The Fastest Way To Level! Detailed Efficient Leveling Guide - Shadow Act1 | Path of Exile

This is the fastest way to level your shadow character through act 1 no matter what build you're going for. In the future I will show more acts and different ways of branching out toward your desired builds.
I'm currently reworking my filter for the new league, sadly the filter from this video isn't available anymore.
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[@yoerivanwassenhove673]

This is amazing info, started playing recently and planning to do a proper league start for 3.11 as a miner so this video could not have come at a better time. I hope you go through all the acts with these little nuggets that make leveling much smoother

[@seanmartens8740]

This excellent video earned you a subscription. I'll be watching the whole series and practicing your tips before Gardening League. I've gotten pretty decent last two leagues but now its time to up my game to the next level. Thank you.

[@haloproductions5111]

Excellent video. Looking forward to you updated guides and filter. Heist will be my 3rd full League so I still have a ton to learn. Thanks.

[@DoctorStrange01]

I just love how some ARPGs are designed : you literally skip the campaign and run through various locations without touching the mobs like it's you just casually taking a jog through wastelands, barrens, caves full of monsters and whatnot :D PoE is indeed a speedrun simulator.

[@AzatisS]

I love your video and all the explanation you do. Really great. I have to give you a tip though. Since these videos going towards people who do not know alot about all this, take your time a bit to show what you doing like swapping/buying gems, crafting etc. You dont need to hurry that much so new people into this can see actually what you doing and memorize it. Because sometimes can look overwhelming despite your good explanation and we need to pause to be able to tell what is going on exactly. Great job nevertheless, i watched whole video without getting tired. Awesome

[@TessaroDotA]

Great video! I'm going to play with my friends this next league (Heist), and this helps a lot to start well. Thanks!

[@anathema1828]

Excellent detail here- thanks so much ♥️

[@user-xf5xb8sm5e]

I'm a guy who takes 3day to complete 10acts. Especially, uses 3~5 hours in Act1. It's a hell of guild for me. Lightening Dmg. recipe was a hell of magic!

[@Kerotos]

If you want a really good league start just train little bit. What i did what i create a character and run act 1 then next character again act 1 that about 5 times. after that 5x act 2 and so on. After that you need max. of 8 hours for act 1-10. Also you written guides with step by step guides for the first runs.

[@karlsolitario8013]

very helpful! cant wait for the rest of the chapters

[@Kerotos]

A guide for the filter would be great. I always do my own filter for late game etc. but never made my own league start filter for my pref. colors etc. Maybe add a chaos recipe filter because lots of ppl dont know how to do that and how good it is the first 3 days of a league start.

[@NavexEU]

Alot of nice and helpful tips. Thanks for making it

[@neverhook]

Very nice and informative vid, subscribed!

[@patriciol6402]

Wow amazing, really helpful. Keep on!!

[@brandenmccarney5065]

I'm new to PoE. You had my interest...now you have my attention. Subbed!

[@wackyt.bobcat7576]

thanks i was starting on the game and the shadow was really interesting character but seem complex so i decide to look this guide before trying

[@velajueljager5314]

thx a lot for all this information, and tips ^^

[@tartaros5324]

exelent video - still working very nice - all very nice explained - big ty

[@efharistopoli6346]

why is this guy not viral i play this game since 2013 but the shit he says even teaches me in some stuff

[@mariuszel759]

Soothing voice, subbed!

[@Azula777]

I have no idea what im doing and this is really helping thanks alot!

[@bizzhat]

you´re not alone. I´m bumbling around since half a year and barely managed lvl 28 in Act 2. all these builds / guides are super advanced.. finally something relatively simply explained!

[@theReZk2ll]

good guide, I would love to see more like what to do at act2, 3, 4

[@lucasrodrigues4640]

Nice content :D Keep it up

[@joheosb]

1st time playing today . I'm sure I will be loving this game.I will take time to learn this game .

[@MsanaGeek]

liked and subscribed great tutorial, even if i consider myself decent, doing 4-5h act 10, i still learned alot of stuff in this video, you never find videos were someone explain how racers really do it, great job. can you explain the trick that you do with vendors you click and move away, i still cant do that, maybe in a seperate video, plz thnx

[@jantreseler1759]

Really great Work, ty! Can you tell me where I get get your updated Itemfilter once it is prepared for Harvest?

[@ra1lbkachannel954]

thanks for new one, everywhere old guides

[@MrRedChap]

Master of recipe. I so need to learn a bit of them. I started SSF in 3.11 and your video gonna help me a lot with the Harvest League. I planned to start with a Templar. What is your suggestion about the starting skill?

[@louisbock1181]

Hey, thanks for the video! Is the new filter available?

[@MrHighst]

Awesome work! Could we please get a link with the new item filter?

[@idlefritz]

excellent tutorial

[@wblegend3451]

Great guide, watched all the vids. Could you update the google drive, since it's missing a few loot sounds it just turns the filter into a default no filter.

[@KevinJL777_WDFA]

Please do all characters if you haven't already. I really appreciate your videos. I just started poe about 6 weeks ago. Thank you again

[@RafeCCC]

Has the loot filter been taken out of the description or is it somewhere else? New one coming... I think!

[@josepartida1711]

Wow you showed me a lot. I had no idea about that ring recipe. I play fighting games mostly so ARPGs are practically unknown to me. PoE content that says is geared for beginners i still find hard to understand. I die a lot to the bosses.

[@Moozerty]

For someone who is a slow leveler [it takes me few hours even with twink gear], what would be the best "upgrade" for increasing my leveling speed? Learning map layouts?

[@AsmodeusClips]

Layouts are actually not that important and take very long to learn. The most important thing is to have a plan and know ahead of time where and which gems you'll be getting and what links you need for them. Knowing which orbs you need for which craft and actively collecting them on the go. That will speed you up the most. Other than that, learn to check your resists and manage your items while running and think about what you need next so that when you shop at NPC you already know what you're looking for.

[@Moozerty]

@@AsmodeusClips That makes sense. It's frustrating to me that sometimes I literally have to clear entire map before I find entrance to another location because idk what to look for. Especially in dungeon-like locations

[@Fraya2]

@@Moozerty For most zones though you can tell the general direction you're aiming for, and you just keep going in that direction. You can just open your waypoint map and if the next zone is northeast of where you are, you will just generally have to move northeast. The only act that's a real exception to that rule is A1. For A6+, there's almost no zone that you don't progress in a straight line in the direction laid out on the waypoint map, complicated layouts are almost exclusive to the older content GGG made, like Vaal Ruins, Upper Prison, Caverns of Wrath.

[@Xebtria]

The most important part of leveling quick is three things: a) do not kill everything. in fact, kill as few things as possible. Kill only these things: big packs of monsters, blue packs of monsters, strong boxes. Do NOT kill any unique monsters unless you need them for progress. While you should kill as few things as possible, do not skip big packs, and if you decide to kill a pack, do actually kill it. if you only damage them to 10% hp, they won't give any XP. At the same time, if you have a pack of 15 monsters and you killed 12 of them and three are left with 40% xp, that's the time where you do not kill the remaining ones and rather move on. b) Do not stop moving. play a skill that does damage while you move for leveling. Of course, this is depending on what build you're leveling but try to get a level setup with this property. c) the hideout/town is lava. spend as little time as possible in town or in hideout. follow these three things as much as possible, and your leveling speed will increase tremendously.

[@djJaXx101]

One of the biggest advantages I discovered was simply: *Set your inventory button to space* Remove/move your "switch weapons" key from x to something away from space bar (avoid accidently switch weapons) Like he mentions in the video, most of the time is gained from being able to manage inventory whilst moving, so being able to open and close inventory very easily is essential. The "i" key was a pain, often I would miss "i" or lose my hand placement when I returned to spells and movement keys. With Space key for inventory, you never need to move your hand. other tips: - Boss of first zone always drops RGB (place in offhand to level odd colour gems) - Search "nn" for the only boots with speed early = runners boots (sellers change loot each time you level)

[@LuBre]

Make a Ranger speedleveling guide and I will subcribe my entire family, my friends, my kids, my parents, my neighbors. Great video, great guide, bravo!

[@almiser]

Well, play caustic arrow and toxic rain, from the beginning to the end, with war banner and ballista on the act 1, drop both ban and ballista after. Craft damage whenever you can on everything you can (rings, bow, amulet) without being 0 on resistances, to maximize Toxic Rain damage, while you mirage archer your caustic. Upgrade your bow, whenever you can, take optimal gem setup, despair curse, withering step/wither totem setup, malevolence. And that's it. Path your tree accordingly for bow DoT, and the HP/Eleres you need at your act. Practice, do it again, 4 hours~ achieved.

[@Gashdal]

wow, seriously? you aren't going to subscribe your dog too? get fucking real.

[@JaimicoCL]

Amazing vídeo! Where can I download a good filter like that one?

[@michaellohmann4801]

Nice video, I'd love to see the other acts. Regarding the loot filter: where do I have to put the sound files?

[@AsmodeusClips]

in the same folder as the loot filter

[@michaellohmann4801]

@@AsmodeusClips Well, I'm getting an error message: "Line 5531: Invalid sound filepath "Yea 3.mp3". And that file is indeed missing in the Google Drive folder.

[@rodna16]

Hey Asmo sorry to bother you with filter stuff I'm sure it's getting tiring by now, however I've grown quite fond of the filter sounds while practicing this build and I'd like to keep using them for future filters. I'd like to use a sound file for each type of currency, does the original source include these aswell? If so could you please point me to where you've got them or if it's 'homemade' and those sounds exist is there a chance I could get a link to the whole thing? Love your videos, good luck on leaguestart

[@AsmodeusClips]

Thanks, I've made my loot filters and all of their custom sounds available for Patreon supporters. The sounds are recorded by my partner and me and if you're interested you can find them here: www.patreon.com/asmodeuspatreon

[@jacobjack1865]

How are you able to use your mouse while running? Even if I bind a key it still follows the cursor.

[@mathsLaw]

Great video. I skip Dweller of the Deep, Fairgraves etc till maps.

[@tcpsn4ke]

Hi @asmodeus is there a way we can get your filter?

[@keithrotello9469]

Will the filter be available for Harvest?

[@silverhaong]

The sound files not match with filter, so you need to fix 2 places: chisel, and swearing. Basically change the sound file name from "chisel 2" to "chisel" and "searing 1" to "swearing" (or swearing 2 to swearing). Make sure you guys patse sound files on "\My Games\Path of Exile", not the "My Games\Path of Exile\OnlineFilters"

[@aliasKalessin]

Why are you not using the Arc-Mine setup for merveil?

[@critterdale2000]

do you have a written guide somewhere that describes key things from the video?

[@AsmodeusClips]

I don't since this video is just me commentating my run. It's an accumulation of knowledge that would take a lot to write down since a lot of it is also situational

[@critterdale2000]

@@AsmodeusClips True. was thinking maybe just which skill links are important to get at which points, etc. I can watch it and write some notes for myself, np. Thanks for doing this

[@Tigermann]

Asmodeus could u do a POB (step by step) for the act's?

[@TheGamerDue]

Yo I didnt even realize that the support gems only support the linked sockets, I thought it supported everything automatically, haha thanks

[@TheAaronpope007]

Can you repost your filter when completed please? Thanks

[@overshare7]

Can u do this for all the chars? I would like to see for melee tree side and such. Specially before the start of the new league in 15 days

[@dinisd6820]

Of course, just focus on getting leap slam and either 1 or 2 handed weapons. OOS and FB are super strong but you can try Sunder and it should be equally quick until it starts following off at act3 without some weapon upgrades.

[@atayo490]

are you going to do these for every act

[@AsmodeusClips]

Yupp, more acts from this run with explanations are coming in the next videos

[@alphabetsupes]

If I find Smoke Mine REALLY annoying to use, how much time am I losing by skipping it? It shares a CD with flame dash, so am I "close enough" to the same speed if I'm only using Flame Dash? I know I won't be able to do some of the skill jumps in later acts but i'm okay with that.

[@AsmodeusClips]

I remember racers saying that they shaved off like 20 minutes off their runs when they started using it

[@alphabetsupes]

@@AsmodeusClips 20 mins off a10 kitava?

[@alphabetsupes]

Also, thanks so much for your awesome detailed guides for us n00bs. I have shaved almost 20 minutes off just act 1 since i started learning this guide :)

[@plexim1591]

Is this only viable for Shadow?

[@proxwoj]

what to buy to have increased movement speed after using frosblink in 8:41

[@TheDontbeEvil]

will there be a new loot filter for harvest league soon, launch day?

[@AsmodeusClips]

I'm working on one but I'm not sure if I'm making it public yet

[@user-jb7jl1cf4c]

How did you use quicksilver flask on lvl 3?? Minimum lvl for it is 4

[@dominikbade9674]

Hi, its possible you could do a video for marauders too?

[@demoneyesjosh]

Help me out what do you put in your gear you go to fast I can’t really see what you’re putting in but

[@feelfree8253]

I cant get Blue Blue Green twice at the start what do I have to do?

[@virtualvegan7376]

Your loot filter sounds are hard to remove. Is there any way i can revert them all back to regular easily? i tried to manually do them but exalts sounds sound like a divine.

[@AsmodeusClips]

You'd have to manually assign the exalt sound to whatever you want on filterblade

[@xTheSnuppi]

Hey guys, i want to Start with ED+Contagion (like i did last League). Do you think its already toptier or nah? My thought is, that i wont start with an Build that is 'good', while others have 'op'-leaguestarter (strombrand and so on). An Advice and some short details would be nice! :) Thank you and good drops!

[@AsmodeusClips]

ED+Contagion has been a little bit nerfed in the early game because of the passive tree changes and a lot nerfed in the end game because of the cluster changes. VD Spellslinger is a better leaguestart

[@xTheSnuppi]

@@AsmodeusClips thanks Dude for your answer. What is dv spellslinger and do you have a guide

[@hdjghasgaj]

What you really want is blu blu blu blu green blu blu but you need at least blu blu green blu blu blu blu green blu blu blu

[@danielevianini4522]

Hy guys one question, how do u set up move only? cause if i put that on another key(t for example) when i open menu and wave around with mouse my char change direction, stopping and going back, how does he manage to still go ahead ? i'm ignoring an option? Thankss

[@AsmodeusClips]

You have to tap the key and then release it if you wanna move the mouse instead of holding it down. Only press it when your mouse is pointing to where you wanna move and do stuff in between . It takes a while to learn ;)

[@collinklinkowsky4420]

got that loot filter?

[@lucasanzio119]

Hei dude can you share your new loot filter for new season?

[@sasuak]

amazing video..... but your sound is too low

[@dragon501000]

Hi, I just started playing this game 4 days ago and how do you make the loot color coded?

[@AsmodeusClips]

filterblade.xyz you can get a loot filter from there and customize it

[@x3zer0]

where can find the shadow lvl filter?

[@kyleguy2305]

Why does he lock the 1 gem to not level it? And how do you use the mines? When I tried to level a shadow and use mines it literally didnt do any dmg.. Do you have to proc it by killing something or what.

[@AsmodeusClips]

I don't level arcane surge because of how it interacts with other spells. If you level it, you have to spend more mana to trigger it with the active spell it supports. For mines, you first throw it by using the mine skill you picked and then detonate using the "D" by default or whatever you bound your Detonate Mines to (it's in the keybind options)

[@kyleguy2305]

@@AsmodeusClips thank you! Love the videos man!

[@TheJustinside]

i wish you had a path of building for this.

[@TwoDogsFighting]

REally informative video, but I had to max out my audio levels. It's just a bit quiet.

[@sagngameplay]

had to check comments to see if it was only me lol

[@YoungSperm]

As far as a guide, not the best since it's hard to see what all he's clicking, gotta keep rewinding or trying to pay attention to what he says lol

[@angryteapod1765]

i level him through toxic rain its easy that way too!.

[@CoreyAReeves]

i love blue blue blue boots!~~~

[@guidzis]

this holds up for 3.14?

[@janb.6434]

It would be so much more helpfull, if you could take more time pointing out, which skillgems we have to switch and link at which level and to put to leveling in offhand. In the video these steps are super fast and hard to see. :(

[@chestpoe3880]

I have the exact same thoughts. Might be difficult to edit the video now, so perhaps can put up a note to say which gem to start with, what to swap and so on and so forth. Thanks for making such a video.

[@birish21]

Do what I do, make your own path of building based off his videos. Rewind until you catch what he is doing and add notes to your path of building. That way you are not trying to follow his video while leveling. To be honest there are a lot of good miner step by step builds out there, the early focus is on getting the right sockets and crafting your wands.

[@TheLittlemojo1]

Some of the sounds aren't included in the google drive, so the filter isn't working :(

[@AsmodeusClips]

I'll check it and update the drive later today

[@panpatys]

@@AsmodeusClips It doesnt work for me too. Seams liek some audios are missing.

[@TheDman11111]

tfw no leveling filter in the description

[@MrViktors]

Pob exist for this lvling?

[@jeffshoemaker9817]

Just started playing this game last week, and I am playing completely wrong. haha

[@zerof1593]

Still good?

[@nathanlewis2676]

Is there a passive tree PoB for this build?

[@nathanlewis2676]

Found it on second video pastebin.com/RLf1XChZ here for anyone else wanting to find it!

[@quantumpanic]

why stormblast mine with lesser poison? is it because it has less mana modifier?

[@AsmodeusClips]

For the extra damage, there is nothing better for the first few levels

[@detemegandy]

Why don't put your filter public on you poe profile?

[@dastiore6589]

Is ranger a good class?

[@AsmodeusClips]

yes

[@matthewhendricks648]

"Wonderful map.mp3" is making the filter not work for me, right? is anyone else having this problem?

[@matthewhendricks648]

That's a good map.mp3

[@matthewhendricks648]

I had to delete all the .mp3 "custom" references before this filter would load for me, bruh.

[@matthewhendricks648]

I was tired last night and didn't read the next paragraph in your description... Perhaps the custom sound is fine for your personal use but should be removed when you're giving it to small brains like me.

[@mayaki2406]

13:41 don't do that the first day of league or you will find yourself in a logging queue xD Edit: Btw noob question here, does someone know if you can keep the level scrolls from mission rewards without open? so you can open them when the levelling up is hard, kinda an off-topic question of this video, but would like to know, haven't played in some leagues.

[@AsmodeusClips]

Going to character selection does not put you back in the queue. That would only happen if you logged out ;) As per your question, do you mean the skill point books? There is no reason to not use them, they just give you a passive skill point.

[@mayaki2406]

@@AsmodeusClips Oh nice to know, thought that would also put you back in the queue. About the skill books I know they useful for fast levelling but if someone don't mind to keep them till high level then maybe it is worth, no idea if they can be placed inside the storage, if I remember correctly no, but I'm not sure.

[@AsmodeusClips]

@@mayaki2406 You don't gain anything by not using them, you either get extra skill point or you don't and there is no reason to not use them ;)

[@wowandrss]

Wish you went over skills/passives, you do everything so fast it's not possible to follow unless you already know everything beforehand :/

[@thangnofuture]

How can i do this on ps4

[@beasthaven1571]

Exactly

[@RickBomhof]

Spellsinger Ed + c is probably the fastest

[@boiohsupreme5540]

how the hell do u do so much damage

[@ogodogobogo]

Do not logout to save time on fresh league start! Never!

[@JoelChenFa]

why?

[@walterwhite237]

@@JoelChenFa You can get waiting for log in and rip fast level.

[@Majindro]

You can go back to character selection safely, just do not log out.

[@mariogomez6478]

Can u pls tell me how to filter it on ps4

[@edgarssostaks9934]

Can anyone give explanation for that socket color choice at the beginning (BBB, BBG)? Is it specifically for Shadow/this build?

[@Twitch_Fox]

So, he's doing a miner in this build which is why he needed the BBB and BBG linkages. If for instance you're doing a CA Trickster you'd want a different setup for early links.

[@mpam002]

@@Twitch_Fox where i can find what colour choice i should make for each build?

[@Twitch_Fox]

@@mpam002 Hmm, I'd ask the guy making the video honestly. I would figure if you're doing a melee build you'd probably hit RRR or RRG, Ranged builds ususally GGR or GGB maybe even GGG and then Spells would most likely be BBG or BBB depending on what skill and supports you're using. IE: If I was making a necro I'd take SRS Melee Splash and Minion Damage for a BRB setup.

[@lokeleenP]

Iv gone for trap and mine skills for my Shadow with dagger or a sword

[@christophermott7521]

I can't find the onslaught gem.

[@Red_Salmond]

blu blu blu

[@efharistopoli6346]

it seems that i cant download your lootfilter for some reason

[@AsmodeusClips]

I'm working on a new one for the next league, it will be ready in a few days ;)

[@birish21]

@@AsmodeusClips Where will you be posting the filter? I tried to make my own but I def feel that I am missing something.

[@efharistopoli6346]

@@birish21 Please let us know when you done making the new loot filter and give us an easier way to downlaod it please

[@birish21]

@@efharistopoli6346 It's not my loot filter lol. Still waiting on him to post his.

[@siwiutki1987]

Great video and guide but man your voice is make me want go sleep idk why.