The Witch is back with a vengeance in PoE 2 Boosting , and the Infernalist ascendancy has quickly become a fan favorite thanks to its fiery explosions, chaos-infused summons, and clever corpse-manipulation mechanics. This build guide explores the Infernalist Summoner from a different angle: how the class turns battlefield control into overwhelming destruction while maintaining flexibility for both league start and deep endgame progression.

The Philosophy of the Infernalist

Most summoners in ARPGs focus on maintaining large armies. The Infernalist flips this idea: it views minions not as units to protect but as resources to consume. Whether you’re detonating corpses for massive AoE, sacrificing minions for bonuses, or creating chain reactions, everything revolves around transforming life into power.

The Infernalist Summoner thrives because:

  • It scales easily without requiring expensive uniques

  • It offers a steady damage curve across all content

  • Minions act as both offense and utility

  • Fire and chaos mechanics overlap smoothly due to hybrid supports

This build is accessible to beginners yet deep enough for advanced players seeking optimization challenges.

Primary Skills Explained

1. Summon Emberborn
A custom minion designed to die often, Emberborn leaves behind high-life corpses perfect for detonations. With cast speed investment, you can maintain dozens of fresh corpses during fights.

2. Corpse Eruption
Your main clearing tool. Eruption launches a geyser of flame and chaos energy from a corpse, dealing AoE damage that scales off corpse life, spell power, DoT multipliers, and ignite chance.

3. Infernal Aegis
A hybrid defensive/offensive aura that reduces incoming fire damage while causing enemies around you to take additional burning and corruption damage.

Core Support Gems

  • Combustion Support: Adds fire penetration and boosts ignite stacking.

  • Corruption Catalyst: Converts part of fire damage into chaos and enables dual scaling.

  • Death Burst: Causes enemies killed by your DoTs to release mini-explosions.

  • Minion Life Support: Essential for boosting the corpse life fed into your detonations.

  • Trigger Loop: Automates corpse explosions whenever you summon a minion.

Trigger Loop is particularly popular because it lets players automate parts of the rotation, simplifying gameplay and freeing attention for positioning.

Gear Strategy

This version of the build prioritizes:

  • Wand or staff with “increased damage from consumed corpses”

  • Chest armor that grants +spell levels or burning damage bonus

  • Gloves with “+X% minion life” to supercharge your explosions

  • Rings with ignite chance and DoT multipliers

  • Boots with cast speed or cooldown recovery

Chaos convert items become incredible later, letting you stack chaos DoT multipliers while still benefiting from fire supports.

Passive Tree Notes

The Witch tree in POE2 is tighter and more efficient. For Infernalist Summoner, focus on:

  • Fire DoT mastery

  • Chaos damage clusters

  • Minion nodes that increase life, death effects, and attack rate

  • Spell damage per corpse consumed

  • AoE clusters for bigger detonations

Keystones like Blasphemous Fuel and Corpse Architect are game-changing, each adding more reliable corpse generation and scaling.

Ascendancy Sequencing

A recommended order:

  1. Volatile Legion for automatic minion spawning

  2. Corpse Empowerment for increased corpse size

  3. Profane Flames for fire/chaos hybridization

  4. Ashen Dominion for DoT and ignite cap increases

This progression ensures the build always feels strong and smooth.

Mapping Style

In maps, you’ll be:

  • Auto-summoning minions

  • Trigger-exploding corpses

  • Leaving trails of chaosfire ground effects

  • Watching chains of detonations clear entire rooms

The build is excellent for linear maps and open layouts alike. Explosion chaining rarely misses stragglers.

Bossing Style

Against bosses:

  • Manually time your detonations for maximum corpse life

  • Layer chaosfire ground damage under the target

  • Maintain your aura uptime

  • Keep creating and consuming corpses to sustain damage

This creates a reliable, attrition-style bossing strategy where damage accumulates rapidly over long fights.

Final Thoughts

This PoE 2 Boosting service  Infernalist Summoner variant excels at automated explosions and a smooth gameplay loop. With accessible gear and powerful hybrid scaling, it’s a natural choice for players looking for a league-starter-friendly build that still thrives in endgame.

If you enjoy tactical summoning, controlled chaos, and enormous fiery detonations, this version of the Infernalist Summoner will feel explosive every step of the way.