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• ✅ The 0.4 update includes 20 new skills, 35 new support gems, 8 new lineage support gems, 250 new passive skills, and 10 new unique items.
• ⚠️ Minor nerf to all caster builds due to the removal of perfect magic essence.
• ✅ Adorned Jewels have been significantly buffed to increase socket jewel effects by 150%.

The guide will be updated after the update.

• ✅ Staff: + to all Chaos Spell Skill Levels, Increased Cast Speed, Increased Chaos or Spell Damage.
• ✅ Helmet: Atziri's Disdain is best for leech.
• ✅ Focus: Profane modifier + Maximum Totem +1 is most important.
• ✅ Amulet: +3 to all spells, minimum 24 of Spirit for Clarity.
• ✅ Armor: High Energy Shield value, Flowing Raiments or Increased Mana Regeneration Rate base.
• ✅ Ring: Cast Speed, Maximum Life, Resistances.
• ✅ Gloves, Belt, Boots: Increased Maximum Life, Increased Energy Shield Value, Resistances.
• ✅ Boots: Use Essence of Horror to gain Socketed Item Effects.
• ✅ Secondary Weapon: Chaiming Staff for Sigil Power.
• ✅ Talisman: Nascent Hope.

• ✅ The most important stat is increased Wither effect.
• ✅ Aim for a total of 40% or more in all jewel sockets.
• ⚠️ Wither only works in 20% increments, as it is a 5% increase in chaos damage per stack.
• ✅ Look for increased maximum energy shield, increased spell damage, increased chaos damage, and increased mana regeneration rate.

• ✅ Dark Effigy: Overload 2, Controlled Destruction, Execution 3, Poison 2.
• ✅ Essence Drain: Swift Affliction 2, Chain 2, Considered Casting, Chaos Mastery, Frenzy.
• ✅ Contagion: Unleash, Expanded Area 2, Split Pain 2, Chaos Freeze, Intensified Pain.
• ✅ Despair: Decaying Curse, Heightened Curse, Efficiency 2, Cursed Ground.
• ✅ Wither Presence: Increased Duration 2, Clarity 1.
• ✅ Bone Storm: Life Leech, Permanent Charge, Exploiting Weakness.
• ✅ Mana Storm: Single Target Boss Utility.
• ✅ Greedy Storm: When Souls Allow, Increased Area of Effect, Increased Duration 2.

• ✅ Ascension: Soulless Form -> Eternal Life -> Eldritch Empowerment -> Jewel Socket.
• ✅ Secure Chaos Stats, Energy Shield, Cast Speed, Totem Nodes, Skill Effect Duration.
• ✅ Weapon set passives are based on level 93.

• ✅ Single Target Rotation: Start with Sigil Power, Despair, 2 Dark Effigy Totems, Contagion, Essence Drain.
• ✅ Maintain all debuffs and maintain Dark Effigy Totems.
• ✅ General Mapping: Use Dark Effigy Totems and Contagion to clear.
• ✅ Place Dark Effigy Totems and keep pressing Contagion.