[3.5] Soul Mantle Dark Pact Totems - League Starter - All Content

Yeah, Soul Mantle is not as mandatory as it was on Scion now, but it's a really good chest nonetheless (which is why I specified Soul Mantle in the name).
Templar definitely makes leveling a lot smoother, especially since he has access all the good gems.

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Irongunner wrote:

I am looking to try this out in Bestiary league. Can one of the experts on this thread provide a leveling layout (which skills to use from which level on, initial pathing on the tree)?

It's in the main post, "Budget Leveling Guide".

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rozakk wrote:

@shepuurd just found that this thread is moved to hiero. do you still happen to have the leveling trees/guide for the scion version available somewhere? was going to use that as a reference for league start tomorrow. thanks!

It's in the history, but I can't post it without restoring to the original post sadly.
I still have the Pastebin.
There are only some very slight changes in the leveling guide to adjust it for templar. The only difference is that Scion needs longer to get to Ancestral Bond and can't buy the Firestorm gems herself.

This build / concept will be mine HC bestiary league starter. I have adjusted the tree a little bit for 3.2 hiero HC. I will prolly not use soul mantle and wither will be selfcast. I think 2x kikazaru is a waste and for the new nocurse shield you need 130 dex. I dont see a point to have such dex. (maybe astramentis would do it). More than that, 6 link soulmantle is not an option in a league starter build. Tabula will do the job until maps and then I will see. In the tree I totaly skip the shadow part and put another jewel slot on the left + another endurance chargé, since the new hiero is a charge generator. In HC I allways make my builds to lvl 80, because after that you never know... I will prolly use shimm + shield or dual void battery. Lets see what the price will be. Here is my planned tree:

http://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAABAUCAU8Em-yK5K9sQ8ho8vAfogAEs8BmRUcy0evumuBFnVNSHNyPGoUyly1JT7yqvOpqQwj0QZbQ9a6zTLPQH-_rIG5QMNteBAeD21XGOlgfAjbFg_OuEhZv42r60h0UjmT3prb6Zp4WQIV9cg-Ub2ZUWfMaOJBVJy-fPi3SC2HGrjwtg8y3Pv4K2L2DX_JFOuGmV03j_o81kljlKhNaK6PypwiPRtgkLJwFQjwF73yXlVJTPV98S5Z0fIOnlF5d0f1OrrE2JKrkItWmtQRoWgRROhaGglhtZDM=

Just a quick question before we all start up our toons in a few minutes: cwc-wither-summon skeletons, do the totems just have so much hp that using DP off the skeletons isn't worth it?

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Xaithai wrote:

Just a quick question before we all start up our toons in a few minutes: cwc-wither-summon skeletons, do the totems just have so much hp that using DP off the skeletons isn't worth it?

It's worth it if you invest into skeleton life.

The main problem is working them in without making your other skills worse.
You don't want to remove gems in your wither setup or summon skeletons after every pack of monsters. It would also make all the totem life we get do nothing to our damage.

Edit: they could replace despair pretty well if you wanted to try them out.

I clicked on your character profile to see what character you are playing in 3.2. It showed a Deadeye , Ranger. Is there a reason your not play
ing the same build this post is about?

Info: Nerf in Scion makes dps from 300k to 150k on tooltip - no power charges.

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JesusIsMyLord wrote:

I clicked on your character profile to see what character you are playing in 3.2. It showed a Deadeye , Ranger. Is there a reason your not play
ing the same build this post is about?

This is really just an updated version of my scion guide with some minor changes.

I want to try out new builds personally, but I've heard a lot of people wanting to play DP totems so it'd be good if there was an updated guide.

I think this is a great starter and it should be a lot easier/cheaper to do all content with this than the old Scion build.

I've noticed in the Bestiary league there is often times that you are required to mane and not kill such as Bestiary trapping or Vorici missions. Committing to Ancestral Bond makes it very difficult to achieve those. Any suggestions?

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tagous88 wrote:

I've noticed in the Bestiary league there is often times that you are required to mane and not kill such as Bestiary trapping or Vorici missions. Committing to Ancestral Bond makes it very difficult to achieve those. Any suggestions?

GGG wants to fix that very soon.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2095688

Should i use 2x Kikazuru and Atziri's Reflection? Or can Atziri's Reflection replace both rings?
... oh and can i start with Atziri's Mirror or is Atziri's Reflection required?