The Huntress class debuted inPath of Exile 2: Dawn of the Hunt (also known as 0.2), and though the leveling experience leaves something to be desired, the class is very strong. Since it released, multiple solid builds have spawned, including the best of the best inLightning Spear. Bleed Huntress (or Bleed Amazon) isn’t seeing quite as much love, but especially since receiving some changes, it’s an excellent choice in its own right.
One of the main things holding Bleed back somewhat was the mechanic not working against enemies with Energy Shield. Basically, if they had it (and a lot do), your damage would be cut by a huge amount. Withthat restriction lifted, Bleed Huntress — as demonstrated byGoratha— can really shine (and it was already pretty shiny).
Skills & How To Play
Jump In And Jump Out With Rake And Disengage
Your basic rotation islunging in with Rake then escaping with Disengage, then popping Blood Hunt once the Bleed kicks in (if enemies haven’t died yet). Spearfield also works great for extra damage or range when necessary, while Bloodhound’s Mark is used when bossing. Be sure to animation cancel Rake with Parry or Block to increase your speed.
Passive Tree, Ascendancy, & PoB
Strength, Damage, And Criticals Are The Focus
Offensively, the passive tree forBleedHuntress in Dawn of the Huntgoes mainly for raw attack damage, as well as Strength(for scaling Rake damage via Stomping Ground) and criticals. Defensively, your primary layer is Evasion, but some Blind, Block (via Glancing Hits), and reduced potency of slows serve to mitigate damage even further. There are a lot of interesting options, here, however. For example, Deterioration reduces the impact of Ailments on you while scaling your damage; Stun recovery and buildup make it easier on you and harder on enemies, and you could go even harder into Bleed.
For your Ascendancy,grab Critical Strike immediately, then Predatory Instinct and In For The Kill. Once you have a strong Accuracy weapon you may pick up Penetrate and rework your tree and gear a little, but before that, take Azmeri Brew for some nice recovery.
Path of Building (PoB) link(downloadPath of Buildingto use this)
Leveling Guide
Focus On Raw Damage Early
There’s not much to change, so you may use the tree above for leveling as well. The trick is just toavoid critical nodes until youpick up your first Ascendancy(and the Critical Strike node). Additionally, you want to focus on raw damage and to a lesser extent, movement speed. So basically, go for Splinters, Escape Velocity, Maiming Strike, Acceleration, and the spear nodes (Javelin and company). Once you have your first Ascendancy, start going for critical nodes.
Disengage
Ingenuity, Shocking Leap
As for gear,on your weapon look for Physical Damage, % increased Physical Damage, Accuracy, and Attack Speed. For everything else, look for life, resistances, critical hit chance, critical hit bonus, and Strength. For leveling uniques, Venopuncture, Meginord’s Girdle, or anything that scales Strength will be great. As always, be sure to check vendors regularly, and disenchant your rares for Regal Orbs (you’ll need these for crafting).
Gear And Affixes
Physical Damage, Strength, And Critical Damage Are Key
Gearing in thePath Of Exile 2endgame is similar as with leveling for the Bleed Huntress build, as you might expect. As before, on your weapon seek out Physical Damage, % increased Physical Damage, Accuracy, and Attack Speed, but also +X to level of all melee skills. The rest mostly comes down to life and resistances, but some critical hit chance and/or critical hit bonus can be great, too. As ever, Strength is key for scaling Rake damage, so keep an eye out for it. In terms of bases, hybrid armor and evasion is preferred generally, but just evasion can work well, too.
Accuracy, life, attributes, resistances
Weapon
Physical Damage (flat/increased %), Accuracy, Attack Speed, +X to level of all melee skills
Life, resists, attributes (or Lycosidae unique shield)
Life, resists, attributes, evasion
Life, resists, attributes, life leech, mana leech
Life, resists, attributes (orAstramentis)
Physical damage, life, resists, critical damage bonus, attributes
Movement speed, life, resists
Source:Goratha(YouTube) /poe2.ninja
Path of Exile II
The expansion follow-up/sequel to the original action RPG, Path of Exile 2 starts a brand new campaign storyline where players will choose from several different classes as they battle against the corruption that envelops Wraeclast.
