PoE: Top 7 Grand Heist Builds
1. Shockwave Cyclone Slayer (Duelist)
The Shockwave Cyclone Slayer is strong in heists both offensively and defensively and has great mobility.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 9/10 Bosses: 9/10
Build Guide
The Shockwave Cyclone Slayer is one of the strongest melee build in the game and really starts to shine in grand heists and heists once you have a strong staff. You will have Fortification to reduce your damage taken from hits, high block with a staff, and kill enemies at 20% of their life remaining from your ascendancies. If you are interested in trying out the Shockwave Cyclone Slayer build for heist you can find a guide for it here Shockwave Cyclone Slayer Guide.
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2. Impale Flicker Strike Champion (Duelist)
The Impale Flicker Strike Champion excels at heists and grand heists and is the best melee build for speed farming.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 9/10 Bosses: 9/10
Build Guide
Flicker Strike teleports from pack to pack making it excellent at speed farming. The Impale Flicker Strike Champion is recommended because it has better defenses than the Cold Flicker Strike Raider and the Oro's Fire Flicker Strike Raider while still dishing out some very high damage with a physical weapon. If you would like to try out the Impale Flicker Strike Champion build you can find a guide for the build here Impale Flicker Strike Champion Guide.
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3. CoC Ice Spear Cyclone Inquisitor (Templar)
Ice Spear received a buff in a previous season with the addition of Ice Spear of Splitting and moved up to third place.
Mapping: 9/10 Delve: 7/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 8/10 Safety: 7/10 Bosses: 7/10
Build Guide
The CoC Ice Spear Cyclone Inquisitor received a major buff last season with the addition of Ice Spear of Splitting making it one of the strongest heist builds in the game. Ice Spear lost its 600% critical strike chance increase which was redundant for a CoC build, gained greatly increased damage, and now splits into multiple projectiles that target nearby enemies. If you are interested in trying out this build in heist you can find a guide for it here CoC Ice Spear Cyclone Inquisitor Guide.
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4. Shockwave Totem Hierophant (Templar)
The Shockwave Totem Hierophant is the strongest totem build in the game for heist and has excellent defensive layers.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 7/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 9/10 Bosses: 10/10
Build Guide
The Shockwave Totem Hierophant is one of the strongest builds in the game for bosses and also does well at maps, delve, and heists while still having great defensive layers and mobility. You will also have four Endurance and four Power charges at all times which reduce your damage taken and increase your critical strike chance. If you are interested in trying out the Shockwave Totem Hierophant build you can find a guide for it here Shockwave Totem Hierophant Guide.
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5. Freezing Pulse Totem Hierophant (Templar)
The Freezing Pulse Totem Hierophant is the strongest spell totem build in the game for heist with a 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 strongest totem build in the game with a chilling and freezing attack which greatly improves your survival. This build also has four Power charges and four Endurance charges at all times which improves the offenses and defenses of the build in heists and grand heists. If you are interested in trying out the Freezing Pulse Totem Hierophant build in heists you can find a guide for the build here Freezing Pulse Totem Hierophant.
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6. Poison Summon Raging Spirits Necromancer (Witch)
This build is the strongest minion build in the game and can cast up to twenty Raging Spirits that seek out enemies.
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 also known as the Poison SRS Necromancer is the strongest minion build in the game and excels at heists and grand heists. This build's single target damage is extremely impressive while still maintaining very high damage against groups of enemies. If you are interested in trying out the Summon Raging Spirit Necromancer build in heists you can find a guide for it here Summon Raging Spirit Summoner Necromancer.
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7. CoC Forbidden Rite Cyclone Occultist (Witch)
This build is extremely strong once you invest a large amount of currency into it and takes the seventh place spot.
Mapping: 9/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 7/10
Build Guide
This build excels at clearing normal enemies with the Profane Bloom ascendancy which makes enemies explode on death dealing high chaos damage to nearby enemies but also has somewhat middle of the road single target damage. This build can deal very high damage once you have excellent equipment, a 100% critical strike chance, a 100% chance to hit, and high spell damage. If you are interested in trying out the CoC Forbidden Rite Cyclone Occultist in grand heists and heists you can find a guide for the build here CoC Forbidden Rite Cyclone Occultist Guide.
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HM. Int Stack Kinetic Bolt of Fragmentation Deadeye (Ranger)
The Intelligence Stack Kinetic Bolt Deadeye was strongly buffed this season and is a powerful build in 3.25.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 10/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 10/10
Build Guide
The Kinetic Blast of Fragmentation build was greatly buffed in 3.25 which greatly increased its damage including in heists and grand heists. Kinetic Blast of Fragmentation projectiles can shotgun, then split with Sniper's Mark, and then return with Returning Projectiles Support. If you are interested in trying out the Kinetic Bolt of Fragmentation Deadeye build you can find a guide for the build here Intelligence Stacking Kinetic Bolt of Fragmentation Deadeye Guide.
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That's all for the Top 7 Grand Heist Builds! For more about heists you can view the endgame guide here Endgame Guide.
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