While Path of Exile 2 is primarily a solo ARPG experience, the Trial of the Sekhemas, particularly the challenging Test of Will Barya, can benefit from coordinated team strategies in multiplayer or party play modes.
1. Role Specialization
- Divide roles to maximize efficiency: tanks to soak damage and control enemies, damage dealers focused on bursting down waves quickly, and supports to enhance survivability and buffs.
- Tanks draw enemy aggro and use crowd control skills to manage positioning.
- DPS focus on efficiently clearing waves and bosses within time limits.
- Support players manage Boons, revive teammates, and provide healing or protective buffs.
2. Communication and Movement Coordination
- Constant communication is key for calling out boss telegraphs, environmental hazards, and room hazards.
- Players should coordinate dodge roll timing to avoid overlapping damage zones and traps.
- Strategic positioning prevents group stacking, minimizing AoE damage and Honour loss.
3. Honour Management as a Group
- Honour is individually tracked, but supporting each other through Boons like Honour restoration and damage mitigation increases team survival.
- Sharing the responsibility of triggering shrines and collecting Sacred Water ensures Honour remains high across members.
4. Room and Path Selection
- Teams should discuss and agree on room routes to pick the optimal mix of combat rooms, shrines, and buffs.
- Avoid rooms with heavy afflictions or traps that penalize the whole group.
- Prioritize rooms that offer Major Boons, such as damage reduction or Honour regen, to maximize team durability.
5. Preparedness through Gear and Build Synergy
- Equip team members with complementary builds: a mix of physical and elemental damage, single-target and AoE, alongside tanky or evasive configurations.
- Artificer’s Orb socketed Runes providing group buffs (movement speed, damage boosts) are particularly effective.
6. Boss Fight Tactics
- Coordinate burst damage phases on bosses to reduce their regeneration or split health pools, especially for twin bosses like Zarohk.
- Assign roles during boss fights (e.g., one player kiting while others focus damage) based on build strengths.
- Use crowd control abilities to interrupt or mitigate boss attacks.