Build Tier List
As of Jul 9, 2026 (Runes of Aldur (0.5.4)), the community ranks Spark Archmage Stormweaver, Skeletal Storm Mages Infernalist, Twister Spirit Walker, Lightning Spear Amazon as S-tier in Path of Exile 2 Build Tier List, based on 187 player votes.
Spark Archmage Stormweaver
Skeletal Storm Mages Infernalist
Twister Spirit Walker
Lightning Spear Amazon
Ice Strike Invoker
Falling Thunder Invoker
Essence Drain Contagion Lich
Ice Shot Deadeye
Twister Deadeye
Lightning Arrow Deadeye
Ember Fusillade Blood Mage
Galvanic Shards Lich
Shield Wall Titan
Whirling Assault Martial Artist
Skeletal Sniper Infernalist
Boneshatter Titan
Storm Wave Invoker
Explosive Grenade Witchhunter
Tempest Flurry Acolyte of Chayula
Frostbolt Cast on Crit Stormweaver
Poisonburst Arrow Pathfinder
Ice Nova Stormweaver
Arc Stormweaver
Glacial Cascade Monk
Spiral Volley Deadeye
Oil Barrage Martial Artist
Ice Shot Amazon
Cast on Crit Comet Oracle
Boneshatter Warbringer
Siege Cascade Tactician
Bleed Rake AmazonAgree? Cast your vote
Tap a tier for any pick — one vote each, change anytime. Rate as many or as few as you like. No account needed.
In Path of Exile 2 the build meta is never settled for long. Every patch GGG reworks skill and support gems, drops new uniques, and retunes ascendancies — so a build that prints on the leaderboard one week can get gutted the next. Runes of Aldur (0.5, Return of the Ancients) reshuffled the whole endgame, and the 0.5.4 dot patches kept moving the goalposts with a new Atlas passive tree, Expedition changes and level-scaling uniques. This board ranks the current-league endgame builds by overall strength across bossing, mapping and league viability.
S-tier is what the ladder is actually farming right now; C-tier still clears content but asks more of your gear and your hands. Usage stats from poe.ninja tell you what's popular, not what's strongest — a Twister starter floods the ladder in week one and a niche crit stacker quietly out-damages it by week four. That gap is a judgment call, and judgment is exactly what a community vote captures, as voted by the community. If your favorite is criminally underrated here, that's what the vote buttons are for.
What is S-tier in Path of Exile 2 Build Tier List right now?
As of Jul 9, 2026 (Runes of Aldur (0.5.4)), the community ranks Spark Archmage Stormweaver, Skeletal Storm Mages Infernalist, Twister Spirit Walker, Lightning Spear Amazon, Ice Strike Invoker as S-tier, based on 187 player votes.
How is this tier list decided?
It is community-voted: every player gets roughly one vote per entry (changeable anytime), votes are recency-weighted so the list tracks the current patch, entries need a minimum number of votes before being ranked, and results re-tabulate live.
How this tier list works
Community-voted: every player gets roughly one vote per entry (change it anytime), votes are re-tabulated live with recency weighting so the list tracks the current patch, and entries need a minimum number of votes before they get a rank. No win-rate scraping, no single expert — this is what players actually think. Full methodology →
