[POE] 3.18 - Occultist blade vortex (Very high budget)

=========================================================================================================================== Wintertide brand Leveling guide (Skill gems to take and buy through the Acts) =========================================================================================================================== ----Act 1---- Quest 1 (Enemy at the gate): -freezing pulse link freezing pulse + arcane surge Lv1 Run through the coast and skip tidal island 1st, go to Mud flats, complete the "Egg" quest and enter submerged passage to take waypoint Quest 2 (Break the eggs): -take frost bomb -take frostblink Go back to tidal island and fetid pool to complete the quest Quest 3 (Mercy mission): -take quicksilver flask -take summon phantasm support link freezing pulse + arcane surge Lv1 + summon phantasm Follow through to the prison Quest 4 (The prison reward): -take efficacy support (level it up first) -buy lesser multiple projectile -buy steelskin (you should have enough strength to use by now) link freezing pulse + arcane surge Lv1 + lesser multiple projectile (Replace summon phantasm with LMP) Follow through and kill Brutus Quest 5 (The caged brute): -take clarity (Make sure you have enough mana before leveling it up) Follow through and reach Cavern of wrath Quest 6 (The Siren Cadence): -take wintertide brand link wintertide brand + arcane surge Lv1 + efficacy (Replace freezing pulse with wintertide brand) End of Act 1 skills: 1. Wintertide brand + arcane surge Lv1 + efficacy 2. Frostblink 3. Clarity 4. steelskin + frost bomb =========================================================================================================================== ----Act 2---- Quest 1 (Intruders in black - Chamber of Sin): -take herald of ice -you can buy skitterbots but it will be only temporary Quest 2 (Sharp and cruel - Spider boss): -take controlled destruction link wintertide brand + efficacy + controlled destruction link frostblink/flame dash + arcane surge Lv1 Kill all bandits End of Act 2 skills: 1. Wintertide brand + efficacy + controlled destruction 2. Frostblink + arcane surge Lv1 3. Clarity + herald of ice + skitterbots 4. Steelskin + frost bomb =========================================================================================================================== ----Act 3---- Quest 1 (Lost in love - Crematorium): -take malevolence -buy frostbite Quest 2 (Sever the right hand - General Gravicius): -take anything Quest 3 (Fixture of fate - Library) -take swift affliction Do normal lab, it's easy End of Act 3 skills: 1. Wintertide brand + efficacy + controlled destruction 2. Frostblink + arcane surge Lv1 3. Clarity + herald of ice + malevolence 4. Steelskin 5. Bane + frostbite + elemental weakness =========================================================================================================================== ----Act 4---- Quest 1 (Breaking the seal - Dried lake): -take summon stone golem Quest 2 (The eternal nightmare - after killing Kaom & Daresso): -take bonechill or anything Follow in the skill gems section under leveling guides for the rest of them Depending on how many links items you acquire End of Act 4 skills: 1. Wintertide brand + efficacy + controlled destruction 2. Frostblink + arcane surge Lv1 3. Clarity + herald of ice + malevolence 4. Steelskin 5. Bane + frostbite + elemental weakness =========================================================================================================================== If you have more 4-link equipments, probably the end of act 5: 1. Wintertide brand + efficacy + controlled destruction + elemental focus/swift affliction 2. Frostblink + arcane surge Lv1 3. Clarity + herald of ice + malevolence 4. Steelskin 5. Bane + frostbite + elemental weakness