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Witch‘s Ascendancy
The Blood Mage ascendancy centers around utilizing Life as a core resource. Players can scale Life to enhance spell crit or leech Life from their damage output, offering both offensive and defensive benefits. For those seeking a more tanky playstyle, passives allow maximum Life scaling based on the Energy Shield from equipped body armor.
This ascendancy challenges players to adopt a build that balances resource management, survivability, and high damage output, making it a versatile and rewarding choice for advanced players.
The Blood Mage ascendancy introduces the art of Sanguimancy, where the Witch harnesses her life energy to power her spells. This unique mechanic replaces the traditional mana cost with a base life cost equivalent to the spell’s mana cost, effectively consuming HP to cast spells.
To mitigate this self-damaging playstyle, the Blood Mage gains access to Life Remnants, a skill that causes enemies to drop Life Orbs upon death. These orbs replenish the HP spent on casting, creating a dynamic sustain mechanism.
While the life-cost mechanic may appear risky at first, deeper progression into the ascendancy’s passive tree unveils significant synergies and benefits that amplify both survivability and damage output. The Blood Mage rewards players with a playstyle centered on self-sustain and precise resource management, challenging them to optimize builds for both offense and defense.
Key Mechanics:
High HP Pool:
Blood Mages boast an exclusive ability to double their maximum HP cap, reflecting their reliance on vitality as both a resource and a buffer.
This immense HP pool allows them to endure punishment while maintaining high DPS through life-based spellcasting.
Sanguimancy Synergies:
Passive nodes enhance the self-damaging mechanics by boosting spell crit chance based on life spent and enabling life leech proportional to spell damage.
Defensive options include passives that convert Energy Shield from body armor into additional maximum Life, providing flexibility in build strategies.
Strength/Wisdom Hybrid:
Blood Mages thrive with a Strength/Wisdom stat distribution, enabling them to deal massive damage while maintaining exceptional survivability.
Anvil’s Weight
Sanguimancy
Vitality Siphon
Open Sores
Blood Barbs
Gore Spike
Sunder the Flesh
Grasping Wounds
Crimson Power
Gain Energy Shield from equipped Body Armour as extra maximum Life.
Overview of Path of Exile 2’s Skill System
Path of Exile 2 introduces a unique approach to character abilities, setting it apart from traditional action role-playing games. Instead of skills being tied to specific classes, they are represented as items called Skill Gems that can be socketed into your character’s Skill Gem page. This innovative system allows any class to use any skill, providing immense flexibility and customization in building your character.
Disclaimer: The information in this guide is accurate at the time of writing and will be updated post-launch to remain current.
Understanding the Different Types of Skill Gems
In Path of Exile 2, your character’s abilities—whether it’s engaging in melee combat, casting spells, or summoning creatures—are all derived from Skill Gems. By equipping and combining various gems, you can tailor your playstyle to suit your preferences. Here’s a breakdown of the different types of gems you’ll encounter:
Active Skill Gems
Support Gems
Buff Gems
Uncut Gems
Meta Gems
Active Skill Gems in Path of Exile 2
In Path of Exile 2, Active Skill Gems are essential items that grant your character a variety of abilities, including melee and ranged attacks, spells, and summoning skills. Unlike traditional class-restricted systems, these gems can be used by any class, offering a high degree of flexibility in how you build and play your character.
Acquisition and Customization
Uncut Skill Gems: Throughout the campaign, you’ll discover Uncut Skill Gems. These are blank gems that can be engraved to become the Active Skill Gem of your choice. This allows you to select skills that align with your desired playstyle.
Skill Gem Sockets: Each character has access to nine Active Skill Gem sockets located in the Skill Window. You can equip these sockets with any Active Skill Gems you obtain, customizing your character’s abilities to suit various combat scenarios.
Equipping and Managing Skills
Skill Window Placement: Active Skill Gems are placed into the leftmost sockets of your Skill Window. Once slotted, these skills become available for use in combat.
Skill Bar Assignment: After equipping a skill, you can assign it to your Skill Bar, typically found at the bottom right of the screen near your Mana Orb. This location may vary based on your platform and whether you’re playing solo or in co-op mode.
Flexible Configuration: You can change the skills assigned to your Skill Bar at any time. By clicking on the Skill Bar, a popup window will display all your available skills, allowing you to rearrange them according to your needs.
Categories of Active Skills
Active Skill Gems can be classified into several types, each serving a different combat role:
Melee Attacks: Focused on close-range combat, these skills are ideal for characters who engage enemies directly.
Ranged Attacks: These skills allow you to attack enemies from a distance using bows or other projectile weapons.
Spells: Magical abilities that can damage enemies, apply effects, or manipulate the battlefield.
Minion Skills: Summon creatures or entities that fight alongside you, providing additional damage or support.
Skill Gems and Weapon Requirements
While any class can use any Skill Gem, many skills are designed to work with specific weapon types. This means that to use certain abilities, you must have the appropriate weapon equipped. For instance:
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