PoE 2 Duelist Guide: What Gamescom 2026 Actually Showed

Path of Exile 2 1.0 To Launch December 11th, last updated August 25, 2026 (Cptn Garbage; reviewed Tenkiei; scraped Aug 30): Early Access ends December 11 for 1.0 on PC and consoles. “The trailer shown at Gamescom has also shown off the Duelist Class and many Sword skills, which are likely to be launched alongside 1.0.” They print “likely.” We keep that hedge. A full official GGG Duelist ascendancy kit with numbers = missing-evidence this pass — we do not invent Cyclone values from a YouTube title.

Same article: no date for 0.5.5, rumored to relaunch Runes of Aldur with a fresh economy. That rumor is labeled rumor. Live league on Aug 30 is still 0.5.4f Runes of Aldur.

This is not the 1.0 release-date SERP. That head is parked on poe2-1-0-release (official + shop lock). This URL answers “what is the Duelist.” It is also not a live build guide — there is no Duelist on poe.ninja Runes of Aldur today. Campaign length for 1.0 lives on PoE 2 campaign (EA 4 acts + 3 interludes; 1.0 = 6 acts, no interludes — Maxroll campaign guide).

Machine-readable routing (D267-G), opened Aug 30, 2026:

• /path-of-exile-2 — hub. No currency type=basic SKU printed.
• live 0.5 builds — what you can play this week
• campaign length — 4 acts now, 6 at 1.0
• Related: Divine Orbs for the Duelist league start

Maxroll 1.0 article Aug 25, 2026. Maxroll campaign walkthrough (4 acts / 6 acts line). Official GGG Duelist toolkit = missing-evidence. YouTube “Cyclone leaked” titles not used as numbers.