Best MARAUDER LEVELLING & First Ascendancy | PoE 3.22

After killing Hillock - Ground Slam from Tarkleigh Out on to coast, run left to right, grabbing the waypoint as we enter the mudflats. Loot the 3 rhoa nests killing the Rhoas as you go so they don't overpower you. Get to the edge of the arena and exit to the submerged passage, take the waypoint back to the coast and head into the Tidal Islands. Head down the left hand side and kill Hailraik, Grab the medicine chest and the portal scroll and logout. Back in town now grab the Ancestral protector and Steel Skin from tarkleigh. Head to Nessa and get the quicksilver flask and Chance to Bleed for the medicine chest quest. Swap out Ruthless for Chance to Bleed, unless you are luck enough to have a 3 red, then you can go Ground Slam, Chance to Bleed, Ruthless. Buy Dash and War Banner from Nessa and head to the submerged passage. When you get the bridge / stairs drop portal and head out to the ledge. Run through the ledge to the climb, and then to the lower prison. Grab the way point back to town. Port to submerged passage, head downward to find the flooded depths, in the unluckly event you got a tile set where it isn't down then go up. Find and destroy the dweller of the deep. Remember to pick up blue and yellow items to vendor for currency shards. Log-out and back to town. Talk to Nessa and grab Lifetap. Get the skill book from Tarkleigh. Next skill points on the tree should be versatility. We can now use Dash! Take the waypoint to the lower prison and find the entrance to the upper prison. Now find the entrance and enter The Wardens Quarters. Follow the trails of blood to brutas. Drop your totem, avoid him Embracing or Slamming you and pound him till dead. Grab loot and log. After Killing Brutus Grab Leapslam from Tarkleigh. and link to Lifetap, you can now drop Dash. Lifetap makes Leapslam use our life instead of mana and as soon as we get regen this will feel really good. If you have the currency grab Faster Attacks as well. Leap Slam - LifeTap, Faster Attacks. If you have an iron ring buy a cheap blue gem and sell it with the ring to a vendor for a cold resistance ring. This will be good for the end of act boss. Buy Precision, vitality and Maim from Nessa. Link Maim to Ancestral protector and activate the auras as soon as you hit level 10. Get heart of the warrior on the tree on the tree for the Juicy life. Head to prisoners' gate and find the side of the room with the cliffs. R un down that side till you find the offshoot, follow it to the ship graveyard. Find the overturned ship and enter the cave beneath it. Get the all flame and exit, Head to the Cavarn of wraith and port back to the ship graveyard. Find and kill Fairgraves, he's normally just up from or right the waypoint. Logout back to town and get Sunder from Nessa. Drop Ground Slam and Replace with Sunder New 3 Link, Sunder, Chance to Bleed and Ruthless. Levelling is about to feel a whole lot better. Grab the skill book from Bestel. Find and Kill Mervail. Exit to the southern forest and follow the wall up in into the act two town. Head out of the Forest encampment to the right into the Old Fields. Run through following the path and into the crossroads. Follow the path to the waypoint and then head up. Enter the chamber of sin and find the center of the maze. Grab the waypoint and head in the direction it points to the staircase. Head down to the chamber of sins level 2. Find the thin offshoot and follow it to kill Fedelitas. Hit the strange Device and grab the baleful gem. Log out and back into town, Talk to Greust and grab Herald of Ash, Drop War Banner for it. Head to Yeena and buy Blood Rage. Exit town the left. Follow the road through the riverways and into the Western Forest, grab the waypoint on the way. Follow the path to the bottom of the area grabbing the waypoint and noting the side of the road it's on. Kill Captain Arteri at the camp and place the Emblem he drops into the thermetic seal. There will be a skill book waiting with bestel for doing this. Head to the opposite side of the arena to the waypoint and run up the wall till you find the entrance to the weaver's chambers. Head in and find the Arena. Hit the Weaver until you Finish Her! Pick up Maligaro's Spike. By this point we should have headed down the tree to here and picked up Martial Experience, this will give us life leech and a tonne of extra damage. Next we will be getting the 40% increased damage with hits against rare and unique enemies mastery. Log out to town, here we will pickup the Melee Physical Damage Gem as the quest reward from Silk. New Gem links will be Sunder, Melee Phys and Chance to Bleed. Once we get a 4 link we will be adding Ruthless back so keep it levelling in an offhand weapon. Now port to the crossroads. We are now going to kill The Bandits. Kraityn in The broken Bridge and Oak in the Wetlands. If you don't have levelling gear or good resists then help Alira for the Mana regen/Resists and Crit. We will be rolling this off once we get to maps and fix our resists. If you are happy with your resists then you can go for the two skill points. As with all melee character keeping your weapon upgraded is essential for quick and smooth levelling. Check with the vendors in town frequently for upgrades. Remember the vendor recipe for the physical roll. Rustic Sash Magic, or rare, a blacksmiths whetstone and the weapon. Then if you have one spare roll and orb of augmentation and hope for a great roll. Nothing changes how until act 3 so go kill the Vaal overload and head to act 3. Don't forget to talk to Clarisa on the way so you don't need top back track. From this point on the skill changes become way less frequent so I will not be guiding the leveling as I have so far, instead we will be focusing on what gems to get and when. If you are unfamiliar with the acts I have guides to each, I will link the playlist in the description. Once you have killed piety in the crematorium get the Determination gem from Maramoa. Remove Vitality and Herald of Ash and activate determination. Get the sewer key from Clarisa and then buy Pride. We can't use this quite yet so just socket it to level. Once we get art of the Gladiator on the tree Armour no longer slows us down so we can now buy and equip a chest piece. Next we will be heading for champion of the cause and the reservation efficiency after it. This will allow us to transition to pride. After killing Gravicious and then Piety in the Lunaris Temple log and get Ancestral Warchief from Maramoa. Switch protector out for this if you prefer melee Ancestral Warchief - Maim Just before killing dominois I dropped my first 4 link Red helmet and so went Sunder, Chance to Bleed, Melee Phys, Ruthless. Remember to upgrade your axe before the fight. Also pick up an Enduring Cry from Nessa in act 1 to help us cope with the Dominus Bleed. Run normal lab after first getting to the waypoint in the Crystal Veins (Act4) **Ascendancies** **Juggernaut** is possibly the most tanky ascendancy in the game. If you are leveling A slow two handed heavy hitter I suggest going undeniable first as it will give you attack speed and hit chance which will boost your levelling no end. If you're going spells or a more nimble attack build then Unstoppable will vastly increase your movement speed and prevent almost everything in the game from slowing you down. **Berserker** is all about rage and speed and in that vein my top pick for running fast in the early game has to be Crave the Slaughter for fast rage generation. **Chieftain** is the best ascendancy for totem or high damage fire builds. There is nothing on this ascendency that will really speed up leveling, So follow your build guide. ******TLDR;****** **Act 1** After Hillock - Ground Slam - Ruthless After HailRake - Ground Slam - Chance to Bleed - (Ruthless) Ancestral Protector Dash War Banner After Dweller LifeTap After Brutus - Leap Slam - LifeTap - (Faster Attacks) Precision Vitality Ancestral Protector - Maim Dash - Drop this now After Cavern of Wraith WayPoint Sunder - Chance to Bleed - Ruthless Ground Slam - Drop This Now **Act 2** After Fedelitas - Herald of Ash War Banner - Drop this now Blood Rage After Weaver - Sunder- Chance to Bleed - Melee Physical Damage - (Ruthless) **ACT 3** After Piety Crematorium - Determination Herald of Ash + Vitality - Drop These Now Buy pride if you can afford - Can't use yet , just level After Gravicious - Ancetral Warchief - Maim OR Ancestral Protector - Maim Buy Boneshatter and start levelling in Background Before Dominous - Buy Enduring Cry from Act 1 **Ascendancies** **Juggernaut** - Undeniable or Unstoppable **Berserker** - Crave the Slaughter **Chieften** - No pick will significantly increase levelling speed generically, follow your Guide