Best Witch Infernalist build in Path of Exile 2

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Path of Exile 2 has received an initial release on December 6, 2024. There is a total of 12 distinct Classes, each granting its own uniqueness in the game. Unfortunately, the Classes in Path of Exile 2 are gender-locked, meaning you cannot choose the gender of a specific Class as it is predetermined. Each class offers two distinct Ascendancies to choose from that further enhance your survivability due to its bonuses and buffs in the game. Selecting the best Infernalist build is crucial at the early stages because your gameplay depends on it. Explore the Infernalist Build in Path of Exile 2 and see how it redefines early-access gameplay! In this guide, we’ll discuss the Best Infernalist Build in Path of Exile 2 including the best gear and passive skills to use.

Infernalist build in Path of Exile 2 Explored

Infernalist is an Ascendancy class for the Witch in Path of Exile 2 that applies hellfire, summons angry minions, and unleashes devastating flames. The key features of the Ascendancy are Loyal Hellhound, Demonic Possession, and Pyromantic Pact. It offers several passive skills that increase its unique mechanics. You can cast your spell without focusing on mana consumption. Being an Infernalist, you need to adopt a high-risk/high-reward playstyle to dominate every enemy coming in your path. We include Raise Zombie, Skeletal Arsonist, and Raging Spirits in this build to dominate any enemies coming in the path. The best passive in this build are Altered Flesh, Raw Destruction, and Gravedigger which enhance your capability to deal with any enemy in combat.

Ascendancies are the specializations for your character, granting you additional options to customize them to your playstyle. Path of Exile has three Ascendancy Classes for every Class. At the beginning of the game, only two will be available per Class. As you progress you will unlock powerful Ascendancy options to refine further and enhance your build.

Infernalist summon a hellhound that deals fire damage and sucks a percentage of the damage they take. Ignite enemies by turning her mana into an infernal flame. The infernal flames in POE2 overflow because they cast additional skills. They can turn into a demon form to enhance their damage and gain quick movement speed but take more damage as well.

Infernalist Build Pros	Infernalist Build Cons
Increased Spellcasting	Resource Management
Minion Support	Health Management
Demon Form
Empowered Zombies

Best Infernalist skills and support gems in Path of Exile 2

Here are the best skills and support gems for Infernalist build that you should use in the initial stages of Path of Exile 2.

• Raise Zombie
• Skeletal Arsonist
  • Scattershot
  • Immolate
  • Elemental Focus
  • Fire Infusion
  • Martial Tempo
• Raging Spirits
  • Bullseye
  • Feeding Frenzy
  • Execute
  • Minion Mastery
  • Fire Mastery
• Summon Infernal Hound
  • Last Gasp
  • Fire Exposure
  • Strip Away
  • Wildfire
• Flammability
  • Heightened Curse
  • Lifetap
• Shield Charge
  • Ingenuity
  • Maim
  • Unbreakable
• Skeletal Storm Mage
  • Overcharge
  • Controlled Destruction
  • Conduction
  • Lightning Penetration
  • Stormfire
• Pain Offering
  • Font of Blood
  • Magnified Effect
  • Font of Rage
  • Persistence
• Bonestorm
  • Arcane Tempo

Raise Zombie

Consumes a Corpse or Power Charge to create a short-lived zombie. Zombies created from Power Charges are empowered.

• Limit to 10 Raised Zombies
• Zombie duration is 20s
• Empowered Zombies take 30% less damage
• Empowered Zombies deal 100% more damage with hits
• Empowered Zombies have 25% more Movement Speed

Skeletal Arsonist

Summons bomb-throwing, reviving Skeletal Arsonists that can detonate other minions on command.

Scattershot (Support Gem)

Supports projectile skills, making them fire extra projectiles. Alos lowers attack and cast speed of supported skills, as well as lessening their damage.

• Skills fire 2 additional projectiles
• Supported skills deal 20% less damage
• Supported Skills have 20% less attack and cast speed

Immolate (Support Gem)

Supports attacks, granting them extra fire damage against ignited enemies but making them unable to ignite enemies themselves.

• Cannot inflict ignite
• Supported attacks gain 30% of damage as extra fire damage against ignited enemies

Elemental Focus (Support Gem)

Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing it to deal more elemental damage but be unable to inflict elemental ailments.

• Cannot inflict elemental ailments
• 25% more elemental damage

Fire Infusion (Support Gem)

Supports attacks, causing them to gain fire damage but deal less cold and lightning damage

• Attacks gain 25% of damage as extra fire damage
• Supported attacks deal 50% less cold and lightning damage

Martial Tempo (Support Gem)

Supports attacks, causing them to attack faster

• Supported Skills have 25% more attack speed

Raging Spirits

While active, your fire spells will also summon Raging spirits, which are short-lived flaming skills that rush at nearby enemies and rapidly attack them. Enemies will not directly engage these minions and can pass through them.

• Maximum spirits summoned per spell cast
• +10 to the maximum number of summoned Raging spirits
• Fire area spells summon a spirit per 15 meters of radius projectiles from fire spells summon a spirit on hit
• Minions from this skill convert 70% of physical damage to fire damage
• Maximum (5-8) spirits summoned per spell cast

Bullseye (Support Gem)

Supports attacks, causing them to gain accuracy

• Supported Skills have a 50% more accuracy rating

Feeding Frenzy (Support Gem)

Supports skills that create minions, making them deal and take more damage

• Minions from Supported skills take 20% more damage
• Minions from Supported skills deal 30% more damage

Execute (Support Gem)

Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing it to deal more damage against enemies on low health.

• Supported skills deal 40% more damage with hits against enemies that are on Low Life

Minion Mastery (Support Gem)

Supports minion skills, granting them an additional level.

• +1 to the level of Supported minion skills

Fire Mastery (Support Gem)

Supports fire skills, granting them an additional level.

• +1 to the level of Supported fire skills

Summon Infernal Hound

Summons a reviving Infernal Hound which ignites enemies near it. The Hound takes a portion of the damage from hits from you.

Last Gasp (Support Gem)

Supports skills that create persistent Minions, causing those minions to fight on for a short duration before dying when they are fatally wounded.

• Minions from Supported skills die 4 Seconds after their Life is reduced to 0

Fire Exposure (Support Gem)

Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing it to deal less damage but inflict fire exposure when it ignites an enemy.

• Supported skills inflict fire exposure for 8 seconds on igniting an enemy
• Supported skills deal 25% less damage

Strip Away (Support Gem)

Supports skills that apply exposure to enemies, increasing the effect of applied exposure.

• Exposure applied by Supported skills has a 30% increased effect

Wildfire (Support Gem)

Supports any skill that hits enemies, spreading ignites it inflicts to nearby enemies after a delay.

• Ignites inflicted by Supported Skills spread to other enemies that stay within 1.5 meters for 2 seconds

Flammability

Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their fire resistance.

• +-30% to fire resistance
• Curse applies after 1-second delay
• +(-30+36) to fire resistance

Highlighted Curse (Support Gem)

Supports curse skills, magnifying their power.

• 25% increased effect of your curses

Lifetap (Support Gem)

Supports any skill, turning a portion of its Mana cost into a Life cost, Does not support skills that reserve spirit.

• Skill Mana costs converted to Life costs

Shield Charge

Channel to charge in the target direction. You will crash into enemies on your path, stopping your charge and dealing damage to enemies in an area, and extra damage to the enemies you collided with. While charging, your shield is raised and you will block all incoming blockable hits.

• 2 to 3 added physical damage per 15 armour on Shield
• 4 to 6 base Off-hand physical damage
• (2-4) to (3-6) added physical damage per 15 armour on Shield
• (4-88) to (6-132) Base Off-hand physical damage

Ingenuity (Support Gem)

Supports skills with cooldown, increasing the rate at which those cooldowns recover.

• 30% increased cooldown recovery rate

Maim (Support Gem)

Supports attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.

• Attacks always Maim on hit

Unbreakable (Support Gem)

Supports any skill that you can use, making it harder to Stun while using it.

• 200% more Stun Threshold while using Supported skills

Skeletal Storm Mage

Summons reviving Skeletal Storm Mages that can call down a lightning storm on dead Skeletons on command.

Overcharge (Support Gem)

Supports any skill that hits enemies, making its shocks more effective but last for a shorter duration.

• Supported Skills have 50% less shock duration
• 75% increased magnitude of shock you inflict

Controlled Destruction (Support Gem)

Supports spells that hit enemies, boosting their damage but preventing them from dealing with critical hits.

• Never deal critical hits
• Supported skills deal 30% more damage with hits and Ailments

Conduction (Support Gem)

Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it more likely to shock.

• Supported Skills have 100% more chance to shock

Lightning Penetration (Support Gem)

Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.

• Damage penetrates 30% lightning resistance

Stormfire (Support Gem)

Supports any skill that hits enemies, prolonging shocks they inflict on ignited enemies.

• Shocks from Supported skills do not expire on ignited enemies

Pain Offering

Impales a skeleton on a bone spike to send nearby minions into a frenzy as long as the spike remains, causing them to use skills more quickly and deal more damage. The bine spike is itself a minion. If it dies, the effect ends immediately.

• Limit 1 pain offering spike

Font of Blood (Support Gem)

Supports skills that create stationary objects. Objects created by supported skills generate a font of blood, creating an Aura that grants Life regeneration.

• Fronts of Blood from Supported skills grant 2% Life Regeneration per second to you and your allies
• Objects created by Supported skills create a font of blood with a 3-meter radius

Magnified Effect (Support Gem)

Supports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.

• Supported Skills have 40% more area of effect

Font of Rage (Support Gem)

Supports skills that create stationary objects. Objects created by supported skills generate a Font of Rage, creating an Aura that grants Rage over time, as well as preventing Rage less.

• Fonts of Rage from Supported skills grant 2 Rage Regeneration per second to you and your allies
• Objects created by Supported skills create a Font of Rage with a 3-meter radius

Persistence (Support Gem)

Supports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.

• Supported Skills have 40% more skill effect duration

Bonestorm

Channel to conjure a swarm of bone spikes in the air, then release to fire at the enemies and explode.

Effects

• Deals 14 to 21 Physical Damage
• Debuffed enemies take 14 to 21 additional Physical Damage from the next attack
• Can fire up to 20 Projectiles
• Debuff duration is 10s

Explosion

• 0.7M to explosion radius if a power Charge was consumed
• Deals 11 to 17 Physical Damage
• Debuffed enemies take 14 to 21 additional physical damage from the next attack
• Debuff duration is 10s
• Explosion radius is 0.5M
• 40% More AoE per Power Charge consumed

Best Infernalist Stat Priorities

Regular Stats

• Dexterity
• Strength
• Intelligence

Intelligence is your primary stat as an Infernalist in Path of Exile 2 as it increases the core abilities. Strength and Dexterity are also crucial to varying degrees based on the build. Intelligence stats boost Energy Shield, Mana, and spell damage. Strength increases Life, and auras, and enables the use of gear or gems. Dexterity increases accuracy and evasion.

Defensive Stats

• Energy Shield
• Life
• Fire, Cold, and Lightning Resistances
• Movement Speed
• Evasion
• Mana Recovery

This Infernalist build depends on archetypes like spellcaster, summoner, and chaos damage dealer. As an Infernalist, you depend on Energy Shield for survivability and other defense layers. Fire, Cold, and Lightning Resistances are essential to survive elemental damage. Life adds extra survivability by stacking life rolls on gear. Invest points in boots with high movement speed. Armour can reduce physical hits effectively in combat. Evasion is effective for summoners or chaos builds. Stats like mana regeneration rate and modifiers mitigate the mana cost of spells.

Offensive Stats

• Spell Damage
• Cast Speed
• Critical Strike Chance
• Minion Damage
• Minion Life

The Infernalist in Path of Exile 2 excels in a variety of damage types, including elemental damage, chaos damage, damage-over-time (DoT) effects, and minion-focused builds, like this one. Enhance the damage of your spells and reduce the time it takes to cast spells. Critical Strike Chance enhances the burst damage significantly. Boost the damage dealt by minions to keep your minion alive.

Best Infernalist Passive Skills

Domenic Possession is the best passive skill to utilize that boosts the power of your spells and you change into a demon. Minions are 15% faster and when minions are revived you gain 2% Life. We consider the best passives that you can use with your active skills to boost your survivability.

• Gravedigger- Minions revive 15% faster. You gain 2% Life when one of your minions is revived.
• Demonic Possession- Shapeshift into a demon, vastly boosting the power of your Spells. You gain Demonflame every second you remain in demon form, causing your Life to be lost at an ever-increasing rate. Rever to human form if you reach 1 Life, use a Skill that isn’t a Spell, or reactivate this Skill.
• Mastered Darkness- Maximum 10 Demonflame.
• Pyromantic Pact- Maximum Mana is replaced by Infernal Flame. Gain Infernal Flame instead of spending Mana for Skill costs. Take maximum Life and Energy Shield as Fire Damage when the Infernal Flame reaches maximum. Lose all Infernal Flame on reaching maximum Infernal Flame. 10% of Infernal Flame lost per second if none was gained in the past 2 seconds.
• Raw Destruction- 16% increased spell damage. Minions deal 16% increased damage.
• Power of the Dead- Minions deal 15% increased damage. Minions have a 3% increased attack and cast speed.
• Loyal Hellhound- Summons a Reviving Infernal Hound that Ignites enemies near it. The Hound takes a portion of the damage from Hits for you.
• Grinning Immolation- Become Ignited when you deal a Critical Hit, taking 15% of your Life and Energy Shield as Fire Damage per second. 30% more Critical Damage Bonus.
• Crystalline Flesh- Minions have +20tp elemental resistances. Minions have +5% to all maximum elemental resistances.

How Skill Tree is Set is POE 2

For most new players, the passive skill tree is extremely daunting but actually, it’s quite simple. A character is granted one passive skill point every time they level up and are sometimes even granted more from completing certain quests. In extremely simple we have the intelligence section which focuses on spell damage, summoning, and elemental damage.

Next, we have the Dexterity section which is more focused on ranged combat, evasion, and speed. At the bottom left, we have the Strength section which is more melee and defense-oriented. Next, we’ve passive nodes and they are split into two categories. The small passives that grant minor bonuses such as a small increase in attack speed, spell damage, melee damage, or attributes.

Second, we’ve notable passives. These are larger passive points that grant greater bonuses than the smaller ones but they have stats on them that are often closely related to the small passives leading up to them. Think of these as checkpoints to work towards. On top of this, we have a third passive point but is not entirely compared to the two others. For the third one, we have the keystones which are build changing character defining that often provide a massive amount of power with a downside. However, these downsides can be reduced or worked towards.

Following a specific setup is extremely useful and understanding the passive skill tree can make or break your character. Investing more time in this specific section will definitely upgrade your knowledge of the game.

Best Infernalist Gear

Gear in Path of Exile 2 is crucial for any build, including your Infernalist build. The Gears determine how strong and survivable your build will be in combat. Gear in the Infernalist build allows you to handle the tougher battle in Path of Exile 2. Armour reduces fire damage, lightning damage, and cold damage that you take in combat. Font of Power Omen Sceptre is the best weapon to use while playing as an Infernalist class.

Gear Slot	Gear	Requirement	Effect
Main Hand Weapon	Lupine Sceptre	12 level	(61-65) increased spirit +5 to the level of all minion skills
Helmet	Advanced Hewn Mask	46 int, 46dex, 45 level	87 evasion rating 35 energy shield
Body Armour	Advanced Anchorite Garb	67 int, 67 dex, 59 level	+(70-84) to maximum life +(21-25)% to cold resistance
Belt	Plate Belt	25 level	+(100-140) to Armour
Gloves	Advanced Linen Wraps	46 int, 46 dex, 51 level	49 evasion rating 19 energy shield
Boots	Expert Stone Greaves	75 level, 131 str.	+(200-214) to a maximum Life 35% increased movement speed +(41-45)% to cold resistance
Ring 1	Amethyst Ring	20 level	+(7-13)% to chaos resistance +(100-119) to maximum Life +(41-45)% to cold resistance +(41-45)% to fire resistance
Ring 2	Amethyst Ring	20 level	+(7-13)% to chaos resistance +(100-119) to maximum Life +(41-45)% to fire resistance +(41-45)% to fire resistance
Amulet	Amber Amulet	8 level	+(10-15) to Strength +(150-174) to maximum Life Adds (12-19) to (22-32) physical damage to attacks +(36-40) to fire resistance

How to Play Infernalist in Path of Exile 2

Infernalist is a Witch ascendancy that specializes in summoning fiery minions to overwhelm enemies. Consider primary damage dealers, capable of unleashing significant fire damage. You can support with gems like Scattershot, Fire Infusion, and Fire Penetration to boost the offensive capabilities. Use the Fire Exposure to reduce the enemy fire resistance and amplify your minions’ damage. Focus on nodes that boost minion damage, health, and utility. Modify your mana pool into a life pool to enhance survivability.

Use Helmet and Amulet that provide +2 to all Minion skill gems to boost minions’ levels. Prefer armour or an energy shield that increases your survivability. Summon skills like Summon Zombies to build your undead army. Turn into a demon form to enhance their damage and gain quick movement speed but take more damage as well. You can summon more minions by investing additional in passives to increase spirit. Get access to summons like Golems and Skeletal Mages for additional utility.

Best Witch Infernalist Build in Path of Exile 2 Summary

FAQs about Best Witch Infernalist Build in Path of Exile 2 (POE 2)?

How important is gear for my Infernalist build?

Gear in Path of Exile 2 is crucial for any build, including your Infernalist build. The Gears determine how strong and survivable your build will be in combat. Gear in the Infernalist build allows you to handle the tougher battle in Path of Exile 2, so always focus on improving gear through crafting, buying, or farming.

Can I respec my Infernalist build if I make a mistake?

Getting new skills involves obtaining skill gems that you can socket into the equipment to grant corresponding abilities. You can obtain the skill gems while progressing through the campaign or you can purchase the skill gems from the vendors. Use the support gems to increase the strengthen the effects of your primary skills.

How do I acquire Infernalist new skills?

Yes, you can respec your Infernalist build by refunding passive skill points through The Hooded One, an NPC located in the Clearfell Encampment. Complete the “Sorrow Among Stones” quest in Act 1, to unlock this feature. However, it will take you 2 to 5 hours, depending on your pace.

What’s the best way to level up the Infernalist build quickly?

The best way to level up the Infernalist build quickly is by selecting skills, and equipment, and employing synergistic combat techniques. Enhance your gear and equipment and optimize the skill gem selection.  

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