Ancestral Protector Hierophant | Guide

_____________________ Foreword _____________________ The gear has been imported from my playthrough. Play around, you don't have to do everything exactly the way that I've done it. I've tried my best to color-code this guide in a way that makes it easier to digest all of this information. ____________________________ Why Ancestral Protector? ____________________________ - Started out making a meme build for Leap Slam totems - Decided it wasn't going to work, and started thinking about other totems - I had done Vaal ancestral warchief totems before, so why not Protectors? - The attack speed is bonkers - Non-vaal skills strike an additonal nearby enemy sounded like it could solve AOE - Speed mapper - Very relaxing gameplay with Absorption Charges ( Graven's Secret ) - Simple building-block uniques - Reminds me of Zeal in D2 __________________________ Cons __________________________ - Some people dislike totem playstyle - Not the best bosser due to range limitations - Difficult to pilot at times due to speed - Expensive min/max - Only 5 maximum totems _____________________________ Act 1-3 Leveling Tips _____________________________ 1) Level with a combination of: Rolling Magma | Flame Wall | Holy Flame Totem + Combustion Support + Arcane Surge Support - Use a low-level Clarity until you complete your Second Ascendancy - Do not level up your Arcane Surge, right click the + symbol upon first sight - Transition to your brand of choice (Storm or Armageddon) OR 2) Level like the gigachad you are as Ancestral Protectors after completing "Cracking Some Eggs" in Act 1 - If you are brave enough to do this, I would recommend as much elemental damage on your weapon as possible - Maybe wait until Ancestral Bond & Elemental Mastery that inverts resistances - Ancestral Call Support before you gain some "Non-vaal skills trike an additional enemy" modifiers - I didn't do this, good luck! _____________________________ Bandits _____________________________ Kill all bandits for +2 skill points _______________________________ More Leveling Tips _______________________________ If you decided to level as another skill, all you need to swap is Rakiata's Dance & Wilma's Requital Lv 48 Lv 60 Timeclasp is an amazing ring for our build, grab one as early as you can Lv 25 The Taming can be used before crafting something with Life / Resistances / Accuracy LV 30 ________________________ Ascendancy ________________________ Hierophant: Pursuit of Faith -> Ritual of Awakening -> Conviction of Power -> Divine Guidance ___________________________ Pantheon ___________________________ Major God = Brine King } While leveling Minor God = Ralakesh Major God = Lunaris } End-game Minor God = Abberath You can swap when: 1) 100% bleed avoidance (Minor God) 2) Stun / freeze immunity (Major God) ___________________________ Annoints ___________________________ While Leveling: Instinct = Sepia / Sepia / Azure Endgame: Charisma = Golden / Golden / Opalescent ____________________________ Defensive layers ____________________________ 1) Elemental Ailment Immune 2) High Armour 3) Bleed Immune 4) Chaos cappable 5) CWDT Molten Shell 6) 60% Elemental Damage Recouped as Energy Shield 7) 6% - 12% Life and Mana Recoup 8) 10% Damage Taken from Mana Before Life 9) 4 Endurance charges ___________________________ Cluster Jewel ___________________________ 4 / 5 Passive Medium Cluster Jewel = "12% Increased Totem Damage": - Sleepless Sentries for Onslaught - Chaos resistance - Dexterity for Magebane 3 Passive Small Cluster Jewel = "6% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Skills" - Sublime form for Resistances - Chaos resistance - Dexterity for Magebane ____________________________ Timeless Jewel ____________________________ Grab yourself ANY Elegant Hubris timeless jewel, Commissioned to commemorate Caspiro If you REALLY want to find the perfect jewel, use this website: https://vilsol.github.io/timeless-jewels/tree __________________________ Alt Quality Gems __________________________ 1) Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks Support 2) Awakened Multistrike Support 3) Divergent Rage Support 4) Vaal Phantasmal Smite Support 5) Phantasmal Ancestral Protector 6) Anomalous Precision 7) Divergent Trap Support 8) Anomalous Cluster Traps Support 9) Vaal Haste ____________________________ Enchants ____________________________ Helmet = 40% increased Ancestral protector Damage / 18% Increased Attack Speed Gloves = Commandment of Light Boots = 10% chance to shock / freeze / ignite if you haven't crit recently Weapon = 10% quality grants strike range instead __________________________ Deaths __________________________ As of writing this, I have died 139 times!