After failing spectacularly the last time I tried a duo league start, I've made a guide for two builds so overpowered that even a pair of literal monkeys can effortlessly clear the endgame together.

EDIT: Here's us killing a 98% quantity Feared on maybe 6-7ex of gear on league start. https://youtu.be/e_VsnERHddU

Since I've seen so many people request a guide for a duo setup I've decided to take the build I'll be playing with a friend this league and make a proper guide out of it. It turns out that the power of friendship was the real superpower all along!

I won't write up every detail here since I've made a Youtube video with timestamps for everything, but I'll go over the core mechanics of what makes these builds so insane together. This is the duo guide that I wished I had back when I was a newer player looking to league start with a friend.

The Saboteur runs Seismic Trap as its single target damage skill and converts the physical damage to cold with Hrims + cold mastery. This allows us to abuse Hatred, Ele pen, and Brittle. We use either Galesight or The Interrogation to apply brittle giving us +15% base crit against enemies and we use Pain Attunement with Petrified Blood for 30% more spell damage. For auras we run Herald of Purity, Skitterbots/Bonechill/Unbound Ailments, Petrified Blood, and Purity of Elements (for ailment immunity and resists). Capping spell suppression and chaos res, and taking Ghost Dance means we're extremely tanky when combined with the defenses from the Aurabot.

The Aurabot is loosely based off of SnapOW's Covenant build but I've adapted it to be extremely cheap and oriented around a 2 man party. We use Stormblast Mine + Minefield Support with the mastery that makes mines invincible to stack a 108% increased damage taken (10.8x as strong as unnerve) debuff on enemies. We use Elemental Equilibrium with Smite for 25% cold penetration, and abuse Hatred/Zealotry for massive damage. For defenses we have 7k+ ES with capped Spell Suppression, capped chaos and ele resist with purities, and Determination/Grace/Defiance Banner/Vitality. We also run Divine Shield, Zealot's Oath, and Ghost Dance for insane ES recovery. The Aurabot also runs Soul Link on the carry to provide them with approximately 40% less damage taken.

The result is a setup so ridiculously strong that it trivializes the entire game. On a 5ex-10ex league start simulated test run we were able to effortlessly kill a 100% deli 250% more life Drox. In the video I go over levelling, gear crafting, gem setups, and everything else you need to know with timestamps so you can find the parts you're looking for. If you have any questions I'd be happy to answer them.

Youtube Video Guide

Path of Building pastebins:

Aurabot: https://pastebin.com/MrJh4nEA

Sabo: https://pastebin.com/GggJ0FTA