With the release of Path of Exile's 3.27 Keepers of the Flame League, Breach 2.0 has emerged as one of the most exciting new endgame mechanics. Whether you're a seasoned player or diving into Breach content for the first time, AsmodeusClips's guide will walk you through the key aspects of Breach 2.0, including encounter types, crafting strategies, and optimizing your Genesis tree for maximum profit.
Understanding the Three Encounter Types
Breach 2.0 introduces three distinct encounter types in maps, each offering unique challenges and rewards. Let's break them down:
1. Regular Breach
The first encounter type is the classic Breach we know and love, but with a twist. Upon entering the Breach, it begins to expand outward, spawning waves of monsters. Your goal is to stabilize it by eliminating enemies and filling the progress bar at the bottom of the screen.
Key Tips:
• Focus on clearing the outskirts of the Breach before tackling the center. This ensures you maximize blood collection (more on that later).
• Once stabilized, several outcomes are possible:
• A boss may spawn.
• Rare monsters may appear in the center.
• Flaming portals will continuously spawn monsters.
For players using builds like Vaal Blade Vortex, this encounter is particularly efficient. It is advisable to drop Vaal Blade Vortex on bosses or rares while clearing surrounding monsters to maximize blood collection. On average, clearing thoroughly yields around 1,000 graftblood, while rushing may only net you 800.
2. Defend Ailith Encounter
In this encounter type, you'll encounter walls and portals on the map. Your objective is to uncover all portals (indicated by gray and pink dots on your mini-map) and defend Ailith from waves of enemies.
Key Tips:
• You don't need to destroy every wall—just clear enough space to access all portals.
• Use skills strategically to manage monster density and protect Ailith. For example:
• Use walls or shields to create barriers when overwhelmed.
• Alternate between offensive skills like Vaal Blade Vortex and defensive abilities to maintain control.
• Heal Ailith when her health drops below 50%.
This encounter can be challenging for builds with limited coverage, so plan accordingly.
3. Fortress Encounter
The fortress encounter is by far the most rewarding in terms of graftblood, with potential gains of up to 7,000 from a single run. This encounter involves clearing a temple-like structure filled with enemies and chests before engaging in a 24-wave battle.
Key Tips:
• Fully clear the temple before starting the encounter. Open all purple chests for unique items, new PoE currency, and additional blood rewards.
• During the waves, use abilities wisely to manage the overwhelming number of enemies. Defensive buffs like elemental shields are less useful here; focus on offensive skills to thin out mobs quickly.
• Be mindful of modifiers on the map that could increase difficulty (e.g., physical damage as extra). Top off your health between pulses to avoid being caught off guard.
With proper preparation, this encounter offers unparalleled rewards for your efforts.
Crafting and Currency Strategies
Efficient crafting and currency management are crucial for progressing in Path of Exile. Here's an optimized approach:
Crafting Grafts
Grafts are essential tools for crafting and enhancing your items. It's recommended to purchase pre-crafted grafts that suit your build rather than attempting to craft them yourself. For example, for a Cold Blade Vortex build, you can use:
• Freezing Tulgraft: Increases damage against frozen and chilled enemies.
• Aegis Tulgraft: Provides an elemental damage-absorbing buff when exposing enemies.
Look for modifiers like increased cold damage, critical strike chance, cold penetration, or increased area of effect. Additionally, prioritize grafts with increased graftblood gain (T1 modifiers can provide up to 25%).
Genesis Tree Optimization
When allocating points in the Genesis tree for currency rewards, focus on four trees: currency, equipment, unique, and mysterious. It's advisable to purchase grafts rather than crafting them yourself, as this saves time and resources.
Currency Tree
For the currency tree, key nodes include:
• Flawed Seeds: Increased chance for additional currency items.
• Wild Growth: Chance for currency to drop in full stacks.
• Additional Currency Chance: For additional currency.
• Prodigal Offspring: For additional currency.
Focus on nodes that maximize generic currency drops rather than niche currencies like graft implants or gold. This approach ensures a steady stream of valuable resources without wasting points on less impactful options.
Equipment Tree
If you're looking to craft rare equipment for profit or personal use, boots are a great option due to their versatility and demand. With the right tree setup, you can consistently craft high-value boots such as:
• Boots with 30% movement speed and triple resistances.
• Evasion-focused boots with strong elemental resistances.
If you want to get boots like those, focus on the nodes below:
• Additional Item Chance
• More Dexterity Items
• Item Level
• Modifier Tier Rating
• Severing
• Divine Rolls
• Devoted Soul
• Devoted Zeal
• Devoted Technique
• Forsaken Soul
• Basic Nurturing
• Forsaken Technique
• Socket and Link Count
• Guardian Flesh
• Increased Boots Chance
By customizing your crafting tree for boots, you can produce reliable results that cater to various builds.
Unique Tree
When crafting uniques, prioritize items with high market demand. Based on current trends:
•Jewels: While most jewels lack significant value, there is one particularly valuable jewel with a very low drop rate.
• Chest Pieces: Six-linked chest pieces are consistently valuable.
• Shields: Shields also fetch a good price on the market.
Key nodes to focus:
• Throbbing Veins
• Foulborn Gluttony
• Recessive Genes
• Increased Body Armour Chance
• Increased Shields Chance
• Foulborn Chance
Mysterious Tree
For the Mysterious tree, prioritize nodes that increase the chance of Lavish Wombgifts for currency generation.
Conclusion
Path of Exile's Breach 2.0 introduced an engaging set of mechanics that reward strategic planning and efficient execution. By understanding the three encounter types, optimizing your crafting approach, and carefully allocating points in the Genesis tree, you can maximize your rewards and dominate this league.
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