Path of Exile 2 Ascendancy Classes Guide: All Ascendancies & How to Unlock

Mastering Ascendancy Classes in Path of Exile 2

Path of Exile 2's Early Access release has players eager to optimize their chosen classes. While not a core feature, Ascendancy Classes provide unique abilities and specialization. This guide details how to unlock and utilize them.

Unlocking Ascendancies

To unlock Ascendancy Classes, players must complete a Trial of Ascendancy. Currently, the Act 2 Trial of the Sekhemas and the Act 3 Trial of Chaos are available. Completing either unlocks Ascendancy selection and rewards two passive Ascendancy Points. The earlier Act 2 trial is recommended for quicker access to enhanced abilities.

Available Ascendancies

PoE 2 Early Access features six classes, each with two Ascendancies. More classes and Ascendancies are planned for full release.

Mercenary:

• Witch Hunter: This Ascendancy enhances offense, defense, and battlefield control through passive buffs, utilizing skills like Culling Strike and No Mercy for increased damage against debuffed foes.

  

• Gemling Legionnaire: This option focuses on Skill Gems, allowing for extra skill slots and added buffs. Its flexibility lets players customize their builds extensively.

  

Monk:

• Invoker: Harness elemental powers and inflict status effects, ideal for melee-focused elemental combat.

  

• Acolyte of Chayula: Utilize shadow powers, offering defensive, healing, and reality-warping abilities for enhanced damage.

  

Ranger:

• Deadeye: Boosts ranged combat stats, increasing attack speed, movement, and damage output with skills like Eagle Eyes and Called Shots.

  

• Pathfinder: Specializes in poison and elemental damage, using abilities like Poisonous Concoction and Contagious Contamination for area-of-effect poison spreading.

  

Sorceress:

• Stormweaver: Amplifies elemental abilities, adding an Elemental Storm and boosting elemental damage output.

  

• Chronomancer: Manipulates time, affecting cooldown times and offering strategic combat advantages.

  

Warrior:

• Titan: Focuses on massive damage and tankiness, enhancing defense with Stone Skin and boosting attacks with Crushing Impacts and Surprising Strength.

  

• Warbringer: Summons Ancestral Spirits and Totems for additional damage and damage mitigation.

  

Witch:

• Blood Mage: Drains enemy life to restore health, increasing damage from lingering wounds and curse duration.

  

• Infernalist: Summons a Hellhound and shapeshifts into a fire-damage-dealing demon form.

  

Path of Exile 2 is available on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.