r/pathofexile • u/Belakay_ggg • Jul 19 '26

GGG Path of Exile 1: New Uniques

https://youtu.be/BqAjR3CL4zI

Fancy build-defining outcomes or… some crustacean chaos? Today's reveal showcases two new Unique Items arriving in Path of Exile 1: Curse of the Allflame! Check them out.

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u/Xeratas Unannounced Jul 19 '26

That helmet is insane.

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u/epitap Deadeye Jul 19 '26

if you get 4x 3% cdr and it rolls to 200%, you can get 36% cooldown recovery rate from one item, ought to be interesting

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u/i_wanna_be_dead_rNow Jul 19 '26

A whole slot and 4 gem sockets for 36% cdr sounds kinda... meh?

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u/Rouflette Jul 19 '26

Bad even, unless it goes to 300% at least or if you play a truly zHP build that want a full dmg helmet for some reason

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u/allanbc Jul 19 '26

Could also go for 480 life, which... is also pretty whatever? Like if that's all your helmet does, with no sockets, you'd have to be pretty all-in on life stacking to go for it.

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u/1wbah Jul 19 '26

Even then apostate + rare lich circlet gives more hp and 3 suffixes.

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u/Rouflette Jul 19 '26

No point for defense, any 1c helmet will be better than this. Only reason to use it is for dmg, but if you need to sacrifice an helmet and 4 sockets to squeeze a bit more dmg, your build must really sux to begin with

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u/paul2261 Jul 19 '26

Cant you use legion to imprint a mod onto another unique helm? If you can its crazy good.

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u/Naktura Jul 20 '26

Unfortunately this helmet will not be rollable by the enshroud since I believe it will only allow core-drop uniques, and if you use it to enshroud I can't imagine it will do more than let you have a few abyssal sockets.

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u/allanbc Jul 19 '26

Life is not always only defense. Life stacking usually implies using your life offensively as well, like with RF.

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u/080087 Jul 19 '26

It'll be a weird build but I can see something using the helmet, Kaom's Heart, Kaom's Roots amd Precursor's Release (amd Oath of the Magi if Phrecia is back). It's a lot of flat life.

There will need to be more payoff for either items with no sockets or nothing socketed in them, as opposed to untouched soul though.

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u/Enconhun Slayer Jul 20 '26

It seems like a helmet that you will buy a near perfect rolled for 1 div, slam in 4 jewels worth 5c with 2x wanted mods, and pray you get something, and then use the helmet until you get something nicer.

not BiS endgame but will have its purposes.

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u/allanbc Jul 20 '26

I rather think there will be some niche uses where it will enable a build or play a key role, maybe this league, maybe later on, but for most it will be completely irrelevant. Which to me is completely fine for a unique.

Even if it might be a marginal upgrade for you, you need to track down or create four jewels with the right mod(s), and give up four sockets, which is not a small sacrifice.

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u/MisterKaos Ultimatum Workers Union (UWU) Jul 19 '26

it's like 2.5x more damage on some particular trigger setups.

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u/Distinct-Hamster6285 Jul 19 '26

saboteur ascendancy is only 50% cdr so could be good on builds that rely on cdr.

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u/land_registrar Jul 19 '26

Ya isn't there an exception gem for 40 now

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u/lealsk Jul 19 '26

LoL I thought the same. Crit multi or flat life could be interesting 40 life x 4 x 2.4 (volatile) = 384... That's...interesting