Acrobatics is a keystone passive skill in Path of Exile 2 that significantly enhances your character's evasion capabilities. For players like you who are using a Lightning Arrow Deadeye build, understanding how this node works is crucial for maximizing your survivability.
Evasion Against Hits: Normally, evasion in Path of Exile only protects against strikes and projectiles. However, with the Acrobatics keystone, you can evade all hits, including area-of-effect (AoE) attacks, except for damage over time (DoT) effects. This means that when you have Acrobatics allocated, your chance to evade extends beyond just basic attacks, providing a broader defensive capability against various types of enemy skills
Evasion Rating Reduction: The key trade-off for this enhanced evasion is that your overall evasion rating is reduced by 70%. This means that while you can evade all hits, you must ensure that your base evasion rating is sufficiently high to compensate for this loss. If your tooltip currently shows a 70% chance to evade hits, activating Acrobatics will lower your effective evasion, potentially making you more vulnerable if not managed correctly
Practical Implications: In practical terms, if your evasion rating is reduced by 70%, it could significantly impact how often you evade attacks. For example, if an enemy has a high accuracy rating, the reduction could lead to more hits landing on you unless your base evasion is very high before applying the keystone's penalty
Synergy with Other Skills: To maximize the benefits of Acrobatics, consider pairing it with other passive skills that enhance your evasion rating or provide additional defensive layers. Skills like Enhanced Reflexes and Beastial Skin can help bolster your overall defenses before applying the Acrobatics penalty