Lightning Strike League Review Part 1 of 4 | Path of Exile 3.25 Settlers of Kalguur

Check the Spreadsheet for notes: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13hFS0Z6eGVNROW8ajz6Qo3DbzJYQ0oJpc64n0FsZApI/edit?usp=sharing Ascendancy: 1. Barkskin 2. Enduring Suffusion 3. Experienced Herbalist 4. Oath of Winter Later when we start using Determination, swap Barkskin to Avatar of the Wilds ____________________________________________________________ How Do We Deal with Manaburn? Tinctures Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Hx6TkbJow Mana burn is a global debuff that can stack and is applied to us from Tinctures Each stack of Mana Burn causes you to lose 1% of your Maximum Mana per stack, per second. With the Warden Ascendancy Enduring Suffusion, we gain 0.5 seconds of "free Tincture uptime" for every stack of Manaburn we had when the Tincture was deactivated, up to a maximum of 6 seconds. This implies that if we can reach 12 Mana Burn stacks, we will get 6 seconds of free Tincture uptime. For this reason, we need to try to build up Mana Burn stacks AS QUICKLY as possible, not as slowly as possible, so we can reach those 12 stacks, because when we do, we get those 6 seconds of free Tincture uptime. With the Tincture Mastery "Your Tinctures deactivate when you have 12 or more Mana Burn", our Tinctures will automatically turn off when we hit 12 stacks of Mana Burn With the second Tincture Mastery "The First 6 Mana Burn applied to you have no effect", we will only start burning mana on the 7th stack until the 11th stack, before the Tincture turns off at 12 stacks This 7th stack of Mana Burn will only burn 1% Mana, not 7% (this has been confirmed by GGG) So by accelerating how quickly we get Mana Burn stacks, we get through the Mana Burn phase of 7-11 stacks more quickly, meaning we spend LESS time burning mana. This is why we want to INCREASE OUR MANA BURN RATE (the rate at which we gain additional stacks of Mana Burn), and not DECREASE IT. because when we reach 12 stacks we get 6 Free Seconds of Tincture This is why adding a second Tincture is so good - it doubles the amount of Mana Burn stacks we acquire, helping us to reach 12 more quickly. There is a great modifier on Tinctures "35% increased effect, 65% increased Mana Burn rate" - we want this on all of our Tinctures. If this doesn't make sense, check the video above to learn more! ____________________________________________________________ Community Endgame Builds For You to Get Inspired: - NeptunesRise's Endgame PoB: https://pobb.in/NdZNBXkJLU_7 - X1_Zenith's Mahuxotl Doryani PoB 3.24: https://pobb.in/MYDpWivEKp9k