Path of Exile Top 7 Templar Builds
1. Self-Cast Ice Nova of Frostbolts Inquisitor (Templar)
The Ice Nova of Frostbolts Inquisitor is the highest damage self-cast spell build available 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 the strongest self-cast build available in Path of Exile and does excellent with both single target damage and clearing damage. Ice Nova of Frostbolts also has a wide area of effect attack that casts off of up to four Frostbolts that travel ahead of you which allows for great 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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2. Shockwave Totem Hierophant (Templar)
The Shockwave Totem Hierophant is the strongest totem build for bosses in the game and has great defensive layers.
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 the strongest totem builds in the game for bosses and does well at maps, heists, and delve while still having great defensive layers and mobility. This build also has a minimum of four Endurance and Power charges at all times from your ascendancy which helps both offensively and defensively. If you would like to try out Shockwave Totem Hierophant you can find a guide for the build here Shockwave Totem Hierophant Guide.
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3. Freezing Pulse Totem Hierophant (Templar)
The Freezing Pulse Totem Hierophant is the strongest Templar build in the game with a chilling and freezing 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 best Templar totem build with a chilling and freezing attack which also improves your survivability. This build is best played in standard where you can use two legacy First Snow jewels for four extra projectiles however you can still get two extra projectiles from a Rain of Splinters jewel in league play. If you are interested in trying out this build you can find a guide for it here Freezing Pulse Totem Hierophant Guide.
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4. Penance Brand/Storm Brand Inquisitor (Templar)
The Penance Brand/Storm Brand Inquisitor is one of the best single target builds and does well with clearing damage.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 9/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 10/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 10/10
Build Guide
The single target damage for the Penance Brand of Dissipation Inquisitor is one of the very best in the game and it also comes with strong clearing damage. Anytime you want a little extra AoE damage you can switch Penenace Brand of Dissipation for Storm Brand of Indecision for improved clearing damage. If you are interested in trying out the Penance Brand/Storm Brand Inquisitor you can find a guide for the build here Penance Brand/Storm Brand Inquisitor Guide.
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5. Siege Ballista Hierophant (Templar)
Siege Ballista Hierophants are greatly improved by their dexterity which allows for very high damage with excellent gear.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 9/10 Heist: 8/10 Damage: 10/10 Safety: 9/10 Bosses: 9/10
Build Guide
This build is a dexterity stacking build that increases the damage you deal with Siege Ballista totems and the number of totems you can have out based off of how much dexterity you have. The Siege Ballista Hierophant has excellent damage potential like most attribute stacking builds and has an extremely high damage ceiling. If you are interested in trying out the Siege Ballista Hierophant build you can find a guide for it here Siege Ballista Hierophant Guide.
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6. Arc Totem Hierophant (Templar)
The Arc Totem Hierophant is the sixth place Templar build in our rankings and has very strong defensive layers and clear.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 8/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 9/10
Build Guide
The Arc Totem Hierophant is one of the strongest totem builds in the game for clearing damage. Arc chains its damage to nearby enemies and gains increased damage for each chain remaining which greatly improves your single target damage. If you are interested in trying out the Arc Totem build you can find a guide for it here Arc Totem Hierophant Guide.
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7. Cast on Crit Ice Spear Cyclone Inquisitor (Templar)
The CoC Ice Spear/Frostbolt Cyclone Inquisitor is a fun Cyclone variant that uses ranged attacking projectiles.
Mapping: 9/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 8/10
Build Guide
The new Ice Spear of Splitting transfigured gem skyrocketed the potential of this build and made it seventh place in our rankings. Ice Spear of Splitting removed the 600% critical strike chance increase which is redundant on a cast on critical strike build and replaced it with better single target damage and clearing damage. If you are interested in trying out the CoC Ice Spear Cyclone Inquisitor build you can find a guide for it here CoC Ice Spear Cyclone Inquisitor Guide.
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HM. Shrapnel Ballista Hierophant (Templar)
The Shrapnel Ballista Hierophant is greatly improved by their strength which allows for high damage with excellent gear.
Mapping: 8/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 5/10 Damage: 10/10 Safety: 9/10 Bosses: 9/10
Build Guide
The Shrapnel Ballista Hierophant deals high damage and has great survival once you have extremely high strength. You can have a very high life bonus with this build from strength and a chance to block attacks while using a bow. A guide for the Strength Stacking Shrapnel Ballista Hierophant can be found here Shrapnel Ballista Hierophant Guide.
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That's all for the Top 7 Templar Builds! For more on Path of Exile you can view an endgame guide here Endgame Guide.
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