GGG announced the Mayhem event for November 4th. For you to be prepared, make sure to choose builds that can become powerful fast and with little currency investment. Here is a list with 5 awesome builds for end league events. I wish you all the luck!
1. Arc Totems
Class: Templar
Ascendancy: Hierophant
Budget
To clear white maps: 4L + cheap gear (need about 35 Chaos Orbs)
To clear yellow maps: 5L + mid gear (need about 90 Chaos Orbs)
To complete the Atlas: 6L + good gear (need about 3 Divine Orbs)
Mandatory Uniques
Soul Mantle
It causes socketed gems to be supported by level 20 spell totem.
Kikazaru
60% reduced effect of curses.
Polaric Devastation
20% increased damage for each curse on you.
Pros
Cheap
Safe gameplay
Great boss damage
Great clear speed
Immunity to curses
Excellent starter
Awesome for beginners
Easy to build
Easy leveling
Cons
No evasion
Passive playstyle
General Strengths
Clear Speed
You place many totems that cast Arc, which is a spell that chains through a lot of enemies. This grants a great clear speed.
Boss Damage
With all those totems focusing their spells on a single boss, this build also has great boss damage.
Survivability
Totem builds are also very safe because you can summon your totems and wait for them to kill everything before showing your face in front of danger. It also has a lot of armour, life, and chance to block attacks.
Leveling
Difficulty: super easy
Beginner’s friendly: yes
Level 1 to 12 skill: Spark
Level 12 to 52 skill: Arc
Level 52+ skill: Arc Totems
2. Poisonous Concoction
Class: Ranger
Ascendancy: Pathfinder
Budget
To clear white maps: 4L + cheap gear (need about 65 Chaos Orbs)
To clear yellow maps: 5L + mid gear (need about 100 Chaos Orbs)
To complete the Atlas: 6L + good gear (need about 4 Divine Orbs)
Mandatory Uniques
The Devouring Diadem
It allows us to activate all auras.
Pros
Cheap
Easy to play
Great clear with poison proliferation
Great boss damage
Very tank
High armour, evasion, and block chance
High chance to suppress spell damage
Excellent starter
Easy to build
Great for beginners
Cons
It needs Enlighten to activate the last aura.
Using Cluster jewels makes a big difference.
General Strengths
Clear Speed
You are fast and throw many flasks that poison enemies and cause nearby enemies to also get poisoned. It’s a great clear and very satisfying to watch.
Boss Damage
The projectiles can shotgun bosses for a lot of poison damage. It’s great!
Survivability
This build also has many defensive layers, such as high armour, high evasion, and 100% chance to suppress spell damage. But it also counts with 50% chance to block attacks and spell. It’s very tanky.
Leveling
Difficulty: easy
Beginner’s friendly: yes
Level 1 to 12 skill: Caustic Arrow
Level 12+ skill: Poisonous Concoction
3. Lightning Strike
Class: Ranger
Ascendancy: Raider
Budget
To clear white maps: 4L + cheap gear (need about 90 Chaos Orbs)
To clear yellow maps: 5L + mid gear (need about 120 Chaos Orbs)
To complete the Atlas: 6L + good gear (need about 4 Divine Orbs)
Mandatory Uniques
Yoke of Suffering
This amulet causes all of your damage to shock for a lot more damage.
Pros
Cheap
Great boss damage
Awesome boss damage
Great league starter
Permanent fortify
High armour
High evasion
High chance to suppress spell damage
Cons
Vulnerable to chaos damage
General Strengths
Clear Speed
We are a raider with a lot of frenzy charges using a skill that fires many projectiles per use. I’d say it’s a great clear speed.
Boss Damage
This build can achieve huge level of single target damage, especially when combined with vaal lightning strike. It can kill guardians in less than 2 seconds.
Survivability
High armour, high evasion, 100% chance to suppress spell damage, high block chance, and a skill that can be used from a safe distance. This build has great survivability.
Leveling
Difficulty: easy
Beginner’s friendly: yes
Level 1 to 12 skill: Frost Blades
Level 12 to 78 skill: Spectral Helix
Level 78+ skill: Lightning Strike
4. Mortal Spark
Class: Templar
Ascendancy: Inquisitor
Budget
To clear white maps: 4L + cheap gear (need about 85 Chaos Orbs)
To clear yellow maps: 5L + mid gear (need about 120 Chaos Orbs)
To complete the Atlas: 6L + good gear (need about 4 Divine Orbs)
Mandatory Uniques
Call of the Brotherhood
It converts 40% of your lightning damage to cold damage.
Pros
Cheap
Safe gameplay
Great boss damage
Great clear speed
Excellent starter
Awesome for beginners
Easy to build
Easy leveling
High armour
High block chance
Cons
No evasion
No spell suppression
General Strengths
Clear Speed
You cast nearly hundreds of sparks per second that have high speed, damage, and pierce enemies. You will kill enemies you won’t even have the chance to see.
Boss Damage
This build has true damage because it ignores enemies’ elemental resistances. It also deals a lot of extra damage because it pierces bosses, so it can hit them more than once.
Survivability
You can kill enemies from a very safe range with this build. But even if they have the chance to reach you, you count with high armour, energy shield, life pool, regeneration, and block chance.
Leveling
Difficulty: easy
Beginner’s friendly: yes
Level 1 to 12 skill: Spark
Level 12 to 69 skill: Arc
Level 69+ skill: Spark
5. Explosive Arrow
Class: Duelist
Ascendancy: Champion
Budget
To clear white maps: 4L + cheap gear (need about 45 Chaos Orbs)
To clear yellow maps: 5L + mid gear (need about 120 Chaos Orbs)
To complete the Atlas: 6L + good gear (need about 4 Divine Orbs)
Mandatory Uniques
Dyadian Dawn
It causes your ignites to deal damage a lot faster.
Rain of Splinters
It causes your ballista to fire additional projectiles.
Pros
Cheap
Satisfying clear speed with the proliferation
Great boss damage
Safe gameplay
Very tanky
Permanent fortify
Excellent starter
Doesn’t need very specific gear
Cons
Not so easy leveling
Passive totem playstyle
Scale boss damage needs investment
Needs a lot of attack speed
Spend tree nodes to achieve 100% chance to ignite
General Strengths
Clear Speed
The explosion can proliferate strong ignites among a huge amount of enemies in seconds.
Boss Damage
When you achieve enough attack speed to place 20 fuses on bosses, the boss damage is amazing.
Survivability
With permanent fortify and a huge amount of armour and evasion, this build has awesome survivability. The fact that you can place your totems and then stay safe while they kill enemies for you is also a huge deal.
Leveling
Difficulty: not so easy
Beginner’s friendly: yes
Level 1 to 12 skill: Splitting Steel
Level 12 to 28 skill: Spectral Helix
Level 28+ skill: Explosive Arrow
Conclusion
All these contents are referred from Path of Exile Builds. Thanks for the useful starter builds for the upcoming Mayhem. You can subscribe to his channel if you like his sharing. And welcome to mmogah.com to make your character stronger in the Mayhem event.