Powerful Leveling Items and Builds

This thread is dedicated to helping people level new characters as fast and easily as possible. Most of these leveling builds can used with any build due to relying on leveling items or abilities.

Here is a full act 1 to 3 clear highlight on stream with commentary
http://www.twitch.tv/colbycheeze/c/3917854

Suggested Leveling Items for early levels:
I ALWAYS use Spectral throw skill for act 1 - 2 no matter what leveling build that I use.

Spectral Throw > LMP

Leveling to end game with Flame Blast (My newest favorite leveling method for Invasion)
Video explanation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDknzVms3ss

Stream highlight of me leveling from 1-maps in 12 hours using Flameblast on Marauder
http://www.twitch.tv/colbycheeze/c/4008028

Suggested items for this method


Leveling to end game with Spectral Throw
Spectral throw is a great way to level for almost any build. All you need is a good weapon.
Suggested Items for Spectral Throw:


Leveling with Searing Bond
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GpC9x8XseY

- For Searing bond, you only need Searing bond > increased burning damage
- You may also link to Trap or faster casting if you wish. Empower +1 if you are rich.
- You can use either a Fencoil or Searing touch.

For ELITE fast leveling up to map level and beyond, I suggest trying out this item setup:
Searing Bond > Increased Burning > Empower +1 (inside of one of the maces)


These items will give you 21% extra XP total, which is INSANE.

Here is a path I took to level as Searing Bond
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgABCGcQlxJpFVAXHBg8GYUabCSqKPo1kjbFNtg26UGHRARFnUjnSshNuVXGXl1uqnF5eqqCx4LkiBuI8Yqvj0aQEZM6muCboZ2upwinlKxZtfK3PriTvSfMvM9l0NDR_dgk2t3jaudj6-7sVe-F99f56P4K
I later specced out of totem and fire nodes and began taking summoner nodes.


Leveling with Facebreakers
This is by far the fastest and safest way I have ever leveled on any character...EVER. I completed all of act 3 merciless by 7 hours (entire stream recording below)
http://www.twitch.tv/colbycheeze/c/3685217

Video explanation
http://youtu.be/bH8vxOcX95Y

Here are the items I am using currently at level 55:


This would be my full lategame Facebreaker tree if I went to level 90.
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBAdwB5wUtFCAY2xkuGjIaOBrbG60b-iFgI_Yl3yftKaUxnjWSNug26T3iQKBHfkjuSn1KyE3jTipQR1BQUWBUSVb6Vw1YY1ivWfNaSFuvXz9gS2EhZU1mnmegbmluqnB9cql07XTxeA1673uMfNmE2YTvh3aI8YzPkFWRzpkrnrmezZ_LoLSkGaZXpzCnhKluqZWrxaxZrKq18rfTud277b2Bvoq-p8APwBrG2NIh0k3Uj9fL2WHdDeLq42rnUudj7g7vDu_w8i_2SPe--tL7qvzF_o8=

Not sure why there aren't any comments here, but oh well.

Lovely set up you have here, I'm going to try out the Facebreak style of leveling.

I hope to see more from you!

The facebreaker tree appears to be borked... Could you check please?

yeah, the passive skilltree is broken, plz fix

This Chest is also very cheap, but powerfull for the Facebreaker Build. Can be equiped at lvl 25.

great post. any changes to these tips for 1.2.x?

ya heres the best tip which should be listed on his forum... cheeze doesnt update so dont use his stuff his facebreakers builds been broken and DOES NOT WORK for a very long time.

I am doing 1460 dps in act 3 normal with facebreaker. Wish I had a Meginord's Girdle.
this is a leveling setup using a Fakener guide on a new shadow.
I was a little frustrated until I got to 31 and 4 link with faster attacks.
DAMN this is a blast.

Like I said if I had a Meginord's I bet my dps would be thru the roof.

Thanks big time for this post.

ps using a foxshade.


level 38 killed dom 3 times no problems, finally bought a meginord's and doing 2638 going to nightmare.
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