Path of Exile 2 Ascendancy Design SLAYER - DUELIST Class - Heads Rollin! (Fan-made)

[@jtotes1991]

@SylverXYZ it was me who told Ghazzy to check out your work, I'm quite happy that he read the message and a lot of people will come after him, that was the idea, congrats.

[@sylverxyz]

Dude you have my gratitude! Thanks so much for spreading the word, things like that help out the channel so much. Appreciate you mate

[@jtotes1991]

@@sylverxyz you deserve way more attention for this work, keep going mate💪🏻

[@off-meta-michael]

Really cool ideas here man

[@sylverxyz]

Appreciate that mate. glad you liked it!

[@off-meta-michael]

@@sylverxyz the line of sight that parts the trash so you have a clear shot to the rare sounds absolutely baller

[@sylverxyz]

Yeah felt very Slayer! Sooo metal to call out the big guy and everyone moves aside haha

[@dreamcore_gg]

Slayer and gladiator are two duelist ascendancies I fully expect to see in PoE2. Champion I'm not so sure, possibly a warrior ascendancy

[@sylverxyz]

My thoughts too! Feels like the champ never really found a place beyond being this very generic warrior archetype to me.

[@TalkativeTri]

he just cannot stop, HE IS OUT OF CONTROL

[@Warplux]

Not OP at all! Lol

[@MrHoodlin]

I'm loving your designs. I really look forward to them as we wait for early access to arrive :)

[@sylverxyz]

Glad it’s helping to pass the time mate :)

[@PiotrMaciejczak]

"enemies clear the path between you and the nearest Rare and Unique enemy" is very cool thematically and I can see it mattering in a game where there's no phasing. cool idea!

[@sylverxyz]

Yeah, both in map and for bosses with a lot of add spawn perhaps

[@nepchola]

Flawless Execution seems very enjoyable to use. Also like the idea of Skull Collector node.

[@sylverxyz]

Simple but very effective. It’s a pretty huge more multi especially for normal mobs but you might have to tone the normal and magic threshold down a touch

[@AugustoRustige-pm5mr]

I like the skull collector too its a cool idea

[@sylverxyz]

Lumerius skull on your back would be a flex :)

[@johncani4684]

'A Duel of Names' hands down, genius/unique node! Super thematic.

[@sylverxyz]

Nice man! Would feel so unique I think

[@CrAzD]

The face that Slayer is making, is the same face I make on the toilet.

[@TalkativeTri]

BALANCE is such a wicked node, heck yes!

[@bsstyle123]

Skull collector would be wild

[@sylverxyz]

Haha just in looks, which boss you taking from those revealed so far?

[@mekgaming111]

Skull Collector is like a different version of Headhunter

[@sylverxyz]

;)

[@charlesm835]

Nice, lot of great consolidation here. What a stacked class 😂

[@sylverxyz]

Yeah really wanted to make that, hey you want to chonk big guys, tire yourself out …

[@Archaval_AZ]

Really like the ideas you got, especially the mini sorta-Headhunter with Skull Collector; definitely fits the vibe of a Slayer. I'm not too sure I'd agree with dueling fitting the vibe of a slayer as much as it would a gladiator, who's professionally at times a one on one combatant. I'm curious as to what made you go with that in particular In my mind, a slayer is an unstoppable force that builds momentum as they keep going, more or less "blood for The Blood God, skulls for The Skull Throne". While something like Uprising does fit that description, Exhausting Assault works in the opposite direction to it which I'm not too sure works from an identity pov, though I'd be happy to hear more about what made you go for those two in particular. Skull Collector on the other hand I think is perfect in terms of fitting the identity of what a slayer is. When you're done with the map, your player character should resemble as much a monstrosity as the enemies you just overcame, ever devoted to perpetuating the slaughter. Skull Collector perfectly embodies that. Personally, I'd love to have seen something along the lines of AoE splash damage, something like the Gratuitous Violence node the Gladiator of PoE 1 has, or something that lets you deal with body blocking in some way. Enemies in PoE 2 have a tendency to swarm you, when the Slayer is faced with hordes of enemies, I don't expect it to think about the most tactical way of taking them on, I'd rather think they'd keep hacking away, in a gorey red mist until they carved a way through the swarm. Overall though, I love the ideas that you're working with here and very much look forward to seeing the rest of the Ascendencies you come up with!

[@sylverxyz]

Hey mate, Thanks for the thought out response to this one. I hear where you’re coming from I will be doing a glad which will have some different themes. For duelling I was thinking specifically they they like to go for the biggest strongest enemy and hunt them down. I didn’t want this to share too much theming with the berserker we have done already which fits the blood for the blood god thing exactly leaning into following Kitava and being hungry to almost literally devour their enemies. That said I wanted this still to feel like a man, a man that isn’t a freak or a beast, he is just a great soldier who seeks glory in fighting the greatest foes and protecting his people. That’s why exhausting assault felt right for example, he will give everything he’s got but as the battle goes on it will wear him down, after all he is fighting incredible odds. That’s the ideas :) I guess I wanted some heroism in there, rather than him being another blood hungry freak

[@jeanluclechat-g4l]

hi , if i wanna play dueelist/slayer , at the early start i choose a warrior then move into the duelist node ? or i cannot ascend into a slayer starting as a warrior at all ?

[@sylverxyz]

Hello, this design is not in the game, it is a fan made creation. I may have to change the titles now the EA is here.

[@omegasybers1110]

I think it's unlikely that we'll have access to the slayer

[@sylverxyz]

Don’t go breaking my heart Omega!

[@omegasybers1110]

@@sylverxyz I still think we'll get 36 brand new ascendancies and MAYBE a few return in name only

[@sylverxyz]

@@omegasybers1110 I would love that to be true and honestly think it’s very believable. I can imagine the meeting from the beginning going, yeah let’s just make 36 entirely new ones and then them going from there

[@Warplux]

First! Hehe

[@sylverxyz]

Haha Bravo War!

[@Warplux]

I'm looking forward to see the effects of posting content everyday on your channel Silver! I know it's hard work and it's not easy to replicate or prolong but I hope it gets you a consistent growth of followers! Best of luck!

[@Warplux]

Btw it's gonna get harder for you to reply to comments when u get more and more! U already have a fan here you don't have to take the time to reply to my comments everytime! Really appreciate it mate but I'd hate to waste your time on me! Focus on the new people I'm already here for the ride!