[PoE 3.22] My League Starter - Poison SRS Scion Ascendant

===================== A Quick Note on Leveling: ===================== There are separate selectable trees for each Act. I have also laid out two possible routes that lead toward the same final build. One goes left through the Templar area first, one heads up toward the Witch area, they are labelled left and right respectively. Personally I like the right path better because it reaches Eldritch Battery faster. You may also skip the Skill Duration wheel near the Scion start, but this is kind of like extra DPS on SRS, unless they get killed early (which they will on Merveil). You can take the jewel sockets that you path by whenever you have a suitable jewel available for them. The excess of jewel sockets makes it very easy to fix resistance and attribute issues in early endgame. ====================== Gems Guide for Campaign: ====================== Act 1 ------- Just keep using the starter Spectral Throw-Prismatic Burst until Level 4 After Hailrake & Glyphs: Frostblink, Summon Phantasm Support, Decoy Totem (Quest Rewards), Summon Raging Spirit After Crab: Added Fire Damage (Quest Reward) After Brutus: Clarity (buy from Nessa) Before Merveil: Absolution (buy from Nessa). Also buy another Summon Phantasm. If you have extra Orbs of Transmutation you can also buy Leap Slam, Faster Attacks, Minion Damage, Added Fire Damage, Flesh Offering, Molten Shell (Decoy Totem makes a HUGE difference on bosses, especially Merveil; put it behind them so they stop killing your minions) ------- Act 2 ------- After Fidelitas: Summon Skitterbots, Herald of Purity (buy from Yeena) After Weaver: Faster Casting (Quest Reward), Culling Strike, Tempest Shield, Minion Life (buy from Yeena) ------- Act 3 ------- After Crematorium: Curse Gem (Elemental Weakness / Flammability / Punishment, your choice) (Quest Reward), Purity of Elements (buy from Clarissa) After Gravicius: Raise Spectre, Animate Guardian, Guardian's Blessing(?) (buy from Clarissa) ------- Act 4 ------- After Daresso & Kaom: Cast When Damage Taken, Multistrike (buy from Petarus & Vanja if you have extra Orbs of Alchemy) After Malachai: Summon Stone Golem, Unleash (Quest Rewards) ------- Act 6 ------- After Twilight Strand buy from Lilly: Determination, Feeding Frenzy, Arcanist Brand, Desecrate, Bone Offering, Meat Shield, Combustion Also buy anything you may have missed earlier (Leap Slam, Faster Attacks, Culling Strike, Guardian's Blessing(?), Molten Shell, Cast When Damage Taken, etc.) Also optionally buy these gems to start leveling them for endgame (don't use them yet): Flame Dash, Meat Shield, Haste, Malevolence, Divine Blessing, Immolate, Fire Penetration, Elemental Damage with Attacks, Melee Splash) Optimal Gem loadout for Act 6-10 Looks like (IMPORTANT: You can't have all of these set up, so use whatever fits your sockets, prioritize SRS, Auras, and Arcanist Brand setup): 4-Link 1: Summon Raging Spirit-Unleash-Added Fire Damage-Minion Damage 4-Link 2: Absolution-Faster Casting-Combustion-Added Fire Damage 4-Link 3: Purity of Elements, Determination, Summon Skitterbots, Tempest Shield (does not need to be linked, use whichever auras you can fit with your mana) 4-Link 4: Arcanist Brand-Desecrate-Bone Offering-Flammability/Elemental Weakness/Punishment 4-Link 5: Raise Spectre-Minion Life-Meat Shield-Animate Guardian (don't use Animate Guardian yet, it will just die. You can put Feeding Frenzy here instead if you want, if you do this then don't also link it to the Golem below) 2-Link 1: Summon Stone Golem-Feeding Frenzy 2-Link 2: Leap Slam-Faster Attacks 2-Link 3: Frostblink-Culling Strike 2-Link 4: Cast When Damage Taken-Molten Shell Gems to prioritize leveling in weapon swap for now: Immolate > Animate Guardian (if it doesn't fit in main setup) > Flame Dash > Fire Penetration > Haste > Malevolence > The rest ========================================= Endgame requirements before switching to Poison: ========================================= #1: 100% Chance to Poison on Minions (get this from Ghastly Eye Jewels and Darkness Enthroned) #2: The Covenant, at least 5-linked, preferably 6-linked #3: Severed In Sleep Other Uniques should be Prioritized after switching to Poison in the following order: #1: The Surrender (probably the cheapest item left to buy) #2: Amanamu's Gaze (usually around 1 Divine, huge DPS boost) #3/4: Ashes of the Stars & Unnatural Instinct (both are VERY expensive but very powerful. Unnatural Instinct may skyrocket in price if tattoos work on unallocated passives. Can get by without Ashes by dropping 1 Aura and using a +1 Amulet) #5/6: The Green Nightmare & Watcher's Eye (Cheaper than the above two items and still powerful, but the build is functional without them. These are for min-maxing defenses)