Blight Mechanics have been a popular choice in Path of Exile since its launch, and they’ve undergone a number of exciting changes in POE 3.25 update. To help players better master and make the most of this mechanic to get the most POE Currency, we’ve compiled a Blight Guide for Path of Exile 3.25.

While there have been some changes to how Blight works in leagues, including Blight mechanics within maps and direct effects on blight and damage maps, the core strategy for successfully dealing with Bright in Path of Exile 3.25 remains largely the same.

First, players need to apply two specific Oil Anoints to Rings. These Ring Anoints only work on Blight Towers, so when using them, they won’t affect the actual damage output of your character build. Here are two Ring Anoints that work with Blights in Path of Exile.

Best Blight Ring Anoints

Causes your Meteor Towers to create a Burning Ground that lasts for 3 seconds on hit.

• Indigo Oil
• Violet Oil

Helps clear enemies in Blight by AoE ground damage, which causes continuous damage to nearby enemies. While some enemies may be immune to fire-based attacks (such as Meteor Towers), this does not apply to Burning Ground created by Anoints.

Your Chilling Towers freeze enemies hit by chilling beams for an additional 0.2 seconds.

• Opalescent Oil
• Silver Oil

This particular anoint is crucial because of its ability to freeze enemies in their defensive lane, allowing your towers to effectively damage them. This effect also applies to boss-level enemies, and because of the ability to freeze enemy movement, players wearing this Ring Anoint can handle the highest difficulty levels of Blight-Ravaged maps even with lower quality equipment.

Given the high cost of Chilling Towers anoints, it is recommended to apply it to a ring you plan to use for a long time.

Best Blight Strategy

Once you have the right Anoints, you can use them as a unifying strategy for all your Blight mechanics.

With lanes, you need to look for key narrow spots where multiple roads intersect and allow you to build multiple towers. Next, your task is to focus your efforts on building four specific towers around these narrow areas.

• Level 3 Empower Tower
• Level 3 Ground Tower
• Level 3 Chilling Tower
• Level 4 Meteor Tower

Make sure that the towers you build are within the range of a Level 3 Empower Tower so that they can benefit from the buffs. While upgrading Level 3 towers to Level 4 may sound like a good option, it is not recommended. Level 4 Empower Towers do not provide any buffs to surrounding towers, Level 4 Chilling Towers cannot utilize your Ring Anoint, and Level 4 Ground Tower cannot prevent enemies from attacking in place.

As fresh paths appear, be sure to use the tower combination strategy above to set up at least one effective choke point for each path to optimize tower placement and tactical use.

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Best Ways To Make Currency With Blight

In PoE 3.25, you have several options for earning currency with Blight mechanic. We’ll cover the three best options available to you and how to make the most of them.

Blight-Ravaged Maps

To increase Chisel quality to 20%, you should use an Alchemy Orb and double-check that there are no modifiers on these items that make monsters immune to stun or slowed. If such modifiers exist, apply a Scouring Orb first and then apply an ALchemy Orb to get the desired properties.

With these items ready, you can Anoint 9 Oils on Blight-Ravaged Maps. As of the time of this posting, Golden Oils are difficult to maintain for daily use because of their high price. However, once the price of Golden Oils drops to reasonable levels, it will be the best Oil combination choice for Blight-Ravaged Maps:

• 1 x Golden Oil
• 3 x Silver Oils
• 2 x Opalescent Oils
• 3 x Teal Oils

Until the price of Golden Oils drops, the following Oil combination can be used:

• 2 x Black Oils
• 1 x Opalescent Oil
• 3 x Silver Oils
• 3 x Teal Oils

Blighted Maps

These are not as difficult as Blight-Ravaged, so to maximize the benefits, you will want to do Chisel first, followed by Alch Orb and Vaal Orb.

Since there are only three oils available, you should choose to use 3 x Crimson Oils or 3 x Teal Oils depending on your budget.

In-Map Blight

You may find this strategy to be the best currency-making method with new Templar Ingenuity node on Atlas Passive tree. This node allows you to get additional rewards based on salvaging the towers you build after completing Blight mechanic. The higher level of your towers, and the more unique towers you build, the greater rewards you’ll receive.

Following this strategy, you’ll want to make sure you can complete Blight mechanic on your own based on your character’s damage output. You should then focus on building unique Tier 4 Towers, such as a Tier 4 Meteor Tower, a Tier 4 Flamethrower Tower, etc. The more towers you build before completing the mechanic, the better rewards you’ll receive when you recycle them later.

This strategy will also help you earn a ton of POE Currency, which is super useful for Settlers of Kalguur league mechanic!

In summary, mastering these strategies will allow players to remain competitive in the world of Path of Exile 3.25 while reaping substantial rewards as the game continues to develop and update.