Standard Aura Stacker Leveling guide

yes i am looking for a build i can do in standard not league that can be easily leveled and transition to aura stacking for myself to do all content..Links to build with crafting guides for any rare items would also be a plus..Thanks in advance for all the links and help!

There are plenty of guides in the Scion forum down below. I'm sure there are videos as well if you google.

It's hard to judge your experience; your account is several years old but only has a couple of characters with basic gear. Assuming you haven't played much...

Aura stacking is expensive. A basic version is at least 50ex I would guess, and you can easily spend a lot more - literally hundreds of exalts. And I just realized you want to play in standard, so you should probably double that.

Aura stacking is not what I think of as a good build for inexperienced players. It's actually somewhat complicated to level, with messier transitions than usual, and you really need to understand mana reservation reduction and how some of the cluster nodes work with your auras.

You seem to get this at some level based on your request for an easy-mode guide. I can't comment on whether there is a good guide that will walk a beginner through everything in a fail-proof way. I'm guessing not, since most guides aren't written that way, but perhaps someone can recommend one.

Good luck.

Yes, basic is 50ex. That is about what you need to reach 300% aura effect. At a lower budget, this is a below average build. At 50-100ex, it is a decent and comfortable to play build. Probably on the higher half of the bad-good build spectrum, but not exceptional or out of balance.
The OP aura stackers have 400% aura effect, which can be done for about 2 mirrors on a scion or 10 mirrors on guardian. From there you want to add a few more mirros for alternative quailty level 21 gems, awakened gems, good corruptions etc.

Since the build all about passive points, it also does not work for leveling. regrets are super cheap though. Every passive point matters for an aura stacker. The expensive versions are spending mirrors (on 1p voices) to save a few points. Level it high with another build before coverting. 80 is shit, 90 is ok, 95 is better. Cant give a specific number, its all currency investment vs character level.

I dont believe in guides taking your hand and telling you step by step what to do. You need to learn how your build works. I have learned a lot from snellius' guide in the guardian section and i have posted a lot there, sharing my learning process. Reading guardian guides or scion guides doesn't matter if your goal is not to copy but to learn. The build is the same in essence.

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Yes, basic is 50ex.

I assume that's in challenge. If OP is doing this in standard, he will need to price it out there. Double or triple is a good average, but every build is unique, so the factor could be higher or lower. This is one area where guides are helpful. You can just grab the equipment list and check trade. @OP: nobody writes guides specifically for standard; they normally assume you're playing in challenge. If you want to play it in standard, that's on you.

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At 50-100ex, it is a decent and comfortable to play build. Probably on the higher half of the bad-good build spectrum, but not exceptional or out of balance.

This is where the problems start. For 50-100ex, many folks think they are still getting an invulnerable build that can quickly demolish all content with little to no skill required.

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I dont believe in guides taking your hand and telling you step by step what to do. You need to learn how your build works.

And yet this is what many people, including OP, are looking for. So the main question is whether there is an aura stacking guide that does this.

Personally, I think it's a bad idea for an inexperienced player to try aura stacking, but it's player choice. A small percentage will certainly pull it off and learn a lot on the way. For most it will be a frustrating experience.

GreyLensman, you may have looked at my chars and noticed my lack of experience. I have not yet played a full league to observe the economic shifts.
Can you please educate me on the luague to standard conversion and its effect on the economy ?

My goal for this season is to complete the 400% aurastacker version before christmass. (and then spend the rest of the time learning all the ins and outs of delirium mapping MFing with my buddy and trying to got a team for next season where i want to be doing that in week 2) I am currently farming heist with a 3% trinket. I do about 3 grand heists on average per day and using a 4% trinket, i would make 1 more exalts per day. I have the exalts to buy one, and i would want to sell it again around christmass when i expect to have the 800ish exalts that i want for the aurastacker.
The extra 1ex per day is however not a very large amount compared to the price fluctuations of the trinket so i am not sure if it would be a good investment near the end of the league. Can you tell me how you would the price of such item to develop over the coming month and why ? Any other more general advice on price changes near end league would also be interesting.

There is also the worry that the envious majority may have successfully persuaded GGG to nerf aurastackers at the end of the league. Spending a lot of currency to lay the foundations now, only to find it lose much effectiveness in the end, it may be a bad choice unless you are already deep into the build's progress this league.

I dont care about that. Standard has no value for me. I just want the aurastacker there to be in my account to represent what i have achieved this league. (you can see the frostblades berserker is what i achieved on my first league :p) Next league i will see what i will need to learn and do then to achieve more.

If you are playing standard, i suppose there's a big influx of heist farmed items and currency throwing things up-side down in januari on top of those damnable balance changes.

As for those envyous majority who might not be convinced about the limitedness of that 50ex aurastacker build, look at which of my characters is wearing that 3% trinket. Don't take me wrong, i like my aurastacker and its a lot nicer for map clearing, but i do heist with my 15ex juggernaut because it does it better and safer than my 70ex aurastacker. In delve they are about comparable. Both can do high 300s fine, but both can die there.

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Can you please educate me on the league to standard conversion and its effect on the economy ?

Because all items and currency go to Standard at the end of a league, Standard has a lot of currency that players have built up, and there is a natural inflation. Many items, in Standard, cost 2-3 times what they would cost in the challenge league. This is not always true however as it depends on other factors as well.

When looking at a specific build, it's best to make a list of the key items and look them up in standard to see what they are realistically selling for. I am not playing an aura stacker, but I'm sure the cluster jewels are a part of it. Not sure what else.

One step will be figuring out the minimum requirement (item-wise) to get to your 400%. The build has a lot of scalability, and that scalability will not be linear. Most builds have a strong knee in their cost curve. I have no idea where the knee of a 400% aura stacker is these days.

After you get to the knee, you will need to make decisions about what other gear to invest in for better dps, defenses, or QoL, and how much min-maxing you want to do. Is 300 ex enough, or do you need to spend 600, or 900, to get a build you really enjoy? (If you expect to collect ~800, I imagine you will have some flexibility.) These tend to be personal decisons, but an active guide thread can be a good place to get other players' opinions on which upgrades will do what for you.

You seem pretty serious about this, which is good. I would say your next step is to look through some of the guide threads to see which ones feel thorough and have active participation from knowledgeable players - not just the guide creator.

Be sure to check not only price but availability of the key items in standard. It does you no good to have a lot of exalts if the items don't come up for sale that often. I would create your key item list asap, and then watch prices regularly to get a sense of how much the pricing and availability fluctuates. (Time of day matters too here...) Set up the searches in trade and leave them open in your browser to save time.

I had a good time creating a "budget" herald guardian before the nerf. It took < 50ex to have a pretty bad-a$$ build in those days, but it still took a lot of study. If you're willing to invest the time and exalts, it will be a good experience.

Sorry, i meant mostly the trinket as i am in doubt if i should buy it now with the plan to sell again. It would also be nice to know if the parts for the aurastacker itself will go down towards christmas, but judging your story, i guess that is unlikely.

The build is not a problem, i have a dozen aurastacker PoBs by now. (both solo playing and pure support)

I haven't played much this league so I'm not a good source of info on Heist trinkets. On the other hand, you can assume the future value of league-specific items will be uncertain. Even when a league goes core, there are usually a lot of changes.

If anything, item prices on popular items tend to go up a bit toward the end of the league. At least that has been my general experience, to which there are always some exceptions.