Hiim - PD2 Group Tier list

Public Map Focused P8 Mapping

Early season public map games tend to lean Elemental. Late season giga-physical builds show up.

The following builds can play well with and/or buff both Physical or Elemental teams.

Summon builds perform well in public games because of the safety wall they provide.

NOTE! Experience Shrines are not worth the time to get. You WILL get more Exp/Hour by starting a map at the start of every game. The bonus is additive to Map modifier and your Annihilus.

Builds	Class	Role	Notes
Summons	Druid	DPS Summon Wall HOW	Raven - Eaglehorn Bear - Den Mother Wolf - Fenris
Spirits + Vines	Druid	HOW OAK Worms	Z-DPS Spirit Keeper 2 x Oak for Elemental Groups Huge Party Sustain
Blade Fury	Assassin	DPS
Dragon Tail (Fire Kick) Astreons	Assassin	DPS
Static Leap Attack + Big Shouts	Barbarian	CC	Stormlash or Schafers + Twlight + Ttians grip + Cyclopean + Gorefoot
Whirlwind + Shouts	Barbarian	DPS	Static Proc
Decoy & Valks	Amazon	DPS Summon Wall
Multi Shot	Amazon	DPS
Green Goblin + Summons	Necromancer	DPS Summon Wall Curse
Physical Charge 2H	Paladin	DPS Aura	Fanaticism
Vengeance 2H Zenith	Paladin	DPS Aura	Conviction

Physical Focused P8 Mapping

Recommended to have a Buff Barbarian. Recommended to get all Physical auras via Paladin or Mercenary. Recommended all necros to be Curse hybrid. All spare mercs should be A1 Physical Demonmachine.

Scaling deadly strike is crucial. Only review tooltip damage with all party buffs active!

NOTE! Must have summons for T4. Necro summons are not advised, low Psn res and die fast.

Sorceress Builds	Tier	Budget	Role	Notes
Dual Enchant & A1 Innocence Demonmachine	Good	❌	T4 Enchant Merc DPS	In T4 must spam enchants for re-spawned minions
Druid Builds	Tier	Budget	Role	Notes
Bear - Shockwave	Mid	✔	DPS CC
Wolf - Fury	Bad	✔	DPS
Bear - Multiple Shot Maul (Demon Machine)	Bad	✔	DPS
Summon	Good	✔	Summon Wall DPS HOW	Quezocoatl for speed
Summon (Oak & HOW)	Good	✔	Summon Wall DPS HOW OAK	Spirit Keeper
Summon (Bear)	Decent	✔	Summon Wall HOW	Den Mother
Summon (Spirit Wolf)	Good	✔	T4 Summon Wall DPS HOW	Fenris
Spirits + Vines	Top	✔	T4 HOW OAK Worms	2 x Oak T4
Assassin Builds	Tier	Budget	Role	Notes
Blade Sentinel	Mid	✔✔✔	DPS	Stalkers cull(s) for speed
Blade Fury	Top	✔✔	T4 DPS	Stone crusher & Twilight
Summon Sin (Mindblast)	Decent	✔	T4 DPS
Dragon Tail (Fire Kick) Demon Machine	Top	✔	DPS	20 hard pts into Blade shield for more procs
Dragon Tail (Fire Kick) Astreons	Good	❌	DPS
Blade Fury (Demon Machine)	Good	✔✔	DPS
Summon Sin (Blade Sentinel)	Decent	✔✔	DPS	Summon casting isn't that good
Physical Blade Dance (Chaos - Phys Dmg Focus)	Top	❌	DPS
Poison Blade Dance (Chaos - Venom Dmg Focus)	Mid	✔	DPS	Must Item Swap pre-Buff
Barbarian Builds	Tier	Budget	Role	Notes
Whirlwind (2-H)	Decent	✔	DPS	Must use 4 range adder weapon
Whirlwind (Dual Wield)	Decent	✔	DPS	Deep wounds does not scale in party play
Leap Attack (No shouts)	Good	✔✔	DPS	Eth Obedience starter weapon
Double Throw (Physical)	Mid	❌	DPS	Deep wounds does not scale in party play
Grimward + Big Shouts	Top	✔✔✔	T4 Shouts	Wildspeaker
Static Leap Attack 1H + Big Shouts	Good	✔✔	T4 Shouts	Stormlash or Schafers + Stormshield + Ttians grip + Halaberds
Static Leap Attack 1H + Twilight + Big Shouts	Top	✔✔	Shouts CC	Stormlash or Schafers + Twlight + Ttians grip + Cyclopean + Gorefoot
Amazon Builds	Tier	Budget	Role	Notes
Fend	Bad	✔	DPS
Multiple Shot	Good	❌	DPS
Multiple Shot (Demon Machine)	Top	✔✔	DPS
Magic Arrow	Mid	✔✔	DPS	Damage scales from physical auras
Pure Summon (Max Valk/Decoy Synergies)	Top	✔✔✔	T4 DPS	Loyalty RW makes this the cheapest group mapper
Necromancer Builds	Tier	Budget	Role	Notes
Skele Summon + No innonce on merc	Good	✔	DPS Summon Wall	Aggressive bloodwarps = more DPS
Green Goblin (Demon Machine Merc + Skeles)	Top	❌	DPS Summon Wall	Aggressive bloodwarps = more DPS
Summoner - Pure Revive (Eternity & Sacred totem)	Bad	❌	Summon Wall
Green Goblin + Skele snapshot + Curses	Top	❌	DPS Summon Wall Curse	High APM build Requires big worms for regen
Dark Pact	Mid	✔✔	DPS Curse
Only Curses	Good	✔✔✔	T4 only build Curse	Nec summons wont live in T4, low Psn res
Paladin Builds	Tier	Budget	Role	Notes
Physical Zeal	Mid	✔✔	DPS Aura
Physical Sacrifice	Decent	✔	DPS Aura	Avoid mobs you can't leech from
Holy Nova + Aura holder	Good	✔✔✔	T4 only build Healing Aura	Get Aura + skills everywhere possible
Physical Charge (2-H)	Good	✔✔	DPS Aura	Death RW + Gface + Wraithskin + Highlords + Gorerider + Aura GC

Elemental Focused P8 Mapping

Recommended to have a Druid Oak & Regen worm build. Recommended to have a Paladin with a res aura that matches the team element. Recommended to have a Static leap Barb for buffs and static.

BIG Conviction Paladin required.

Lower res from mercs is enough Necromancers are not needed. Sorceress is bad in party play because they already have high mastery from skills and do not benefit from party buffing as much.

Having all res auras from Paladins or/and Mercs for the aura's elemental mastery is crucial. Only review tooltip damage with all party buffs active!

NOTE! Must be tri-elemental damage across the team and have summons for T4. Necro summons are not advised, low Psn res and die fast.

Sorceress Builds	Tier	Budget	Role	Notes
Nova	Bad	✔	DPS	Hard to position in P8
Charged Bolt	Decent	✔	DPS
Chain Lightning	Mid	✔	DPS
Frost Nova	Bad	✔	DPS	Hard to position in P8
Frozen Orb	Decent	✔	DPS
Ice Barrage	Decent	✔	DPS CC
Blizzard	Bad	✔	DPS	Damage area is unreliable
Combustion	Bad	✔	DPS	Hard to position in P8
Meteor	Mid	✔	DPS	Meteor delay holds this build back
Hydra	Mid	✔	T4 DPS	Hydras double dip Res auras
Dual Enchant	Decent	❌	T4 Enchant Merc DPS	Pairs well with Fire & Cold arrow Zons
Druid Builds	Tier	Budget	Role	Notes
Cold Elemental (Arctic Blast/Hurricane)	Mid	✔✔	DPS	Damage is strong but channel skills cant keep pace
Fire Elemental	Decent	✔✔✔	DPS CC
Wolf - Fire Claws	Decent	❌	DPS
2 x Oak + Vines (Oak regen doubles if 2 are spawned)	Top	✔✔	T4 OAK Worms	Required in all T4 groups Huge Team sustain
Summon (Raven)	Good	✔✔	T4 DPS OAK	Eaglehorn
Poison Creeper (Worm Re-Summoning)	Bad	✔✔	DPS Worms	Psn scaling bad in groups Sustainr worms
Assassin Builds	Tier	Budget	Role	Notes
Chain Lightning Sentry	Good	✔	T4 DPS	Traps cant keep group pace
Wake of Fire	Good	✔	T4 DPS	Traps cant keep group pace
Summon Sin (MA Skills)	Good	✔	T4 DPS Summon Wall	Whispering Mirage + Nats set for budget
Summon Sin (Elemental trap)	Top	✔	T4 DPS Summon Wall	Whispering Mirage + Nats set for budget
Phoenix Strike	Top	✔✔	DPS	Full nats for budget
Dragon Tail (Fire Kick) Demon Machine	Good	✔	DPS	20 pts into blade shield for more procs Requires enchantress
Dragon Tail (Fire Kick) Astreons	Good	❌	T4 DPS
Barbarian Builds	Tier	Budget	Role	Notes
Fire Whirlwind (2x Flamebellow)	Mid	❌	DPS
Ele Proc Leap Attack	Decent	❌	T4 DPS	Destruction / Stormspire / Rapture + Innocence + % Large Charms
Static Leap Attack 2H + Big Shouts	Top	✔✔	Shouts	Stormspire + Cyclopean + Gorefoot
Static Leap Attack 1H + Big Shouts	Top	✔✔	T4 Shouts	Stormlash or Schafers + Stormshield + Ttians grip + Halaberds
Static Leap Attack 1H + Twilight + Big Shouts	Top	✔✔	Shouts CC	Stormlash or Schafers + Twlight + Ttians grip + Cyclopean + Gorefoot
Amazon Builds	Tier	Budget	Role	Notes
Lightning Fury	Top	✔	T4 DPS	Res auras scale damage a lot
Lightning Strike	Decent	✔	DPS	Res auras scale damage a lot
Power Strike	Decent	✔	DPS	Res auras scale damage a lot
Plague Javelin	Bad	✔	DPS	Psn scaling bad in groups
Freezing Arrow	Decent	✔✔	CC
Cold Arrow	Top	✔✔	T4 DPS	Res auras scale damage a lot
Fire Arrow	Top	✔✔	T4 DPS	Res auras scale damage a lot
Necromancer Builds	Tier	Budget	Role	Notes
Poison Nova / Desecrate	Bad	❌	DPS Curse	Psn scaling bad in groups
Poison Strike	Mid	❌	DPS	Psn scaling bad in groups
Corpse Explosion	Mid	✔✔	DPS	Damage is based off base mob hp not actual
Elemental Summoner (Mage Skeles + Ele Revives)	Bad	✔	DPS	Ele Skeleton scaling bad in groups
Fire Golems	Good	✔	T4 DPS
Paladin Builds	Tier	Budget	Role	Notes
FOH + Aura (Res Light/Res Fire/Conviction)	Decent	✔✔✔	Healing Aura	Use Skillers & Gear for Party Aura
Holy Nova + Aura (Res Light/Res Fire/Conviction)	Good	✔✔✔	T4 Only Healing Aura	Use Skillers & Gear for Party Aura
Vengeance 2H Zenith	Good	❌	T4 Aura DPS	Conviction Use Skillers for Party Aura
Vengeance	Good	✔✔	T4 Aura DPS	Conviction Use Skillers for Party Aura
Holy Freeze - Sacrifice (Native Aura)	Mid	❌	DPS CC
Holy Elemental Auras - Charge (Native Aura)	Bad	✔✔✔	DPS	Starter till Auradin gear is acquired
Holy Freeze - Charge (Doom + Shattered Wall)	Decent	❌❌	DPS Aura CC	Use Skillers for Party Aura
Holy Fire - Charge or Sacrifice (HOJ + 2x Dragon)	Good	❌❌	DPS Aura	Use Skillers for Party Aura

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Public Map Focused P8 Mapping

Early season public map games tend to lean Elemental. Late season giga-physical builds show up.

The following builds can play well with and/or buff both Physical or Elemental teams.

Summon builds perform well in public games because of the safety wall they provide.

NOTE! Experience Shrines are not worth the time to get. You WILL get more Exp/Hour by starting a map at the start of every game. The bonus is additive to Map modifier and your Annihilus.

Physical Focused P8 Mapping

Recommended to have a Buff Barbarian. Recommended to get all Physical auras via Paladin or Mercenary. Recommended all necros to be Curse hybrid. All spare mercs should be A1 Physical Demonmachine.

Scaling deadly strike is crucial. Only review tooltip damage with all party buffs active!

NOTE! Must have summons for T4. Necro summons are not advised, low Psn res and die fast.

Elemental Focused P8 Mapping

Recommended to have a Druid Oak & Regen worm build. Recommended to have a Paladin with a res aura that matches the team element. Recommended to have a Static leap Barb for buffs and static.

BIG Conviction Paladin required.

Lower res from mercs is enough Necromancers are not needed. Sorceress is bad in party play because they already have high mastery from skills and do not benefit from party buffing as much.

Having all res auras from Paladins or/and Mercs for the aura's elemental mastery is crucial. Only review tooltip damage with all party buffs active!

NOTE! Must be tri-elemental damage across the team and have summons for T4. Necro summons are not advised, low Psn res and die fast.

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