Blog Tag: Poe 2 Mid Phase

It’s been nearly three months since the initial release of POE 2’s early access, which should be enough time for you to find a good skill combination or even the best builds for your character’s chosen class for early stage development. But as the game progresses, more content is gradually added and balanced, and you need to rearrange your class skills - unlike most ARPGs, POE 2’s skills are realized through skill gems, which are more free to choose.

Among the 6 classes in early access, Warrior is a strength-based melee class that excels in melee combat with large weapons. Although it is a bit difficult to get started, it is very suitable for tank-like face-to-face combat with enemies. However, if you feel that you are hindered when playing Warrior recently, it means that you should adjust your Warrior skill selection in time according to the changes in POE 2. Based on this, we will recommend the top 8 Warrior skill gems for you from high to low.

1. Earthshatter

This gem doesn’t do a lot of damage on its own, but the earth spikes it creates can be detonated by other heavy attacks, creating a chain of attacks. This is actually thanks to the support gem Upheaval, which creates more cracks by reducing the base damage of the skill, allowing you to detonate more spikes at the same time for another heavy attack.

Upheaval can currently only be obtained by killing higher-level enemies and bosses. Although the process may be a bit difficult, you can not only become stronger with this gem but also earn POE 2 Currency at the same time, which can be said to be killing two birds with one stone.

2. Rolling Slam

Although this skill is very basic, its role cannot be ignored. It will stun and repel the enemy through the initial heavy attack, and then continue to output higher damage of heavy attacks, and the attack direction can be controlled by you at will.

More importantly, before you get Leap Slam in Path of Exile 2, Rolling Slam can enhance your mobility. In addition, the accumulated stun caused by this skill can not only stun the enemy but also produce a heavy stun shock wave that can cause AOE damage by combining with Boneshatter.

3. Sunder

As a powerful melee slam skill, Sunder mainly creates rolling cracks and continuously hits the area, causing relatively high AOE damage to the enemy while moving. Sometimes it can also cause some enemies hit by the cracks to cause damage to other nearby enemies by releasing shock waves.

However, you need to pay attention that since the cracks will roll, you will not get “rewards” immediately after outputting this skill. It takes a while to hit distant enemies, which also means that it is not suitable for dealing with long-range enemies that move, but it is still very effective at close range.

4. Boneshatter

Boneshatter is very suitable for helping you become a Warrior who focuses on stuns. It can cause area damage and clear monsters. When the enemy has accumulated enough stun effects from your other Warrior skills, Boneshatter will officially start to work.

When an enemy is hit by Boneshatter, they are severely stunned and send a shockwave to their allies, allowing you to deal 250% of your base damage in a limited area, not only stunning a single target but also spreading the damage to multiple enemies, increasing your efficiency in getting POE 2 Divine Orbs by killing enemies.

5. Hammer Of The Gods

This skill can be considered one of Warrior’s most powerful moves. Although the 24-second cooldown time may make you worry about whether it is reliable, the huge 1441% base damage multiplier can completely dispel your concerns!

When this skill is activated, a huge hammer will appear above the target area, and the hammer will fall down for a short period to deal huge AOE damage to enemies. However, due to the long activation delay, enemies may be able to move out of the target area, so you must grasp the timing of using this skill.

6. Herald Of Ash

After you defeat King in the Mists in Act I, you gain at least 30 spirit points, which you can use to activate Warrior’s persistent buffs, and the most helpful of these is Herald Of Ash - it can even help you create a Warrior build centered around fire damage.

If an enemy takes extra damage equal to at least 20% of their maximum health when hit, Herald Of Ash can deal fire damage to them in an area that ignites them. As you know, Warriors are better at dealing high damage to a single target, so this skill can help you spread damage and elemental diseases.

7. Volcanic Fissure

As another combo slam skill, Volcanic Fissure works similarly to Earthshatter, but it focuses more on fire damage. During combat, this skill will create a winding crack in the ground, dealing fire damage to enemies in range as it moves. During the entire skill, these cracks will stay on the ground for 12 seconds. If you slam again, aftershocks will occur, which will spread to other connected cracks, causing regional damage that can form a chain reaction.

8. Leap Slam

This is a type of skill that most ARPG classes similar to POE 2 Warrior may have. Its use is as simple as you think. Jump to the target area and slam the ground to cause area damage and repel enemies. However, damage output is not the main function of Leap Slam, extra mobility is its real strength.

After understanding the above 8 skill gems, are you eager to enter the game to adjust your Warrior character? Then act quickly!