PoE2 Adds 35 New Support Gems in The Last of the Druids

Path of Exile 2 is getting another big gem update. With the Last of the Druids patch on December 12, Grinding Gear Games is adding more than 35 new Support Gems, several new Lineage Supports, and a long list of reworks. Many of the new gems showed up in the Druid reveal stream, and they already open up a lot of build options for launch week.

If you want a full breakdown of everything coming with patch 0.4.0, you can also check out our Last of the Druids Overview, where we cover all new systems, league mechanics, and endgame updates.

The Most Interesting New Supports from Patch 0.4.0

These are the confirmed new Support Gems shown during the reveal stream or mentioned directly by GGG. They stood out the most for build potential.

Accelerated Growth

Creates explosive plant growth. Works well with rain and nature setups.

Tectonic Slam Support

Adds cascading slams to melee attacks. A great fit for Bear Form and other slam builds.

Fan the Flames

Spreads fire damage between ignited enemies. A big buff for ignite builds.

Advancing Storm

Makes storm-type spells move forward instead of remaining stationary.

Echoing Cry

Repeats Warcries after a short delay. Very strong for Warcry builds and Druid charge setups.

Grounding Shocks

Makes shocked enemies pulse lightning arcs like a Tesla coil.

Spell Totem (Meta Gem)

Lets totems cast any spell you socket. Costs Power or Endurance Charges, which the Druid generates naturally. Opens up a lot of hybrid spell-melee setups.

GGG confirmed that the total batch is more than 35 new Supports, though not all names were listed in the patch notes. The livestream also showed several new supports and skills around breath attacks, storm setups, Warcries, and Mark interactions.

How These New Support Gems Change Your Build Options

PoE2’s gem system is more focused than PoE1, so each new Support Gem has a noticeable impact. The new set touches almost every playstyle:

• Better transform-focused gems for Druids
• Stronger Rage scaling for spells and melee
• New options for storm mobility
• Improved ignite and poison scaling
• More supportive tools for nature, plant, and “rain/water” builds
• Stronger Warcry consistency
• Expanded Lineage Supports for all classes

Even without the full list of names, players have enough new tools to experiment with multiple builds on day one. 

Full Support Gem Changes from Patch 0.4.0

These are all Support Gem changes listed in the official patch notes. This section includes reworks, renames, disabled gems, Lineage changes, and rebalanced supports:

Support Changes

• Crescendo I, II, and III are now Intelligence Support gems (previously Dexterity).
• Perpetual Charge is now an Intelligence Support gem (previously Dexterity).
• Mark for Death is now a Strength Support gem (previously Dexterity).
• Gambleshot is now an Intelligence Support gem (previously Dexterity).
• Brambleslam is now a Strength Support gem (previously Dexterity).
• Disabled the Font of Rage Support Gem.
• Disabled the Ricochet III Support Gem.
• The Inevitable Critical Support has been renamed to Inexorable Critical I Support.
• World-Drop Lineage Supports are now less common overall. Specific Lineage supports have been adjusted relative to others.
• Atalui’s Bloodletting Lineage Support now grants 2% extra Physical damage per 20 Life cost, up to 40%, and no longer has a cost multiplier.
• Xoph’s Pyre now grants Supported Skills gain 40% of Fire Damage as Extra Chaos Damage.
• Esh’s Radiance now grants Supported Skills gain 40% of Lightning Damage as Extra Chaos Damage.
• Tul’s Stillness now grants Supported Skills gain 40% of Cold Damage as Extra Chaos Damage.
• Uul-Netol’s Embrace now grants Supported Skills gain 40% of Physical Damage as Extra Chaos Damage.
• Einhar’s Beastrite now grants Killing Blows from Supported Strike Skills against Rare Monsters grant two Modifiers for 5 Minutes.
• Zarokh’s Refrain now grants Supported Spells Echo 3 Times and gives Echoes more Area.
• Uruk’s Smelting now grants a stronger armour-breaking exposure effect.
• Vilenta’s Propulsion now converts 75% of Cast Speed increases into Projectile Speed.
• Ahn’s Citadel no longer adds less AoE or damage penalties.
• Tecrod’s Revenge now improves minion death timers and minion speed.
• Rigwald’s Ferocity now gives more Attack Speed.
• Ratha’s Assault now loads more bolts and grants higher attack speed.
• Arjun’s Medal now gives a 100% chance to load bolts on kill.
• Kaom’s Madness now reduces the damage penalty on Supported Skills.
• Tawhoa’s Tending improves Totem Life scaling and explosion damage.
• Atziri’s Allure adjusts curse effect penalties.
• Garukhan’s Resolve now caps crit chance and removes the movement requirement.
• Kurgal’s Leash now greatly buffs Unholy Might uptime for minions.
• Arakaali’s Lust increases poison-based damage scaling.
• Tacati’s Ire doubles poison damage acceleration from Rage.
• Ailith’s Chimes now gives a higher chance to gain Power Charges.
• Arbiter’s Ignition now always grants Elemental Archon on ignite.
• Nova Projectiles now reworked.
• Nova Projectiles II added with new cooldown and projectile count.
• Piety’s Mercy renamed to Dominus’ Grasp.
• Dominus’ Grasp now grants Chain 100% more times.
• Chain I, II, and III Supports reworked to adjust chain count and remove the old multipliers.
• Culmination I and II now have combo caps and adjusted damage.
• Stormfire Support now mixes Ignite damage into Lightning damage.
• Living Lightning and Living Lightning II adjusted.
• Enraged Warcry and Rageforged are now treated as spending Rage.
• Upheaval and Branching Fissure no longer restricted to melee.
• Impact Shockwave now creates real aftershocks.
• Impact Shockwave now supports Wind attacks.

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