Path of Exile Top 7 Budget Builds
1. Budget Magic Find Tornado Shot Deadeye (Ranger)
The magic find Tornado Shot Deadeye is ranked first for budget builds and uses extremely inexpensive magic find items.
Mapping: 5/10 Delve: 6/10 Heist: 6/10 Damage: 6/10 Safety: 5/10 Bosses: 4/10
Build Guide
The Budget Magic Find Tornado Shot Deadeye is an excellent budget build if you are interested in high item quantity and rarity from standard rare maps. It uses extremely inexpensive magic find items while still allowing you to increase your damage significantly with an expensive bow upgrade. If you are interested in trying out the Magic Find Tornado Shot Deadeye you can find a guide for the build here Magic Find Tornado Shot Deadeye Guide.
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2. Summon Raging Spirit Necromancer (Witch)
This summoner build is ranked second for budget builds and is the strongest minion build in the game.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 10/10 Safety: 10/10 Bosses: 10/10
Build Guide
The Summon Raging Spirit Necromancer has strong damage against multiple enemies and extremely high damage against bosses. Minion builds are popular budget builds and this is the highest damage budget build in the game. It's also one of the most inexpensive summoner builds to outfit. If you are interested in trying out the Summon Raging Spirit Necromancer you can find a guide for the build here Summoner Raging Spirit Necromancer Guide.
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3. Golem Summoner Elementalist (Witch)
The Golem Summoner Elementalist has great survival and is one of the best summoner builds in the game.
Mapping: 9/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 9/10 Damage: 8/10 Safety: 9/10 Bosses: 8/10
Build Guide
This build is very strong at survival and can be inexpensively outfitted only requiring an Anima Stone jewel at first. As you progress you can work towards more expensive Primordial jewels to further improve your Golem Elementalist. You will also have an army of minions to take the damage from enemies and an elemental shield that absorbs elemental damage from your ascendancies. If you are interested in trying out the Carrion Golem Summoner Elementalist you can find a guide for the build here Carrion Golem Elementalist Guide.
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4. Toxic Rain Trickster (Shadow)
The Toxic Rain Raider is the strongest starter bow build on the list and does excellent damage with an inexpensive bow.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 8/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 9/10 Bosses: 7/10
Build Guide
The Toxic Rain Trickster can deal very high damage with a level five Quill Rain unique bow which only costs a handful of Chaos Orbs. This build can deal excellent damage on a budget with no expensive items required. This build can also be played as a Raider but the Trickster ascendancy has better survival at low gear levels. If you are interested in trying out the Toxic Rain Trickster you can find a guide for the build here Toxic Rain Trickster.
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5. Scourge Arrow & Caustic Arrow Pathfinder (Ranger)
The Scourge Arrow of Menace & Caustic Arrow of Poison Pathfinder is the strongest poison bow build in the game.
Mapping: 9/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 9/10 Bosses: 7/10
Build Guide
The Scourge Arrow of Menace and Caustic Arrow of Poison Pathfinder is the best poison bow build in the game this season and was added with the release of the new transfigured gems. This build can easily be built on a budget and doesn't require extremely expensive equipment to make it deal very high damage. This build also has an inexpensive best in slot unique bow called Darkscorn that can be bought for a small amount of currency. If you are interested in trying out this build you can find a guide for it here Scourge Arrow of Menace/Caustic Arrow of Poison Pathfinder.
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6. Mage Skeleton Summoner Necromancer
The Mage Skeleton Summoner Necromancer is one of the best budget builds in the game for boss fights.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 8/10 Heist: 8/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 10/10
Build Guide
The Mage Skeleton Summoner Necromancer has an inexpensive build defining jewel called the Dead Reckoning jewel that makes you summon Skeleton Mages instead of Skeleton Warriors. This allows your skeletons to attack from a distance with spells which is often safer on bosses than having melee minions that stay close to you especially when you're building on a budget. If you are interested in trying out the Mage Skeleton Summoner Necromancer a guide for the build can be found here Mage Skeleton Summoner Necromancer Guide.
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7. Shockwave Totem Hierophant (Templar)
The Shockwave Totem Hierophant is the strongest budget equipment totem build for bosses in Path of Exile.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 9/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 9/10 Bosses: 10/10
Build Guide
The Shockwave Totem Hierophant is an excellent build on a budget because it only requires one or optionally two Cold Iron Point weapons for three to six to level of all physical spell skill gems. Cold Iron Points are very inexpensive and can be purchased for a small amount of Chaos Orbs. If you are interested in trying out the Shockwave Totem Hierophant a guide for the build can be found here Shockwave Totem Hierophant Guide.
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HM. Freezing Pulse Totem Hierophant (Templar)
Freezing Pulse Totem Hierophants are strong on a budget and have a high damage ceiling with great equipment.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 9/10 Bosses: 8/10
Build Guide
The Freezing Pulse Hierophant has one of the highest damage ceilings for totem builds while still being great on a budget. Freezing Pulse clears groups of enemies quickly and still does excellent damage on bosses. You will also have a minimum of four Endurance charges and four Power charges with this build which is helpful offensively and defensively. If you are interested in trying out the Freezing Pulse build you can find a guide for the build here Freezing Pulse Totem Hierophant.
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That's all for the Top 7 Budget Builds! For more on Path of Exile you can view the endgame guide here Endgame Guide.
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