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Shameful Plug

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Twitch!
https://www.twitch.tv/shamefulpenguin

Youtube!
https://www.youtube.com/user/ShamefulPenguin

Intro

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Hey everyone!

This build is for those who followed my Leveling with Penguin series, and want to start early maps.

Watch the video series here!

This build leaves a lot of room to grow, and allows a lot of different upgrade paths. I prioritize build comfort so we are not taking conc effect and swiftbrand.

If you have any questions feel free to leave it on my youtube video, as I will be able to respond quicker!

Hope you enjoy!

Changelog

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3.15
League of Nerfs!

- Pretty much all support gems were nerfed across the board, so keep that in mind. I'm not gonna name them all, because none were game breaking though it is going to be a damage loss (welcome to 3.15).

- Once PoB updates, I will post a new one with changes to anything, for now it seems viable.

3.14
New build!

Videos

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Build Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvT1fRGw3Io

POB

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PoB: https://pastebin.com/nVZBYY46

Gems

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Storm Brand 6L:
Storm Brand - Inspiration - Added Lightning Damage - Power Charge on Crit - Lightning Penetration - Increased Critical Damage

- To maximize DPS and lessen comfort, trade Power Charge on Critand Lightning Penetration for Swiftbrand Concentrated Effect

Brand Recall 4L:
Brand Recall - Arcane Surge - Second Wind - Empower

CWDT 4L:
Summon Lightning Golem lvl 3 - Immortal Call lvl 3 - Cast when Damage Taken lvl 1 - Increased Duration

WoC 3L:
Wave of Conviction - Conductivity - Hextouch

Auras 3L:
Enlighten - Wrath - Herald of Thunder

Flame Dash 3L:
Flame Dash - Faster Casting - Second Wind

Gear

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The Explanation tab will show what you want on every piece of gear.

Explanation

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Wands

- Adds # to # Lightning Damage to Spells
- Increased Spell Damage/Lightning Damage
- Cast Speed
- Critical Strike Multiplier

Body

- Life
- Resistance
- Energy Shield

Boots

- Movement Speed
- Life
- Resistance
- Energy Shield

Helm

- Life
- Resistance
- Energy Shield

Helm Enchants:
- Storm Brand Damage Penetrates 12% of Branded Enemy's Lightning Resistance
- Storm Brand has a 18% chance to Chain an additional time

Gloves

- Life
- Resistance
- Energy Shield

Amulet

- Life
- Resistance
- Energy Shield

or if you are resistance capped

- Life
- Critical Strike Multiplier
- Cast Speed
- Spell Damage
- Energy Shield

Annoint: Heart of Thunder/Freedom of Movement/True Strike

Rings

- Life
- Resistance
- Energy Shield

Belt

- Life
- Resistance
- Energy Shield

Flasks

- Make sure you have Freeze immune and bleed immune on your flasks

Current Gear

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Jewels
For the cluster jewels just get 8 passive large, then 2 medium brand cluster jewels with any combination of:
Seeker Runes
Remarkable
Brand Loyalty
Holy Conquest (only get 1)
Grand Design

More info on what to look for on jewels:

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1 Large Cluster Jewel:
12% Increased Lightning Damage
8 Passive Skills
Storm Drinker
Scintillating Idea
Doryani's Lesson

1 Medium Cluster Jewel:
12% increased Brand Damage
4-5 Passive Skills
Holy Conquest
Grand Design

1 Medium Cluster Jewel
12% increased Brand Damage
4-5 Passive Skills
Grand Design
Brand Loyalty

Rare Jewel
- #% increased maximum Life
- Critical Strike Multiplier (Elemental Skills, Dual Wielding, Lightning Skills)
- Cast Speed
- +#% to Elemental Resistance

Rare Abyss Jewel
- +# to Life
- Critical Strike Multiplier
- Added Lightning to spells
- Cast Speed
- #% chance to gain Onslaught for 4 seconds on Kill

Passive Tree

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Ascendancy

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Assassin

1. Mistwalker
2. Unstable Infusion
3. Deadly Infusion
4. Opportunistic

Notes:
- Once you grab Unstable Infusion, you can start grabbing Power Charge nodes on the tree

Bandits

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Kill All

Leveling

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Check out my Leveling series, where I level up this exact build!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-n0nW4EdsY&list=PLitEIwEBCB3zD84nDtWDZdVrtYmagrrm7

Pantheon

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Major: Soul of Lunaris

Minor: Soul of Garukhan

P.S. This is players choice and not mandatory. If you like something else, then go for it!

Pros/Cons

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+ Fast clear speed
+ Easy playstyle
+ Super low budget

- Bossing is hard (on a low budget)
- Squishy