Path of Exile Top 10 Delve Builds
1. Righteous Fire & CwS Detonate Dead Chieftain (Marauder)
The Righteous Fire Chieftain is greatly improved by its maximum life making it one of the tankiest builds in the game.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 10/10 Bosses: 9/10
Build Guide
With the changes to the Chieftain ascendancy in 3.25 this build is the best Righteous Fire build in the game currently. The Chieftain ascendancy makes your maximum cold and lightning resistance equal to your maximum fire resistance which makes it much easier to get 90% maximum fire, cold, and lightning resistance. You will also stack life with this build which greatly improves your survivability because Righteous Fire increases its damage based on your maximum life. If you are interested in trying this build you can find a guide for the build here Righteous Fire & CwS DD Chieftain Guide.
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2. Shockwave Cyclone Slayer (Duelist)
The Shockwave Cyclone Slayer is the second place build on the list and has great damage, mobility, and survivability.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 10/10 Bosses: 9/10​​
Build Guide
The Shockwave Cyclone Slayer is an extremely strong Delve build and really starts to shine in the endgames once you have a strong staff. You will have Fortification to reduce melee damage taken, high block while using a staff, and kill enemies with 20% of their life remaining with your ascendancies. If you are interested in trying out the Shockwave Cyclone Slayer you can find a guide for the build here Shockwave Cyclone Slayer Guide.
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3. Boneshatter of Complex Trauma Slayer (Duelist)
The third place build goes to the Boneshatter Slayer which has excellent single target damage and strong AoE damage.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 9/10 Damage: 10/10 Safety: 9/10 Bosses: 9/10
Build Guide
The Boneshatter Slayer has a fast stacking buff that gives very high single target damage and an area of effect pulse attack that hits all nearby enemies every time you stun an enemy. Boneshatter is also very strong defensively once optimized. If you would like to try the third best build for Delve on the list you can find a guide for it here Boneshatter Slayer Guide.
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4. Impale Flicker Strike Champion (Duelist)
The Flicker Strike Champion is the strongest Flicker Strike build in the game defensively and is great for speed farming.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 9/10 Bosses: 8/10​​
Build Guide
Flicker Strike teleports from pack to pack in Delve at a very fast pace making it excellent at speed farming Delve. The Impale Flicker Strike Champion is highly recommended because it has better defenses than the Cold Flicker Strike Raider and a higher damage ceiling than the Flicker Strike of Power Slayer. If you would like to try out the Impale Flicker Strike Champion build you can find a guide for it here Impale Flicker Strike Champion Guide.
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5. Toxic Rain Trickster (Shadow)
The Toxic Rain Trickster is one of the strongest Shadow builds in the game and has very strong defensive ascendancies.
Mapping: 9/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 8/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 7/10​​​​
Build Guide
This build is extremely effective in Delve for a bow build in part because Toxic Rain has spores that hit almost the entire screen with its chaos damage over time. Toxic Rain can also use Toxic Rain of Withering linked to Manaforged Arrows Support and Withering Touch Support as a secondary attack to passively and rapidly give enemies Wither stacks. 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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6. CoC Detonate Dead of Chain Reaction Inquisitor (Templar)
The CoC Detonate Dead of Chain Reaction Inquisitor is one of the most popular builds in the game currently.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 10/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 10/10​​​​​​​​
Build Guide
The CoC Detonate Dead of Chain Reaction Inquisitor with Lancing Steel of Spraying is the highest damage CoC build in the game this season with the added benefit of Lancing Steel of Spraying being a ranged attack. This build also has up to four spectres that can taunt enemies and help take the damage of enemies for you. If you would like to try out this very popular build this season a guide for it can be found here CoC Detonate Dead of Chain Reaction Inquisitor Guide.​​
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7. Freezing Pulse Totem Hierophant (Templar)
The Freezing Pulse Totem Hierophant is the highest damage totem build for Delve with a freezing and chilling attack.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 10/10 Bosses: 8/10​​​​​​​
Build Guide
The Freezing Pulse Hierophant is the strongest totem build for Delve and has a chilling and freezing attack which helps with survival. You will constantly have four Endurance charges and four Power charges with the Hierophant ascendancy which improves both your critical strike chance and defenses. If you are interested in trying out the Freezing Pulse Totem Hierophant you can find a guide for the build here Freezing Pulse Totem Hierophant Guide.​​​​​​
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8. Summon Raging Spirit Necromancer (Witch)
This minion casting summoner build is ranked eighth for Delve 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 extremely high single target damage while still dealing very strong damage against multiple enemies. Minion builds have excellent survivability and this one has a high damage ceiling while still being one of the least expensive builds in the game 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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9. Rage Vortex of Berserking Cyclone Berserker (Marauder)
The Rage Vortex of Berserking Cyclone Berserker is a fairly new Cyclone build variant that deals excellent damage.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 9/10 Damage: 10/10 Safety: 9/10 Bosses: 10/10​​​
Build Guide
With this build you will generate Ragestorms with Rage Vortex of Berserking while channeling Cyclone to deal high damage to nearby enemies. This build deals the highest single target damage of the Cyclone builds while still maintaining excellent clearing damage but is not as strong defensively as some builds. If you would like to try out the Rage Vortex of Berserking Cyclone Berserker build a guide for it can be found here Rage Vortex of Berserking Cyclone Berserker Guide.
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10. Self Cast Ice Nova of Frostbolts Inquisitor (Templar)
The Ice Nova of Frostbolts Inquisitor is the highest damage self cast spell build in Path of Exile.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 10/10 Safety: 10/10 Bosses: 10/10​
Build Guide
The self-cast Ice Nova of Frostbolt Inquisitor is currently the strongest self-cast build available in Path of Exile and does excellent damage in Delve. Ice Nova of Frostbolts also has a wide area of effect attack that casts off of up to four Frostbolts that typically travel ahead of you which gives excellent mobility. If you would like to try out the Ice Nova of Frostbolts Inquisitor build you can find a guide for it here Ice Nova of Frostbolts Inquisitor Guide.
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That's all for the Top 10 Delve Builds! For more on Path of Exile you can view the endgame guide here Endgame Guide.
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