Path of Exile 3.28 | League Starter PoBs | Time for some Build Paralysis!

Ascendancy Order: Impact -> Brutal Fervour -> Endless Hunger -> Bane of Legends Leveling Notes: First stop should be "Tribal Fury". Feel free to grab "Master of the Arena" down over to "Art of the Gladiator" after. Otherwise, make an early journey up to "Cannibalistic Rite" and take that mastery. Grab life nodes on the way if feeling squishy. Take "Disembowling" on the way up to the Staff wheel with "Smashing Strikes". If you're able to get a decent staff early, take the Staff nodes. Otherwise, take nodes that align with whatever weapon type you're currently using and respec later. NOTE: Holy Strike is only usable with Staff, Mace, or Sceptre. Head up to take "Sovereignty" and "One with the River". Consider taking Blunt Trauma as well. After that, grab "Spiritual Aid" and make your way over to "Spiritual Command". Focus on finding gear with minion damage & attack speed where possible. Head over to "Tireless" and go back through tree to fill some tank nodes. Grab "Eagle Eye" if your accuracy is too low. From here, decision is yours. Grab life nodes, more damage, minion damage nodes, etc. Late game, would potentially consider switching some points out to create a minion cluster jewel and stack points on that. Gems: Holy Strike is available from level 1. I'm not sure if Duelist can purchase it from Nessa. If not, run a Templar through to town quickly and drop the gem off in your stash. Fairly simple set up from here. Don't focus on minion skill gems, focus on boosting your own damage and attach gems that are universal damage such as Elemental Damage with attacks and Phys to Lightning. If Holy Strike feels bad, pivot to either a slam setup using the staff as well, or just drop entirely for a different build. Dominating Blow + Champion will still be very fun (if that's your cup of tea). I have Raise Spectre & Animate Guardian set up in the gems, however, if they die too frequently, just consider dropping them or adding more gems to make them survive more. Not sure how worth they are. Potentially get a Ghastly Eye Jewel with life leech for them as well. Gear: Fill resistances, stat requirements, life, armor all on gear as much as possible. Make your weapon as large as you can. If you're able to, grab some Essence of Fear and craft a large staff using those. I'm not 100% certain if that is better than just a REALLY girthy staff. Once the gem is uploaded into PoB, highly recommend investigating what gives more damage to both you and the minions. Gather other sources of minion damage and attack speed where you can onto your gear. Consider getting a "Darkess Enthroned" and stacking minion jewels there. Also, get a +2 minion levels hat. The +1 listed here is just because it's fairly common to find a +1 hat with decent stats.