The latest patch for Path of Exile 2, The Last of the Druids, has begun. Do you prefer a familiar class, or are you eager to experience Druid? If you choose the latter, you'll eventually have to choose between Shaman and Oracle again.

Both are Druid Ascendancy classes, but you can only choose one at a time, and you can't change to experience the other one afterward unless you create a new character to continue playing.

To ensure you can progress more smoothly in the game with an Ascendancy class that suits you better, this patch will provide a detailed introduction to the features and gameplay of Shaman.

Shaman Overview

This Ascendancy class further expands upon Druid's ability to deal spell and elemental damage. By combining unique skill sets, it gains more charges and buffs, increasing damage output and skill rotation efficiency.

More specifically, Shaman can accumulate Rage during combat as a power source, then unleash it to amplify elemental damage, sometimes even creating powerful combos to quickly clear hordes of enemies within melee range.

How To Unlock Shaman?

Like other Ascendancy classes, unlocking Shaman requires completing Trial of the Sekhemas in Act 2 and Trial of Chaos in Act 3 to obtain enough points to unlock his unique ability. The specific process is as follows:

Act 2:

• 1. After arriving in hub town, find Traitor's Passage area and enter Trial of the Sekhemas.
• 2. Defeat the boss Balbala the Traitor to obtain a special token.
• 3. Place the token on Relic Altar at the trial entrance to officially begin the trial.
• 4. Upon completion, Ascendancy class mechanic will be unlocked, allowing you to choose one and immediately gain two Ascendancy points 1&2.

Act 3:

• 1. Enter Vaal Jungle and find Temple of Chaos.
• 2. Defeat the boss Xyclucian, the Chimera, to obtain the key item Chimeral Inscribed Ultimatum.
• 3. Use this item to unlock and enter Trial of Chaos. Successfully completing it will grant Ascendancy points 3&4.

While you can also unlock Ascendancy class by defeating the boss in Trial of Chaos, we recommend completing it as early as possible in Act 2. Both trials will also provide additional rewards, including gear, gems, and random types of PoE 2 currency.

It is rumored that a third trial will be added in Act 4, but details about the plan have only been revealed so far. For now, focus on the two existing trials.

Shaman's Unique Abilities

In Path of Exile 2, all basic class skills are used as skill gems (as was the case in the first game), resulting in cross-class skill equipping. However, Ascendancy class passive skills are unique to each class.

Sacred Flow

The passive effect of this skill is that it increases your Spirit by 40 for every empty Charm slot. Therefore, if your builds rely on Spirit consumption, you can selectively equip gear and utilize empty slots to keep your builds running.

Wisdom Of The Maji

Unlocking this node provides additional bonuses to your runes, such as increased damage or critical strike chance. This makes your overall strength even greater after equipping runes to gear.

Druidic Champion And Furious Wellspring

These two skills are discussed together because their effects are strongly correlated.

Every 2 Rage points you accumulate, Druidic Champion increases your spell damage by 1%, while Furious Wellspring restores 6% of your Rage per second while it naturally decays.

Combining these means that Rage is replenished as it is consumed, and the replenishment exceeds the consumption, allowing you to easily craft a Shaman build centered around Rage.

Bringer Of The Apocalypse

This skill, after you've dealt sufficient elemental damage through other attacks, will continue to inflict damage from different natural elements, such as fire or lightning, on enemies, culminating in a final burst to completely eliminate any remaining foes.

How To Choose Gear As A Shaman?

Based on Wisdom of the Maji skill effect, you should first add as many gears as possible that can be inlaid with runes to maximize their bonuses, ideally those with affixes that increase critical hit damage.

Secondly, you can add weapons that utilize Spirit or Rage mechanics, allowing other skills to also function. Of course, don't forget you don't need to fill all your gear slots.

How To Play It In Conjunction With Druid?

While Druid and Shaman skills belong to two separate systems, they are closely intertwined in practice. In human form, Druid primarily deals damage through nature spells, while Shaman skills amplify these damage effects.

If you want to diversify your gameplay, you can transform into an animal. For example, in bear form, you can ram enemies into a volcano created by Volcano skill, inflicting more fire damage; in wyvern form, you can launch aerial attacks.

What Are The Advantages Compared To Oracle?

Of course, each Ascendancy class is unique; none is inherently better than another. The key is how you utilize them.

Shaman excels at providing direct damage bonuses, attacking enemies with instant bursts of elemental damage, while Oracle's gameplay requires prediction and strategic planning in the early stages of combat, but ultimately yields reliable benefits.

Therefore, if you're an impatient player who enjoys a fast-paced, high-intensity playstyle, Shaman is a better fit.

That concludes our introduction to Druid Ascendancy class, Shaman. Based on the information we've provided, you can craft your own Shaman builds to conquer the challenges of the new league! Good luck!

The weekend is approaching, meaning the first major Monopoly Go event since Harry Potter GO album launch, Quidditch Racers, is entering its final sprint. How are you and your teammates progressing?

If you haven't earned enough medals in the previous days, you'll need to make the most of the weekend to earn flag tokens and use them to complete more race laps. Quaffle Quest will be there to help you throughout this process!

This event is the latest banner event from Monopoly Go and is expected to end alongside Quidditch Racers. Below is a detailed guide to the event.

Quaffle Quest Overview

The event started at 1:00 AM ET on December 12th and will continue until 4:00 AM ET on the 14th, lasting 2 days and 3 hours. The number of milestone rewards remains at 62.

Note that the dice rewards available in this event are slightly reduced, but the total number of points you need to earn is also slightly lower. However, this doesn't mean you can let your guard down!

Here's a summary of all the milestone rewards for this event. If it appeals to you, start playing now!

• 18,205 Free Dice Rolls in total
• 2,630 Flag Tokens in total
• 3 Pink Sticker Packs at the 26th Milestone
• 15-Minute Builder's Bash at the 18th Milestone
• 15-Minute Color Wheel Boost at the 44th Milestone
• 40-Minute Mega Heist at the 50th Milestone
• 15-Minute Cash Grab Boost at the 57th Milestone

How To Play Quaffle Quest?

If you want to experience the thrill of Quidditch like in the theme image, then unfortunately Monopoly Go is just a board game and can't do that yet. However, dashing across the board is a decent alternative!

All you need to do is keep rolling your dice and move the corresponding number of spaces on the game board based on the roll. You'll earn 4 points if you land on tiles with Quidditch net-shaped pickups.

If you're short on dice, don't worry, you'll replenish them through unlocked rewards as you play Quaffle Quest and participate in the new daily tournaments. It's worth noting that tournament points are earned by playing mini-games triggered by railroad tiles.

With enough dice, you can increase your multiplier when you see a cluster of pickups ahead, unlocking higher milestone rewards faster.

Quaffle Quest Rewards List

Due to the large number of milestones, to help you plan your playtime, we have listed all Quaffle Quest rewards below:

Milestone 1-10

• Milestone 1: 5 Points; 60 Flag Tokens
• Milestone 2: 10 Points; 25 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 3: 15 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 4: 30 Points; 2x Green Sticker Pack
• Milestone 5: 55 Points; 50 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 6: 30 Points; 80 Flag Tokens
• Milestone 7: 40 Points; 2x Green Sticker Pack
• Milestone 8: 50 Points; 40 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 9: 45 Points; 80 Flag Tokens
• Milestone 10: 165 Points; 150 Free Dice Rolls

Milestone 11-20

• Milestone 11: 55 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 12: 65 Points; 50 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 13: 70 Points; 100 Flag Tokens
• Milestone 14: 85 Points; 3x Yellow Sticker Pack
• Milestone 15: 425 Points; 375 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 16: 70 Points; 200 Flag Tokens
• Milestone 17: 85 Points; 70 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 18: 90 Points; Builder's Bash, 15 Minutes
• Milestone 19: 95 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 20: 700 Points; 575 Free Dice Rolls

Milestone 21-30

• Milestone 21: 115 Points; 200 Flag Tokens
• Milestone 22: 120 Points; 95 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 23: 115 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 24: 135 Points; 220 Flag Tokens
• Milestone 25: 1165 Points; 925 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 26: 145 Points; 3x Pink Sticker Pack
• Milestone 27: 155 Points; 220 Flag Tokens
• Milestone 28: 165 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 29: 765 Points; 575 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 30: 185 Points; 220 Flag Tokens

Milestone 31-40

• Milestone 31: 200 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 32: 215 Points; 150 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 33: 165 Points; Cash Boost, 10 Minutes
• Milestone 34: 235 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 35: 1600 Points; 1,100 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 36: 300 Points; 240 Flag Tokens
• Milestone 37: 325 Points; 200 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 38: 455 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 39: 1350 Points; 925 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 40: 335 Points; Cash Reward

Milestone 41-50

• Milestone 41: 385 Points; 240 Flag Tokens
• Milestone 42: 400 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 43: 2500 Points; 1,400 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 44: 350 Points; Wheel Boost, 15 Minutes
• Milestone 45: 450 Points; 250 Flag Tokens
• Milestone 46: 575 Points; 350 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 47: 500 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 48: 3250 Points; 1,650 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 49: 550 Points; 250 Flag Tokens
• Milestone 50: 450 Points; Mega Heist, 40 Minutes

Milestone 51-60

• Milestone 51: 650 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 52: 1800 Points; 800 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 53: 700 Points; 270 Flag Tokens
• Milestone 54: 850 Points; 500 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 55: 1000 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 56: 4500 Points; 2,200 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 57: 500 Points; Cash Boost, 15 Minutes
• Milestone 58: 800 Points; 375 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 59: 950 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 60: 1400 Points; 625 Free Dice Rolls

Milestones 61-62

• Milestone 61: 1500 Points; Cash Rewards
• Milestone 62: 10,000 Points; 5,000 Free Dice Rolls

While the rarest sticker pack is only pink, any sticker is valuable at the start of the season! Additionally, the cash rewards can help with your net worth building and Hogwarts Express progress, so don't underestimate them either.

That's all for this time. Hope you get all the in-game rewards you want by the end of the week!