Content Update 0.5.0 — Path of Exile 2: Return of the Ancients

Yay snipe and twisters are thriving, I can’t wait to one shot Jonathan’s vision in day 2. What’s more common this league? Snipe, twister, or divines?
Last edited by iPsykotik#2034 on May 28, 2026, 4:29:46 AM
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Many Skills which had no cost now cost 0 Mana, meaning that they can now gain additional costs. This includes default weapon Attacks, item-inherent Skills, and any Triggered Skills from Support Gems and other sources.


Just saw a video from SirGog about this where he claims it to be a "nerv" for example Moljnier.

EDIT: forgot what I wrote about Archemage :). Sorry. "adds X damage of % YOUR mana" ... upsi ^^.

But it is still not fully clear to me.

The lightning from Moljnier is cast by Moljnier. Not by you.
Shouldn't it then use the mana from Moljnier (before nothing, now 0) for the calculation of Archemage? So your mana isn't touched at all?

Same for totem. Spells soceted into totems had NO cost before and so could not make use of Archemage as they had nothing Archemage could work with.
Now these spells do have a coast (even if it is 0, SERO) and so Archemage has something to work with (the mechanic has something).

Does it effect the "mana pool of the totem" or "the players mana pool" ???

If it is the mana pool of the totem ... you will do less damage as Archemages "increase damage" depends on 0 and so nothing will be added. But the players mana isn't touched at any point! So even if you (the player) run on low mana or your mana pool is just 100 ... you will still be able to cast new totems.
Aka MoM will not be effected :).

Correct me if my understanding is totaly off.
Last edited by Schakar#4083 on May 28, 2026, 4:49:54 AM
gain additional costs

gain doesn't stand for multiplication, any growth by any means is Gain. It's not gain as %, like in all other cases in the game

add some gem to BATK, +30 mana to use, depending on BATK lvl
Last edited by InvRnd#4436 on May 28, 2026, 4:42:51 AM
still plenty of broken builds left in the game if you calm down and look off the beaten track. I am afraid to name any here though as GGG has 1 day left to put them out to pasture
all is nerfed, i feel no fun for casters (my favorite playstile) anymore...
Can you just erase the cooldown on Eye of Winter, i don't understand the cd of 10 sec... ?
Please patch unlimited damage build today!
Yes, you need remove spell cost of spells inside of spell totem!

Already 10th of thousand ppl gatekeeping it, and ready to start it....

SPELLS IN TOTEMS (not totems itself) DO NOT USE THEIR COST BUT INCLUDE THAT COST IN DAMAGE CALCULATION

Archmage or Burden of shadows or both etc...
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Indigon
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spell totem

Most buildcrafters-streamer talked about that interaction for the last 4 days few time each, palsteron,ziz etc on a big cast ...

Dont ruin start for the ppl who think its intended and then later patched
and for ppl who dont wanna compare their builds to that absurd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W2WS2UgaAE

Right now GGG you need to announce that in 3 months this league will receive an economy reset before Redditors start crying, that they were getting hurt by mid league nerfs.

I hope GGG, you finally start to inspect EVERY SKILL GEM in the game. Especially the underpowered ones or simply forgotten, like Hexblast.


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Yay snipe and twisters are thriving, I can’t wait to one shot Jonathan’s vision in day 2. What’s more common this league? Snipe, twister, or divines?

vision is long dead, what are you talking about?
Last edited by default_mp3#9394 on May 28, 2026, 5:29:58 AM
So you skill spell totems the day before the league? you guys really do suck at nerfing/balancing things. it's either "OP" or dead, there's no in between with you guys.
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vision is long dead, what are you talking about?


You can slay it every league, it's part of the campaign. It drops Orb of Rigidity and Talisman of Old Ways
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xeron#1569 wrote:
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Snipe got slight buff but not enough! Snipe is still pretty weak especially when you are trying to one shot a boss wink wink...

Twister... oh man this skill is bad, it took some guy 4 hours to get from lvl 1 to tier 15 maps, too slow imo



it was literally nerfed what buff are you talking about?


Fubgun said it got buffed that means it got buffed.
give reading the patch notes a try sometime if you are going to comment on it, wink wink
Last edited by xeron#1569 on May 28, 2026, 5:56:16 AM

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