we have introduced the path of exile items, affix, sockets and skill gems on goldkk.com before, next, let's moving to the guide for another necessary part of the game, path of exile passive skill tree with tips and tricks for poe beginners.
what's the path of exile passive skill tree and how does it work?
path of exile has a complicated passive tree system which like a vast star sea, provides a high degree of freedom and multiple cultivate direction to strengthen your character. each step of selection may affect the character's attributes, which is worth exploring.
the passive skill tree has as many as 1384 skill nodes. the ability of a single node to strength skill can be directly distinguished from the size of the nodes. the smallest skill tree nodes can provide some basic additive attributes for characters; the medium-sized nodes can provide some enhanced composite effects and attributes; the largest nodes can provide some effects that directly affect the professional characteristics and role positioning. players can create their own unique character league through the selection of poe talent tree, with some unique skills and equipment.
in addition, there is some jewel socket in the poe skill tree, some jewel picked up during the game can be placed in these sockets. because the attribute additions provided by jewel are also generated randomly, when players pick up jewel with better attributes or more suitable for their current class during the game, they can be disassembled and replaced at any time.
on the other hand, the path of exile passive skill tree also gives players the opportunity to create a new character. before choosing skill tree nodes, it is advised for players to refer to some pro players tactics, then accumulate experience in continuous optimization and selection, and eventually create your own character. the number of skill tree nodes in the game can be reset, so the player can completely discard the wrong skill back and carry out a new round of exploration.
tip and tricks for building path of exile skill tree
the poe passive tree is focused on 3 types of ability (strength, intelligence, and dexterity) to strengthen the skill of 7 characters, which are duelist, templar, witch, ranger, marauder, shadow, and scion. per 10 strength increases 2% melee physical damage and 5 maximum life, per 10 intelligence adds 5 additional mana and 2% maximum energy shield, per 10 dexterity increases 20 additional accuracy and 2% evasion.
- you will get one skill point every time you level up on certain quests in the game, the maximum path of exile level is 100, but do not expect to reach that as there are massive diminishing returns on experience at the game end and the experience loss on death, which can be devastating, the recommended level is 90 which leaves you with around 110 skill points to spend in the tree you can use as efficiently as possible.
- step 1 you need to consider is the type of character, the starting character will influence your following choices because you need to fill out the tree according to the main skill or poe items you want to build, figure out what style you are going to play and what keystones they may need
- step 2 you will want to grab as many percent life or energy shield nodes, keep in mind that enough life is the most important thing, no matter you against the monster or complete other missions, the advice to shoot for is around 180 to 200 percent increase max life or 200 to 250 percent max energy shield.
- step 3, as well as the last step, is to simply fill out the rest of the points into offensive nodes, dual sockets or temporary resistance node, for a starting character, it is recommended to pick a strength-based class such as the duelist, templar or marauder on the left side of the poe passive tree because life-based characters are the most straightforward and cheap characters to link, you can save the poe currency and have the access to get most amount of life nodes in the skill tree.