Hooded monk archer drawing a bow in a torch-lit chamber, two violet chaos tornadoes tearing through a demon pack over green poison pustules

Build Guides

Featured league starters and easy campaign leveling guides, with a Progress doll for gems, gear, and the tree at each stage.

Hooded monk archer drawing a bow in a torch-lit chamber, two violet chaos tornadoes tearing through a demon pack over green poison pustules
Featured0.5.5 The Forbidden RitesAcolyte of Chayula

Poisonburst Arrow Acolyte of Chayula

Poisonburst Arrow starts a chain reaction of poison, bleed, and chaos explosions through Herald of Blood, Herald of Plague, and Repulsion, while Toxic Growth handles single target. Once you unlock the hidden Archon of Chayula ascendancy in the endgame, its Chaos Tornadoes wither enemies and detonate Toxic Growth pustules on spawn, pushing both clear and boss damage to absurd levels.

A hooded Ranger sprinting through a moonlit swamp as green poison gas billows from her boots with every step
Leveling0.5.5Ranger

Fartfinder Pathfinder

Levels 1-58 as a straightforward Poisonburst Arrow / Contagion bow build — apply Contagion, shoot Poisonburst Arrow, let the poison spread on death. At level 58, Sacrifice unlocks and the build transforms entirely: swap to Corpsewade boots and become 'Fartfinder' — every step automatically triggers Decompose, consuming nearby corpses (including your own Bind Spectre minions) into expanding poison gas clouds. One of the most complete real datasets in this series: two of the creator's own separate guides, stitched into one level-1-to-endgame-entry arc.

Warbringer slamming a two-handed mace into the ground as Earthshatter spikes erupt around him
Leveling0.5.5Warrior

Earthshatter Warbringer

Rolling Slam into Boneshatter for the early campaign, graduating into Earthshatter with Volcanic Fissure the moment you hit level 22 and take your first Trial Ascendancy as a Warbringer. Real per-stage data from the creator's own leveling (1-21), post-22, and endgame (94% Block) exports — including real passive tree progression, not a synthesized guess.

A Mercenary firing a crossbow loaded with grenades into a pack of enemies, a chain of fiery grenade explosions lighting up the scene
Leveling0.5.5Mercenary

Grenade Gemling

Permafrost Bolts to freeze early enemies, then blast the frozen targets with Fragmentation Rounds for bonus explosion damage. Explosive Shot takes over as the main attack from Act 2 on, backed by Explosive Grenade, Mirage Archer (which spams its own Explosive Grenade for free), and — once Mortar Cannon and Oil Grenade come online in Act 3 — automated resistance shred on top. Huge damage, genuinely tanky via the Gemling Legionnaire's Virtuous Barrier, and one of the very few sources in this series that covers level 1 through endgame on a single page with zero gaps.

Hooded Plant Oracle Druid raising both hands as lightning strikes between two plant pods in a ruined forest
Leveling0.5.5 Forbidden RitesDruid — Oracle

Plant Oracle Druid — Leveling Build Guide

Entangle from level 1 through the pinnacle bosses. Forced Outcome guarantees a crit on every cast, so Cast on Critical auto-triggers Thunderstorm to permanently water your plants — one of the smoothest, most beginner-friendly campaign clears in the game.

A hooded Sorceress chaining white-blue lightning through a pack of skeletons in a dark cavern
Leveling0.5.5Sorceress

Spark Stormweaver

Spark as the main hit from level 1 all the way to maps, with Frost Bomb generating Cold Infusion for it and doubling as your exposure tool. Orb of Storms and Arc pick up the early single-target slack, and by level 65 the build graduates into a real Spellslinger/Cast on Critical automation setup. Seven real, separately-exported Build Planner snapshots — every one of them carries real equipped gear, not just the endgame stage.

A Huntress mid-spin in a torch-lit hall, spear trailing motion blur as an ice-charged Twister tornado tears through fallen enemies
Leveling0.5.5Huntress

Twister Huntress

A physical-into-cold Twister spin-to-win build that clears the campaign in 3:25 by the creator's own account, using Whirling Slash to open packs and Twister (converted to Cold via Ice-Tipped Arrows) to shatter them. Great single target via War Banner and Freezing Mark, but very squishy — positioning matters.

A hooded Martial Artist leaping through a courtyard, quarterstaff trailing fire, ice, and lightning afterimages as a Tempest Bell hangs overhead
Leveling0.5.5Monk

WHIRLING Trinity Martial Artist

A melee quarterstaff Martial Artist that maps as one-button Whirling Assault, then melts bosses by culling Hollow Focus bells with Killing Palm for Rage and Power Charges, dumping them into Charged Staff, and holding Hollow Form with Whirling Assault loaded inside. Trinity and a stacked evasion/energy-shield layer come online for maps; Chaos Inoculation is an optional mid-endgame fork, not a requirement.

A hooded Witch raising Flame Wall in a ruined hall as raging spirit skulls fly out, a skeletal sniper kneels with a bow, and a ghostly Vaal Guard stands behind her
Leveling0.5.5Witch

Witch Minions Leveling

A pure-minion campaign clear that the creator clocks under five hours: Contagion and Unearth for early trash, then Flame Wall plus Frost Bomb so Skeletal Sniper's Gas Arrow detonates ignited bosses. Raging Spirits and a Bind Spectre Vaal Guard stack on without changing the playstyle. Works into either Infernalist or Lich — this page covers campaign and early maps only.