POE 2 - Pre 0.2.0 Meta Recap. What Were The Best Builds? What's Likely To Be Nerfed? Path Of Exile 2

#pathofexile #pathofexile2 #poe2 Path of Exile 2's 0.2.0 release is now confirmed to be called Dawn of the Hunt, and to be releasing 04-Apr (or 05-Apr for me in Australia). We're likely to get patch notes tomorrow (this is not guaranteed). Partly for nostalgia, partly to point out what has done well in the past - here's a final look at the (SC Trade) meta from Standard so far. I have teaser season coverage. Day 1 (covering new support gems and two uniques) at https://youtu.be/JA4Z8eiEaqU Day 2 (Tower upgrades) at https://youtu.be/etL7sCuoDEQ Day 3 (Hints at Mercenary ascendancy; expansion of Atlas tree, Prism Guardian and Deepest Tower) https://youtu.be/1qLf1JhpLMU Day 4 (Battershout Support, Perfection Support, Weapon Swap Upgrades, Could Act 4 Have Been Teased Earlier And People Missed It?) https://youtu.be/nTvIjkspGqc Day 5 (Expansion name, Huntress confirmed, Druid not confirmed either way): https://youtu.be/W8LLFP0UJ10 Day 6 (new Essence boss, new Blacksmith-themed ascendancy) https://youtu.be/9O6LxzHOWvM Day 7 (MTX promo, all about DELAYS): https://youtu.be/vAsawsY6bNA 0:00 Intro 0:25 Everything Changes Soon. Why Recap This Meta? 1:01 Methodology 2:26 Standout Items From 0.1.0 - what I'm skipping and why 3:14 The List 4:30 Best Item In The Game - Hand Of Wisdom And Action 5:12 Most Used Item In The Game - Ingenuity 6:01 What's Changing With Temporalis 6:53 Why Trampletoe Got So Popular (after being junk for ages) 7:29 The Other (Balance) Elephant In The Room - Archmage 8:09 How Players Are Building Defense - Keystone Choice 8:27 How Players Are Building Defense - Life vs ES vs Mana (medium mana AND medium ES with CI, EB and MOM is popular) 9:12 How Players Are Building Defense - Armor, Evasion - neither is being stacked much 9:49 Ascendancy Popularity: Titan 11:08 Ascendancy Popularity: Warbringer 11:43 Ascendancy Popularity: Deadeye 12:29 Ascendancy Popularity: Pathfinder 13:18 Ascendancy Popularity: Chronomancer 13:48 Ascendancy Popularity: Stormweaver 14:55 Ascendancy Popularity: Witchhunter 15:42 Ascendancy Popularity: Gemling Legionaire 16:37 Ascendancy Popularity: Invoker 17:22 Ascendancy Popularity: Acolyte of Chayula 18:18 Ascendancy Popularity: Blood Mage 19:34 Ascendancy Popularity: Infernalist 20:56 Final Thoughts Join as a channel member to get access to perks (this helps fund the channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1SoHjGhDqK6h980sYsXjhg/join My Nexus store: https://www.nexus.gg/sirgog I've started streaming on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/sirgog will take you there. I have a NEW merch store at https://sirgog-shop.fourthwall.com if you want to buy anything there and can take tips at https://streamelements.com/sirgog/tip