a new story will start in path of exile 3.7 legion league, ggg revealed lots of new features and changes that are available in the following challenge league before poe legion launch. here goldkk.com brings you the latest release schedule of poe legion patch notes and other news, incubator mechanic, boss fights and encounters improvement, new guard skill steelskin, molten shell and immortal call changes, legion chieftain ascendancy and more you should know.
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path of exile 3.7 legion guide - upcoming release schedule
according to the information on path of exile official forum, the poe legion patch notes release date is set to be on june 4, us time (tuesday).
more expected poe 3.7 release schedule on next week based on the community director and producer at ggg - bex's twitter is as below (new zealand's work days.).
monday: legion challenge rewards
tuesday: 3.7.0 balance manifesto
wednesday: 3.7.0 patch notes, item filters, passive skill tree data
thursday: new skill gems at level 20 with 20% quality
friday: poe legion launch, possibly a torrent pre-download for the patch
poe legion incubator mechanic
the incubator is a new system to create poe items in path of exile legion league, incubation items can be used to modify a piece of gear to drop certain rewards when you killed a specific quantity of monsters, the incubator mechanic will be available alongside the path of exile legion.
- incubators and poe items have incubators can be traded in all cases.
- when the divination card incubator drops the card, you'll get any type of cards randomly no matter what maps you're in.
- incubation items won't stack, because it probably needs to cost your certain amounts of poe currency for buying some of them and to achieve killing the required number of monsters generally takes several maps.
- incubation items only work with the monsters which grant experience and/or items upon death.
- incubator kill can be shared with your nearby party members. if you would gain experience from a kill, you'll get incubator credit.
related read: all poe 3.7 legion divination cards guide
poe 3.7 legion boss fights and encounters improvement
the weapon range is now visually represented correctly for all attacks, players can prepare and dodge incoming danger and enemies more properly. some boss fights improvements have made for several existing maps in path of exile 3.7, like lava lake, belfry, sunken city and basilica maps, added monster combat improves item rewards and experience during immunity phases.
new guard skill steelskin, molten shell and immortal call changes
steelskin, molten shell and immortal call are the three guard skills in path of exile legion league, steelskin is a poe 3.7 new defensive skill. these skills are all instant and share a cooldown which won't expire while any of the skills are active.
- poe 3.7 steelskin is available in early game and only lasts a few seconds, with a short cooling time. it will immediately harden your skin, granting a damage barrier that absorbs 70% of the damage. it has a maximum damage absorbed, which increases according to the gems levels.
- molten shell now grants armour while active and a damage barrier that absorbs 75% of damage taken. the maximum absorbing damage of molten shell is based on 20% of the total armour. it also lasts slightly longer than steelskin. immortal call is now instant and grants less physical and elemental damage taken for its duration, has no maximum damage absorbed but requires more plans and times to make the most of its effect.
- molten shell and immortal call have received significant changes to ensure a more active play style, you are allowed to survive dangerous attacks while still standing your ground and reward responsive, skillful play. more great builds are possible to see in the new league.
latest path of exile 3.7 legion new changes & features - poe 3.7 map tab, jewels, winter orb, monolith effect, sextant mods, chieftain ascendancy and more
- changes of map tab that specifically help standard users in the plan.
- at least one of the poe legion jewels can change every single passive within the radius of the jewel on the passive skill tree.
- improvements to many 2h weapon passives, and new mechanics benefit more from the higher hit damage.
- winter orb fires less frequently when not channelling and other adjustments.
- monolith effect duration time indication is planned to be added, it will lasts longer in early game and slightly shorter in the late game.
- it's possible to free all the legion monsters before the effect disappear, but not likely early in the league.
- new sextant mods will be introduced in poe legion.
- chieftain ascendancy in path of exile: legion as below.