Following a brief teaser video, Grinding Gear Games dropped a full gameplay walkthrough for the Witch, the newest playable class in Path of Exile 2.
The Witch is no stranger to fans of Path of Exile, she was after all a playable class in the original game. However, the Witch is a bit different this time around. Originally, she was notable for her mastery of elemental and dark magic, but now GGG appears to have positioned her as a class for players who love summoning hordes of minions.
Game director Jonathan Rogers walks players through a number of gameplay sections in the video, providing a look at both low and high level gameplay for the class. One notable change from POE1 is how summoning minions will work in the sequel. In POE1, players had to manually summon their minions, but in POE2, minions will automatically regenerate together and be resummoned following a short window after no minions have died.
Another really interesting change is the ability to summon specific dead enemies by capturing their essence. These summons die permanently once killed, but it’s an interesting wrinkle on the more static summons players would expect from a class like this.
Path of Exile 2 will enter Early Access on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S later this year.
