[PoE 3.29] Luminary Mercenary support build | SSF viable

---------------- | Act 1 | ---------------- When you enter town - Buy Smite (use as secondary ability for aura until you get static strike) - Look for MS boots After breaking some eggs and Hailrake - Get Decoy Totem as reward (could save you) - Get Frostblink as reward - Look for MS boots again if you don't have them After entering Prison - Get Faster Attacks as reward After Brutus - Get leap slam as a reward - Buy Vitality, Clarity, Precision at this time and start running them (1 transmute each) LEAVE AURAS AT LEVEL 1!!! - Look for MS boots again if you don't have them After entering The Cavern of Wrath - Get static strike (I highly recommend ruthless on this for bosses, but it will work as a clear skill even with no links) ---------------- | Act 2 | ---------------- After Chambers of Sins - Grab Herald of ice - Buy Herald of Thunder (1 Alteration) - You can grab blood rage if you wish and have a socket for it. ---------------- | Act 3 | ---------------- Leave Clarity, Vitality, and Precision at level 5 for now After Crematorium - Grab Elemental Weakness (Equip as soon as possible) - Grab Purity of Elements (1 Alteration) {Keep until you have switch to support} - Grab Haste (1 Alteration) {Keep until you have switch to support} When you get Influence you can switch your heralds to Wrath or Anger In The Solaris Temple Level 2 - Grab the added fire damage craft in the room next to Dialla - Add this to as many of your mercs decent items as you can (Rings, Amulet, Gloves, Weapon) Costs 4 Transmutes After Defeating General Gravicius (can be done when you have a merc finally - Buy Pyroclast Mine (1 Alteration) *** If you need a Merc upgrade reset The Sceptre of God (Guaranteed spawn) a few times to find a new Merc *** You can find Kineticist for sure once reaching the Tower If you switch to one you will need to run Precision After Lab and you find a merc you are going to use you can swap to a full support build. refund the %increased damage per aura node and drop wrath if you are using that too (you will run anger later) You can remove any damage supports on smite as well at this point (expect maybe faster attacks if you have that on it) ---------------- | Act 4 | ---------------- After defeating Voll and opening the mines - Grab Flame link *** If you need a Merc upgrade reset The Grand Arena (Guaranteed spawn) a few times to find a new Merc *** ---------------- | Act 5 | ---------------- If you need the mana regen at this point you can start leveling Clarity again After allocation Leader of the Pack - Turn on Haste *** If you need a Merc upgrade reset The Ossuary a few times to find a new Merc *** For Ossuary you may need to go to character select and teleport to Ruined Square to save time ---------------- | Act 6 | ---------------- After clearing Twilight strand - Grab Arrogance (1 Chance orb) - Grab Generosity (1 Chance orb) Stop leveling Clarity at level 10 and only level it if you need more mana regen *** If you need a Merc upgrade reset The Ridge (Guaranteed spawn) or The Tidal Island a few times to find a new Merc *** ---------------- | Act 7 | ---------------- You can start leveling Precision and Vitality again At this point Kineticist starts feeling decent to use If mana is quite low stop leveling Vitality and Precision for a bit around level 10 After geting over to the Soverignity wheel you should be fine to level them again *** If you need a Merc upgrade reset The Ashen Fields or The Dread Thicket a few times to find a new Merc *** ---------------- | Act 8 | ---------------- You can add Arrogance to Clarity and Vitality when you feel fine about the life reservation If you don't want to reserve life right now, then wait till Arrogance is leveled and you have more life After allocating Sovereignity - Grab Flesh and Stone from Yeena Act 2 (1 Alteration) - If you stopped leveling Vitality and Precision you can begin leveling them again here *** If you need a Merc upgrade reset The Hidden Underbelly (Guaranteed spawn) or The Harbour Bridge a few times to find a new Merc *** This can be a good time to look for a Kineticist with Kinetic Blast of Clustering supported by Chain, Return, or Fork ---------------- | Act 9 | ---------------- *** If you need a Merc upgrade reset The Blood Aqueduct or The Tunnel a few times to find a new Merc *** ---------------- | Act 10 | ---------------- *** If you need a Merc upgrade reset The Ossuary a few times to find a new Merc *** For Ossuary you may need to go to character select and teleport to Ravaged Square to save time ---------------- | Maps | ---------------- You now need to get a few upgrades: - Automation and Steelskin (can get early if you want) - Vaal Haste - Pyroclast Mine of Sabotage (Grind lab) - Victario's Influence (Can be farmed with cards) - Mid game merc gear (Item set in PoB items) - A good amount of Strength, Life and Chaos resistance - Oils for Champion of the Cause and your Merc's node (Prism Kineticist for Kineticist and Forces of Nature for all other) Recommended Mercs (See video for more details) Manyshot (best bosser in my opinion) Thunderquiver Sniper (Watchout for brutality) Kineticist (best mapper in my opinion) Eruptor Earthshaker (Watchout for brutality) Combatant You are going to want to grab the atlas passive node that reduces the chance of mercenaries being intelligence aligned ----------------------------------------------------- | How to craft Merc's end game jewellery | ----------------------------------------------------- Farm Jun missions for Rings, Amulets, and Belts for Fire and Chaos resistance mod (You can do this on all gear, but I just did jewllery) Lazy option (Takes more tries) Recom the item with another item that has t1 fire res on it (Probably better using predictable with this) Annul option - Annul the item down to 1 prefix and 1 suffix (Fire and Chaos res) - Alteration spam the other item for t1 fire res and 1 prefix (Different than other item) - Recom with unpredicatable mode - Hope for all 4 mods, 2 suffix, or 1 prefix and 2 suffix. Craft on hybrid Fire and Cold/Lightning