3 27 Wintertide Brand Occultist Full progression Guide [Trade/SSF]

Ascendancy order: Void Beacon => Frigid Wake => Vile Bastion => Unholy Authority Leveling Tips for Wintertide: Act 1: Play any skill until level 12 where you can equip Wintertide Brand (i.e. Freezing Pulse/Rolling Magma) Make sure to equip Clarity at level 10 else you will have mana issues At level 12 after grabbing the waypoint in the cavern of anger, you can talk to Nessa to purchase Wintertide Brand (2nd page) for one Transmute Links: Wintertide Brand - Efficacy - Arcane Surge Try to find a shield somewhere, purchase shield charge for faster leveling anytime during act 1 Act 2: After rescuing Helena, take Cold Snap/Tempest Shield, and buy + equip the other from vendor. After Weaver, take controlled destruction/elemental focus, and buy the other gem the vendor Links: Wintertide Brand - Efficacy - Controlled Destruction - Elemental Focus Cold Snap - Arcane surge - (any spell damage gem if you have room) Act 3: Take frostbite as quest reward, pick up malevolence from vendor Quality on your Wintertide Brand is High Priority, prioritize adding quality to Wintertide on all of your Labyrinth fonts (unless you get a rare font craft) Act 4: Pick up bonechill from quest reward, link to Cold Snap For the rest of the acts, your double 4-link setup will probably be below as links permit: Wintertide Brand - Efficacy - Controlled Destruction - Elemental Focus Cold Snap - Arcane surge - Bonechill - Controlled Destruction Hypothermia can be slotted in BBBG gear if needed, or added as a 5th link Act 6: Consider purchasing your other missing gems to start leveling in your offhand. Identify every Rare shield looking for "increased chance to block" Act 10: Before exiting the Campaign, make sure Spell block is capped or close to capped. Attack block should be around 50%~. Vaal Discipline is not used for the Discipline Aura until Low Life setup, only the Vaal active skill is used.