The start of any Path of Exile 2 run can feel rough, especially if you’re playing the Huntress. She’s quick on her feet, deadly with a spear, but early on you’re stuck with whatever junk the game throws at you – a warped bit of wood with sockets that don’t match, stats that barely help. You’re dodging more than you’re hitting, scraping through fights rather than dominating them. It’s a phase every player knows well: living off scraps, waiting for that one lucky drop that changes everything. Sometimes, it’s not just about survival – it’s about holding onto hope, and maybe a little PoE 2 Currency to keep you going.

Then it happened. Mid-map, surrounded by mobs, the sound hit – not the usual clink of trash loot, but that deep, heavy chime that makes your heart skip. An Exalted Orb. Early in a league, that’s huge. You could sell it and kit yourself out with a bunch of decent gear, or gamble it all on one big craft. For the Huntress, the choice was clear: the spear comes first.

Step one was finding the right base. No point in slamming an orb onto something half-baked. An Imperial Spear with a high item level was the target – solid attack speed, good base damage, and a sweet implicit bonus to crit chance. That’s the kind of weapon you can build around, even before touching the currency.

Next came stacking the right prefixes. You want raw physical damage first – that’s what makes every hit hurt. Using Essences to guarantee flat phys and mixing in Harvest crafts, the spear was rolled until two strong prefixes landed: big % increased physical damage and a chunky flat added phys roll. This part eats up a lot of resources, but it’s the backbone of the weapon’s power.

With the core done, it was time for the Exalted slam. A “Suffixes Cannot Be Changed” craft went on first, locking in the work already done. Then the orb was used. It’s always a gamble – you might get something useless, or you might hit gold. This time, luck was on side: a high-tier attack speed mod. For a Huntress, that’s perfect. Faster strikes mean more crits, more kills, less time spent dodging.

The difference was night and day. The spear went from a decent weapon to a monster. Attacks flowed like water, enemies dropped before they could react, and fights that used to be tense became quick clean-ups. That one orb – a single moment of luck – turned a scavenger into a predator. It’s the kind of leap that keeps players chasing the next drop, the next craft, the next upgrade. Sometimes all it takes is one choice, one slam, and the right PoE 2 Currency buy to change the whole game.