The biggest update for Path of Exile 2, Dawn of the Hunt adds a ton of new content and changes the game in many ways. Passthecontroller and Maxroll have worked together to showcase many new kind guides and builds to take on the difficult swatches of new things that we do our best to summarize here. Patch 0.2.0 brings you a way to play alongside a whole new hammerless class, along with five ascendations.
The new class will be taking part in The Huntress, a roster of characters from Path of Exile 2. This Azmeli lost everything when she used the jewels of virtue to protect her home. So now she’s wielding new skills along with her trusty spear. Huntress is a class of dexterity that shares a starting area with the ranger in the lower right part of the passive skill tree. The Spears are mixed with close brawl strikes and long-range projectiles with bonuses that encourage both use. Create an elemental surface with a frost bolt, drop swirling slashes, release the gust of twister wind, then go back and try again. Another new item class is Bucklers, a special shield with the ability to receive normal attacks. When you are vigilant for the enemy, you extend the balance that they increase the damage to the attack they take. Unlike Souls Games, there is no Parry Window. Using Parry to use animations to cancel other skills and are extremely agile. However, every time the stunmeter increases, the bar fills up, so it’s heavy for 2.5 seconds.
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In addition to the new Huntress class, Dawn of the Hunt adds five new ascents to the path of exile 2. After completing Ascension Trial, your Ascension specializes in the class further by unlocking new synergies and catering to unique playstyles. Huntress has two dominances to choose from, ritualists and Amazon, with one new option for warriors, witches and mercenaries each.
Ritualist
Ritualists learn deep within the Wildwoods, and their power is achieved through sacrifice. You can also steal bonuses from rare monsters or sacrifice some of your health for random bonuses. and corrupted vitality, You will gain skills to grow nearby enemies Volatile blood boilsKill them and infect nearby enemies Decaying blood Powerful degenerative effects to deal with Physical damage. Spread fingers Of note, it gives the third ring slot. This is especially strong when paired Mystical Attunement And a high-end ring. Finally, ritualists have a variety of fascinating bonuses that make them easier to combat dangerous elemental effects.
Amazon
Amazon attacks quickly. Element injection Consumes fees to damage the elements to the attack, Injected to openR gives the projectile the opportunity to benefit from the injection without consuming it. Critical Strike and It penetrates Based on the accuracy assessment, further damage to the scale is particularly noteworthy as the dexterous classes are easily accessible to accuracy. Defensively, Mysterious harvest Open Access to Leech. This is usually a recovery layer limited to physical damage; Azme Rebrew Makes the flask much more versatile. Finally, she A predatory instinct and For a kill Celebrities will grant massive bonuses to Wraeclast’s most dangerous enemies.
Smith of Kitaba
Smith of Kitaba sways the power of the greedy trout to his own purposes. As with many bonuses like this, this dominance is difficult to identify. Temperamental weapon, Mayfest Weaponand Fire spell on hit It’s like you need to play to really understand. but, Coal Stalker and Forged in flames It offers some of the most powerful defenses in the game. and The tranquility of coalyou need to have fewer suffixes in the resistance. In other words, more and more are used for damage. The maximum resistance is very strong, with a maximum resistance of just +5% reducing about 20% of the damage to the elements you have suffered. Finally, there is Smith’s masterpieceThe ability to forge custom chest pieces at the expense of some advantages. How useful this is depends on where Living weapons, For the anviland Forging heat It only gets 8 advantages to distribute between all passives, so it falls. That said, many passives, including. Devotion to Kitaba, Support strap, Flowing metal, Melt symboland Kitaban Sculpture Everything has its potential.
rich
Rich wields her forbidden powers, even at the expense of her soul. First, there are some fan favorite nodes from the original route of exile Destroy the soul and The domination of the meat. Being able to explode a curse for a curse is always a good time to explode into a pile of loot. A soulless shape It offers a unique way to resolve mana by increasing your maximum lifespan. It also divides damage between your life and the energy shield. This is useful when there is an easy way to recover both. Eternal life As long as the Energy Shield is active, your life cannot change while the damage divided into your life is ignored, which further enhances this effect. Delain Split the damage into your life and you can ignore even more damage. Then there Necromantic Conduit and A blackened hearthow to offer serious damage buffs to yourself and your allies, and what is a better alliance than a heartless death bound by your orders? Finally, crystal plants, power prices, and Eldrich empowerment offer solid bonuses for a variety of builds.
Note: There are slight errors in the graphics, A blackened heart Must be a later node Necromantic Conduit and The domination of the meat Must be a later node Destroy the soul.
Tactician
Tacticians do not work alone. This is the dominance focused on support for the mercenary class. It offers a variety of bonuses focused on aura and buffs. A solid plan It is particularly noteworthy as it is usually difficult to expand your mind without using Sceptres. and Reduce the fire and What we want themyou can pin enemies to prevent action and add another crowd control effect to your party toolkit. Free hell! A unique skill that offers personal cannons, summoning them to unleash a barrage of dead fire on the battlefield.
With each new league, new league mechanics will appear, and at the dawn of Hunt, Azmeli’s wisps. Follow the lights and kill the monsters they give them power. Each WISP enhances the rewards of powerful monsters while giving them a variety of deadly bonuses. For example, Cat Wisp gives you a chance to critical hits for empowered monsters, while sacred Wisp upgrades the monster layers and turns rares into unique bosses! Every time you encounter Wisp, it injects rare or unique monsters, greatly increasing the strength of the creature and its rewards.
You can encounter rogue exiles, NPC invaders who fight like players and even exercise powerful items. If you can kill them, you will get all the items they are wearing, but if they kill you, they will run away and take their wealth with them. Rogue Exiles offers different kinds of challenges as the builds act like players and offers a variety of skill combinations. These enemies tend to be more agile than most bosses, but they are less Tanky. These are invaluable and can be much more difficult to meet, so keep an eye on your own items!
Dawn of the Hunt brings a clean change to the Path of Path of Exile 2’s endgame experience. The goal is to make mapping more exciting by providing players with more random encounters while reducing boring and busy work. You can now use up to three tablets in each tower. This reduces the amount of busy work required to enhance nearby maps and maximize loot. To balance this, fewer towers were spawning, and they were revamped to something more rewarding. Mechanics can appear in the tower and are protected by unique bosses.
The damage mechanic has also been changed. Now you can either clear each corrupted map or rush to the center to cleanse the cluster, change the rewards and choose to unlock the new refined map type. You can choose to farm damaged zones and kill additional enemies in the hopes of gaining currency and rare items. Alternatively, you can hurry to the Nexus to cleanse your zone, hoping to get more seasoned orbs. This is a craft currency that locks affixes to items with four modifiers and cannot be changed by any means.
There is a wealth of content to explore. Additionally, unique maps present special challenges. Each one is difficult, but rewarding. Fractured lake (Photo above) rewards with an exclusive base type with more prefixes or suffixes than is usually possible. a Crystal Cave We present you with a room full of the essence of your claim. Each of you defeat will further empower your boss, making the final challenge both fatal and rewarding. Or you can explore Wild Megalisa 10-round boss gauntlet that drops a ton of booty and exclusive runes.
Beyond only endgame content, craft has also brought many changes. You can use corrupt essences to create items with special effects. When you encounter a ritual with the king in the mist, it is now guaranteed to have a harbinger, and the rewards of the harbinger are more common. Exploring the expedition now allows you to recombine items using currency and merge the two bases in the hopes of maintaining the desired affix.
It’s almost easier to talk about things that haven’t changed than listing everything that’s been tweaked, adjusted or remade for the dawn of the hunt. They were no joke when GGG said you would forget everything you already knew about the path of Asylum 2. In particular, outliers like Archmage Spark Stormweaver saw heavy Narff, a monk stacking attributes stacked up with wisdom and action hands.
If you’re looking for more information about patch 0.2.0 changes and have a strong constitution, check out the patch 0.2.0 patch notes.
Whether you’re a veteran looking to improve or a new player looking to enter Asylum 2 Path, Maxroll’s comprehensive league leveling guide will hold your hands with step-by-step instructions throughout the leveling process. This covers efficient leveling paths, how to get good gear, tips for increasing damage and defense, and how to solve common problems.
Maxroll’s Poe2Planner has been updated for Dawn of the Hunt and is better than ever. Now you can import your characters directly into the planner and share your build with a few clicks. POE2PLANNER allows you to quickly assemble the passives, items and skills used in your build. You can also add details such as bonuses you will get from the campaign, or provide an overview of skill rotations or links to custom route filters on the filter blade.
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On the other hand, if you’re looking for something to play, check out the Maxroll Builds section of planners created by experts from Maxroll’s Path of Exile 2 team.
The dawn of the hunt brought a big shakeup to the build meta! Increased difficulty from the meta built builds, and low performance buffs brought many changes. Kitaba’s Amazon, Rich and Smith have absolutely dominated the meta during the first few days of the league. Below are some of the builds cooked by Maxroll experts.
Amazon
Rake is a travel skill that easily tears a pack of monsters when combined with stomped ground, and this planner from ZigGyd can unleash the massacre across Wraeclast. Rake has great mobility, decent single target damage and satisfying bleed pop thanks to the Herald of Blood. As it continues to progress, you can continue to scale your build using Goratha’s Endgame Bleed/Rake Amazon.
Amazon is also skilled at using crossbows. Combine the Glacier Bolt with the Cannon Valta to easily clear it while also providing single target damage. This build is easy to use against bosses as your barista can attack enemies while you dodge the mechanic. Check out this planner on Palsteron for information on how to build Crossbow Amazon.
If you’re looking for something else, grab the bow and bring winter to your enemies on AER0 ice shots on Amazon! In this build, you use ice shots to clean and freeze salvos to unlock more difficult enemy ice destruction.
Then there is the good old explosion gas arrow. This is one of the most popular builds for leveling your bow at the start of early access and is a great way to guide Amazon to your map. For inspiration, check out Tenkiei’s Explosive Gas Arrow Amazon Planner!
Finally, more endgame builds, Crouchung_tuna’s lighting spear Amazon! This build captures the feel of the Diablo 2 Javazone by blowing everything on the screen with lightning bolts. As an endgame build, you will need to enter the map to play it, so use one of the previous planners throughout the campaign and then respond to this.
rich
Damage from time skills like Chaos Dot or Essence Drain or Contagion is great for clearing screens while dealing consistent damage. This makes it the perfect choice to pair with the excellent defense offered by Rich’s advantage. Check out this planner from CaptainLance9 and play your own Chaos Dot Lich.
Why fight alone when you can take your own personal army into each battle? If that’s your preferred play style, Helmbreaker’s Minion Army Rich is the build for you. You gain excellent defenses from eternal life, and the new Spector will provide even more unconscious, loyal dead for your army. If you like the flames of hell, you can play similar builds in hell.
Other builds
Here are some builds on existing dominance:
- If you are looking for a mercen-like handren bullet leveling guide you have. Ziggyd’s planners will go through the campaign and lead you to the early map.
- StormWeaver was one of the most popular builds at 0.1. If you enjoy freezing your campaign, you can do so with this build with Zenm: Frost Bolt Cold Snap Stormweaver Leveling.
- Monks are fast and fluid, filling the screen with particle effects and doing the same thing as they rush to the next pack. This build from MilkyBK_ will help you find centers on the way: Invoker Monk Leveling.
- Kitaba’s Smith is Recrust’s ultimate tank. So, if you want to play hardcore, this is one of the best ways to do it. Endgame HC Artillery Ballista Smith from Kitava Build by Zizaran introduces everything you need to know to play this Tanky artillery.
That being said, Dawn of the Hunt is brand new and still has a lot to explore in the build craft space, so be careful about building Maxroll for more ways to play.
Dawn of the Hunt adds a lot of content and streamlines the mapping experience, but the campaign is slower than before. The best players have already blown up maps and juicy towers, but many people are still passing through the campaign.
It takes time for the dust to settle, and it takes time for Meta to stabilize the path of exile 2 0.2.0 Dawn’s hunting. If you want to learn more about the best builds and the most profitable currency strategies, check out the Maxroll meta section. Their Asylum 2 Team Path is struggling to write a new build guide and share planners with the community!
This article was created by Passthecontroller staff with the help of Maxroll Path from Exile 2 team.
