Dear exiles, I will share Daniel's top 3 Minions PoE 2 Builds with you today. These three builds include Bomber Minions, Frost Minions, and Sniper Minions.
1. Bomber Minions
Class: Witch
Ascendancy: Infernalist
Bomber Minions is a nickname I gave to the Skeleton Arsonist, and minions are still OP in PoE 2. Those here throw countless bombs, dealing tons of damage to everything around you.
Pros
Awesome Boss Damage
Godlike Survivability
Easy to Play
Cons
Clear Speed is not great
Budget
To clear low-tier maps: 3 sockets + cheap gear need about 80 Exalted orbs.
To clear mid-tier maps: 4 sockets + cheap gear need about 150 Exalteds.
To complete high-tier maps: 5 sockets + good gear need about 4 Divine orbs.
Mandatory Unique
You only need one mandatory unique item for this build, and it is pretty cheap. The Oaksworn Shield not only grants +50 to spirit but also a lot of chaos resistance and block chance.
Clear Speed 8/10
Single Target Damage 10/10
Survivability 10/10
2. Frost Minions
Class: Witch
Ascendancy: Infernalist
With so many improvements to minion builds in the last patches, it's time for us to have a mid-budget version capable of destroying all content without breaking a sweat.
Pros
Awesome Boss Damage
Godlike Survivability
Easy to Play
Simulacrum Farmer
Great Clear Speed
Cons
Expensive
Budget
To play this build, you need at least 15 Divines.
Mandatory Unique
We need 3 mandatory unique items for this build. The first and most important is the Trenchtimbre Mace (about 10 Ex) that grants plus 3 to level of all minions.
Next, we also need the Morior Invictus (about 10 Divs) Body Armor with maximum life and spirit. This way, we can get a good amount of energy shield, elemental resistance, maximum life, and spirit on a single item.
Finally, we also need the Bones of Ullr (about 5 Ex) boots that produce the amount of spirit your minions reserve, granting a big undead army.
Clear Speed 9/10
Single Target Damage 10/10
Survivability 10/10
3. Sniper Minions
Class: Mercenary
Ascendancy: Gemling Legionnaire
If you thought that the 20,000 energy shield from the Bomber Minions of the 24 army from the Frost Minions was a lot, now I present you the final form of minion builds. With an army of 38 and over 25k energy shields, the Sniper Minions can complete any content with ease, even AFK T4 Simulacrons.
Pros
Boss Destroyer
Supreme Survivability
Easy to Play
AFK Simulacrum Farmer
Great Clear Speed
Cons
Very expensive
Budget
To play this build, you need at least 50 Divines.
Mandatory Unique
You need 5 mandatory unique items for this build. The first one is the Corrupted Trenchtimbre Mace (about 50 Ex) that grants +3 to level of all minions.
Next, we also need the Corrupted Ghostwrithe (about 1 Div) Body Armor that grants a percentage of our life as an extra energy shield. Here, we are going to abuse the strength-stacking potential of the Gemling Legionnaire to generate a huge pool of energy shields.
Next, we need the Corrupted Bones of Ullr (about 8 Div) Boots that reduce the amount of spirit your minions reserve, granting a big undead army.
We also need to look for 3 Grand Spectrum (about 450 Ex) Jewels that together grant 18% increased spirit.
Finally, we also need the Against the Darkness (about 14 Div) Unique Jewel with at least +10 spirit per notable node. This way, we can get almost +100 spirits.
Clear Speed 9/10
Single Target Damage 10/10
Survivability 10/10
Conclusion
Here is the ending of these top three minion builds for PoE 2. By the way, the 0.2.0 patch will launch on April 4. Please stay tuned on mmogah.com to get more news.
