Path of Exile Top 7 Budget Builds
1. Budget Magic Find Tornado Shot Deadeye (Ranger)
This magic find Tornado Shot build is only available in Standard league after the changes to item quantity in 3.25.
Mapping: 6/10 Delve: 6/10 Heist: 5/10 Damage: 6/10 Safety: 6/10 Bosses: 6/10
Build Guide
The Magic Find Tornado Shot Deadeye is an excellent build in standard that uses legacy item quantity and item rarity for rare maps. It starts off using extremely inexpensive item quantity items and is significantly improved once you can afford an expensive tri-elemental bow upgrade. If you are interested in trying out the Magic Find Tornado Shot Deadeye build which is available in standard league only now you can find a guide for it here Magic Find Tornado Shot Deadeye Guide.
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2. Summon Raging Spirit Necromancer (Witch)
This summoner build is ranked second in standard league but first in league 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 can have 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: 8/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 9/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 9/10 Bosses: 10/10
Build Guide
This build is very strong at survival, is inexpensive to gear, and is still capable of very high damage. As you progress you can start working towards the fairly inexpensive Primordial jewels which increase your damage with golems. You will also have an army of minions to take the damage from enemies and an elemental shield from your ascendancies. If you are interested in trying out the Golem Elementalist you can find a guide for it 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 unusually high damage with a level five Quill Rain unique bow which only costs a handful of Chaos Orbs. This build deals excellent damage when built on a budget with no expensive items required. If you are interested in trying out the Toxic Rain Trickster build you can find a guide for it here Toxic Rain Trickster Guide.
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5. Oro's Fire Flicker Strike Deadeye (Ranger)
It's now recommended to play Fire Flicker Strike as a Deadeye after the removal of the Raider ascendancy in 3.25.
Mapping: 9/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 7/10​​
Build Guide
The Oro's Fire Flicker Strike Deadeye is the most budget friendly Flicker Strike build to start the game off with. It deals high damage with a very inexpensive Oro's Sacrifice weapon and corrupted increased damage Kaom's Heart body armour. You can also optionally switch to Cold Flicker Strike later if you want a higher damage ceiling. If you are interested in trying out the Oro's Flicker Strike Deadeye build you can find a guide for it here Oro's Fire Flicker Strike Deadeye Guide.
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6. Mage Skeleton Summoner Necromancer
The Mage Skeleton Summoner Necromancer is another summoner build that is one of the best budget builds in the game.
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 can summon mage skeletons with the Summon Skeletons of Mages gem. Mage Skeletons attack from a distance with spells which is typically safer on boss fights than having melee minions. If you are interested in trying out the build a guide for it 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 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 even on a budget because it only requires one or two Cold Iron Point weapons which each have +3 to level of all physical spell skill gems. Cold Iron Points are very inexpensive and can be purchased corrupted for a different implicit 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)
The Freezing Pulse Totem Hierophant build is strong on a budget and has 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 an excellent build to build on a budget. Freezing Pulse clears groups of enemies quickly and still does high damage on bosses. You will also have a minimum of four Endurance charges and four Power charges which is helpful both offensively and defensively. If you are interested in trying out this totem build you can find a guide for it here Freezing Pulse Totem Hierophant.​​
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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