Infernal Legion
Acolyte of Chayula Build

Updated for Path of Exile 2 Early Access

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Acolyte of Chayula Ascendancy is usually not a first pick for a Minion build, but it has the big advantage of boosting allies with Purple Flames via Into the Breach and Selfless Remnants Support. These Purple Flames grant 7% of damage as extra Chaos damage for 8 seconds, and stack up to 10 times. An Infernalist or Shaman has access to more Spirit, allowing them to summon more Minions, so to level the playing field, this build uses fewer and more powerful ones. Employing Minions to inflict a non-stackable DoT effect that scales up with Hit damage (or with Maximum Life), like Ignite, makes the most sense in this context. Now, the abundance of extra Chaos Damage will affect the Ignite DoT with Xoph's Pyre (which is an expensive Gem that can be omitted if the captured beast has the "all Damage can Ignite" mod). To extract more Ignite Damage, we'll wield Saitha's Spear to Aggravate it. The Spear/Sceptre setup can be used only for this one purpose, while keeping a Sceptre/Shield for everything else. One could choose Skeletons for Minions, but none of them deal quite good enough single-hit damage. We recommend Spectres or Companions. This guide focuses on Companions as they often posses modifiers to make them especially powerful. After allocating Trusted Kinship, you'll be able to have two Companions at a time, maybe swapping between them alongside weapon sets, or for boss fights. The modifiers on a beast matter a lot, so try to find ones that make it more mobile.

Another, arguably more important feature of this build, is using Infernal Legion or Catha's Brilliance combined with Wildfire to have a reasonable clear speed. The Companion now spreads Ignite whenever it goes, which is why the ever-fast-moving Plague Harvester is so valued in this position. This type of Burning damage scales up with Minions' Maximum Life.

Acolyte of Chayula, besides the purple flames, should go for Chayula's Gift for tons of extra Chaos Resistance and Maximum Chaos Resistance, and Grasp of the Void because there's nothing better there. It increases damage slightly. The durability stems from high Chaos Resistance, Block Chance from the Shield, and Mind over Matter plus Eldritch Battery: the build uses almost no active skills, experiencing no Mana drain. It's even better with Mana Remnants. All that makes it great against Hits and DoT, but it can struggle with Physical Damage as it has very low Armour.

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1. Gameplay

The Minions should be set up in such a way that they do everything on their own: there are fast ones that deal with enemies scattered throughout the screen, and powerful ones that deal the bulk of the damage. The character has to stay in their presence to maximize damage or run around collecting Remnants. Entangle and Enfeeble are to be used against bosses, if not automated. Twisters are released on Dodge Roll with Mirage Archer; this Skill requires a Spear.

2. Build's PROS & CONS

3. Leveling tips

The build takes shape only after allocating Waking Dream and linking your Into the Breach with Selfless Remnants. Shortly after, in Act III, you will generate only Purple Flames. That means lots of Chaos Damage, but it won't translate into Ignite without Minions abundant with Maximum Life, which comes from Items and Passive Skills, and Xoph's Pyre, which has a high level requirement and is expensive. You also need to find specific Companions with good modifiers, and that will take time or cost a lot. Start with regular Minions. Skeletal Sniper in Act I. Then, add more Skeletons, while keeping the Skeletal Sniper as your main source of damage: it has a strong Gas Cloud Command ability that we plan to bolster with Muster, Bidding, and Feeding Frenzy. We can add Flame Wall for extra Fire Damage and Frost Bomb to apply Exposure. Elemental Weakness, Pain Offering, and Wolf Pack linked with Infernal Legion. On the Skill Tree, start with Minion Damage nodes, but be ready to allocate Remnant nodes in Act III, as these will become important by then. To transition into the proper variant of this build, we recommend a character level 80 or higher: it has to have 300 Spirit and proper gear with Beasts already captured. Items that will help you during leveling are Enfolding Dawn and Beacon of Azis.

[DPS] Skeletal Sniper setup
	Skeletal Sniper - Use its command skill and detonate the Poison Cloud with Flame Wall.
	Muster
	Multishot
	Feeding Frenzy

[UTILITY] other skills
	Flame Wall - A detonator skill that also adds Fire Damage to projectiles passing through it. Link with Magnified Area.
	Frost Bomb - Inflicts Exposure. Link with Short Fuse, Magnified Area, and Potent Exposure.
	Pain Offering - Increases Damage, Attack, and Cast Speed for Minions. Link Prolonged Duration.
	Elemental Weakness - Lowers Elemental Weakness. Link with Magnified Area and Heightened Curse.
	Wolf Pack - Wolves reserve 60 Spirit, so you may not be able to afford them, but they count as a Companion, letting you benefit from Companion-related items and passives early on. Link with Infernal Legion and Deathmarch.

4. Final Skill Tree, Ascendancy Points, and Pantheon

Final Skill Tree:

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Ascendancy points:

Preferably in this order:

1. Waking Dream
2. Lucid Dreaming; Choice of Power
3. Chayula's Gift
4. Grasp of the Void

5. Final Gems links

[DPS] Companion: Plague Harvester setup
	Companion: Plague Harvester - A fast mosquito-like Companion that uses Melee Attacks and dashes to targets. They'll kill all the small and scattered enemies. Deploy for mapping.
	Scouring Flame
	Ignite III
	Wildfire
	Feeding Frenzy II
	Infernal Legion II or Catha's Brilliance

[DPS] Companion: Antlion Charger setup
	Companion: Antlion Charger - A fast armadillo/crab-like Companion that uses Melee Attacks and rolls. It's very responsive and quick to target enemies far away, but it plays a supporting role to Shock and takes some of the character's damage. You can replace it with Diretusk Boar or Rabid Dog.
	Romira's Requital
	Rapid Attacks III or Esh's Radiance
	Overcharge
	Shock Conduction
	Stormfire

[DPS] Companion: Quadrilla setup
	Companion: Quadrilla - A gorilla that'll be the main damage dealer thanks to Xoph's Pyre. Use it with Shield. It can be replaced with Gargantuan Wasp or Elephant Tortoise. Deploy against bosses.
	Scouring Flame
	Xoph's Pyre
	Feeding Frenzy II
	Ignite III
	Infernal Legion II

[UTILITY] Into the Breach setup
	Into the Breach - Ascendancy Skill that generates Remnants all around the character. After allocating Lucid Dreaming: Choice of Power, it generates only Purple Flames for extra Chaos Damage.
	Selfless Remnants
	Remnant Potency III
	Harmonic Remnants II
	Khatal's Rejuvenation

[UTILITY] Mana Remnants setup
	Mana Remnants - Mana Remnants are generated on killing an enemy afflicted with Elemental Ailment. Grants Mana on pickup. Mandatory with Mind over Matter.
	Remnant Potency III
	Harmonic Remnants II

[UTILITY] Mirage Archer setup
	Mirage Archer - You have a Saitha's Spear in your off-hand to Trigger it. It uses a linked Attack when you Dodge Roll. It costs 60 Spirit.
	Twister - Its role is to cause and Aggravate Bleeding, which will improve Ignite Damage. Saitha's Spear Aggravates Bleeding.
	Bleed III
	Rapid Attacks II
	Multishot II
	Prolonged Duration II

[UTILITY] Entangle setup
	Entangle - An optional Spell to slow tough enemies down and inflict Bleeding on them.
	Bleed III
	Poison III
	Commiserate

[UTILITY] Enfeeble setup
	Enfeeble - A Curse to make enemies deal much less damage. If you want more damage instead, and you're not wearing The Coming Calamity, try Elemental Weakness instead.
	Heightened Curse
	Focused Curse
	Cursed Ground
	Ritualistic Curse

6. Gear Setup

The build needs around 300 Spirit: 90 is for Mana Remnants with Mirage Archer; Companions Reserve around 40% of max Spirit each, but these numbers get all jumbled up after allocating passives like Trusted Kinship and getting Reservation Efficiency. You should not need any extra Spirit except for the one from Alpha's Howl and Sceptre. You will deal almost no damage yourself, except for some inconsequential Physical Damage to inflict Bleeding. The type of damage your Minions deal is mostly flat Physical and Chaos to inflict Fire Damage over Time, or Burning Damage. Also, Ignite Damage scaling with their Maximum Life. This Burning Damage is the main damage type enemies are receiving. The best way to increase DPS is to lower Enemies' Fire Resistance with skills or Items, or to increase your own Minions' Max Life to benefit from Infernal Legion. To boost durability, look for Maximum Life, Maximum Energy Shield, and Maximum Mana. Mana Regeneration is good, but has a marginal effect on recovery.

(Helmet) Alpha's Howl - It's difficult to get enough Spirit for all the Minions without this Helmet. Socket a Primate Idol in it to increase their Maximum Life.

(80-100)% increased Evasion Rating +100 to Spirit +(50-75)% to Cold Resistance Presence Radius is doubled

(Weapon) Saitha's Spear - It will be used to launch Twisters with Mirage Archer. It Aggravates Ignite alongside Bleed, so aim for a 40% chance on that roll. You can swap back to Shield after deploying the Mirage.

Grants Skill: Spear Throw Bleeding you inflict deals Damage (10-20)% faster Adds (14-26) to (27-32) Physical Damage Adds (33-41) to (47-53) Fire Damage (15-25)% chance to cause Bleeding on Hit Aggravating any Bleeding with this Weapon also Aggravates all Ignites on the target (25-40)% chance to Aggravate Bleeding on Hit

(Off-hand) Svalinn - Svalinn grants Runic Ward, Lucky Block Chance, and Cast on Block Skill; all very useful. You can go for any other Rare Shield with high Block Chance until being able to afford this one.

Grants Skill: Raise Shield Grants Skill: Cast on Block +(50-100) to maximum Runic Ward (200-300)% increased Armour Chance to Block Damage is Lucky You take (0-20)% of damage from Blocked Hits

(Weapon) Rare Sceptre - Two Sceptres will be needed for both weapon sets, so swapping between them may disrupt your Buffs or Minions. Both Sceptres should improve Minions' Damage, Minion Skills Level, and their Maximum Life. Use one with Purity of Fire to mitigate Infernal Legion's damage.

Min. requirements: Allies in your Presence deal #% increased Damage (desecrated) Minions have #% increased Magnitude of Damaging Ailments (crafted) +4 to Level of all Minion Skills Minions have 45% increased maximum Life Optional affixes: Attributes Allies in your Presence deal # added Attack Physical Damage Allies in your Presence deal # added Attack Fire Damage 60% increased Spirit

(Weapon) Rare Talisman - If you want to use Oil Barrage to spread Oil Ground and improve your clear speed, you have to use a Fang Talisman and a Sceptre, possible by allocating Lord of the Wilds, but that introduces a new set of problems, so we didn't use it. We deemed Wildfire good enough.

Min. requirements: Companions deal increased Damage Optional affixes: Attributes Increased Attack Speed

(Gloves) Rare Gloves - On Gloves, we're looking for Life, Mana, and ES on Prefixes, with Resistances and Attributes on Suffixes.

Min. requirements: +100 to Energy Shield +150 to Maximum Life +80% total Resistance Optional affixes: Attributes Maximum Mana Remnants can be collected from #% further away (crafted)

(Boots) Rare Boots - On Boots, you will seek Movement Speed with Resistances, Maximum Life, ES, and Maximum Mana.

Min. requirements: 30% increased Movement Speed +80% total Resistance +130 to Maximum Life Optional affixes: Attributes Maximum Mana Maximum Energy Shield

(Amulet) Rare Amulet - +3 to Level of all Minion Skills and Defences, as much as you can afford. Then, Mostly Resistances and Life, Mana, or ES. Spirit should not be needed.

Min. requirements: +3 to Level of all Minion Skills Optional affixes: Resistances Maximum Life Maximum Mana or Maximum Energy Shield Spirit Anointment: Warlord Leader Bond of the Mamba Living Death

(Ring) Rare Ring - You want Rings with Genesis Tree exclusive modifiers that improve Minions' Damage, and some other regular mods for a bigger Life Pool and Resistances, especially Chaos Resistances.

Min. requirements: +70% total Resistance Minions deal increased Damage Minions have increased Magnitude of Damaging Ailments (crafted) Optional affixes: Attributes Maximum Life Maximum Mana or Maximum Energy Shield

(Belt) Rare Belt - Belts can also roll Minion modifiers when harvested from the Genesis Tree, so get these in combination with Strength and Resistances.

Min. requirements: +80% total Resistance +1 to Level of all Minion Skills Minions deal increased Damage Strength Optional affixes: Maximum Life Minions have +#% to all Elemental Resistances Remnants can be collected from further away

(Body Armour) Rare Body Armour - If you decide to wear a Rare Body Armour, be sure you use Elemental Weakness Curse and have a source of Fire Exposure. It has to have high ES and Spirit.

Min. requirements: high Energy Shield +30 to Spirit Optional affixes: Resistances Maximum Mana Maximum Life

(Body Armour) The Coming Calamity - It's used only to negate nearby enemies' Resistances; it's difficult to bypass them with Burning Damage. It also has Maximum Life and a lot of Elemental Resistances.

Grants Skill: Level (14-20) Herald of Ash Grants Skill: Level (14-20) Herald of Ice Grants Skill: Level (14-20) Herald of Thunder +(60-80) to maximum Life +(30-40)% to all Elemental Resistances Herald Skills deal (50-100)% increased Damage Enemies in your Presence have no Elemental Resistances

(Jewel) Rare Jewels - The only valued modifiers are the ones for increased Companions' Life and Damage. You can find them on Emeralds.

Optional affixes: Companions deal increased Damage Companions have increased maximum Life increased Effect of Prefixes (crafted)

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