In POE2 Currency, the Huntress class offers players a blend of precision, elemental magic, and tactical play. One of the defining mechanics available to the Huntress through the Amazon Ascension path is the Infuse Weapon passive skill, obtained via the Elemental Infusion node. This powerful passive skill transforms your projectile attacks into explosive elemental blasts, adding a new layer of depth and damage to your gameplay. In this article, we'll explore how to unlock Infuse Weapon, understand its mechanics, and optimize its use for maximum impact.
Unlocking Infuse Weapon:The Starting Point
To gain access to the Infuse Weapon skill, players first need to complete one of the Huntress's class-specific Ascendancy Trials:either the Trial of Sekhmas or the Trial of Chaos. Upon completing these, players can choose the Amazon Ascension class path.
The Infuse Weapon skill is granted by investing only 2 Ascension Points into the Elemental Infusion node, making it a relatively low-cost and early accessible passive skill. Even players completing the trials on the lowest difficulty can unlock this skill, which immediately opens up powerful new combat possibilities.
Passive Skill Dynamics:No Activation Required
Unlike most skills in PoE 2, Infuse Weapon is passive. You do not need to actively activate it via mouse clicks or skill keys. Instead, it operates automatically behind the scenes, triggering whenever you meet specific activation requirements during combat.
Moreover, Infuse Weapon is a class-specific skill, exclusive to the Amazon Ascension of the Huntress. Since it does not exist as a skill gem, other classes cannot access or use this powerful mechanic, emphasizing its uniqueness within the Huntress playstyle.
The Elemental Infusion Node and Its Role
The key to understanding Infuse Weapon lies in its parent node:Elemental Infusion. This node not only grants the Infuse Weapon skill but also defines how elemental infusions work based on charges expended:
Energy Charges grant 2 Cold Infusions.
Endurance Charges grant 2 Fire Infusions.
Fury Charges grant 2 Lightning Infusions.
When you expend any of these charges, you gain a corresponding infusion that temporarily imbues your weapon with elemental enchantment. According to the Infuse Weapon description:
"Making non-melee projectile attacks with this weapon consumes the infusion to infuse the fired projectile, causing it to explode at the end of its flight."
It is critical to note that the Infuse Weapon skill does not consume charges itself; instead, other skills that consume charges will trigger the infusion process. The type of infusion you gain directly depends on the type of charge expended, linking charge management tightly to elemental output.
Triggering Infuse Weapon:A Step-By-Step Process
Activating Infuse Weapon and causing elemental explosions is a multi-step process:
Generate Charges – Use skills or passive nodes (e.g., Cull the Weak) to build Energy, Endurance, or Fury Charges.
Consume Charges Using Skills – Skills like Lightning Lance consume these charges to trigger the elemental infusions.
Use a Non-Melee Projectile Attack – Launch a projectile (for example, Twister) that consumes the infusion and detonates with a powerful elemental explosion at impact.
Each elemental infusion lasts 15 seconds before expiring, and players can hold up to 6 infusions of the same type at once. This means you can have up to six Fire, six Cold, and six Lightning infusions active simultaneously, offering significant flexibility and sustained elemental damage.
Huntress Skills That Enable Infused Weapon Effects
The Amazon Ascension provides several skills perfectly suited to exploit Infuse Weapon's mechanics, all of which:
Consume Frenzy Charges.
Use non-melee projectiles.
These include:
Lightning Lance
Explosive Lance
Storm Lance
Glacier Lance
Twister Lance
Using these skills in combination with charge management enables the player to chain powerful elemental explosions, maximizing damage and crowd control.
Effective Charge Generation Strategies
Since infusions depend on charge consumption, generating charges efficiently is crucial. The best method for generating Fury Charges is the Battle Fury node on the passive skill tree. This node awards Fury Charges each time you apply Electrocute, Freeze, or Cripple to enemies. Electrocute is particularly effective as it synergizes with increased Lightning damage and can be applied consistently.
Players can boost Electrocute application with Kitoko's Current, a unique pair of gloves that automates Electrocute application, ensuring a steady flow of charges.
For players who prefer a cold-damage focus, the Frozen Huntress build combines Battle Fury with the Resonance Node. This node converts all Fury Charges into Energy Orbs, which generate Cold Infusions instead of Lightning. This allows a full cold elemental playstyle centered on freezing and shattering enemies.
Infuse Weapon is a powerful, passive skill unique to the Huntress's Amazon Ascension in Path of Exile 2 Orbs. It transforms basic projectile attacks into devastating elemental explosions through a complex but rewarding system of charge generation and consumption. By unlocking Infuse Weapon early and mastering charge management along with synergistic skills like Lightning Lance or Twister, players can unleash explosive elemental damage that dominates combat encounters.
Whether wielding fire, cold, or lightning infusions, the Infuse Weapon mechanic offers versatile, high-impact gameplay that defines the Huntress as a formidable elemental archer on the battlefield.
