It's finally time for the one thing every Path of Exile 2 player has been waiting for: swords. A new class and weapon type is coming to the action RPG later this year—oh, and the full 1.0 release of the game.
On December 11, PoE 2 will leave early access behind and go full free-to-play, just like its predecessor. While developer Grinding Gear Games has several previously announced classes to get to eventually, the 1.0 release will at least include the one many players have been waiting for.
The Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 trailer doesn't actually give the man with the sword a title, but it's likely some form of the "duelist" class that was teased a while ago. It's possible he's gone through a few iterations over the last few years, but he's definitely using a sword for all the new skills.
Swords are a big deal in PoE 2 because weapons are class agnostic, meaning a new weapon type is like getting a big drop of new skills for everyone to play with. I'm more of a caster player, but I can't deny how good some of them look. At one point, the mysterious swordsman pulls up a cone of icicles and slams the sword down in the middle, turning the poor monsters in the middle into bloody ice cubes. That specific attack is borrowed from a campaign boss and part of me wants to use it against him to get revenge for how many times he's killed me with it.
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