Leveling Tips for League Start with Attack Builds | PoE 3.25

[@Lolcohol]

Will you be starting melee or an attack based build or something else? I hope this video helps!

[@MRstolenprayer]

Going to be using your ls build ty for good guide on it!

[@ShoX_XohS]

Im going your LS warden build :)

[@Deadbeat-Senpai]

There is a good chance I'm using your build

[@SuperJumper17]

Static strike slayer. It'll probably be crap, but hoping I made it good enough, not quite good at pob but I like the skill!

[@garhong9125]

Haven't played in a couple of leagues but this one looks interesting so will play. Made a bleed/poison Perfect Agony build around Puncture of Shanking that I'll be playing. Ambush/Assassinate to cover the crit chance for the first hit, then Puncture's inherent crit vs. bleeding plus other conditional crit while bleeding for subsequent hits.

[@ChaseMe2TheSky]

I've been playing since 2017 and I still watch every "New to PoE?" video

[@FortySevenq]

Same here my friend, same here .

[@gu244]

I've been playing melee since 2013 and I'm still watching this, lol

[@kinos5920]

@@gu244 haha same here. Im near my 3k hours im nearly beat the tutorial.

[@WPharolin]

I used to think that after I got to 100 hours I wouldn't feel like a noobie anymore. Then it was 500. Then 1000. Now I have 2300 and I still feel new.

[@daanstrik4293]

I’m fairly confident I know all these things already… But what if I don’t?!

[@SaeidRafiei]

Melee is uncharted territory for me. spent almost 4000 hours doing spells and minions. wish me luck guys. thanks for the content.

[@WindHaze10]

For me it is opposite. Every league i have played more melee characters than ranged. Just a playstyle preference. That whetstone recipe will be your friend for first day of the league. It really helps out.

[@Lolcohol]

You'll be fine :) Just remember these tips and you'll do great. It's super fun to actually have to care about your gear during the campaign lol

[@aresonantsoul6668]

Excellent work as always. This beginner content is never boring, I always find out something I missed :) Thank you!

[@Kinjara]

6:45 this is a very clever way of checking the pdps. I was just thinking today about how unnecessary it was in the past for me to copy and paste an item into POB to figure it out. Ive been playing POE for quite some time now and cant believe I didnt realize there was such an easy way to check.

[@shadaris3384]

big note. it is possible to add on mods through essences and bench crafting that increase the level requirement, potentially pushing the item out of use. Same with the vendor recipies, although they will tell you what the minimum level is prior to clicking accept. First character, you dont have to worry about this too much as you will unlock crafts and such that are equal to your level. Second, it can happen pretty easily.

[@0ldmanstew]

Wow. This was a fantastic watch for a POE noob going into 3.25. This video makes me want to test out all the various systems in the campaign.

[@nathanfay1988]

Truly cursed melee tip but it's true. The Smashing Strikes passive gives 10% chance to gain an endurance charge on melee crit. It's the most reliable way to sustain endurance charges without needing to be hit, needing to block, needing to stun, needing to cycle Aspect of the Cat....etc. The location is truly cursed, but anointing is dirt cheap.

[@trixon2118]

It's weird to me, a guy that always started with melee and made different builds around melee skills, how many people now need to adjust and learn how to level with melee. I'm finally the one with knowledge in my group of friends who always played spells or bow and arrow lol. It's my time to shine

[@Lolcohol]

Man people are going to be SHOCKED at how bad it feels if they don't pay attention to tips like these. You can be so disgustingly lazy on spell builds and it'll be a wakeup call if people try that sort of degenerate behaviour on an attack build

[@shadaris3384]

Bows are similar, although their are quite a few bow skills that provide flat scaling based on gem level, and it is ranged and range helps compensate. Spells, on the other hand, are all gem level scaling with weapons providing a minimal bonus while leveling. I'm still waiting on attack wands similar to rune daggers for spells.

[@mrbear3056]

Maybe I missed it jumping around, but I feel like for strike skills the +1 mastery and +1 glove implicit are so so important to the build not feeling terrible. Definitely a big thing I had forgotten.

[@wisfrede]

This remember me when I discovered poe a few years ago and when after 1 week I realized that I had to just study for months just to know like 10% of what it's absolutely necessary to "play" 😅

[@Magnadra1989]

my first character was absolut unusable in maps but damn leveling with my friend was good after that reading guides and trading where normal gameplay

[@wisfrede]

@@Magnadra1989 I'm not even sure if I reached red maps the 1st season 😅 but I was amazed how deep they went with the game mechanics starting with just the trinity RGB, it's genius 😊 I hope poe2 will go back a little to this relative simplicity.

[@jmizdowjr.8388]

Yea I’m understanding these builds take a lot of planning and you can just throw anything together

[@Magnadra1989]

@@jmizdowjr.8388 I mean you can but you won't get so far 😆 I tried making build early on but I didn't even understand the differents between more and increase DMG After that the most thing I would do was change some guids to suit my playstile You should have seen me when I frist killed the shaper I was over the moon 😀

[@DavidSmith-pg1ob]

I believe the console command is "/passives", and that will tell you all the free skill points you may have missed during the campaign.

[@shadaris3384]

you have to complete A10 first. once you do it will pull up the full list. Before this it will pull up the ones you have acquired.

[@raziael]

My friend - you are a freakin' GEM of knowledge and THANK YOU for the great reminders for a league start. See you in Wraeclast!

[@leonelidas89]

I'm here since Rampage league. I still watch these videos in case I forgot something with an archetype I'm not used to play :P

[@mrtkone]

MVP in the POE Community! Thanks as always

[@tiboo6669]

i never use crafting bench while leveling lol, never thought about it, ty so much

[@franciscoamaral103]

What? I bet u die alot i use it all the time to fix resistances

[@shadaris3384]

​@franciscoamaral103 The crafting bench helps cover gaps but with Alira (15%) and purity of elements (20%) basic white rings (30%) will carry through A5 pretty easily. Magic rings and passives will cover through A10. most classes have access to an easy 30% for only a couple points (shadow is the odd ball out) 2nd+ character, a gold rim will cover everything from passives. You loose a bit of damage but gain gear flexibility. For leveling, especially first character, i would argue the flexibility will help more.

[@rickbosch13]

Enjoyed my LS Champ with Doryani’s SO much last league, gonna go Jugg this league though - not sure what yet. Thinking big man, big smash vibes. Awe from Cape Town (feeling those gloves brother, cold AF!)

[@Lolcohol]

Heyyy another Capetonian! Finally someone who understands the cold 😂

[@videouploads4006]

was gonna have a nap but new vid!

[@Lolcohol]

I need to sleep so badly helppppp

[@XSolaraX1]

I am going to use your build as I did last start all set to go, good luck everyone

[@fr0zeNstriKe]

For the new players dont waste too much of alchemy you'll need it for your tier6 and + maps

[@EtherSword]

Nice guide, I learned tons of stuff.

[@gecgoodpasi1654]

i come back after not playing for a while cause i wanted to keep myself from burning out before PoE 2 well this new league looks insane so im back and first time starting melee usually i went wander or ED/contagion in the old days but rly excited to league start lacerate bleed and transition into eviscerate retaliation bleed gladiator perma capping rage with the new retaliation warcry 🤣 very ambitious plans but it seems bussin

[@knaz7468]

Minor correction: [magic/rare] rustic sash + whetstone + weapon does NOT need the weapon to be magic. It can be normal/white.

[@Lolcohol]

Oh! My bad. Derp

[@МёртваяБелка]

starting galvanic arrow warden, really wanna lean into high hit-rate with double hits, dunno if it will work tho this video really helps, thank you!

[@mastery7901]

My greatest tip is to save items that have chaos resists! You will need them in Act 8 and then some early maps.

[@tmjones212]

I’m not exactly a racer but in 10 years I don’t think I’ve ever looked at my chaos res before 80. Maybe I should

[@HansT13]

What would you suggest for early freeze immunity before the pantheon upgrade? I could use purity of elements but it does come at quite an opportunity cost at 50% reservation. Immunity on utility flasks feel awful since their uptime is already pretty bad. Maybe life flasks?

[@Lolcohol]

Yeah, flasks usually, or Purity of Elements. I'm planning on using Purity of Elements early on :) Otherwise just be okay with dying to freezes sometimes lol :D

[@mattb6646]

What are you getting frozen by? Strongbox are the only thing I get frozen by in campaign and early maps and flask are fine for that. I don't even worry about it unless I'm playing HC

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

If I go endurance charges, i'm just going to save up for replica faruls or a cluster jewel. Every other generation method sounds miserable for my current build.

[@joshuahensley9395]

Well I hope you guys have fun my computer just stopped recognizing my graphics card, I couldn't even download the exe from amd to figure out the problem. I the middle of a system restore

[@Lolcohol]

Omg. No. :( Fingers crossed for you!

[@mattb6646]

Make a little nametag and put it on the gpu.. seriously though that's a bummer hope you get it sorted in time

[@austinfletcher12345]

Im on xbox lol what should i use instead of awakened poe?

[@Hillgrov]

I need some of those reci-pies :)

[@pTk91]

Cyclone gang unite, wheatstone rare rustic sash and weapon

[@mattb6646]

Magic sash works too, and the weapon base itself determines how high % you can roll, higher ilvl sash will improve it but the weapon base determines the cap... was testing it last night

[@Dubstep9935]

Nothing about Good / bad skills ? in my opinion its the most important thing :D

[@Disciple_]

I'm not seeing your leveling doc. Can you add that link?

[@Lolcohol]

Ah that's linked on my league starter video! I'm not at the PC now or I'd share it :(

[@ukdnbmarsh]

lol here we go, ive played 7000 hours in standard, this will be my First league start

[@WhatsBellow]

Your finally gonna play the game for real :D

[@ukdnbmarsh]

@@WhatsBellow testing this new currency system is what swayed me

[@seraphdreamz]

I will be going bama start of league until I know melee isn't bricked lol

[@hoilori]

Sadly quality doesn't help with elemental damage on weapons. Neither does the vendor recipe for phys damage. For bow builds you usually want to level with a bow that has flat elemental damage prefixes not physical.

[@Lolcohol]

That is true, but do remember that the physical damage you get on weapons during the campaign is still incredibly impactful, especially if you're converting it

[@Andriak2]

Yeah, good point for when your build is online and you have 200% increased elemental damage though, pops won't matter at that point.

[@mmxcrono]

The menagerie flask crafting needs flasks to be white don't they?

[@TRBN420]

im not new... i watch anyways because im still a noob with over 4k hrs ._.

[@malaktunisky3874]

I'm new to the game....what on earth is this?? How can you call this a "watch if you're new to the game and want a lightning strike build" I need a step by step of what to do and how to get there!!

[@rafakal9823]

Or you can leaguestart a necro, get carried by minions and gather leveling items etc. Then go for your melee char

[@alexkardula7471]

First :D

[@astraldreamer84]

You don't have to check list of quests to do. After campaign just typy: "passives" in dialogue window, and it shows achieved points, if there is less than 24 so you just need to do the rest.

[@mattb6646]

It even list out the quest and says if you have the point or not so you know exactly what quest you missed /passives

[@Lolcohol]

I wish it showed before you finished :( it is important to do them as you go

[@astraldreamer84]

@@Lolcohol Well this is a guide for a newbies, so it's ok.