Path of Exile 2’s new dodge roll fundementally changes boss fights

Who would’ve thought a dodge roll would finally convert me to the church of Path of Exile?

I’ve always fallen on the Diablo 3The great ARPG war is a battle between ARPG fanatics. Path of Exile was fun enough when I’d dip a toe in, but I just wasn’t that interested in its Diablo 2 feel. And so I logged my ARPG hours in Blizzard’s fast-paced Diablo 3 instead.

After ExileCon, when Grinding Gear Games premiered new footage Path of Exile 2, When it was revealed that the game will not be an expansion but a standalone, I became interested to give this series a second chance. When the studio gave me the chance to try the ExileCon demo, which was played by attendees of the convention, I jumped in hoping that this series might finally work for me.

Then, you can begin to consider the Path of Exile 2,Demo felt similar to Path of Exile I was already vaguely familiar with — albeit much prettier. I moved through the environment with the game’s characteristically slight, purposeful lag on my movement. My character was able to use new, more exciting abilities by inserting skill gems. My Monk was decked in all the silly, early leveling gear we’ve come to expect from RPGs.

It wasn’t until the demo’s second boss — a massive, underground worm — that Path of Exile 2,Finally, I was gripped. The creature knocked me on my ass in an instant during my first few attempts. Then I realized I’d been using the game’s new dodge roll solely as a repositioning tool rather than an actual dodge. On a whim, I tried rolling through one of the worm’s minor attacks — which typically did enough damage to nearly halve my health — and to my surprise, my character phased right through.

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So I began to analyze the worm’s attack patterns. With each new attack, I gained a little more progress. Soon it was defeated and the loot proved it.

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One boss fight featured a goat-like monster on a tiny platform. Its allies launched spears from nearby cliffs as I dodged its attacks and slashes. On occasion, the wolf swarm would be comically large, and I was forced to take them out before they took me down. You get stuck trying to dodge 50 wolves. I had to adopt a completely different strategy than in my up-close-and-personal war with the worm, but the boss ended up being just as satisfying to fell.

The majority of these are low-level Path of Exile 2, bosses gave me a level of fulfillment I didn’t expect from an ARPG, since normally a big part of the combat experience in games like this is gear-based. I only expect to struggle on a boss when I’m underleveled or undergeared. These battles were more like beating bosses. Elden RingMore than just slaying baddies Diablo 4 — a game that otherwise shares a lot of DNA with Path of Exile. Path of Exile 2,PoE and Diablo do fundamentally different things when it comes down to combat.

The killing of a boss is a crime that can be committed in Diablo 4 — aside from maybe Uber Lilith, the game’s ultimate challenge — is more about gear checks, skillfully using your cooldowns, and dashing around the arena to preserve your life when things are going bad. However, Path of Exile 2,Boss fights can be compared to dances, whereby you learn more about the choreography as you practice and fail. And it’s all thanks to the new dodge roll, which elevates the combat from a goofy dude walking quickly away from a burrowing monster to an active experience where precision and expertise are rewarded.

What about the rest? Path of Exile 2,, I can’t say that I found the minute-to-minute gameplayThe following are some of the ways to get in touch with us: be as engaging as the boss fights — not by a long shot, actually. And at this point, I’d certainly say I prefer mowing down hordes of enemies in Diablo 4 to Path of Exile 2,. A Diablo boss never made me feel this nervous. Path of Exile 2,’s did, and that’s more than enough to make the yearlong wait for PoE 2,’s full-fledged beta feel very long indeed.