Classes & Ascendancies

Marauder

The Marauder is a strength-oriented class that specializes in melee skills.

3 min read·Updated 2026-07-11·Editor score 82/100
Marauder — Path of Exile 2 guide
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Our editors rank Marauder for league-start viability, passive synergy, and how forgiving it feels when you mis-spec early.

Best for: Anyone picking a main or planning a league start

⚡ Pro Tips

  • Clearfell Encampment:
  • Melee ascendancies level safer; casters scale harder but need positioning discipline.
  • Pick ascendancy based on your first skill gem, not hype — gems define your early clear.

✓ Quick Checklist

  • Clearfell Encampment:
  • The Grim Tangle:

Quick Summary

The Marauder is a strength-oriented class that specializes in melee skills. Key points: The Riverbank: · Clearfell Encampment: · Clearfell:

The Marauder is a strength-oriented class that specializes in melee skills.

The Marauder obtains a Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = " and Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = " as his default starting weapon and skill in The Riverbank.

Ascendancy classes

Marauder can specialize into one of these three Ascendancy classes:

Dialogues

Entering locations

  • The Riverbank:
  • Clearfell Encampment:
  • Clearfell:
  • Mud Burrow:
  • The Grelwood:
  • The Red Vale:
  • The Grim Tangle:
  • Cemetery of the Eternals:
  • Mausoleum of the Praetor:
  • Tomb of the Consort:
  • Hunting Grounds:
  • Freythorn:
  • Ogham Farmlands:
  • Ogham Village:
  • The Manor Ramparts:
  • Ogham Manor:
  • Vastiri Outskirts:
  • The Ardura Caravan:
  • Mawdun Quarry:
  • Mawdun Mine:
  • The Halani Gates (1):
  • Traitor's Passage:
  • The Halani Gates (2):
  • Mastodon Badlands:
  • The Bone Pits:
  • The Lost City:
  • Buried Shrines:
  • Valley of the Titans:
  • The Titan Grotto:
  • Deshar:
  • Path of Mourning:
  • The Spires of Deshar:
  • The Dreadnought:
  • Dreadnought Vanguard:
  • Trial of the Sekhemas:
  • Sandswept Marsh:
  • Ziggurat Encampment:
  • Jungle Ruins:
  • The Venom Crypts:
  • Infested Barrens:
  • The Azak Bog:
  • Chimeral Wetlands:
  • Jiquani's Machinarium:
  • Jiquani's Sanctum:
  • The Matlan Waterways:
  • The Drowned City:
  • Apex of Filth:
  • The Molten Vault:
  • Temple of Kopec:
  • Utzaal:
  • Aggorat:
  • The Black Chambers:
  • The Ziggurat Refuge:
  • The Temple of Chaos:

Boss defeated

  • The Bloated Miller:
  • Beira of the Rotten Pack:
  • The Devourer:
  • The Brambleghast:
  • The Rust King:
  • The Rotten Druid:
  • Draven, the Eternal Praetor:
  • Asinia, the Praetor's Consort:
  • Lachlann of Endless Lament:
  • The Crowbell:
  • The King in the Mists:
  • The Executioner:
  • Candlemass, the Living Rite:
  • Count Geonor:
  • Rathbreaker:
  • Rudja, the Dread Engineer:
  • Balbala, the Traitor:
  • Jamanra, the Risen King:
  • Ekbab, Ancient Steed:
  • Kabala, Constrictor Queen:
  • Azarian, the Forsaken Son:
  • Zalmarath, the Colossus:
  • Tor Gul, the Defiler:
  • Jamanra, the Abomination:
  • Rootdredge:
  • Mighty Silverfist:
  • Ignagduk, the Bog Witch:
  • Xyclucian, the Chimeral:
  • Blackjaw, the Remnant:
  • Zicoatl, Warden of the Core:
  • Mektul, the Forgemaster:
  • The Queen of Filth:
  • Ketzuli, High Priest of the Sun:
  • Viper Napuatzi:
  • Doryani, Royal Thaumaturge:

Level up

  • Reaching level 2:
  • Reaching level 3:
  • Reaching level 5:
  • Reaching level 10:
  • Reaching level 15:
  • Reaching level 20:
  • Reaching level 30:
  • Reaching level 40:
  • Reaching level 50:
  • Reaching level 60:
  • Reaching level 70:
  • Reaching level 80:
  • Reaching level 90:
  • Reaching level 100:

Miscellaneous

Gameplay video

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