FORBIDDEN RITES PATCH 0.5.5
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Ranking computed from poe.ninja · Forbidden Rites · 2026-10-19 · 124,104 characters. Ease comes from the guide itself; damage is the percentile of top characters’ DPS; clear and boss start as guide estimates.
Huntress · Spirit Walker
Your companion leads. Build your zoo, combine auras and follow every step of the monkey’s progression.
Companions and minions
Capture in Act 3
Spirit, auras and weapon damage
Mattjestic
Druid · Oracle
Place your totems. Turn mana into power and progress from Spark to Grim Pillars with a clear transition plan.
Totems and spells
Spell Totem at the end of Act 4
Spirit, mana & Runic Ward
Lowepe
Monk · Martial Artist
Spear until level 23; then Hollow Palm takes the weapon away and speed comes from Evasion. In endgame, 12 to 18 attacks per second with Tempest Flurry and Staggering Palm, and Power Charges for Falling Thunder.
Unarmed attacks at top speed
Between 23 and 25: Hollow Palm Technique
Evasion, Energy Shield and Power Charges
Ronarray (Mobalytics)
Mercenary · Tactician
Pin, broken Armour and chain-detonated grenades. Crossbow while leveling, Siege Crossbow at T15.
Grenades and crossbow
Trarthan Cannon at 65
Pin, cooldown and Spirit
BlazeworksTV
Witch · Infernalist
Infused Spark in the campaign, automatic Comets on crit and Pyromantic Pact turning self-damage into healing.
Spells and meta skills
Cast on Critical in the Interludes
Recoup, crit and Spirit
Ignatius · kingkongor
Monk · Acolyte of Chayula
Poison and bleed chain-explode through Act 4; at level 45 Strength takes over and Brutus’ Lead Sprinkler turns on Molten Shower, which the Archon’s tornadoes trigger on their own at endgame.
Poison until 44, mace from then on
Brutus’ Lead Sprinkler at level 45
Strength and chaos damage
Goratha · Dreamcore
Ranger · Pathfinder
Bow poison until 58, then Corpsewade: every step releases Decompose clouds on your minions’ corpses.
Walk and poison
Corpsewade at level 58
Two Spirit sets
Skadoosh
Warrior · Smith of Kitava
The tankiest Warrior: earth walls that explode in fire, Ignite on bosses and a body armour forged by the ascendancy.
Shield, walls and fire
Avatar of Fire in maps
Armour and Ignite
LexD
Monk · Martial Artist
Storm Wave in the campaign and, in maps, the electrified oil wyvern: every crit triggers Lightning Warp, teleporting you inside the next enemy and blowing it up.
Channel and teleport
Oil Barrage at level 65
Crit and Power Charges
havoc616 + poe.ninja
Druid · Shaman
Spark from level 1 with mana turned into lightning damage (Archmage) and, in maps, Comet falling on its own with every crit.
One button: walk and release Spark
Archmage at level 50
Maximum mana (damage and life)
poe.ninja · top 10 Shaman
Mercenary · Gemling Legionnaire
A lightning-charged quarterstaff: every Power Charge becomes a Falling Thunder projectile. Charges start coming on their own at level 33 and the build grows with gem quality.
Quarterstaff, charges and a lightning slam
Redflare Conduit at level 33
Power Charges, crit and gem quality
poe.ninja PoB
Mercenary · Gemling Legionnaire
Freeze with Permafrost Bolts and shatter with Fragmentation Rounds from level 1, with a nearly free unique. In endgame, Glacial Bolt plants the ice and Whirling Slash breaks it on the move.
Ice crossbow: freeze and shatter
Strong from level 1 with the Rampart Raptor
Freeze, attack speed and Armour
Phylaris POE
Mercenary · Gemling Legionnaire
Whirling Slash raises a whirlwind and Twister consumes it to become several tornadoes: two spear skills from level 1 to 100, with Barrage repeating the tornado with Frenzy Charges.
Spear: whirlwind, tornado and crit
Strong from level 1 with a white spear
Frenzy Charges, Spirit and crit
Onelonelyhunter (Maxroll PoB)
Every Rite, every Rare, every boss and the cheapest Omen plan — with checklists and saved progress.
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