ARCHMAGE SPARK - POWER SCALING ON A BUDGET (Day 1 Diary)

LEVELING NOTES Guide by animeprincess https://www.twitch.tv/animeprincess https://www.youtube.com/@anime.princess https://discord.gg/anime-princess-111244942860460032 -----------Regex for Tarkleigh---------------------- This string searches for movement speed boots and BBB BBG 3 links from the vendor b-b-g|b-[bg]-b|g-b-b|nne|rint|derha|s:.+sc ------------------ACT1 ranger start------------------- -Start with a Ranger, to mule Momentum, Pierce, and Sniper's mark to our Templar character. -We will need to go thru The Coast and into Tidal Island to kill Hailrake boss, for Pierce as a quest reward. -Breaking Some Eggs quest in the Mudflats will give Snipers Mark as a quest reward. Place these 3 gems in your stash and go back to character select to create a Templar. You will not have to enter queue again don't worry. -----------------------ACT1 templar------------------- -Favor using sceptre over wand, to enable Leapslam from Act 2 onwards. We will also ideally want high base attack speed weapons, and can even optionally use a non-sceptre base (axe or sword) if it has high attack speed simply to leap slam around faster. Spark - Pierce - Added Lightning (B-B-G) Frostblink - Arcane Surge (B-B) [leave arcane surge at low level (right click it to disable level ups)] you can drop arcane surge after 1st lab as we get it permanently with the ascendancy passive] Flame wall (B) [cast under mob and shoot spark into the mobs, it ignites the sparks to add flat fire damage] Sniper's Mark Holy Flame Totem (R) [regen + extra damage, used for bosses] Orb of Storms (B) [used for bosses] Clarity (B) Leap slam - Momentum (R-G) [this is our main movement skill once we get it] ------------------------ACT2---------------------------- Favor 'Heavy Belt' for its strength implicit [Bandits: Save Alira if you are a new player or don't mind a slightly slower campaign (she gives 15% to all ele res). The other opion is save Kraityn for 8% movement speed] Herald of Thunder (B) [use this over arctic armor until you feel like you need more defense, can turn it off for Arctic Armor aura later in the campaign, maybe around Act 6 or just go by feel] (Herald of Ice is a great alternative if you have an extra green socket but no blue sockets!) Arctic Armour (G) [defensive option in lieu of Herald of Thunder. Good later on when we need it.] ------------------------ACT3---------------------------- Favor Jade Amulet from Quest Reward for the dex implicit [Notes: In temple of Lunaris, you unlock the prefix craft 'lightning damage to spells', which you can craft onto sceptres for more damage] Spark - Pierce - Lightning Penetration (library) - Added Lightning (B-B-B-G) Orb of Storms - Elemental Proliferation - Ice Bite (library) (B-B-G) [stand inside OOS and cast spark, in order to generate Frenzy charges and freeze enemies][we can drop Frostbomb and Flame Wall] Leap slam - Faster Attacks (library) (R-G) [Faster attacks is slightly faster than momentum. If you have space for 3 sockets, feel free to use Momentum as well as Faster Attacks for a really fast moveskill] ------------------------ACT4---------------------------- Orb of Storms - Elemental Proliferation - Ice Bite (B-B-G) (4th link can be Culling Strike (act 2) or Increased AOE (act 4 gem)) I prefer culling strike if you have the extra green socket. Sigil of Power (b) (use only on bosses. cast it on top of orb of storms, and stay inside both their AOE while also next to the boss) ------------------------ACT5---------------------------- Determination or Wrath (library) (note: generally speaking I recommend to use Determination most of the time. You would swap it off for Wrath for extra damage on particularly hard bosses. If you want to go faster you can run Haste but I do not recommend it as the default option) ------------------------ACT6---------------------------- Cap your elemental resistances right now. Teleport to your hideout and manually craft resistances onto all open suffixes via the crafting bench. If you are dying it is due to your res not being at 75%] ------------------------ACT7--------------------------- ------------------------ACT8--------------------------- ------------------------ACT9--------------------------- NOTE: At level 60 you have the option to start running heist and start farming currency. Please see the timestamp in the video linked directly below below for an overview of how to do this properly for maximized chaos drops. With 3.25, Archmage Spark can opt to skip this step and go straight into maps, since it doesn't need a 6link or any uniques to function. Heist is strong but optional https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4yNC-VwU_A&t=18195s ------------------------ACT10------------------------- Make sure you use the various different Skill Tree / Passive Tree /Item Gearsets to follow along with progression!!! This is where the campaign leveling notes end, but there is ALOT more progression in the POB files. Feel free to join my discord or come into my twitch chat if you are confused or need advice! :) https://discord.gg/anime-princess-111244942860460032 https://twitch.tv/animeprincess /end