Level 29 Molten Strike Slayer^3.24

Notes

Start with dual claws right from the town, take Molten Strike as reward.
You will update your claws around levels
~lvl 12 take dual Awl's
~lvl 22 Blinder's or Cat's Paws
~lvl 30 Sparkling Claw's
~lvl 46 Gouger or Gut Rippers
~lvl 64 Eye Gouger's
Craft claws with adequate level of elemental Essences. Just get any added elemental damage on it (fire/cold/lightning) while leveling.
Getting into maps use Imperial Claw's.

Guide is made for the league start. If this isn't your first char in the league you can buy gems beforehand and few leveling uniques. Passive tree for leveling you will find in the Leveling PoB with different stages of progression.

Uniques for leveling:
-Tabula Rasa lvl 2
-Seven-League Step Rawhide Boots lvl 2
-Goldrim helmet, lvl 2
-Prismweave belt, equip at lvl 25
-Thief's Torment ring, lvl 30
-Death Rush ring, lvl46

Act 1
-Mercy Mission
Molten Strike - Momentum
-Breaking Some Eggs1
get waypoint > town, get Sniper's Mark, War Banner, Blood and Sand, Dash and Ancestral Protector. You will need 2 mana flasks for Brutus so keep and eye for them. Use Blood Stance

-The Caged Brute
Molten Strike - Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support - Life Tap (if you get 3L)
buy Precision, level it max to lvl10, Whirling Blades and use them as main movement skill
Claws while leveling, aim for ones with most of any type of damage (ele and phys combined) and attack speed, that's it

Act 2
-Sharp and Cruel (spider)
Molten Strike - Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support - Elemental Damage with Attacks Support

-Intruders in Black
get Blood Rage, Herald of Ice. Remove War Banner

Act 3
- A Fixture of Fate (Siosa)
Molten Strike - Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support - Added Cold Damage - Elemental Damage with Attacks Support RRGG
Buy Increased Critical Strikes support from Siosa and level it in secondary

Act 4
-The Eternal Nightmare
Molten Strike - Multistrike Support - Added Cold Damage - Returning Projectiles support

Buy Mark on Hit support from vendor
Elemental Damage with Attacks Support put into secondary


Act 6
Buy Hatred in Act 3 and start using it. From this point forward you're set and all gems are available. Buy remaining gems and level them in secodary slot (Berserk, Arctic Armour...) Proceed till maps while watching not to go with Life above MS accuracy!
Roughly when you start mapping or earlier if lucky, 5L body armor is needed for Crit Transition.

Ascendancy progression
1) Brutral Fervour
2) Bane of Legends
3) Headsman
4) Overwhelm

To transition to Crit you will have to get 5L chest to add Crit Strikes support. Until that point level the gem in the secondary set. Don't swap to crit before you get 5L.
Respec tree.
5L Molten Strike - Multistrike Support - Added Cold Damage - Returning Projectiles support - Incrieased Critical Strikes Support
Start using Hatred aura from act 6, buy it from vendor in act 3