Early Access Patch Notes - Content Update 0.5.0 — Path of Exile 2: Return of the Ancients - Forum

Totems kinda back, thanks for clarification! Last edited by KCS_AnyLastWord#1143 on May 28, 2026, 11:02:01 AM	Posted by KCS_AnyLastWord#1143 on May 27, 2026, 9:58:16 PM Quote this Post
" KCS_AnyLastWord#1143 wrote: I was super hyped to play a cool totem build and finally have some variety! Oh well....I guess its the million's time to play Fubgun's build and farm strongboxes.....Fun game Great build diversity amiright? "The heavens burned The stars cried out And under the ashes of infinity Hope, scarred and bleeding breathed it's last."	Posted by Elhazzared#4582 on May 27, 2026, 10:02:07 PM Quote this Post
" So GGG went back to make totems unable to be played by either having no damage or by not being able to place down totems as a result of mana costs on top of removing the only defense layer that you can scale when what you scale for damage is also mana. This 1000%. I was going to try them out but this pretty much makes it unplayable again, maybe should have changed it to No mana cost instead and specified mana. It wasn't even the mana scaling that looked crazy it was the Rathpith+Bloodmage stuff lol Oh well, time to play Twisters or Snipe and 1 shot bosses I guess.	Posted by Littleboots#2011 on May 27, 2026, 10:08:16 PM Quote this Post
Why nerf these builds? Do you really have to let some influencers hype up other builds just so these get nerfed, forcing casual players to go on YouTube and pad their view counts? Come on, this isn’t a PVP game.	Posted by XIBOXI#8374 on May 27, 2026, 10:09:36 PM Quote this Post
Absurd move, buff totems and nerf them again to unplayavle levels.the inly think i can ask is how the hell you can make such a great move?	Posted by TheSpiritWolf#6396 on May 27, 2026, 10:11:36 PM Quote this Post
damn connor is 2/4 lets see if tomorrow they end up nerfing twister too	Posted by wiwa110#3997 on May 27, 2026, 10:14:00 PM Quote this Post
lol @ announcing things and then nerfing them before anyone even played them. do you guys believe me yet? " xayd#4454 wrote: Q: "Why put ridiculous items like Gravebind and Tangletongue and those gloves that inverted your slow curses into speed curses in the game?!? GGG is in a nefarious plot with streamers of some sort!" A: "No, you're missing the point. Every broken item turns into 1,000,000 free clicks on youtube for the game, when people go looking for builds that use those items." ============ Q: "Why nerf those items later?!? That is bad for the game because XYZ" A: "No, you're missing the point. Everyone then has to go back to youtube and look for a new build. 1,000,000 more free clicks"	Posted by xayd#4454 on May 27, 2026, 10:15:25 PM Quote this Post
Thx ggg for ruining my totem build. I cant belive it how blunt this decision was. 0.5 = no build variaty again.	Posted by Trigow#2618 on May 27, 2026, 10:16:28 PM Quote this Post
You never disappoint me GGG!The last 2 years you have become the master of killing hype !GZ !That kill on totems one day before launch was SUPERB!Let's play all twisters so we can have numerous funny videos of ppl dying all the time on maps! Killing archmage seems that wasn't enough , you had to add also cost so make it TOTTALY USELESS!Gz one more time !! YOU ARE THE BEST !!! -----EDIT---- After clarification seems spell totems are playable!(will suffer to sustain mana but at least playable)And for sure not so hyped AGAIN!!! Also still that one day before league start nerf is not a great move GGG!!! Last edited by PapaSt#7426 on May 27, 2026, 11:02:59 PM	Posted by PapaSt#7426 on May 27, 2026, 10:19:54 PM Quote this Post
" Littleboots#2011 wrote: This 1000%. I was going to try them out but this pretty much makes it unplayable again, maybe should have changed it to No mana cost instead and specified mana. It wasn't even the mana scaling that looked crazy it was the Rathpith+Bloodmage stuff lol Oh well, time to play Twisters or Snipe and 1 shot bosses I guess. Thing is, Bloodmage life stacker with rathpit isn't even broken, it's about the same level of strong as archamage but the problem is that rathpit costs a fortune and is extremely rare so it's not attainable by 99.9% of the players. GGG simply went and said. Oh right, Spell totems are not supposed to be playable but I guess if they are the 1 in a million players with too much currency then I guess we can allow it. Basically the same as PoE 1 where spell totems are unplayable unless you have the kind of currency to throw at the problem that only 0.01% of the player base has. "The heavens burned The stars cried out And under the ashes of infinity Hope, scarred and bleeding breathed it's last."	Posted by Elhazzared#4582 on May 27, 2026, 10:20:22 PM Quote this Post