3.19 Spectral Helix Day 1 League Start | Path of Exile Lake of Kalandra

Early Leveling: - Buy Splitting Steel from Nessa in Lioneye's Watch. Look for a piece of gear with 3 green slots. - Buy a Two-Handed Sword for leveling with Splitting Steel. - Keep using the Two-Handed Sword until you spec into Life Raker on the Passive Tree (around level 20). - You can also swap to a claw if you get a claw with decent rolls (added damage rolls, attack speed, crit, etc.). When to use Trinity: - Use Trinity when you can get 2 different damage types (Fire, Cold, Lighting) to have the potental to be the highest damage rolls. - Check your character sheet (by pressing C) and look under Main Hand Fire/Cold/Lighting Damage. - Lighting damage usually has that largest variance in damage rolls, meaning it has a lower low end and higher high end. Example: T8 Added Fire Damage Roll = Adds 17 to 29 Fire Damage T8 Added Cold Damage Roll = Adds 15 to 26 Cold Damage T8 Added Lightning Damage Roll = Adds 2 to 48 Lightning Damage - To help with sorting out your damage types, you can swap Herald of Ice for Herald of Thunder while leveling. - You can also swap Added Cold Damage for Added Lightning Damage while leveling to help proc Trinity. When to use Nightblade: - In general, around level 30 is appropriate to use Nightblade because we spec into Claws of the Hawk on the passive tree. - On a 4 link, use the links Spectral Helix - Added Cold Damage - Nightblade - Increased Critical Strikes - Having at least 25% Critical Strike Chance is where I believe Nightblade starts to feel smooth while leveling. - If Nightblade is not procing often while leveling, just use Onslaught instead. When to drop Onslaught Support: - I drop it during act 3-4. This is when I generally get a 4 link and spec into Elusive effect for Nightblade. Nightblade or Trinity on a 4 Link? - It depends on how to build is going. - Use Trinity if you consitently have 2 different damage types procing. - I generally opt to use Nightblade over Trinity while leveling once I get Elusive effect from the passive tree (around level 30). 3 options on a 4 link: - Spectral Helix - Added Cold Damage - Trinity - Inspiration - Spectral Helix - Nightblade - Increased Critical Strikes - Inspiration - Spectral Helix - Nightblade - Increased Critical Strikes - Trinity - You can use Onslaught if you want to be faster and don't mind the damage loss. Auras: - I use Herald of Ice right when you get it at level 16. - I use Defiance Banner around level 30 when you buy it from the Library. - I use Grace around level 40 when you spec into the Grace Mastery and Charisma form the passive tree. - I use Determination once you get the -mana cost on both rings OR annoint Sovereignty.