poe 3.25 Path of Exile: Overview of Upcoming Changes and Features

Patch notes for the upcoming League in Path of Exile bring significant changes to skills, ascendancies, and items, promising a fresh and dynamic gameplay experience.

### Path of Exile 3.17 Echoes of the Atlas: TL;DR Patch Notes Summary
* 🎮  Path of Exile's 3.17 update, Echoes of the Atlas, brings **significant changes** to skills, ascendancies, and items.
* ⚔️  Skills: Melee skills receive a **massive buff**, with slam skills particularly benefiting from **higher damage effectiveness**. Many melee skills get a damage buff but lose attack speed, potentially **changing the feel of gameplay**.
* 🏹  One skills receive a **major buff**, with new attack speed and crit modifiers on one bases. Vaal skills are also **significantly buffed**, with potential for **new Vaal builds**.
* 🎖️  Ascendancies: The Warden (new) and Gladiator ascendancies receive **positive changes**, while Berserker and Champion see **significant nerfs**. The Ascendant Gladiator node is highlighted as **particularly strong for tanky builds**.
* 🛡️  Items: **Elemental ailment immunity** is removed, affecting defensive strategies. **Taste of Hate** and **Watcher's Eye Purity mods** are effectively removed, changing the meta for conversion builds.
* 🔮  Other Changes: Life rolls on armor are increased, influencing gear choices. Monster balance changes include **nerfs to certain mobs** and **buffs to tier 17 bosses**.
* 🌟  Overall Impression: The update is described as a "**banger League**" and highly anticipated by the content creator, who is **excited to return to Path of Exile after a break from RPGs**.

Ray class is a cursed land. You'd have to be mad to settle here. Hi, right s in here with another video, and today we are going to do a tldr of the patch notes. So this is going to be a three-hour video. We do have a full video going over the patch notes, and I have a tldr going over the announcement video as well. So a lot of different videos you can look at. But yeah, we'll separate each section into a winners and losers section to make it simple. So yeah, I'm probably also not going to mention specific numbers on things. Um, so feel free to have the patchs open while watching the video. First, we're going to talk about skills. It is the first real meta shakeup in ages for League starters. Now the builds when we're a little bit further into the league like Day 2 to six Etc have been quite different in the last few leagues, but League starters have been incredibly stale. Uh, we are also getting new power in the game via crafting enchants Rec combinators pigma

candra so like we have no idea how all of that is going to affect it. It's honestly going to be a really different League like don't despair too much if your main builds were nerfed. Um there's going to be so much interesting and potent stuff here so let's focus on the good first. Slams massive buff every melee skill and there's like a big sheet showing like what could nerfed relatively and stuff. It was really cool glacial Hummer looks really good almost all melee skills get a huge damage Effectiveness buff they do lose base damage so weapons are a lot better before and they have higher scaling so that is pretty huge. We do lose a lot of attack speed too so it might end up feeling a little weird we'll see we'll we'll have to learn and play but yeah last rate rave looks juicy Cyclone looks great all bleed builds are buffed because of higher melee damage uh like base damage so bleed should be really spicy I'm personally looking at spectral

Shield throw as a starter. I do think that'll fall off on single target, but it just looks like such a good rush to tier 16s and start grinding build and then figure out maybe go earthquake or something else later. Chaos do skills were buffed, but they're basically losing malevolence because of the aura changes. Um, I always forget the name of like the Divine. Is it divine blessing that we lost basically, but chaos do skills definitely not something I'm going to be making a video of this league. One skills are Mega buffed. They do look to be a lot of cool stuff with ones. Um, not only were like ones like one skills have been buffed with like kinetic blast and power siphon getting basically a crown of ice built in, but one bases have more attack speed and crit. So one so crazy and Sandstorm massage is not nerfed just up in Rarity. So very Chase item this league. Double strike dual strike looks spicy as well. Frostbite looks okay. Um, L-head of

the spectrum got buffed, although it was a very strong bow skill already. Um, Shield throw, just like I said, looks really cool. Still, shield crush looks really good damage-wise. I don't like shield crush. If you like shield crush, you'll love it this league, but I hate it. Like, it looks amazing, and then you play it, and you're like, Ah, it's... But like, if you like it already, you're going to love it. Flesh and stone is go, go, go, go. And all Vaal skills are massively buffed. And I can't remember if Neon said it was a 40% Vaal time reduction or 100%, but it sounds like we can do Vaal spark. So, yeah, Vaal skills could be insane. This thing bad my editor, uh, in the notes, he wrote, E. So we actually can still get six totems. And it does lose a lot of things through champions and stuff, but it do gain some Aura effect and a few other things. So, EA doesn't look dead. It's definitely not an S-tier starter anymore.

Elementalist, by the way, completely fine. Champion does look nerfed, so it's not something I'm going to recommend as an S-tier starter. That being said, I will probably make a video on it so that the people that are really comfortable with it and want something they're familiar with will know like well what changed, what do I have to do to compensate. Detonate Dead, uh, most forms of DD is dead. Ru was already looking at a Arc Mage DD and said that's better than ever. Um, but the normal forms of doing DD looks dead, and from what I can understand at least like racing DD should be dead. Divine blessing is gone, this was an auto include in most builds. However, it is, we do have like the minion Aura thing. We are most likely getting the marionettes back so you can have an aura on your minions and that's permanently up. It's a little annoying to run, but this can replace it for a lot of builds. War cry so kind of in my op.

opinion except for scis me. I don't know how actual melee players feel about this, but that was my like initial impression. Uh, berserk is nerfed into the ground, and the new Warden thing gets like basically spell berserk. Bone shatter is sort of nerfed. Surprisingly, it's not that surprising because it has been King of the Hill for so long, but compared to everything else, bone shatter no longer looks like it is the king and savior of melee. Call to Arms is now removed and reserves a Mana. It is called Auto exertion. It does look kind of mediocre, but you can have multiple now, but does use Mana. Banners, they're really bad. Uh, a lot of people are saying that oh, these are just totems, and that is not the problem I have with them because they do fix a lot of the problems with totems with they're supposed to be slightly more powerful temporary Buffs that, uh, are Immortal. They're also instant cast. They don't have a cast time, so those

things are good right and they can't die very important. However, the Buffs on them are awful. They have conditional Buffs, and this is really bad. You're never even on softcore going to be sitting at 50% spell suppression. And like once I place my banner at full strength, I'll go to 100 for 6 seconds. This is not going to happen. Or like, oh I'm sitting at 50% block, but when I put down my banner for 6-7 seconds or 10 seconds, I'll have full block. The only one it's the war Banner one that one looks fine because it's like, okay, I want a damage boost now, I'll put down my banner. That one makes sense. The others don't. So conditional defense is not something you're ever going to want regardless of if you're softcore or hardcore. Like molten shell is different because that's something you use more for slams, right? You just get more effective HP, which is different than the other ones. Determination was

nerfed, but we do get more flat armor from gear, so you know, bit of a Nerf early. Um, it'll be harder to get defense early for sure, but it should be fine. Um, with all the new bases and stuff, and the additional changes from quality RA support gem is reworked, easier to get going, but no flat damage anymore. So, those are the main good and bad for skills. We're going to move on to ascendancies. The good Warden, uh, newest ony by Raider, there can be only one, lots of old Elemental ailment Synergy, and the shock stuff looks insane. Um, obviously a lot of people are expecting taming to be nerfed before launch. Uh, bark skin is back and it invests in tinctures. Tinctures do look a bit bad, um, but just because something looks bad on paper doesn't mean it'll actually be bad, because a lot of the time we just need to figure something out. Uh, I thing that traditionally happens in args is that people don't see the potential for

things and just say like oh this is because they can't initially figure it out so give it some time and a lot of stuff will probably look better. Gladiator gets a full rework uh fun charges are gone it's the Challenger charges or what they're called uh lots of block you can get like insanely High block super early it looks a lot stronger for bleed and we now have the ability to automatically Force targets to move taking more damage from bleed making it really really strong. Obviously that doesn't have much Synergy or any at all with Crimson dance but there will still be a lot of interesting stuff you can do here. I am considering League starting Gladiator jug is now tankier against chaos damage and we were looking a little bit at the mitigation here so you do get a pseudo fourth vow built into jug and endurance charges are so much tankier now. And if you're using Eternal domination which a lot of people are panicking over CU they're like well then we use our endurance charges well you don't because rikes you are never

gaining endurance charges, same with minimum endurance charges. You just have them, and that's a really, really cool thing that they let us do. And that is why we want ryes, right? It's why the maven belt works with ryes, etc. So there are a lot of cool combos there that will unfortunately make Relic skyrocket in price. However, even though I don't think it's tier one, so tier zero, I think it's a tier one unique, but it could be sitting anywhere between 5 and 30 divines. I don't think it'll go much over 30 depending on what league you play. Very, very interesting because you can basically get like 90% damage reduction defended with 40% Le damage reduction from endurance charges or even like 32. And then eternal domination on top of that. It's pretty spicy, right? You get like the triple layer, and then you finally have zaka, the Divine flesh from dorani glorious vanity with the armor there. If you have 100 or 200k armor, it's

it's pretty nutty. Um, so honestly, very very strong defensively. Next up, Tifton removes some filler nodes. It has the infinite power work cry node, but like I said, I'm not a huge fan of war cries at the moment. It just Maxes it out no matter what. Uh, really good league starter. You get free melding. You can instantly get to like tier 16, some form the bosses there without dying, but very little damage for most builds. So ascendant, the ascendant Berserker Noe is kind of whatever, but the Gladiator ascended node is insane. Um, very strong. It does gain the damage a lot slower than uh, Gladiator dust. Both of them have like a uh, every 1 second or every 2 second you gain 1% more damage. And this is to promote especially hardcore builds that are really focused on tanking. So for example, on Gladiator, after 100 seconds, you have 100% more damage, right? So you don't necessarily need to build a lot of tank. Sorry, uh, damage. You can just

build tank, and then the damage will come eventually. If you're okay with waiting a little bit, um, that can be really, really good. Uh, and Ascendant has the same thing but every 2 seconds and a c of 50 instead of 100. Now we'll car some of the bad stuff. Berserker, Berserker seems probably the worst ascendancy I've ever seen. I don't understand why you'd ever do this on Hardcore. Maybe some software players will be playing it, but yeah. Champion does get nerfed, loses fortify, uh, a little bit of a more boring incy now, but because they move the 4tify round, that is a bit of a buff. You get the fortify for two points instead of having to take the four points. That means you can get the adrenaline, intimidate, whatever node a lot easier, so that is interesting. So it'll still be used. Um, I think it's stronger than people give a credit for. Deadeye gets a, uh, frenzy node now. The Raider is gone. It doesn't seem amazing, especially since

tailing gets nerfed, uh, but it does get more tank for gale force node. But I've have heard some wanders talking about using it, so we'll see. A lot of these things are kind of really hard to really place into a booth of good or bad until we see people using them. There's also just so many things being added to the game, it really is hard to keep track of everything, but that is a nice dldr. Next on, we are going to cover items. The good fist taken as Elli in general is getting removed, uh, this is probably good for the game, but it is really bad for our defense at the moment. It makes it harder to run things like Transcendence, uh. Taste of hate is effectively gone. The Watcher eyes Purity mods are gone, so the things we still have for conversion is, I believe we have the helmet, we definitely have the chest one. Really, if you were doing any form of conversion, you're almost forced into a lightning coil anyway, uh, or clo of flames, and we do.

have Dawnbreaker, but we did lose Corruptions on Dawnbreaker. So yeah, interesting, we'll see how that ends up working. But yeah, with 70%, that is quite good, but you would need to invest a little bit into armor. Now at the even 50%, like wearing a coil, the obviously 1,000 armor is basically 2 armor, so not the end of the world. Adorned is nerfed. This is listed under good things. It is now 0 to 100% range. I did think it was going to be 0 to 120, but 100% is obviously very good. It would make Plus One Max fire on a jewel be two Max fire, etc. But it is very game warping. Now, I didn't think it was a huge issue. It is more of a softcore issue than hardcore anyway, but also like it is such an investment thing, and I do like having cool things to invest into. I'm a big proponent of huge power when it is easily accessible. Right, like for example, the

suicide totems when they were basically one C to kill Ubers. I don't think that's fun. Um, and you feels stupid for not playing it for a lot of people, but I do like it when we have things to invest into so you know a little bit good, a little bit bad. It does homogenize builds a lot. Def find of Destiny is nerfed, uh, still going to be very strong. I do wonder if they're going to do anything about the Rarity of it because it is not Mage blood, uh, Power, but it is Mage blood Rarity. So we'll see. It will still make you immortal for mapping and probably tier 17s, but yeah, really, really juicy stuff. It will still, you'll die item qualities rework. This is really cool, um, like for example, chisel on white Maps is 20 quality, yellows is 10, and red Maps is five. And, uh, depending on item level on Armor scraps and wet Stones, it'll be more or less than one. So, well, not less than, but you get the idea, like on a

low-level item. You'll get 20 quality from one Wet Stone. I do hope that it shows how much it's going to give before clicking it. Life rolls on Armor has a higher value now so we will have more life than before. This is cool for Life stackers like the burning arrow thing. I believe it's still a thing. Loads of influence mods to rebalance, etc. Now a little bit of a problem, um, that I don't think they've talked about is life rolls on armors and belts and everything being higher now makes gear like unique items without any life even more punishing, uh, so I don't think that's a good thing. I think they're a little bit too stingy with life on uniques, and I know they have said their philosophy there is if a unique needs life to be usable then it is not special enough, but life is so important in the game. So it's hard base crit and attack speed on my Clause one's daggers and a lot of things have been.

buffed so it's very cool for items and bad things. Couldn't really think of any that were like just directly bad. I think a lot of them are really interesting. Um, monster balance wise, uh, Stig and revenants are more telegraphed, and I believe they are nerfed now. Obviously, all tier 17s have 30% less damage, so that'll affect them. Pinnacle bosses can be slowed up to 50% speed, so very huge buff for chill skills like glacial hammer and stuff should really take advantage of this. Uh, Essence mobs have different type of scaling, so they should no longer be raid bosses, hopefully, surely. Yeah, that is the main things that I tried to make this as short and condensed as possible while covering the most important thing. And actually a really small thing I want to mention, you control shift click currency into your stash tab now, not just trade windows, so really, really big one. But either way, they really cooked with this. This is the most I've ever been excited for an announcement, and I feel like I'm almost.

50/50 like despair. 50/50 hype for these, but yeah, this is uh the coolest thing ever. And I hated last League. I gave it a five out of 10. So, I'm very excited for a banger League uh, and for me to stop playing DOTA too. I did manage to get from Crusader to Divine very quickly. 3 weeks, very proud of that. It's time to set down the DOTA and get high into some Poe. So, hope you've all been enjoying uh a break from RPGs and ready to go back all refreshed and uh bushy-tailed and bright-eyed. I believe is the expression, but either way, thank you guys so much for watching all the videos. Sub if you like it, but more importantly, try to die less than I do. [Music]

WINNERS vs. LOSERS of the 3.25 Patch Notes

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TLDR of Patch Notes: Major Changes and Impacts

The patch notes bring significant meta changes for League starters, with a focus on skills and power crafting.

Melee skills receive a massive buff, while all bleed builds are also strengthened, leading to a more diverse and potent gameplay experience.

The update also brings buffs to one skills and chaos do skills, with the latter being impacted by aura changes, indicating a shift in viable build options for players.

Changes in Path of Exile Skills and Abilities

The Spectrum bow skill has been buffed, while Shield Throw and Shield Crush have also received positive adjustments.

Vaal skills have been massively buffed, potentially making Vaal builds very powerful.

Several skills, such as Elemental Hit and Detonate Dead, have been nerfed, shifting their viability as starter builds.

War Cry and Berserk have been significantly nerfed, impacting their effectiveness for melee players.

Additionally, Call to Arms has been removed, and banners have been deemed as underpowered.

Mixed Reviews on Skill and Ascendancy Changes in the Game

Conditional buffs for defense are criticized for being impractical in both softcore and hardcore play.

The nerf to Determination is noted, but the easier access to quality support gems is seen as a positive change.

The new ascendancies like Warden and Gladiator are receiving both praise and skepticism for their reworks and new abilities, with players anticipating further adjustments before the launch.

The Impact of Endurance Charges and Ascendancy Nodes in Path of Exile

Endurance charges and specific ascendancy nodes are driving up the price of the Relic in Path of Exile.

The Relic is expected to be a strong defensive option, potentially reaching high value depending on the league.

The new ascendancy nodes, particularly the Gladiator node, are offering significant damage gains over time, promoting hardcore tank-focused builds.

Changes in Path of Exile's Items and Skills

Tailing is nerfed but provides more tank for the Gale Force node, impacting wanders' gameplay.

The removal of the good fist taken as Elli and the nerf of Defiance of Destiny will significantly affect players' defense and build diversity.

The rework of item qualities, such as chisels and armor scraps, will bring a cool and impactful change to the game's mechanics.

Wet Stones now give 20 quality, providing transparency on their effects.

Life rolls on Armor have increased, benefiting Life stackers, but potentially punishing unique items without life.

Various items and mechanics have been buffed, with no directly bad changes.

Monster balance adjustments include nerfs to Stigian revenants and reduced damage for tier 17 bosses.

Pinnacle bosses can now be slowed by 50%, offering a significant buff to chill skills.

Essence mobs have different scaling, aiming to prevent them from being raid bosses.

Players can now control shift click currency into their stash tab, a major quality-of-life improvement.

The update has generated high anticipation and excitement, marking a significant shift from the previous league.