[2.0] YeahPete's Hardcore Elemental Molten Striker | custom Loot Filter | Affordable

If you have specific video requests please let me know and I'll work on it. Newest videos are at the top of the list.


75 Plateau Map
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhIjo-al8SY&feature=youtu.be

72 Pier Map
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjUz0FEjkkI&feature=youtu.be

71 Spider Forest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBFKbG9AEEA&feature=youtu.be

72 Underground Sea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU_ATjtZbUM&feature=youtu.be

Promenade Map - lvl 71
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrlgvHeCF0s&feature=youtu.be

Zana Pier Map - lvl 70
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANX649o7ctQ&feature=youtu.be

Quick Tropical Map - End of map w/ double boss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzURTpXGE3A&feature=youtu.be

How I Gain Wealth in PoE - 1 hour ends at merciless daresso kill
https://youtu.be/J7tLyQPhqsw

Dual Claw Molten Strike Attack Techniques - 24 mins
https://youtu.be/KICNqR9KYv0

Gear Setup Levels 1-85
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq77ltmJ7KY&feature=youtu.be

Gem Setups Levels 1-85
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gAiblH3iEA&feature=youtu.be

Passive Tree Levels 1-85
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMZ9Qn2M3SM&feature=youtu.be

Tempest League Merciless Brutus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWEeNXH8DLQ&feature=youtu.be

Tempest League Cruel Malachai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e1hPTmb3Jk&feature=youtu.be

Tempest League Cruel Shavronne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PnOXCczdeo&feature=youtu.be

Tempest League Cruel Deodre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS6KXc9u1Ns&feature=youtu.be

Tempest League Cruel Maligro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN9GBALxU2s&feature=youtu.be

Tempest League Cruel Daresso
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-OwDV701SQ&feature=youtu.be
Did not know my Mic works. I'll do a build video tonight if I can.

Tempest League Cruel Koam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsWvtuUH7s8&feature=youtu.be

Previous Leagues

This is a rags to riches build. Simply follow my guide at the start of any new challenge league (preferably Hardcore because stuffs way cheaper and many people die needing more items), and you will easily be able to do end game content without breaking the bank, dieing, and make a ton of loot in the process! What I did was utilize (what I believe to be) the best game mechanics to our advantage. This build is so good I almost did not want to share it with you all (and there are copies of my build popping up just look at the thread creation date). Every exceptional item can easily be traded for loot that you find in the challenge league just use my loot filter and follow my guide step by step. You can also be duelist but ranger looks best w/ claws imo. Your also a badass cuz U tank merciless Haaste Unrelenting Frost, ect. while everyone else in your party runs like a bitch / rip's.

I used this build in the Flashback Hardcore league and was able to tank practically everything while mapping with ALL MODS with mostly self-found gear.

So what mechanics do we utilize and why?

Multiple Auras
Multiple Auras are what we use to do damage instead of relying on our weapon. They allows us to do plenty of damage through the game without having to worry too much about upgrading weapons.

Acrobatics & Phase Acrobatics
It's like holding a shield without holding a shield. For a few passive points you get 40% Chance to dodge attacks and 30% chance to Dodge Spells. What I believe to be the most powerful cluster in the passive tree.

Shield
I now recommend a shield due to the physical dmg boost mobs received.

Life on Hit
Life on hit from claws no longer double dips :( but we still get plenty of leech. So... w/ 30 life on hit. 2 Hits. 10 Attacks Per Second. 600 Life leech per second for a single enemy.

Molten Strike
This skill was made for life on hit and elemental. Every molten ball is AOE and can hit multiple enemies. Throw in Point blank and now each ball does 60% of weapon damage and can hit multiple enemies without any support gems! It may take a second to hit the ground but it's damage is unsurpassed. Tooltip damage should be doubled for the balls damage. Again, a single ball can hit 4 enemies!

Curses
I changes this to now only use a single curse. We evade a lot more enemies and don't get hit as much. Now we kill many enemies before we even curse them, so dual curses is no longer recommended.

Elemental Scaling
The trick to effective scaling is to have an equal amount of *MORE damage and *INCREASED damage. The more out of balance this becomes, the less effective those mods become. Our damage is very effective without pumping all our points into damage passive points because getting over 100% weapon elemental damage is easily obtainable from Amulet 30%, Ring 30%, Belt 30%, Weapon 1: 20%, Weapon 2: 20%, total: +130% ele dmg. As you can see, no elemental passive are even needed because gear allows over 100% increased elemental damage which is already over the "more" multiplier thus becoming less effective.

Damage Reduction
I overlap multiple forms of % damage reduction because I play hardcore and I don't fancy death. We utilize Fortify, Enfeeble, Arctic Armour, and Endurance Charges. All of these overlap and you will take survivable damage without having to worry about armor and evasion mods, it's given and cast automatically through your skill gems which means more time to be spent attacking.
*We must now self-cast enduring cry.

HP
We spec alot into hp, and if you get jewels, I highly recommend hp. I don't care how much evasion or blind you have, eventually you get hit and with Moore's Law, it will be the hit that can kill you. The solution, enough HP to tank most of the attacks in the game. Can anyone actually survive the merciless Malachai Slam. I'm not about to try, if your softcore go for it.

Take note that many re-spec points will be used during the duration of this build so don't forget to do the re-stat quests. You can skip those points if you want to risk having no passive resists for some time. This guide is based off starting from scratch in a new league.


8 Points - Straight to Primal SPirit
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwIBAF4ILhmOJJ1iWpuN037tgw==


24 Points Heart of Oak and Phase Acrobatics
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwIBAF4ILhmOI_YknTBxMHw6Qkt4TZJRR2JafXWNfY2_m42jitN-1CPdqO2D7g7vev66


40 Points Grab the Goods en route to Trickery
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwIBAF4FtQguD6sWvxmOI_YknSaVMHEwfDY9N9Q6Qkt4TZJRR1VLYeJiWmKsbIxtbH11jDaNfY2_m42dqqOKtMXC7NN-1CPdqO0_7YPuDu96_ro=


57 Points Point Blank, Cloth and Chain, Golems Blood
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwIBAF4ILg-rFHUVIBa_GYoZjiP2JIsknSaVMHEwfDY9N9Q6Qkt4TZJRR1VLW69eRWHiYlpirGyMbWx9dYw2jX2Nv5LzlwabjZ2qo4qkwq_ru-PDOsSi037UI90N3ajtP-2D7g7vevaj-uv-ug==


64 Points Art of the Gladiator, Bravery, Master of the Arena
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwIBAF4ILg2ND6sUdRUgFr8ZihmOGbQj9iSLJJ0mlS2DMHEwfDY9N9Q6Qkd-Sn1LeE2SUUdVS1uvXkVh4mJaYqxlTWegbIxtbH11hNmHdow2jX2Nv5LzlwabjZ2qo4qkwq_ru-O9Nr6nwzrEotN-1CPdDd2o45_tP-2D7g7vevaj-uv-ug==


78 PointsThick Skin, Graceful Assault, Frenzy Charges
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwIBAF4B3AguDY0PqxR1FSAWvxmKGY4ZtCP2JIsknSaVLYMwcTB8NZI2PTfUOkJHfkp9S3hNklFHVUtbr15FYeJiWmKsZU1noGyMbWxyw3fjeA19dYTZh3aMNo19jb-S85cGm42dqqOKpMKpbqsLr-u18rvjvTa-p8AawzrEoswG037UI9i93Q3dqOOf7T_tg-4O73r2o_rr_ro=

91 Points Shield Nodes
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwIBAF4FLQW1CC4JMwzyDY0PqxR1FSAWvxjbGY4ZtCFgI_YknSaVLIUs6S2DL8wwcTB8Nj031DpCOq094j7PQKBEnka3R35I7kkPSn1LeE1GTZJRR1O7VUtaGluvYeJiWmKsZU1sjG1sb4R07XTxd9d67311hNmGs4d2jDaNfY2_m42dqqOKpMKly7TFvTa95r6nwYLC7NE202_TftQj1y3YYN0N3ajiLOOf7T_tg-4O73r2o_66_xw=


96 Points - Pick up Crit Nodes
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwIBAF4FLQW1CC4JMwzyDY0PqxR1FSAWvxjbGY4ZtCFgI_YknST9JpUppSoLLIUs6S2DL8wwcTB8Nj031DpCOq094j7PQKBEnka3R35I7kkPSn1LeE1GTZJRR1O7VEdVS1oaW69h4mJaYqxlTWyMbWxvhHBSdO108XfXeu99dYTZhrOHdonTjAuMNo19jb-bjZ2qo4qkwqXLpr60xbl8u-O9Nr3mvqfBgsLsxKLRNtNv037UI9ct2GDdDd2o4izjn-dU7LDtP-2D7g7vevaj_rr_HP_e

99 Points - Elemental Focus and Crit Nodes
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwIBAF4FLQW1CC4JMwzyDY0PqxR1FSAWvxjbGY4ZtCFgI_YknST9JpUqCyyFLOktgy_MMHEwfDY9N9Q6QjqtPeI-z0CgRJ5Gt0d-SO5JD0p9S3hNRk2SUUdTu1RHVUtaGluvYeJiWmKsZU1sjG1sb4RwUnTtdPF313rvfXWE2Yazh3aJ04w2jX2Nv5uNnaqjiqTCpcumvrTFvTa95r6nwYLC7NE202_TftQj1y3YYN0N3ajiLOOf51TtP-2D7g7vevaj_rr_HP_e

106 - HP/ ES Nodes
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwIBAF4FLQW1CC4JMwzyDY0PqxR1FSAWvxjbGY4ZtCFgI_YknST9JpUqCyyFLOktgy_MMHEwfDY9N9Q6QjqtPeI-z0CgRJ5Gt0d-SO5JD0p9S3hNRk2SUUdTu1RHVUtaGluvYeJiWmKsZU1sjG1sb4RwUnTtdPF313rvfXWE2Yazh3aJ04w2jX2Nv5uNnaqjiqTCpcumvrTFvTa95r6nwYLC7NE202_TftQj1y3YYN0N3ajiLOOf51TtP-2D7g7vevaj_rr_HP_e

115Points claw and crit / accuracy nodes
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwIBAF4FLQW1CC4JMwzyDY0PqxR1FSAWvxjbGY4ZtCFgI_YknST9JpUqCyyFLOktgy_MMHEwfDY9N9Q6QjqtPeI-z0CgRJ5Gt0d-SO5JD0p9S3hNRk2SUUdTu1RHVUtaGluvYeJiWmKsZU1sjG1sb4RwUnTtdPF313rvfXWE2Yazh3aJ04w2jX2Nv5uNnaqjiqTCpcumvrTFvTa95r6nwYLC7NE202_TftQj1y3YYN0N3ajiLOOf51TtP-2D7g7vevaj_rr_HP_e

*In 2.0 you can now purchase gems from vendors. A problem with this though is, as you level, the vendor gems also level so you need to purchase all the gems you will need at level 1 before you progress to the next Act. I made the mistake of buying these gems too late and am stuck with higher Cast when Damage Taken setups. I will list the Required gems and Acts here:

PURCHASE THESE GEMS BEFORE PROGRESSING TO FINAL BOSS OF THAT ACT
A1: None
A2: Blood Rage
A3: Enfeeble x2 : Your going to have to trade for these
A4: Cast When Damage Taken x3, Phase Run

GEMS THAT I ENDED UP PURCHASING TO MAKE PROGRESSION EASIER
A1: Riposte
A2: Herald of Thunder, Enduring Cry, Blood Rage, Arctic Armour, Weapon Elemental Damage
A3: Enfeeble x2, Wrath, Blood Magic x3, Fortify, Innervate
A4: Cast When Damage Taken x3, Phase Run, Multistrike

*Everything is listed in what I believe to be the order of importance for linking the games
*Obviously stuff will be mvoed around alot while leveling and this is just what I believe is the best setup until we swap over to the templar side of the tree.
HELM
1. R: Blood Magic - We have no mana
2. R: Enduring Cry - get some endurance charges for bosses
3. G: Whirling Blades - Move quickly and proc fortify buff
4. R: Fortify - fortify is a melee must

ARMOR
1. R: Molten Strike - Hit multiple enemies multiple times for insane life on hit
2. R: Multistrike - greatly increase attack speed
3. R: Weapon Elemental Damage - more multiplier on elemental damage
4. R: Blood Magic - get rid of using mana
5. G: Faster Attacks - attack and leech much quicker
6. G: Greater Multiple Projectiles - more leech and damage

GLOVES
1. R: Cast on Damage Taken - proc spells when your hit
2. B: Enfeeble - take less damage
3. B: Elemental Weakness // Assassins Mark // Molten Shell
4. G: Vaal Haste // Vaal Double Strike // phase run

BOOTS
1. R: Vengence // CwDT
2. R: Stun // B: Firestorm
3. R: Endurance on Melee Stun // G: Culling Strike
4. B: Power Charge on Critical // Innervate

WEAPON 1
1. R: Cast on Damage Taken
2. R: Ice Golem - Hit & Crit Chance
3. G: Blood Rage - attack speed and more damage!

WEAPON 2
1. G: Arctic Armour - defense
2. B: Wrath - lightning damage
3. B: Herald of Thunder - lightning damage

SWITCH
*other weapons to level random gems

Helm (Alpha's Helm)
1. Arctic Armor // Herald of Ice
2. Wrath
3. Anger
4. Herald of Thunder

Armor
1. Molten Strike
2. Multistrike
3. Weapon Elemental Damage
4. Faster Attacks
5. Critical Chance
6. Blood Magic

Gloves
1. Leap Slam
2. Fortify
3. Faster Attacks
4. Blood Magic

Boots (experiment whichever setup is best for you.)
*note if you do the last setup shown here, do 2nd setup on claw.
1. Vengence // CwDT // CwDT (level 1)
2. Culling Strike // Firestorm // Enfeeble
3. Power Charge on Critical // Culling Strike // Assassins Mark
4. Innervate // Innervate // Molten Shell

Weapon 2 (Rare Claw)
*note do 2nd setup if you do the last setup on the boots.
1. Cast on Damage Taken (level 1) // Blood Magic
2. Enfeeble // Enduring Cry
3. Assassins Mark // Enfeeble

Weapon 1 (Soul Taker Siege Axe)
1. Cast when Damage Taken (1/3 of hp)
2. Fire Golem
3. Blood Rage

Unset Ring
1. Vaal Haste // Vaal Double Strike
*whichever works better for you

Normal Gear:
Just use whatever 4L items you can find and transmute/alt minimum +20hp to each item. Utilize whatever gems that drop until A4 Normal where you will setup your char for the 1st time.

Cruel Gear: - I used mostly this gear from A3 Norm to A4 Cruel. will be upgrading before progression to Koam and Duresso


Merciless Gear: - At lvl 64 I swapped over to Merciless Gear. You should be able to progress all the way through Merciless w/ this gear. Here's the stats:
HP: 3,582
Resists: 120,180,135,0
Tooltip DPS w/ Fire Golem Wrath, HoT: 7,994
Tooltip DPS w/ Frenzy Charges: 9,958
Estimated DPS w/ Balls: 17k.
Not bad for lvl 64.


Here's what I respecced to:



Legacy Gear

*Statwise HP is what you need on everything. Since you are melee you need a high hp pool to prevent getting 1-shot be hard hitters such as Vaal and Dom. Capping ele resists are the second priority. After that, your damage mods will be important such as additional weapon elemental damage and speed. Armor is needed least because of both acrobatics and the cast when damage taken setup.

Helm
Alpha's Howl - now required to achieve 4 aura's
or
(Rare)
Life - we need all the hp we can get to tank
Tri Resist - more resists on gear = less resists on tree
Armor / Evasion - we need defenses
Strength - more hp / dmg

Chest
Belly of the Beast - gives us the most hp.
or a (rare) Life, Tri-Res, Armor / evasion, Strength / Dex


Gloves: - Rare
Life - prefix
Attack Speed - suffix
Dual Res - suffix
Elemental Damages - we need more damage prefix

Boots
Life - Prefix
Tri Res - suffix
Movespeed - prefix
Armor / Evasion - Prefix

Belt
Life - Prefix
Tri Res - Suffix
Weapon Ele Dmg - Prefix
Armor Rating - Prefix


Weapons (Claws w/ Life on Hit - Imperial Claws look to be the best for 2.0)
Attack Speed - local suffix - we want this to attack fast
Weapon Ele Dmg - global Prefix - boosts all elemental damage for attacks
Two elemental damages - local prefix - no good global prefixes :(
Critical Multiplier - global suffix- Nice boost to crit multiplier
Resists - global suffix - if you get resists on weapons, this allows for additional offensive stats on gear (mainly +ele dmg on rings and ammy's)

Soul Taker Siege Axe
This is not required but gives a nice damage boost. Also lets us remove blood magic gem and use leap slam

Amulet
Life - the more hp the better
All Stats - intel to use gems, strength for hp/dmg, and dex for accuracy
Resists
Weapon elemental damage
elemental damages

Rings
Life
Resists
Weapon Elemental Damage
Elemental Damages

Flasks
1.) Instant Recovery / Dispell Frozen
2.) Instant Recovery / Dispell Bleeding
3.) Instant Recovery / Dispell Shock
4.) Regen / Dispell Curse
5.) Speed Flask for those fast mobs

Imperial Claw (Rare)
Prefix Suffix
36% Weapon Ele Dmg 27% Attack Speed
5-115 Lightning Dmg 38% Critical Chance
30-72 Fire Dmg 38% Critical Multiplier


Helm, Alpha's (Unique)
Prefix Suffix
30% Cold Resistance

Chest, Belly of the Beast (Unique)
Prefix Suffix
Max HP + 40% All Resist +12%

Boots, Armor / Eva (Rare) VAAL'd - 5% Move Speed
Prefix Suffix
Move Speed 30% 30% Chaos Res
89 HP 45 Res
Armor / Eva / Stun Recovery 45 Res

HP Belt(Rare)
Prefix Suffix
99 HP 30% Chaos Resist
36% Weapon Ele Dmg 45 Res
400 Armor 45 Res

Gloves, Armor / Eva (Rare) VAAL'd - Ele Weakness on Hit
Prefix Suffix
89 Hp 16% Attack Speed
1-34 Light Dmg 30% Chaos Resist
9-22 Cold Dmg 45% Res (Haku)

Amulet, (Rare) Vaal'd - Additional Curse
Prefix Suffix
79 HP 16 All Resists
36 Weapon Ele Dmg 38% Critical Chance
3-72 Lightning Damage 45% Resist

Ring 1 HP (Rare)
Prefix Suffix
79 HP 16 All Resist
36% Weapon Ele Dmg 20 All Attributes
3-72 Lightning Dmg 45 Resist

Ring 2 HP (Rare)
Prefix Suffix
79 HP 16 All Resist
36% Weapon Ele Dmg 20 All Attributes
3-72 Lightning Dmg 45 Resist

Help Oak for +40 HP
Help Kraityn for + 8% Attack Speed
Kill All for +1 Passive / Help oak for Endurance Charge / Help Kraityn for Frenzy Charge

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BaseType Nailed Sharktooth Awl Blinder
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BaseType Blinder Sparkling Double
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Class Helmet Armour Glove Boot Shield Axe Sword Mace Dagger Stave Bow Wand Claw Quiver Sceptre
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BaseType "Royal Burgonet" "Eternal Burgonet" "Titan Gauntlets" "Vaal Gauntlets" "Nightmare Bascinet" "Dragonscale Gauntlets"
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A1 Norm
1.) Create a Marauder and grab Molten Strike.
2.) Create A Shadow and get Firetrap
3.) Pocket those wisdoms and flasks and vendor anything from a chest for more scrolls.
4.) Buy a couple coral rings
5.) Create your Ranger and start owning.

Through A1 your just going to be using any blue item you ID. I don't ID rares / blues unless they are a weapon until lvl 10. I kept a fire trap on me as well for additional burning dmg and is useful when you need a weapon upgrade.

KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED FOR:
Amulets with Intel to run aura's and use claws.

Belt W/ Strength to use Molten Strike.

Buy or find 2 Cold res rings from vendor for Merveil.

I keep 2 of every flat resist ring and corals in my inventory while I lvl until all resists are maxed. I swap them in and out as needed so all bosses are easily facetanked using this method.

Facetank Merveil. Don't forget to swap in 1 or 2 cold res rings.


A2 Norm
*From A2 on keep your eyes peeled for All Stat and Str + Intel Amulets w/ hp

*Keep your eyes peeled for any 4 link str, str/dex, or str/intel items to add hp into.

*Add 2 rings of each resist to your inventory, and constantly upgrade them as you find better.

*Run through A2 iding weapons as you find them.

*I go straight for the Cave and get a Rustic Belt.

*If you've found an alch orb and you need a weapon badly, alch a rustic sash, then craft a weapon that way. I recommend waiting until A3 before crafting anything.

*Chameber of Sins - Swap Lightning Rings as Needed and facetank the boss.

*Weaver - swap in HP Rings and Facetank the boss.

*Alira - Swap in Fire Res and Facetank her. Target only her and kill minions later.

*Kratyn - Swap in HP rings and Kill.

*Oak - Help for HP

*Vaal - Swap in Fire and Light Resists and Facetank. If you don't have 600 HP I would be weary about his Fist. It is easily dodged but if you are new and can't dodge his fist, max your fire res and then you can tank it. Run Circles against Lightning.


A3 Norm

*I don't farm at all I just quest straight through

*Crematorium - Swap in Light Res and Kill Piety

*Sewers - Hp Rings and own.

*Docks - Swap Fire Res rings.

*General - Swap in Ruby rings and facetank

*Piety - Swap in 1 lightning and 1 cold res ring. Facetank

*Library Quest: Grab Fortify Support Gem

*Dom - Swap HP rings and try to beat enemies 1 by one depending on your gear you can prolly facetank all 3 at once. When dom comes out, swap in lightning res rings and facetank him. In his 2nd form swap HP rings and facetank

A4 Norm:
Dried Lake: Kill Voll Grab Banner, unlock mines, grab fire golem as reward.

Keep your eyes peeled for 4 link strength items. We will be linking up many gems now. Buy Blood Magic from A3 vendor. Trade for an enfeeble.

Mines:
Navigate through mines and get wp. Set up your gear for Koam and Daresso fight.
Buy Enduring Cry from A2 vender
Trade for Enfeeble x2.
Buy 3x Blood Magic from A3 Vendor.

This is where I did my first real gear setup.
Make sure to have 4L Armor, Boots, and Gloves w/ CwDT setups
Set up Blood Magic + Enfeeble + Fire Golem + Enduring cry in a piece of gear
Set up Molten strike + Blood Magic + Weapon elemental dmg + whatever in another.
Make sure to have 4 hp potions and a stanching flask.
Make sure to have at least 1, prefer 2 instant-heal flasks.
Go back and Grind Dried Lake if you think you need more gear. I was missing some staunching flasks but I managed w/ a few close calls of corrupted blood and puncture.

Kill:
*Keep fortify, endurance charges, Arctic Armour, and a portal up and you'll be fine. Join a party for a good laugh watching people die while you tank the bosses.
Koam - max your Fire res
Daresso - max your Cold res

Enter Belly of the Best.


Cruel
I progressed through cruel just like normal. Picking up all 4 Links, identifying claws, and transmuting claws I found. Now is a good time to start doing Masters missions. Seems as if the game is much easier now. I still used the same gear from A4 normal all the way through, our gems provide our strength anyways.


Cruel A4.
I started farming Dried Lake. Voll doesn't hit too hard and he has a good drop. Also Masters and corrupted areas can spawn. Pretty easy area to farm. Farm this area until you find some good gear or the currency needed to buy some good gear. I'm level 63 right now already have over 2 exalt worth of currency. So easy to save because we don't need to spend load of $$ on weapons we get our power from gems. What to look for?
Buy a 5 link str / dex armour and craft it.
Each piece of gear should have at least 60 hp and a resist and able to at least craft a 2nd resist.
Put a Masters craft on every piece of gear if you can.
Start w./ 5 link chest then continue to upgrade from there 1 weakest item at a time.
It took me until Grinding A4 Dried Lake to lvl 64 and used about all my currency to upgrade gear.

How are you melee with no armor?
If you know how armor works, the higher the damage, the less effective armor is. So, instead of focusing on armor, we directly decrease monster damage exponentially with skills. Enfeeble 25%, Fortify 20%, 3 Endurance Charges 12%, Arctic Armor 13%. We also avoid taking any damage with Arcobatics, a little evasion, and then a bit of armor on our gear helps further mitigate physical damage. If you have access to limitless wealth then yes, get more armor.

You no longer use GMP?
Molten shell still Shotguns and you still get life on hit per each ball, but I prefer critical strike for unlimited flasks.

Why claws?
For the implicate Life on Hit on Claws.

Why not remove Blood Magic and use 1 less aura?
That makes things more complex and then you can run out of mana now must use a mana potion.

Why not Wild Strike or Ice Blades?
I think wild strike and Ice blades are inferior to molten strike when utilizing the gem combinations we are using. They hit less often resulting in less life on hit, less damage, and it's questionable that point blank would increase Ice Blades damage. If I were to use those gems, it would be with a life leech gem and a cast on crit build. I think those skills require more expensive gear to be effetcive and with that gear they likely clear faster than molten strike except for single target.

Why use critical chance if other gems add more DPS?
Not everything is about DPS. Having more critical chance allows us to fully recharge certain flasks before the duration is up.