u4gm What Makes POE 2 Arcmage Empress Blood Mage So Reliable
I wanted a caster that feels snappy again in Path of Exile 2, not the sort where you wait on mana or pray your damage shows up. This Blood Mage Arc setup gets there by spending life as your fuel, then stealing it back through leech while you keep casting. It sounds sketchy until you try it and realise you're almost always refilling mid-fight. If you're gearing up and thinking about big-ticket upgrades like poe 2 Mirror of Kalandra , this is the kind of build that actually makes good use of that investment because it scales cleanly with better stats and better uptime. Crit Consistency Over Gambling The whole point is to remove the "maybe" from your damage. You push toward 100% critical strike chance so every Arc chain lands as a crit, and the build feels steady instead of swingy. Blood Mage already nudges you in that direction, and Pinpoint Critical is the glue that makes it click. You don't have to chase insane crit multi early, either. The consistency is what ...