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POE 2 Teasers Day 16 - Facebreaker & a Delirium Unique & More - Path of Exile 2

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Summary

  • Tavern Talk Podcast: A upcoming interview featuring Jonathan Rogers and Mark Roberts.
  • The Auspex: A new Delirium-themed unique chest piece featuring the Mist Raven skill and the Gruelling Madness debuff.
  • Facebreaker: The return of a classic unique, reimagined for Path of Exile 2 as a Strength-based unarmed mace-skill enabler.
  • Return of the Ancients: Both items will be included in the 0.5.0 expansion launching May 29th.

Tavern Talk Podcast Announcement

A new episode of the Tavern Talk podcast will feature Game Directors Jonathan Rogers and Mark Roberts. They will be interviewed by DarthMicrotransaction and GhazzyTV.

  • Timing: The podcast takes place approximately five days from May 19th.
  • Schedule: The event begins one hour after the scheduled league start time.
  • Details: Exact timing for different regions can be found on the official forum post.

The Auspex (Unique Chest)

The Auspex is an attire item strongly linked to Delirium themes and is likely a drop from Tangmazu. It relies heavily on its unique minion skill, as its base defensive stats are relatively low for a chest slot.

Item Stats and Requirements

  • Evasion Rating: Approximately 1,092 (unqualitied), reaching the low 1,300s with 20% quality.
  • Dexterity Requirement: 242.
  • Life: Moderate flat bonus.
  • Defensive Utility: Chance to Deflect is Lucky while on Low Life.
  • Presence Effect: Enemies within a four-meter radius gain one Gruelling Madness stack each second.

Mist Raven Skill

The item grants the “Summon Mist Raven” skill (Level 20 base, potentially scaling up to Level 90 depending on the boss source).

  1. Behavior: A singular minion that attacks and culls enemies.
  2. Command Skill: Causes the raven to dive at a target, creating an explosion that “shatters reality.”
  3. Utility: Granting the player Frenzy charges when the raven culls an enemy.
  4. Debuff Synergy: The raven causes enemies in your presence to gain Gruelling Madness.

Gruelling Madness Mechanic

This debuff functions as a stacking slow and intensification effect:

  • Initial Stack: Slows monster movement speed by 15%.
  • Subsequent Stacks: Each stack increases the slowing potency of all debuffs on the target by 10%.
  • Maximum Stacks: 10 (resulting in a 90% intensification of slows).
  • Decay: Targets lose one stack every two seconds if no new stacks are applied.

Facebreaker (Unique Gloves)

A remake of the Path of Exile 1 classic, these gloves enable unarmed combat by treating your fists as maces. Unlike Hollow Palm Technique (which scales with Dexterity and supports quarterstaff skills), Facebreaker is a Strength-aligned item for mace skills.

Core Mechanics

  • Unarmed Mace Skills: Allows the use of all mace skills (e.g., Hammer of the Gods) while both hand slots are empty.
  • “Boss’s Face Broken”: The item tracks kills of Overworld Map bosses (campaign and interludes). There are 52 such bosses.
  • Damage Scaling: Each “broken face” adds flat physical damage to the gloves. At maximum stacks (52 bosses), the damage range is approximately 164 to 220.
  • Scaling interpretation: It is expected that the damage bonus is based on character quest status, though an alternative interpretation suggests bosses might need to be killed while the gloves are equipped.

End-game Scaling and Stats

  • Damage Multiplier: 1% “more” unarmed damage per 5 Strength.
  • Melee Strike Range: +3 while unarmed.
  • Defense: +1 Armor per 1 Strength.
  • Visuals: Includes unique animations, such as “Fist of the Gods” (an unarmed version of Hammer of the Gods).

Build Considerations

Facebreaker presents a complex optimization puzzle for end-game players:

  1. Strength Stacking: Balancing Strength for the “more” damage multiplier and Armor bonus against the need for Attack Damage increases.
  2. Weapon Slots: Players must weigh the loss of weapon-based stats (like “plus to gem levels”) against the high scaling of the gloves.
  3. Alternatives: The item may compete with other Strength-stacking options like Brutus’ Lead Sprinkler.
  4. Vaal Orbs: Corrupting the item may potentially modify the “damage per boss broken” stat beyond normal limits, though this is unconfirmed.

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