3.7| Stress Free PoE - HALLELUJAH FIRE |Clear the Atlas with YOUR Items at YOUR Pace (SSF & Co-op)

PoE restricts which gems are available to each class until Act 3. Until then you can get some gems for free from quest rewards, purchase some from specific NPCs in each town, or find them as loot.

There are two NPC's that sell all purchasable gems: the first one is Siosa in the Library in Act 3 (you have to do his quest first (the Library is connected to The Imperial Gardens)), the second NPC is Lilly Roth is Act 6.

Level all these gems to their max (level 20) unless I have written a level number beside the gem name. For example: "Cast when Damage Taken (Level 2)". If I have written a level beside the name, that's the level you need to stop leveling the gem at.

5/6 Link - Righteous Fire (Socket in Chest)
-Righteous Fire - Creates a AoE around you that burns enemies. Burns 90% of your life a second. (Increasing the Quality of this gem improves the spell damage of OTHER spells in your build, NOT RF.) (Increasing the damage of RF does not change how much damage you take from RF. It'll always burn the same % of life from you no matter the links you link to it.) (This skill won't be able to be used right away. You'll need high Fire Resist and life regen to sustain it. Follow the tree and you'll be sustaining it in no time.)
-Burning Damage Support - Extra damage.
-Elemental Focus Support - Greatly increases damage at the cost of not being able to put an ailment on an enemy. This seems like it would negate RF...but RF doesn't inflict an Ailment. It skips the ailment and jumps straight the the effect, burning. Typically, if you were to throw, let's say a Fireball, at an enemy, it would have a chance to Ignite. If the enemy Ignites, they start to burn. So if you had this support with Fireball, you'd never burn an enemy. You'd only hit them with fire damage. RF simply burns enemies. It doesn't have a chance to ignite. It skips the "chance to ignite" mechanic and just burns (damage over time). So this is a damage boost with no consequence.
-Efficacy Support - Extra damage.
-Increased Area of Effect Support - Dramatically increases the size of Righteous Fire at the cost of dealing no damage (very little if it has Quality). We're going with AoE BABY!

-If you get a six link:
The above gems are listed in order of DPS. First decide how important maximizing AoE is to you. Then remove whichever supports you like and add whichever you like. Concentrated Effect Support is the strongest of any listed support gem for RF, but it decreases AoE. Both Arcane Surge Support and Swift Affliction Support can be added to the links but MUST BOTH be added to the links, neither of these two skills will increase RF's DPS individually. (Adding Arcane Surge to RF adds the Duration tag to RF which then makes then makes Swift Affliction a possible support for RF.) The strongest combo that obviously ignores AoE is Righteous Fire-Burning Damage Support-Concentrated Effect Support-Arcane Surge Support-Swift Affliction Support. (Swift Affliction raises your Dex requirement to 111.)


4 Link - Bonus Damage and Life Regen (Socket in Helmet)
-Holy Flame Totem Just as a heads up, this skill is weak at first, but gets MUCH stronger as it levels (gem level 18+) - It'll hit enemies with fire and cast Consecrated Ground around itself which gives 6% life regen, removes all curses, and gives increased crit chance. (Only the Consecrated Ground from HFT removes curses.) Consecrated Ground impacts you and your allies (including your totems). HFT channels 3 projectile flames at once but each totem can only hit an enemy with one projectile.
-Multiple Totem Support - Lowers the totem's damage by 21%, but let's you have 3 totems out at once. So we lose 20% damage for one totem, but then get three totems doing 80% damage.
-Combustion Support - Bonus fire damage.
-Immolate Support - Grants extra fire damage if the enemy being hit is burning...and RF always burns enemies.

4 Link - Movement and Defense (Socket in Gloves or Boots)
-Any MELEE skill you like. (Consecrated Path is perfect for this build with its added/extra Consecrated Ground but I can't use it. It makes the screen too busy. So I use Cyclone for the "smooth screen" experience.) When you Hit an enemy with whatever melee skill you choose, you'll trigger Holy Relic's perks, apply Fortify to yourself, and apply your chosen curse on enemies.
-Fortify Support - This skill gives bonus damage to your melee skill but more importantly gives us Fortify. Fortify gives us 20% damage reduction to ALL Hits (not Damage Over Time).
-Curse on Hit Support - This is needed to be able to apply your curse on enemies that your melee skill hits. (For this build, Gem order doesn't matter when linking spells to CoH.)
-Any Curse You Want - I personally prefer Enfeeble for the defense it gives. It makes enemies less accurate with Hits by Attacks (not spells), deal less critical damage, and deal less overall damage too. Here's a list of curses if you want to pick your own.

4 Link - Defense and Life Regen (Socket in Gloves or Boots)
-Cast when Damage Taken Support - Automatically casts linked spells. (For this build, Gem order doesn't matter when linking spells to CwDT.)
-Summon Stone Golem - An minion that provides life regen to you. The more life regen the better!
-Summon Holy Relic - Its perks don't get applied until we Hit an enemy with an Attack, not a spell. This will do some damage on its own, but we care more about the life regen it gives to its allies (us). The more life regen the better!
-Any Guard Skill you want. I'll be choosing Molten Shell.

3 Link - Bonus Damage and Life Regen (Socket in Weapon or Shield)
-Cast when Damage Taken Support (Level 2) - Automatically casts linked spells. (For this build, Gem order doesn't matter when linking spells to CwDT.)
-Wave of Conviction (Level 8) - Every enemy this skill hits gets Exposure to Fire. Exposure lowers an enemy's resistance to the specific element by 25%. (Multiple Exposures do not stack. (The Flammability curse is not an Exposure and therefore "stacks".))
-Purifying Flame (Level 12) - Purifying Flame puts Consecrated Ground on the ground every time it casts. The more Consecrated Ground, the better! (Normally I'd have this gem linked to a level 1 CwDT. But this skill's Consecrated Ground had an AoE increase at level 12, so we can live with a CwDT level 2.) (Overlapping Consecrated Grounds do not stack.)

2 Sockets - Auras (Socket in Weapon or Shield) (These gems don't have to be linked)
-Purity of Fire - Our most important aura. This gives us Fire resistance, when coupled with Tasalio, Cleansing Water on the Ascendancy tree, will give us all the Fire Resistance we need forever. It makes gearing so much easier. It also increases your Maximum Fire Resist. This is the most important part of using RF. Normally your Maximum Fire Resist would cap at 75%. This skill at level 20 will increase that max to 79%. That doesn't seem like much, but it's actually very substantial damage mitigation for both RF and receiving fire damage. (We'll end up with 81% max fire resist without items. There's are two nodes on the tree that gives us the extra max %.)
-Malevolence - Gives more damage to Damage over Time (RF).

ANYTHING YOU WANT! - I like having a shield and one-handed weapon instead of two one-handed weapons. It's just a preference; no right or wrong there.

If you’re new to PoE, check out the Tips for New Players link. It gives lots of help and tips on gear, mods, currency, levelling, and endgame mapping. Some good to know stuff that you'd hate not knowing.

- Weapon - Anything you like (except a Bow).
- Shield or Second Weapon - Anything you like.
- Head - Anything you like.
- Chest - Anything you like.
- Hands - Anything you like.
- Feet - Anything you like.
- Amulet - Anything you like.
- Ring - Anything you like.
- Ring - Anything you like.
- Belt - Anything you like.
- Jewel - Anything you like.
- Flasks - Anything you like. I simply use 4 health flasks (3 that remove bleeding and 1 that removes burning) and a Quicksilver Flask that removes Chill/Freeze.

Weapon Mods:
RF benefits from:
- Increased Elemental Damage
- Increased Fire Damage
- Increases to Damage
- Increases to Area Damage
- Burning Damage
- Damage Over Time
- "More" of any of the above. In PoE, the term "More" is much stronger than "Increased". So choose "More" over "Increased" when you can.

RF does NOT benefit from:
- Increased Spell Damage
- Adding Fire Damage
- Adding Fire Damage to Spells


Your goal on the rest of your gear is:
- Maximum life
- Cold and Lightning Resists (you can ignore Fire Resist)
- Movement Speed (Typically on Boots)
- Life Regen (Either a flat # or %)
- Ensuring you have high enough attributes for your skills.
- Any suggested mod you want on your weapon would be welcome on gear too.

- Here are my customized loot filters (PC). They will make looting a lot more relaxing for those that play my builds.

This is my setup if you're interested. I play the same as the guide unless I'm testing something out.

Passive tree link

Pastebin - https://pastebin.com/EQnJ24zz - Pastebin for Path of Building. (Copy the link, open Path of Building, click on “New”, then click “Import/Export Build”, click “Import from Pastebin…”, paste the link.)

You'll get most of the attributes that you require to use your gems from the tree. You'll need a little bit of Dexterity.

You'll Be Short:
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 34
Intelligence: 0

Needing 34 Dex isn't a lot. But keep your eye out for gear with Dex. anyway. Amulets can roll lots. Though we don't need almost any extra Int., it'll typically come late in the tree. So don't pass by Int. mods apathetically.

From the Tree You'll Get:
Strength: 422
Dexterity: 34
Intelligence: 164

Your Gems Need:
Strength: 155
Dexterity: 68
Intelligence: 155

This build is really easy to play. Sooooo easy.

Quick Version: Cast Holy Flame Totem at enemies and then move to it and stand near it. Everything burns to death...well, except you. :-)

Everything else happens automatically!

In case you didn't notice, RF can't be sustained right away. Without life regen focused uniques, RF can typically be sustained after you've completed the story and are into mapping. To sustain it as soon as possible without needing any gear (except links) try the following:

- Select all the nodes on the Passive Tree as they come. Get all the South nodes first, then work your way up. Don't skip any. (The Life Regen per Endurance Charge nodes are the MOST important.)
- Equip and start leveling your Stone Golem as soon as it's available.
- Equip and start leveling your Purity of Fire as soon as it's available.
- Equip and start leveling your Holy Relic as soon as it's available.
- Use the multiple methods the build uses to create, then fight on, Consecrated Ground.
- By the time you kill Arakaali (the Spider Boss in Act 7) you can select the Pantheon option that unlocks (Soul of Arakaali). Have that and the minor God, Soul of Abberath selected.
- Do the first 3 suggested Ascendancies.
- Get those Endurance charges up :).

You can sustain RF with gear in other ways of course, I just thought you'd like to know the soonest you can run RF no matter your gear.

At the end of the game, the levels (maps) you try and clear will have random modifiers (mods) allocated to them. There are A LOT of mods that can go on a map.

There is only one mod that we can't run: The No Mana and Life Regen mod. We need mana for our totem and our movement skill. We need Life Regen for RF. But that's it! Just the one mod!

Some mods will be inconvenient, but they won't be impossible to run:
- Negatives to maximum resists hurts RF but not our totem.
- Slower mana and life regen hurts RF and but only impacts our totem a little.

You'll learn your personal preferences over time, but only No Mana and Life Regen should be avoided.

- I suggest doing every quest in the game. It doesn't take long. If you're too eager to get to mapping in the endgame, here is a link to all the quests that give Skill Points as a reward.

Bandits - With the Bandits in Act 2, I kill them all for the extra 2 skill points. You, of course, do what you like.

**Remember to prioritize. You may not be lucky enough to get the gear that'll let you play with all your gems as soon as they are available. So do what works best for you until the gear comes (don't be quick to sell your old gear in case something doesn't work out).

(Let me know if you see any errors in the list.)

- There are two NPCs that sell all purchasable gems: the first one is Siosa in the Library in Act 3 (you have to do his quest first (the Library is connected to The Imperial Gardens)), the second NPC is Lilly Roth in Act 6 (Do her quest in Act 6).