Use your favourite features in-game with our Desktop AppThis PoE 2 Tier List looks to showcase the strongest builds in the current 0.2 patch, Dawn of the Hunt. Rather than claiming one specific build as the best, we showcase a variety of builds for every archetype as a whole.
Lightning Spear is without a doubt the most powerful/fastest clear skill in the game currently. It can be played on just about any Class, and can be built in varying ways. Amazon is the classic, Invoker/Smith will make the build more hardcore viable, while Deadeye allows for massive single target damage with 
Wind Serpent's Fury using Frenzy Charges. Blood Mage uses 
Blood Barbs and 
Rake to one shot bosses.
These builds are ones that have some mixture of good clear combined with decent bossing. It won't outperform 
Lightning Spear + 
Rhoa Mount, but these are solid and approachable options for the majority of players.
Crossbows were buffed quite substantially in 0.2, having their damage match that of a 2-H weapon. As such, many builds with Crossbows are viable, and most generally played on the DEX classes.
When it comes to Warrior builds, they usually boil down to combining a mapping setup + a bossing setup. For mapping, some combination of 
Herald of Ice, 
Herald of Ash, Armour Explosion and/or 
Trampletoe are used.
For single-target, most builds will use 
Hammer of the Gods or 
Ancestral Warrior Totem + 
Rolling Slam.
For Witch builds, arguably the strongest option is Chaos DoT Caster which uses skills like 
Contagion, 
Essence Drain, and 
Dark Effigy. Conversely, you can run a Minion setup. There is a decent amount of Minion variety, but the standout minion appears to be 
Skeletal Storm Mage. 
Bind Spectre (Vaal Guard) and 
Skeletal Frost Mage also are solid minions to build around as well.
There are other builds on our radar that we have yet to provide proper build guides for. As we continue to expand our offering, we'll add more builds into the B-Tier section. These builds are considered niche/off-meta, but can still reasonably clear content. More often than not these builds either excel at mapping or bossing rather than both. Or the build may be more expensive to get going compared to others.
