While the last update, Bestiary, disappointed for a variety of reasons, Incursion feels like a tried and true Path of Exile expansion—pockets of intense action that bleed into deeper layers of overarching strategy. Incursion will arrive on June 1 and, like always, is free. If you're looking to hop into Path of Exile for the first time, check out these good starter character builds.

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Path of Exile is the free-to-play action RPG that just won't stop giving. The release of Ascendancy today at 12pm PT (Path of Exile servers will go down at 9am PT) marks its fourth major expansion, and the patch notes would be capable of filling the sort of dusty, arcane tome you'd expect to find in the Lord's Labyrinth it introduces.

The highlights are the Trials of Ascendancy, the Labyrinth itself, nineteen Ascendancy classes, new Enchantments and the Perandus Challenge Leagues. The Trials of Ascendancy are a sort of deadly training mission set by Emperor Izaro to find a worthy successor: there are six in all, with versions for each difficulty level, which introduce you to the different types of trap you can expect to encounter in the Lord's Labyrinth. Beat all six on one difficulty level, and the Labyrinth opens up in the Sarn Encampment.


The Labyrinth combines all the devious traps you faced in the trials and assumes a new layout each day. You have to beat it in a single life—dying sends you screaming back to the beginning again. The same goes for portalling out mid-run. In the depths, you'll battle Izaro three times and, because he's the awkward sort, the mechanics of the fight not only change daily but between bouts as he learns from your playstyle. By beating him (along with other challenges in the Labyrinth) you earn treasure keys which are used to unlock chests at the end of the dungeon. If you want to buy MMoexp POE currency trade please visit https://www.mmoexp.com/Path-of-exile/Currency.html .