Path Of Exile 2 Carry Run

Players, if you're still tired of the high-intensity gameplay and slow clearing speed of the 200% Delirious map in Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.5.0, there's a completely different path - easier, faster, and just as rewarding.

Breach farming might be the most underrated way to get rich easily in the game right now: low cost, low barrier to entry. What we need to do is quickly navigate the map, focus on Breach and Grand Expedition, and then steadily accumulate a large amount of PoE 2 currency.

Core Strategy

This Breach farming strategy involves quickly traversing various travel nodes in Grand Expedition ocean region. In each map, the tasks are to kill the map boss, clear out all Breach, and complete Expeditions as well.

Expedition itself is quite rewarding, occasionally yielding high-value items like Logbooks, making it well worth completing as you go.

After completing these, immediately move on to the next map. The goal is to clear all travel nodes in a certain ocean area to prepare for multiple rounds of Grand Expeditions. Alternate between these two gameplay styles.

Breach Rewards

In addition to regular Breach events, players may occasionally encounter Breach Hives in PoE 2, but the rewards will be lower than those for regular events.

While Breach Hives provide more Wombgifts than regular Breach Hands, their Hiveblood output is only about half - specifically, one Breach Hive is roughly equivalent to 1.5 Breach Hands' worth of Hiveblood, while a regular map has an average of three Breach Hands. Therefore, the total amount of Hiveblood obtained through Breach Hives is too small to be worth the effort to acquire.

Furthermore, clearing Breach Hives is slow, resulting in a poor gameplay experience. Unless unavoidable on the path, players should try to avoid them.

Genesis Tree

Crafting Direction

To increase profitability, we need to choose the right crafting direction in Genesis Tree within this Breach farming strategy.

Belts can be crafted using talents to add Minion Skills affixes, and even the worst quality finished products can sell for over 30 Divine Orbs. However, for long-term crafting, belts aren't the best investment for Hiveblood.

For players, a more attractive crafting option is Caster Rings.

Rings crafted with +1 Level of Spell Skills, even the worst Fractured version (not corrupted), will fetch over 300 Divine Orbs on the market. However, the price of Fractured version of the ring doubles to 600 Divine Orbs.

The more lucrative returns are for those based on Mnemonic Rings, with prices reaching 3000 Divine Orbs being normal.

Although these exceptional items don't appear frequently, accumulating Hiveblood through extensive Breach farming and continuous crafting actually increases the chances of getting a big win compared to obtaining Hinekora's Lock in Expedition.

Currency Focus

In the current Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.5.0, Chaos Orb to Divine Orb exchange rate is approximately 8:1. This favorable market condition dictates the direction of our currency configuration in Genesis Tree.

We can choose to extend the left branch all the way to the top and select Selectively Bred: Vaal Orbs to block Vaal Orb drops. We also acquire Unpredictable Production node, which offers a chance to drop Chaos Orbs or Vaal Orbs - but since Vaal Orbs are blocked, we will only get Chaos Orbs we want.

Additionally, we can select Rebirth to provide a chance to avoid consuming additional Hiveblood, supplemented by several other nodes that increase Chaos Orb drop rate.

While there are branches that allow investing in items like Jewel Catalysts, given the current high value of Chaos Orbs, focusing on the production of regular PoE2 currency is clearly the better choice.

As for Breach Splinter and Breachlord Sac related nodes, their trigger rates are extremely low, so investing points in them is completely unnecessary.

However, there are PoE 2 currency giveaways on IGGM Discord now; participating in them might help with your Divine Orbs inventory too!

Atlas Passive Tree Configuration

In Expedition branch, choose extra explosives instead of extra Remnant, and Swamp instead of Desert as the direction for Cultivate the Sea bonuses.

The advantage of Swamp is that its Mastery provides a 10% chance to convert Exalted Orbs drops into Chaos Orbs, thus reliably increasing the yield of 1 to 3 Chaos Orbs per map.

While Desert provides monster effect bonuses and increased numbers, it also increases monster health by 15%, contradicting our goal of quickly clearing maps.

Tablet Selection

Tablet selection in PoE 2 is crucial in determining the efficiency of this preliminary evaluation.

One key point is that players should avoid Unique Breach Tablet. While it allows Stabilized Breaches to spawn a large number of rare monsters, making it suitable for high-Delirious environments, it significantly slows down map clearing.

In this speed-driven strategy, the most critical affix on the tablet is Quantity of Hiveblood Found in Map, which must be guaranteed to appear.

Second, players can also combine it with affixes like Quantity of Wombgifts.

Although a tablet with a good affix costs around 1 Divine Orb, considering the output, the investment is entirely worthwhile.

By the way, IGGM Facebook PoE 2 Group has been set up, and there will be occasional giveaways. You can stay tuned to help you on your PoE 2 league journey!

Liquid Verisium Usage Tips

Another clever tactic in this strategy is to always keep one set of Liquid Verisium in your inventory.

When encountering Verisium Remnants worth less than 1 Chaos Orb - whether in an Expedition or alone - it's worth rolling with Liquid Verisium.

Each roll costs only about half to one Chaos Orb, but has the potential to randomly roll for rare items worth hundreds of Divine Orbs.

This entire Breach farming strategy doesn't require a top-tier build, complex operations, or high investment, allowing for a stable accumulation of large amounts of PoE 2 currency in a relaxed and enjoyable gaming experience.

Because of its significant advantage in map clearing speed, it has the potential to become the most profitable farming method in Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.5.0.

After extensive practical testing of Chronomancer in Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.5.0, players have discovered that its strength far exceeds expectations. With its cooldown management, slow control, and damage amplification capabilities, Chronomancer excels in map clearing, burst damage, and survivability.

Furthermore, the continued strengthening of the caster system in PoE 2 provides Chronomancer with multiple viable damage output paths. The following three Chronomancer builds represent Freeze control, projectile chain reactions, and Chaos damage over time, respectively, all capable of reaching the endgame:

• Ice Nova Chronomancer
• Frost Darts Chronomancer
• Blackflame Chronomancer

Ice Nova Chronomancer

Core Mechanics

This Ice Nova Chronomancer build primarily utilizes Ice Nova spell for map clearing and Cold Infusion for increased damage. The new Cold and Rune spells added in Patch 0.5.0 further raise the damage ceiling.

For this build, Freeze serves as both an offensive and defensive tool, immobilizing monsters and enhancing control through Chronomancer's inherent slow and Cooldown Reduction.

Ice Nova Chronomancer's single-target burst relies on Frost Wall and Frost Bomb, utilizing Snap damage and exposure reduction, combined with Elemental Weakness and Sigil of Power to form a complete boss-targeting rotation.

Gameplay and Controls

When clearing maps with this build, we need to move and cast Ice Nova to freeze a large area of ​​normal monsters. For rare monsters, we need to insert Frost Bombs between Ice Nova casts to apply Exposure effect, quickly reducing their Frost resistance before killing them.

Upon entering the boss fight phase in Path of Exile 2, immediately activate Sigil of Power to apply Curse of Elemental Weakness to the boss, then place Frost Bombs.

After that, a fixed loop begins: alternate casting Frost Wall and Ice Nova, utilizing the high single-target damage generated when Frost Wall is shattered by Ice Nova, and refreshing Frost Bombs and the curse during cooldowns.

Equipment

For equipment, the weapon should ideally have a Staff that increases Frost skill level. For the helmet, Alpha's Howl is a good choice to obtain a large amount of spirit for aura conservation.

For the chest armor, prioritize the rune-forged Grasping Mail, which provides life, spirit, and resistance. Amulet needs to provide skill level, spirit, cast speed, and critical strike chance for this Ice Nova Chronomancer build.

Rings are used to supplement life, resistances, and mana regeneration, while boots and gloves should have strong base stats and prioritize movement speed and critical strike damage affixes.

Frost Darts Chronomancer

Core Mechanics

This build primarily utilizes Fork and Ricochet effects granted by Gemling Legionnaire ascendancy to generate Ice Crystals on critical strikes.

Ice Crystals are not spells, so they are not affected by spell damage bonuses, but they can explode upon impact from subsequent projectiles.

A single cast of Frost Darts creates a chain of Fork, Ricochet, and Snap, with projectiles bouncing repeatedly and causing multiple hits. This makes your Frost Darts Chronomancer incredibly efficient at clearing maps in PoE 2, and bosses can also take multiple Snap hits.

Gameplay and Controls

It's worth noting that this Frost Darts Chronomancer build is even simpler to use for clearing maps than Ice Nova Chronomancer.

You simply cast Frost Darts on groups of monsters, and the projectiles will automatically fork and detonate Ice Crystals, creating a chain reaction that clears the entire map.

For boss fights, you'll need to prepare with Sigil of Power, Frost Bomb Exposure, and Elemental Weakness beforehand. Then, maintain distance and continuously cast Frost Darts, trying to utilize the ricochet angle to increase your hit rate.

Equipment

This build requires cold spells staff weapons with critical strike chance, and cast speed. For affix bonuses, choose skill level and extra projectiles.

Having Maligaro's Virtuosity Fine Bracers gloves will further enhance Frost Darts Chronomancer's Critical Hit Chance.

Additionally, in this Frost Darts Chronomancer build, Headhunter Heavy Belt is optional. If your PoE 2 currency is insufficient, there's no need to use this expensive belt, even though it does improve the build's map clearing efficiency.

Blackflame Chronomancer

Core Mechanics

Unique Amethyst Ring: Blackflame is the core of this build. Its unique mechanic converts the Ignite effect from fire damage into Chaos Damage, completely altering the calculation and stacking logic of Ignite damage.

Although this ring was previously adjusted in-game, in PoE 2 Patch 0.5.0, because of the addition of new jewel affixes and damage over time amplification pathways, this build has experienced a second peak.

Blackflame Chronomancer utilizes the chain explosions of Fireballs and the spread of purple chaos flames converted from Blackflame to quickly clear monsters. The true trump card is the channeled skill Incinerate used during boss fights; the higher the channeled stacks of this skill, the more terrifying Ignite damage becomes. 

Gameplay and Controls

When using Blackflame Chronomancer to advance through maps in PoE 2, players may experience a brief skill activation time in the initial stages. However, as buffs, chain explosions, and Chaos Bursts stack, your map clearing speed will increase dramatically.

When facing bosses, you need to strictly adhere to the following strategy: first activate Sigil of Power, then use Thunderstorm to stabilize Shock effect, maintain Wither Presence, and finally, start channeling Incinerate from a safe position.

As long as you pay attention to your positioning during the channeling, you can kill the boss within seconds as Ignite damage increases dramatically.

By the way, it's worth mentioning that IGGM Facebook PoE 2 Group frequently has giveaway events, so stay tuned!

Equipment

Regarding gear, since Blackflame is the core of this build, you should acquire it as early as possible in PoE 2. Its Ignite magnitude and related affixes directly affect your final damage.

For weapons, a staff with bonuses to fire spell skill level and casting speed is the biggest source of damage increase for Blackflame Chronomancer.

For armor, you can opt for an Energy Shield base, focusing on stacking Intellect, Mana, Life, and Resistances to ensure the caster's survivability.

These three Chronomancer builds all demonstrate unique value in PoE 2 Patch 0.5.0 and are highly competitive caster choices!