Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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With the epic release of Path of Exile 2: Return of the Ancients, I sat down with Scorpius to get his raw impressions of this brand new league.

==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.5 First Impressions
2:20 New Endgame Atlas Review and Player Onboarding
7:01 Campaign Changes, Navigation Improvements, and Campaign Skip Debate
13:04 Runes of Elder League Mechanic and Campaign Integration
18:29 Best Monk Builds, Ascendancies, and Stone Fist Discussion
25:48 Runes of Elder Rewards, Crafting, and Endgame Scaling
33:16 Channeled Skill Fix, Clone Builds, and Build Experiments
37:35 Pinnacle Boss Progression, Arbiter of Divinity, and Atlas Goals
40:38 New Atlas Passive Tree Explained and Mapping Difficulty
47:12 Player Retention, League Events, and the Future of POE2
55:20 Path of Exile 2 Story, Lore, and 1.0 Expectations
1:00:25 Podcast Wrap-Up

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