Path Of Exile 2 Multiplayer: How To Add Friends Or Form A Party?

Since Path of Exile 2 patch 0.3.0 adds a new Act and Interludes for players, the number of enemies and bosses encountered by players will also increase accordingly. The most special one is probably the encounter you have with Sigbert of the Sullied Oath and Godwin of the Shattered Creed, the second duo boss fight in the newly added Interludes.

In this battle, you need to fight these two powerful knights at the same time. While this encounter is optional in POE 2, the Interludes leading to the endgame that include it can reward you with a lot of loot and in-game currency that you may need later, so it’s still worth a try. Until you reach Holden Estates.

Since your fight with Sigbert and Godwin this time is a bit difficult, this guide will provide you with the specific locations of these two bosses, their combat moves, and available combat strategies, which will allow you to reduce the number of deaths in them and increase the possibility of obtaining more loot. Without further ado, start preparing for your battle!

Location

Sigbert and Godwin, two seemingly innocuous but powerful bosses, are located in a church in Holten map in Path of Exile 2. This map connects Wolvenhold to Holden Estates, the final location of the story presented in Interlude.

So in general, the arena you can stand in is not that wide, so you need to improve your mobility in advance and pay special attention to your elemental resistance, because both bosses will cast elemental-themed AOE attacks, which will increase your chances of taking damage in a small room.

If you’ve fought Candlemass, the Living Rite in Act 1, you’re in luck, as the two battles are very similar in many ways: both take place in a church, and both require you to spend POE 2 currency in advance to upgrade gear that increases movement/attack speed and elemental resistance.

Back to the location of bosses. Due to the unique map mechanism of POE 2, the layout of the map you enter at different times will be different, so it is impossible to directly guide you to the church. However, from the guides provided by some players, it can be concluded that the church is closer to Holden Estates than Wolvenhold.

Attack Moves

Next, let’s look at some attacks Sigbert and Godwin will use. Since their attacks can sometimes be performed simultaneously and rotate constantly, be careful to avoid them.

Sigbert

• 1. Swings his mace in a wide arc, creating a Chill effect.
• 2. Smashes the ground with his mace, creating an icy damage explosion.
• 3. Also strikes the ground with his weapon, creating a series of frost runes.
• 4. Then walks forward and repeatedly slams the ground with his mace, creating explosions of ice shards.
• 5. After a short delay, charges the mace with ice magic, creating a massive icy damage explosion.

Godwin

• 1. Will first attempt to crush the player with fiery punches.
• 2. Will stomp the ground, creating three lava waves that slowly travel toward you.
• 3. Then, creates a fire area around itself that explodes after a short delay.
• 4. Slams its fist into the ground, creating a wave of flames that travels in a straight line.

Battle Strategy

Since Sigbert focuses on ice damage and Godwin focuses on fire damage, you should try to increase the resistance of these two elements in your build. Also, consider placing some skills that can summon minions to help you finish the battle, because there is too much area damage here, and it is easy to get into these areas if you challenge it alone.

Besides, Godwin’s lava waves are one move you need to pay special attention to, because it will stack with other area damage to deal more serious damage to you. When he starts stomping, you can either roll over before the lava wave erupts, or you can stand back and stand in the middle of the lava wave, both strategies will work.

Another thing to note is the fire wave that Godwin creates when he slams his fist into the ground. It not only deals fire damage to you, but also temporarily reduces your movement speed and slows down your resource generation. So when he raises his hands, just roll past him. If he’s too far away, roll to the side.

The only thing you have to watch out for with Sigbert is the melee ice damage it deals when it slams the ground, which you need to roll to avoid. As well as slow slams, the sustained damage it causes can be quite frustrating. In this case, consider using crowd control or area damage skills to stun them and deal area damage, so you can safely wear down their health.

These are the details for the boss encounters with Sigbert and Godwin in the new Interlude, added in Path of Exile 2 patch 0.3.0. While the sequel’s combat difficulty has long been a source of complaints, it’s worth noting that some encounters have been significantly reduced in difficulty since the release of patch 0.3.0. Perhaps the developers have realized their mistake. Anyway, happy gaming!

After the launch of Path of Exile 2’s latest major patch 0.3.0, Infernalist Witch, which received a lot of buffs and a new Demon Form, became one of the most popular classes among players, because it can use any weapon in this state, making the skill selection in this type of construction more diverse.

Among the many build types, Lightning Demon Form Infernalist has become the player’s first choice due to its super high combat ability. Its extremely fast field clearing ability can help you achieve efficient monster and loot farming. Its combat ability in the endgame is on par with mid- and high-level bosses. The best thing is that the visual effects during use are very good.

However, all of this requires you to choose a suitable and powerful skill combination for it. Due to the unique skill gem system in PoE, you need to use Gemcutting on some Uncut Skill Gems collected during exploration before you can use and upgrade your favorite active skills to maximize the effectiveness of this build.

So this guide will recommend some of the best skill gems to place in your Lightning Demon Form Infernalist build in patch 0.3.0 The Third Edict, along with its specific effectiveness. Of course, we will also provide you with some strategies and tips during use, which is very important.

1. Contagion

Contagion causes a single enemy to inflict continuous Chaos damage. If the enemy dies during this effect, the damage spreads to nearby enemies. However, when you revive Contagion-afflicted corpses, they will explode and further infect Contagion.

Although this skill is advertised as single-target damage, when you cast it on monsters or minions summoned by the boss, it can also achieve high group damage and crowd control effects, which will give you a perfect start in the early game content.

Additionally, when you have Modifiers to Spell Damage in your build, it can also apply it to Debuff’s Damage over Time, which increases the damage taken by all enemies, allowing you to finish the fight faster.

However, I want to remind you that the mana consumption of this skill is relatively high, so before equipping or upgrading it, spend some POE 2 Currency on the gear that generates spells to upgrade or improve the affix.

2. Unearth

When you cast this skill, bones will appear in front of you, and Minions will automatically rise from nearby corpses to fight for you, dealing (4-117) to (6-176) physical damage. Some larger corpses will break down into multiple bone constructs for attack in 15 seconds, with a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 20.

Please note that those Reviving Minions can only provide you with one Bone Construct each time they die, so if you want to let them fight at a higher difficulty level, you need to ensure their survivability and mobility as much as possible to avoid death as much as possible.

When you upgrade the quality of Unearth skills to 20%, Bone Construct duration will increase by 0.25-5 seconds and the movement speed of minions will increase by 2.5%-50%. which will allow Unearth to perfectly complement Contagion for extremely high AoE damage and clearing capabilities.

3. Skeleton Warrior

This is a unique active skill, granted by Rattling Scepter Weapon, which appears as a drop from any enemy in Act 1. This skill awakens Skeletal Warriors to stand up again and charge for you, mitigating incoming damage, which can be regarded as a buffer in battle.

In addition, Skeleton Warrior can also help you reserve 60-20 Spirit, which will allow you to summon or resurrect minions’ skills continuously. By the way, please note that the first two minions summoned have no basic spirit reservation.

After you upgrade its quality from 1% to 20%, the minion’s maximum health will increase by 1%-20%, which will give you a more powerful defensive helper in battle so that you can cast all your damaging skills from a safe position.

4. Lightning Warp

Although this is the only Lightning Damage-related skill recommended to you in this guide, it is the most important one in the entire build. Lightning Warp teleports you directly into your target and explodes violently in 10 seconds, dealing heavy lightning damage to nearby enemies and granting you increased mobility.

It’s worth noting that you can only teleport enemies that have been hit by Ball Lightning projectiles or can be culled. The radius of Explosion and Shocked Ground is 4 meters, so you will inevitably take some melee damage at this time. Remember to upgrade your defensive gear.

Similarly, when the quality of Lightning Warp is increased to 20%, the Magnitude of Shock inflicted will increase by 1.5%-10%. Although the value seems very small, the damage effect in combat is still enough to allow you to get through the early and mid-game content.

5. Essence Drain

Finally, Essence Drain fires a projectile at the enemy, dealing Chaos Damage over time upon impact. Additionally, it grants 7% Critical Strike Chance, making it easier to land a critical strike. And, like Contagion, Spell Damage modifiers can be applied to debuffs’ Damage Over Time.

When using this powerful skill, in addition to paying attention to whether your mana pool can support its continuous casting, you must also pay attention to Demon Form Infernalist’s relatively fragile survivability in the early stage, so try to increase its mobility or enhance the combat ability of your minions as much as possible.

The above are the functions and usage strategies of some active skill gems currently available in Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.3.0 for Lightning Demon Form Infernalist builds. Hopefully, with the help of this guide, you can choose the gems that best suit your play style and maximize their effectiveness. Happy gaming!

In the controversial Path of Exile 2 Early Access, the extremely low drop rate of rewards has always been a major point of complaint among players, even after numerous adjustments. However, it must be pointed out that the efficiency of obtaining PoE 2 Currency during the exploration process is higher than that of obtaining specific gear.

The main reason for this is that in Endgame, you can effectively increase the probability of Divine Orbs or Orb of Transmutation appearing in the game by setting the rarity and drop rate of loot contained in the map, but this has little effect on gear with multiple rarities and multiple affixes.

With that in mind, this guide will cover the optimal Atlas Tree setup for efficient currency farming in Endgame, currently in Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.3.0 The Third Edict, so you can get started as soon as you jump in.

It’s worth reminding you that the developers of Path of Exile series of games are keen to occasionally release hotfixes after major patch releases, which may change the functions of some of the nodes recommended for you here. Please pay attention to it in time and respond as needed.

Optimal Atlas Tree Setup

First, let’s clarify that the most important affixes that can help you gain more POE 2 in-game currency are high rarity and high density of monsters. So when you first enter the endgame, you can invest 5 Atlas passive points in Rising Danger and replace them with Twin Threats during exploration, which both can increase the number of monsters in the map you enter.

Additionally, Expanding Hordes and Bountiful Bloodlines, as well as the smaller nodes contained below them, can serve as the next batch of nodes activated during your mid-exploration process. They not only increase monster pack size, but also increase the probability of Magic Monsters appearing, which is very effective for farming currency and unique items.

For the nodes on the right side of Atlas Tree, you may need to change your activation strategy - here you are no longer focusing on monsters but on the rarity of items. In view of this, Constant Crossroads and Crystalline Growths are your best options. The former can improve the quality of Waystones you can find, and the latter can increase the chance of the map you explore containing Essence.

While Waystones and Essence can’t be directly exchanged for usable currency in Path of Exile 2, they can make your next map exploration more profitable. Especially Essence, so here we also recommend Resonant Lattice and Harmonic Corruption for you, they can both double your efficiency in farming Essence.

According to some player feedback, Local Knowledge, located in the upper left corner of Atlas Tree, is also a good node for improving farming efficiency. However, in my opinion, although it is the only node among all the nodes currently introduced that directly increases the probability of currency drops, its requirements for the landscape in the map are too high, because not all maps have only one style of landscape, and it is difficult to judge.

Additionally, Unstable Energies, which can improve the affixes contained in Waystones, should also be one of your best passive options. But it is worth reminding you that not all Prefixes and Suffixes contained in Waystones will provide benefits to your farming, so please decide whether it is worth it before you activate this node and upgrade it.

Other Ways

Besides focusing on your Atlas passive skill tree, you can also add affixes to your gear that increase the rarity of loot using certain Path of Exile 2 currencies. This can only be used if you enter a very profitable map where you can focus on farming, as your character’s combat abilities and defense abilities will be very weak.

It is actually highly recommended that you perform this operation in Ring Slot and Amulet Slot, because there are two of these two types of slots in the game, and the gains that can be caused by increasing the rarity of items or increasing the drop rate are doubled. In addition, the effectiveness of Gold Ring and Gold Amulet themselves is enough for you to complete most farming tasks.

If you can frequently encounter NPC vendors in the game who can trade items with you, it is also a good idea to get some Boots and Helmets with affixes that increase the rarity of items from them for your build, but again, it is important to emphasize that this cannot be used as a universal build and can only be used in specific maps.

Ultimately, investing a little in your Waystones is well worth it, as the monetary rewards they bring back to you are substantial. That concludes the current Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.3.0 for the best Atlas Tree setup for farming currency in the endgame, along with some other strategies you can use during exploration.

In general, farming POE 2 currency is not a difficult task in the game, but it requires you to spend a lot of time and effort. Therefore, when you decide to start farming, please make all the necessary preparations, such as making a build that can kill monsters efficiently and an Atlas Tree setup that is beneficial to it. I wish you a happy game!

In Path of Exile 2 patch 0.3.0 released on August 29, the new Act 4 was introduced into the game, which is an island-themed game content. The main questline included in this Act will allow you to recruit Ezomytes, which is an important step in entering Interludes and exploring the endgame content.

However, before you can start this quest, you must first complete an encounter with Siora, Blade of the Mists, a new boss added in patch 0.3.0, who is a powerful and elusive enemy. After you activate all Megaliths and reach the designated arena, she will appear and start attacking you.

But I need to remind you here that if you are not ready for the battle, please try not to step into it, because Interludes in Path of Exile 2 are open and you can start the battle at any time instead of confronting it head-on. 

However, if you have this guide, you will get twice the result with half the effort. Here, we’ll provide you with specific instructions for finding Siora, Blade of the Mists, as well as strategies to use during the fight. Without further ado, let’s begin our exploration!

Location

First, let’s check out the location of this boss - in Stones of Serle map. Recruit the Ezomytes quest is automatically triggered after you enter the first Interlude, and requires you to go to the edge of the map and activate all the Megaliths in turn.

After you activate it, Siora will appear in the center of the entire map. At the same time, your small map will also change so that you can find her smoothly. However, according to some players’ feedback, this boss does not always spawn in the center of the map.

If you farm it multiple times for PoE 2 Currency and loot it provides you, it is possible that it will appear from the circle of megaliths. Due to the changes to the game content in POE 2 0.3.0 patch, the edges of the arena in this encounter are not very clear, so please walk towards the boss when you are ready, otherwise you are likely to suffer strong damage.

Combat Moves

When you enter the arena where you fight Siora, Blade of the Mists, you’ll find that you can only move within a small circle, and the rest of the area is shrouded in dark fog, which is quite consistent with her title. The following are the boss’s attack moves summarized based on player feedback.

• 1. Siora will launch a lightning-based attack first—five bolts of lightning will appear around her. But don’t worry too much, as you’ll receive a dodge reminder, giving you plenty of time to use skills or dodge away from these dangers.
• 2. The boss will then cover the entire arena in darkness, which will cause you to continue to receive damage in the dark. So run towards Megalith, which is shining brightly, as much as possible, which will reduce the damage you suffer.
• 3. Siora will also spin wildly on the ground and swing her scythe, which will cause continuous and large amounts of damage. The advice you can provide here is to stay away from her position as much as possible and dodge in time.
• 4. As the battle progresses, the lightning cast by the boss will become more and more frequent, and it will appear more and more frequently. Move in time to avoid being hit by them.
• 5. During the battle, Invincible spirits will occasionally spawn at the edge of the arena and fire bolts of energy at you. Although their damage is not as strong as the boss itself, you still need to pay attention to them.

Killing Strategy

From the above analysis of the moves, it’s clear that you need to maximize your Lightning Resistance build to achieve sustained combat. Also, try to stack as many affixes as possible that provide you with super high mobility, and spend a lot of POE 2 in-game currency to maximize it, which is very useful for avoiding damage.

Additionally, a constant shower of lightning will occur when its health drops to around 50%, so be careful when approaching this stage. Although Siora’s attack moves and damage capabilities are not as deadly as Viper Napuatzi, once your character is struck by its lightning, it will be very difficult to kill it in one go, so keeping moving and attacking frequently is the most important way to win this encounter.

Successfully defeating Siora, Blade of the Mists will net you a wealth of loot, and Una will appear after the battle. After speaking with her, you’ll be able to journey through Darkness of Scorched Farmlands and begin further exploration. This concludes the process of defeating Siora, Blade of the Mists in PoE 2. Hopefully, this guide will help you navigate this encounter more smoothly and earn you the generous rewards. Have fun!

With the recent release of Patch 0.3.0 and The Third Edict into Early Access, Path of Exile 2 has seen numerous changes to the original game, along with the addition of new content like Rise of the Abyssal league mechanic and Lineage Supports, which can all give players a completely different gaming experience in this controversial game.

However, what players are most concerned about is whether the existing classes and Ascendancy classes will still have the same effectiveness as before after these changes, which is mainly because the last major patch 0.2.0 made all players feel a lot of unfair treatment: weakening the original class made Huntress become S tier class.

Given that POE 2’s game director Jonathan Rogers promised in some media interviews some time ago that developers would pay more attention to balance in patch 0.3.0 and that such a situation would not happen again. As soon as this news came out, many players who had originally planned to give up PoE 2 began to work on returning in patch 0.3.0.

So, this guide will list the class tier list in this patch based on existing information and leaked information, including Ascendancy classes, which will help you make a decision in tons of options more quickly. But it is worth reminding you that they are likely to change in subsequent hotfixes and league changes.

Classes Tier List

First, let’s take a look at the tiers for each class after the current patch release.

S

• Witch And Ranger

A

• Mercenary, Sorceress, Monk And Huntress

B

• Warrior

In fact, it’s not surprising that Witch and Ranger top the list, because in the developer interview just introduced, Rogers also stated that in subsequent patches, POE 2 will pay more attention to the effectiveness of classes focused on DEX and STR, and these two classes happen to be a perfect match.

As for 4 classes in A tier, they were among the best classes in the previous Dawn of the Hunt league, offering high damage and survivability, and thanks to the previous buffs, their effectiveness remains very strong. If you have to find a class in this tier that is most worth trying, here might be the answer: Sorceress or Huntress.

This is also related to their exclusive character attributes, and Sorceress has recently been improved in POE 1, a game that was released more than 10 years ago, so players using these class are likely to reap the benefits from the original; and the controversy surrounding Huntress has not subsided, and the developers will not give up on continuing to improve it.

Many players had high hopes for Warrior before the 0.3.0 patch notes were released, but unfortunately, it cannot use Deflection due to its lack of DEX attributes, and its low elemental damage reduction also prevents it from benefiting from a high defense boost from Armor calculation, even though Heatproofing problem seems to be a problem for this class focused on physical damage.

At the top level, Warrior needs to use a large mace with one hand to maintain high damage and blocking, but the improved Giant’s Blood Keystone Passive will simply increase your strength, but your defense will be worse, which is very unprofitable in the endgame content. Of course, the effectiveness of Ascendancy classes you can choose after passing some of the trials provided by POE 2 has also become a consideration in this tier list. Let’s take a look at it below.

Ascendancy Classes Tier List

Here are some of the criteria used to create this tier list. The first is, of course, the effectiveness of the builds created based on them during exploration. Another factor that is often overlooked by players is the diversity of the builds that can be created. Only Ascendancy classes with enough build possibilities can be called the best.

SS

• Deadeye

S

• Blood Mage
• Tactician
• Lich

A

• Stormweaver
• Ritualist
• Invoker
• Witchhunter
• Warbringer

B

• Acolyte of Chayula
• Amazon
• Chronomancer
• Gemling
• Infernalist
• Pathfinder

C

• Smith of Kitava
• Titan

Deadeye has been a top-tier Ascendancy since Path of Exile 2 0.1.0. This is partly because its elemental resistance is strong enough to allow it to complete many boss encounters. It also has a very strong damage capability, allowing you to continuously inflict high levels of damage by simply investing some PoE 2 Currency in gear that reduces skill cooldowns.

In addition, Deadeye also gained a Called Shots skill, which will allow you to add a target to damage, making it more suitable for fighting against group enemies. As for class options such as Blood Mage, Tactician and Lich, they all received certain enhancements in the 0.3.0 patch, so they became a member in S tier.

A common flaw with both A and B tiers of Ascendancy is that the available builds are very limited, failing to meet the exploration needs of most players. Smith of Kitava and Titan classes, with their focus on physical damage and simple defense, are completely out of line with the specialized spell-casting and high-mobility playstyles delivered by this patch, so they received minimal buffs, but are now more balanced than before.

The above is the tier list for all classes and Ascendancy in Path of Exile 2 Early Access, based on patch 0.3.0. Since we’re in the early stages of the game right after the patch release, developers will undoubtedly release over five hotfixes, which will change the effectiveness of some builds and, consequently, their impression in the minds of players. All information is subject to in-game accuracy. Happy gaming!

Path of Exile 2 Early Access, which received many negative reviews, has released patch notes for Patch 0.3.0, the next major in-game patch following Patch 0.2.0, released on April 4th. This note introduces a host of new content expected to officially arrive in Path of Exile 2 on August 29th, such as the new league mechanic, Rise of the Abyssal, and Act 4.

Of course, in addition to the additions, the developers also modified or even remade the existing content that was not conducive to the balance between the characters in the game. For example, the endgame was not deep enough and the attribute adjustments between each class. But what surprised the players the most was the revision of Support Gem system.

Since support gems are one of the important build options you can choose in the game, any changes to them will change the way players think or approach making quality builds in the next league. Therefore, this guide will give you a detailed introduction to the changes to support gems in POE 2 0.3.0 patch and the impact they have.

Gem Socket Separation

First, the developers have separated slots for skill gems and gem-supporting gems from the item slots used in builds. This means you no longer need to painstakingly find or retain Stacked Stone Slabs picked up during exploration to create complete Gem-links, making the build process much more streamlined. However, this also presents some issues.

Without the help of Slabs, it’s difficult to get three-link or higher gem sets in the early stages of the campaign, and it’s even harder to get five-link sets in the later stages. This is mainly because the drop rate of POE 2 Jeweler’s Orbs, which can adjust the number of slots on weapons or armor in the previous league, has become very low. If this is improved after 0.3.0 patch is released, this shortcoming may be eliminated.

Removing Quantity Limits

Another change that players will appreciate is the removal of the limit on the number of times a single Support Gem can be used. In The Third Edict, you can now use any number of Support Gems simultaneously. This means you can equip both Martial Tempos and Clarities on the same Skill Gem, and you can also use copies of the same Support Gem on different Skill Gems.

In this case, the way to make a character build becomes very diverse, and all builds have received a certain improvement, because the benefits can now be doubled or even tripled! For example, skills with long cooldowns can be quickly and continuously cast with the help of multiple support gems that provide cooldown reduction benefits.

With the support of gems that increase the damage radius and damage ability, skills, which with smaller basic range damage will become easy to deal with groups of enemies that swarm in at once. If you use this buff in some profitable maps, then these greatly improved area damage skills can help you achieve fast and effective PoE 2 Currency and loot farming.

Prior to patch 0.3.0, only Gemling Legionnaire Ascendancy Class could use duplicate support gems, leading many players to speculate whether this Ascendancy would be nerfed after this restriction was lifted. In fact, some changes were made to it in the patch notes, but they were all more inclined towards balance and did not provide significant improvements. This will be a big challenge for players using this type of build.

Clearer Tiers

In this latest patch, the process of upgrading Tier 1 Support Gems to Tier 3 Support Gems has been simplified. For example, if you obtain a Support Gem through combat drops or exploration, you can obtain this Support Gem with Tier 2 and Tier 3 by using higher-level Uncut Support Gems, which is much more convenient than the previous crafting process.

In addition, in some specific cases, the effectiveness of Tier 3 Support Gems may change after upgrading. For example, Faster Casting at Tier 3 will give you a 10% casting speed bonus for each spell cast in the past eight seconds. The benefits it provides, coupled with the fact that there is no limit on the number of support gems that can be inserted, will give some classes that focus on spells a significant boost.

Lineage Supports Added

In addition to revising the existing support gem system, the developers have added a new type of support gem to Path of Exile 2, called Lineage Supports, which are exclusive to the endgame. These gems have a lower drop rate than Uniques, which take weeks to farm, but the power they carry is enormous.

According to some leaked information, Lineage Supports are very similar to Vaal Gems added to POE 1. They can both make interesting changes to existing skills. For example, Dialla’s Desire can add a level to the supported skill and increase its quality by 10%, while reducing its mana or other resource costs; Zarokh’s Retribution will give you twice as many Spell Echoes but increase their cooldown.

However, it is worth noting that these Lineage Supports cannot be obtained directly through Gemcutting. According to the traditional method of adding them in POE 2, they are likely to appear in some specific enemy or boss encounters. The specific details may have to wait for the announcement of the next league.

These are the gemstone reworks and additions that are currently available in Path of Exile 2 Early Access. While there’s no guarantee that these changes will ensure the best gaming experience for all players in this early access sequel, it’s worth noting that the developers are listening closely to all player feedback and comments, and are committed to remedying any previous mistakes made by Path of Exile 2. Therefore, the release of this new patch and the next league is worth anticipating. Have fun playing!