[3.26] Gearing Penance Brand Trickster + Merc + AG ~As low as I can~

Mirror order: Ring > 2 sceptres > helm > chest (helm/chest arent high value) (ring with kalandras touch will 2x your damage, sceptres are better for clear but not needed for content like abyss) Reflect immunity (need to be over 100% for marked for death maps: Yugul pantheon, Watchers eye and elemental mastery - Can also use chest implicit for 65% over phys dmg taken as chaos The 2nd watchers eye mod can be anything, you don't need phys as extra lightning damage. You just need purity of elements reflect if you want to run all map mods. Guide for how to search for timeless jewels (militant faith) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kYy-s_B-ng Timeless jewel: You want "Thundrous devotion" on the harrier node. The jewel needs to be dominus and you want %elemental resist per devotion. 2nd mod can be Area damage, elemental damage or brand damage. The 2nd node is also optional if they're too expensive or you can try getting "thundrous devotion" on "Foresight", not optimal but could be a good budget option. Light of meaning can be expensive, it's not needed to start playing the build but it is a pretty massive upgrade for defense Eventually you'll also want to self craft a global defense necrotic armour, this will be a pretty big defense boost. Try to get a 3 passive voice (to fit a 3rd medium cluster) Animate guardian is optional, doesn't lose items on death anymore. AG Gear: Kingmaker, doppelganger, southbound, rare boots/helmet with life/resist (Can also get a helmet with "nearby enemies take 9% increased elemental damage") Amulet options: since focus/simplex can be expensive: 1) Replica dragonfang with +3 penance is a very solid budget option if it's 20d or less 2) Rare amulet with +1 all/+1 lightning or +1 phys, with global multi/cast speed. ------------Crafting Guide for Penance Brand---------------- General advice: always check trade before crafting an item, when it's late in the league it might be cheaper if you buy it over crafting. Usually you will save a lot of currency if you do self craft Wands: (can also be crafted on a sceptre, but it's more expensive on average) Fracture cast speed on an imbued base (lower int base) 1) Use the fossil combo - corroded/jagged/metallic/shuddering - On average this is 2 tries to hit +1 all 2) Now you have to clean both your prefix and suffix. For suffix you can do "prefix cannot be changed and scour" If you have anyother prefix besides +1 all, then you have to annul (chance to brick) 3) Your wand wand should be "+1 all spell skill gems" and fractured cast speed, with nothing else. 4) craft "can have 3 crafted modifiers" and then "cannot roll attack". Then use harvest bench for "add/remove phys mod" There is a 33% chance your wand bricks here. 5) your wand is now done, craft 3 modifiers again and craft on double damage/spell damage. Option 2 for wand: Instead of fossils you can alt/aug spam until +1 all skills (after getting fractured cast speed) While it's still magic, use craicic chimerals in bestiary to imprint. Then regal and annul off the regal mod (50% chance to brick, if it does, use your imprint and make another one) Follow step 3 above Ring: Fractured maximum energy shield 1) Use Scorn essence until t1 intelligence/open suffix (if you get t1 with 3 suffix, then have to 1/3 annul) 2) Lock suffix and use "reforge caster" on harvest bench, 1/4 to get t1 cast speed. 3) with suffixes finish, use wild bristle matreon, this will have a 100% chance to craft "suffix cannot be changed" Now you either veiled chaos orb or veiled exalted orb (veiled chaos has a chance to fill prefix and brick the ring) You want to unveil mana/mana cost reduction. Body armour: Fractured Spell suppression or t1 intelligence 1) Use dense fossils with exalts/annuls until good enough prefix (triple t1 is ideal, but t1/t1/t2 is fine) - Exalt/annul whenever you get double t1 2) Make sure eater is dominant and then just use eldritch currency until you get your last suffix. Helmet: Need a double influence archdemon crown (shaper/elder). Buy on trade if it's cheap, if not you just combine a shaper and elder helmet together (only need 1 archdemon) with awakener orb. 1) Spam essence of horror until you hit hypothermia 2) Your suffixes need to be 30% more ele dmg/hypothermia, if you have a third suffix annul 3) Craft "suffixes cannot be changed" and reforge crit, this gives you a 40% chance to hit spell crit, ideally you want 2% or 3% If you hit attack crit you can use orb of dominance in attempt to elevate your hypothermia. 4) Once suffixes are done, you need to metacraft your prefix. Craft flat mana to block and double exalt slam until you hit concetrated effect If you don't have conc effect, use wild bristle matron to force on "suffixes cannot be changed" and then scour to clean prefix (cheaper then crafting suffxes cannot be changed from bench) 5) Helmet is now done, you can craft aoe/+1 gems or life. Boots: Fracture % or flat energy shield, doesn't matter. 1) Use sorrow essence until t1 intelligence 2) lock suffix and reforge cold, lightning or fire (looking for t1 or t2 resist, can swap with harvest) 3) Make sure exarch is dominant and finish the last prefix with eldritch exalt/annul (block mana when exalt slamming). Gloves: Need to fracture the hybrid temple mod (dmg against chill/cold resist) - You can buy any ilvl 82 gloves with this mod and recomb it with a ilvl 84 warlock base. 1) Use dense fossils with exalts/annuls until good enough prefix (triple t1 is ideal, but t1/t1/t2 is fine) - Exalt/annul whenever you get double t1 2) lock prefix and use veiled chaos orb (cannot brick because you can use eldritch annul if suffixes fill) - Can unveil brand attatchment or focus Focus amulet: 1) chaos spam for +1 all 2) annul until +1 all is isolated (if the base is not split, you can instead split it with 2 mods and the +1 will go to a magic base, can skip step 3) 3) prefix cannot be changed + scour 4) imprint 5) regal and then annul, if you annul the +1 all - revert with imprint and go back a step 6) craft cannot roll attack 7) aug phys, if you eat the +1 all, revert with imprint and go back to step 4 To make it cheap, I would just craft brand attachment range and be done. Cast speed would feel better here, but too expensive to make as you would need to lock prefix and gamble for t1 cast speed on reforge.