In Path of Exile 2, players have no limits to their creativity. This is now demonstrated by the build of a player who has basically destroyed the game.
What kind of build is this? In Path of Exile 2, there are countless strong and quirky builds that revolve around the diverse skills in the ARPG. Often, items and skills are tactically combined to amplify the strengths of individual abilities.
In this example, a player has set out to ensure that their enemies cannot take a turn. For this, they simply stop time for 15 seconds and smash the boss without resistance. Once the quarter of a minute is over, the boss is simply frozen and unable to act again.
This is combined with a slowing aura that ensures all enemies in the vicinity move and attack 80% slower. Here you can see what a typical boss fight looks like with this build:
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How does the build work? The build utilizes the Witch class along with the Ascendant Chronomancer, which is considered rather weak and difficult to play by the community. However, this specialization offers the unique ability to stop time for 15 seconds.
For the build, “Cast on Crit” is used in combination with “Frost Wall” and “Ice Nova.” The build further relies on various auras that slow down enemies and enhance the character. A similar build can be found on pathofexile.com.
The player, who can easily dominate every boss fight with their build, also mentions the downsides of their character. While bosses are easily defeated, the clearspeed on maps is slower compared to other characters with meta builds. However, he personally enjoys playing with his character even in that discipline.
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How does the community feel about the build? The community finds the build a bit boring since the enemies have no chance, but some believe that it is necessary to use such tricks.
One of them is gamesetdev, who writes on Reddit: “How boring, but also necessary in a game where bosses put any class that doesn’t use stun immunity at risk of getting one-shotted and losing hours of progress.”
Other players, like Am094 on Reddit, criticize the build for being extremely expensive to reach this power level: “Sorry […], but for 100 Div [note from the editors: Divine Orb, the common currency in the game], this build should be better one-shotting.”
Even though it is expensive to bring the build up to the demonstrated level, this example again shows that Path of Exile 2 gives gamers all sorts of opportunities to outsmart the game. Nevertheless, players must be cautious, as a moment of inattention can cost everything: Best player in Path of Exile 2 fails to pay attention for a second, loses everything
