The new league of Path of Exile is coming. Legion is set to bring balancing optimizations among other things. The melee combat is particularly affected.
When does the new season start? Legion begins on June 7th at 10 PM.
What is “Legion” about? In Legion, you free the military leaders from the history of the land of Wraeclast from the endless battle in the “Domain of Timeless Conflict”. There, a perpetual war takes place.
You defeat the legions to gain valuable rewards.
PoE will become harder
What is special about it? The developer studio Grinding Gear Games explained that Path of Exile with Legion is generally set to become harder – even for newcomers. The aim is to give everyone the feeling of truly achieving something through challenging obstacles.
You have to pay close attention during boss fights and come up with an effective strategy. Dodging is a must, as the monsters deal more damage. However, once you find a suitable tactic and defeat a boss, it should create a significant sense of achievement.
Melee fighters are being revised
What else does the season bring? A lot of balancing optimizations have been announced, especially for melee fighters. Many fans of Path of Exile considered these to be relatively “useless,” as it is simply much more effective to use ranged weapons and spells – at least in conjunction with melee. Pure melee fighters have had the short end of the stick until now. But this is supposed to change.
Especially the PoE classes Marauder and Duelist are expected to benefit from the changes.
- The attack speed has been adjusted and now matches the animations. There are now visible differences between fast and slow attacks.
- A sweeping attack now has the potential to hit more than one enemy.
- There are numerous adjustments to damage, attack speed, and “Area of Effect” for many melee skills.
- Some attack gems have been revised, through which you can deal more damage.
- The support gems have also been specifically adjusted for melee skills.
- There are still adjustments to the Ascendancy classes Chieftain, Berserker, and Slayer. Their special abilities are now much more pronounced.
- The chance to land a hit has been increased.
- Damage bonuses from jewels are being adjusted, with Abyss jewels reducing by 30 percent.
- In general, melee skills provide increased damage.
How does the community react? The fans of Path of Exile are very excited about Legion. The previous league “Synthesis” is considered the worst so far, which is why the developers promised improvements.
The balancing adjustments for melee fighters are highly anticipated. Additionally, how the game plays with the increased difficulty is something that fans are curious about. And of course, everyone hopes for valuable rewards this season.
From June 7th, we will know if Legion can make players forget their disappointment over Synthesis.
