Due to the large quantity of skills and items within the game, there is much to learn when building your first or 100th character.
New To Builds for Path of Exile?
My one big tip for new players is to find an easy build with a written/video guide and follow it until you get how the talent tree works because it is quite large and can feel very overwhelming when opening it for the first time.
Build Websites:
https://www.poebuilds.cc/
https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExileBuilds/
Build Videos:
Like to be daring? Do you prefer the road less traveled?
Path of Building
Path of Building is a program you can download to your computer to create your builds ahead of time so you can plan more carefully when trying to min/max your character. (typically only used by people who want to do their own thing/veteran players). More info will be posted in the Theorycrafting/Builds Forum.
Github for Path of Building:PoB Download Page
If you have any questions about making or following build guides, ask in a new forum post and we will do our best to assist you.