The 12 Classes in Path of Exile 2 - Everything You Need to Know

[@Born_Reddy]

Just a reminder guys, we haven't had any final confirmation of the classes that will be available in early access. Hopefully we'll hear something soon! What's the classes you're most excited to try out?

[@Exile-Horizon]

Warrior! The feeling of those heavy slams is beyond satisfying 💥💪

[@therealsourc3]

Druid, I'm hopeful xD Have been theorycrafting a nice build with fire and stuns that can be pretty OP, with lots of breaking armour and crowd control. And also with the new gem implications, you have a limited set of options for support gems since you can't have 2 of a kind that I have taken account for.. Also I hope they'll add a tiger or lion form for him.

[@johncannata811]

I agree but it’s still mad and better then d4 🤷‍♂️

[@MrSeifer159]

Probably the Templar :)

[@rubyrubi1165]

Druid needs a hawk/owl/raven/crow transformation

[@SimonMester]

T O A D. Not enough druids in games do reptiles or amphibians. It's always just the same mammals. Gimme lizards, toads and some screeching birds.

[@apexfalllegendarium349]

as minions aswell its always skeletons and stuff,i want animals,beastmaster,nature caller

[@apexfalllegendarium349]

turning into a bird would be badass though lul

[@apexfalllegendarium349]

turn into a komodo dragon doing 100% poison chance,or whats the most badass killer reptile lul

[@kailanirhys6107]

Some sort of octopus with multiple arms, allowing multiple weapons, or a "natural" multistrike ability

[@kauaiaguya]

Yes I want some more necrotic flavor in my druids! Circle of spores!

[@ZXbolterZX]

I hope the Monk has an unarmed specialty/ascendancy. Or heck, some new weapon base like Knuckles

[@trungle9425]

Same, bare knuckle monk is my fav archetype

[@johnwolfe7596]

They very recently showcased a new skill which requires you to be unarmed to use the skill. Looks like it's going to fulfill the unarmed fantasy!

[@NemisCassander]

The Monk will likely share the unarmed schtick with the Shadow, as at least a while ago, GGG announced that Claws could be used with Unarmed attacks.

[@stephennetu]

Wait seriously?! Claws being usable with unarmed would be HUGE...​@@NemisCassander

[@NemisCassander]

@@stephennetu They mentioned this some time ago, so I don't know if it is still valid, but they did mention this.

[@osetor7457]

2:54 In an interview, if I recall correctly, Jonathan said the rhoa is essentially just a minion summoning skill (available to anyone), and thus reserves a part of your spirit, and the unique active ability of said minion is allowing you to get on the mount to remove movement speed penalties while using bow skills (similar to how the skeleton sniper's active ability is shooting a gas cloud arrow), but also suffering a massive stagger if you happen to be stunned while on the mount. While not riding the mount, it'll behave like a normal minion and attack stuff around you.

[@Born_Reddy]

Awesome, thank you for the additional information. I wonder if it's only bow skills or if crossbows can be used while riding+

[@DrBeats1231]

Your idea to turn into a POE specific monster is so cool and maybe to piggy back off that gave me an idea for a "mimic Monster" skill that you could mimic monsters similar to how you can capture a monster as a minion. Maybe even adapt and mimic the nearest pack around you and even gain some of their modifiers somehow, definitely a lot of cool things they could go with this class.

[@NemisCassander]

The two animals that would be most likely to choose for 'uniqueness' would be the rhoa and the drop bear.

[@DrBeats1231]

@@NemisCassander oh God the drop bears lol maybe a goatman?!

[@MstarSmith]

You were not lying in the intro. No clickbait, concise and straight to the point. Great script and everything was perfectly clear and easyily communicated. Subbed!

[@Born_Reddy]

Legend, thankyou!

[@scott6430]

Grinding renown in D4(Poe 2 waiting room) right now and all it’s doing is making me want this game more and more. It’s going to be amazing.

[@Born_Reddy]

I went back for the recent expansion and the lack of skills was eating at me the whole time

[@Gavinbelson]

@@Born_Reddy It was fun for a couple days. I got jebaited, I ate the shit.

[@Swarley218]

Yeah the waiting room is even starting to empty. The only thing Diablo does better is quality over quantity for drops, but I wouldn’t be surprised if PoE2 follows suit

[@ViralClipsThatDontSuck]

@@Swarley218 They literally have to do that to keep you people playing. I stopped supporting blizzard after d3. Wont ever buy another trash game they make and i suggest you dont either.

[@tylerlamb4108]

some interesting ideas for the Druid would be a scorpion, eagle, snake, Porcupine, ect. would be cool if they reached out to the players to ask what they wanted to see, maybe add new forms via updates, DLC.

[@misterschmutz3385]

Thanks for that summary, getting hyped up for next month!

[@HunterJulianB22]

I want to use a witch with a 2h sword like my first time in PoE

[@anbu999]

Range >>> Melee when you never run out of ammo.

[@vic1ous511]

Depends on stats Range usually dies when surrounded, melee dies when CCed The first one is pushed into increasing damage, the second needs more recovery and sustain I also think boss fights will be in enclosed and smaller rooms, come to think of it going into Range assuming it's gonna be easier might be a mistake That being said I expect melee to have more problems against ranged mobs and summoners, which usually is the case But again I expect boss fights in general to be a bit easier with melee 🙂

[@bazyl3357]

So: witch / sorceress - int druid / templar - int / str monk / shadow - int / dex warrior / marauder - str ranger / huntress - dex duellist / mercenary - str / dex Correct?

[@Born_Reddy]

Nailed it! I believe that's right

[@itsame_th2283]

Cant wait to see the shadow and templar

[@arturvegis2571]

they are gods and not ported to poe 2

[@Jeff.55649]

The Templar will be my choice if I can play it as a zeal paladin type of class from Diablo 2.

[@フフウェイ]

Yo I already had an identity crisis regarding which class to play, what are you doing???? /panic

[@Born_Reddy]

I'm really going to struggle choosing ny first. I reckon I'll start which for the love of minions. But I'm dying to try mercenary!

[@PhillipD-e6o]

Can't wait to play an elemental specialized Druid. Lightning, hurricanes, and tornadoes for my enemies!

[@Not4Now28]

Same!!!!

[@Czar_Dean37]

Just now getting around to looking into this game more closely and HOLY CRAP they are knocking it outta the park early.

[@halian9256]

Thanks for a succinct overview, you've made my excitement even more excited!

[@Born_Reddy]

Appreciate it :) thanks for the comment. Less than a month and we'll be absolutely smashing some PoE2!

[@layonduff]

I'm always a generic Sorcerer kind of player but the monk looks like so much fun while also having a bit of elemental magic going on

[@aamoreWA]

Can’t wait to play the huntress!

[@KrigHammar]

Me and my friends were talking about D4, even the shit expansion would not care me if D4 have Javazon, but it doesn't. So Poe 2 I am waiting really much

[@davehalliday8010]

She looks biring af though

[@KevinJL777_WDFA]

Thank you for this video. I really enjoyed it

[@Jsobone]

I made a really dual wielding ho regen blood magic ranger in poe. Was a super fun and cool setup that was nice to be able to do. Huntress reminds me of Amazon a bit. Ill probably try Huntress and Mercenary at the start.

[@tylerpettry8104]

i love using druids especially in games like diablo it would be cool if u could turn into a giant man spider or minotaur or a man dragon on 2 feet

[@SniktBamfKapow]

Just found your channel, but the quality of explanation was excellent. You should have way more subs.

[@Born_Reddy]

Appreciate it mate!

[@JyinRyu]

In games that have a summoning ability, I tend to be called to create an army, so the Witch is definitely going to be my first class. I'm excited.

[@razaelx]

For the first time in a while, melee is tempting. Monk looks quite unique flavor wise and seems to fit the changes to the gameplay format. So Ranger for sure, monk second and then mercenary 'cause c'mon...Shotgun, automatics and grenades!!!

[@apexfalllegendarium349]

Doing a monk called donnie yen or Jet Li lul

[@razaelx]

@@apexfalllegendarium349 haha nice.

[@razaelx]

@@c-tothefourth4879 yeah sure but no doubt that some mercenary specificities and ascendencies will highlight/enhance skills related or exclusive to crossbows, grenades etc. Knowing GGG, they didn't showcase that class with those weapons just randomly.

[@davisbindejazz]

Druid should turn into small, fast rat who could bite enemies feet causing bleeding dmg or a snake that cause poison dmg

[@preslim84]

I'm usually a melee kinda guy, but with the WASD movement the crossbow shotgun playstyle looks awesome

[@zoeyluo9996]

very well summarized. appreciate the video!

[@oneof13forestpeople97]

Druid morph: ManBearPig

[@Mjdemass]

lmao that would be so awesome

[@dpyxl]

cany wait to see shadow class.. may favorite assassin / rogue dagger in every rpg/arpg class to play.

[@dogs-game-too]

I always play shapeshifters in games/dnd but I prefer hybrid forms like WereBear/wolf to full transformations so idk how to feel about PoEs approach

[@FFeeLiT]

Very good class designs and choices, but a pure samurai class would be extremely cool aswell. But for now im probably going for Shadow. Maybe Dualist and Mercenary.

[@joshuawilson6310]

A cool ascendancy for druid following the aztec theme. Would be able to turn into Quetzalcoatl.

[@gangstersnow]

One thing they have to change to make wasd usable at end game, is automation of life flasks, you can't move with wasd, and still click life flasks. If they don't have they at launch, noone will use wasd for very long.

[@amd3636]

I have never played POE. I play a ton of D4 and am intrigued to try POE2 / Sorc. I hope their introductory quest is good as the game seems really intimidating. Are there any classes that are BAD to choose for overall gameplay?

[@bsstyle123]

Doubt the maurauder would be one with warrior around, maybe like a cleric style class since there's a lot of supportive nodes on the passive tree and with the style of play there could be more support play in general for higher content

[@apexfalllegendarium349]

like a link specialist would be cool

[@AxelVega17]

All classes are looking good, im gonna investigate the skill trees, druid in case i can summon more than just wolves so i can focus in melee while pets support, give me some eagles or crows, a tiger, more variety, even a slime 😂, if its limited in summons I'll probably make a templar with flail or the monk, animations are fluid af

[@volney142]

Mercenary looks up my alley. I've always loved x-bows in games

[@OLODOOM]

I can't wait to play this with Witch/Necromancer!

[@Steve-Cap]

I’d like to see a Druid transform into something that can burrow underground for quick escapes or ambushes.

[@brandonstewart6930]

I think the Druid turning into a dragon would fit more into the elemental side of things, would be neat

[@Kmayd]

I would like to see the Druid going into a Gorilla a Big One too!! RAMPAGE!!!

[@NoxDeadly]

Cant wait for this game, I’m tired of D4’s shitty builds they basically force you to make

[@kamis1406]

Boar would be cool. However i would like to see druid connected not only with animals, but also with plants. Do maybe he could transform info tree or something like swam creature.

[@yasinachekzai2567]

When I heard that this game is only one month away, I got really excited, and when I then scrolled down and saw that the video is one month old, I immediately went to Steam and bought the EA pack! XD Can't wait! Only a few more hours. 🥰 Also, great summary! I will most likely start as a mercenary, but if PoE1 in anything to go by, I will go crazy on the game anyway, and play all classes extensively. 😍 Edit: I really love that they have a ranger and a huntress, as while these two may seem similar, I believe that a dexterous fighter definitely is a theme that has a lot of room for differences. Same goes for Warrior and Marauder, as there definitely is also nuance in these styles, one being more of a big guy in armour, the other more a barbarian. If you want to have the perfect fantasy for your character, details like that are very welcome. 😁

[@Born_Reddy]

ooof sorry to tell you that the game was delayed since i released this video :( it's 2 weeks away today basically. December 6th is the release now!! hope you get this message and sorry for the disappointment.

[@yasinachekzai2567]

@@Born_Reddy Yeah, had to learn that the hard way. 🥲 Oh well, still not that far on the horizon. ^-^

[@choppax9454]

mercenary is clearly for me

[@holymolyalligatorbarly]

i think it would be cool if certain gems had value of their own, but like cause of the ability itself not cause the stat gain. like a 300div gem that allows druids to turn into a dragon.

[@carterfn5939]

Definitely going to play mercenary and if possible probably throw in some bow abilities (if it works like that)

[@Born_Reddy]

Some skills are tied to weapons, some aren't. But you can hold 2 weapons so a crossbow and a bow equipped giving you both sets of abilities is always an option!

[@carterfn5939]

@@Born_Reddy fuck yeah I’m excited to hear that man really hyped for this game. Thank you for the great content

[@tokopaaisen2927]

I played a little poe1, enjoyed the most as a rogue. Which class in Poe 2 is closest to it?

[@legiongaming5182]

Im a little sad the early access got pushed back but im super happy the devs are willing to do right by us players

[@Born_Reddy]

That 2nd delay was brutal, but I agree. Let them get it to a state they're happy and day 1 it'll be a blast.

[@raphdgp4058]

Im going druid all the way

[@tooltoad]

my guess for the druid transformation is bear is the default form. and crazy looking one are cosmetic in the cash shop.

[@fluffy_the_fluff]

Dont know If u played poe before but there is no default this significant. U get a class which determines your beginning on the passive tree and only a little bit different stats. For forms or new fighting styles u have ascendancies, something like a mastery u can specialise in. So no forms in mtx (cosmetics). Only alteration of your looks. Like another race in terms of the bear. Grizzly, Brownbear, White Beast, panserbjørn ( If u know "the golden compass").

[@ryuojiin]

I'm hoping for a Samurai or Ronin class that has iaijutsu in its combat possibly faster than the Warrior but less tanky, slower than the shadow or dualist but has critical and counter in its skill set. That's just wishful thinking :D

[@SlimCharles17]

Sooo hyped for this!!

[@StructuralIntegrity.]

Marauder chieftain with shape-shifting could be interesting

[@schuessler-3867]

This Game looks so next level and every class is so fucking interesting i cant wait to Play

[@Youtube_Globetrotter]

So interesting. I really whant to know the dualist Ascendancies

[@alexanderulyev4651]

This is what diablo was supposed to be. Great game!

[@ljjohnson2412]

Bro that skill tree is insane 🤯

[@necromancer6405]

Finally, a good (sounding) necromancer.

[@xAndrzej42]

So they basically took your average classes ascendancies, and separated that into classes. I just hope leveling will be fast, i hate playing same story so many times just to try different end game for different class

[@StructuralIntegrity.]

If the shape-shifting is tied to strength, then I'm thinking of playing maruader chieftain with bear form, or perhaps wolf

[@niravelniflheim1858]

Do PoE 1 characters carry over to PoE 2 in any way? I'm not seeing a Scion or anything like it that goes triple-stat, so I'm guessing we have to start over. But I do hear that our cosmetics carry across, which must have been a lot of work because I'm seeing a lot of classes in total for the team to make models for. Perhaps some classes share models, idk.

[@Born_Reddy]

Thanks for the comment! Your PoE1 characters don't carry over in any way and the Scion is now gone from the class selection sadly. Cosmetics are carrying across except for some really niche exceptions where the skill might not exist in one game or the other, but that's only for skin effects.

[@niravelniflheim1858]

@@Born_Reddy There seems to be a time jump in the lore too, calling for a "next generation" (or re-incarnation) of my characters. I'm okay with that. The idea of my characters inheriting the cosmetics from their forebears (or past versions of themselves) creates a really fun link to the past as well. And there's a whole new journey to be had from level 1, can't miss out on that!

[@shooski]

I heard the 4 still coming from a decently reliable source: Gladiator, Assassin, Marauder, Templar

[@KhaosElement]

Really, really wish we could get a game where the zoomancer wasn't locked to undead summoning. It was cool in D2 with the necro, but we need a zoomancer with animals or something else.

[@Born_Reddy]

A druid being able to zoomance would be incredible!

[@darryljack6612]

New to this whole Genre and got into this style of gaming through D4. I love how many more classes there are in POE2. Will there be an actual story campaign though?

[@Born_Reddy]

There will be a story through the campaign, but path of exile largely does this through text and conversation with characters/vendors.

[@christopherjohnson2171]

GGG really just focuses on gameplay. Yes, there will be a story but they don't really have the experience or resources to make it a AAA experience. It is just going to be there.

[@Born_Reddy]

@@christopherjohnson2171 This! well put and exactly right.

[@andegrvz]

I'm completely fine with the templar being one of "those" holy men 😂

[@bobbylonghorn1399]

it should turn into the beast from the Den and have the option to change colors and patterns mtx. All shapeshifting should be in the game rather then non-existent creatures within lore or game

[@whocares3337]

did they really just take D2 Chars and mix them in the game while nobody was watching? ! Love it :D

[@Thomas2877]

I hope PoE2 is way better on console than the first one. From what ive seen it looks like it will be so im excited.

[@Shurinil]

if merc can equip an off hand rapier/shortsword for a val helsing/witch hunter style playstyle would be great

[@smegg9676]

let the druid turn into the monty python bunny and 1-shot everything on april fools day.

[@TalkativeTri]

Good video!

[@Born_Reddy]

Cheers Tri! Good to see you Exile

[@ivenslaercio6474]

Guys will be possible to create something like death knight? or void knight? any type of warrior using dark magic

[@Forbidden_Chocolate]

I want summon reaper witch, & im kinda freaking out since i havent seen summon reaper

[@Jihell77]

mainly showed with quarterstaff... Ok but does the monk can have punch kick build with no weapon at all ?

[@Raspotnik]

Druid is my jam

[@israel4506]

I want to try the witch for sure

[@fuzzylumpkins6034]

I am on this like white on rice and stink of sh!t. We have needed a better version of PoE for years and the respect to the players with all of the qol changes and content for vets, new comers and endgame looks awesome. The cinematic alone retired world of cinema craft from the only thing Blizz has done well for 20 years. Insane and stoked!

[@umuterdonmez6995]

Damn merc looks fun, just watched a longer video of the class, its like bringing machine gun to a knife fight lol

[@entelin]

I want druids to be able to shapeshift into that chocobo that rangers can ride. Then your ranger friend can ride you! Bonus points if you can summon an npc ranger to ride you XD

[@RaichuWizDom]

04:40 What other animal? If they're going bear and wolf, the logical third animal would be the boar, basing it on the Norse berserker-ulfhednar-jöfur trifecta. Those are the three 'types' of animal-based trance/shamanic shapeshifting warriors, according to wikipedia. Thematically speaking, bear would be the slower tanky one to rampage with, wolf would be the one for buffing minion builds, and boar would be the one with more dashes and forward charging/goring capacity, if that's the line they're going for. As for what I'd *like* to see as animal forms? I'm partial to reindeer, because they almost never get represented accurately in media. Seriously: games, movies, cartoons, for some reason *everybody* gets it demonstrably wrong, especially the snouts. Only one that's mostly correct is Them's Fighting Herds. But it looks like the folks at Grinding Gears do their research, so they'd likely get it correct. Barring that, branching out into non-mammalian forms would be awesome. Specifically: -Salamander or Giant Toad. Give you a poison aura, and needs some kind of weather control to stay wet and in your form. Have a health regen buff as long as you've got a certain spell up. -Alligator Snapping Turtle: taunt with that little tongue thing they have, tank up, deal massive damage with a bite attack, AOE with the ridges on their back. -Cassowary, or a Moa. Speaks for itself. Would likely interfere with the design space assigned to Ranger's mount, though.

[@GamersGuild777]

Great video we only a month away!!!!

[@Vihre4kettu]

It would be so nice to have a monk without any shiny weapons and stuff. Just a monk with fists to purge heretics.

[@elementochannel6994]

good video dude

[@Born_Reddy]

Cheers, thanks for the comment

[@fluffy_the_fluff]

Just waiting for an arachnoid as ascendancy for the druid. Give me my spooder. 😁

[@bek1388]

Will we have some customisation?

[@vyktorzhuravlev8304]

I would like an elf ice/frostbite(DoT) archer from Discipless 2😊

[@tube9ovejas]

I hope we can make a real pure melee class, I want to feel that Im hitting my enemies and not using earth magic or throwing things

[@junbro96]

can't wait for new players to Path of Exile, see the skill tree, and say what the fuck. Some games tried to copy these kind of skill tree, rarely do they come close. DA Veilguard at first glance look like a PoE skill tree, but as you go in-depth, you realize each specialization only caters to certain playstyle i.e. Reaper with shield throw build

[@Sniperahead]

4:45 owl, snake, wolf, a phantasy animal and owlbear

[@AIRpursuit]

Can sorcerer and Monk be one build and switch with a weapon swap? 😁 It would be fun to cast spells and also do melee. Int + dex sorcerer lol

[@Born_Reddy]

Yes! You could have a staff and a quarterstaff for Monk skills. You can mix and match basically anything, it's just the class ascendancies that are specific :)

[@sookepatrol]

Be cool to see them shift into a spider. Or like you said a creature from the game.

[@SoldierBoy3064]

Thanks... Marauder or witch but probably not druid as the bear looks stupid roaming around to me plus melee classes are bad against bosses 😢

[@ImezRuez]

All the boss fights I've seen show a stupidly small arena so the dodge builds are going to be HARD to boss with

[@Born_Reddy]

hey you've watched and comments on 2 of my recent vids, cheers! I hadn't really thought about arena size but you're not wrong, I feel like most of what I've seen has all been very similar. I'm really curious how builds using the active block mechanic will go against bosses.

[@timsen94]

Anyways, which Class for RF??? :D

[@leoexcalibur]

You forgot to put the Evolution classes for the Huntress

[@SGTsouls]

Beta is dropping 6th of December, it got delayed 3 weeks

[@justdance77]

I can't wait to try but elemental spells look too bright, hopefully there is a way to turn these off