SRS Guardian League Starter Leveling Guide SSF - All Skill Points & Labs [3.23 PoE]

3.23 Subtractem Guardian SRS + Havoc Levelling Guide Twitch: https://twitch.tv/subtractem Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@subtractem Endgame Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiYpBOXPAgk Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/havoc616 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@havoc616vods Leveling Guide: https://youtu.be/WxP2vmqvdI8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Leveling < Regex: -\w-.-|b-b-|-b-b|b-.-b|r-r-b|r-b-r|g-r|r-g|nne Desirable colours: BBB, BBR, BRR GR (on axe/sword for weapon swap Leap Slam) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ranger Mule Before starting on your templar run, create a Ranger to kill Hillock and check the first town vendors. Creating a mule grants us the Momentum support as well as a second vendor check, more currency and an additional life and mana flask. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A1 Level 2: After Hillock Rolling Magma - Elemental Proliferation Level 4: After Hailrake Nessa: Arcane Surge (Free), War Banner (1 Wisdom), Flame Wall (1 Wisdom), Goat's Horn(s) (OPTIONAL 1+ Wisdom) Tarkleigh: Holy Flame Totem (Free), Frostblink (Free) Level 8: After Lower Prison & Completeing Dweller Nessa: Combustion (Free) Tarkleigh: Skill Point (Free) Link Review: Rolling Magma - Elemental Proliferation - Combustion Flame Wall Holy Flame Totem Frostblink - Arcane Surge Warbanner Level 10: After Brutus Tarkleigh: Leap Slam (Free) Add Leap Slam - Momentum to your AXE SWORD Weapon Swap Optional: Nessa: Vitality (1 Transmute), Clarity (1 Transmute) [Strongly Recommended for L28 Arma/Woc & L38 SRS] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A2 Level 16: After Fidelitas Gruest: Herald of Ash or Herald of Thunder (Free) [Whatever you have open sockets for] Level 18: After Weaver Silk: Elemental Damage with Attacks Support (Free) Yeena: Wave of Conviction (1 Alteration) Bandits: Kill All After The Way Forward - Travel back to Act 1: Optional: Nessa: Steelskin (1 Wisdom -- Left Click), SRS (1 Wisdom -- Level in Goat Horns), Melee Splash (1 Transmutation -- Keep in Inventory) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A3 Level 24: After Tolman Purchase: Anger (1 Alteration) Maramoa: Flammability (Free) Optional: Buy Determination (1 Alteration) Optional: Buy Convocation (1 Alteration - Save for Normal Lab / SRS Swap) Optional: Buy a Heavy Belt Solaris 2: Rare Jade Amulet NOTE: Pick up the FIRE DAMAGE craft from the room beside Dialla in Solaris 2 Costs 4 Transmutes per (IMPORTANT) Make sure you're level 24 before doing the crafts! (IMPORTANT) Craft on your axe and sword This provides a significant boost to our damage and we will no longer need to weapon swap from this point onward Level 28: After Gravicius Maramoa: Armageddon Brand (Free) Optional: Complete Library (You can skip the Library and purchase your gems in Act 6 instead) Siosa: Elemental Army (1 Chance), Feeding Frenzy (1 Chance), Faster Attacks (1 Alteration), Haste (1 Alteration), Arctic Armour (1 Alteration -- Optional) Link Review: Armageddon Brand - Elemental Proliferation - Combustion Leap Slam - Momentum - Faster Attacks Holy Flame Totem Frost Blink - Arcane Surge - Wave of Conviction Flammability Convocation (Left Click) Haste or Anger Determination or Clarity Warbanner (Optional) Normal Lab: Radiant Crusade REMEMBER TO SUMMON THE SENTINEL OF RADIANCE AT THE START OF EVERY ZONE!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A4 Level 38: After Malachai Petarus & Vanja: Multistrike (1 ALCHEMY) Dialla: Unleash (Free) Oyun: Carrion Golem (Free) Level 38: Begin SRS Swap -- IF you did not purchase the gems already, buy them now: Act 1: Nessa: Summon Raging Spirits (1 Wisdom), Melee Splash (1 Wisdom) Act 2: Silk: Elemental Damage with Attacks (Free) Act 3: Siosa: Elemental Army (1 Chance), Feeding Frenzy (1 Chance), Faster Attacks (1 Alteration), Haste (1 Alteration), Divine Blessing (Free), Convocation (1 Alteration), Arctic Armour (1 Alteration -- Optional) Link Review: Summon Raging Spirits - Melee Splash - Unleash - Elemental Damage with Attacks ------ Melee Splash = Multistrike on Bosses Frost Blink - Arcane Surge - Wave of Conviction Leap Slam - Momentum - Faster Attacks Flammability Haste or Anger Determination (or Clarity and/or Arctic Armour ) Convocation (Left Click) Summion Carrion Golem - Feeding Frenzy - Elemental Army Note: a) I commonly drop Arcane Surge here to fit Gems in b) With Anger & Summon Carrion Golem + Elemental Army we can drop Wave of Conviction c) My preferred Aura setup after Sovereignty is: Clarity, Arctic Armour, Haste (When Travelling) / Anger (during boss fights). Anger is dropped after Cruel Lab. d) This swap often happens in the Chamber of Innocence. An extra Innocence run or two while you complete the swap will make the rest of the campaign significantly easier. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A5 Granite Flask -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A6 Complete Twilight Strand Quest for 2 Refund Points & Lily Roth Access Note: Purchase Library Gems / Missing Gems if you DID NOT DO SO EARLIER! Elemental Army (1 Chance), Feeding Frenzy (1 Chance), Faster Attacks (1 Alteration), Haste (1 Alteration), Arctic Armour (1 Alteration -- Optional) Major Pantheon: Brine King Minor Pantheon: Ryslatha -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A7 Weylam Roth: Quartz Flask Helena: Rare Citrine Amulet Cruel Lab: Unwavering Crusade Drop Anger here -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A8 Hargan: Unset Ring Be careful in The High Gardens when completing the Yugul Quest Consider ANTI-FREEZE Flask for Lunaris Temple Optional: Run Arctic Armour until an Anti-Freeze Flask is rolled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A9 Petarus and Vanja: Branded Kite Shield (Free) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A10 Silver Flask Free Elegant Ringmail or Widowsilk Robe Base (More Energy Shield = Ability to use Divine Blessing - Haste with Eldritch Battery) Merc Lab: Bastion of Hope -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Epilogue Lily Roth: Shield Charge (1 Transmutation), Cast when Damage Taken (1 Alchemy), Immortal Call (1 Chance) Tempest Shield (1 Alteration), Skitterbots (1 Alteration), Elemental Weakness (1 Alteration) Elemental Focus (1 Alteration), Minion Damage (1 Transmutation) Optional: Raise Spectre (1 Chance -- Consider buying a leveled one from Act 3 from Clarissa), Meat Shield (1 Chance) Optional: Arcanist Brand (1 Alchemy -- to link with Elemental Weakness & Flammability) Link Review: Summong Raging Spirits - Melee Splash - Unleash - Elemental Damage with Attacks - Elemental Focus - Minion Damage ------ Melee Splash = Multistrike on Bosses Shield Charge - Faster Attacks - Frostblink Summon Carrion Golem - Elemental Army - Feeding Frenzy Flammability - Elemental Weakness - (Arcanist Brand) Haste - Divine Blessing (Level 1 - Cannot be linked to other Auras) Determination, Tempest Shield, Skitterbots Convocation (Left Click) Cast when Damage Taken - Immortal Call Raise Spectre - Meat Shield (Summon Carnage Chieftains in Act 2 Old Fields for Frenzy Charges) Optional: Raise Spectre - Meat Shield can be replaced with Flesh Offering + Desecrate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Leveling - Passive Tree Notes < - 30 Strength & Dexterity nodes may be required from time to time and may not be shown in the tree progression - Passive tree routing has been carefully planned with refund points to optimize both the Fire & SRS Setups. - When fighting trash/travelling use Leap Slam weapons - When fighting blues/rares/uniques use Goat Horns (reminder: weapon swapping is no longer needed after level 24 crafts on the sword/axe) - An extra Chamber of Innocence Run or Two will make the SRS Swap and all content afterwards significantly easier - Loot filter: https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/Subtractem/item-filters