We're shipping a featured league starter for 0.5.5 Forbidden Rites: Poisonburst Arrow Acolyte of Chayula. The theory is Goratha's. What we added is a Progress doll that walks Act 1 → Interludes → Mapping → Min Max with the tree, gems, and gear for each stage — not one endgame snapshot.
You don't need Mageblood on day one. You need Poisonburst Arrow, a bow, and the next trial.
Why this build
Poisonburst starts the chain. , , and turn every pack into poison, bleed, and chaos explosions. is the boss button. Once you finish the last trial — after Tul and Esh — drops Chaos Tornadoes that wither everything and pop those pustules as they spawn.
It leagues well because the expensive pieces are later goals, not the start: Idol of Thruldana, Rune of Reach, Cyclonic Alloy on the helm, Absent Amulet with Eternal Rage, Dominion for Archon uptime. Early maps run on rares and the runes you actually drop.
How to use the page
Open the guide and use Progress. Each stage is its own tree, skill bar, and doll.
- Act 1–4 — Goratha's real tree history. Gear on the doll is a Pathfinder-style leveling stand-in (his planner has no per-act snapshot). A white talisman on Set II is enough to socket .
- Interludes — Goratha's campaign kit: Splinterheart, Amor Mandragora, generic Iron / Glacial / Desert runes.
- Mapping — Serrated Edges instill, Cyclonic Alloy on the helm, Thruldana + Seske on the bow, Reach in the helmet.
- Min Max — Absent Amulet (Eternal Rage + Dominion), Time-Lost Emerald, Mageblood, Rite of Passage (Cat).
Set II is the remnant snapshot set. Swap in, zone in, swap back.
Ascendancy, in order
- Act 2 Sekhemas → (Into the Breach — Purple remnants are the damage).
- Act 3 Chaos → , then .
- Third trial → .
- Maps, after Tul and Esh → .
Credit
Build: Goratha. Stage notes, doll, and campaign tree history are PoE Source.
Summarized for PoE Source; see official sources for full details.
Sources: Goratha — Poisonburst Arrow Acolyte (Maxroll) · Planner w675g80h · Video
On PoE Source: - Poisonburst Arrow Acolyte - PoE 2 campaign - Acolyte of Chayula - Import a Build
This post was drafted with AI assistance and reviewed before publication. Summarized for PoE Source — see official sources for full details.