Builds & SkillsTwister Deadeye Passive Tree Guide — Act-by-Act Leveling
Step-by-step passive allocation for Twister Deadeye from level 1 to maps: which nodes to take, when to respec, and ascendancy priority order.
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Builds & Skills
Skill gems, support gems, and build guides.
Builds & SkillsBuilds & SkillsGrenade Witchhunter Leveling Guide — Skills & Passives
The other top 0.5 league starter: grenade setup progression, Witchhunter ascendancy order, and passive path from Act 1 through maps.
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Builds & SkillsWhirling Assault Titan Leveling Guide — Melee Passive Path
Step-by-step Titan melee starter: Whirling Assault gem setup, life stacking on the tree, and why this build forgives positioning mistakes.
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Builds & SkillsEssence Drain Lich Passive Tree Guide — Chaos DoT Leveling
ED plus Contagion passive pathing: chaos damage nodes, life layering, and Lich ascendancy timing for the safest respec-friendly starter.
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Builds & SkillsBest League Starter Builds in PoE2 (2026 Tier List)
The most discussed league starters for Runes of Aldur and beyond — ranked by gear independence, campaign speed, and map-ready power on self-found gear.
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Builds & SkillsTwister Deadeye League Start Guide (Most Popular 0.5 Build)
The build everyone is playing in 0.5 — skill setup, leveling progression, ascendancy nodes, and when Twister starts to feel broken.
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Builds & SkillsHow to Cap 75% Resistances Before Entering Maps
The #1 gear goal before maps — fire, cold, and lightning at 75%. Slot-by-slot checklist for rings, boots, chest, and helmet.
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Builds & SkillsSkill Gem Linking Priority for New Players
Which gems to link first, how many Jeweller's Orbs to budget, and the 3-link rule that doubles your campaign damage.
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Builds & SkillsEssence Drain Lich Starter — The Safe Respec Pick
Why ED Contagion Lich is Reddit's "if unsure, pick this" starter — scaling, gear, and pivot options into endgame.
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Builds & SkillsCount Geonor
Count Geonor is a unique monster located in Ogham Manor. He is the final boss of Act 1. Defeating him is necessary to complete The Mad Wolf of Ogham.
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Builds & SkillsCharge
Charges are counters that are represented as glowing orbs around an entity. They are not buffs.
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Builds & SkillsMawdun Mine
Mawdun Mine is an area in Act 2. This area has a waypoint and is connected to Mawdun Quarry.
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Builds & SkillsMelee
Melee generally refers to one of two things:
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Builds & SkillsAtziri's Splendour
Atziri's Splendour is a unique Sacrificial RegaliaSacrificial RegaliaArmour: 273Evasion: 248Energy Shield: 76Movement Speed: -3.0%Requires Level 65, 72 Str, 7
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Builds & SkillsAilment
Ailments are a type of debuff associated with specific damage types. Damaging ailments damage over time.
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Builds & SkillsBuff
A buff is a status effect that applies a beneficial bonus on the entity. This could be produced by a skill or by interacting with certain mechanics such as sh
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Builds & SkillsResistance
Resistance is a form of damage reduction that reduces damage of a particular type by a percentage. Players and enemies all have a resistance stat to each of F
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Builds & SkillsSpirit
Spirit is a resource that can be reserved to activate persistent buffs, summon permanent minions, and enable trigger meta gems. Characters have no spirit by d
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Builds & SkillsEnergy Shield
Energy Shield (abbreviated as ES) is one of the three core defences that can be found on equipment. It is associated with intelligence and acts as an addition
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Builds & SkillsFire
Fire damage is one of the five damage types, and one of the three types of elemental damage. It can be mitigated by fire resistance.
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Builds & SkillsUncut Support Gem
An Uncut Support Gem is a currency item that can be used to engrave a support gem. It is a type of uncut gem.
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Builds & SkillsBlock
Block is a type of damage mitigation that typically negates all hit damage. Block is primarily obtained from shields. Shields can also provide an active guara
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Builds & SkillsBuff
A buff is a status effect that applies a beneficial bonus on the entity. This could be produced by a skill or by interacting with certain mechanics such as sh
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Builds & SkillsEvasion
Evasion is one of the three core defences that can be found on equipment. It is associated with dexterity and provides an entropy-based system of damage avoid
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Builds & SkillsProjectile
Projectiles are entities created by attack and spells that move along a trajectory and can hit other entities. They typically travel in a straight line from p
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Builds & SkillsPassive Skill Tree
The Passive Skill Tree is a vast, interconnected web of passive skill in Path of Exile 2 that allows players to customize their character's attributes and pow
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Builds & SkillsTotem
Totems are structures that possess certain effects, from the ability to cast spells to summoning entities that physically attack nearby enemies. Friendly Tote
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Builds & SkillsCold
Cold damage is one of the five damage types, and one of the three types of elemental damage. It can be mitigated by cold resistance. Cold damage can inflict c
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Builds & SkillsMinion
Minions are allies summoned or raised by the player's skills, effects, or buffs. Minions do not benefit from modifiers to stats that affect the player charact
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Builds & SkillsUncut Skill Gem
An Uncut Skill Gem is a currency item that can be used to engrave a skill gem or level up an existing skill gem to the level of the Uncut Skill Gem. It is a t
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Builds & SkillsUncut Spirit Gem
An Uncut Spirit Gem is a currency item. It is a type of uncut gem that can be used to engrave a persistent buff skill. It is a type of uncut gem.
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Builds & SkillsCritical hit
A critical hit, or simply crit, is a property of hits that gains a damage multiplier based on its critical damage bonus. Additionally, critical hits can often
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Builds & SkillsPhysical
Physical damage is one of the five damage types. Most martial weapons deal physical damage. Physical damage from hits is mitigated by armour and other sources
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Builds & SkillsCurse
Curses are Debuffs that apply a certain downside on the recipient, weakening them. By default, the player can apply a maximum of one Curse on an enemy, which
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Builds & SkillsDebuff
Debuffs are negative effects that deal damage or penalise an entity's stats, either for a set duration or when a condition is met. Unless otherwise stated, de
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Builds & SkillsHerald
Herald is a gem tag for persistent buff skills which grant an effect on killing enemies.
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Builds & SkillsLightning
Lightning damage is one of the five damage types, and one of the three types of elemental damage. It can be mitigated by lightning resistance. Lightning damag
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Builds & SkillsTrigger
Trigger is a skill behavior that causes a skill's effect to occur during certain conditions, instantly without the need of manually casting socketed skills.
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Builds & SkillsTrap
Trap is an item class of two-handed ranged weapons that requires dexterity and intelligence to equip. The trap weapon grants a skill instead of a default atta
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Builds & SkillsGem
Gems are a type of item that either grants a skill (skill gem) or modifies a skill (support gem) when placed into a gem socket.
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Builds & SkillsLife
Life (also named Health or Hit Points) is the main health source of a character or monster and it decreases when receiving damage; when it reaches 0% the enti
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Builds & SkillsPassive Skill Tree
The Passive Skill Tree is a vast, interconnected web of passive skill in Path of Exile 2 that allows players to customize their character's attributes and pow
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Builds & SkillsAura
Auras are skills that apply buffs to Allies within a radius, or debuffs to enemies within your Presence radius.
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Builds & SkillsGemcutting
Gemcutting is a mechanic involving the creation of skill gems and support gems by using uncut gems. This process is also referred to as engraving. An addition
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Builds & SkillsPassive Skill Tree
The Passive Skill Tree is a vast, interconnected web of passive skill in Path of Exile 2 that allows players to customize their character's attributes and pow
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Builds & SkillsChaos
Chaos damage is one of the five damage types. It can be mitigated by chaos resistance. Chaos damage has the effect of removing twice as much energy shield whe
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Builds & SkillsGem
Gems are a type of item that either grants a skill (skill gem) or modifies a skill (support gem) when placed into a gem socket.
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Builds & SkillsGem
Gems are a type of item that either grants a skill (skill gem) or modifies a skill (support gem) when placed into a gem socket.
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Builds & SkillsAttribute
Strength, dexterity, and intelligence are attributes. Attributes are often requirements of gems and equipment. Characters gain inherent bonuses from attribute
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Builds & SkillsPassive Skill Tree
The Passive Skill Tree is a vast, interconnected web of passive skill in Path of Exile 2 that allows players to customize their character's attributes and pow
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Builds & SkillsGem
Gems are a type of item that either grants a skill (skill gem) or modifies a skill (support gem) when placed into a gem socket.
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Builds & SkillsGem
Gems are a type of item that either grants a skill (skill gem) or modifies a skill (support gem) when placed into a gem socket.
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Builds & SkillsMana
Mana is a resource that can be used to pay for the costs of many skills. Mana cost is spent throughout the skill instead of on use; cancelling the skill or ge
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Builds & SkillsDamage
Damage is the process by which a player or monster's life or energy shield is reduced.
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Builds & SkillsHit
A hit is when damage is dealt instantaneously, as opposed to damage over time. Many effects or defensive layers only apply on hit so do not apply to skills wh
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Builds & SkillsRanged
Ranged refers to a skill or attack, that is normally performed with a martial weapon, where your character can be any viewable distance from the target enemy.
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