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- Viridi's Veil Praetor Crown -

CHEAP Price~MEDIUM Price - This is a pretty large upgrade for us due to many things.

First of all we want a Viridi's Veil with +2 Level of Socketed Gems! This is very important since we equip our Auras with Enlighten Support in this item, and therefor our Enlighten gains up to level 5 and helps us even more with our Mana Reservation!

Second of all by equipping a Magic Ring we will gain the unique modifier effect "Damage of Enemies Hitting You is Unlucky while you have a Magic Ring Equipped" and we also gain the unique modifier effect "You are Hexproof if you have a Magic Ring in the Right Slot" which we will have. These two modifiers make us more tanky overall and also makes it so we don't have to care about curses in the game, WHICH IS EXTREMELY POWERFUL AND CONVENIENT!

- Magic Ring -

CHEAP - As stated earlier we get a Magic Ring and put it in the Right Slot on our character.

I also highly suggest getting a Vermillion Ring since it gives such a high amount of Life to our character. And a nice trick if you wanna selfcraft this is to buy a Vermillion Ring, make it normal rarity (white) and then use Life Catalysts on it. This will make it have 20% Life Quality with only having to use 4x Catalysts.

Look for modifiers on the Magic Ring such as:

+ to Maximum Life
+ Strength
+% to any RESISTS you need

- Left Rare Ring Upgrade -

CHEAP Price~MEDIUM Price - In case you feel like you need it you can upgrade your Left Rare Ring to something stronger. Once again you can opt in to get a Vermillion Ring here if you are looking for even more HP.

Look for modifiers on the Rare Ring such as:

+ to Maximum Life
+ Strength
+% to any RESISTS you need

- Large Cluster Jewel -

MEDIUM Price~EXPENSIVE Price - Cluster Jewels is an essential part of this Build like many others. We gain a high amount of our Damage through Cluster Jewels and therefor we start of with a Large Cluster Jewel.

The specific Large Cluster Jewel we desire here is the Jewel that has the "%Increased Chaos Damage" modifier.

I really suggest trying to get a "8 Passive Cluster Jewel" so we can save as many Skill Points as possible, but of course this can get expensive. If you really do not have the Budget for it, then go for a 9 Passive.

Depending on your Budget you can either opt in for TWO Large Skill Nodes or THREE. The three nodes that we want are "Unholy Grace", "Wicked Pall" and "Unwaveringly Evil". I suggest buying what ever suits your budget and what ever you find available. There is no specific combination or any specific node that is better than the others. So get one as you like.

Here is a quick Video to explain how Cluster Jewels work and how to use them!

- Medium Cluster Jewels -

MEDIUM Price - The specific Medium Cluster Jewel we desire here is the Jewel that has the "%Increased Damage over Time" modifier.

We will put 2x Medium Cluster Jewels inside our Large Cluster Jewel as well. I suggest for the Mediums that you buy a "4 Passive Cluster Jewel" or a "5 Passive Cluster Jewel". They basicly work the same way, so it doesn't matter if you go for a 4 or a 5.

The two Large Skill Nodes you want on these are the "Brewed for Potency" and "Flow of Life".

- Impresence Amulet with "Sovereignty" Annointed -

MEDIUM Price - If you already have a Chaos Damage Impresence Amulet then you can keep that and just annoint your current one.

ANNOINT - Sovereignty - Silver Oil+Silver Oil+Silver Oil

When we have Sovereignty annointed we have better mana reservation and therefor can more freely use and activate our Auras. And the modifier "%Increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your Skills" actually increases the damage of our Death's Oath AURA!

Video on how to Annoint

- Rare Quiver -

MEDIUM Price - You want a Rare Quiver with modifiers such as:

+% to Damage over Time Multiplier with Attack Skills
% increased Damage with Bow Skills
+ to Maximum Life
+% to any RESISTS you need

- Rare Gloves -

MEDIUM Price - You want a pair of Rare Gloves that are Hunter Influenced with modifiers such as:

+% to Chaos Damage over Time Multiplier
+ to Maximum Life
+% to any RESISTS you need
Preferably Evasion Gloves with High Evasion

- Rare Boots -

MEDIUM Price - You want a pair of Rare Boots with modifiers such as:

% Increased Movement Speed (preferably 30% or 35%)
+ to Maximum Life
+% to any RESISTS you need
Preferably Evasion Boots with High Evasion

And you can also influence your gloves with Searing Exarch Influence and look for more "Movement Speed" or even "Action Speed"

- Stygian Vise Belt -

MEDIUM Price - You want a Rare Stygian Vise Belt with modifiers such as:

+ to Maximum Life
+% to any RESISTS you need

If you want an even better belt you can get a Stygian Vise that has Life, Resists and also any of these modifiers as well:

Flasks applied to you have % Increased Effect
% Increased Flask Effect Duration
Regenerate "x amount" Life per second

- Abyssal Jewel -

CHEAP Price - Abyssal Jewel to put in the Stygian Vise. We want modifiers such as:

+ to Maximum Life
+% to any RESISTS you need
+ to Strength

- Transcendent Mind Cobalt Jewel -

MEDIUM Price~EXPENSIVE Price - The Transcendent Mind Jewel is a very offensivly strong Jewel that greatly increases our Damage over Time Multiplier.

You want to socket this Jewel in a very specific spot in your skill Tree. The spot can be found in the image below.