Path of Exile News

Path of Exile 2's genius theorycrafters have already put together some wild builds, so we've plucked out a few of our favorites that you need to try

Path of Exile 2 hit early access last Friday, and although I'm sure it will be weeks or even months before the community hammers out the finely tuned killing machines that will form the top meta, we've got some early contenders. I spent most of my weekend tinkering around with a fire Chronomancer and learning to aim Ember Fusillades, but I took enough time to forage around the web and dig up a potent build for each class in case you're looking for something way better than my scuffed jank...
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Best Witch starter build in Path of Exile 2

If Path of Exile 2's best early game Witch build had a motto it'd be 'work smarter, not harder.' Well, either that or 'burn them all and let god sort them out.' The Witch is PoE 2's answer to Diablo's Necromancer, and a lot of your play will revolve around configuring your retinue of skeletal summons for maximum damage per second and letting them do the work for you, keeping yourself relatively far from the fray to protect your squishy, squishy body...
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Path of Exile 2's build-breaking patch leaves fans calling for better respec options

Path of Exile 2 has been out on Steam Early Access for nary a week, but already it's been a wild ride of record-breaking player counts, servers buckling under the load, and overpowered builds that can one-shot bosses (though when they're not being ganked by broken builds, the bosses are actually way more challenging than Diablo 4's)...
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Path of Exile 2's character customisation can't compete with Diablo 4's hellishly good drip, but the good news is you'll barely notice

In Path of Exile 2's gloomy Wraeclast, with its denizens once again facing down the apocalypse, there isn't much time to pick out a sick outfit. Nor are folk rushing to the local tattoo parlour, or jewellers, to spruce up their look. Not when demonic hyenas and ravenous zombies are prowling the streets. But for those coming from the also quite gloomy—but nonetheless rather fashion conscious—Diablo 4, this might be a little disappointing...
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