⚡️The ORDAINED Grand Spear Looks POWERFUL! | Path of Exile 2: Return of the Ancients 0.5
Summary
- The Ordained is a new unique spear specializing in physical and lightning damage with a high base critical strike chance.
- It features the exclusive skill Righteous Descent, which provides massive area-of-effect damage and recovery when empowered.
- The weapon introduces a unique mechanic called Fragments of Divinity, which spawn every 4 seconds to empower skills and bypass cooldowns.
- It allows for lightning damage leech, making it highly versatile for various elemental builds and classes.
- High-end scaling is achieved through runecrafting, “presence” investment for fragment range, and items like Palm of the Dreamer for clear speed.
The Ordained Grand Spear Mechanics
The Ordained is a new spear mastering physical and lightning damage. It features a high critical strike chance and a unique utility: the ability to leech life from both physical and lightning damage.
The core mechanic revolves around Fragments of Divinity, which the spear creates periodically nearby. When using the skill Righteous Descent near these fragments, the skill becomes empowered. This empowerment results in significantly higher damage, a massive increase in Area of Effect (AoE), and the ability to bypass the skill’s cooldown. For boss encounters, the strategy involves letting multiple fragments spawn before unleashing a high-damage burst.
Weapon Stats and Runecrafting
The base stats on The Ordained offer significant advantages for elemental spear builds:
- Righteous Descent: Granted at Level 18 (potentially scalable via corruption or gem level modifiers).
- Melee Strike Range: +25% increased range, allowing for better engagement distances.
- Flat Damage: High flat lightning damage, which can be further enhanced through runecrafting.
- Critical Strike Chance: A very strong base of 11.47%.
- Leech: Native lightning damage leech allows any class to sustain life without needing specific lightning-leech nodes or gear.
Righteous Descent Skill Breakdown
Righteous Descent functions similarly to a “Leap Slam” but with divine wings and higher scaling.
- Base Attack Damage: 637%.
- Empowered Attack Damage: 1,275% when consuming a Fragment of Divinity.
- Recovery: When used, it recovers 10% of maximum life and 10% of maximum mana over 2 seconds.
- Utility: The skill can cull and provides massive burst damage potential, making it likely to be a top-tier choice for the 0.5 patch.
Build Archetypes and Class Synergy
This weapon fits well into archetypes similar to the “Spearfinder” builds established in previous patches (0.4). While the Pathfinder is a primary choice due to movement speed, immunity to slows, and stun resistance while sprinting, other classes are viable:
- Amazon: High synergy with critical hits and applying “weak spots” to enemies.
- Titan: A strong alternative for a more defensive or physical-leaning setup.
Benchmarks from previous spear builds suggest using Glacial Lance for map clearing and Explosive Spear for additional damage scaling.
Endgame Scaling and Clear Speed
To optimize the build for high-tier mapping and clear speed, consider the following:
- Palm of the Dreamer: This expensive endgame item grants the Gloom Shrine effect, causing enemies to explode on death.
- Heralds: Use Herald of Ice for shatter-based clear or Herald of Ash combined with Trample for overkill damage explosions.
- Presence Scaling: Through new runecrafting options, you can increase your “presence.” This expands the radius in which Fragments of Divinity spawn, allowing for larger AoE coverage and the potential to off-screen enemies.
- Defense: Transitioning into Energy Shield (ES) for high effective hit pool (EHP) is recommended for late-game survivability.