Explaining MELEE LEVELING in Path of Exile [Acts 1-4]

regex for lvling: -[rgb]-.-|r-r-|-r-r|r-.-r|r-r|g-r|r-g|nne|g-g-r bandit: Help alira early then respec lategame. ---------------------IMPORTANT INFO BEFORE USING ECHOES OF CREATION-------------------------------------------------------------- Do not use helmet until you have the full setup otherwise you will kill your character with self damage. Need timeless jewel + >7% PDR on chest + implicit + Divine Shield keystone and general good gear/armour to reduce the self damage. SUPPRESSION In order to have enough mitigation for echoes you will need EXCEPTIONAL arm/eva gear to be able to sustain the self hits and also reach suppression cap. this means the gear will be REALLY REALLY expensive and as such I did not make a pob for it because it is out of reach for most players imo. DO NOT get baited to go suppression cap early, you will need t1 on every item + small clusters + suppression annoint most likely. if you want some inspiration here is my character from last league https://pobb.in/4TL7Y_vICnN8. MANA MANAGEMENT Use ENDURING mana flask until mana leech jewel + 1 elreon craft. *****REQUIRED*** AS SOON as you start maps OR YOU MUST RUN ONE LESS WARCRY ON AUTO. 2x elreon craft allows you to have free warcrys and remove lifetap from your earthshatter supports. For fissure, I would lifetap in links and use mana flask until you have clever thief annoint (cheap) or get 2x elreon and use mana leech on infernal cry to drop lifetap. GEM QUALITY Your warcries pop the earthshatter spikes so you should try to stagger the quality (example: Intimidating at 20 quality, Seismic at 19 quality etc etc.) I would recommend getting 20 quality on earthshatter before mapping begins and DEFINITELY 20 quality on snaking if playing that. Endurance charge sustain Early on you will sustain from endurance charge on kill + selfcasting enduring cry on bosses if you have an open socket for it. Towards the endgame i like to get endurance charge mod on chest implicit with a grand+ ember(might need to conflict) so that i can completely ignore them and know they will always be at max unless i run a remove charge map(dont run those). make sure you pay attention to your endurance charge duration + maybe click small node near devotion. Weapon swapping to Redblade Banner with Enduring cry allows you start the map/boss with max endurance charges so you can completely avoid the ramp time. The degen from rage is incorrect in pob because it is getting scaled by ascendancy The degen from rage is incorrect in pob because it is getting scaled by ascendancy The degen from rage is incorrect in pob because it is getting scaled by ascendancy The degen from rage is incorrect in pob because it is getting scaled by ascendancy The degen from rage is incorrect in pob because it is getting scaled by ascendancy The degen from rage is incorrect in pob because it is getting scaled by ascendancy The degen from rage is incorrect in pob because it is getting scaled by ascendancy The degen from rage is incorrect in pob because it is getting scaled by ascendancy The degen from rage is incorrect in pob because it is getting scaled by ascendancy The degen from rage is incorrect in pob because it is getting scaled by ascendancy