Path of Exile 2 tier list
Compare ascendancy identity separately from popularity and editorial ratings. Usage shares from poe.ninja and rankings from Maxroll and Mobalytics have their own columns because those measurements answer different questions.
| Titan | Warrior | Slam aftershocks, heavy stun scaling, life/armour | Colossal Capacity; Hulking Form | Ancestral Slam | Invests passives for durability and stun rather than raw speed | 0.1.0 | 2 sources |
| Warbringer | Warrior | Block, armour break, totems, warcries | Ancestral Spirits; Jade Form | Warcry / totem setup | Needs warcry and totem investment; not a generic DPS tree | 0.1.0 | 2 sources |
| Smith of Kitava | Warrior | Weapon-forging buffs, fire conversion, resistance scaling | Manifest Weapon; Temper Weapon; Smith's Masterwork | Manifest Weapon | Requires weapon/forging setup and fire-resistance gearing | 0.2.0 | 2 sources |
| Deadeye | Ranger | Projectiles, Tailwind, marks, frenzy charges | Called Shots; Bullseye; Mirage Deadeye | Tailwind | Squishy if Tailwind drops; needs evasion and positioning | 0.1.0 | 2 sources |
| Pathfinder | Ranger | Flasks, concoctions, movement, second passive start | Enduring Elixirs; Path Seeker; Traveller's Wisdom; Overwhelming Toxicity | Concoction | Flask-dependent; lower burst than pure bow trees | 0.1.0 | 2 sources |
| Ritualist | Huntress | Blood Boils / Corrupted Blood, charms, extra ring | Corrupted Lifeforce; Unfurled Finger; Ritual Sacrifice | Blood Boil | Needs afflicted targets and charm/ring investment | 0.2.0 | 2 sources |
| Amazon | Huntress | Charges, accuracy-to-damage, evasion, flask recovery | Elemental Infusion; Predatory Instinct; Azmeri Brew | Elemental Infusion | Charge/accuracy scaling; gear-dependent | 0.2.0 | 2 sources |
| Spirit Walker | Huntress | Three animal spirits, companion, idol bonuses | Sacred Unity; Wild Protector; Idolatry | Wild Protector | Idol restrictions and pet management | 0.2.0 | 2 sources |
| Infernalist | Witch | Infernal Flame, demon form, hellhound | Pyromantic Pact; Demonic Possession; Altered Flesh | Summon Infernal Hound | Fire self-damage and life reservation; high maintenance | 0.1.0 | 2 sources |
| Blood Mage | Witch | Life costs, Life Remnants, crit/bleed/curse | Sanguimancy; Blood Magic-style life scaling | Life Remnant | Every skill costs life; needs recovery and overflow management | 0.1.0 | 2 sources |
| Lich | Witch | Everlasting curses, Unholy Might, ES/power-charge sacrifice | Crystalline Phylactery; Soulless Form; Eternal Life | Unholy Might | Mana/ES juggling and curse setup | 0.2.0 | 2 sources |
| Stormweaver | Sorceress | Double chill/shock, Elemental Storm, Arcane Surge | Shaper of Storms; Elemental Storm; Arcane Surge | Elemental Storm | Elemental ailment investment; mana-hungry | 0.1.0 | 2 sources |
| Chronomancer | Sorceress | Cooldown reset, freeze, delayed damage, rewind | Time Snap; Time Freeze; Temporal Rift | Time Freeze | Utility-heavy; cooldown and timing dependent | 0.1.0 | 2 sources |
| Disciple of Varashta | Sorceress | Three Djinn minions with command skills | Ruzhan; Navira; Kelari | Djinn Command | Minion management; less direct spell uptime | 0.3.0 | 2 sources |
| Knight | Duelist | Banners, Glory/Valour, Squire, mounted charge | Bannerlord; Esteemed Mentor; Liberator's Chariot | Summon Squire | Banner/companion setup; no full tree data yet | 1.0.0 | 1 source |
| Master-at-Arms | Duelist | Not detailed in official 1.0 reveal | TBA | TBA | Release timing disputed: Steam says 1.0, press says later | 1.0.0 | Sources disagree on launch timing |
| Witchhunter | Mercenary | Culling/Decimating Strike, Concentration, Sorcery Ward | Decimating Strike; Sorcery Ward; Zealous Inquisition | Decimating Strike | Boss-killer tools; less pack clear without investment | 0.1.0 | 2 sources |
| Gemling Legionnaire | Mercenary | Gem quality/levels, support-gem scaling, attributes | Gem Studded; Advanced Thaumaturgy; Essence of Virtue | Advanced Thaumaturgy | Needs many high-quality gems and attributes | 0.1.0 | 2 sources |
| Tactician | Mercenary | Allies, banners, pin/immobilise, totems | Supporting Fire; Banner nodes | Supporting Fire | Party/support oriented; lower solo damage | 0.2.0 | 2 sources |
| Invoker | Monk | Elemental crit, triggered spells, evasion-to-armour | Lead me through Grace...; Unbound Avatar | Unbound Avatar | Requires ailment/crit setup and spirit budgeting | 0.1.0 | 2 sources |
| Acolyte of Chayula | Monk | Darkness instead of Spirit, chaos conversion, clone | Embrace the Darkness; Archon of Chayula; Void Illusion | Archon of Chayula | Gives up Spirit; darkness management | 0.1.0 | 2 sources |
| Martial Artist | Monk | Hollow techniques, combo scaling, body rune sockets | Hollow Form/Focus/Resonance; Runic Meridians | Hollow Focus | Combo/positioning heavy; new 0.3 tree | 0.3.0 | 2 sources |
| Shaman | Druid | Rage-to-spell damage, adaptation, elemental apocalypse | Druidic Champion; Furious Wellspring; Bringer of the Apocalypse | Furious Wellspring | Rage cost on skills; elemental adaptation setup | 0.4.0 | 2 sources |
| Oracle | Druid | Foresight, luck/crit manipulation, off-tree passives | Fateful Vision; The Lesser Harm; The Unseen Path | Fateful Vision | RNG/vision setup; lower direct damage | 0.4.0 | 2 sources |
| Assassin | Shadow | Not detailed in official 1.0 reveal | TBA | TBA | Only name confirmed; mechanics pending | 1.0.0 | 1 source for name only |
| Infiltrator | Shadow | Not detailed in official 1.0 reveal | TBA | TBA | Only name confirmed; mechanics pending | 1.0.0 | 1 source for name only |
Rows: 26. Empty cells are blank because the cited pages did not give that value. Checked 2026-11-08.
Usage and two editorial comparisons
Each measurement keeps its own scope. Mobalytics publishes ascendancy grades for its 0.5 League Starter Tier List; these are one publisher’s editorial opinions, not a prediction for 1.0. Empty usage or Maxroll cells mean that a matching dated value could not be captured, not zero usage.
| Ascendancy | Class | poe.ninja usage % — league not captured — checked 2026-11-08 | Maxroll editorial tier — matching version not captured — checked 2026-11-08 | Mobalytics editorial tier — 0.5 league starter — checked 2026-11-08 | Evidence status / version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titan | Warrior | A | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Warbringer | Warrior | D | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Smith of Kitava | Warrior | D | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Deadeye | Ranger | S | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Pathfinder | Ranger | B | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Ritualist | Huntress | D | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Amazon | Huntress | A | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Spirit Walker | Huntress | S | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Infernalist | Witch | S | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Blood Mage | Witch | A | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Lich | Witch | A | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Stormweaver | Sorceress | B | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Chronomancer | Sorceress | C | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Disciple of Varashta | Sorceress | A | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Knight | Duelist | 1.0 announced · no comparable 0.5 grade · checked 2026-11-08 | |||
| Master-at-Arms | Duelist | 1.0 announced · no comparable 0.5 grade · checked 2026-11-08 | |||
| Witchhunter | Mercenary | B | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Gemling Legionnaire | Mercenary | S | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Tactician | Mercenary | S | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Invoker | Monk | B | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Acolyte of Chayula | Monk | B | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Martial Artist | Monk | S | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Shaman | Druid | A | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Oracle | Druid | A | 1 editorial source · 0.5 league starter · checked 2026-11-08 | ||
| Assassin | Shadow | 1.0 announced · no comparable 0.5 grade · checked 2026-11-08 | |||
| Infiltrator | Shadow | 1.0 announced · no comparable 0.5 grade · checked 2026-11-08 |
How to compare the columns
Usage measures the population selected by a particular poe.ninja league and filter. Its public page returned the navigation shell in this capture, without a dated distribution. Maxroll’s tier-list endpoint did not provide a readable matching ascendancy ranking. Those cells remain empty. Sources and the review date are listed below.
Mobalytics supplies the grades shown, under its explicit 0.5 league-start heading. Its comparison is about starting a league, while an endgame boss build or an expensive mapping setup can have different priorities. The four specialisations announced for 1.0 are not assigned a grade from that earlier list. Master-at-Arms also has conflicting launch-timing descriptions, preserved in the identity table.
FAQ
What is the best ascendancy?
Mobalytics places six ascendancies in S tier for its 0.5 league-start list. That one-source editorial grade does not establish the best choice for every activity or for 1.0.
How many ascendancies?
26 are advertised for 1.0. Master-at-Arms may slip, which makes the final launch count unresolved until patch notes.
Sources
- Maxroll — tier lists endpoint — checked 2026-11-08
- Mobalytics — 0.5 League Starter Tier List — checked 2026-11-08
- Saving Content — 7 Nov 2026 press recap — checked 2026-11-08
- Steam news — Path of Exile 2 — checked 2026-11-08
- poe2wiki — ascendancy class — checked 2026-11-08
- poe.ninja — PoE2 builds — checked 2026-11-08
Last updated 2026-11-08.