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6%
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2.4%
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Witchhunter
1.1%

Explosive Spear

(Monk) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 18 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 19:43:54 UTC

The Explosive Spear is a highly effective skill for the Monk in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 18 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Elemental Armament II, Short Fuse I, Fire Penetration II. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Javelin, Heartbreaking, Heartstopping on the skill tree.

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

★ Selected Main Skills

Explosive Spear
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
66.7%
└
Short Fuse I
44.4%
└
Fire Penetration II
33.3%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
└
Perpetual Charge
33.3%
└
Long Fuse II
33.3%
└
Garukhan's Resolve
27.8%
└
Rakiata's Flow
27.8%
└
Execute III
22.2%
└
Concentrated Area
22.2%
└
Overabundance II
16.7%
└
Pinpoint Critical
16.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
11.1%
└
Short Fuse II
11.1%
└
Overabundance I
11.1%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Spear Throw
100%
└
Deliberation
16.7%
└
Pinpoint Critical
5.6%
└
Poison III
5.6%
└
Pierce III
5.6%
└
Retreat III
5.6%
└
Magnified Area II
5.6%
└
Potent Exposure
5.6%
└
Efficiency II
5.6%
└
Incision
5.6%
└
Admixture
5.6%
└
Bleed III
5.6%
└
Poison II
5.6%
└
Multishot II
5.6%
└
Rapid Attacks II
5.6%
└
Gambleshot
5.6%
Herald of Thunder
77.8%
└
Elemental Armament II
92.9%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Elemental Focus
35.7%
└
Armour Break III
28.6%
└
Living Lightning II
28.6%
└
Freeze
21.4%
└
Embitter
21.4%
└
Deadly Herald
21.4%
└
Concentrated Area
21.4%
└
Oisín's Oath
21.4%
└
Armour Explosion
14.3%
└
Longshot II
14.3%
└
Eonyr's Thunder
14.3%
└
Lightning Mastery
14.3%
└
Cold Attunement
7.1%
Purity of Fire
72.2%
└
Vitality II
61.5%
└
Clarity II
61.5%
└
Cannibalism II
53.8%
└
Precision II
38.5%
└
Her Declaration
23.1%
└
Cool Headed
23.1%
└
Warm Blooded
15.4%
└
Herbalism II
15.4%
└
Strong Hearted
7.7%
└
Direstrike II
7.7%
└
Fire Mastery
7.7%
Wind Dancer
66.7%
└
Blind II
58.3%
└
Magnified Area II
41.7%
└
Maim
33.3%
└
Knockback
33.3%
└
Elemental Focus
25%
└
Overreach
25%
└
Rage II
16.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
16.7%
└
Rageforged II
16.7%
└
Life Leech III
16.7%
└
Armour Demolisher II
8.3%
└
Armour Break III
8.3%
└
Magnified Area I
8.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
8.3%
└
Culling Strike II
8.3%
Trinity
61.1%
└
Fire Mastery
63.6%
└
Uhtred's Omen
18.2%
└
Cold Mastery
18.2%
└
Uhtred's Augury
9.1%
└
Atziri's Communion
9.1%
└
Armour Demolisher II
9.1%
└
Direstrike I
9.1%
└
Cool Headed
9.1%
└
Warm Blooded
9.1%
└
Vitality I
9.1%
Lightning Spear
55.6%
└
Elemental Armament II
90%
└
Fork
90%
└
Rakiata's Flow
80%
└
Deliberation
50%
└
Rapid Attacks II
50%
└
Garukhan's Resolve
50%
└
Armour Break III
20%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
20%
└
Minion Pact II
10%
└
Defy II
10%
└
Pinpoint Critical
10%
└
Execute III
10%
└
Innervate
10%
└
Efficiency II
10%
└
Lightning Penetration
10%
Charge Regulation
55.6%
└
Armour Demolisher II
20%
└
Vitality I
10%
└
Uhtred's Omen
10%
Eternal Rage
55.6%
└
Precision I
10%
└
Clarity II
10%
└
Strong Hearted
10%
└
Herbalism I
10%
└
Cannibalism I
10%
└
Vitality I
10%
└
Clarity I
10%
└
Warm Blooded
10%
└
Atziri's Communion
10%
Berserk
50%
└
Clarity I
22.2%
└
Dialla's Desire
11.1%
└
Uhtred's Omen
11.1%
└
Uhtred's Exodus
11.1%
└
Precision I
11.1%
└
Armour Demolisher II
11.1%
└
Strong Hearted
11.1%
└
Cannibalism I
11.1%
Barrage
44.4%
└
Heightened Charges
87.5%
└
Perpetual Charge
75%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
62.5%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Olroth's Conviction
37.5%
└
Second Wind III
37.5%
└
Rapid Casting II
25%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
12.5%
Spear Stab
33.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
33.3%
└
Withering Touch
16.7%
└
Rageforged II
16.7%
└
Poison III
16.7%
└
Momentum
16.7%
└
Concentrated Area
16.7%
└
Pierce III
16.7%
└
Rapid Attacks I
16.7%
└
Efficiency II
16.7%
└
Culling Strike II
16.7%
└
Electrocute
16.7%
└
Pinpoint Critical
16.7%
└
Frenzied Riposte
16.7%
Ghost Dance
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Precision I
16.7%
└
Clarity I
16.7%
└
Armour Demolisher II
16.7%
Blasphemy
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Ritualistic Curse
66.7%
└
Direstrike I
16.7%
└
Slow Potency
16.7%
└
Heightened Curse
16.7%
└
Pinpoint Critical
16.7%
└
Cold Exposure
16.7%
└
Embitter
16.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
16.7%
└
Uhtred's Augury
16.7%
└
Clarity I
16.7%
Herald of Ash
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Fire Mastery
66.7%
└
Swift Affliction II
50%
└
Armour Demolisher II
16.7%
└
Direstrike I
16.7%
└
Precision I
16.7%
└
Deadly Herald
16.7%
Virtuous Barrier
33.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
16.7%
Combat Frenzy
27.8%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
└
Empowered Sparks II
60%
└
Vitality I
20%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
20%
└
Pierce III
20%
└
Multishot II
20%
Rhoa Mount
27.8%
└
Romira's Requital
80%
└
Minion Mastery
60%
└
Meat Shield II
60%
└
Brutus' Brain
40%
└
Elemental Army
40%
└
Hulking Minions
20%
└
Blind II
20%
Storm Lance
27.8%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Multishot II
80%
└
Pinpoint Critical
60%
└
Deliberation
40%
└
Lightning Attunement
40%
└
Embitter
40%
└
Stoicism I
20%
└
Rapid Attacks II
20%
└
Execute III
20%
└
Lightning Penetration
20%
└
Lightning Exposure
20%
└
Overcharge
20%
└
Commiserate
20%
Impurity
27.8%
└
Vitality II
80%
└
Clarity II
60%
└
Direstrike II
40%
└
Herbalism II
40%
└
Precision II
40%
└
Cannibalism II
40%
└
Seraph's Heart
20%
└
Cool Headed
20%
└
Her Declaration
20%
└
Warm Blooded
20%
└
Strong Hearted
20%
Elemental Conflux
27.8%
└
Cold Mastery
40%
└
Prolonged Duration II
40%
└
Armour Demolisher II
40%
└
Compressed Duration II
40%
└
Lightning Mastery
40%
└
Precision I
20%
└
Fire Mastery
20%
Herald of Ice
27.8%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
80%
└
Armour Explosion
40%
└
Armour Break III
40%
└
Cold Mastery
40%
└
Deadly Herald
20%
└
Uruk's Smelting
20%
└
Oisín's Oath
20%
└
Shock
20%
└
Pinpoint Critical
20%
└
Longshot II
20%
└
Embitter
20%
└
Cold Penetration
20%
Mana Remnants
22.2%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency III
50%
└
Remnant Potency I
50%
└
Clarity I
25%
Temporal Chains
22.2%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
75%
└
Direstrike I
25%
└
Slow Potency
25%
└
Heightened Curse
25%
└
Prolonged Duration II
25%
└
Uhtred's Augury
25%
Sniper's Mark
22.2%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
75%
└
Charge Profusion II
75%
└
Charged Mark
75%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
50%
└
Eternal Mark
25%
└
Charge Profusion I
25%
└
Empowered Sparks II
25%
Righteous Descent
16.7%
Tornado Shot
11.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
50%
└
Overabundance II
50%
└
Multishot II
50%
└
Durability
50%
Cast on Elemental Ailment
11.1%
└
Uhtred's Augury
50%
└
Dialla's Desire
50%
└
Glacier
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
Frost Wall
11.1%
└
Uhtred's Augury
50%
└
Dialla's Desire
50%
└
Glacier
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
Purity of Lightning
11.1%
└
Direstrike II
50%
└
Clarity II
50%
└
Vitality I
50%
└
Warm Blooded
50%
Mirage Archer
11.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Deliberation
50%
└
Lightning Penetration
50%
└
Fork
50%
└
Rapid Attacks II
50%
Primal Strikes
11.1%
└
Rage III
100%
└
Close Combat II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Concentrated Area
50%
└
Lightning Attunement
50%
Elemental Sundering
11.1%
└
Astral Projection
50%
└
Cold Mastery
50%
War Banner
11.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Vitality II
50%
└
Clarity II
50%
└
Daresso's Passion
50%
Shockwave Totem
5.6%
Infernal Cry
5.6%
Skeletal Reaver
5.6%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
100%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
100%
└
Infernal Legion II
100%
Eye of Winter
5.6%
└
Considered Casting
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Bounty II
100%
└
Second Wind III
100%
Profane Ritual
5.6%
└
Uhtred's Augury
100%
└
Dialla's Desire
100%
└
Glacier
100%
Arc
5.6%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
100%
└
Chain III
100%
└
Zenith II
100%
└
Lightning Exposure
100%
└
Elemental Focus
100%
Convalescence
5.6%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
Repulsion
5.6%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
100%
└
Cold Exposure
100%
└
Embitter
100%
Wolf Pack
5.6%
└
Tecrod's Revenge
100%
└
Maim
100%
└
Romira's Requital
100%
└
Elemental Army
100%
Cackling Companions
5.6%
Cull The Weak
5.6%
└
Charge Profusion I
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Behead II
100%
└
Thrill of the Kill
100%
Spear of Solaris
5.6%
Whirlwind Lance
5.6%
Bloodhound's Mark
5.6%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
100%
└
Mark for Death II
100%
└
Brutality III
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
Rapid Assault
5.6%
└
Rage III
100%
└
Heft
100%
└
Close Combat II
100%
└
Heavy Swing
100%
└
Brutality III
100%
Thunderous Leap
5.6%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Fist of War II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
└
Lightning Attunement
100%
Rake
5.6%
└
Heft
100%
└
Momentum
100%
└
Close Combat II
100%
└
Ancestral Call II
100%
└
Brutality III
100%
Herald of Blood
5.6%
└
Poison III
100%
└
Bursting Plague
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Raise Shield
5.6%
Rend
5.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Perpetual Charge
100%
└
Heightened Charges
100%
Frost Bomb
5.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Refutation
5.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Elemental Weakness
5.6%
└
Clarity I
100%