Path of Exile Leveling Guide

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Leveling in any game is one of the most important aspects for new players, as everyone always wants to get to the endgame as fast as possible. Path of Exile can be played through pretty quickly if you know what you’re doing, but new players might have a hard time wrapping their heads around some of the game’s aspects. We already published a beginners guide that will help you understand many intricacies of this exciting game, and now we’re going to help you get your characters to the endgame with…

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Beginners Guide to Path of Exile

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Path of Exile is a very in-depth game with a steep learning curve and beginners often get confused with many of the game’s mechanics and systems. The purpose of this page is to provide commonly asked questions about the game and their answers, to provide tips for new players, and explain commonly-asked questions about the game’s mechanics. Contents: 1. Tips for New Players List of Acronyms/Glossary General Tips Build Tips Vendor & Economy Tips Gameplay Tips 2. Game Mechanics Difficulty Levels Skills Gems Flasks Classes Attributes Charges Additional vs. Increased…

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Using Orbs of Chance For Loot

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There’s only one way of getting great loot in Path of Exile: get lucky. Loot is in integral part of the game and has its value, and we all want the best equipment possible for our characters. The only consistent way to get great endgame items is to craft them, which requires an enormous amount of currency but is somewhat less RNG based, depending on how much you’re willing to invest. If you’re hoping for an item to drop for you then you’re in for a rough ride. Items which…

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Things I Hate About Path of Exile

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I’ve been playing Path of Exile for over 6 months now and I’ve enjoyed it quite a lot. After awhile though you start noticing various problems with any game and PoE is no different, despite still being in beta. There are some game aspects that are just frustrating or confusing and lately it’s been infuriating me on occasion. Here’s my top list of issues I have with this game. 1. Trading For a game based so much on loot making trading with other players so inconvenient is a mysterious move…

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How Increased Item Quantity and Rarity Works

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I got asked recently about Increased Item Quantity and Increased Item Rarity stats and how they work so hopefully this short post will explain some basics to new players. It’s one of many game mechanics that new players seem to have a hard time figuring out at first although it isn’t as complicated as it may seem. Note: IIQ and IIR combined is often referred to as MF – Magic Find. What’s Increased Item Quantity? Increased Item Quantity (IIQ) affects the number of items dropped by monsters you slay. As…

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Vendor Recipes You Should Be Using

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There are quite a few vendor recipes in Path of Exile and some are more useful than others. Most are in fact not worth using consistently but there are a few that are easy to use and produce more valuable currency. I’m not a big fan of having 10 or more stash tabs dedicated to useless rare items that I might one of these days turn into an Alchemy Orb, but some recipes are just too good to pass. Below is a basic list of vendor recipes you should be…

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New Recipe Discovered: 20% Quality Gems

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New vendor recipe has recently been discovered that many players are already taking advantage of. I’ve seen the trade chat filled all day long now with people selling 20% quality gems, typically well overpriced. Just in case you were to fall prey to hundreds of players currently trying to earn a few coins make sure to remember the recipe. It’s overly simple and frankly it’s surprising it wasn’t already well-known. All you have to do is trade a level 20 gem and one Gemcutter’s Prism to a vendor and you’ll…

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Beginner’s Guide to Terminology in Path of Exile

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New players that are looking to better understand what the heck are people saying in chat or forums might find it useful to have a glossary of most commonly used terms, acronyms and abbreviations in Path of Exile. Feel free to ask anything or add your own in the comments below. Passive skill tree RT – Resolute Technique (keystone passive found near the Marauder starting area which gives you 100% hit chance but you are unable to critically strike) CI – Chaos Inoculation (passive in between Witch and Shadow tree,…

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How to Improve Smite Success Rate

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Other than losing matches there’s probably nothing more frustrating in League of Legends than missing your Smite. As a jungler it’s your job to secure objectives for your team and knowing when and how to properly Smite can help with that. Not only does missing your Smite cause you to potentially lose an important objective but it also often leads to your team wasting time typing about it rather than playing. It’s not good for team morale either and losing or stealing a Baron can often lead to a shift…

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Definitive Guide to the Baron Dance

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Baron standoff (also referred to as Baron dance) is a frequently seen situation not only in competitive play but also in solo queue. It usually happens when one of the teams is stronger than the other and wants to force a fight outside of the relative safety of enemy turrets. The other team has no choice but to try and stop the aggressing team or risk losing the buff. It also occurs when minions are pushing lanes and may deal significant turret damage, or often when another champion is split-pushing.…

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Using Attack-Move

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Attack-move is an important mechanical skill in League of Legends that will help you catch up with people more easily, position better in teamfights and prevent misclicks. It’s one of the most basic mechanics yet hugely underused by Bronze and Silver rated players. This article will attempt to explain the importance of attack-move (also called orb-walking or stutter step, and synonymous with and crucial for kiting) and tell you when and how you should be using it. What is attack-move? Attack-move is a command issued to your champion that makes…

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When and Why of Blue Build Ezreal

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Watching professional players battle it out in LCS can be fun and useful, and trying their own strategies in your own solo queue games can be rewarding. One of the more popular builds that just came out of the blue recently is the blue build Ezreal, and its increasing popularity in solo queue is actually worrying. While blue build can work well, I feel a majority of the average population have no idea what its strengths and weaknesses are and when and why you should build it. It’s just flavor…

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10 Bronze Mistakes You Should Never Make

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A redditor named Mijakko compiled a list of 10 most common mistakes that Bronze players make. Even though he’s Bronze rated himself with his way of thinking I can see him rise to Silver and beyond quickly, so read his insight and apply it in your own matches. I have played a few games in Bronze and am working on climbing out of it. I am not here to claim that I am significantly better than my fellow Bronzers, or I am stuck in ELO Hell, or that the League…

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7 Psychological Tactics for Solo Queue Domination

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Despite not being talked about very often, psychology plays a huge part in solo queue. Agurthewise came up with seven psychological tactics to help you win more matches, better understand your team or at the very least prevent frustration caused by losing. Zero Expectations – Enter every game with no expectations on your team’s skill level. They may feed, they may play well: but it is up to you to play your best to give yourself the best shot. At the end you have no one to blame but yourself.…

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10 Reasons Why You Must Not Play Ranked

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The following article was submitted by TheRealNemesis on Reddit, and talks about situations when you shouldn’t queue for ranked games. Being concentrated can have a huge impact in your matches so if you want to increase your chance to win be sure to queue for Normal games or ARAM rather than Ranked in the following situations. Hello, as a fellow LoL player I know the game can be fun, but frustrating as well. Often when you go solo queue or duo queue, you get teamed up with guys who “isn’t…

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