PoE 3.23 Best Transfigured Gems in Affliction | Path of Exile Transfigured Gem Tier List
Among the over 100 new Transfigured Gems, which ones are the best meta for your builds in Path of Exile Affliction League? After reviewing the modifiers of each gem, we've sorted out this PoE 3.23 Transfigured Gem Tier List!
PoE 3.23 Transfigured Gem Tier List - BestTransfigured Gems in Path of Exile Affliction
The introduction of transfigured gem versions of many skills provides more build diversity and enables new powerful archetypes, but also demands players have greater game knowledge to utilize them fully. The specialization of some transfigured gems into clear or single target versions will likely require more gem-swapping. While exciting, the gems also raise some balance concerns and reward players able to master complex mechanics. Overall, transfigured gems seem poised to shake up the meta by elevating underused skills and creating opportunities for novel builds. But not every gem will bring significant benefits, there are some good ones but also normal ones.
To make sense of all the possibilities, we've created a tier list ranking all the revealed transfigured gems by their potential power level and viability for different types of builds. The tier list aims to analyze how impactful each transfigured gem is compared to the base skill, and what new possibilities it brings to the table.
S Tier:
Caustic Arrow of Poison - Added poison chance/effectiveness. Enables non-chaos poisoning.
Blade Blast of Dagger Detonation - Massive added damage from dagger. Insane with Vulconus.
Cremation of the Volcano - No corpses needed. Enables self-cast and triggers. Huge coverage.
Earthquake of Amplification - Damage scales exponentially the longer the delay. Massive one-shot potential.
A Tier:
Flameblast of Contraction - Immense damage scaling but smaller AoE. Endgame viable.
Blade Fall of Volleys - 7+ overlapping blade volleys. Increased coverage and overlaps mean more damage.
Blink Arrow of Bombarding/Prismatic Clones - Clones use Ele Hit or Rain of Arrows. Enables minion playstyle.
Lightning Strike of Arcing - Chains dramatically for clear and single target. Easy crit scaling.
Molten Strike of Zenith - Every 5th attack deals massively more damage. Huge nuke potential.
Ice Nova of Frost Bolts - Casts Frost Bolts that expand from Nova. Returns old mechanic.
Infernal Cry of Combustion - Spreads ignites. Potential pseudo-double dip scaling.
Exsanguinate of Transmission - Much longer DoT duration. Great for scaling physical DoT.
Lacerate of Butchering - Slower but higher damage 2H version without stance dancing.
Ice Spear of Splitting - Forking projectiles for coverage. Great clear addition.
Lightning Conduit of the Heavens - Higher baseline damage without shock scaling requirements.
B Tier:
Soulrend of Reaping - No DoT, much higher hit damage. Enables crit scaling.
Soulrend of the Spiral - Fires spiraling projectiles that track enemies. Interacts with DoT.
Pyroclast Mine of Sabotage - Lower damage start, higher ceiling when more mines placed. Costly.
Shield Crush of the Chieftain - Added fire damage scaling off shield armour. Slower but harder hitting.
Smite of Divine Judgment - Built in Ancestral Call. Opens support gem options.
Static Strike of Amplification - Damage stacks if hits same target, but has cooldown cap.
Stormbind of Teleportation - Teleport to rune if unused for mobility. Good for channeling.
Summon Skeletons of Archers - Skeletons shoot arrows instead of melee.
Frost Blink of Wintry Blast - High damage movement skill. Removed blink cooldown. Ignite potential.
Ice Nova of Splitting Blitz - Fires forking projectiles for clear.
Lightning Arrow of Storms - Calls down bolts from the sky. Unclear use case.
Lightning Tendrils of Escalation - Longer channel for guaranteed crits and damage spikes.
C Tier:
Blight of Contagion - Faster channeling Blight. Enables Ed/Contagion meta return?
Spectral Shield Throw of Shattering - Added cold conversion for evasion shields.
Siege Ballista of Splintering - Added fork for clearing. Lower single target damage.
Armageddon Brand of Volatility - Destroyed after one trigger. Very high base damage.
Blade Trap of Greatswords - Insta-gib bosses? Voidforge scaling? Seismic Trap 2.0?
Firestorm of Pelting - Rapidly bombards area with weaker meteors. Great coverage.
Flame Dash of Return - Repeats dash back and forth. Creates burning ground.
Freeze Pulse of Storms - Damage scales with chill effect intensity.
Glacial Cascade of Fissures - Creates more fissures for coverage. Likely better clear.
Lightning Trap of Sparking - Pierces all targets like Spark. Better single target.
Mirror Arrow of Bombarding - Clones rapidly fire arrows at enemies. Interesting for minions.
Reave of Refraction - Unclear benefit over base Reave. Possibly Trinity scaling.
Seismic Trap of Swells - Faster cooldown, better damage. Unclear downside vs base.
Shattering Steel of Ammunition - Added cold damage scaling for evasion. More projectiles, chains.
Smite of Divine Judgment - Built in Ancestral Call. Better clear.
Stormbind of Teleportation - Cast causes teleport. Improves mobility for channeling.
Summon Chaos Golem of Hordes - Multiple chaos golems. Lose Wither debuff.
Summon Raging Spirit of Enormity - Fewer but always critting/higher damage SRS.
Volatile Dead of Obliteration - Larger explosions and area coverage. Clear focus.
D Tier:
Dominating Blow of Inspiring - Minion damage applies to you, loses sentinel. Good leveling.
Absolution of Inspiring - Minion damage applies to you, loses sentinel. Good leveling.
Ethereal Knives of the Massacre - Adds projectiles but has slower cast time. Likely outclassed.
Spark of Unpredictability - Random projectile behavior. Unclear benefit.
Spectral Throw of Materializing - Damage ramps up based on enemies pierced first. Delayed damage.
Storm Brand of Indecision - Additional chains but less single target damage. Likely better clear.
Hex Blast of Contradiction - Damage scales off inverted enemy resists. Situational.
Holy Flame Totem of Iron Command - Consecrated beam instead of cone. Single target focused.
F Tier:
Vortex of Projectiles - Cast on Frostbolt interaction only. Very niche use case.
We will update this Path of Exile 3.23 Best Transfigured Gem Tier List after the the patch rolling out in the game!
