ACT 1:
Currency requirements: 2 Transmutes and a magic wand, or 3 transmutes after brutus, also one alteration.
youll need a sapphire ring, either from selling iron ring + blue gem to vendor or buying it from vendor for 3 scrolls of wisdom.
Wand craft after brutus, 1 alteration, 1 ******MAGIC WAND*****, 1 white sapphire ring/topaz. sell to vendor for flat damage craft, now uve doubled ur dps
***IMPORTANT** if you have 2 transmutes after wand craft- buy a jade amulet and smoke mine, if only 1 then get smoke mine. IF YOU DIDNT GET THE JADE THEN MAKE SURE TO GRAB the DEXTERITY NODE HERE:
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AS SOON AS POSSIBLE for using smoke mine. IF YOU DIDNT GET ENOUGH CURRENCY FOR SMOKE MINE EITHER, then logout after mervail and grab smoke mine with the items you sell vendor from her. wand craft> smoke mine> jade amulet
as far as the tree is concerned, if i get jade amulet and smoke mine i always take frost walker as well, but if i dont get both of those i prefer to just only get lightning walker for the rest of the run and rush towards that dexterity node above.
can respec frost walker later.
IMPORTANT LINKS: BBG/GGB - stormblast, swift assembly, lesser poison or added lightning if BBG
BBG- frost bomb, ONSLAUGHT, i like to run frostblink until i get flame dash, then it will be fb, onslaught,added lightning or OOS if the added lightning is in ur stormblast links
BBB or BB - flame dash, arcane surge, OOS, the OOS doesnt need to be linked tbh if u dont have the colors but it helps.
any green socket for smoke mine
if cant get 3 links then try to get like two BG setups and the colors u need above, you should get atleast one 3 link by brutus if not 2 unless ur giga giga unluck.
check for movespeed when you're at tarkleigh
ACT 2:
i stop checking vendors for MS after act 1, try to get 3 augments if you dont have MS. craft ms at caverns waypoint if have currency and dont have ms already.
i wouldnt wear a chestpiece until early act 3 unless u are still hardstuck 2 link or just fucked on sockets.
Currency requirements: 1 alteration after sins 2 or after weaver. take herald of thunder from quest reward and buy skitterbots. NEED 2 BLUE SOCKETS somewhere.
*****IMPORTANT I FUCK THIS UP ALOT******* - need 2 essences or alchs before vaal oversoul, 2 alterations, and two *magic* wands, 2 RARE topaz rings which you will use the essence/alchs for. if no topaz ring, buy from vendor, or buy iron ring
from vendor and use the 2 green gems you have from act 1 to make white topaz rings then essence/alch. You will start vaal oversoul RP, put wands in inventory take gems out, portal out ... do wand craft, port back in put gems in blast the boss. if you can only do one craft...
then do the second one after piety in crematorium in a3 but really you should have enough currency for 2 crafts, if not vaal will be much sketchier.
Important levels: 16 by weaver for HoT/skitterbots auras, but 15 is doable... better if you have EO, which you wont have if you took frost walker/or the dex node till 16. 20 REQUIRED by vaal oversoul for the wand crafts.
you can drop frost bomb at any point after weaver for OOS/Onslaught/added lightning setup, if added lightning is in ur stormblast BBG then you will take ELE focus as weaver quest reward and at level 18 move the added lightning to OOS setup and
ele focus goes to the BBG stormblast setup
HELP ALIRA FOR SAFETY
ACT 3:
Currency requirements: 3-4 alterations after lunaris 2 piety. 1 chance orb, or 1 fusing that you can vendor for chance orb, for lightning spire trap. LST can go in BBBB BBB BBG or BBBG, LST>ele focus>controlled destruction = trap and mine > added lightning damage for links,
grab those as well as LST after lunaris 2 piety if you have the currency for all of them then buy them all just incase you get a 4L so you dont make 2 town trips. couple transmutes for res cap, this is when i would craft res real fast.
If you get BBGG then do stormblast setup, stormblast,ele focus, trap and mine damage, swift assembly.
IMO use 4 link stormblast over 4 link LST due to bosses moving. same links as lst just throw the swift assembly in over trap and mine if it has one green socket.
Important levels: If you enter battlegrounds at <24 then you go solaris 1+2 > docks, if 24 then go docks first. always clear docks until level 25 minimum. 28 by dominus but really you want to be 29 or close to it.
should be res capped by dominus or close to it.
ACT 4:
Currency: nothing unless you dropped a 4 link and still need the gems from a2 or something, if so then obviously loot rare items for alterations. after kaom/daresso sell everything and convert to portal scrolls IMO.
levels: dont leave dried lake until level 30 minimum, 31 before entering daresso dream, 34 by harvest is optimal but not required. I WOULD TAKE MIND OVER MATTER BEFORE BELLY OF THE BEAST 1 CUZ THAT SHIT IS SKETCHY AS HELL.
this is where the run becomes rippy as fuck, you have to play safe but fast. one stun = death in the wrong pack.
ACT 5:
dont need anything literally just big blast go fast, take herald of thunder off for more EHP with MOM and just zoom zoom zoom.
levels: anything >34 for kitava is fine but 37 is the safest as you get another LST level up, and youll have heart +soul, MOM and storm weaver. i would prioritize MOM > heart and soul > more damage near the end but if u wanna yolo take damage.
if you get hit by anything on kitava you are dead instantly, in the heart phases you can portal out and in a lot if it gets sketchy with flicker strike dude, or if u have 4L can prob blast the hearts before you die from the unique mobs.
"cant do damage if you're dead" -tie23he also every raid leader in wow lulw.
RANDOM NOTES:
you take literally no skillpoint quests except... sewers quest, the mines lvl 2 quest,