[3.18] fezz's Toxic Rain Champion - Step-by-Step PoE Build Guide for Beginners & Casuals
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Note: This guide primarily addresses new players, beginners and casual players who want to have a smooth (first) levelling experience through both the campaign and the endgame. It also has quite an unconventional/unusual approach, but I think it’s the best one when it comes to players who are looking for an actual guide rather than only a summarized collection of skill tree, items and gem setups
TL:DR about this build guide
☑ League starter build ☑ Beginner- & casual-friendly ☑ Educational ☑ In-depth ☑ Highly flexible ☑ Very tanky ☑ All content doable ☑ SSF & SSFHC viable ☑ Step-by-step checklist for gem & item progression ☑ Extensive crafting guideline for essential items ☑ Elaborate descripton of endgame milestones ☑ Numerous skill tree options (both offensive & defensive) ☑ Comprehensive explanation on damage scaling & survivability ☑ Detailed explanation of item acquisition ☑ Links to PoE Trade website for essential items ☑ Build-related loot filter ☒ No prior game knowledge required ☒ No unique items required ☒ No 3rd party software required (e.g. Path of Building) Hello Exile, if you’re looking for a beginner-friendly league starter build guide which leads you through the sometimes very confusing and intimidating world of Path of Exile without the need of watching hour-long videos, downloading and understanding complex third-party programs, acquiring rare uniques to make the build actually work or researching important information in the World Wide Web all the time, you are at the right place. The goal of this guide is to give you the information you need at the time you need it without being too complex and without being too demanding in terms of knowledge. Therefore, it comes with a simple build that scales well to the endgame without the need of having to invest hundreds of Exalted Orbs, namely Toxic Rain Champion, and with a handy step-by-step checklist which guides you through your journey and is intended to be your primary - if not only - source of information needed to reach the endgame. On top of that, it comes without the need to trade at all (if that’s your preferred way to play). Now that you know what this guide does, let’s also point out what this guide doesn’t do: While it doesn’t leave you completely alone in terms of a lot of stuff that isn’t connected to the build itself, it doesn’t provide you with information on how and when to do campaign quests or league mechanics. But don’t be afraid, the game gives you just enough information to smoothly progress through these things (via tutorials). And where it lacks important information, the guide will jump in to help you to navigate through them. Are you in? Let’s get started! --------------------> CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT THE TOXIC RAIN CHAMPION BUILD GUIDE
Path of Building Pastebin (for more experienced players)
I’m convinced that having Path of Building (PoB) or other 3rd party tools as a requirement to follow a build guide, is not only very intimidating, but also daunting for new players. Therefore, this guide doesn’t require Path of Building in the first place - at all. Nevertheless, PoB is the default way to share builds nowadays so you can find the pastebin here.
Player Feedback (from 3.17)
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Thank you for the guide.
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excellent guide! logged in just to post this, very informative!
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Last edited by fezz8386 on Feb 3, 2022, 3:53:14 PM
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" Thanks! Will you try it for 3.17? Last edited by fezz8386 on Feb 3, 2022, 4:42:30 PM
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Hi, thanks for such impressive work!
I am considering to try a TR Champ build, never played one myself, because skipped last league when it was meta. But I heard some concerns about damage nerf to TR, considering it already been not the most damaging skill. What you think about changes? How much of a struggle will it be to eventually beat all content on this build in 3.17? | |
" TR won't be a meta skill in 3.17, but there's no reason to believe that it's not viable to do all content in all available modes (trade, ssf, ssfhc). Especially new players will benefit from the crazy defenses this build has and I expect both the leveling and endgame progression to be very smooth - regardless of the nerf. On top of that, the item acquisation of the build is very simple and straight forward. Last edited by fezz8386 on Feb 3, 2022, 3:53:26 PM
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// Update - 02.02.02
- Added 'Curse on Hit Ring' task to the 'Endgame Milestones' section - Added an optional Cast When Damage Taken setup to the task which provides information on what to do once you use Grace and you have a body armour with ‘Gain #% of Maximum Life as Extra Maximum Energy Shield’ Last edited by fezz8386 on Feb 3, 2022, 3:53:38 PM
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hi, seems wonderful guide. I played TR at 3.13 and i was thinking play that league as well but i was thinking with ranger. Is damage enough for bossing with low investment ?
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" Both Ranger and Champion should be fine. Ranger will have more clearspeed/damage than Champion, but Champion will have way more defenses. In terms of investement ... TR never was very demanding when it comes to items and item acquisition (which is why it's so good for SSF) Last edited by fezz8386 on May 5, 2022, 7:16:36 AM
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