![PoE Incursion.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVSv2APYrDA12eZ5v6DEGjHUukR6kRhECm9NXGn9mhJby/PoE%20Incursion.jpg)
<center> [source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWXgJ19t4zU) </center>


# <center> [It's on. June 1. Incursion League. Still hardcore, 3 day race, prize pool increased to 160 steem. Free entry. No resteem required.](https://steemit.com/poecomp/@mattclarke/it-s-on-june-1-incursion-league-still-hardcore-slimmed-down-to-3-days-prize-pool-increased-to-160-steem-free-entry-no-resteem) </center>
 <center> by Mr. @MattClarke </center>

>To enter;

>Post your intention to compete, using #poecomp as the first tag.
Tell us about yourself. Are you a grizzled veteran, or an eager newcomer?
Will you be dealing physical damage up close and personal, or raising an army of the dead to fight on your behalf?
Will you lay traps, mines and totems to outwit the enemy, or stick 'em with poisoned arrows from a distance?
Are you going to charge headlong into each level, or take it slow and stay alive?
Will you check the other accounts, and choose an under-represented character, or forge on with your favourite?



I've already competed in the last challenge done by Mr. @MattClarke and although I did RIP on my first character, I still managed to get 3rd place in the challenge, which wasn't what I was going for, but needless to say I enjoyed the challenge very much. 

The intensity of playing Hardcore Path of Exile for a reason together with other people competing made it really fun and entertaining for me.


# <center> Initial Character </center>

![PoE Shadow Blade Vortex.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNwmXiPw2EW2HWf8HfdGsrc1paScrwpCsopwn8Dq5Fh8i/PoE%20Shadow%20Blade%20Vortex.png)
<center> [source](https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1735566/page/1#p13685686) </center>

As my first character in the new League and the one I'll be focusing on will be a Blade Vortex Trickster Shadow, which I also did last challenge, but now the skill itself got buffed (arguably) a bit and it will indeed be interesting to play around with it.


I am very excited to participate again and will do my best to win the challenge with as many characters as I possibly can, assuming that I will get to a decent level with my initial Shadow so that I will have time for other characters. lol

# <center> As for what comes after... </center>

That's still up for debate, as I am not yet thinking about my Shadow Trickster Blade Vortex demise, but plan to take it as far as possible in terms of Levels.

I am contemplating an Explosive Arrow or Cold Snap Elementalist Witch though, but that's to be seen after the initial progress of the Shadow.


# <center> Thanks! </center>

A huge **THANK YOU** to Mr. @MattClarke for making the whole challenge as well as to Mr. @Holoz0r for telling us about the challenge in the first place, last Path of Exile League that is.