Delve top 5 over powerful and popular builds to delve deep

These build info was collected from https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2202342 (race ladder) from top players
i browsed a buch of profiles which was not set to private for the build information (from top raceing players in delve softcore ladder)

you may not like this list because it may lack mapping speed or magic find


1. Caustic Arrow + toxic rain Pathfinder (ranger)


2. blade vortex Elementalist (witch)



3. Hierophant Arc totems (templar)



4. Saboteur Glacial Cascade (shadow)



5. Necormancer Raise spectre (witch)

and yet, the #1 rank is a pathfinder that uses wasp's nest/lycosidae and spectral throw in a 6L dendrobate

All good builds. Probably do the Caustic Arrow build next month.

In fairness to rank #1... that's really the player, not the build. "good enough" played by an expert will trounce a "powerful and popular build" played by a dweeb like me.

"

Shagsbeard wrote:

All good builds. Probably do the Caustic Arrow build next month.

In fairness to rank #1... that's really the player, not the build. "good enough" played by an expert will trounce a "powerful and popular build" played by a dweeb like me.

In fairness to everyone else, rank 1 is being fed sulphite by his friends so he does nothing but delve, build/skill has little to do with his rank.

"

txd wrote:

"

Shagsbeard wrote:

All good builds. Probably do the Caustic Arrow build next month.

In fairness to rank #1... that's really the player, not the build. "good enough" played by an expert will trounce a "powerful and popular build" played by a dweeb like me.

In fairness to everyone else, rank 1 is being fed sulphite by his friends so he does nothing but delve, build/skill has little to do with his rank.

In fairness to friendship - to NOT feed sulphite to a friend who races competitively would draw up questions of sincerity.

Very usual 6k life builds, they don't live long in the hands of unskilled ppl like me.

"

txd wrote:

"

Shagsbeard wrote:

All good builds. Probably do the Caustic Arrow build next month.

In fairness to rank #1... that's really the player, not the build. "good enough" played by an expert will trounce a "powerful and popular build" played by a dweeb like me.

In fairness to everyone else, rank 1 is being fed sulphite by his friends so he does nothing but delve, build/skill has little to do with his rank.

That's such a ridiculous comment. Sulphite is the easiest thing to farm you can run around Quarry. There is no skill involved in getting it. Delving deeper does take a good build/skill. Saying the #1 rank isn't skilled because people feed him sulphite is like saying pro athletes aren't good because someone hands them gatorade.

Thanks for taking the effort, but this list is defined by the builds that level and delve the fastest. Racers are a special kind of players that tend towards the fast builds, maybe not the most solid delve builds.

Give it a week or 2 and you will probably see other builds pop up in your top 5, the ones that really thrive at the lower delve levels.

"

bablo wrote:

Thanks for taking the effort, but this list is defined by the builds that level and delve the fastest. Racers are a special kind of players that tend towards the fast builds, maybe not the most solid delve builds.

Give it a week or 2 and you will probably see other builds pop up in your top 5, the ones that really thrive at the lower delve levels.

thanks for the feedback hope you find the collected info useful

"

dvasan wrote:

"

bablo wrote:

Thanks for taking the effort, but this list is defined by the builds that level and delve the fastest. Racers are a special kind of players that tend towards the fast builds, maybe not the most solid delve builds.

Give it a week or 2 and you will probably see other builds pop up in your top 5, the ones that really thrive at the lower delve levels.

thanks for the feedback hope you find the collected info useful

Yes, I did.

Please don't take my remark as critique. I'm just very curious how this list will look like in two or even eight weeks from now. I'm expecting at least 1 or 2 tanky builds (Jugg, Gladiator, Slayer) in the top 5 at the end, but I could be mistaken.