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// LEVELING // use Sunder with a 2h axe for the entire campaign / early maps Sunder Added Fire Dmg (swap to Fist of War in A4) Close Combat (swap to Brutality in A4) Melee Phys +Close Combat (if 5L) +Ruthless (if 6L) Path towards Resolute Technique (pick it up sometime in A3) don't forget Spirit of War for mana leech! FOR ASCENDANCY: you can literally ignore your Ascendancy until you reach maps and are ready to swap to Dual Strike. if you want to min-max, you can first choose the Ancestral Commander ascendancy and then swap over to Antiquarian later. only do this if you know what you're doing! MASSIVELY more detailed leveling guide - full-hand-holding at every point of the Acts - inside of this build > https://pobb.in/p_JOuGVM9wjp copy the link, go to "Import/Export Build" at the top-left, paste the link in the appropriate box ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SWAPPING TO DUAL STRIKE--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keep using Sunder until you're around level 80 and have ALL of the following items: 1) Nightgrip 2) Ynda's Stand (be sure to defense catalyze it!) 3) Elegant Hubris (conquered by Caspiro > this is required to counteract Antiquarian's "Lioneye's Hair" node) 4) Rare Armor/Evasion body armor with at least 1.7k to each 5) Frostbreath (mainhand weapon) 6) Decent rare claw (offhand weapon > looking for high attack speed & crit multi > choose a basetype with +life on hit!) 7) Dual Strike of Ambidexterity (obv lol) you'll also likely need 15-20 Orbs of Regret (maybe more, depending on how much gold you have!) to change your passive tree over, so factor those into the cost as well. ASCENDANCY ORDER: Kalguuran Armor > Starlight Reflector > Lioneye's Hair > Runic Tablet