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Most questions will be answered within PoB, but ongoing league questions and frequently asked questions about strats will be updated in this doc (click on questions for dropdown answers)

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Leveling Vendor Regex:

r-r|g-[gr]-r|r-[gr]-g|g-r-g|r-r|nne|rint|rusted

Ascendancy Order:

Crave the Slaughter

Rite of Ruin

Warbringer

Aspect of Carnage

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`Fubgun’s Builds and Atlas Strats`⁠
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`Atlas Rush (77 Point Atlas Tree)`⁠
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Helpful Links for New Players

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Filter Blade⁠

- Site for creating/editing your own item filer

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Craft of Exile⁠

- Site for looking at item modifier weights and to simulate crafting outcomes

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Path of Exile Regex⁠

- Site for creating vendor item filters and map modifier regex

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Vorici Chromatic Calculator⁠

- Site core figuring out most option way to chromatic orb items

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PoE Cluster Jewel Calculator⁠

- Site for creating trade links for cluster jewels

Build Questions

Should I run lab for Volcanic Fissure of Snaking?

You can either run merc lab to farm your volcanic fissure (roughly 1/8 labs) or you can start mapping with sunder and buy it on trade later on, the choice is up to you. Make sure you bring a volcanic fissure with you to merc lab to swap at the divine font. (running merc lab is pretty useful to quality some gems, like intimidating cry)

What Pantheon do I take?

Brine king (use your 1st divine vessel to become freeze immune) - minor is situational, can take PDR, burning ground immune or poison reduction.

What amulet anoint do i get?

"Divine judgement" is your cheapest anoint, but "Deep Breaths" is your best early DPS anoint. Once you get yoke of suffering, you'll swap to "winter's spirit" so you can reliable chill. Clever thief is a Great early game option to solve all leech issues.

How do I fix my attributes?

If you're struggling with attributes, you can keep all of your dex/int gems low level (including punishment curse), until you get attributes on gear. - As a side note, warcries that are linked with autoexertion don't have to be leveled up

What stance should I be in with Blood and Sand?

You should always be in blood stance for the 15% more damage

What gems should I quality first?

Prioritize volcanic fissure and intimidating cry for 20% quality, it's quite big for damage/clear, After that quality the warcry you're selfcasting (infernal cry) If you're running merc lab for snaking, then you can usually get both volcanic fissure and intimidating cry to 20% quality before maps.

Should I use axe or mace?

Early on kaom's primacy (axe) is by far your best option, it's also a tier 4 unique so it should be relatively cheap. In the endgame a mace is overall better because of the AoE, but it's more expensive since the cluster jewel is not cheap. I recommend to go axes early on until you have currency to invest.

How do I attack bosses with VFoS?

Do not namelock bosses with volcanic fissure or you will not triple hit. Aim anywhere around them (Essentially you want the 1st explosion to hit their side), really easy to do.

How do I solve leech?

Early on you will link infernal cry with mana leech and use lifetap on volcanic fissure. "Clever thief" anoint can also solve your mana/attack damage leech Do not convert 100% to fire without having attack damage leech. So you either need blood drinker tattoo or Clever thief before taking the fire mastery for 100% fire conversion.

How do I get Endurance Charges?

Before getting "mob mentality" on your medium cluster you will need to use enduring cry on pinnacle bosses to sustain your endurance charges.

Should I get Spell Suppression?

If you're not playing HC or not farming ubers then suppression really isn't needed, it has a very high opportunity cost for Berserker. You can go for it i you want, but ele mitigation is pretty comfy with 84-86 max res (eventually get +2 max res jewels).

What is my item upgrade priority?

For damage, axe is always your highest priority. Kaoms axe is about equal to a 850 phys DPS Axe. For defense, high life on gear with a high armour chest is very important. Make sure you're taking all the max res nodes on the skill tree, as this is where you get all of your ele mitigation from(along with +1 max res on chest).

What map mods does this build avoid?

reduced recovery/cannot leech/elemental reflect (phys reflect can be annoying, but still doable) and cooldown recovery (doable, but you'll lose a lot of damage) Once you have echoes of creation you will also want to avoid reduced armour. - Anything else is doable, but stuff like -max is always going to be dangerous (as it is for any build).

How do we enable Trinity?

You will need cold convert on gloves and a

Balance of Terror⁠

unique jewel.

Mercenary Questions

What is my current Mercenary?

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Endgame / Strat Questions

What atlas should I use when I get to maps?

Follow the early atlas tree on the google doc

Leveling Questions

What should I spend my gold on while leveling?

Gamble at the vendor for weapon then 4 link armor starting in Act 3. At level 58 you can start to spend excess gold on axes to try and gamble a Kaom’s Primacy

Should I do the league mechanic in the campaign?

Personal preference. Most speed runners will skip the league mechanic in campaign, but having a mercenary could provide some player power. The mercenaries scale with levels so you will replace them immediately in the endgame. Skipping it in campaign is totally fine.

Where are all the lab trials?

Normal Trial Locations The Lower Prison (act 1) The Crypt Level 1 (act 2) - Reminder, golden hand quest after this lab for +1 skill point. The Chamber of Sins Level 2 (act 2) The Crematorium (act 3) The Catacombs (act 3) The Imperial Gardens (act 3)

Cruel Trial Locations The Prison (Act 6) The Crypt (Act 7) The Chamber of Sins Level 2 (Act 7)

Merc Trial Locations The Bath House (act 8) The Tunnel (act 9)

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