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Many players might still be deep into the early stages of Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.5.0: Runes of Aldur League, when the development team suddenly announced the release date for Path of Exile 3.29.

This time, the team seems quite confident about the update schedule. Instead of giving a vague window, they have provided an exact date and time. Is that date reasonable, and what impact will it have on Path of Exile 2?

Path of Exile 3.29 Release Date

The development team has long finalized the release date for Path of Exile 3.29 internally, and they feel very confident about it. They have announced that the new league will begin at the following times:

• PT: July 24, 2026, at 1:00 PM
• ET: July 24, 2026, at 4:00 PM
• BST: July 24, 2026, at 9:00 PM
• CEST: July 24, 2026, at 10:00 PM
• TRT: July 24, 2026, at 11:00 PM
• AEST: July 25, 2026, at 6:00 AM

It is worth noting that the official live stream event will take place eight days before the league goes live, specifically on July 16 at 1:00 PM PT. This differs from Patch 0.5.0 update, where the stream was held 22 days before the league start as a one-off special arrangement. Now, the streaming cycle returns to the familiar eight-day window that players know well.

Special Event

While waiting for the official launch of Path of Exile 3.29, the team will host a special event. Judging from the announcement, this is clearly an event exclusive to Path of Exile 1 rather than anything related to Path of Exile 2. More details will be revealed in the coming weeks, and the team sincerely invites everyone to watch the live broadcast then.

Looking back at various special events the team has run in the past, some were huge successes while others received mixed reactions. These events are typically aimed at hardcore players. They reset all of a player's gear and PoE currency, giving every participant a fair and fresh start. Let us recall some notable special events from Path of Exile 1.

Flashback

Flashback is a very popular event type. It randomly combines mechanics from several past leagues into a single area, usually mixing three mechanics that rotate every hour. The event also includes league-specific modifiers from earlier leagues, such as Anarchy, Invasion, Breach, and Ambush. Event durations can range from 48 hours to a full month.

Mayhem

Mayhem takes Flashback concept and intensifies it. The core idea is to let a single past league mechanic appear on an enormous scale. For example, an area might have a multiplied number of exiles or breaches. This creates extremely high monster density and utter chaos, perfect for testing a build's limits. Mayhem usually lasts for one week or ten days.

Turmoil

Unlike Flashback's random combinations, Turmoil activates monster modifiers from all past leagues simultaneously. A rare monster in an area might carry both Nemesis and Bloodlines modifiers, which greatly raises the difficulty. The event also includes standard and hardcore modes, with durations often set at two weeks or ten days.

Legacy of Phrecia

Legacy of Phrecia league introduced 19 brand-new, limited-time Ascendancy classes that completely replaced the game's original ascendancies, and it was very well received by players. However, it already took place in early 2026, so another occurrence is unlikely.

The team is unlikely to copy a previous special event exactly, as they like to make changes each time to keep things fresh. They might bring an entirely new event or combine elements from past special events. Which form this event will take remains to be seen.

When does Mirage League End?

Mirage Challenge League will officially end on July 20 at 3:00 PM PDT. You still have several weeks to farm PoE currency, level up your character, and complete all challenges.

During the special event, Mirage League itself will continue as normal, so you can keep playing your existing league character. If you prefer a slower pace and need more time to progress, characters in Standard League are always available.

Impact of PoE 3.29 Release Date

The Mirage League began on March 6. Based on the team's usual four-month update cycle, the release date for PoE 3.29 would have fallen around July 6. In reality, the release has been delayed by more than two weeks.

However, this is actually a wise decision. It not only avoids clashing with Diablo 4 League 14 but also does not draw players' attention away from PoE 2. Launching the new league on July 24 gives PoE 2 players about two months of time, while Diablo 4 players get roughly four weeks. Considering the content in both Path of Exile 2 and Diablo 4, that amount of time should be enough for most players to finish the main campaign and the key challenges of the endgame.

Another point to note about this timing is the release of Path of Exile 2 Patch 1.0. Within about four months after PoE 3.26 launches, the team is unlikely to issue any major updates.

ExileCon is expected to begin in either November or December. Based on this schedule, that almost coincides with the release of PoE 3.30. If the team does not want the release windows of PoE 3.30 and Path of Exile 2 Patch 1.0 to collide, then the full version of PoE 2 will likely be announced at ExileCon, but its actual launch will be delayed by two months, landing around January or even February of 2027.

What exactly PoE 3.29 will look like is unknown for now, as no details have been shared. Nevertheless, PoE 3.28 Mirage League is one of the best leagues ever. Enjoy it while you can before the next league arrives.

Dear PoE 3.28 players, with Mirage League progressing, now is the perfect time to explore powerful builds. Have you ever thought about combining Poison and Flicker Strike? Imagine how fun that would be! Now let's explore how to build this Poison Flicker Strike Assassin build!

This build is a Flicker Strike variant with poison as its core damage mechanic, belonging to a less mainstream playstyle. It's not suitable for Uber Bosses because its damage and survivability don't meet the requirements for that extreme raid.

However, it can smoothly farm Nightmare Maps and easily handle regular bosses like Eater of Worlds and Searing Exarch.

Core Gear

This build's damage rotation relies on the synergy between several pieces of gear. Fortunately, since you are not forced to use unique gear, you can complete this build even if you don't have a lot of PoE currency.

First, we use Arakaali's Fang, which triggers Raise Spiders. These spiders are linked to Withering Touch, Minion Speed, and Greater Multistrike. Therefore, they attack enemies very quickly, stacking Wither layers and significantly increasing the chaos damage enemies take.

Secondly, choose Bino's Kitchen Knife. Its core function is poison proliferation. Whenever you kill a poisoned enemy, other enemies within 3 meters are automatically poisoned. Additionally, Bino's Kitchen Knife provides a small amount of health regeneration.

For the chest armor, use Farrul's Fur, which periodically grants you full frenzy charges and power charges through Aspect of the Cat.

Since this build's attack speed isn't extremely high, Less Duration Support isn't necessary. Other required affixes can also be obtained through rings.

Additionally, We recommend that you choose Snakebite gloves, as they provide hit chance, attack speed, poison chance, and damage over time multiplier based on your current frenzy charges.

For boots, choose Ralakesh's Impatience. Its core mechanic is that even if you don't actually gain any frenzy charges or power charges, you're still considered having the maximum of either. This effect is crucial because it directly triggers Snakebite's poison chance bonus.

At last, we chose Olesya's Delight belt, which converts all your frenzy charges into Affliction charges, providing a significant damage boost.

Furthermore, don't worry about Snakebite's effect being nullified after the frenzy charges are converted, because Ralakesh's Impatience ensures you're always considered having full frenzy charges, perfectly negating the side effects of the actual conversion.

Skill Links and Aura Setup

Our primary offensive skill is Flicker Strike of Power. It links Added Chaos Damage, Unbound Ailments, Greater Multistrike, Fortify, and Void Manipulation.

Since this skill also requires investing in Chance to Poison Implicit attribute, this may be the most expensive part of completing this build. Of course, if you're short on funds, you can also choose to buy cheap PoE currency from IGGM.com. Don't worry about a limited budget; unlock the most powerful endgame gear for your character now!

For movement abilities, we now use Whirling Blades and equip Precision, Plague Bearer, and Desecrate on our gloves. Desecrate's purpose is to summon 20 spiders by creating corpses in conjunction with The Writhing Jar when there are no enemy corpses during the boss fight.

Next, regarding aura configuration, we activated Herald of Agony, Grace, and Flesh and Stone. Flesh and Stone is best linked to Enlighten and maxed out.

For curses, the amulet uses Impresence, which allows Despair curse to be linked to Blasphemy without mana loss, becoming an aura.

As for the amulet annointing, we chose Dismembering to increase critical strike damage and synergize with Perfect Agony talent.

Flasks

For flasks, to increase melee attack speed, we choose Rosethorn Tincture.

In addition, we can also use Jade Flask for dodge bonus and Stibnite Flask for crit chance bonus.

Talent Tree and Jewels

The key talent for Poison Flicker Strike Assassin is Perfect Agony, which makes the damage over time multiplier equal to your critical strike damage bonus, so you need to stack 100% critical strike chance. This goal can be easily achieved using Assassin ascendancy and power charges.

For Timeless Jewels, you can use Lethal Pride to compensate for the lack of strength. Alternatively, you can replace it with The Light of Meaning and address the strength issue by changing rings and jewels, thus achieving higher damage output.

Damage and Survivability

In terms of damage, this build primarily relies on poison combined with Perfect Agony and Wither stacks. The ideal optimized configuration, using Light of Meaning, will result in even higher damage. At 15 Wither stacks, you can achieve around 30 million poison DPS.

Because spiders stack Wither very quickly, damage will rapidly increase in actual combat.

In terms of survivability, you mainly rely on Fortify and Grace for evasion, Flesh and Stone for blinding, and spell suppression from the talent tree.

Additionally, The Pantheon chose Lunaris and Tukohama. Since Flicker Strike is considered stationary during continuous attacks, it reliably benefits from healing.

Overall, this build is fairly tanky, requiring some attention to dodging projectiles, but Lunaris provides some assistance.

This build is relatively inexpensive; the most expensive part is Flicker Strike of Power, especially the imbuement on Chance to Poison, which costs around 50 POE Divine Orbs. Other equipment such as Farrul's Fur, Arakaali's Fang, and Bino's Kitchen Knife are not particularly expensive.

A similar build was played using Occultist in previous leagues, perhaps with even better results. If you're interested, you can also try building this Poison Flicker Strike build with Occultist for a different experience.

That concludes the build strategy for this Poison Flicker Strike Assassin build. Hope these will be helpful to you in PoE 3.28!