Rings in Path of Exile 2 are not just accessories—they are essential for optimizing your build. The right rings can fix resistance gaps, boost DPS, improve sustain, and even unlock powerful synergies. In this guide, Cyclone9 shows you the 5 best unique rings in PoE 2 that can be a game-changer when used correctly.
1. Blackheart Iron Ring
What makes the Blackheart Iron Ring exceptional is that it has no level requirement for equipping. This means you can pick it up fresh off the beach and immediately enhance your character, becoming a formidable presence in the area.
Key Features
Damage Boost: It provides 1 to 4 physical damage to attacks, along with chaos damage to attacks, giving a substantial flat damage boost for any attack-based build. This is particularly advantageous at the start of the campaign.
Intimidate Effect: The ring offers a 25% chance to intimidate enemies, translating to a 10% increase in damage dealt while also reducing the damage taken from those enemies. This feature enhances both your damage output and survivability.
Life Regeneration: It includes 3 to 6 life regeneration per second, which is quite useful early in the campaign, making it a well-rounded choice for leveling.
Price Check
To help you find the ideal Blackheart Iron Ring, Cyclone9 has set up a search on the PoE 2 trade site. He's set a minimum of 8 chaos damage to attacks to filter for the best options. If you're aiming for the highest damage roll, expect to spend around 5 to 10 exalted orbs on a perfectly rolled ring.
2. Polcirkeln
Polcirkeln has become quite significant due to its synergy with Herald of Ice skill.
Key Features
Chill and Shatter Mechanic: Its last modifier allows enemies chilled by your hits to be shattered as though frozen. When paired with Herald of Ice, which chills all enemies, this creates a chain reaction of explosions that can clear the entire screen.
Versatile Use: This ring can be utilized in any build, especially when combined with Herald of Ice, significantly increasing your map clear speed. What is more, its other stats, like cold resistance, cold damage, max mana, and strength, are useful for nearly all builds.
Many players have been gambling on the Polcirkeln Sapphire Ring bases using orbs of chance, hoping to acquire a specific ring. This has led to a surplus of Polcirkeln rings flooding the market. Initially, these rings were more expensive, but due to increased availability, their prices have dropped significantly.
Price Check
To check the prices of Polcirkeln, you can set a trade filter as below, which are high rolls but not perfect rolls:
• Implicit: 28
• Cold Damage: 28
• Maximum Mana: 55
• Strength: 13
Generally, you can expect to find one with high rolls for 5-10 Exalted Orbs.
3. Dream Fragment Sapphire Ring
Key Features
The standout feature of this ring is its modifier: 20% increased maximum mana. This makes it an exceptional choice for any Arc Mage build, especially the Storm Weaver Arc Mage or any mana-reliant builds. Additionally, it offers:
• Extra cold resistance
• Increased mana regeneration Rate
• You can not be chilled or frozen
Many YouTubers have tried their luck at acquiring this ring by applying Orbs of Chance to white base sapphire rings. Unfortunately, many end up with many Polcirkeln rings and other unique rings but miss out on the Dream Fragment Sapphire Ring.
This ring is a random drop, not tied to any specific boss, and can appear anywhere in Wraeclast, provided you're fighting monsters of level 12 or higher. Additionally, it can be obtained through gambling via an NPC called Alva, though successful attempts seem rare.
Price Check
The reasonable price for a corrupted Dream Fragment Sapphire Ring with 20% increased mana is around 88 divine orbs. The current price for non-corrupted rings ranges from 90 to 95 divine orbs. For a non-corrupted and high-rolled one with perfect stats, the price is about 115 Divine orbs.
4. Ventor's Gamble Gold Ring
Ventor's Gamble Gold Ring is a fascinating ring that lives up to its name—it's quite a gamble to identify this item. The modifiers can yield a range of outcomes, including zero bonuses to stats. Additionally, the ring can roll negative values for rarity and elemental resistances, potentially making your character worse off.
Key Features
Worthless with Bad Rolls: If you get poor rolls, the ring can be nearly useless.
High Potential with Good Rolls: Conversely, a ring with high resistances, rarity, and spirit can be extremely valuable.
Spirit Modifier: Notably, the spirit cannot be rolled on rare rings, making this a sought-after item for builds that require both rarity and spirit to enhance damage or utility.
Price Check
When you set a minimum weighted sum of 110, the best find was a ring with positive resistances, perfect rarity, and high spirit, priced at 95 divine orbs. Even at a low price of only several divine orbs, you may encounter rings with negative resistances but high rarity and spirit.
5. Sekhema's Resolve Ring
Sekhema's Resolve Ring is an underrated unique ring that can be the best-in-slot for various meta builds. Unlike other unique rings that drop randomly from monsters anywhere in the game, Sekhema's Resolve ring is a boss drop. To obtain it, you must:
1. Complete the trial and defeat the final boss on the fourth floor.
2. Run a relic to ensure it drops from that boss.
This means you can't gamble for it at Alva, and trading is often necessary.
Unique Features
What sets the Sekhema's Resolve Ring apart is its ability to socket a jewel, allowing for a variety of modifiers that can enhance your build in unique ways. You can obtain:
Elemental Resistances: The ring comes in three varieties, each providing a different elemental resistance.
Lightning Resistance: Unaffected by area penalties, effectively giving you +60 Lightning Resistance.
Fire Resistance: Similarly grants +60 Fire Resistance.
Cold Resistance: Provides +60 Cold Resistance.
In addition to these resistances, the ring also boosts attributes and rarity. You can socket jewels that increase critical damage, enhance your minions, or grant other beneficial modifiers tailored to your build.
Jewel Compatibility
Fire Resistance: Socket with a Ruby.
Lightning Resistance: Socket with an Emerald.
Cold Resistance: Socket with a Sapphire.
The Sapphire and Emerald versions tend to be more expensive than the Ruby version, which is the least costly but still valuable.
Price Check
When you set the Minimum Attributes at 17 and Minimum Rarity at 15, leaving the jewelry type blank, you'll find decently rolled rings starting around 40 exalted orbs. However, if you leave all the filters blank, you might come across options for as low as 5 to 10 exalted orbs.
For specific types:
Min Attributes 17 + Min Rarity 15 + Emerald Ring: Expect to pay around 40 exalts for a decently rolled one.
Min Attributes 17 + Min Rarity 15 Sapphire Rings: Prices can go as high as 120 exalted orbs for a decent roll.
Min Attributes 17 + Min Rarity 15 Ruby Rings: Generally the least expensive, around 40 to 45 exalted orbs.
Conclusion
That wraps up the exploration of unique rings in Path of Exile 2! Whether you're looking to power up your build or make some profit through flipping, these rings offer great potential. If you enjoyed Cyclone9's video, make sure to hit the like button and subscribe to his channel for more content.
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