Hi all! I'm mostly new to this subreddit, but if you play POE1, you may know me from the that subreddit as I spent a good bit of the league helping people with Kinetic Blast Trickster budgets.

But I am here to show my progress in learning and adapting to Path of Exile 2 in the new league, with my leaguestart Permafrost Crossbow Witchhunter!

POB: https://pobb.in/Cv_L7Nv9fp9Y (needs beta update)

As in the video, full disclosure that I have not played a lot of POE2, so a lot of this will be learning and adapting as I try new things, but if you have constructive feedback or ideas, please share them with me! I'm always happy to learn and grow :D

I'm in the middle of Act 4 right now, so this is only a small update at my very slow campaign progress, but the build has been a blast! I had a lot more fun this time around than I did in December when I first tried POE2, so please keep in mind this is NOT a mapping build currently but more of a progress update(which I will do more in the future).

You essentially just freeze enemies with Permafrost, and if they are tough/big pack, hit them with Fragmentation Rounds to explode for big damage. I also recently got Mortar skill gem unlocked and I use Explosive grenade just to help clear larger packs or abyssal monsters who swarm. Other than that, those are really the only buttons I use.

The build focuses on the Culling Strike part of the ascendency and utilizes the new Culling Strike wheel on the passive tree along with the existing one to push the threshold up as well as get some recovery. I'm starting to build and focus more on critical hit and damage going forward to scale.

But that's pretty much it! If you have questions or feedback, please feel free to let me know! I also live stream frequently on both youtube and twitch if you want to stop by to ask things there, but I will keep an eye out for notifications on here and youtube comments either way. <3