Path of Exile 2 Ascendancy Guide: Unleash Your Class Potential
Path of Exile 2 is in Early Access, but players are already exploring the depth of its class Ascendancies. While not subclasses in the traditional sense, Ascendancies provide unique specializations and abilities, significantly altering gameplay. This guide details how to unlock and utilize these powerful enhancements.
Unlocking Ascendancies
To unlock Ascendancy Classes in PoE2, you must complete a Trial of Ascendancy. Currently, the Early Access version offers two options: the Act 2 Trial of the Sekhemas and the Act 3 Trial of Chaos. Completing either trial for the first time rewards you with Ascendancy selection and two passive Ascendancy Points. The earlier Act 2 trial is recommended for quicker access to these powerful upgrades.
All Path of Exile 2 Ascendancies (Early Access)
PoE2 Early Access includes six classes, each with two Ascendancies. More classes and Ascendancies are planned for the full release.
Mercenary Ascendancies
The Mercenary class offers two distinct paths:
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Witch Hunter: This Ascendancy focuses on powerful offensive and defensive buffs, enhancing damage output and battlefield control. Skills like Culling Strike and No Mercy amplify damage potential, making it ideal for players who enjoy debuffing enemies and maximizing damage.
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Gemling Legionnaire: This path centers on Skill Gems, allowing for extra skill slots and additional buffs. Its flexibility lets players customize their build extensively, making it a versatile choice for those who prefer varied skill combinations.
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Monk Ascendancies
The Monk class offers two powerful Ascendancy paths:
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Invoker: Embrace elemental mastery with the Invoker Ascendancy. This path grants elemental powers and potent status effect infliction, perfect for melee-focused elemental damage dealers.
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Acolyte of Chayula: Delve into shadow powers with the Acolyte of Chayula. This Ascendancy replaces Spirit with darkness-based abilities, providing defensive, healing, and reality-warping capabilities to significantly enhance damage.
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Ranger Ascendancies
The Ranger class presents two specialized Ascendancies:
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Deadeye: Enhance your ranged combat prowess with the Deadeye Ascendancy. This path boosts attack speed, movement speed, and damage, eliminating distance penalties and providing additional targeting options.
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Pathfinder: Embrace poison and elemental damage with the Pathfinder Ascendancy. This path focuses on explosive poison damage and area-of-effect buffs, providing a unique alternative to the traditional archer build.
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Sorceress Ascendancies
The Sorceress class branches into two powerful Ascendancies:
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Stormweaver: Maximize elemental damage with the Stormweaver Ascendancy. This path enhances elemental abilities, adding powerful storms and significantly increasing damage output.
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Chronomancer: Manipulate time itself with the Chronomancer Ascendancy. This path focuses on cooldown manipulation, allowing for strategic control over battles through time-bending abilities.
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Warrior Ascendancies
The Warrior class offers two distinct combat styles:
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Titan: Become an unstoppable force with the Titan Ascendancy. This path focuses on massive damage and exceptional tankiness, boosting defense and significantly increasing attack power.
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Warbringer: Summon ancestral spirits and totems with the Warbringer Ascendancy. This path provides both damage and support through summoned allies, offering a unique blend of melee combat and minion control.
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Witch Ascendancies
The Witch class has two compelling Ascendancy choices:
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Blood Mage: Master life drain with the Blood Mage Ascendancy. This path uses enemy life to sustain the Witch, enhancing damage from lingering wounds and extending curse durations.
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Infernalist: Unleash hellfire with the Infernalist Ascendancy. This path summons a Hellhound and allows shapeshifting into a powerful demon form, dealing devastating fire damage.
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Path of Exile 2 is available now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.
