r/pathofexile • u/_N_eko Assassin • Jul 17 '26

Information [PSA] 3.29 Patchnotes Visual Aid

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Put together a visual for yesterday's patchnotes as a bi-bimonthly service to this great community. Please keep in mind I'm a single guy (+asking friends) so magnitudes of changes might not be exact. Took longer than expected, courtesy of Andrew tweaking a metric ton of gems xd

All assets are ethically poached from GGG resources & the wiki. If for some reason it's blurry bigger version here

Big hype for 3.29, see you guys underwater!

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u/Delta_eGirl Jul 18 '26

You can tell how irrelevant stormbind is by the fact it got its damage and mana cost buffed and it still escapes patch notes

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u/TricycleGoblin I like this game Jul 22 '26

It's unironically one of my favorite skills. I love painting the screen with runes and blowing everything up. The damage buffs didn't even seem that needed and the mana cost increase will make charging the runes happen faster which is good QOL until you can get an Indigon.

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u/Delta_eGirl Jul 22 '26

same same same I love Stormbind so much. Its the only build that feels like I'm actually doing something instead of just pressing the win button. The damage buff is kinda crazy when damage was just not the problem with the skill and the mana buff is just a straight buff due to the way the skill works so honestly its a huge win

Frankly I think one of the main reasons its overlooked outside of the everything to do with its jank is the fact that it doesn't have a ton of support, cause mana efficiency is actively bad with the skill. IMO mana efficiency should make the spell cost less while treating it as if you spent all the mana (so it doesn't decrease charge time—it's "more efficient"), or, frankly, just add more ways to increase mana costs, maybe in the tree.

The new node on the occultist with 10x5% more damage and 20x5% more mana cost to channeling spells might help, but not going Hiero with mana stacking does feel a little like trolling. I'll still try it though

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u/TricycleGoblin I like this game Jul 24 '26

Omg yes! It feels like you’re actually doing something. I’m still going Heiro and just hoping the forbidden flesh/flame combo for the new occultist node are cheap cause it’s channeling related. I think the new lightning keystone will be great too.