved my bacon numerous times.

DeadlyCrown•1 month ago

The intelligence requirement is alot

p4wnyhof

Author

•1 month ago

Yes it will take some to get the Int :D But you got this! (Make rings have str + int

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Ninjaerik96•1 month ago

I'm doing the build just got to act 4 my only problem rn us trying to get the blood elementals any advice I really want to get them but either there's too many other mobs around the priestess so she won't sacrifice the Goliath or I die because of the fact there's too many mobs.

MrTact•1 month ago

Clear out an area except for one or two mobs (including either the priestess or the goliath). Then go find whichever the OTHER one is and lure them over there. I found I had to unsummon a lot of my dudes so they wouldn't instakill everything. Note that I'm pretty sure you have to beat the goliath down pretty low (<30%?) before the priestess will sacrifice him.

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deezier•1 month ago

What do you recommend swapping for if I don't want to use Pounce to apply a mark?

MrTact•1 month ago

He already has Corrosion on the sniper and Armor Break on the Reaver, so that should work for you (although not as quickly -- with Mark of Death, Support Fire usually breaks a boss' armor in one or two volleys).