Level 100 Shockwave Totem Pathfinder^3.22

Notes

Hi Exiles, welcome to the guide! In this Path of Building (POB), you'll find the progression of every passive skill per act, as well as in the endgame sections.

STORY GUIDE

For story itemization, aim to keep your strength requirement sufficient to level up Shockwave Totem, and focus on classic stats like life and resistances. Also, consider using hybrid gear with STR/DEX.

Why Explosive Trap to start ?

It's a good early skill for dealing damage and moving at the same time. Just walk and place some traps behind you to kill monsters (skip the tanky ones), but keep moving to the next section and use Bear Trap for the boss.

Why Poisonnus Concoction ?

It's just an unbeatable skill for the early game; no weapon management is needed, and it deals great damage. Just refresh your life flasks at the end of each act

ACT I
- Mule a Marauder to get Shield Charge
- Pick Explosive Trap on the reward and two wands
- After you get the Submerged Passage portal return to town and take Swift Assembly Support, Bear Trap and Dash
- After you get the Prison portal return to town and get Void Manipulation, Steelskin, Added Fire Damage Support
- After you get the Merveil's cavern portal return to town to get Poisonnus Concoction, Lesser Multi Projectiles Support, Chance to Poison Support and Withering Step and you can swap for next gems setup

ACT II
After release Helena take Herald of Agony and buy Summon's Skitterbots and replace Poison Support by Void Manipulation

ACT III
- After the Crematorium take Despair as reward
- Buy Plague Bearer at the vendor (optionnal)
- You should found some 4L items so add Lesser Volley Support or Vicious Projectiles Support (if flask life is subsenable)
- You can purchase Shockwave Totem to Sosa vendor, don't use it for now but start to levelup the gem, you can also get Ancestral Protector to boost Poisonnus Concoction

ACT IV
- After The Harvest, replace your gems for Greater Multi Projectiles and Greater Volley

ACT V
- After kill Kitava, replace Summon's Skitterbots by Purity of Elements to reduce this curse (-30% to all resistances).
- After this act, no change until reach the endgame.


ENDGAME GUIDE

// WHITE MAPS

- The priority is to get your flasks set up, as it will give you more options for gearing.
- Gems slot in your body armor at least 5L
- Large clusters base to put mediums
- Mediums clusters base and try to get Sleepless Sentries
- You can purchase a Inertia to fix your strength requirement

// YELLOW MAPS

- Keeping to increase your clusters
- Try to get your 6L body Armor

// RED MAPS

- Keeping to increase your clusters
- Purchase a Dialla's Malefaction
- Purchase a Astral Projector
- Found good rare boot
- Upgrade your amulet and annoint Whisper of Doom (expensive)
- Purchase a Empower lvl 1
- Purchase a Shockwave Totem 21/20 or 21/0
- Buy a Divergent Herald of Agony

// PINNACLE

- Buy a Devouring Diadem
- Buy a Enlighten lvl 4
- Buy a Lethal Pride with Strength of Blood (many node options, global phys damages, totems damages, ...)
- Buy a Empower lvl 4
- Buy all Awakened support gems
- Found a good +1 totem shield

// UBER PINNACLE

- Skin of the Lord with Ancestral Bond
- just refer on the items, gems sockets to upgrade your character

WEAPON 1

- Cold Iron Point
- Apep's Rage
- Obliteration
- +1 Physical wand 

WEAPON 2

- +1 totem rare shield
- Cold Iron Point
- Apep's Rage
- Obliteration 
- +1 Physical wand 

HELMET

- Devouring Diadem
- Rare Helmet  INT (life, energy shield)
- Maw of Conquest

BODY ARMOR

- Skin of the Lord (Ancestral Bond)
- Dialla's Malefaction
- Skin of the Loyal
- The Covenant
- Rare body armor DEXT / STR (life, spell suppression and chaos resistances)
- Tabula

GLOVES

- Asenath's Gentle Touch
- Rare glove DEXT / STR (life, spell suppression, chaos resistance)

BOOT

- Rare boot DEXT / STR (life, movement speed, spell suppression, chaos resistance)
- Atziri's Step

BELT

- Rare belt (life, flasks effect and many modifier to increase your flasks uptimes like duration / charges)

RING 1

- Ming's Heart (most damage)
- Circle of Nostalgia with buff effect and chaos damage (defensive option)
- Rare ring (life, cast speed, chaos resistances)

RING 2

- Astral Projector (best QOL)
- Circle of Nostalgia with buff effect and chaos damage (most damage)
- Rare ring (life, cast speed, chaos resistances)

AMULET

- Rare amulet STR / INT (+1 level physical, life, cast speed, DOT multiplier)
- Ashes of the Stars
- Impresence (Onyx amulet)