[PoE 3.25] Why did it take me until level 100 to learn this?

## READ ME. This is patch 3.25, everything was made in an SSF (private league) environment. I am not in trade league, so I couldn't just buy some of the obvious upgrades, I have to farm them myself. Awakened Spell Echo, Perfect Warlords, etc. Yes, there are many improvements to be made, notably socket effectiveness with the clarity and the 4 link for utility spectres. ## WHY WARD? 1. Using the new shield, I have ~90% chance to block everything. I am also a minion build, where my minions tank most of the damage. The key is, in softcore, is making sure my character can survive the few hits that get through. 2. The new unique ward belt, along with the new crazy base items, means for the price of 2 prefixes and a belt I can get 3200 ward, which is huge for allowing me to those hits that make it through. 3. Ward was also buffed, now recharging in 2 seconds instead of 4. This is massive, I barely ever get hit by numerous lethal hits more often than 2 seconds apart. ## IMPROVEMENTS IM FARMING 1. +2 minion wand with good suffixes would be much better than the Dark Seer, of course I would miss the 200 life, but a fat suffix would be great. I've done 10 wand attempts, it's hard to get 4 socket resonators outside trade league :(. 2. Amulet, yea mine is terrible but I need the attributes and chaos res. It's bad bad. 3. Awakened gems, some mana regen somewhere so I don't need clarity and have enough mana to run automation guard skill. 4. JEWELS. My jewels are TERRRRIBLE. Really been allocating the resources elsewhere, much improvement needed.