Corrupting Fever Gladiator - PoE - Maxroll.gg (2024)

Keep Corrupting Fever active at all times, the initial activation should be done at the start of each encounter. In the event Corrupting Fever expires reapply it immediately in a safe area or while a Life Flask is available to mitigate the cost.

Kinetic Blast is your primary method of applying Corrupting Fever to monsters. Due to the Lifetap Support it costs Life instead of Mana. Use it often and incrementally even outside of combat to keep Corrupting Fever active.

Keep all of your Aura Gems active at all times. These need to be reapplied after dying. Dash should be used whenever available to assist with movement. Blood Rage should be maintained at all times while mapping and situationally while killing Bosses.

Spellslinger is a Support Gem that causes linked Active Skill gems to function as an Aura that Reserves your Mana. Whenever using a wand attack it triggers the linked spell (in this case Exsanguinate). Keep Spellslinger active alongside your other Auras at all times so it triggers automatically.

When battling high health enemies, cast and maintain Vulnerability so they take increased damage from your damage over time effects. Against tanky enemies swap from sand stance to blood stance. This can be achieved by toggling Blood and Sand.

Corrupting Fever and Exsanguinate are damage over time Skill Gems. Our offensive scaling focuses on increasing these as high as possible with the following, primary stats:

• Increased Physical/Damage over time
• Increase Physical/Damage over time multiplier
• Generic Damage Increases (Frenzy Charges)
• Auras and increased aura effect (Pride, Herald of Purity)
• Curses Vulnerability

These damage multipliers are scarce on the Passive Skill Tree and Gear hence we mainly rely on Jewels and Cluster Jewels to increase our damage.

The Gladiator has a wide variety of defenses on its gear and passive Skill Tree to focus on:

• Armor and Evasion from Gear, Flasks, Skill Tree and Determination
• Capped Elemental Resistances at 75%
• 100% Ailment Avoidance
• Stun Immunity
• Endurance Charges
• Corrupted Blood Immunity
• Life Gain On Hit Life Gain on Hit Support

These defenses grant the build solid mitigation and recovery against one shots and unavoidable ailment deaths. Remember that Corrupting Fever is still a ranged glass cannon reliant on excellent positioning and dodging.

Step 1: Level 2

• Kill Hillock. Talk to Tarkleigh and choose Splitting Steel as your reward.
  • Splitting Steel gives a new skill called Call of Steel, which grants steel shards. Use Call of Steel to generate shards, cast Splitting Steel a handful of times to spend shards (if available), and then cast Call of Steel to finish enemies.
• Talk to Tarkleigh, click Purchase Items, and copy the following line: -[rgb]-.-|g-g-r|g-r-g|r-g-g|nne
  • Paste it in the vendor window in-game and it will highlight four links, movement speed boots, and items with Green-Green-Red (GGR) sockets. This is called a regex filter, and is imperative to finding important items quickly!
• After this, complete the quests Mercy Mission and Breaking some Eggs.
  • Upon killing Hailrake, hit escape and press EXIT TO CHARACTER SELECT (or type /exit in chat). This saves you a Portal Scroll. Selecting a different log out option puts you in a queue on a league start. This "Return to Town" method is used many times in this guide.

Step 2: Level 4

• Talk to Nessa and grab: Quicksilver Flask and Onslaught Support.
• Talk to Nessa and Purchase War Banner.
  • War Banner is our first aura. Activating it causes monster deaths to store 50 charges. When released, it gives us the Adrenaline buff for a huge damage boost. This is best used on magic packs, rare monsters, or large packs of regular monsters.
• Talk to Tarkleigh and grab: Ancestral Protector and Dash.
• Click Purchase Items from Tarkleigh and paste in the regex: -[rgb]-.-|g-g-r|g-r-g|r-g-g|nne
• Complete the quests Dweller of the Deep and The Caged Brute.
  • Note: you only have to reach the Waypoint in Lower Prison to acquire a gem from the quest.
• Ideally you will have a Green-Green-Red (GGR) item for Splitting Steel - Onslaught Support - Chance to Bleed Support.
  • If you only have a Green-Red then just link Splitting Steel to Chance to Bleed Support.
• Our rotation on packs is Call of Steel for 12 stacks of Steel Shards, Dash forward constantly, place Ancestral Protector on packs of monsters, and use Splitting Steel until the pack is low.

Step 3: Level 8

• Reach Lower Prison and use the Waypoint back to town.
• Talk to Nessa and grab: Maim Support.
  • Link Maim to Ancestral Protector if you have a Red-Red item.
• Talk to Tarkleigh to grab your Passive Skillpoint.
• Click Purchase Items from Tarkleigh and paste in the regex: -[rgb]-.-|g-g-r|g-r-g|r-g-g|nne
• Go back to Lower Prison, complete the Trial of Ascendancy, and slay Brutus.
• Two handed weapons are a substantial DPS increase and help tremendously on Brutus. The recommended weapons here are either a Longsword at 8, or a Jade Chopper at 9.

Step 4: Level 10

• After killing Brutus, return to town.
• Talk to Tarkleigh and grab Leap Slam. This replaces Dash.
• Click Purchase Items from Tarkleigh, then paste in the regex: -[rgb]-.-|g-g-r|g-r-g|r-g-g|nne
• Complete the quests The Marooned Mariner and The Siren's Cadence.
  • Note: you do not need to kill Merveil to acquire a gem from The Siren's Cadence.

Step 5: Level 12

• After killing Fairgraves and reaching the Waypoint in Merveil's Caverns, purchase Spectral Helix from Nessa for 1 Orb of Transmutation, OR grab Shattering Steel for free.
  • Spectral Helix is better, but many people dislike the playstyle of attacking twice and moving on. It is very comparable to the Hammerdin from Diablo II. A decent alternative to Spectral Helix is Shattering Steel, as it is better than Splitting Steel in almost every way.
• Talk to Bestel and grab the Passive Skillpoint, then complete The Siren's Cadence.
• Look for a Bastard Sword to use at level 12, or a Woodsplitter at level 13.
• Equip a Sapphire Ring for Merveil to nullify her Cold Damage. Kill Merveil and move onto Act 2!

Step 1: Level 12

• After killing Merveil, walk north into The Forest Encampment (Town).
• Talk to Greust, click Sell Items, and sell all items you acquired from Merveil.
  • You CAN try to purchase a Green-Green-Red (GGR) item if you have not found one yet, but it will likely cost an Orb of Transmutation.
  • If you sell rare items identified they will give you Alteration Shards, while selling them unidentified gives you Transmutation Shards.
• Go to the right of town into The Old Fields and complete The Great White Beast.
• Your ideal weapon at this point is a Woodsplitter at level 13.

Step 2: Level 13

• After completing The Great White Beast, go to the Waypoint at The Crossroads and return to town.
• Talk to Yeena and select the Magic Quicksilver Flask reward.
  • At this point, use two Life flasks, one Mana flask, and two Quicksilver Flasks.
• Waypoint back to The Crossroads, and finish the quest Intruders in Black in the Chambers of Sin 2.
  • Make sure to complete the Trial of Ascendancy in the Chambers of Sin 2.

Step 3: Level 16

• After killing Fidelitas and getting the Baleful Gem, return to town.
• Talk to Greust and select the gem Blood Rage.
  • Blood Rage is a buff that gives attack speed, leech, and has a chance to generate frenzy charges on kill - which give MORE Attack/Cast Speed and damage.
• Talk to Yeena and purchase the gems Herald of Purity and Herald of Ash.
  • Herald of Ash is an Aura that gives 15% of Physical Damage as extra Fire Damage, and also helps smooth out clearing packs. This gem takes priority over all other auras at this point.
  • Herald of Purity gives us MORE Physical damage, and also summons some minions to help out while clearing or fighting a boss.
• Equip all three auras. In the case that you can only equip 1 or 2 Auras, the priority is: Herald of Ash > Herald of Purity > War Banner. Remember that War Banner's primary usefulness comes from using the stacks, so use it at 50 stacks and/or when fighting a difficult monster!
• Go left from the Town to complete the quest Sharp and Cruel in The Weaver's Chambers.
• Your ideal weapon at this point is a Poleaxe at 18

Step 4: Level 18

• Kill The Weaver, pick up Maligaro's Spike, and return to town.
• Talk to Silk and get the gem Faster Attacks Support.
  • It is critically important to link this to Leap Slam as soon as you can at 18.
• Complete the quest Deal with the Bandits.
  • Waypoint to the Crossroads, go right to the Broken Bridge, kill Kraityn, and return to town.
  • Waypoint to the Riverways, go north to The Wetlands, and kill Oak.
  • While in the Western Forest, kill Alira and complete the quest The Way Forward.
  • Note that The Way Forward is an Act 1 quest that is only completable in Act 2.

Step 5: Level 18

• Talk to Eramir for two Passive Skillpoints.
• Take the Waypoint back to the Act 1 town Lioneye's Watch. Talk to Bestel for an additional Passive Skillpoint for completing The Way Forward.
• Use the Waypoint to travel to The Wetlands in Act 2. Click the Vaal Ruins to open it if you have not already done so.
  • Use a Ruby Ring for this zone, as the monsters casting Explosive Arrow are scary.
• Complete the quest Shadow of the Vaal by killing the Act 2 boss, Vaal Oversoul. After this, return to town and complete the Trial of Ascendancy in The Crypt. Once these are done, move onto Act 3!

Step 1: Level 21

• Waypoint to the City of Sarn, kill the Guard Captain, and talk to Clarissa. Complete the quest Lost in Love.
• After completing the Trial of Ascendancy and obtaining Tolman's Bracelet, return to town.
• Talk to Clarissa to obtain the Sewer Keys.
• Talk to Maramoa and choose the gem Poacher's Mark. Use it on bosses to gain Life and Mana back on hit.
• The Ideal weapon at this point is a Double Axe at level 23.

Step 2: Level 24

• Talk to Hargan and select Purchase Items. Paste in the regex -[rgb]-.-|g-g-r|g-r-g|r-g-g|nne
  • After level 24, you may find a four-link item. Ideally, it will already be G-G-G-R or G-G-R-R.
  • If it is not already these colors, use Chromatic Orbs on either a Dexterity or Strength-Dexterity base. If you find a four link that requires Intelligence in any way, using Chromatic Orbs is not a good idea since they are very likely to roll Blue sockets.
  • Green-Green-Green-Red (GGGR) links: Spectral Helix - Onslaught Support - Faster Attacks Support - Chance to Bleed Support
  • Green-Green-Red-Red (GGR) links: Spectral Helix - Onslaught Support - Cruelty Support - Chance to Bleed Support
• Complete the quests Victario's Secrets, The Ribbon Spool and The Gemling Queen. Choose the rare Lapis Amulet as a reward.
• Ensure that you complete the Trial of Ascendancy from The Catacombs at some point during this cycle.

Step 3: Level 26

• Complete the quest Piety's Pets.
  • Ignore the quest Sever the Right Hand. We do not need to kill Gravicius for this build.
• Aim for at LEAST level 27 before killing Piety.
  • Farm in The Docks if you are behind in XP. You can reset a zone by holding down Ctrl and left clicking on either a zone entrance or Waypoint.
• Getting two-stone rings and using essences that give rings flat damage to attacks (like an Wailing Essence of Torment) is amazing here.

Step 4: Level 27

• The Ideal weapon basetype starting at level 28 is a Gilded Axe.
• Try to get your resists close to 75% Fire, Cold, and Lightning.
• The best craft you can make is with the Crafting Bench in your hideout. Use the 16-20% of a single resist craft, which only costs an Orb of Transmutation.
• Talk to Hargan for a Passive Skillpoint (from the quest Victario's Secrets). Then talk to him again and shop for a four-link by pasting in the regex -[rgb]-.-|g-g-r|g-r-g|r-g-g|nne
• Talk to Grigor to get a Passive Skillpoint.
• Complete the Trial of Ascendancy in The Imperial Gardens.
• While fighting Dominus, avoid getting slammed when he says "The Touch of God!". Kill Dominus and move on to Act 4!

Step 1: Level 28

• Complete the quest Breaking the Seal.
• Farm Dried Lake until at least level 30.
• Act 4 is when the game strains your resistances. Playing with below 75% elemental resists is extremely dangerous. Start to over-cap resists in this Act, as we are aiming for at least 105% by the time we kill Act 5 Kitava.
• Keep identifying rare items and keep chugging along with high Life and resists gear.

Step 2: Level 30

• Complete the quest An Indomitable Spirit
• Reach the Waypoint in the Crystal Veins and complete the normal Labryinth.
• Ascend as a Gladiator, and choose Blood in the Eyes.

Step 3: Level 32

• Do not progress past Crystal Veins without being at least level 32, farm Dried Lake if you need to catch up.
• Complete the quest The Eternal Nightmare by killing Daresso and Kaom.

Step 4: Level 34

• Kill Piety, then complete the quest Corpus Malachus.
• Talk to Piety again, go kill Malachai, and move on to Act five!

Do not switch your build yet unless this is your second character of the league, as Corrupting Fever wand glad requires an extremely large amount of sockets. However, this does not stop us from looking for items with the colors we need! So start looking for the following:

R-R-B-G: Corrupting Fever - Brutality Support - Efficacy Support - Swift Affliction Support

R-R-B-B: Exsanguinate - Brutality Support - Spellslinger - Controlled Destruction Support

R-R-B-G: Kinetic Blast - Lifetap Support - Life Gain on Hit Support - Greater Multiple Projectiles Support

As you can see, fitting these colors in is not easy at this point of the campaign. If you are leveling your second character however, swap over at level 38.

Step 1: Level 35

• Get at least 75% resists in Fire, Cold, and Lightning - but aim for 105%, as you lose 30% from killing Kitava.
  • Put every armor and jewelry piece you have into the crafting bench in your hideout to see if it has space for a Fire, Cold, or Lightning resist craft. This is only usable if the item has an Open Suffix (hold Alt on an item to see).
• Complete the quest Return to Oriath and talk to Lani for a ring matching the resists you need the most. Get any of the Two-Stones over the single-resist rings, as they are easier to replace later.
• Complete the quests In Service to Science, The Key to Freedom, and reach the Chamber of Innocence

Step 2: Level 38

• Once you enter the Chamber of Innocence, farm this zone until at least level 40. You can reset a campaign zone by holding down CTRL and clicking on the zone or Waypoint.
• If you are clearing the Chamber of Innocence and are still under level 40, use a Portal Scroll and talk to Lani for a Granite Flask
• Talk to Vilenta for a Passive Skillpoint.
• Complete the quest Death to Purity.

Step 3: Level 40

• Complete the quests The Ravenous God and Kitava's Torments.
• When Kitava closes his fist, he will spawn orbs that close in on your location in an X formation, closing in on the center. Avoid any slams and abilities from the large unique monsters that spawn. Kill Kitava, and move onto Act six.
• After killing Kitava, your resists drop by 30%. This should be easy to overcome, and in softcore your resists should be at least 50% each. Every point of resistance gear from here on out drastically increases your survivability!

Step 1: Level 42

• If you are 42, you don't need to farm any XP past this point until Act 9, just be within 6 levels of the zone.
• Entering this Act without 75% all resists is perfectly fine (in softcore!). The elemental damage you take here depends on which part of the Act you are in. The Mud Flats and the Tukohama fight requires Fire res, the Shavronne fight Lightning res, and the Brine King Cold and Lightning res. Using this, it’s okay if your resists initially look like 75% Fire, 50% Cold, and 50% Lightning (again, in softcore). In hardcore, ensure that all resists equal 75% or more.
• Go to your hideout and throw each piece individually at the crafting bench to see if you can craft a Fire, Cold, or Lightning resist on them for 1 Orb of Transmutation each. Obviously only craft the types of resists you need!
• Go out to The Coast and get the Waypoint, then go to the Mud Flats and complete the quest The Father of War.
• Once at the Ridge Waypoint, take it back to The Coast and complete Bestel's Epic.
• Use a Portal Scroll, complete Fallen From Grace, and return to town.

Step 2

• Talk to Lily Roth for 2x Passive Respec Points. Click Purchase Items and select the following: Exsanguinate, Corrupting Fever, and Spellslinger. Level these in your off-hand weapons.
• Talk to Bestel for either a rare Leather Belt or Citrine Amulet, depending on which slot needs a bigger upgrade.
• Talk to Tarkleigh for a Passive Skillpoint.
• Travel to The Lower Prison and complete the Trial of Ascendancy there.
• Finish the Essence of Umbra by killing Brutus and Shavronne. Grab the Spell Damage craft after the fight.

Step 3

• Kill Abberath in Prisoner's Gate for The Cloven One.
• Grab the Waypoint in The Riverways, then go north to The Wetlands and kill Ryslatha for The Puppet Mistress.
  • You may skip Abberath and Ryslatha until late Act 7 if your character is too weak at this point.
• Return to town, then talk to Bestel for a Passive Skillpoint.
• Talk to Tarkleigh for a Fencer Helm and a Passive Skillpoint.
• Complete the remaining questline to defeat The Brine King, then move onto Act 7.

Step 1

• Select the Brine King Pantheon (the Keybind is Y by default)
• Complete the quest The Silver Locket
• Travel to The Crypt for the Trial of Ascendancy and the map for Essence of the Artist.
• Waypoint back to The Crossroads, travel north to the Chamber of Sins, and complete Web of Secrets.
• Do the Trial of Ascendancy while in the Chambers of Sin 2, and complete The Master of a Million Faces.

Step 2

• Optionally, you may travel back to town at this point and talk to Helena for an Amulet reward.
• Gather the seven fireflies for the quest Lighting the Way, and kill Greust for the quest The Master of a Million Faces while in The Dread Thicket.
• Exit The Dread Thicket and travel to The Causeway for Kishara's Star.
• Get to the Waypoint in the Vaal City and talk to Yeena there, then return to town.
  • This also frees your inventory of the fireflies!

Step 3

• Select the Pantheon Ralakesh, Master of a Million Faces.
• Talk to Eramir for two Passive Skillpoints.
• Talk to Weylam Roth to select the Quartz Flask and a Passive Skillpoint.
• Talk to Helena and select the Soldier Boots.
• After this, complete the Cruel Labyrinth and choose Gratuitous Violence
  • Gratuitous Violence greatly increases your clear speed and damage! After completing your second lab, continue to look for the follows colors:

R-R-B-G, R-R-B-B and R-R-B-G

Step 4

• Finally, Waypoint back to The Vaal City, travel to Temple of Decay 2, and kill Arakaali. Avoid the cone of poisonous bolts, as well as the purple orbs that spawn far away and travel towards the boss. After this, move onto Act 8!

Step 1

• Continue playing melee for your final act, and look forward to the following setup soon:
• R-R-B-G: Corrupting Fever - Brutality Support - Efficacy Support - Swift Affliction Support
• R-R-B-B: Exsanguinate - Brutality Support - Spellslinger - Controlled Destruction Support
• R-R-B-G: Kinetic Blast - Lifetap Support - Life Gain on Hit Support - Greater Multiple Projectiles Support
• Kill Doedre for the quest Essence of the Hag, then go to the right towards The Quay.
• Complete the quest Love is Dead, then travel to the Grain Gate to complete The Gemling Legion.
• Continue to the Solaris Temple and get the waypoint in Solaris Temple 1.
• Complete the quest Solar Eclipse and return to town.

Step 2

• Talk to Clarissa for a Passive Skillpoint.
• Talk to Hargan for whichever Two-Stone ring reward you need the most.
• Talk to Maramoa for a Passive Skillpoint.

Step 3: Level 54

• Go back to Solaris Temple 1, travel to the Solaris Concourse, the Harbour Bridge, then Lunaris Concourse.
• Go to the Lunaris Temple 2 and complete Lunar Eclipse.
• Travel to the Lunaris Concourse and kill the Twins Solaris the Eternal Sun and Lunaris the Eternal Moon. Stand behind Solaris when she throws her Fire Spear, and get move away when Lunaris fires Cold Rain from the sky. After this, continue onwards to Act 9 and the best zone in the campaign for farming - the Blood Aqueducts!

Step 1: Level 54

• It is finally time to swap! Upon entering Blood Aqueduct (At level 54 or above) try to swap over to Kinetic Blast Corrupting Fever gladiator. It is perfectly okay to not have all of the socket links at this point of the campaign! In fact, it is not expected that you do.
• R-R-B-G: Corrupting Fever - Brutality Support - Efficacy Support - Swift Affliction Support
• R-R-B-B: Exsanguinate - Brutality Support - Spellslinger - Controlled Destruction Support
• R-R-G-B-: Kinetic Blast - Lifetap Support - Greater Multiple Projectiles Support - Life Gain on Hit Support
• Taking these down to 3 links makes gearing substantially easier! Remove the last link in every list if you do not have the required 4-link.
• Continually identify rares and use essences on gear.
• This build requires a wand to use the skill Kinetic Blast. For our wand, we only care about identifying either +1 to Physical Spells, or +% Physical Damage over time. A combination of these two would be an insanely lucky find. Your best bet for acquiring one of these is selling a wand to a vendor PLUS enough skill gems with the Physical Tag with quality adding up to 40%.
  • Example: Selling a wand with a 13% Cyclone, 10% Divine Ire, and 17% Ethereal Knives (13+10+17=40%).
• This produces a Magic Wand with +1 to level of all Physical Spell skill gems. Use an Orb of Augmentation and a Regal Orb for a 2nd and 3rd affix. Next take it to the crafting bench and craft anything useful on it (Ideally % Physical Damage over time multiplier, % Damage over time multiplier, % Damage over time, or % Attack Speed).
• Your goal is to farm Blood Aqueducts until character level 64 for both gem levels and currency. While farming Blood Aqueduct you might find Humility cards, which sell for approximately 2 Chaos Orb at the start of a league. Sell these, as a 6 link is not needed. Feel free to start shopping for Grimro’s list down below!
• The final goal we have of Blood Aqueduct is to farm gear that has good resistances. We want our resists to be close to 105% when killing Act 10 Kitava, as we get another penalty to our resistances. Mapping with ~60% resists is fine for softcore, but is a definite no-go in hardcore. Continue farming gear, currency, and xp in Blood Aqueducts until 64, then move on to act 10.

Step 2: Level 64

• Go back to the Lunaris Concourse in Act 8 to get the Trail of Ascendancy in the Bath House and complete the Reflection of Terror in the High Gardens.
• Return to town and talk to Hargan for a Passive Skillpoint.

Step 3: Level 64

• Complete the quest The Storm Blade. Return to town, talk to Petarus and Vanja for a Teak Round Shield, Sin for the next quest item, then Petarus and Vanja again. Return back to the Vastiri Desert waypoint and complete the quest Queen of the Sands.
• Return to town and talk to Irasha for a Passive Skillpoint.

Step 4

• Kill The Basilisk in the Boiling Lake
• Complete the quest Fastis Fortuna
• Complete the Trial of Ascendancy in The Tunnel
• Complete the Ruler of Highgate, then return to town and talk to Irasha for a Passive Skillpoint.

Step 5

• Finish the quest Recurring Nightmare by killing Act 9 boss The Depraved Trinity. Avoid the boss' slam, and avoid getting hit by the scorpion ads that spawn. Next, move onto Act 10!

Step 1

• Kill Plaguewing and complete the quest Safe Passage.
• Place a portal in the middle of the Ruined Square, and go to the waypoint in the Control Blocks (left).
• Take the waypoint back to town and talk to Lani in town for a Silver Flask.
  • This flask gives us a buff called Onslaught, which substantially increases our speed.

Step 2

• Don't complete the quest Vilenta's Vengeance in the Control Blocks at this time if your character feels weak. Instead, go through your portal that you placed earlier and go to the right this time towards the Ossuary.
• Complete the quest No Love for Old Ghosts and the Trial of Ascendancy in the Ossuary.
• Complete the Merciless Labyrinth and choose the ascendancy point Arena Challenger.
  • Go a bit slower than normal in Merciless Labyrinth, as there is a difficulty spike. Stop for dark shrines, and try to get extra keys if they are along your path. We are looking for currency and gear, and Merciless lab can actually provide a lot of both.
  • Arena Challenger gives Challenger Charges, which give you MORE attack speed and move speed. If you find the Labyrinth to be too difficult, take it on later at approximately level 70.
  • Put the gem Blood and Sand in somewhere, as this will be how we enter Blood or Sand stance. Use Sand stance while clearing packs, and blood stance while killing bosses or tough rares.

Step 3

• Kill Avarius to complete the quest Death and Rebirth, then return to town.
• Talk to Bannon with the The Staff of Purity in your inventory.
• Talk to Lani for a General's Brigandine.
• Talk to Weylam Roth for 2x Passive Respec Points.

Step 4

• Travel back to the Ravaged Square, talk to Innocence, and complete the quest An End to Hunger.
• Kill Kitava, and move onto the mapping section below - congratulations on completing the campaign!
  • Note that killing Kitava reduces your overall resistances by 30%. We prepare for this by obtaining gear with as high resists as possible. Aim for 75% Fire, Cold, and Lightning Resists.

Act 1

• Whenever you are back in town, click Purchase Items on a vendor and paste in -[rgb]-.-|g-g-r|g-r-g|r-g-g|nne
  • This highlights four links, movement speed boots, and items with Green-Green-Red (GGR) sockets. This is a regex filter, and is imperative to finding important items quickly!
• Use Longsword at Level 8 or Jade Chopper at Level 9.
• Use Bastard Sword at Level 12 or Woodsplitter at Level 13.
• Swap Splitting Steel for Spectral Helix at 12, can opt for Shattering Steel if helix playstyle is not enjoyable.

Act 2

• For Bandits, kill all for 2 Passive Skillpoints.
• Weapon Base Type: Woodsplitter at Level 13, Poleaxe at Level 18, or highest tooltip DPS.

Act 3

• Ideal Weapons: Poleaxe at Level 18, Double Axe at 23, Gilded Axe at Level 28, or highest tooltip DPS.
• At Level 24, get Poacher's Mark quest reward and skip Gravicius quest.
• Paste -[rgb]-.-|g-g-r|g-r-g|r-g-g|nne into vendors starting at level 24 to look for a four-link.
• G-G-G-R Spectral Helix - Onslaught Support - Faster Attacks Support - Chance to Bleed Support
• Or G-G-R-R Spectral Helix - Onslaught Support - Chance to Bleed Support - Maim Support

Act 4

• Ideal Weapons: Whatever Two-Handed Axe that provides the highest tooltip DPS.
• Complete the Normal Labyrinth.
• Start looking for these links but don’t swap yet:
• R-R-B-G Kinetic Blast - Lifetap Support - Life Gain on Hit Support - Greater Multiple Projectiles Support
• R-R-B-G Corrupting Fever - Brutality Support - Efficacy Support - Swift Affliction Support
• R-R-B-B Exsanguinate - Brutality Support - Spellslinger - Controlled Destruction Support
• Keep resistances at 75% and keep identifying rares for potential upgrades.

Act 5

• Ideal Weapons: Jasper Chopper at Level 37, Timber Axe at Level 41.
• Get resists close to 105% pre-Kitava.
• Farm Chamber of Innocence until at least Level 40.

Act 6

• Ideal Weapon: Headsman Axe at Level 45 or highest tooltip DPS.
• Purchase Exsanguinate, Corrupting Fever and Spellslinger to level in off-hand.
• Get resistances up to 75%.
• Take Brine King as your Major Pantheon.

Act 7

• Ideal Weapon: Labrys at Level 49 or highest tooltip DPS.
• Take Ralakesh as your Minor Pantheon.
• Complete your Cruel Labyrinth after collecting all Act 6 & 7 Passive Skillpoints.

Act 8

• Ideal Weapon: Labrys at Level 49 or highest tooltip DPS.
• Ensure that you are at least level 54 before entering Blood Aqueducts

Act 9

• Take Garukhan as your Minor Pantheon.
• Swap over to using a wand and shield and use the following setup:
• R-R-B-G Kinetic Blast - Lifetap Support - Life Gain on Hit Support - Greater Multiple Projectiles Support
• R-R-B-G Corrupting Fever - Brutality Support - Efficacy Support - Swift Affliction Support
• R-R-B-B Exsanguinate - Brutality Support - Spellslinger - Controlled Destruction Support

Act 10

• Complete the Trials for the Merciless Lab and run it.
• Continue gearing for 105% to All Resistances (75% post Kitava).