[Featured Build Discussion Episode 28] ShakCentral's Vortex for Dummies

---------- Leveling Gem Links ---------- ---- Act 1 ---- -- Starting Links -- - Freezing Pulse + Onslaught (If solo, you need to mule it with a Scion) - Stormblast Mine -- After Mud Flats and Hail Rake -- - Frost Bomb + Onslaught (Drop Freezing Pulse) - Stormblast Mine + Swift Assembly - Frost Blink + Arcane Surge (Keep at level 1) - Orb of Storms (Link with Onslaught too if possible) -- Lower Prison -- - Frost Bomb + Onslaught + Added Lightning (gem swap Added Lightning into Stormblast Mine setup for bossing) - *Other links are the same* -- After Brutus Kill -- - Arcane Surge + *Preferred Movement Skill* (Can use Flame Dash or stay Frostblink) - Smoke Mine -- After Cavern of Wrath -- - Storm Brand (keep for end-game) ---- Act 2 ---- NOTE: Starting in lvl 16 zones, run Vaal Side Areas. Finding a Vaal Cold Snap or Vaal Righteous Fire is a is a huge boost to leveling. -- After Chamber of Sins -- - Summon Skitterbots, Herald of Thunder, Cold Snap (level in offhand) -- After killing Weaver -- - Stormblast Mine + Trap and Mine Damage + Controlled Destruction - If using Flame Dash, can socket Faster Casting if desired - Buy Concentrated Effect, Tempest Shield, and 2x Ele Focus and level in offhand. ---- Act 3 ---- -- After Crematorium -- - Malevolence, Discipline, Frostbite, Enfeeble (level in listed order as slots are available) -- After Library Quest + Gravicius Kill (BRING PAYMENT ORBS WITH YOU) -- - Vortex, 2x Hypothermia, 2x Efficacy, Swift Affliction, Temporal Chains, Blasphemy NOTE: Vortex and some important support gems are very Chance Orb intensive, and you may have found as little as 0 Chance Orbs by Act 3. As you accumulate Chance Orbs, purchase gems in this order: Vortex, Hypothermia, Efficacy, Hypothermia, Swift Affliction, Blasphemy ---------- Vortex Swap and Links ---------- Once you have at least a BBBG piece of gear and a BBB piece of gear, you can swap to Vortex after A3 Piety. GEMS LINKS IN ORDER: - Vortex + Efficacy + Hypothermia + Controlled Destruction (+ Elemental Focus + Swift Affliction if you have a 5L or 6L) - Vaal Cold Snap + Concentrated Effect + Efficacy (+Hypothermia or Elemental Focus if you have a BBBG or BBBB) - Malevolence, Smoke Mine (both unlinked) - Flame Dash / Frostblink + Arcane Surge GEMS TO STOP USING BUT KEEP FOR LATER (And level in off-slots where applicable): - Frost Bomb, Orb of Storms, Storm Brand, Frostbite, Discipline, Enfeeble, Temp Chains, (continued) Blasphemy, and any remaining Efficacy/Hypothermia/Swift Afflictions that are't in use ---- Act 4 ---- -- After Kaom & Daresso Kills -- - Bonechill, Summon Chaos or Stone Golem - Insert Bonechill into Cold Snap links Finish campaign and return to the guide for other gem setups.