In order to be able to access The Eternal Labyrinth, you have to be level 75 and you have to acquire an Offering to the Goddess which is a guaranteed drop if you successfully complete a Trial of Ascendancy in maps (random spawn). These encounters are extremely formidable, reserved only for the best of the best, a player that's not dedicated fully to the game might stand to chance against this exceptionally dangerous end-game content. Therefore, this guide has recommended you to use a flask of Staunching which removes the Corrupted Blood until now since it was the most reliable way to do so. Nevertheless, I would only recommend this method if you already have found a decent enough item.
Pleaso note: Theres a chance to simultaneously roll the +1 to Level of Socketed Gems modifier in addition to the +2 to Level of Socketed Bow Gem modifier, but its heavily rng-based. In the late endgame, you want to use (G) Grace as an additional aura for additional defense. For the full Guide, you can check:Toxic Rain Champion Starter build. All these changes have been positively received by the community deeming it already to be one of the best expansions. Almost none of the builds has been nerfed (one might argue that Minion Builds lost a lot of damage that could previously be found on a passive skill tree), but some specific ones have received more attention than the other. By the way: If youve already used this strategy when you first did Act 9, you might already have some of the needed cluster jewels bases in your Stash, so check them out. Registration on Odealo is free and takes only about 30 seconds. Instead, all enemies will be cursed when you hit them. Below, we are presenting our top Build Recommendations for the upcoming Scourge League. In order to be prepared for the moment you will sell your level 20 gems together with a Gemcutters Prism to receive level 1 gems with 20% quality, you want to buy your main skill setup once more and put it in your second weapon set to level it. Tornado is a Duration type Spell that deals Physical Damage and can be hit by your projectiles - think of it as a Hydrosphere. Energy Blade is a Spell that enhances your weapon to deal more Lightning Damage based on your Energy Shield, which is now lowered, in a similar fashion to a Reservation type Spell that reserves 80% of your Maximum ES. Additionally you can go with a mix of both minion towers (purple), but dont hesitate to test what suits you the most. Anointments on amulets basically allow you to gain one node of the skill tree as a modifier on your amulet. By the way: There are also options to increase the level of the Enlighten Support (and thus the mana reservation efficiency for skills) by having the aura setup in an item which provides additional (support) gem levels, e.g. But assuming you are a new player, you most likely wont have any idea what you need or what your preferences are. Energy Shield is now less reliant on Leech - the base recharge effect is easier to get from gear and from the passive skill tree. If there is one, clear the area with Delirium activated as fast as possible and get the rewards. If you have any suggestions about other interesting Builds and/orStarter Builds for the Scourge League we would love to hear your feedback! Once youve completed The Eternal Labyrinth you can invest 2 additional Ascendancy skill points. Do you struggle with the guide? The build hasn't changed much in this path, but it's certain that your Evasion Rating will be more impactful,subsequentially Blind debuff will alter your defenses- it now is more effective the more Evasion you have, but it's still a build that mostly relies on your Maximum Life. Note: Unlike regular gems, the quality 20 recipe vendor will not work on them, as a result using Gemcutters Prism will be far more important. Obviously, we will be updating all our Guides over the course of the Scourge League, Pictures used in this article are theintellectual property of Grinding Gear Games, Our list of the Best Starter builds for the Scourge League and Patch 3.16. There are 3 types of Cluster Jewels (large, medium & small). Each cluster - a circular body of small nodes with one or two notable Passives with aneffect - now contains a Mastery. The build is extraordinarily simple and has a lot of variations making it a great choice for a starter. If you dont have any/enough Glassblowers Baubles: Hargan in The Sarn Encampment (Act 3) sells 1x Glassblowers Baubles for 8x Blacksmiths Whetstone. Few new Skills have been added - Tornado, Energy Blade, Temporal Rift, Poisonous Concoction, and three link-type Skills designed for party play. Let me know. This build uses one large and two medium Cluster Jewels which should have the following modifiers: The amount of added passive skills per jewel is random (Large Cluster Jewels can have 8 to 12 added passive skills, Medium Cluster Jewels can have 4 to 6 added passive skills). Essence Drain Trickster- In Patch 3.16 Damage over Time builds has received a buffby allowing players to allocate more points on their skill tree that improve this type of damage with more options to choose from. When fighting Bosses use Bane and Vaal Blight. There are two recommendations regarding Anointments: As a result, you want to build Empowering Towers, when dealing with Blight encounters. They are a class of jewels that can be socketed in the outermost sockets of the passive skill tree and they extend the skill tree by creating new clusters of nodes, which can contain basic nodes, notable skills and even keystones.
Your Pantheon upgrade paths are as follows: Note: There will most likely be changes in 3.18 in terms of the maps needed to upgrade your Pantheon. Besides looting a bow with this modifier, there are 2 ways to get it: Effect: 10% increased Movement Speed while Phasing + 40% increased Evasion Rating while Phasing & +20 to Dexterity, Effect: Your Empowering Towers have 25% increased Effect, Effect: Your Empowering Towers Have 25% Increased Range. A brand is a type of Spell that attaches to an enemy to rapidly trigger anddeal damage, and if the enemy dies, it attaches to the next one that's alive.
Poisonous Concoction is a Spell similar to Explosive Concoction introduced in 3.15, but it consumes Charges from Life Flask and deals Chaos Damage with a high chance to Poison. The build is cheap to start with and has the potential that grows with your investment. Here, you want to go for Conqueror next. Once youve leveled your quality gems to level 20 (usually referred to as 20/20 gems), you can try to get level 21 gems. The item itself will become corrupted, but not in a way it's usually done - by risking the usefulness of the whole item; the only aspects of the itemthat can be transformed are the Scourge modifiers. This can be a random drop or you can farm specific content. Repeat. Elemental DoT is no more reliant on Keystones such as Elemental Overload and Elemental Equilibrium, you can pick more specific and suitable effects from Mastery. You should use this socket to add a Cast When Damage Taken setup. With applied Exposure and some other Spells to supplement your damage, the total DPS can get really high.
You can use this Spell to revert your character to the state in which they were last time an afterimage was created - restoring your Mana, Life, and ES too, but the surrounding remains unchanged. To deal with Bosses use Blight and the Vaal version of it. Temporal Rift Reserves 10% of your Mana and gives you the ability to "rewind time". There are two ways to do that. Awakened support gems are a subtype of support gems that are better versions of existing support gems which at level one are more powerful than the level 20 versions of the ones they replace. Ailment mitigation is now too easier to get from various sources, and Ward items grant now more base Ward. Traps you're using are also Spells, so seek Spell and Physical Damage stats on your gear. Trade players can speed up the acquisition process of the Pantheons by using the trade website: In the endgame, you can get a ring with the modifier Curse Enemies with Despair on Hit, with #% increased Effect. If you dont see a Delirium Mirror, run back to the waypoint immediately and open a new instance. Trickster being an Ascendancy that specializes in dealing Damage over Time while relying on Evasion Rating combined with Energy Shield is now in a much better state than he was before. In order to unskill Atlas skills, you can use Orbs of Unmaking which you can loot or buy from Kirac (you will then be able to immediately invest the skill point again). It's overall a simple and well-rounded build that will lead you to the endgame with no issues. Additional, there are two ways to enforce encounters: By the way: Once youve acquired all three crafts you can unskill the Betrayal-related nodes on the Atlas skill tree and invest them elsewhere. There are two recommendations regarding anointments: You can anoint items by talking to Sister Cassia in your hideout and you can get oils by completing Blight encounters in maps or Blighted Maps. Here, the strategy is to open a new instance to The Foothills, run a few seconds into the area and check if there is a Delirium Mirror like this one (normally, it is very close to the waypoint of The Foothills, so you should recognize it fast). Craft +#% Chaos Damage Over Time Multiplier on the bow. There are multiple ways to increase the quality of your flasks in order to enhance their effect and duration: Note: There are other ways to increase the quality of your flask (even higher than 20%), but as of now, focus on these two options. You can find the optimal pathing for the current day here. Due to the fact that you already use a bunch of auras, you currently dont have enough mana reservation to use Grace, but you can acquire the following pieces to change that: 1. Maximum Life, Evasion Ragin, Armour, and Capped Resistances are the stats to boost your survivability. You can buy Cast When Damage Taken Support from Lilly Roth in your hideout. Once youve acquired one or more cluster jewels, you most likely have to change your skill tree in order to have enough points to invest into the added passive skills. In terms of the body armour this would be one with at least 4 useful modifiers (check the Increase of Survivability to see which modifiers are decent) and in terms of a bow this would be a bow with +2 Level of Socketed Bow gems and a free suffix (see below: Get a 6-link bow with +2 to Socketed Bow Gems and +#% Chaos Damage Over Time Multiplier modifiers). Sacred Blossom boss fight is more rewarding, Guilds can have their own hideouts, Atziri drops has been changed to encourage players to fight this particular boss. As you already know, you can use your currency to create 6 sockets (Jewellers Orb) and 6 links (Orb of Fusing). This will be updated as soon as possible, but be aware of the fact that you can also put in the name of the desired Pantheon into the Atlas search function to highlight the maps needed to unlock the respective Pantheon. Using Contagion and then Essence Drain with Blight was the most popular way to play Trickster back then, it was a cheap and powerful build that required no Uniques - now it will be even better than it was before. That being said, keep in mind that 39% is the sweetspot. Spell Suppression is a layer of defense that gives you a chance to halve spell damage, meaning 50% of damage from suppressed spell hits is prevented and damaging ailments they inflict deal that much less damage. Defensive stats such as Armour, Evasion Rating, and Energy Shield are improved. The damage threshold is dependent on the level of the CWDT gem.
At the same time, you have to get rid of (G) Blood Rage since it consumes all your Energy Shield on usage (which would make Ghost Dance useless). SSF players can give it a shot, but for Trade League players Id recommend to either buy one or to go directly for the late endgame bow. There a few things to consider when using a CWDT setup: As a consequence and taking the builds already high defense into account its recommended to use the following CWDT setup [next to your (R) Defiance Banner setup so that the triggered Molten Shell also benefits from (R) Increased Duration Support]: By doing this, you will get a big shield based on your current armour provided by Molten Shell each time you receive 1485 damage (provided that Molten Shell is not on cooldown). Level important gems in your second weapon set, Complete the Eternal Labyrinth as soon as possible, Get a 6-link bow and a 6-link body armour, Unlock important endgame crafts by unveiling Betrayal items.