Become Cpt America! - Steelmage's Bleed Spectral Shield Throw Leaguestarter [PoE 3.15]

==================================================================================================================== GENERAL TIPS ==================================================================================================================== Bandits: Kill All The items in this guide are are a GUIDELINE, listed with the main core stats you're looking for. More/higher stats (resists, attributes, etc) are always better! They are mostly kept reasonable and obtainable through self-crafting methods post-Harvest nerfs On trade leagues you can search for "Empty Suffixes" or "Empty Prefixes" with a value of 1 for items with open crafting slots Upgrade your Pantheons Pantheons: Solaris for major, minor is flexible (Yugul for curses, Ralakesh for bleeds (also good for lab), Ryslatha for boss fights, and Gruthkul for generic mapping) Get an Instant (Seething/Bubbling) Life flask as soon as you can GEMS - ACT - NPC - QUEST -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leveling -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 - 12 Splitting Steel or Shield Crush (New gem so not sure how this will perform) Splitting Steel - Act 1 - Enemy at the Gate (Mule this from Duelist) or Shield Crush - Act 1 - Nessa - Enemy at the Gate Onslaught - Act 1 - Nessa - Mercy Mission (This can also be muled on as scion) Chance to Bleed - Act 1 - Nessa - Enemy at the Gate 4+ Ancestral Protector Ancestral Protector - Act 1 - Nessa - Breaking some Eggs Maim - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute 4+ Movement + Utility Dash - Act 1 - Nessa - Breaking some Eggs Steelskin - Act 1 - Nessa - Breaking some Eggs (Can put Steelskin on left mouse button to autocast it) 10+ Movement Shield Charge - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute or Leap Slam - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute 10+ Auras - Blood and Sand/War Banner/Vitality Blood and Sand - Act 1 - Nessa - Breaking some Eggs War Banner - Act 1 - Nessa - Breaking some Eggs Vitality - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute 12+ Shattering Steel (REPLACES SPLITTING STEEL) Shattering Steel - Act 1 - Nessa - The Siren's Cadence Onslaught - Act 1 - Nessa - Mercy Mission (This can also be muled on as scion) Chance to Bleed - Act 1 - Nessa - Enemy at the Gate Vicious Projectiles - Act 2 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate 16+ Auras + Utility Herald of Purity - Act 2 - Yeena - Intruders in Black Maim - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute Blood Rage - Act 2 - Yeena - The Root of the Problem 24+ (AFTER MORTAL CONVICTION you can only run one permanent aura but its free to reserve) Pride - Act 3 - Clarissa - Lost in Love Spectral Shield Throw swap Need normal lab + best armour shield possible (Can use Lycosidae --> Titucius' Span --> Rare Shield --> Lioneye's Remorse or just craft highest armour base) 38+ Spectral Shield Throw Spectral Shield Throw - Act 3 - Clarissa - Sever the Right Hand Vicious Projectiles - Act 2 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate Maim - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute Brutality - Act 4 - Petaurs and Vanja - The Eternal Nightmare -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- End Game -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spectral Shield Throw Spectral Shield Throw - Act 3 - Clarissa - Sever the Right Hand Vicious Projectiles - Act 2 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate Maim - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute Brutality - Act 4 - Petaurs and Vanja - The Eternal Nightmare Swift Affliction - Act 3 - Siosa - A Fixture of Fate Unbound Ailments - Act 3 - Siosa - A Fixture of Fate Can also run Deadly Ailments at the cost of leech (viable with endgame leech clusters) Deadly Ailments - Act 2 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corrupting Fever -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corrupting Fever - Act 2 - Yeena - Intruders in Black Brutality - Act 4 - Petaurs and Vanja - The Eternal Nightmare Swift Affliction - Act 3 - Siosa - A Fixture of Fate Efficacy - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aura + Utility + Curse -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tempest Shield - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate Hextouch - Act 4 - Petaurs and Vanja - The Eternal Nightmare Vulnerability - Act 3 - Clarissa - Lost in Love Pride - Act 3 - Clarissa - Lost in Love -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Utility + Movement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dash - Act 1 - Nessa - Breaking some Eggs Blood Rage - Act 2 - Yeena - The Root of the Problem Second Wind - Act 3 - Clarissa - A Fixture of Fate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cast When Damage Taken -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cast When Damage Taken - Act 4 - Petarus and Vanja - The Eternal Nightmare Vaal Molten Shell - You will need to trade/find/vaal Molten Shell to obtain this Enduring Cry - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute Increased Duration - Act 3 - Siosa - A Fixture of Fate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Movement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shield Charge - Act 1 - Nessa - The Caged Brute Faster Attacks - Act 2 - Yeena - Sharp and Cruel Fortify - Act 3 - Siosa - A Fixture of Fate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIPS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Try to make sure you cap your resistances whenever possible (75, 75, 75) You can see this from the defence Panel on your character screen if you press the default key C. For everytime you kill Kitava your resistances will be reduced by 30 for a maximum of 60 reduced resistances after you kill Kitava the second time. Get an Instant (Seething/Bubbling) Divine Life Flask as soon as you can. This flask is very important. Try to get as much life as you can on any piece of gear where-ever you can, for examples of gear, refer to the items section and click the drop down menu between Early and End game.