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• Skill Tree 
• Gems Setup
• Gear Setup
• Other Gear Stat Priorities
• Leveling

Skill Tree

Ascendancy

Bandits

This quest is given to you by Eramir in the Forest Encampment after you complete Through Sacred Ground or talk with any of the bandit leaders. There are three different bandit leaders. You can either side with one of them (and kill the other two) to get the respective reward or you can kill all of them to get the reward from Erami - from Gamepedia

Points or Oak. I take Oak personally.

Pantheons

As for Pantheons, you can take whatever you want. They can be hotswapped so just test whichever you like most.

Passive Tree

Gems Setup

This differ slightly from the minmax pastebin up top ^ seeing as most players won't be able to get that tier of gear.

4 Link: BBBR

(Vaal) Righteous Fire, Elemental Focus, Increased Area of Effect (Concentrated Effect for bosses), Increased Burning Damage

IF you can get an elder helm, go for Supported By Burning Damage/Conc Effect/Essence of Horror. This allows you to use Arcane Surge + Swift Affliction instead of those 2 links. Arcane Surge adds a hidden "duration" tag to RF, allowing Swift Affliction to work. This is highest DPS setup.

Another option is Elder Helmet with Essence of Horror, Burning, Conc, and 4 Blue. RF, Ele Focus, Efficacy, Inc Area for more quality of life.

3 link: RRR IN DOON CUBIYARI

Cast When Damage Taken (as high as you can get), Molten Shell (as high as your CWDT will support), Life Leech, Iron Will (from Doon itself)

4 Link: RGRR

Shield Charge, Faster Attacks, Fortify, Brutality

4 Link: RRRB

Cast When Damage Taken (as high as you can get), Vortex (as high as your CWDT will support), Immortal Call (as high as your CWDT will support), Stone Golem (as high as your CWDT will support)

3 Link: RRR

Purity of Fire, Vitality, Enduring Cry

4-5 Link: RBBB (B)
Cast When Damage Taken (Level 1), Ball Lightning (level 4), Curse on Hit (as high as you can get), Flammability (as high as you can get). If you can get the extra blue socket, Orb of Storms will allow you to manually cast a spell that also curses for EE/EO. If you don't level Flammability past the level that CWDT is trying to cast, it will not do anything.

1 Link: B
Scorching Ray (HIGH LEVEL)

Gear

Required Gear/Level

• Rise of the Phoenix: REQUIRES LEVEL 65 to use. This allows us to sustain RF through max fire res.
• Doon Cuebiyari: Our main source of generic damage for RF and everything else. Use only if you have > 800 Strength.
• Doryani's Catalyst: Use this until you break 800 Strength.

If you can't afford either Doon or Doryani's, just use a Sceptre with Increased Elemental/Fire damage/Burning Damage/Damage over Time on it.

Other Gear Stat Priorities

Helmet

Gloves

Chest

Boots

Rings

Amulet

Belt

Shield

Weapon

Leveling

Suggested Uniques: Goldrim, Wanderlust, Tabula Rasa, Axiom Perpetums/Lifesprings

Random other stuff: Minus Mana Cost Elreon Jewelry, extra Quicksilver Flasks.

Try to cap your Elemental Resists by act 5-6 and get as much life on gear as possible. Any rare item you wear should have at least some life or resists, ideally both. Follow the "Other Gear Stat Priorities" section above for those non-unique slots.

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