May 27, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min · 27 segments
We're only a couple days away from Path of Exile 2: Return of the Ancients dropping and to bide time, Halcyonish and I hopped on a call to have a chat about patch 0.5, league starter builds, the lore…
Talkative TryHostHalsey AnishGuestAnd you have to press your button, like, six times to do any damage, and you have to position yourself carefully, and you're playing an evasion character.
There's a lot of ingredients here for failure, but such is the nature of Path of Exile.

I have warned people, including my father, who would like to start Twisters in a sense, that just because you see, let's throw out a name, a guy that dies, you know, clearing act one in, like, 30 minutes flat, downing the campaign in three and a half hours with ease does not mean you will be nearly as smooth as one of the best players in the world.

I don't appreciate that, but he, he can start with Twisters if, if he wants, but I agree with you.

It's, it's multi-button, especially on bosses, and you have to be cognizant as to whether or not you're, like, next to a wall, and if you're shotgunning, and there's all these things that you gotta pay attention to that a lot of players...
And you have to press your button, like, six times to do any damage, and you have to position yourself carefully, and you're playing an evasion character.
There's a lot of ingredients here for failure, but such is the nature of Path of Exile.

I have warned people, including my father, who would like to start Twisters in a sense, that just because you see, let's throw out a name, a guy that dies, you know, clearing act one in, like, 30 minutes flat, downing the campaign in three and a half hours with ease does not mean you will be nearly as smooth as one of the best players in the world.

I don't appreciate that, but he, he can start with Twisters if, if he wants, but I agree with you.

It's, it's multi-button, especially on bosses, and you have to be cognizant as to whether or not you're, like, next to a wall, and if you're shotgunning, and there's all these things that you gotta pay attention to that a lot of players...
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