Diablo Player's Guide to Path of Exile

If you've played a lot of Diablo 3 and Diablo 2 (or any other ARPG), here's a quick and dirty guide that will get you playing Path of Exile in no time!

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Skill gems

Skills in Path of Exile take the form of gems, which you socket into items. There are two basic types of skill gems in Path of Exile: active skill gems, and support gems. Active skill gems represent skills you actively use (Fireball, for example). Support gems can be socketed into a linked socket with an active skill gem, to provide a modification of that active skill gem (For example, increasing the damage or the size of your fireball). Active skill gems and support gems are easily visually distinguishable from each other in your inventory. A skill gem must be socketed into an equipped item in order to use that skill.

The skills in PoE aren't class-specific. Any class may use any skill.

Both active skill gems and support gems gain experience (10% of your combat experience) when you fight. Both types can gain levels, thus increasing the gem's potency. The maximum level for any active skill or support gem is normally 20, but this level can be overcome through the use of some items, Vaal Orbs, or the Empower Support support gem. Gems must be socketed into an equipped item in order for them to gain experience when you fight

The leveling of gems is optional. For some reason, it might be more beneficial not to level up a gem:

   1.If you cannot support the new mana cost of the gem or the mana reservation.

   2.If you want to pass it on to another character which might be lower level.

   3.If you are gear dependent on the stats required to use the skill gem and don't think you're going to be able to keep up with the stat requirements.

You'll mainly get active skill gems as quest rewards early on, but you'll also find them dropped by monsters, chests and breakable environment objects such as barrels, crates, pots, etc.

After completing a quest you can buy skill and support gems from the accessories vendor on its sell page 2. You can check which gems your class can buy on the second half of the quest reward page

There are three overarching categories, represented by colors, of active skill and support gems: red colored gems, which require mostly strength to use; green colored gems, which require mostly dexterity to use; and blue colored gems, which require mostly intelligence to use. As the gems level up, their respective attribute requirement amounts will increase as well.

Each individual gem has a set of gem tags associated with it. These keywords are listed at the top of each gem's description, when you mouse over it. You can use these to determine which support gems are able to affect which active skill gems - just match the key words! For example, Fireball has the keywords "Fire", "Projectile", "Spell" and "AoE" listed at the top of its description. The Fire Penetration Support gem also has the keyword "Fire" listed at the top of its description. This means that the Fire Penetration support gem will affect the active skill Fireball, because both have the keyword "Fire". Support gems do not directly affect other support gems.

Attack skills take weapon damage into consideration. Spells, traps, spell-casting totems, and mine skills do not (like D2).

There are many skill and support gems, and more are added periodically!

Classes

There are currently seven base classes to choose from.

The biggest difference between classes are their Ascendancy class choices. In later acts, completing The Labyrinth will allow you to choose one of three Ascendancy subclasses (or just one for the Scion). Each of these classes grant access to a powerful passive to specialize your characters in. While the given choices are still versatile enough for any build to take advantage of, it's advisable to take a look a them first if you have a certain type of build in mind.

Besides Ascendancy classes, the only differences are: how your hero looks, what their starting attributes are and their position in the passive skill tree (more on that next up).

For now:

Learn more about Path of Exile, please go to https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Diablo_Player%27s_Guide_to_Path_of_Exile.

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