PoE 2 Huntress - Overview, Skills, and Ascendancies

Path of Exile 2 is releasing the Huntress as the 7th playable class in Early Access. Her release comes in tandem with a major League/Version update, Dawn of the Hunt.

The Huntress will add a new style of gameplay that’s a mixture of both ranged and melee skills. There’s a lot of unknown details when it comes to the Huntress, as we’ve only seen limited gameplay.

In this guide, I’ll be covering everything we know about the Huntress class and how it works. Let’s jump right in.

If you're interested in builds, check out the following pages:

• Huntress build guides
• Amazon build guides
• Ritualist build guides

The Huntress will be available as a new playable class in Path of Exile 2 on April 4 at 12PM PDT with the release of Dawn of the Hunt update for Early Access.

After GGG's livestream showcase on March 27th, we learned that other new additions to classes/ascendancies include:

• The Lich (Witch)
• The Tactician (Mercenary)
• The Smith of Kitava (Warrior)

The Huntress is a new class with the DEX attribute. This means you’ll start on the same location on the passive skill tree as the Ranger. (Lower Bottom Right)

This area is close to nodes with things like Evasion, Elemental Damage, Freeze/Shock, Crit, Flask Effect, Charm effects, Skill Speed, Movement Speed, and more.

Spears

The weapon specialty for the Huntress class is Spears. This is a new weapon type being added to Path of Exile 2. As the name suggests, there are skills that allow you to throw your spear as well as attack in melee range.

It will be interesting to see how this class comes to life. In general, the Huntress doesn’t appear to be a tanky class, so fighting in melee range can pose a greater danger. If the Ranger excels at ranged combat, we’ll have to see how the melee portion of the Huntress makes her unique and powerful.

As with every Class, the Huntress will have Spear specific Skill Gems tailored to her "intended" playstyle. Keep in mind that any Class can use any weapon/skill gem, this is simply a baseline recommendation.

• Disengage
• Whirling Slash
• Twister
• Explosive Spear
• Spearfield
• Lightning Spear
• Fangs of Frost
• Rake
• Barrage
• Rapid Assault
• Storm Lance
• Sniper's Mark
• Blood Hunt
• Glacial Lance
• Primal Strikes
• Thunderous Leap
• Bloodhound's Mark
• Tame Beast
• Whirlwind Lance
• Elemental Sundering
• Wind Serpent's Fury
• Spear of Solaris

Huntress Ascendancy Skills

These skills are available as part of the Ascendancy Passive Trees.

Ritualist - Corrupted Lifeforce

Blood Boil

Enemies in your Presence accumulate blood boils periodically. When they die, the boils pop applying Corrupted Blood to enemies near them.

Ritualist - As the Whispers Ask

Ritual Sacrifice

Sacrifice the Corpse of a Rare Monster to grant you its Modifiers for a duration.

Amazon - Elemental Infusion

Infuse Weapon

Grants your Weapon Infusion. Projectile Attacks with that weapon Consume Infusions to Infuse the first Projectile fired, causing it to explode at the end of its flight.

The Ritualist

The Amazon

This wraps up everything we know about the Huntress class in Path of Exile 2.

The Huntress is a new class that has an “in and out” style of gameplay. You mix melee skills with ranged skills to adapt to your situation and benefit from both styles.

Players who enjoyed playing Ranger or Monk so far in Early Access might have a good time with Huntress as well.