Best League Starter Builds for Path of Exile Crucible League

Win at the Crucible Forge using only the best Crucible League starter builds for Path of Exile 3.21 update.
Win at the Crucible Forge using only the best Crucible League starter builds for Path of Exile 3.21 update.

Crucible League is now live in Path of Exile! It revolves around the Crucible Forge, which allows you to unlock and level up skill trees for your weapons. But if you want to earn such a great reward, you must first defeat an army of enemies that come out of the forge. Our guide will provide you with the best Crucible League starter builds in Path of Exile 3.21 update to be able to do exactly that.

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Ranger Deadeye Best Starter Build

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This build focuses on the Deadeye ascendancy that emphasizes bow skills with piercing shots and projectiles that cover a wide area of effect. It allows you to quickly deal with a large number of enemies from a safe distance.

Your gear is mostly focused on increased buff effects, preserving maximum life, and regenerating it when needed. Your weapons deal Cold and Lightning types of damage.

Ranger Deadeye Gear

  • Armor Equipment:
    • Nightmare Bascinet Helm
    • Zodiac Leather Chest
    • Immortal Flesh Belt
    • Kaom’s Spirit Gauntlets
    • Corruption Goad Greaves
  • Weapons:
    • Thicket Bow
    • Sharktooth Arrow Quiver
  • Jewelry:
    • Karui Ward Jade Amulet
    • Victory Circle Coral Ring
    • Gale Gyre Two-Stone Ring
  • Flasks:
    • Abecedarian’s Jade Flask of the Ibex
    • Dabbler’s Granite Flask of the Cheetah
    • Dabbler’s Quicksilver Flask
    • Enduring Eternal Mana Flask of the Remedy
    • Simmering Divine Life Flask of Sealing

Ranger Deadeye Best Skills

  • Skills (in order of progression):
    • Galvanic Arrow
    • Ensnaring Arrow
    • Frenzy
    • Artillery Ballista
    • Rain of Arrows
    • Blink Arrow
    • Tornado Shot
  • Passives:
    • Bow Mastery
    • Life Mastery
    • Accuracy Mastery
    • Elemental Mastery
    • Reservation Mastery
    • Evasion Mastery
    • Flask Mastery
    • Mark Mastery

Witch Elementalist Best Starter Build

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This build focuses on the Elementalist ascendancy that utilizes elemental ailments, making them compatible with all types of damage. As a result, you’ll have excellent survivabilty and will be able to easily deal with bosses.

Your gear is mostly focused on increasing your life duration, and gaining various types of resistances. Your earliest weapon will mostly deal Lightning damage, while your later weapon will focus on all types of elemental damage.

Witch Elementalist Gear

  • Armor Equipment:
    • Prophet Crown
    • Saint’s Hauberk Armor
    • Leather Belt
    • Crusader Gloves
    • Crusader Boots
  • Weapons:
    • Agnerod West Imperial Staff
    • The Annihilating Light Quarterstaff
  • Jewelry:
    • Onyx Amulet
    • Amethyst Ring (2x)
  • Flasks:
    • Startled Divine Life Flask of Sealing
    • Investigator’s Diamond Flask of the Deer
    • Plentiful Silver Flask of the Conger
    • Investigator’s Jade Flask of the Urchin
    • Investigator’s Amethyst Flask of the Skunk

Witch Elementalist Best Skills

  • Skills (in order of progression):
    • Arc
    • Galvanic Field
    • Determination
    • Wrath
    • Clarity
    • Wave of Conviction
    • Immortal Call
    • Conductivity
    • Lightning Warp
    • Primal Aegis
  • Passives:
    • Life Mastery
    • Mana Mastery
    • Recovery Mastery
    • Elemental Overload
    • Iron Will
    • Armour Mastery
    • Lightning Mastery
    • Reservation Mastery

Marauder Juggernaut Best Starter Build

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This build focuses on the Juggernaut ascendancy that is the tankiest subclass in Path of Exile with huge endurance charge, health boosts, and damage mitigation techniques. It also grants high accuracy and extra stun bonuses to your weapons.

Your gear is focused on improved resistances, strength, and armor power. Your weapons include shield protection, as well as various types of elemental damage.

Marauder Juggernaut Gear

  • Armor Equipment:
    • Bramble Dome Great Crown
    • Torment Pelt Chainmail Tunic
    • Oblivion Bond Belt
    • Kraken Paw Ringmail Gloves
    • Honour Goad Ancient Greaves
  • Weapons:
    • Gail Weaver Void Sceptre
    • Saffell’s Frame Branded Kite Shield
  • Jewelry:
    • Pandemonium Medallion Turquoise Amulet
    • Profane Proxy Unset Ring
    • Agony Twirl Amethyst Ring
  • Flasks:
    • Divine Life Flask (2x)
    • Practitioner’s Sulfur Flask of the Curlew
    • Quicksilver Flask
    • Ruby Flask of Tree Moss

Marauder Juggernaut Best Skills

  • Skills (in order of progression):
    • Shield Charge
    • Infernal Cry
    • Summon Skitterbots
    • Determination
    • Vaal Righteous Fire
    • Fire Trap
    • Frost Bomb
    • Flammability
  • Passives:
    • Armour and Energy Shield Mastery
    • Damage Over Time Mastery
    • Elemental Mastery
    • Fire Mastery
    • Life Mastery
    • Mana Mastery
    • Recovery Mastery
    • Reservation Mastery

Templar Inquisitor Best Starter Build

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This build focuses on the Inquisitor ascendancy that has a reputation of the best dealer of critical hits in the game, as well as an excellent wielder of elemental damage. It’s also a great support subclass that can really boost the game of all its allies.

Your gear is focused on evasion, energy shield regeneration, and critical strikes. Your weapons have an increased spell damage, including increased mana regeneration and critical strike chance.

Templar Inquisitor Gear

  • Armor Equipment:
    • Goldrim Leather Cap
    • Geofri’s Sanctuary Elegant Ringmail
    • Bated Breath Chain Belt
    • Shadows and Dust Clasped Mitts
    • Wanderlust Wool Shoes
  • Weapons:
    • Storm Prison Carved Wand
    • Light of Lunaris Jingling Spirit Shield
  • Jewelry:
    • Scarificial Heart Paua Amulet
    • Gifts From Above Diamond Ring (2x)
  • Flasks:
    • Effusive Divine Life Flask of Sealing (2x)
    • Rotgut Quicksilver Flask (2x)
    • Surgeon’s Jade Flask of the Impala

Templar Inquisitor Best Skills

  • Skills (in order of progression):
    • Arc
    • Galvanic Field
    • Steelskin
    • Punishment
    • Flame Dash
    • Clarity
    • Determination
    • Purity of Elements
  • Passives:
    • Armour and Energy Shield Mastery
    • Attributes Mastery
    • Caster Mastery
    • Charge Mastery
    • Critical Mastery
    • Energy Shield Mastery
    • Leech Mastery
    • Lightning Mastery
    • Mana Mastery
    • Reservation Mastery

Those are the best Crucible League starter builds in Path of Exile, and stay tuned for more Path of Exile tips and tricks articles right here.

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