10 Tips for a faster league start - Path of Exile 3.22

[@eldoctoroso]

That last tip "If your gear isn't failing, then RUSH B!" may be the best tip for me hahaha

[@richardroyster405]

I just cut my Act5 Kitava run by 90 minutes after listening to this video - from about 5+ hours to 3.5 hours. Something about the way it was explained finally made it click. Earned a sub.

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

Nice work glad it helped

[@umechrono]

0:00 - Intro. 0:51 - Know your build. 1:25 - Practice acts. 2:28 - Loot filter/regex. 3:14 - Dps > life early on. 3:48 - Picking up items. 4:27 - Movement speed is king. 4:55 - Stop killing every monster. 5:33 - Stop going back to town. 6:20 - Don't waste time getting resistance capped (controversial. 7:18 - Don't do side quests that don't give skill points. Enjoy.

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

Thanks for doing this I have put this in the description as a few people asked for it

[@NeverScryWolf]

This is the first video of yours I've seen, you have a gift for relaying succinct expert advice. Please keep it up you're very very good at this and with the influx of Diablo IV refugees you'll kill it with this level of explanation.

[@PsyHarmonic]

Strongly agree

[@PsyHarmonic]

Long time poe player here, I have always been an hour an act kinda gamer. Got thousands of hours in this game but still takes me 10-12 to get through the campaign. This has me feeling inspired to practice up a bit before next friday. Thanks for the tips!

[@seanconway2664]

Probably not going to play your RoA build. But just wanted to say how happy I am your making more videos. Love all of them

[@oopomopoo]

#9 Def a hot take lol. Would always recommend purity of elements. Biggest reason is not only it helps keep your Res capped, but ailment immunity. Not being frozen is just amazing for keeping up momentum.

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

honestly ailment immunity is the one thing I have to have on all my builds it annoys me so much :) This is why I historically normally play Raiders

[@michaelhogge8669]

Excellent short guide. I have all the bad habits you're talking about. Thanks for the tips

[@Brenkie5]

I love the end of the video. This is a great gem of a channel, thanks for your hard work!

[@koonpengooi1395]

Been following you for a while, thanks for consistently pushing out top-tier content!

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@garhong9125]

Great video! I would go even more extreme on the "don't pick up items" part: If you really want to be efficient, know exactly how many of each currency you need beforehand for the gems (some builds like PConC also need to buy flasks in Act 1) you need to buy during the campaign and then stop picking up the low value currency that you wouldn't pick up in maps. This is a lot of clicks early on for very little value (especially because they drop in large stacks later but only 1 at a time early).

[@Mike-jm4gg]

It’s all good tips. When I did apply most of those tips, it did cut my campaign time by half, if not more. The best thing I did to improve my time is league start practice, especialy act 1 to 5. If you whant to try a new skill for starter it’s even more important because at the end you can say if it suit your play style or not(nothing worst for me to start white map and realize I don’t like the play style)

[@Mpwerr]

regex creator didnt know about this very helpful tool thanks alot

[@juduking44]

Im fairly new to poe ~1000 hours played, and I wanted to say thank you for the tips. The game is always information overload for me, and anything to make it simpler is appreciated.

[@steampoweredgamer1080]

Legend, thank you.

[@OlejaBeastyYT]

ur vid motivate me to make vendor regex, it cost me 2 years for preparation and 1 min for making

[@remedyforyou2380]

Ty for another video!

[@starlet328]

Bonus content/tips if you finish watching the video.

[@inwector]

Excellent video. You gained a new sub.

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

Awesome, thank you!

[@hiphopgrind1]

Great tips

[@runte3055]

Nice vid. I must say though, I have a little different opinion on picking up rares. Especially when you're an average player (who needs this video) and playing your league starter build, you want to have as many alterations as possible when you reach maps. That's because on your first character, alterations are awesome source of chaos orbs though trade. That's why IMHO, even if you lose a few minutes per zone, it's totally worth it to pick up them rares and portal into town every now and then to sell them. Your average player doesn't know if the rares s/he picks up are worth selling or maybe s/he doesn't get any good drops until yellow tier maps. If s/he even can make it that far with the levelling gear from like act 8. That's why rather than save all those few hundred alterations you don't even need, why not just sell them for 10-20 chaos and buy some cheap uniques that boost your damage. On your second charatcer, once you have some base currency, it's completely fine to start ignoring some loot.

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

Yeah it is fine to do either. I find alterations drop pretty frequently raw and the divination card from sulphite is pretty common. Although you can pick 100s of rares up to sell for chaos I personally would rather have that time back as this can add hours onto your play through considering it is about 1 alteration orb for every 4 items. 99% of what you pick up in the campaign will not sell which is why I tend to just ignore them. Same in maps I never pick up rare items unless I need the base as again 99% of what you find on the ground is junk

[@joshuahensley9395]

While i do agree about not over investing in life itself, i do think making that life more valuable is important. Utility flasks and defensive auras can be the difference of dying and having to rewalk an entire zone or not.

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

Yeah 100% agree with this. I maybe should have mentioned auras and flasks

[@samkaeppel1160]

The best way to slam acts is to just do it alot. I make 4 or 5 characters a league, sometimes more so im clearing acts and getting to maps in about 6 hours. Links and resistance is all you need to kill act 10 kitava. Just know in the back of your mind that every piece of gear you have in act 10 is going to be replaced by a 2c purchase on the trade site at maps.

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

Yeah agree with all of this :)

[@voswouter87]

Make a list for your build with the levels where you get a gem upgrade.

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

Yes this is very good advice if you are playing an unfamiliar build

[@achillez4077]

How do i make my flasks recharge like that :D great video btw :)

[@skyler1469]

Dual monitors are the best speeding boost

[@hlzkop9]

why?

[@ITSDVO]

Confirm multiple monitors speeds up the process

[@skyler1469]

@@hlzkop9 for example having pob on other monitor for quick acces for pasives or links with vendor filter

[@harryhoudini4365]

Good video, do you stream?

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

I didn’t stream last league as really did not enjoy the league but will be streaming occasionally this league and should be live for league start. I think there should be a twitch link on the main channel page. Channel name is fuzzyduckzy

[@ArrakOfNorway]

As always, great quality content. Is there any chance you could make a similar video for optimizing act10 trought getting your 4 stones? lI am sure I am not the only one who feels that there is alot that could be dont more efficiently in this part of the game. :)

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

I will be bringing a video out about this but how you progress varies a lot on how much investment your build needs, so for the purposes of the video I will be focusing on my league start build which will be rain of arrows chamption

[@ArrakOfNorway]

Yeah, sorry for not specifying that. I am ofcourse asking with your build in mind. 😁

[@Dylan-bf3kp]

Hey Fuzzy, any chance for a 3.22 updated version for Rain of Arrows Raider Build Guide? thanks mate, loving the content.

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

There were not really any changes to this build as patch notes were pretty much non existent so build should be exactly the same

[@swiddt3954]

Will there be a video on your first atlas tree progression? Thanks for your content!

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

Yes most likely a bit closer to league start once we know the full tree

[@EvilAlko]

Nice tips! Do you have proper loot filter for leveling bow char?

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/Adders79. Filters should be both names something like 3.22 bow levelling and 3.22 bow early mapping. They are a work in progress though so might not be finished until league start. If you follow them however they will auto update. They use a very basic setup as super colourful items do not render well on youtube videos so the filters might not be to everyone's taste

[@Cherry-C]

nobody gona stop me from going to the town everytime i done skill point side quest 😈

[@Flomaitrecubeur]

Do you guys know which NPCs we NEED to talk to in all 10 acts? I always talk to all the exclamation marks because I never remember which ones I can disregard. If I knew, I could keep a post-it and save myself some time.

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

You do not need to speak to any. I think you might have to go back to town to give innocence/bannan the staff that you pick up in chamber of innocence. My Act 10 Route is: - Ignore everyone and exit town - Rescue Bannan and go straight down to the main square - Drop portal and go down to get the waypoint where you kill valenta - Waypoint to town and take the portal and head up to get the waypoint by Ossuary - Complete lab and collect elixir in Ossuary. Exit to character select and TP back to Ossuary (Ignore everyone in town) - Travel to and complete chamber of innocence - TP to control blocks and kill Valenta - Exit to character select. In town give innocence the staff and collect all the rewards - Run Lab if needed - Kill Kitava I only interact with towns folk at the end with everything completed in the zones

[@Flomaitrecubeur]

@@FuzzyDuckzyThanks for the tip. Do you know about all the other acts? I might try to do a run where I don't speak to anybody so I can keep track to the road blocks I'm encoutering.

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

@@Flomaitrecubeur You only ever need to speak to people if you need to collect something from them. From memory - Act 2 you need to speak to NPC after killing bandits to collect the Apex - Act 3 you need the sewer key after killing piety - Act 9 you need to get bottled storm after competing quest in the desert - Act 10 as discussed. I think that is the only time you have to interact with the vendors to progress the story

[@Flomaitrecubeur]

@@FuzzyDuckzy This is great, I think this will save me so much time to ignore all these exclamation marks!

[@jujulipz1365]

I ALWAYS get lost, can't find exits etc that's what slows me right down 😡

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

Same I still get constantly lost especially in act 1 & 2

[@richard2mitchell]

i want a end game torn shot build...what would you level as?

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

You can level as Deadeye Rain of Arrows and switch to TS once you get your 3 labs and the 2 additional proj from the tree. It will be squishy but TS is viable to start now thanks to the extra arrows from the tree

[@Osiwan960]

my fastest tip is to start league on standard so I'm already lvl 96 right away

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

Haha yeah that works too, but a lot of people love the challenge of gearing up characters in a fresh economy

[@hedizaoui609]

Here's a tip for you =) Slice your videos into chapters that can be seen on the damn timeline.

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

Or a tip for you. Don't be a rude dick. Don't like the video without chapters don't watch it. Pretty simple really

[@Star616687]

ngl thought you opened up with "russian isn't always the best thing"

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

haha no I am not that political :)

[@manbagan]

if any new player sees this, these tips are not for you. telling new players to not cap their res and take damage instead of life isnt gonna give you a good experience

[@garhong9125]

I've generally found that for me, Level 30 or so is when it starts being worth it to take life (and I set up my tree to take life exclusively starting at ~30 until I have all the nearby life). Damage is very high value early on (10% increased damage is like 5% more damage in Act 1) whereas life nodes are super low value early because you are getting 5-6% of a very tiny base. In Acts 1-2, focusing mostly on life might mean you can take 1-2 more hits in total but focusing on damage would mean you can 3x or more your damage.

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

This video is not really aimed at brand new players since they do not even know how to complete the campaign let alone need to be more efficient. I don't say don't worry about resists I say if you are 50%+ and have no open suffixes to craft do not waste time grinding zones repeatedly to cap your resistances. I also recommend using purity of elements if you do want resistances. Damage over life will give you a lot less deaths early on. Life scales extremely poorly early on and damage scales way better. Killing a monster in half the time is going to result in less deaths than having bad damage but life and also results in quicker levelling. If you use your life flask when you take a hit even on low life there is very little that can one shot you in the campaign that is not telegraphed

[@panzerswineflu]

Oof I've ran maybe two dozen act 1 and only got below 50 minutes once so far

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

I always find act 1 the hardest. It can very much depend on what skill you use. If you are using a skill that is tough to level with it will naturally take longer. Knowing the build, tree and what links you need is probably the best way to cut down time

[@panzerswineflu]

​@@FuzzyDuckzyusing shadow with stormblast and oos. Got the gems and passives down. Mud flats is just so frustrating. What level do you hit Brutus?

[@garhong9125]

@@panzerswineflu If you want to get much faster in Act 1, I would recommend watching TyTyKiller runs. You don't need to do all the crazy stuff he does like allocating his passives while killing monsters and eating a sandwich (I don't) but if you watch how he navigates and whatnot, it'll give you ideas on what you need to practice. I cut my Act 1 times to low 20s just by doing that.

[@panzerswineflu]

@@garhong9125 he started a shadow stormblast the other day I've been watching. I can't figure out how he's surviving mud flats. It looks like he's standing still throwing mines but not getting charged and stun locked

[@garhong9125]

@@panzerswineflu He puts a chest piece on just for mud flats. It helps immensely with not getting stunlocked. Stormblast is all about positioning and may be a bit more advanced for a newer player. There are 2 main things for the mudflats that I do: 1) Learn the layouts (balaar has a great video on this). 2) For each Rhoa mound, approach it from an angle and move in circles. Basically I circle over to the mound and click it to drop the quest item but keep circling and don't pick it up (as I'm shooting the rhoas). If you try to pick it up right after you reveal it, you'll like get hit. I only pick it up on the 2nd or 3rd circle I make (depending on how much I've thinned them out). This allows me to get through without using a chest piece but it's a bit slower than what TyTy does.

[@Albertinouu]

How do u know that ur overleveled?

[@TehMillionkill]

Check area level from the top right corner (with the transparent map overlay open) and try to stay within 3 levels of that

[@EdgeOfEclipse]

@@TehMillionkill 1-15 3lvl and every 16 lvls you get +1 to safe level range

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

As others have said the zone level is in the top right of the screen. If you are not bothered about speed being overlevelled by 1-3 levels does not really matter just do not go too far either way

[@Cabono31]

Why no timestamps?

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

I don’t do time stamps on top 10 videos because people skip important stuff and then ask questions about the stuff they skipped.

[@Cabono31]

​@@FuzzyDuckzy Really now? Seems like you don't do time stamps to get more watch time by wasting people's time in your generic top 10 video. (that is telling casual players to practice acts btw). Nice logic to punish your entire viewer base because few people skipped your videos. Goodluck on your content farm.

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

@@Cabono31 if I think videos need timestamps I provide them which is evident in most my guides. If people don’t want to give up 11 mins to potentially shave hours off their campaign then that’s their choice. If I do timestamps people just read the time stamps and think they know everything. They then come back and say I followed your tips and stopped killing monsters and only took dps on the tree and it didn’t work and now my character can’t finish the campaign. If you don’t like my videos don’t watch them I really couldn’t give a shit it’s a hobby not a job

[@mercerwing1458]

"patch" KEKW

[@jakejason4333]

i honestly think its kinda stupid that people treat videogames like work. Who cares how fast or slow someone get to maps? Its a 3-4 month league

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

For a lot of people it is their job 😁but I know what you mean. Some people love end game, mapping and building characters which happens after maps so it can be handy to get through the campaign as quickly as possible. It can also be fun to try and speed run and beat your own times.

[@jakejason4333]

@@FuzzyDuckzy i guess im never going to care enough about a video game for those.

[@derekcoy9192]

I hate. Hate! The story mode in this game. I have literally quit leagues because of it. Give the people another option...

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

Unfortunately I don’t this this will ever happen. GGG have been pretty clear they deem the campaign as mandatory for every character

[@notsure2211]

Yea... but if you play alone only... a very boring existance.

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

I only ever play alone and really enjoy it :)

[@MyEconomics101]

No chapters. Bad.

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

sorry :(

[@goksoysuleyman]

11 minutes is toooooo long just make a new video like 5 seconds and show this on the screen. "tip no 1 do EXACTLY what you did in the previous league start. Play what you played. The end"

[@FuzzyDuckzy]

What if you are a new player and took too long to level or want to play a different build. One size doesn't fit all. People want explanations as to why to do certain things.

[@doomzx8284]

11 min too long??? I was literally sad when it was finished...it was a great video, if anything I'd watch 30 min of this even tho I know all these things already and don't need them lol...

[@goksoysuleyman]

too late palsteron already did the meme before you :)@@FuzzyDuckzy

[@ptkk21]

It's impossible to uderstand you. Work on your enunciation, cadence and speed.

[@Lyonsyn]

Maybe you should work on your listening, patience and feelings of entitlement. It's not the creators job to keep you pleased, the world does not revolve around you. Most people understand him just fine so if you don't like it, click somewhere else

[@steampoweredgamer1080]

work on you comprehension

[@TehMillionkill]

Use subtitles if you're struggling

[@ptkk21]

@@TehMillionkill "Eyo welba to da whkyazygame"

[@mxn107]

i understood it just fine, skill issue