Latency spike on both Path of exile 1 and 2

Try follow all the guide to fix this problem online (graphic cache, in game setting,...) but the problem still exist.
Folow the guide mention here :
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1377789

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What could cause the problem here ?
I like the game but this is unplayable for me. And this problem has occur to a lots of player it seems.

Please help.
Thanks in advance

Last edited by Lachlan_GGG#0000 on Feb 20, 2026, 7:45:57 AM
Last bumped on Feb 26, 2026, 12:05:51 PM
Also having issues - POE2. Massive latency spikes today. Was fine last night. Canada here.

Tried rebooting modem, clearing cache, server location, no change. 400 ms spikes, or more.
Yeah having huge network latency spikes going up as high as 1800ms. On London server. My actual internet is fine nothing else happens when these spikes happen, like streams I'm watching do not buffer ect Other games unaffected.
Had the same problem for over a month now.

Logging to PoE servers is like rolling a dice. 7/10 times you end up in a shitty instance. While leveling it's less of a pain because you can respawn from checkpoint (PoE2) or create a new instance of a zone to fish for a decent one. But for maps, when you get a bad server instance, only dying can fix that (sometimes).

Judging from complete lack of response from devs, I suspect it might be DDoS related, since they historically avoid talking about problems like that. Regardless, I'd really like to know what the hell happened with PoE servers in the past couple months.

Love the game, just let me play it please :)


An example of bad server instance in PoE2:

https://pastebin.com/VDAT6nLA
Last edited by Paqi#5168 on Feb 27, 2026, 3:35:57 PM

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