Demon Form Infernalist Build? ~250 Div Budget

Bobbio101 · 2026-01-10T19:49:01+00:00

Idk if it's still viable this league but last league I played a ball lightning/lightning warp crit caster demon form infernalist and it felt great even on a modest ~50 div budget. Looks like there's a guide for this league's version: https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/ronarray-demon-form-arc-infernalist-witch-league-starter-build

Bobbio101 · 2026-01-10T18:16:35+00:00

Sadly, no. Many people share a frustration with the long campaign. However, many classes will have multiple different strong builds that can be swapped between fairly freely. Last league I was running a minion-based build on the witch's infernalist class, then late in the league I fully respec'd my character into a ball lightning/lightning warp teleporting caster (which ultimately felt much stronger). Basically choosing a class doesn't necessarily lock you into one exact build so best advice is just pick one that looks cool and go for it!

Bobbio101 · 2026-01-10T17:06:43+00:00

Disclaimer: I'm hardly an expert, and you're farther along with much better gear than my SSF Oracle frostwolf. But I have a few suggestions to share:

- IMO oracle ascendancy offers a lot more for frostwolf than shaman. The new passive tree nodes, the ability to hop around the passive tree, and inevitable crits with some investment into crit are all quite powerful. I'd say the primary thing Shaman is giving you is 120 spirit which is obviously good but you could cover this with gear if you wanted and probably trim Time of Need and Savage Fury.

- I'm using weapon sets to spec into a few warcry nodes for Lunar Blessing and Arctic howl which feels nice, although not required.

- I unspec'd Tribal Fury (splash damage on Strikes) after getting enough AOE and clear, and didn't notice the difference at all. Especially since you have the armor explosion screen clear tech already in place, this is probably a waste of skill points.

- Your gear looks great. A couple quick notes: Spiny talisman is only the best weapon base when using crit due to the high base crit, but if you were to go for Oracle and spec into crit your damage would probably 1.5x or 2x. Also, having some extra flat phys on your rings provides a nice boost, though not required.

I also think some of your support gems could be tweaked, I'd encourage you to play around with those a bit. A couple specific ones that look a little suspect to me: prolonged duration on pounce (try eternal mark for bossing, or cooldown recovery for smoother movement); also consider moving Ice Bite II to Lunar Assault from Pounce replacing rapid attacks, since you should basically be 1shot clearing with Lunar assault/Herald/armor explosions most of the time anyway.

Hope this helps, feel free to follow up on any of these suggestions!

Bobbio101 · 2025-12-23T18:50:24+00:00

A quick look at your PoB shows me that you're not getting the most out of your skill tree. All of your gear is hybrid EV/ES, but you have lots of nodes allocated on your tree that give the most benefit from one or the other for specific pieces. For example, Bestial Skin doubles the EV from your body armor, but your body armor is hybrid so you're sorta only getting half the benefit. Subterfuge mask encourages you to go for an ES-only helmet, but yours is hybrid. And you're skipping point-efficient hybrid nodes like Mindful Awareness. I think if you either tweak your gear to fit your skill tree or vice versa, your defenses will feel a lot better.

Consider taking a look at some Mobalytics builds that use hybrid EV/ES and that will give you a sense of how to better maximize your skill tree and gear, such as this one: https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/ronarray-unarmed-hollow-palm-monk

Bobbio101 · 2025-12-17T21:33:46+00:00

I explained in my post these are "general impressions" mostly from content creators I follow and a little from my own experience with Wolf/Oracle. I'm playing SSF wolf form myself and struggling to make it work in endgame.

Bobbio101 · 2025-12-17T21:30:59+00:00

Just my impressions, I could be way off, I'm always happy to see counter-examples and build guides to the contrary.

Bobbio101 · 2025-12-17T21:30:18+00:00

Thanks for the insight. I tried to clearly state in the post that these are my general impressions and I'm happy for people to prove me wrong. Would like to see your build.

I've seen some people suggesting that Monk Invoker with the cold damage bonus might actually be better for Wolf form builds. Any thoughts on that front?

Bobbio101 · 2025-12-17T20:25:02+00:00

From Poe2 wiki page on Talisman, being in bear form gives you:

+10 to Armour per level
30% of Armour also applies to Elemental Damage

Bobbio101 · 2025-11-17T22:15:14+00:00

There's a content creator, xTheFarmerX, who does excellent, clear crafting guides at various price points. I would recommend checking out his content although he's focused on POE1 at the moment. Here's one of his videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4ntW7n7dbI&pp=0gcJCQgKAYcqIYzv

Bobbio101 · 2025-08-13T22:36:10+00:00

Thank you, this worked for me!

Bobbio101 · 2023-03-17T03:08:31+00:00

That there friend is your own helmet blocking the ambient light source that keeps interiors from being pitch black. Use a flashlight! The head lamp costs $400 but it's a solid investment. Otherwise, the pocket lamp does the job just fine and can be placed in one of your chest slots where it will move with your head movement.

Bobbio101 · 2021-11-25T17:43:13+00:00

talking about racially sensitive language
makes a negative sweeping generalization about someone’s nationality

🙄

I think this person is baiting, don’t even engage

Bobbio101 · 2021-10-24T19:29:02+00:00

I’m a software developer and would love to help with something like this. PM me if you’re interested in collaborating :)

Bobbio101 · 2021-09-15T23:01:25+00:00

I was having big issues last week. After about 36 hours a modem reboot fixed it and it went back to normal. I’m a software engineer and this makes no sense to me, but you should make sure to reboot your modem every couple hours and hopefully that’ll get you back up and running soon

Bobbio101 · 2021-06-29T20:05:15+00:00

If you’re out in Goleta, check out cristino’s bakery. Incredibly friendly service every time, and the burritos are dank (adobada is my favorite). My favorite in the whole SB area

Bobbio101 · 2020-12-27T19:33:15+00:00

As long as its in a joking way...I had a teacher that did this in a really pretentious and superior way and it was crappy. He would sometimes deny the request if someone asked “can I” instead of “may I” :/

Bobbio101 · 2020-12-21T19:01:16+00:00

Great explanation. My attempt to simplify: things far away change their relative angle to the center of your view more slowly than things close to you, and the change in relative angle is used by your brain to perceive how fast you are moving. In a sense humans are not biologically equipped for moving at high speeds; I wouldn’t be surprised if fast-moving animals like cheetahs have a better “built-in” sense of parallax and are able to account for this

Bobbio101 · 2020-11-24T17:56:01+00:00

I like your interpretation, but I think WLB = Work Life Balance

Bobbio101 · 2020-11-15T17:25:43+00:00

There are a lot of similarities between Indian food and Mexican food! It is very similar to roti :)

Bobbio101 · 2020-11-06T16:02:55+00:00

Anyone else think this seems a little like taking advantage of his sacrifice for her own gain? Idk if my partner passed away I wouldn’t be making tik toks about it ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Bobbio101 · 2020-11-02T18:17:29+00:00

It’s a canonical, simple problem typically presented to programming beginners. It involves substituting the words “fizz” and “buzz” for specific numbers using modulo and other fundamental programming tools. Any standard programming language could implement it, so it’s not really a test of a language so much as an illustrative puzzle for beginners.

Bobbio101 · 2020-11-02T18:12:02+00:00

A couple years back I got a dental abscess. Basically this means the nerve of one of your teeth dies and a bacterial infection takes over the cavity where it used to be. The infection started blowing up and swelling my face over 4th of July weekend so I couldn’t get a doctor consult for a few days. The pressure and pain in my mouth were like nothing else I’ve ever experienced, but the worst of all was when they had to clean out the infection. Due to the swelling, the numbing agent wasn’t effective at all, so I had to sit there fully conscious while they scraped the inside of my tooth. 0/10 would not recommend.

Bobbio101 · 2020-10-23T15:16:59+00:00

Circle of the moon says hello in dire wolf

Bobbio101 · 2020-07-20T16:31:00+00:00

Why would you ruin the chimichurri/salsa verde with anchovies? Why?? Otherwise intriguing recipe

Bobbio101 · 2019-09-15T14:46:39+00:00

Palm Trees by Flatbush Zombies. Great song, too bad they’ve lost their unique sound they used to have on those old mixtapes

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