Blight league
Release version | 3.8.0 |
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Release date | 2019-09-06 |
End date | 2019-12-09 21:00:00 UTC |
Links | Official page |
The Blight is here... And we are the cure ! In Blight, Sister Cassia is trying to stop the spread of the mind-controlling Blight by destroying Fungal Growths. When attacked, the Blight commands infected monsters to defend it. The monsters mindlessly follow the Blight's tendrils, only attacking foes directly in their path. The infected are unusually tough, so you'll need to build defensive towers to exploit each monster's specific weaknesses. For each tendril lane you defend, a chest will appear with your rewards.
Description on the official Path of Exile website [1]
The Blight league and Hardcore Blight league were challenge leagues[1] launched on September 6, 2019 and ended on December 9, 2019 at 21:00 UTC.[2]
In this league, the world was infested with Blight, and Sister Cassia tasks the player with defending her Purification Pump as it destroys the Blight's fungal growths. Once agitated, the growth spawns roots that summon waves of monsters to defend it. These monsters slowly follow a path along the roots and only stop to attack whatever is in its path, but are unusually tough. To assist with defending the pump, the player can summon Towers near the paths to attack and hinder the monsters. The Blight drops loot when the monsters are defeated, including special Oils which are used to Anoint items, adding an implicit Enchantment to the item to enhance Blighted maps, improve your towers, or even allocate a notable passive skill from the skill tree, including special skills that can't be allocated normally.
All characters and stashes were moved to Standard league and Hardcore league respectively when the leagues ended. Characters that died in the Hardcore Blight league were immediately moved to the permanent Standard league.
League mechanic
In each zone, you will find Sister Cassia as well as a Fungal Growth. Once you interact with the Fungal Growth, Cassia will place a purification pump on the growth, causing it to spawn roots in random directions. At the end of each root is a portal that spawns enemies that slowly move towards the core, only stopping to attack units in its way. Along the paths of the roots, you can construct a tower in specified areas to help defend the purification pump. Towers cost resources to build or upgrade, which is acquired at the start and from killing blighted enemies. When an enemy reaches the core, it will lower the durability of the pump and despawn itself. The pump has 10 durability, and when the pump's durability reaches 0, the Blight encounter fails and monsters will stop spawning. Once all enemies from each portal are defeated, it will spawn chests at where the portal was. These chests persist even if the pump gets destroyed afterwards.
Blighted Maps contain only a single Fungal Growth which spawns a large number of roots in the area. The player must defend the pump for 5 minutes then defeat all remaining enemies.
Modifiers
All map and most area have the modifiers:
- MapBlightLeagueMapBlightLeague
Intrinsic
Minimap
These new icons are introduced to the minimap:
Items
These items are introduced and exclusive to the Blight leagues:
Currency
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Unique items
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These items drop exclusively from Blight encounters and Blighted Maps.
Item | Base Item | Stats | |
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BreathstealerBreathstealer Hydrascale GauntletsArmour: (212-305) Evasion: (212-305)Requires Level 59, 45 Str, 45 Dex(100-150)% increased Armour and Evasion +(30-50) to maximum Mana +(10-16)% to all Elemental Resistances (5-10)% increased Attack and Cast Speed Create a Blighted Spore when your Skills or Minions Kill a Rare MonsterThe last gasp is not always one's final act.This item can be anointed by Cassia | Hydrascale Gauntlets | 59 | (100-150)% increased Armour and Evasion +(30-50) to maximum Mana +(10-16)% to all Elemental Resistances (5-10)% increased Attack and Cast Speed Create a Blighted Spore when your Skills or Minions Kill a Rare Monster |
Cowl of the CeraunophileCowl of the Ceraunophile Solaris CircletEnergy Shield: (96-122)Requires Level 59, 122 IntCan have a second Enchantment Modifier +(20-30) to all Attributes (60-80)% increased Energy Shield (55-50)% reduced Fire Resistance (55-50)% reduced Cold Resistance Lightning Resistance is 75%The villagers seared the blight with lightning, but it only forked into countless tendrils.This item can be anointed by Cassia | Solaris Circlet | 59 | Can have a second Enchantment Modifier +(20-30) to all Attributes (60-80)% increased Energy Shield (55-50)% reduced Fire Resistance (55-50)% reduced Cold Resistance Lightning Resistance is 75% |
Cowl of the CryophileCowl of the Cryophile Silken HoodEvasion: (553-685)Requires Level 60, 138 DexCan have a second Enchantment Modifier +(20-30) to all Attributes (60-80)% increased Evasion Rating (55-50)% reduced Fire Resistance Cold Resistance is 75% (55-50)% reduced Lightning ResistanceThe villagers seared the blight with cold, but it only bloomed countless spears.This item can be anointed by Cassia | Silken Hood | 60 | Can have a second Enchantment Modifier +(20-30) to all Attributes (60-80)% increased Evasion Rating (55-50)% reduced Fire Resistance Cold Resistance is 75% (55-50)% reduced Lightning Resistance |
Cowl of the ThermophileCowl of the Thermophile Ezomyte BurgonetArmour: (553-685)Requires Level 60, 138 StrCan have a second Enchantment Modifier +(20-30) to all Attributes (60-80)% increased Armour Fire Resistance is 75% (55-50)% reduced Cold Resistance (55-50)% reduced Lightning ResistanceThe villagers seared the blight with fire, but it only spread like dancing flames.This item can be anointed by Cassia | Ezomyte Burgonet | 60 | Can have a second Enchantment Modifier +(20-30) to all Attributes (60-80)% increased Armour Fire Resistance is 75% (55-50)% reduced Cold Resistance (55-50)% reduced Lightning Resistance |
The StampedeThe Stampede Assassin's BootsEvasion: (242-347) Energy Shield: (50-70)Requires Level 63, 62 Dex, 62 Int(100-150)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield (30-40)% increased Stun and Block Recovery (50-80)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate of Travel Skills (30-40)% increased Mana Regeneration Rate while moving Your Movement Speed is 150% of its base valueRelentlessness. Nothing more, nothing less.This item can be anointed by Cassia | Assassin's Boots | 63 | (100-150)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield (30-40)% increased Stun and Block Recovery (50-80)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate of Travel Skills (30-40)% increased Mana Regeneration Rate while moving Your Movement Speed is 150% of its base value |
SporeguardSporeguard Saint's HauberkArmour: (1329-1736) Energy Shield: (228-297) Movement Speed: -5%Requires Level 67, 109 Str, 94 IntTrigger Level 10 Contaminate when you Kill an Enemy (200-250)% increased Armour and Energy Shield (7-10)% increased maximum Life +(17-23)% to Chaos Resistance Enemies on Fungal Ground you Kill Explode, dealing 5% of their Life as Chaos Damage You have Fungal Ground around you while stationaryShrouded in seed, a conduit of contagion, yet the source of septicity remains unknown.This item can be anointed by Cassia | Saint's Hauberk | 67 | Trigger Level 10 Contaminate when you Kill an Enemy (200-250)% increased Armour and Energy Shield (7-10)% increased maximum Life +(17-23)% to Chaos Resistance Enemies on Fungal Ground you Kill Explode, dealing 5% of their Life as Chaos Damage You have Fungal Ground around you while stationary |
Challenges and rewards
The Blight leagues include 40 optional challenges. Completing them awards the following microtransactions:
Challenges | Reward |
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12 | Blight HelmetBlight HelmetHelmet SkinChanges the appearance of any equipped helmet to the Blight Helmet. |
19 | Blight Challenger TrophyBlight Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations |
22 | Blight Challenger TrophyBlight Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations |
24 | Blight Portal EffectBlight Portal EffectPortalThis character's portals use the Blight Portal Effect. |
25 | Blight Challenger TrophyBlight Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations |
28 | Blight Challenger TrophyBlight Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations |
31 | Blight Challenger TrophyBlight Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations |
34 | Blight Challenger TrophyBlight Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations |
36 | Blight WingsBlight WingsArmour AttachmentAdds the Blight Wings back attachment to any equipped body armour. |
37 | Blight Challenger TrophyBlight Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations |
40 | Blight Challenger TrophyBlight Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations |
Version history
Version | Changes |
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3.8.0 |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Natalia_GGG (August 20, 2019). "Announcing Path of Exile: Blight". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ↑ @pathofexile (December 1, 2019). "Blight League End Announcement". twitter. Retrieved December 2, 2019.