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0.9%
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0.4%
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2.8%
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0.9%
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5.8%
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2.3%
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10.9%
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11.6%
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1.7%
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3.3%
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0.1%
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1%
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13.5%
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Monk
13.2%
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3.8%
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1.5%
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Ritualist
1.4%
Shaman
1.4%
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0.3%
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Spirit Walker
12.5%
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4%
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0.8%
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2.2%
Warbringer
0.3%
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0.8%
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Witchhunter
1.1%

Crushing Fear

(Martial Artist) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 11 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-29 19:45:52 UTC

The Crushing Fear is a highly effective skill for the Martial Artist in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 11 top players in the 75-89 bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Rage III, Culling Strike II, Magnified Area II. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Flow Like Water, Hollow Focus Technique, Deadly Force on the skill tree.

Below data represents gem links within this cohort. Selected main skills are strictly isolated.

★ Selected Main Skills

Crushing Fear
100%
└
Rage III
45.5%
└
Culling Strike II
36.4%
└
Magnified Area II
36.4%
└
Chaos Mastery
27.3%
└
Pinpoint Critical
27.3%
└
Life Drain
27.3%
└
Ancestral Call II
27.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
18.2%
└
Thrill of the Kill II
18.2%
└
Physical Mastery
18.2%
└
Chaos Attunement
18.2%
└
Rapid Attacks II
9.1%
└
Behead II
9.1%
└
Rigwald's Ferocity
9.1%
└
Elemental Focus
9.1%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Hollow Focus
81.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
88.9%
└
Magnified Area II
44.4%
└
Culling Strike II
22.2%
└
Concentrated Area
22.2%
└
Heft
11.1%
└
Execute II
11.1%
└
Overabundance II
11.1%
└
Close Combat II
11.1%
└
Blind II
11.1%
└
Living Lightning II
11.1%
└
Elemental Armament II
11.1%
└
Lightning Attunement
11.1%
└
Concussive Runes
11.1%
└
Mana Leech
11.1%
└
Knockback
11.1%
Wind Dancer
54.5%
└
Blind II
83.3%
└
Maim
83.3%
└
Ailith's Chimes
16.7%
└
Culmination II
16.7%
└
Life Leech III
16.7%
└
Heavy Swing
16.7%
└
Magnified Area II
16.7%
└
Knockback
16.7%
└
Vitality I
16.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
16.7%
└
Magnified Area I
16.7%
Ghost Dance
54.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
33.3%
└
Clarity II
16.7%
└
Precision II
16.7%
└
Cannibalism I
16.7%
└
Direstrike II
16.7%
Hand of Chayula
54.5%
└
Heightened Curse
50%
└
Kalisa's Crescendo
16.7%
└
Abiding Hex
16.7%
└
Mark of Siphoning
16.7%
└
Rage III
16.7%
└
Rapid Attacks III
16.7%
Charged Staff
54.5%
└
Perpetual Charge
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Pinpoint Critical
16.7%
└
Shock
16.7%
└
Culling Strike II
16.7%
└
Oisín's Oath
16.7%
└
Blind II
16.7%
└
Innervate
16.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
16.7%
└
Lightning Attunement
16.7%
└
Thrill of the Kill II
16.7%
└
Arcane Surge
16.7%
└
Living Lightning II
16.7%
└
Rapid Casting III
16.7%
└
Thrill of the Kill
16.7%
Mantra of Destruction
45.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
60%
└
Chaos Mastery
40%
└
Delayed Gratification
40%
└
Deliberation
20%
└
Mobility
20%
└
Charge Profusion II
20%
└
Ailith's Chimes
20%
Killing Palm
45.5%
└
Charge Profusion II
60%
└
Thrill of the Kill II
40%
└
Culling Strike II
40%
└
Rage III
40%
└
Charge Profusion I
40%
└
Blazing Critical
20%
└
Magnified Area II
20%
└
Life Drain
20%
└
Ancestral Call II
20%
└
Close Combat II
20%
└
Elemental Armament II
20%
└
Pinpoint Critical
20%
└
Concentrated Area
20%
└
Life Leech III
20%
└
Soul Drain
20%
Quarterstaff Strike
45.5%
└
Rapid Attacks II
40%
└
Ancestral Call II
40%
└
Rage III
20%
└
Lightning Attunement
20%
└
Concentrated Area
20%
└
Close Combat II
20%
└
Ambush
20%
└
Magnified Area I
20%
└
Pinpoint Critical
20%
└
Elemental Focus
20%
└
Rageforged II
20%
└
Rapid Attacks I
20%
└
Rapid Attacks III
20%
└
Ice Bite I
20%
└
Rage I
20%
Hollow Resonance
36.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
75%
└
Close Combat II
75%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Execute II
50%
└
Concentrated Area
50%
└
Culling Strike II
25%
└
Lightning Attunement
25%
└
Elemental Armament II
25%
└
Blind II
25%
Despair
36.4%
└
Heightened Curse
75%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Ritualistic Curse
25%
└
Kalisa's Crescendo
25%
└
Mark of Siphoning
25%
└
Rage III
25%
└
Rapid Attacks III
25%
Herald of Ash
36.4%
└
Magnified Area II
75%
└
Concentrated Area
50%
└
Fire Mastery
25%
└
Acrimony
25%
└
Prolonged Duration II
25%
└
Magnified Area I
25%
Charge Regulation
36.4%
└
Clarity I
25%
Herald of Ice
27.3%
└
Deadly Herald
66.7%
└
Armour Explosion
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Uruk's Smelting
33.3%
└
Magnified Area I
33.3%
└
Biting Frost II
33.3%
└
Cold Penetration
33.3%
└
Elemental Armament III
33.3%
Pounce
27.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Brutus' Brain
66.7%
└
Blind II
66.7%
└
Overabundance II
33.3%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
33.3%
└
Charged Mark
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
33.3%
└
Branching Fissures II
33.3%
Blasphemy
27.3%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Ritualistic Curse
66.7%
└
Heightened Curse
33.3%
└
Enduring Impact II
33.3%
└
Stun II
33.3%
└
Physical Mastery
33.3%
└
Pinpoint Critical
33.3%
└
Slow Potency
33.3%
└
Decaying Hex
33.3%
Tempest Bell
27.3%
└
Heft
33.3%
└
Close Combat II
33.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
33.3%
└
Concentrated Area
33.3%
└
Lightning Attunement
33.3%
└
Culling Strike II
33.3%
└
Blazing Critical
33.3%
└
Thrill of the Kill II
33.3%
└
Ailith's Chimes
33.3%
└
Rising Tempest
33.3%
└
Mana Leech
33.3%
└
Life Leech III
33.3%
└
Ancestral Call II
33.3%
└
Rage II
33.3%
Herald of Thunder
18.2%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Poison III
50%
└
Bleed III
50%
└
Living Lightning
50%
└
Lightning Mastery
50%
└
Lightning Penetration
50%
Withering Presence
18.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Armour Demolisher II
50%
└
Chaos Mastery
50%
Hollow Form
18.2%
└
Heft
50%
└
Blindside
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
Whirling Assault
18.2%
└
Heft
50%
└
Blindside
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
Falling Thunder
18.2%
└
Hourglass
50%
└
Close Combat II
50%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Concentrated Area
50%
└
Lightning Attunement
50%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
50%
└
Perpetual Charge
50%
└
Nova Projectiles I
50%
└
Breachlord's Amalgam
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
Cast on Critical
18.2%
└
Cold Attunement
50%
└
Embitter
50%
└
Zenith II
50%
Flicker Strike
18.2%
└
Perpetual Charge
50%
└
Close Combat II
50%
└
Hit and Run
50%
└
Concentrated Area
50%
└
Blindside
50%
Rend
9.1%
└
Rageforged II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Rage III
100%
Oil Barrage
9.1%
└
Perpetual Charge
100%
└
Burgeon II
100%
└
Ricochet II
100%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
100%
Devour
9.1%
└
Gorge
100%
└
Rage III
100%
└
Thrill of the Kill II
100%
└
Culling Strike II
100%
Ice Strike
9.1%
└
Freeze
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Bhatair's Vengeance
100%
└
Rage III
100%
Reaper's Invocation
9.1%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Energy Retention
100%
└
Corpse Conservation
100%
Detonate Dead
9.1%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Energy Retention
100%
└
Corpse Conservation
100%
Elemental Weakness
9.1%
└
Abiding Hex
100%
└
Heightened Curse
100%
Enfeeble
9.1%
└
Abiding Hex
100%
└
Heightened Curse
100%
Time of Need
9.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Repulsion
9.1%
└
Enduring Impact II
100%
└
Stun II
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
Detonate Living
9.1%
└
Cold Attunement
100%
└
Embitter
100%
└
Zenith II
100%
Spell Totem
9.1%
└
Ignite III
100%
└
Overabundance II
100%
└
Searing Flame II
100%
Incinerate
9.1%
└
Ignite III
100%
└
Overabundance II
100%
└
Searing Flame II
100%
Runic Reprieve
9.1%
Staggering Palm
9.1%
└
Retreat II
100%
└
Multishot II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Elemental Focus
100%
Spirit Vessel
9.1%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
100%
└
Loyalty
100%
└
Meat Shield II
100%
└
Hulking Minions
100%
Tempest Flurry
9.1%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Blazing Critical
100%
└
Rage III
100%
└
Armour Break III
100%
Sniper's Mark
9.1%
└
Mark of Siphoning
100%
└
Heightened Curse
100%
Eternal Rage
9.1%
Berserk
9.1%
Midnight Zenith
9.1%
└
Freeze
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Execute II
100%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
└
Crystalline Shards
100%
Shattering Palm
9.1%
└
Vruun's Inevitability
100%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
└
Blind II
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Ailith's Chimes
100%
Grim Pillars
9.1%
└
Ice Bite II
100%
└
Cold Attunement
100%
└
Encroaching Ground
100%
└
Cold Penetration
100%
└
Verglas
100%
Shred
9.1%
└
Execute II
100%
└
Culling Strike I
100%
Scavenged Plating
9.1%
└
Prolonged Duration I
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
Arctic Armour
9.1%
└
Heft
100%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
Elemental Conflux
9.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
Temporal Chains
9.1%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Slow Potency
100%
└
Decaying Hex
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
100%
Gathering Storm
9.1%
└
Steadfast II
100%
└
Window of Opportunity II
100%
└
Tasalio's Rhythm
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%