[PoE 3.25] Lightning Strike Warden Leveling Guide (Rain of Arrows until merclab)

[@Palsteron]

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[@_0nann]

This guide is so good for a new player like me. Thanks a lot, gotta be trying this on my first ever league.

[@DuckGoat-mr9tu]

Assume you are joking but if you aren't, avoid playing this and pick something like RF by Phox or any builds Ziziran posts.

[@dzsordzsisoros685]

​@@DuckGoat-mr9tu more or less you're right bro. RF is really good, you don't need to do anything just shield charge and everything dies. It falls sort on boss dmg, possible until Sirius but after that you need invest heavily. And for Ziz's builds, I don't trust the bleed gladiator

[@justme0055MD]

@@DuckGoat-mr9tu why would this be bad for a new player?

[@Cyl444444]

@@justme0055MD lots of mechanics and understanding poe stats compared to just playing something easier

[@fredrikandersson823]

Big credits for complementing Havoc. Positive talk between you content creators is definately much more nice to hear then other rants...😂 big up Man!! Good luck on leauge Palster!!

[@titanicjack6744]

I was thinking of starting with Frost blades and did a practice run pre launch before changing my mind to go LS. Thank Christ I did otherwise I wouldn’t have known that it was so much better to start with than galvanic arrow which I tried after listening to this. I’m a noob but starting with galvanic arrow for a LS build was a terrible experience. Swapping to FB was such a relief.

[@liangdar9675]

Remember if you're using Precise Technique and Precision don't check your Accuracy in town. Precision will not be active there and you could get a misleading number.

[@Aretsue]

Praise! Thanks for the build and info Pal!

[@MrJubilee1991]

Thanks so much dude you are a legend! This will be my league starter!

[@Djassie18698]

Perfect, was watching as to what to play and then see this upload. Cheers and thanks!

[@ahsen3100]

i watched so many of your videos, this is first time i see ads in your video! wooooh this mean you are popular now! gratz for ya pal

[@marcuskarlsson1222]

I’m league starting warden with ele hit of the spectrum as wander. Will use the info here as inspritation for early leveling. Tanks for a great video and guide!

[@chrishensley8502]

In relation to acts 4-6 I think I remember GGG saying that tinctures would be available to buy from some vendors. It might be viable to go for tinctures then before barkskin.

[@bbbbb8191]

If you play curse on hit gloves/rings with defiled forces it keeps refreshing the ailments permanently, could be an easy way to reach max shock stacks on pinnacle bosses. Hextouch works too, just not mark on hit because of the duration of the marks and not refreshing itself after every hit!

[@brofst]

Hmmm, does barkskin actually count for reservation mastery 8% damage? It's not an aura or herald right?

[@Palsteron]

actually ye you're right

[@Kortiah]

Isn't the Vaal Ruins in Chamber of Sins worth using on a Vaal Lightning Strike attempt ?

[@aer0]

How to level a warden: start deadeye xdd

[@Palsteron]

toxic but true

[@harhatoxic8271]

** start LA get atlas done and see if brave LS going well

[@Jerry_Owens]

Based

[@Mike-lp9rv]

Yup still stuck in merc labs here 😂😂😂

[@iDrkTV]

At this point, I feel you're throwing in ballistas just for the meme 😂

[@HuhWhatHuhwhatHuh]

That first question, that should I play…meaning you shouldn’t play Warden is off. I’ve only played 5 or 6 builds in the 3 full seasons I’ve played, and every build is new content. There’s a ton like me. Not a big deal or anything. Just a bit of perspective.

[@johnnyrydell7561]

Can't we use the vaal ruins corrupt from campaign on an 20% LS gem to have a higher chance to get the vaal one?

[@Zylosio]

Its a normal corrupt, same as a vaal orb

[@BeeGeePi]

Why Alira instead of Kraityn (assuming softcore)? It seems like the idea is to speed through campaign as quickly as possible which Kraityn seems like he would provide a greater benefit. Regardless, love your guides and definitely running it as my league start. Thanks!

[@noiseisgold3n42]

Just fyi, i encountered a "secret" while practicing campaign yesterday. It was a hidden room in Prison floor 2, much like the kind in the Lab. It had a yellow artisan's chest, and it dropped 8 14% quality flasks, lvl 4 (the same level as my character).

[@asapBreeZy]

Cap

[@noiseisgold3n42]

@@asapBreeZy Tytykillers vid for leveling with frost blades has him discovering the same room, if you want evidence.

[@justinc1735]

Same!

[@asapBreeZy]

@@noiseisgold3n42 you’re right. I got 3 quicksilvers. Sorry I didn’t believe you bro

[@malthepedersen1687]

What about the spectre aura setup , I've yet to try it out myself as it sounds like a hazzle. Are you still planning on putting out a video for it ?

[@insertgenericnamehere7774]

Nono, my mindset is: New stuff, fun stuff! If its really bad i'll just respecc into deadeye. Warden to the moon, STONKS!

[@bawzzzz]

I'm sorry to be very annoying but can you add the leveling setup in the same POB file? It's so annoying having to juggle with so many pobs. Having just one is a blessing. And now with loadouts it's easier than ever to follow along.

[@corgicorgi2455]

@Palsteron I know this is off-topic but do you think Static Strike is still viable given the Battlemage's Cry change? If not viable anymore then I'll probably jump into this. Thanks!

[@Palsteron]

In its current form dead

[@Fandolorian]

Is this build n00b friendly? I've played 2 leagues before: exsang mines, splitting steel, ignite chieftain, cf champ, la deadeye.

[@hubdamian]

during leveling, yeah, later on gets tricky with transition.

[@trevorgrolle6029]

I really enjoyed your version of the hierophant last league. Is there anything you would do differently this league to your archmage build? Cheers

[@Palsteron]

update vid out soon!

[@kenshin_1340]

8:29 "and maybe your life is over" Pal don't call me out like this

[@andrefrauenknecht8190]

@Palsteron: Question please on the vaal lightening stike does the gem level matter i.e. do you need to have a bunch of level 20s qual 20 before vaaling or does the level not matter as much i.e. like 15 versus 20 does not matter to much ?

[@Palsteron]

gem level does not matter, you can still get it to 20.

[@Evilution382]

You can still level a Vaal'd gem so it doesn't matter too much, but if you swap from a level 15 normal LS to a level 1 Vaal'd LS you're going to lose some damage until it's leveled up, just make sure its qual20 before you attempt vaal'ing

[@repins420]

I had tons of crashes too, but managed to fix it. Try changing to directx 11, if you are using Vulkan. If that doesn't work you might have to fix some Nvidia 3D settings

[@prosamis]

Hey! Instead of LS I am going to try Reave on warden and I'm taking this leveling guide just to know what to do during acts until maps Is there anything I should look out for?

[@rubensfeitosa2202]

There was any rework on lab, how to get vaal ls with 20% on merclab?

[@FoaL1991]

"So many lucky drops that maybe your life is over" damn

[@Blaublatt101]

Will go Slayer for giga Leech (Vaal Pact) and later tapping into Endurance and Frenzy Charges. But will check out the Warden at some point

[@asapBreeZy]

Are you going more Fubgun tree or more TyTy/rue tree? I know rues is for fb, but both trees work with both skills. Fub doesn’t take the rage, or anything on the left of disciple. Fub rushes the +1 strike and precise tech, rue gets there a little later. I’m sort of thinking about starting fb and swapping to LS when I have a bit better claw and yea. Lmk if you’ve looked at both PoBs.

[@Blaublatt101]

@@asapBreeZy don't know, still testing stuff and waiting for other people from discord who Play Slayer LS

[@scaw-j]

Why go damage and crit compared to attack speed and accuracy right at the beginning on the way to Aspect of the Lynx?

[@valliant1119]

Still cannot decide which build i will starting with: bleed glad or this warden LS. Love being tankies, but also love projectiles over the screen...

[@theviper2176]

Are you still able to get marionette summons for the affliction guardian blessing thing? I thought they were sold by one of the NPCs. I've never tried spectres tho, so if they are available that's nice.

[@JoshuhaOwen]

Can get them in Ritual now.

[@AsprarN]

Thanks! Found my LS

[@allthatremainsx6]

i've never played a slayer build before so prob going with that

[@figrider]

??? This is a Warden build...

[@MLucaj]

Here i am stuck between gorathas retaliation glad and Pals LS warden. Both new because new toys are fun.

[@MLucaj]

Yeah, it's totally surprising how many people want to try new things in a video game for fun. WILD.

[@OzyPen]

which spectres do u use?

[@utmastuh]

I played lightning strike raider in 3.19 kalandra and it was fairly tanky and had ok damage. I wasn't a huge fan of it but maybe warden will make it better

[@alguem..]

Which ascendancy is better to invest a lot of currency into? Talking about at least a mirror investment

[@c-tothefourth4879]

Depends

[@agustinramirez377]

In my noob opinion, probably slayer

[@77whsbca]

My game has been crashing a bunch as well on Vulcan. Switched to DirectX12 and same thing. Swapped down to DirectX 11 and havent crashed since

[@nikolas9461]

How is the single target on this build?

[@bigplayerpl1]

how do i find lightning strike with 5 projectil or more?

[@maddic08]

possibly dumb question but where can i get the pob with all of the steps in the tree ?

[@Palsteron]

in the description, but here it is: pobb.in/sHbhrMpS8zp2

[@lucifermorningstar8621]

I had those crashes too that was so weird try chaing to directx12 insted of 11

[@chrispierce1454]

the items section in leveling pob are missing

[@TheNoxmage]

Is it really this bad just going LS from the start? What i would lose an hour or two to finish acts?

[@Palsteron]

could be good but I can't test it, this is at least safe

[@asapBreeZy]

Fubgun runs LS right at level 12. Do what you want

[@Zero_Has_Returned]

Warden all the way! whats the point in playing league start or even a new league if you dont take the risk to actually have fun tying something as major and new as new damn ascendancy! Just my opinion people can have fun anyway they wish. Good luck everyone! we all going to get day 1 divines!!!! The HYPE is REAL!!!!

[@BlackSabbahattinn]

I am realy want to try warden but I am not sure defence issue :( I also want to try simulacrum.

[@BuZzTrap]

Is the lvl of LS importent before i use the vaal orb?

[@Palsteron]

no because even at lvl 20 you couldn't get a lvl 21 AND the vaal version unless you used a double corrupt and win against crazy odds.

[@Fourside__]

bro for real the crashing has me worried alot. killing brutus after 10 minutes just to join the 40k queue gang again.. i hope not the respec u planned needs over 35 respec points, i hope at level 68 the cost isnt to high yet and we have enough gold to do it. campaign gives like 16 correct? guess it should be fine prayge

[@wiktorm4399]

can we swap from deadeye to warden without creating new character?

[@ayrtkl0l]

yes you can, u just need run any lab and respec with regrets

[@Elurahu]

That guild update ;)

[@eazy_134]

Why leveling pob don't have any gear in it?

[@Palsteron]

cause you have to use what you find

[@Sin2141]

Can melee hit and projectile hit target same time?

[@szpadelexe4395]

yes, it can. It's actually the way to get the most damage

[@scottkaczmarski5238]

Replica heatshiver it's your time buddy. May not be good but this thing has never seen the light of day till now!

[@keplerk]

Is this tree still valid?

[@Hypelloo]

where is the gear in the leveling pob? lazy

[@Palsteron]

You're probably used to RMT but most people just use what they pick up lmao

[@Hypelloo]

@@Palsteron not at all, i trade my way up to better gear, div cards can be a lot of profit. thanks for the reply, having a blast with the build

[@stevechampagne7998]

I don’t care about the exploration of a new character. Despite the warning, I’ll still blindly follow PAL’s league starter. Who else does daily updates? Nobody, that’s who

[@Palsteron]

god help me

[@utmastuh]

Several content creators do daily updates but I won't advertise for them on Pal's channel :P

[@stevechampagne7998]

@@utmastuh not in the same way. I don’t know, maybe I just don’t like how the others do it

[@jojord]

Why Alira though?!

[@TheVarithus]

Hype

[@jackyaoyum1]

But why warden/deadeye over slayer tho

[@Fourside__]

its the fun new thing, oath of winter may be very broken and the conditional from unbound should be up almost always when u need it (hard essence mob, map boss etc) also tinctures could be very good. slayer is the safer start tho for sure

[@asapBreeZy]

They’re both going to be great after the first few days if you don’t suck/have time to play. Slayer we know for sure will scale to t17 and just be a demon. Warden we need to see what’s what.

[@MrArmando180]

WELL i went Streight using the lightning strike lmao

[@V3nomR]

hey, Pob stops at the respect point ;)

[@Palsteron]

yup, I split them, people aren't used to loadouts yet lol

[@V3nomR]

@@Palsteron got it👌

[@duruzhkovivan7556]

Lighting strike boomer 💥 !

[@priotus4758]

I took LS on level 12 and didn't follow your leveling guide. It felt awful and it's all your fault. I have 17 kids and 5 wifes + work 3 jobs. You are my sworn enemy now!

[@stormbraining2842]

LOGIN

[@bbbbb8191]

You should make a video on how to identify whats bait or not, like people uploading build guides and "clear showcase" with 8 shrine buffs and hiding flasks in editing to not show a mageblood or wathever else. The PoE community is full of rats trying to screw you for some clicks

[@Palsteron]

Out of my own experience I can tell you poe youtube makes garbage money so I don't buy those "bad faith" intentions unless its an rmt site that makes its money from outside. Also I think we got enough people shitting on each other, I just wanna play the game and have fun dude

[@bbbbb8191]

Yeah I guess you're right, indeed a wholesome take

[@jakemartin5553]

There really isn't any reason to play LS Warden tbh.. If you want to "play the new content," Frost Blades with heatshiver has significantly more synergy with Warden is probably the best way to really abuse the Warden nodes. If you want to just play the meta generic best mapping skill, LS gots you covered... but all you really gain by going Warden is generic (conditional) dmg.. LS slayer will be faster, A LOT tankier, with S tier in-built recovery, and comparable *mapping dmg (Warden will likely outscale Slayer in a prolonged boss fight... if Warden doesn't get 1-tapped anyway).

[@hayom120]

true its insane not playing slayer

[@neojng]

really dont like your attitude at the start of the vid, people are just looking for reassurance most of us don't have time to roll more than one char a season.

[@JonathanJoestarJuicefest]

Is it just me or do only his videos constantly stutter?

[@nikitakhomenko7513]

Can I go dex stacking with this or this is a suicide?

[@Palsteron]

squishy town