Guide by Allie
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Act 1
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> YOU WILL NEED TO AQUIRE POISONOUS CONCOCTION SOMEHOW - This can either be done by leveling a Ranger, Shadow, Duelist, or Scion to the end of act 1 and taking it as a quest reward OR have a friend buy it for you <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>>DO THIS FIRST<< - >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mule Pierce from a Ranger <<<<<<<<<<<<<< Witch DOES NOT get Pierce in Act 1 and you will not replace it until Wave of Conviction. Pierce CARRIES Spark. Just make a Ranger, kill Hillok, and go to the tidal island and kill Hillrake in your stash then make your Witch.
>>DO THIS FIRST<< - >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mule Snipers Mark from a Ranger <<<<<<<<<<<<<< Witch DOES NOT get Sniper's Mark in Act 1 and you will not replace it until Wave of Conviction. Just make a Ranger, FINISH Mudflats, and put the Sniper's Mark in your stash then make your Witch.
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Context on WHY YOU NEED Pcoc:
Early game leveling on this build sucks. I won't lie and ill put it out there. This build is an amazing early season mapper but there are no good chaos dot nodes near witch and we have to path to the Ranger-Shadow portion of the tree.
Because of this, all of Act 1 is going to be pathing nodes to get there. This is fine as Act 1 Leveling isint too difficult. After Act 1 it gets painful if we do not use a good chaos dot skill.
I have tried ED/C and it feels bad, even when picking up spell damage nodes. I have tried CA but CA feels awful until you get a good dot bow.
I don't want you to have to respec too many points and have it be expensive early on so the only option is to mule PCoc.
BUT ALLIE, PCoc got nerfed hard in 3.21 its bad now. Yes, bad in maps where you want to use utility flasks and cannot sustain PCoc on 1 life flask. For leveling we can use Quicksilver, and 4 Life Flasks and get through to Maps with no problem then insta swap to CA.
Believe me, there is no other choice. Bane might be ok but getting to Act 3 will be hell, Blight sucks even with the buffs, ED/C sucks, the only chaos dot option is PCoc. So please either mule a PCoc or get a friend to help. I promise this build is worth it.
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Look for MS boots in town & use 2 wands. 3.21 Changed wand base types, make sure you look for Spiraled Wands.
Look for BBG anything in town before going to Coast. If no BBG then BG 2 link minimum.
Look for GGG anything that ISINT a weapon for Level 12.
(Dont ask me why Spark sucks if you didnt mule at the start)
Look for MS boots in town & use 2 wands (Look for Spiraled Wand eventually for added light dmg)
Look for BBG anything in town before going to Coast. If no BBG then BG 2 link minimum.
Take Spark from quest, link it to Pierce and Arcane Surge. Prioritize Pierce if no BBG
Level 4
After Mud Flats is over and you are in the cave, tp back to coast waypoint and go get medicine chest.
Take Orb of Storm from Egg quest and buy Frost Bomb from Nessa.
Take Frostblink. Keep Arcane Surge at a low level and link it to Spark.
Use Orb of Storm then stand there and cast Spark. Use Frost Bomb on any clumped packs and keep running, it will 1 shot mobs in Act 1.
Level ~8-9
Before Brutus, go to down and get Added Lightning Damage, replace Arcane Surge with it.
Once you kill Brutus take Flame Dash.
Wand Vendor rec killed by ggg in 3.21 Look for Spiraled Wand now or you will level slower without it
Level 12
Swap to Poison Concoction once you hit level 12.
Buy Volley from Nessa.
Your links are now Poison Concoction - Chance to Poison - Volley
Drop Arcane Surge, Frost Bomb, Lightning Tendrils, Orb of Storms. You just need Flame Dash and Pcoc.
From now on you will need to upgrade your Life Flask every time you can. Pcoc scales like crazy off of it and it is your main damage scaler for Acts 1-10.
TLDR: Bigger number on the flask the better. You will have to use your alts and try to craft flasks every few levels. You don't care about the mods that roll on the flask.
Look at the number the flask would say it heals you, the time doesn't matter. As long as the number is big you are good to go.
3.21 Changes - You will need to always keep 2-3 life flasks equipped at all times to counter the 3.21 nerfs. As long as you do this Pcoc is as good as it was in 3.20
Act 2
BANDITS: Kill all
Level 16
If you can: Get a friend to give you Herald of Agony so you dont have to wait until act 3.
Once you have the Fatal Toxins node on the passive tree you can drop Chance to Poison and use Void Manipulation.
Buy Void Manipulation in Act 1.
Go pew pew Act 2.
Act 3
Start looking for:
GGGB for Poison Concoction - Volley - Void Manipulation - Unbound Ailments
Level 24
Take Malevolence from the quest reward. Buy Temporal Chains from the vendor.
Go to the Library and do the quest for Siosa
From Siosa buy: Buy Grace & Determination & Herald of Agony. Start leveling them and use Grace over Malevolence if you want to be tankier. Keep Determination for later.
Once you have Charisma & 8% Increased Mana Reservation Efficiency by Influence & Eldritch Battery from the passive tree you can use Grace, Malevolence, and Herald of Agony.
Use Grace of Determination based on which one you like more.
Buy Plague Bearer and use it to clear faster. Buy Steelskin and put it on left click.
Act 4
Do lab now if you haven't, it should be ez mode.
Take Void Beacon and eventually Withering Presence.
Act 5-10
Keep following the skill trees for each act.
