POE 3.10 Delirium: How To Design Passive Skill Tree?

Last December, the highly anticipated Path of Exile 2 Early Access broke multiple concurrent player records upon its release. Although it experienced some setbacks in the first half of the year, the release of the major 0.2.0 patch last month and the latest Dawn of the Hunt league have revived player interest.

In this update, some adjustments have been made to all the classes currently existing in POE 2, and new Ascendancy classes have been added to several of them, so as of now there are 7 classes and 17 Ascendancy classes in the game, which will increase the possibilities for players to make the most suitable build for their own exploration.

Although the developers promise to bring more fresh game content to players in each update, players’ requirements are far less than this. Right now, there are some calls in the game community to add Paladin Ascendancy from the original game to POE 2.

Because the developers of Path of Exile 2 are working hard to listen to the opinions of the players and implement it into the game to satisfy the players, this guide will summarize the current players’ analysis of this request and speculate on the possibility of this Ascendancy appearing.

Necessity

In fact, the ultimate reason why players have requested the addition of Paladin Ascendancy to POE 2 is that Light Radius stat that currently exists in the game may perfectly synergize with the passive skills provided by this Ascendancy class to increase the damageability of the build.

First, let’s introduce Light Radius, which is a stat that determines the distance that light travels from yourself to the surrounding environment in a dark environment. This stat usually appears on the hybrid modifier on items, so you can buy POE 2 Currency to maximize its effectiveness.

Not only that, but this stat also affects your elimination range in some fog-shrouded maps, such as Viridian Wildwood map added in patch 0.2.0, where a small Light Radius will force you to leave with all the loot you have picked up.

However, this is also useful for regular maps: prominent markers, such as doors and checkpoints will now appear over longer distances on small maps. This is very useful for players who want to quickly collect certain items on the map and make this process smooth.

Although this Light Radius stat has a large role in the exploration process of POE 2, in fact, this support stat does not provide some value to the damage ability or defense ability of the build, so it is often overlooked.

However, if this support stat is combined with Paladin Ascendancy, there may be a surprise. It was introduced into the original game with Legacy of Phrecia event, but it is not a permanent available class and can only be used in the current event.

Paladin Ascendancy is described in POE 1 as an oath-bound character who receives blessings and divine power from God to help allies who complete challenges with them. So in the game, the Paladin build plays a focused support role in the team.

So when the class effectively boosts Light Radius stat and equips and casts a skill that can do AoE clearing, this stat will give you and your team a large area to explore, and a ton of small monsters to kill. All of this will give you the much-needed valuable experience points and loot.

In this case, if you place gear in your build that allows the vision gain provided by Light Radius stat to be converted into additional crit and damage buffs, then you have the ability to take on elite enemies or bosses alone, even if you are on a group expedition.

Possibility

We’ve talked so much about the benefits of combining Light Radius stat with Paladin Ascendancy, but the probability of the most important class in this combination appearing is actually not very high.

First of all, Paladin is a new Ascendancy introduced for the original Duelist class in Path of Exile Legacy of Phrecia event, so if you want it to enter the sequel, Duelist may be added first.

However, in the current POE 2, the developers cannot guarantee that all available classes will be presented during the early access period, let alone the Ascendancy classes they have.

Not only that, the developers spent the entire month of April filling in the gaps for the seemingly very good 0.2.0 patch, and had no energy and cost to think about how to add some mechanisms, classes or activities that have been well received in the original game to the sequel that is full of negative reviews.

Therefore, players’ expectations for the addition of Paladin Ascendancy and its perfect synergy with Light Radius stat may need to last for a long time. In addition, since POE 2 is still in early access, even if players experience very good content in it, there is no guarantee that it will still exist in the subsequent official version. I wish you a happy game!

Dawn of the Hunt League, which joined Path of Exile 2’s early access last month, has a lot of new game content, such as the new class Huntress, new endgame map and new gear, which provide players with more possibilities for exploration.

The most popular among players is Arctic Armour Spirit gem, because it only requires 30 Spirit to deal very heavy freezing damage to any enemy around you who is attacking you in the melee. And this damage effect can be stacked, increasing by one level per second, up to 6 levels.

This skill that can provide you with continuous buffs is very suitable for you to complete some tough challenges or boss encounters, but the premise is that you need to choose some suitable and useful combinations for it. So this guide will introduce you to the mechanics of Arctic Armour and other build options that can be paired with it, so that you can kill those groups or single targets with one blow after you have them.

How Does Arctic Armour Work?

When you have 30 Spirit, Arctic Armour will automatically work: you will summon an ice barrier that will level up over time. When the barrier reaches a certain level, the enemy’s melee attack energy will be removed by one level, and a burst of ice will be triggered, which will cause some Cold Spell damage to the enemy who attacked you.

Given this wonderful mechanism, you may be surprised to see a powerful enemy that is not resistant to cold damage being killed by a Spirit gem. But to make this series of damage work, you need some equally powerful skill gems to help you maximize your damage ability.

Recommended Skills & Passive Skills

Since the main elemental damage of your build after owning Arctic Armour Spirit gem is cold damage, you can choose a skill gem like Cold Snap that can cast powerful damage. Then you can use it with Ice Nova, which will continuously freeze the enemy and break it smoothly.

While Frost Wall may do more damage than Ice Nova, it is not recommended for maps that require efficient farming or encounters with chief enemy flexibility because of its long cooldown.

However, if you buy POE 2 Currency to maximize the buff provided by a gear that reduces skill cooldowns in your build, it can be considered. In addition, since the defense in this build is insufficient, Convalescence, a passive skill that can help you quickly restore barrier ability, is very necessary.

In addition, Mana Remnants can make all mana-consuming skills in your build more sustainable, and Blasphemy can convert all your curse skills into vile Auras and apply them to all nearby enemies, making them more vulnerable.

Of course, a good skill gem and the effective casting of Spirit gems must be assisted by effective support gems. So here are the recommended options for you to place in the support gem slots of these gems.

• Arctic Armour: Execute/Cold Mastery/Elemental Focus/Cold Penetration
• Cast on Freeze: Cold Snap/Execute/Elemental Focus/Impetus
• Frost Wall: Magnified Effect/Concentrated Effect/Spell Cascade/Considered Casting
• Cold Snap: Considered Casting/Concentrated Effect/Cold Mastery/Cold Penetration
• Ice Nova: Arcane Surge/Arcane Tempo/Glaciation/Inspiration
• Convalescence: Clarity/Ingenuity/Persistence
• Blasphemy: Hypothermia/Magnified Effect/Clarity
• Mana Remnants: Magnetism/Dissipate

Recommended Gear

After covering the skills that pair well with Arctic Armour, it’s time to choose some wearable gear for this build. The first and most important piece of gear to mention is Trampletoe Trimmed Greaves boots, which deal 30% more Overkill damage to all enemies within 2 meters of the killed enemy and grant you a 15% movement buff.

Another must-have piece of gear is Deepest Tower Spiritbone Crown helmet, which treats all enemies around you as low health (less than 35%), even if they are full. This allows Execute just placed in the support gem slot to trigger, which deals 50% more damage to these enemies.

Other Unique Jewels that can increase the active and passive skills are also worth placing in a build focused on Arctic Armor, such as From Nothing, Prism of Belief, and Grand Spectrum Sapphire. Here are the specific effects they provide:

• From Nothing: Passive skill nodes within the specified range can be activated without unlocking the path, so you can choose the corresponding passive skill node based on the scene you are currently exploring.
• Prism of Belief: Increase the level of a specific skill in the build by 1-3 levels.
• Grand Spectrum Sapphire: After each Grand Spectrum you place, your elemental resistance will increase.

Recommended Ascendancy

Since Arctic Armour and other skill gems and gear builds need to be upgraded in a short period of time to be effective, the only Ascendancy class available in this case is Gemling Legionnaire.

In the latest patch, this powerful Ascendancy has received some changes, such as Implanted Gems Ascendancy Passive skill. Previously, it increased the level of inserted skills in the build by one, now it will add 2 levels to specific skills based on the current stats of all attributes in your build (Strength, Dexterity, and Intelligence).

So when you focus on Arctic Armour, a gem based on Intelligence, this passive skill will expand this attribute stat to a specified range to maximize its effect.

In addition, Implanted Gems passive node will increase the quality of gems you have by an additional 14%, bringing them all to 34%. And each Fox Talisman you equip will gain an additional 2% quality, which will allow you to maximize the effectiveness of skills cast in combat.

Not only that, Integrated Efficiency passive skill provided by Gemling Legionnaire Ascendancy will provide you with different degrees of critical hit rate, damage value, skill cooldown speed and other benefits according to the different colors of supporting gems.

The above are some of the build options that can be used effectively with Arctic Armour, a gem with great effectiveness, in the current Path of Exile 2 Dawn of the Hunt League. Hopefully, with their help, you can quickly create a powerful build that can quickly kill enemies at a distance and efficiently farm loot, and rank at the top of the league rankings. I wish you a happy game!

Released only at the end of last year, Path of Exile 2 Early Access has gone from being wildly popular to being criticized in less than half a year, especially with the launch of the biggest patch 0.2.0 and the latest Dawn of the Hunt League last month.

Although the developers have been filling the gaps for this unpopular patch every week last month, such as major content updates, game experience improvements and bug fixes, they still cannot get the same positive reviews as before. But they are not discouraged, still listen to players’ opinions carefully, and plan to launch patch 0.2.0h this week.

Although the full patch notes have not yet been released, the announcement of this patch outlines some improvements to the quality of life and endgame challenge experience that players have been complaining about.

If you are interested, this guide will give you a detailed analysis of the series of changes that will appear in this eighth hotfix based on the patch overview released by the developers, and speculate on how they will affect your subsequent exploration and league rankings.

In Endgame Content

While POE 2 0.2.0g has significantly increased the loot drop rates across much of the game, players are still not happy with it. So, some changes have been made to the most negatively reviewed Breach: the number of monsters in maps containing this mechanic and the duration of the mechanic will be increased.

While this may make Breach maps more challenging, the quality and quantity of loot you get from it, such as POE 2 Currency and gear, will also increase, making it one of the most profitable maps in the endgame.

While the drop rate of small Breach splinters will be reduced, the drop rate of large splinters will increase, which will allow you to explore Breach at a very fast pace and shorten the time it takes to reach the encounter with Breach Pinnacle Boss Xesht, We Who Are One.

This revised Breach occurrence rate and spawning mechanism may be of great interest to players who are good at intensive combat in the game, as it will be particularly rewarding. I think the developers are also looking forward to the positive comments from the player community and social media players on this seemingly wonderful change· after the latest patch update.

In addition, the latest patch will also make some cosmetic changes to the in-game opponents Rogue Exiles added last month: making them more eye-catching in the dark-style scenes, which will reduce the number of players missing the loot they provide in the chaos of late-game battles.

In fact, players are very dissatisfied with the changes to Rogue Exiles that only stay in the cosmetic aspect. Even if it may help smooth exploration in the endgame, the genuine point of dissatisfaction with it is that the cost of investing in it is not proportional to the return. So if the developers can solve this problem this week, players may be more excited.

The last change to the endgame content in patch 0.2.0h is about another new small enemy, Azmerian Wisps, which will behave more predictably when they are activated at the same time. This is actually equivalent to fixing a bug that appeared in POE 2 before, so players’ hopes for it are not very high.

In Quality Of Life

Since the developers have been making some changes to the endgame content in POE 2 for several weeks, players are not very surprised by the above changes, as they have been waiting for a long time. But in the announcement provided by patch 0.2.0h, players can find a little comfort - quality of life improvements.

This week, Strongboxes and Essences will have their own currency icons and shortcuts, allowing players to interact with them and receive corresponding rewards without opening their inventory, ensuring uninterrupted fast player flow.

If you use this shortcut with POE 2 Vaal Orbs, these currencies can even modify the drops contained by enemies trapped in Essences, increasing your chances of getting more high-quality rewards.

Not only that, the developers also provide a filter for unidentified magic and rare items of levels 1 to 5 by level, so that you can buy POE 2 Currency to upgrade valuable equipment for the rest of your exploration process. By the way, it is reported that players will be able to customize the visual effects of all unidentified items in the next patch. Stay tuned.

In addition, two new Stash tabs, Ritual Tab and Socketable Tab have been introduced to the game. Currently, you will no longer need to adjust the stacking order of 10 Runes and Omens or other currency tabs.

Ritual Tab allows you to store all Omens and An Audience With The King, while Socketable Tab allows you to place all Runes, Talismans and Soul Cores. In this case, Runes can be upgraded directly in this stash tab, so that you can smoothly obtain higher-level runes in the early game process.

Other Additions

Finally, POE 2 patch 0.2.0h will introduce the coveted Private Leagues, a custom league that is perfect for players who like to explore a new controlled economy or plan to play with a few friends.

Or if you have explored everything in the current league and want a fresh challenge, the private league option is also very suitable for you. But it is worth noting that there is no mention of a usable league modifier in this patch, so players may have to wait for it to be officially launched.

The above are all the new changes and some content previews that POE 2 is expected to bring in patch 0.2.0h. I hope you can find a self-consistent method in this repeatedly modified game, and provide as many improvement suggestions as possible in the player community to urge the developers to make patches. I wish you a happy game!

In the current Path of Exile 2 Dawn of the Hunt league, the developers have made some very significant changes to the game’s most challenging endgame content, making it more in-depth and meaningful. They have also significantly increased the loot drop rates of some of the most tough boss encounters in the endgame, making them more profitable.

The most noteworthy one is Omniphobia, Fear Manifest, an endgame boss that can be found in Delirium maps in Atlas and Simulacrum. The loot it provides you in the current league is very important for your subsequent exploration and progress.

Since this encounter is much more difficult than the other Delirium pinnacle boss Kosis, The Revelation, this guide will give you information about the specific challenge location, combat moves, and rewards it can provide you with this boss in the game, so that you can complete this battle as quickly as possible and advance your exploration progress.

Omniphobia’s Location

As mentioned above, Omniphobia, Fear Manifest will appear in maps with Delirium mechanic, but it’s worth noting that it only appears in it with a certain chance, so you may need to farm this type of map several times to encounter it.

Alternatively, you can buy POE 2 Currency to increase the properties of Delirious modifier in Waystones that unlock maps with this mechanic, which will also make this boss with a lot of loot appear more often. But the challenge and the increase in the size of the enemy group it brings are also worth your attention.

If you don’t want to try your luck in Delirium map, you can focus on collecting Simulacrum Splinters in it first, because after you have 300 fragments, you can combine them into Simulacrum, which can be used in Realmgate to unlock the multi-wave map of the same name.

Of course, Omniphobia, Fear Manifest will only appear in higher waves. Under normal circumstances, it will appear near the end. Since you need to fight for a long time in it, you can place some gear that can increase your maximum health in the construction before entering this map, or equip some potions that can help you quickly restore health and mana, etc.

Omniphobia’s Attack Moves

Before you enter the arena with Omniphobia, Fear Manifest, you may need to know the attack moves and counter strategies used by this boss. Because once you die in this battle, all the hardships you have experienced before will be in vain, and you will need to challenge it again.

Since this boss has returned to POE 2 from the original game, its attack moves have not changed much. Besides the casting of some special moves, Omniphobia will chase you with an axe.

And when the distance between you reaches a certain degree, it will also attack you with an axe. Here are some special moves you need to pay attention to and the corresponding strategies.

Slam

The boss will slam the ground with an axe 2-3 times in a specific area; and if you leave this designated range during this period, it will also jump and slam you. Although it will keep chasing you, the most direct way to avoid taking damage from this move is to use a dodge roll.

Slash

While this move looks similar to the axe swing of Omniphobia’s normal attack, a large slashing beam is fired at you. If you are hit by it, you will suffer continuous bleeding damage.

Since the range of this beam is very large, you may not be able to dodge it, so equip some amulets or passive skills that can resist bleeding damage to reduce the damage they cause.

Vomit

During the battle, you may see the boss stand still for a second and seem to be looking for something. This means that the powerful Vomit move is about to appear: Omniphobia will throw multiple vomit projectiles at the area you are standing in.

Since you can predict the arrival of Vomit by being stationary, you can use a roll to avoid the projectiles and temporarily avoid stepping into the area, thereby avoiding the continuous chaos damage that will cause an eminent threat to you.

Omniphobia’s Loot

After you defeat Omniphobia, Fear Manifest for the first time, it will give you a Deranging Book of Knowledge, which gives you two Delirium Atlas Passive Points, which you can use to activate important nodes in Atlas passive skill tree.

It should be noted that Omniphobia itself does not directly award you Uniques, but it is only possible to obtain one of the six Uniques contained in Simulacrum and a large amount of POE 2 Currency after defeating it and completing the 15th wave of Simulacrum.

The following is a list of Uniques that can be obtained from this boss encounter and subsequent challenges in the current game, and the drop rate of each one will change accordingly depending on the difficulty level you challenge.

• Assailum Closed- Helmet
• Perfidy Knight - Body Armor
• Melting Maelstrom - Mana Flask
• Collapsing Horizon Wyrm - Quarterstaff
• Strugglescream Stellar- Amulet
• Megalomaniac - Diamond

The most worthwhile items to farm are Strugglescream and Megalomaniac. The former lets you add two instilled modifiers to it, giving your build a high damage boost.

The latter lets you equip it with three notable passives (the same one or different), allowing you to choose a passive node that’s more suitable for the current exploration process without worrying about the established passive skill activation path.

The above is the specific strategy and reward list for challenging Omniphobia, Fear Manifest, a powerful endgame boss in the current Path of Exile 2 Dawn of the Hunt league. Hopefully, with the help of this guide, you can find and defeat it faster, as well as complete Delirium or Simulacrum map run. Have fun playing!