Toxic Rain Pathfinder League Starter – Patch 3.23
Path of Exile 3.23 – Affliction
In Path of Exile: Affliction, you’ll cleanse the Viridian Wildwood of its Affliction, earn valuable rewards and learn the ancient ways of the Azmeri Wanderers.
Our December expansion introduces the Affliction challenge league, three new Wildwood Ascendancy Classes, the return of the Ultimatum League, over a hundred new Transfigured Gems, and much more!
Check out the full League Summary for Patch 3.23 here.
Leveling Act 1-10
In order to be able to play this Build, you have to choose a Ranger in the Character Creation.
Before you reach the Endgame, players have to finish all 10 Acts of the Campaign. Most of the times, you will not be able to use the same abilities in the early game as you do in the Endgame. Here is an overview how you can progress easily throughout the Campaign. In this List, you will find all Gems to use in the Early Game, and To-Do Lists for all Quests and Trials in Act 1 – 10.
For even further Leveling advice, check out our Leveling Guide here.
To-Do List
- Progress through every Zone on the Map (Hotkey: U)
- Check Vendors for 3-Linked Items
- Pick a Quick Silver Flask as a Quest Reward
- Remember the Trial of Ascendancy in “The Prison”
Gems
- Caustic Arrow – Void Manipulation – Pierce
- Dash
- Puncture
To-Do List
- Progress through every Zone on the Map (Hotkey: U)
- Check Vendors for 3-Linked Items
- Pick a new Quick Silver Flask as a Quest Reward
- Remember the Trial of Ascendancy in “The Crypt” and “The Chamber of Sins”
Bandits
In Act 2, Players are tasked to kill three Bosses, Oak, Kraityn and Alira. You can either “Help” or “Kill” them, whenever you engage with them. You can “Help” only one of them, or kill them all. This Quest will grant Players a Bonus for their Character Power, depending on their choice. This choice can be changed later on if you made a mistake.
In our Build, we kill all Bandits.
Gems
- Toxic Rain – Mirage Archer – Faster Attacks
- Caustic Arrow – Void Manipulation – Pierce
- Blink Arrow
- Withering Step
- Summon Skitterbots
To-Do List
- Progress through every Zone on the Map (Hotkey: U)
- Check Vendors for 4-Linked Items
- Complete the Side-Quest in “The Library” to unlock the Gem Vendor
- Remember the Trial of Ascendancy in “The Crematorium”, “The Catacombs” and “The Imperial Gardens”
Gems
- Toxic Rain – Mirage Archer – Faster Attacks – Efficacy
- Caustic Arrow – Void Manipulation – Pierce – Vicious Projectiles
- Blink Arrow
- Withering Step
- Flame Dash
- Summon Skitterbots
- Despair
- Haste
To-Do List
- After Act 3, complete the Trial of Ascendancy to unlock your first Ascendancy
- Progress through every Zone on the Map (Hotkey: U)
- Check Vendors for 4-Linked Items
Gems
Unchanged
To-Do List
- Progress through every Zone on the Map (Hotkey: U)
- Check Vendors for 4-Linked Items
- After Act 5 and Act 10, check your Resistances
- Remember the Trial of Ascendancy in “The Lower Prison” (Act 6)
- Remember the Trial of Ascendancy in “The Crypt” and “The Chamber of Sins” (Act 7)
- Remember the Trial of Ascendancy in “The Bathhouse” (Act 8)
- Remember the Trial of Ascendancy in “The Tunnel” (Act 9)
- Remember the Trial of Ascendancy in “The Ossuary” (Act 10)
- Complete the other two Labs after Act 7 and after Act 9
Gems
- Toxic Rain – Mirage Archer – Void Manipulation – Efficacy
- Toxic Rain – Ballista Totem – Multiple Totems – Focused Ballista
- Blink Arrow
- Withering Step
- Flame Dash
- Summon Skitterbots
- Despair
- Haste
Talents - Ascendancy - Pantheon
Our Leveling Talent Tree focuses on utilizing the Gems being used early into the Campaign, often times changing as soon Players finish Act 10.
During the Campaign, Players can receive up to 20 Regret Points, which our Leveling Talent Tree will not exceed whenever changing to the Early Maps / Midgame Talent Tree.
Leveling Talents 1-65
After completing the Campaign, Players can start utilizing a more in-depth Talent Tree, focusing on their new Abilities and Gear that they want to obtain during this time.
Midgame Talents 65-90
Upon reaching higher Levels, we are using more Jewel Slots and even Cluster Jewels to increase our damage. This often requires to unallocate previously skilled Talents to gain the needed amount of Passive Skills.
Our Talent Tree will not exceed Level 95. This is to ensure that its a rather achievable goal after several days.
If players are reaching a higher Level then 95, more Jewel Sockets are a preferable way to use the remaining Passive Skills.
Endgame Talents 95 / Cluster Jewels
Gear - Flasks
Early Game / Early Maps
The Gear for Early Maps focuses strongly on high Resistances, which players are receiving a penalty after completing Act 10.
Sometimes, especially our Advanced Builds, will require certain Gear to function in a proper way.
Early Map Gear also does not require expensive Crafts / Annoints or more then lower Eldritch Implicits.
Late Game / Higher Investment
Late Game Gear does not require very expensive Items, but are still rather achievable with some higher Investment.
Annoints and Crafts might already include some more expensive materials like Golden Oil, or Master Crafts.
These Items are something to aspire to upon reaching high Maps and a stable playstyle.
Jewels
Abilities
This list includes all desirable Skill & Support Gems. ‘Awakened Gems’ can be freely equipped aswell, but are not included in this list. The Support Gems are listed in order, with the most important ones in the top. Replacements for certain Gems until Players obtain them can be found in the right column.
Atlas Talent Tree
The Atlas Talent Tree can alter your game experience heavily. This Tree is designed to empower and direct certain League Mechanics towards your personal preference. Beware that the suggested Talent Tree works pretty well with the current Build, but this may differ for each individual player. Take this Suggestion with caution!
This Passive Tree focuses on Wandering Path and an Increased Chance to Drop Adjacent Maps, allowing players to progress into higher Tier Maps fast. This Tree does not include any other League Mechanics which should be chosen on players preference.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can either use Lifetap or a Mana Mastery with Reduced Mana Cost of Skills until you get a Flask with the crafted Suffix “Reduced Mana Cost of Skills during Effect” and crafted reduced mana costs on Amulet / Ring.
Make sure you keep your Divine Blessing on Level 1 for lower Mana Costs, and if needed, use a Jade Flask and dont use Divine Blessing at all.
Beware that you want to use Lifetap on Frenzy aswell if you use it on Toxic Rain.
Exactly 39%. You get 20% by the Bow Mastery, 9% on Gloves crafted, and another 10% on Helmet per Eldritch Implicit.
Use Damage on Full Life instead. Dont worry about the crafted Bow, its not worth switching the Craft for it. You will get Empower eventually.
Even with an Enlighten Gem, you need a Helmet with Mana Reservation Efficiency. You need to use Essence of Loathing to craft your Helmet. Preferably, use a Base with fractured Spell Suppression if you have the Budget.
- Find a 6-Link Shortbow (with Divination Card “Porcupine”)
- Spam Alteration Orbs until Attack Speed
- Regal Orb and remove all Explicits except Attack Speed -> Repeat with Alteration if failed
- Craft “Can have up to 3 Crafted Modifier” and “Cannot Roll Attack Modifiers”
- Use Exalted Orb and then Hunter Exalted Craft (use regular Exalted if you already have Hunter Influence)
- Remove crafted Mods, and Craft the remaining Mods to finish
Showcase: https://youtu.be/s-t9nEJaEFY?t=680
- Buy a clean Amulet with only +1 All Skill Gems on it, or try your best with Alteration Orbs
- Craft “Can have up to 3 Crafted Modifier” and use a Bestiary Imprint to save the Item
- Regal Orb
- Craft “Cannot Roll Attack Modifiers” and “Prefixes cannot be changed”, and if needed a 3rd Suffix to fill them up
- Go to your Harvest Crafting Bench and craft “Reforge Item, including Chaos modifier”
- You can now continue crafting it to your liking and budget by crafting Prefixes cannot be changed and Scouring Orb, or just craft “up to 3 crafted modifiers” again and fill up with some desired mods.
Showcase: https://youtu.be/s-t9nEJaEFY?t=914
External Links
We want to keep our League Starter Guides as simple as possible. We understand that using Path of Building and other 3rd Party Tools might not be the best way for New Players.
Path of Building for our Toxic Rain Pathfinder: https://pobb.in/ugNGQrSmczMM
We use Filterblade as our Loot filter: https://www.filterblade.xyz/
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