3.17 Ready and (HC)SSF Compatible - Versatile Combatant Impale Shield Crush Gladiator - Crush the Atlas - 3m+ Sirus DPS on cheap gear

------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------CHEAT SHEET--------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SHIELDS: Shields are shown with specific values to show damage at those armor levels. Uniques are shown with mid-roll modifiers unless the uniques are very cheap (max attributes Carnage Heart). LEVELLING: Levelling trees are general recommendations. If you feel squishy or feel like your damage sucks, pick up damage/life nodes as needed. Make sure to keep upgrading your weapon with the weapon recipe as you progress through the acts. We now level with steel skills instead of using Shield Crush the whole way. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LEVELLING NOTES: Make sure to have anywhere between 25-40% mana unreserved up to act 9 in order to not have mana issues. Run a mana flask as you'll likely need to use it early on. Once you feel the leech is enough (should be around A6/A7), you can use more reservation. If you really feel like you need damage use Pride, otherwise Herald of Purity will be enough. If you feel like your life leech is enough, drop Vitality. Weapon craft (use a 1H sword for accuracy rating): 1h white weapon + rare rustic sash + Blacksmith's Whetstone ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BANDITS: KILL ALL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASCENDANCY ORDER: Arena Challenger > Painforged > Reigning Veteran > Violent Retaliaton ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FINALIZED GEM LINKS AND PRIORITIES: Shield Crush - Brutality - Impale - Multistrike - Pulverise - Melee Physical Damage Ancestral Protector - Vaal Ancestral Warchief - Maim - Multiple Totems Blood and Sand - Herald of Purity - Pride - Flesh and Stone Leap Slam - Faster Attacks - Lifetap - Enduring Cry CWDT - Vaal Molten Shell - Vulnerability Blood Rage - Frenzy - Culling Strike / OPEN UNSET: War Banner (move to CWDT section after Vuln Ring acquisition) Level Shield Crush gems in second weapon set starting at Blood Aqueduct (Act 9) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PANTHEON: Soul of Arakaali (Act 7 Boss) Soul of Shakari (Act 9) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ENCHANTS: Helmet: increased blood and sand effect, attack speed with ancestral protector, attack speed with blood rage, attack speed/damage with shield crush Boots: Increased attack speed if you've killed recently, stun avoid if you've killed recently ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HARVEST: ITEMS: Colossal Tower Shield (Warlords Optional, make sure to 20+% quality!) Vermillion Ring Amethyst Ring Two-Toned Boots Stygian Vise (Abyss League) Turqoise Amulet CRAFTS: Defense (Blue Pods) - Shields Physical (Purple Pods)- Rings, Gloves, Cluster Jewels Life (Yellow Pods)- Rings, Gloves, Belts, Boots Chaos (Blue Pods) - Rings, Boots Caster (Blue Pods) - Warlord's Ring ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ENDGAME NOTES: ENDGAME UPGRADE PRIORITY: Shield (2000+) > Warlord's Ring > Shield (2200+) > +2 Body > Amulet +1 (for the breakpoint) > Double Damage Watcher's Eye > Ryslatha's Coil > Rare Helmet > +2 Amulet > Impale Watcher's Eye > Circle of Guilt Ryslatha's Coil is better damage than Circle of Guilt. Circle of Guilt can be grabbed after Ryslatha's Coil when Elemental Resistance isn't a problem anymore. ------------------------------------------------------------------------