[3.8] Fast Storm Brand Leveling Guide | League Starter | HC/SC

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bastimars wrote:

So is Lightning Spire Trap still ok to level with?

Is there something better right now?

Works pretty good with Storm Brand, everything dies pretty fast.

This is the most amazing write-up for leveling I've ever seen. Great job mate!

Good stuff

The most useless guide ever.

The guide implies EVERYONE struggles to know what quest to do, and which npc to talk to.

Not how to kill bosses or other important things. Example skill tree is nothing but pure damage.

Sure.. thats what people need for a guide. A pure damage glass canon guide. Thats what players struggle the most.. Not the bosses. Heck no. /s

Struggle on a boss? Watch boss fight guide.. who cares, the most important thing is to hand held players that they should make glass canon build. HC viable. And which npc to talk to.

Do you have any updates on when and were to socket passive tree jewels as well as cluster jewels? btw great guide I am 61 and rolling right along

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webas wrote:

The most useless guide ever.

The guide implies EVERYONE struggles to know what quest to do, and which npc to talk to.

I often wonder why someone should spend time on things he doesn't like...

I have to thank for this guide. It obviously is written for beginners who aren't experienced enough to go through the quests as efficient as possible. I just copied some key information from this guide into an excel sheet and will use that as a base for every new build I'll test. Of course I still need some practice. Currently I need something around 6 Hours to reach Act 6 but that's a lot faster than before I found this guide.

Thanks fot the guide, it's awesome!
I usually clear kitava, without Merciless, in 10 hours when everything's going smooth. I did Kitava + merciless in 7h00 with your help!

This guide is perfect for softcore and people who have already leveled a few caracter, I think it's a bit on the squishy side for complete newbs or HC (even tho it's doable, I didin't die in bosses, only a couple times when I got caught in packs of mobs).

Great guide! Got to epilogue of 3.10 in 6h6mins, using the infamous "non-league starter setup" of tabula rasa+axioms+wanderlust/victario's+anyglove+abyss belt etc

I previously tried another guide on Orb of Storms Assassin and I definitely felt the difference here. The witch is a little bit more squishy and you don't really rely on critical strikes, mostly gem levels and ailments.

The guide is pretty easy to follow and has some really good depth about what to get, only thing I'd change was the part where we're supposed to get Multiple Totems from a quest reward (which doesn't come into the build, so it should say "any" or whatever).

For times, I changed Added Lightning to Archmage, since it's a new gem (and there are plenty of builds rocking it right now) and the bump was nice. Even using both with Tabula.

I'd probably be better off using the dual +1 lightning wands, but I wanted to try basically the same gear to compare.

Thanks so much for posting it, once again! Really cool way of progressing through acts 7 to 10 which I had never tried before.

Hi im not that deep into PoE now. Is this Guide still usable, or did something change so much, that I should look for an other guide?

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Winnetou0210 wrote:

Hi I'm not that deep into PoE now. Is this Guide still usable, or did something change so much, that I should look for another guide?

The guide is still on point when it comes to racing, items/color/gem wise. Some may use Stormblast Mine instead of Explosive Trap, but that's all about preference and Explosive Trap is easier to get used to using.

The skill pathing is a bit out of date and Storm Brand may not be the preferred leveling Brand, I haven't really raced on my old account in ages. This guide ( https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2912755 / https://pastebin.com/ccrve8vA or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4xducieZ6U ) is for another type of Brand, but the pathing is pretty similar in most aspects to this one, so it can give you a basic idea where to path due to the changes.

I wouldn't recommend going this build personally for the endgame, due to the fact it's CoC and can get pretty costly or craft heavy. I would recommend keeping the early spell damage pathing till you get to maps. Getting to maps and completing the Altas in the first few days of a league is where people make their money after all. Just something that can hopefully get you to completing Tier 15, all Tier 16 with or without help for completion bonus.

Overall, this guide is still awesome and still useful in getting people on the path of rushing to maps in as little time as possible. Even joining League Races, after you burn the act/maps into your brain.