Meta 0.5

POE2 0.5 Day 1 Meta — First Day Data Reveals New Patch Direction

2026-07-16 1 min read BD Admin Team

POE2 0.5 Day 1 Meta Report Cover

Live meta data from the first 24 hours of 0.5: Fireblast Infernalist leads with overwhelming advantage, Martial Artist exceeds expectations, triple Flame Resonance becomes standard. Day 1 data often predicts the entire league direction.

Day 1 Class Distribution

Infernalist leads massively at 31.2%, the highest day-1 share in POE2 history. Martial Artist at 15.8% proves strong new-class appeal. Blood Mage 14.3%, Deadeye 12.1%, Titan 9.5%. Spirit Walker opens at 6.2%, slightly below expectations.

Live Rune Data

Triple Flame Resonance at 72% adoption, crushing all other combos. Fire rune prices surged 340% in the first 6 hours. Cold runes stable, Chaos runes dropped 15% due to oversupply.