POEGuy's Siege Ballista Hierophant PoB & Gems (Poe Keepers of the Flame)

Path of Building – Passive Skill Tree

You can find an optimized Path of Building here. Every build I release will use the community fork of Path of Building. You can find PoB’s Fork by LocalIdentity, here.

If you’re new to Path of Building, we have a guide available here.

Remember that inside, you have three Skill Tree progressions. Start with the one closest to your level and work your way up. The Skill Tree nodes need to be unlocked in the suggested order.

If you need an in-depth explanation of the Skill Tree setup, click here.

Awakened Gems (Reminder)

A lot of gems nowadays in Path of Exile have Awakened versions. These versions will generally be a lot more potent than the widely available regular versions. Therefore, they should be purchased whenever affordable. When the gems listed here mention Awakened Gems, you are supposed to use their regular versions until you can afford the upgrade.
For some players, leveling these Gems up takes way too much time, so you’re generally offered two choices:
1) You can buy a leveled version.
2) You can buy Wild Brambleback beasts and use the Menagerie craft to upgrade a non-corrupted Awakened Gem, increasing its level by 1.

Gem Setups

If you need an in-depth explanation of the Skill Gem setups, click here.

*To simplify things for new Path of Exile 1 players, I will name the item slots where you will socket the gems.
But remember that in PoE1, you can socket these gem setups into any item that has the correct number of linked sockets and the appropriate colors.

Body Armour

1. Siege Ballista (Apply 20% quality! Big DPS boost!)
2. Increased Critical Damage Support
3. Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support ( Elemental Damage with Attacks Support for Low and Medium Budget)
4. Awakened Added Cold Damage Support ( Added Cold Damage Support for Low and Medium Budget)
5. Inspiration Support
6. Enhance Support Level 4! ( Faster Attacks Support for Low and Medium Budget)

Bow

1. Frenzy
2. Manaforged Arrows Support
3. Cast On Critical Strike Support
4. Frostbite
5. Frost Bomb
6. Summon Ice Golem

Boots

1. Dash
2. Second Wind Support
3. Blood Rage
4. Enhance Support (Optional)

Gloves

1. Steelskin
2. Automation Support

1. Portal (White gem; can be inserted into any socket color!)
2. Cast on Death Support

For the gems to work, you don’t want a 4-link setup for the gloves! (Check the image)

Helmet

1. Purity of Elements
2. Grace
3. Enlighten Support (if you’re on a tight budget, buy a corrupted one to reduce the cost!)

Remember always to level up your gems and apply quality which can provide significant benefits for your gems. If you’re new to the game, pressing and holding down the ALT key on a gem, you can view and read its quality effects! You can apply quality by using Gemcutter's Prism. You can also buy low-level gems with quality already on them from the trade website, or run Labs for the Forge rewards.

At level 22, Siege Ballista grants you one extra totem! You can reach that level by using a level 21/20 Siege Ballista skill gem and a Briskwrap with one of the following corruptions: +1 to Level of Socketed Gems or +2 to Level of Socketed Projectile Gems. Later, you’ll switch to a crafted rare body armour that also brings Siege Ballista to level 22 (Check the crafting timestamp from the video guide).

Enhance Support level 4 is the best pick for our Siege Ballista gem setup! Quality on the Siege Ballista gives us a significant increase in attack speed! Its three times more powerful than using Faster Attacks Support.