Shield Crush League Starter Keeper of Flames, No 6Link needed!!!!

Uniques you want to buy: Prismatic Eclipse (lvl53) use as many green sockets as u can on it (Global accuracy implicit is also best so no need to corrupt) The Bringer of Rain (lvl67) get high life rool as possible Lioneye's Remorse (lvl 70) if it is too expensive just craft ur own shield with armour essences, Rog, Harvest defence reroll or Dense Fossils (Cardinal Round Shield is best base) This Build is very Cheap. You dont need a 6-Link and the Uniques it uses are also cheap. The first 2 Stones You can rush very quickly. This build is also an excelent Heister! you have perma Adrenaline (25% Movement Speed) and perma Onslaught (20% Movement Speed). if You want even Farruls Bloodline with Wild Will for another 20% Speed Early on the dmg is a bit on the lower sight esp in the 1st Act. But during the 2nd Act and esp after the 1st Lab you will zoom through the Campaign. The weekest point of this charackter is Damage over TIme, Hence I am going for Arakali as the Pantheon Another kinda annoying part of this build is the constant juggling of Life vs Accuracy Rating since Precise Technique is so important for your damage. 1st Act Dont vendor the 1Hand sword you Start with. You can use it for the whole Campaign while using Shield Crush. It has fast attack speed and Global Accuracy Rating and you need that!!! (local doesnt work on the weapons) Prioritize getting Iron Rings and a Rystic Sash early to boost Your damage as much as possible Start with Splitting Steel until u get 2nd tier shield rolled Buy a 2Hand Sword after killing Hillock, consider muling to get 1 or 2 iron Rings and a Rustic Sash to make the first Zones even easier Splitting Steel - Chance to Bleed - Faster Attacks or Maim Supp Snipers Mark is good as long as you use Splitting Steel Decoy Totem is really good to make Boss fights easier and increase your damage uptime! get an Int Amulet to be able to use Frostblink (Keep it lvl 1), otherwise use Dash Once u get Corroded Tower Shield You can switch to Shield Crush and try to roll it with Essences or any Currency u get. u can also Gamble for Armour Shields throughout the run once ur dmg is feeling lackluster Shield Crush - Maim Supp - Faster Attacks You can use Shield Charge now with Faster Attacks to move much faster in between packs Auras: Vitality and Precision but not neccessary! I personally wont use it probably since it makes the mana a little bit more awkward get a Saphire Ring before Merveil 2nd Act Help Alira!!!!!! We need the Resistances because we use a lot of Uniques and dont have chest in the endgame and we need a lot of Accuracy Rating Rolls on items We get a lot of Buffs this Act! Shield Crush - Melee Phys Dmg - Faster Attacks Blood Rush Arctic Armour Flesh and Stone (for damage blood stance, sand stance for defense. You want to stand as close to the enemy as possible) Herald of Purity (if you find mana to be too clunky skip this one) use Precision on low level as possible if u need it to keep Accuracy Rating above max Life (you can check your Accuracy Rating by Pressinc "C" go to Shield Crush in the Offence Section and then Look at the Accuracy Rating number) Start Leveling Corrupting Fever in Offhand. You need it after your 1st Lab leveled to proc Adrenaline 3rd Act Gamble for Armour&Evasion Bases to get your 4 Link! I usually do it after Docks Gamble for Armour Shield if you need upgrades (only care about armour rolls. You can Craft armour on Shields from lvl 24 onwards) Shield Crush - Melee Phys Dmg - Faster Attacks - Impale Supp Switch Auras: Now Pride & Arctic Armour (Freeze Immunity) and or Tempest Shield (Shock Immunity). Use Precision as needed but try to get Accuracy Rating elsewhere or spec into the Accuracy cluster (Weathered Hunter) a bit earlier. The +500 Accuracy Mastery will solve it for a long time Use Vulnerabilty as your Curse 1st Lab: do with around lvl 32 and 1k Life 4th Act Use the Impaler Keystone since you dont have 100% chance to impale for now Shield Crush - Brutality - Multistrike - Impale Supp 1st Lab: do with around lvl 32 and 1k Life Choose: First to Strike, Last to Fall ----> use Corrupting Fever with Lifetap Supp to Proc Adrenaline. Try to have 100% uptime but be aware that you can only Proc it if you dont already have Adrenaline Later add more support Gems to Corrupting Fever if you Life gets too high (see Skill section). Ideally you want to be at 51% lifecost Get Cast when Damage taken - Molten Shell Set-up The AoE Cluster feels better to me than the Life Leech Cluster so I suggest swapping those two cluster using Gold or respec Points. 5th Act I tend to overlevel to around lvl 46-50 at the Chamber of Innocence since its a really good leveling Zone. You can get good Gear upgrades and prepare for the -Res penalty after killing Kitava. It makes the rest of the run really smooth. First go to Retaliation Shield cluster and get the Rage on Hit node Then Spec into the Impale cluster Merciless Skewering. By then Spec out of Impaler 6th Act Auras: Pride, Purity of Elements, low level Precision if needed Always check your shield crush Accuracy Rating in comparison to your max Life to keep Precise Technique up! try to get Accuracy Rating on Gear (bench craft it also) and use Precision if needed Early Heist From level 60 onwards consider buying Demolition Contracts to do them later right before u do Kitava. The Store refreshes every level and it is a very good way to get early currency This Charackter is also a really good Heister because of its really high movement speed (u can get onslaught with stance change wheel at the bottom Dance of Blades. You need Runegraft of Treachery for this) and tankyness. Use Haste instead of Pride in that case and Phase Run Maps: White Tier: not a Problem if you dont have the Bringer of Rain Helmet Aim for a Shield with around 1k combined Armour & Evasion Yellow Tier: Bringer of Rain Helmet has highest Priority Good thing about Lionseye Remorse Shield is that it has a ton of Life Get Chaos res Capped and get accuracy rating use low life mastery to play with adrenaline buff if you feel a bit squishy dont use corrupted fever to proc adrenalin Red Tier: Get the Runegraft of Treachery to fit in Flesh and Stone and Annoint Acuity once u have a decent Amulet with Accuracy Rating get accuracy Rating everywhere u can so u can spec out of accuracy resistance cluster and not run Precission! Also try to get a Stygian Vise Belt to get Accuracy Rating on the Abys Jewel For Bosses spec out of the Onslaught wheel and the aoe wheel For Seering Exarch: This Build is definetly capable of doing this Boss Use Flame Dash Try to have the Adrenaline not active during the Ball Phase Use Ruby Flasks during the Ball Phase with enkindling orb duration or effect enchant (I use 2x Ruby and 2x Life Flasks) Boots: Seering Exarch implicit can roll +1 max Fire Res Try to get a cheap Rare Jewel with +2 max Fire Res After Your Molten Shell is procced and gone Press Vaal Molten Shell There is a defensive Graft this league For Endgame: u want to hit lvl 24 Shield Crush (30% more dmg compared to lvl 22): get either Admiral Arrogance Antique Gloves or Replica Dragonfang's Flight with +3 and corrupt ur lvl 20/20% gems with an Alva Temple to hit 21/20 gem The Light of Meaning inc Phys Jewel Watcher's Eye with Pride Mods Timeless Jewel: Glorious Vanity in the name of Anhuana <------- will give you Overleech for better Dot resiliance Stygian Vise is really good since you can get Accuracy Rating on the Abyss Jewel!!! If your Resistances allow it change to Kill all Bandits Spellsuppression is definetly possible but needs a lot of min maxing so i would just go for max res. I encluded a Replica Badge of the Brotherhood tree but I really dont recommend it! You could also invest into a 6 - Link Body Armour and stop using The Bringer of Rain Helmet Blood Lines: Our last Ascendency Point is not really that strong for our build. But You dont need any Blood Line Ascendency. This build works just fine as is Auls Bloodline: The wording of the life Mastery that gives 15% inc life if the equipped Body Armour has no Life on it is very similar to Auls Bloodline notable Precursor's Release! If it works like the Life Mastery, You would get Ailment Immunity and could use Determination to boost ur armour instead of Purity of Elements (But You would loose a ton of Resistances) Farruls Bloodline with the Spectre could be good if the Spectre is tanky enough (we dont have sockets to make it tanky with support Gems) Both Fertile Will and Farric Will would be strong choices! Crafting Items: You need 1 Int Roll on Your items to save 1 Passive Point on the Tree shield (Cardinal Shield ilvl86): Dense Fossil with sanctified fossils (if sanctified fossils are onlye twice as expensive as dense fossils) focus on Prefixis first. then prefix cant be changed harvest reforge crit for crit dmg reduction. Then shaper exalt to try to get life on block recovery. if that fails recraft suffixes with Prefix cant be changed harvest reforge life until you hit life on block. For a Budget shield Good Fractures are Spell suppression, crit reduction, Life regen, phys reduction, +2 all max res, chaos res. in that case i would finish the item with prefix cant be changed veiled orb Rings (if Possible amethyst base), Helmet, Gloves and Amulets: search for Fractures (accuracy rating, chaos res, life or any other resistance) finish with harvest or essences. Finished items should have life, accuracy rating and resistances Boots: Good to get chaos res Impale inc effect weapon is not worth it so the Prismatic Eclipse with as many green sockets as you can is your endgame weapon If You want to take this build beyond a leaguestarter You could think about the following: Get a 6-Link and stop using The Bringer of Rain Helmet get Spell Suppression on Rare Helmet, gloves and Boots Ideal chest has phys reduction and spell suppression on suffixes and big defence rolls on prefixes (Go for a Hybrid Armour/Evasion Chest) get Awakened Gems Stormshroud, Viridian Jewel Solves Ailments so you could go for other Auras like Arctic Armour or Grace/Determination etc. If You can steal Weapon Master from the Gladiator (Forbidden Flame/Flesh Jewels) You can go Varunastra (more AoE, Accuracy Rating, Damage, Crit, instant Leech) Also enable crit with combination of Seething Fury Viridian Jewel and Emperor's Vigilance Steel Kite Shield spec out of Pricese Tecnique , spec out of Block nodes since u are Glancing Blows at that Point and get more life and crit nodes If you can solve Stun you could spec out of Iron reflexes and go for the Perseverance Vanguard Belt. Then you would want to spec into Unstoppable Hero and get as much evasion and armour as you can.