Path of Exile Top 10 Witch Builds
1. Summon Raging Spirit Necromancer (Witch)
This minion build is ranked first for Witch builds and is the strongest minion 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 Poison Summon Raging Spirit Necromancer is one of the strongest single target damage minion builds in the game and maintains very high damage against larger groups of enemies. This build is strong when built on a budget and as an added bonus it has an extremely high damage ceiling. If you are interested in trying out the top build in our Top 10 Witch Builds rankings you can find a guide for the build here Summon Raging Spirit Necromancer Guide.
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2. Mirror Arrow & Blink Arrow Necromancer (Witch)
The Poison Mirror Arrow & Blink Arrow Summoner Necromancer has the highest boss damage of the minion builds.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 8/10 Damage: 10/10 Safety: 10/10 Bosses: 10/10
Build Guide
The Mirror Arrow of Bombarding Clones & Blink Arrow of Prismatic Clones Summoner Necromancer is the highest single target damage minion build available in Path of Exile and has strong clear with a teleporting attack. If you're interested in trying out the Mirror Arrow of Bombarding Clones & Blink Arrow of Prismatic Clones build you can find a guide for the build here Mirror Arrow of Bombarding Clones & Blink Arrow of Prismatic Clones Necromancer Guide.
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3. Spectre Summoner Necromancer (Witch)
The Spectre Summoner Necromancer is the best minion build for clearing damage on large groups of enemies.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 7/10 Damage: 8/10 Safety: 10/10 Bosses: 9/10
Build Guide
The Spectre Summoner Necromancer is the best Witch build for clearing damage against large groups of weaker enemies like in Delve. The new Wretched Defiler spectres from tier 17 maps and the new Wraithlord helmet (which allows you to summon four extra spectres) are what makes this build work so well. If you are interested in trying out the Spectre Summoner Necromancer build you can find a guide for the build here Spectre Summoner Necromancer Guide.
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4. Summon Holy Relic Summoner Necromancer (Witch)
The Summon Holy Relic Of Conviction Necromancer is one of the highest damage minion builds in the game.
Mapping: 9/10 Delve: 8/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 10/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 10/10
Build Guide
The Summon Holy Relic Summoner Necromancer is another powerful Witch build that summons minions. The Summon Holy Relic minions cast physical nova spells on cooldown each time an enemy is attacked. Summon Holy Relic also deals excellent single target damage and has great clearing damage. If you are interested in trying out the Summon Holy Relic Summoner Necromancer build you can find a guide for it here Summon Holy Relic Summoner Necromancer Guide.
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5. Golem Summoner Elementalist (Witch)
The Golem Summoner Elementalist has excellent survival and is one of the best Witch builds in Path of Exile.
Mapping: 8/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 9/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 9/10 Bosses: 10/10
Build Guide
The Golem Summoner Elementalist has excellent survivability and is the fifth place Witch build in the rankings. This build can be built on a budget but it really starts to shine once you have excellent equipment. You will also have an army of melee minions to take the damage for you and an elemental shield from your ascendancy. If you are interested in trying out the Golem Summoner Elementalist build you can find a guide it here Golem Summoner Elementalist Guide.
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6. Skeleton of Mages Summoner Necromancer (Witch)
The Skeleton Mage Summoner Necromancer uses ranged minions to deal damage and is excellent for boss fights.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 8/10 Heist: 8/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 10/10
Build Guide
The Skeleton Mage Necromancer is a build that summons skeleton mages that can deal very high damage from a distance which gives this build excellent mobility. Your skeleton mages will ignore the elemental resistances of enemies with the recommended Fleshcrafter body armour which also makes this build strong for fighting bosses. If you would like to try out the Skeleton Mage Necromancer build a guide for it can be found here Vaal Skeleton Mage Necromancer Guide.
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7. CoC Forbidden Rite Cyclone Occultist (Witch)
The CoC Cyclone Forbidden Rite Occultist is the best melee Witch build and is great for clearing non-boss enemies.
Mapping: 9/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 7/10
Build Guide
The CoC Forbidden Rite Cyclone Occultist excels at clear with the Profane Bloom ascendancy which makes defeated enemies explode on death but has somewhat middle of the road single target damage. This build is very strong once you have a 100% critical strike chance, hits can't be evaded on your weapon, and high spell damage. If you are interested in trying out the CoC Forbidden Rite Occultist build you can find a guide for it here CoC Forbidden Rite Occultist Guide.
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8. Explosive Arrow Totem Elementalist (Witch)
The Explosive Arrow Totem Elementalist is one of the best starter builds and is excellent for the Forbidden Sanctum.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 7/10 Heist: 9/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 10/10
Build Guide
The Explosive Arrow Totem Elementalist is one of the strongest single target builds in our rankings and it's also a totem build which gives it excellent mobility. With this build you can summon a high number of Explosive Arrow totems that taunt enemies and your totems will also typically take the damage of enemies for you. If you are interested in trying out the Explosive Arrow Totem Elementalist you can find a guide for it here Explosive Arrow Totem Elementalist Guide.​​
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9. Detonate Dead of Chain Reaction Necromancer (Witch)
The Detonate Dead of Chain Reaction Necromancer is a high powered spell caster that was slightly nerfed in 3.26.
Mapping: 8/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 8/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 6/10
Build Guide
The Detonate Dead of Chain Reaction Necromancer has a corpse explosion attack that can be cast on the corpses of your defeated enemies and the corpses of your saved spectres from Desecrate. You can also make use of minions to deal damage and improve your survivability with this build. If you are interested in trying out the Detonate Dead of Chain Reaction Necromancer build you can find a guide for it here Detonate Dead of Chain Reaction Necromancer Guide.
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10. Volatile Dead Necromancer (Witch)
The Volatile Dead Necromancer is very similar to Detonate Dead except it uses a long ranged exploding orbs attack.
Mapping: 8/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 9/10 Damage: 8/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 6/10​​
Build Guide
The Volatile Dead Necromancer is similar to the Detonate Dead Necromancer except it uses a ranged corpse explosion attack that creates exploding orbs that track down nearby enemies. The Volatile Dead Necromancer is very close in capability to Detonate Dead so deciding which build is better is really up to personal preference. If you're interested in trying out the Volatile Dead Necromancer build you can find a guide for it here Volatile Dead Necromancer Guide.
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That's all for the Top 10 Witch Builds! For more about Path of Exile you can view another guide here Endgame Guide.
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