Detonate Dead Hellhound Infernalist

Witch — Infernalist, built around Detonate Dead.

Corpse explosions scale with corpse life — Infernalist's demonic minions provide the corpses, Corpse Conservation keeps the loop fed

Playstyle: Mapper · death-driven AoE. Budget: league-start.

Verified performance

This build deals 30.8× the damage of a typical build on identical gear. Measured with the real Path of Building calculation engine on a standardised endgame gear baseline, so builds can be compared like for like. Your own numbers will differ with your actual gear and configuration.

Damage per second65,510
Damage vs typical build30.8×
Life1,964
Energy shield179
Effective health pool4,021
Survivability vs typical build0.98×

Because every build is tested on the same defensive gear, survivability barely varies between them — damage is what separates them, and that is what this ranking measures.

Skill setup

Main skill: Detonate Dead, supported by Corpse Conservation, Fire Penetration I, Concentrated Area.

Ascendancy

Infernalist passives: Loyal Hellhound.

Gear

How this build works

  1. Detonate Dead: Verified spell — explodes a corpse for damage proportional to its maximum life. Big corpses = big booms.
  2. Loyal Hellhound: Verified Infernalist notable — a permanent demonic companion that both tanks and leaves combat debris for your detonations.
  3. Corpse Conservation: Real PoE2 support (verified) — chance to not consume the corpse. Free re-detonations of the same fat corpse.
  4. Fire Penetration I: Verified support — detonations bypass fire res.
  5. Concentrated Area: Verified support — tighter blast for bossing.

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