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I initially started with the Illusionist in the early season, but due to difficulties in acquiring gear in a solo play environment, I switched to the Storm Weaver. The Storm Weaver is fast and fragile but boasts immense damage and offers a much more satisfying play experience than the Illusionist. While it might be a bit slow at the start, once you reach a certain level and obtain augments, you can quickly become powerful and efficiently clear content.

If you're having trouble with Nightmare difficulty or entering H1, you should prioritize equipping Satanic (unique) items with the 'All Res' option. During leveling, it's crucial to consistently replace gear with higher 'All Resistance' to ensure survivability. Securing resistances makes the early leveling process much easier and gives you the flexibility to focus on damage-increasing stats on other gear pieces later on.

In the auction house, under the 'Sell' tab, select the item you want to sell and click the 'Check Price' button to see recent sales history and stats. If you're struggling to acquire gear, you can filter by 'Resistance' -> 'All Resistance' in the 'Buy' tab, then sort by price to find cheap and effective gear. You can find items offering 25% 'All Resistance' for as little as 500 gold.

Initially, I used the full Traveler set, Witch's Hat, Shadow Shield, or Eye of the Rift. The first major purchase should be the Pumachina or Pavilla Flip-flops, which significantly boost Nomad's movement speed. After that, it's important to combine the Arcanomous Fixator gloves, Oculus weapon, and Ring of Binding to secure 'All Resistance', high damage, and excellent mana sustain.

It's recommended to farm Hell 5 to accumulate gold and then purchase either the Aegis of Heavenly Authority shield or the Arcanist's Robe armor. The Aegis of Heavenly Authority shield increases damage by about 1/3, allowing you to prepare for Inferno difficulty. This upgrade will increase your damage from the current 150,000 to 180,000-200,000.

On day 1, focus on the Masters and Spell Critical nodes. On day 2, it's good to secure Mage Guard and Magic Stacks. The key on day 3 is to activate the 'Touch of Arcana' node, which increases total arcane skill damage by 20%. Currently, the Spell Mana Leech node can cause lag, so avoid it, and the Multicast node is not recommended for Nomad as it's inefficient.

A specific node has been identified as the cause of mana leech issues and frame drops. Disabling this node restores normal frame rates, but enabling it halves the frame rate. This issue has already been reported, and we hope it will be fixed in the next patch. For now, we are using a workaround by disabling the node and using mana potions.

The Eye of Tarethiel, with its 6 sockets, high skill level, and increased spell damage options, shows powerful performance as an optimal weapon. Combinations with Celestial and other items can be considered, but currently, the Eye of Tarethiel seems to be the best. In Intelligence stacking builds, Intelligence-based items like Oculus can also be considered, but it's unlikely they will surpass the replication and increased spell damage options of a 5-star enhanced Eye of Tarethiel.

Focusing on the Elemental Break node is recommended as it offers high efficiency for the points invested. In the later stages, aim to increase the Double Cast chance through dice rolls. We plan to test methods to maximize mana leech efficiency using the Mana Hungry node, which will significantly contribute to increasing damage on single-target attacks.

For new players or early in the season, the Softcore (tradable) league is more advantageous. SSF progresses too slowly to quickly experience endgame content and new season features. To efficiently reach the endgame and enjoy new content, choosing a Softcore trade league is the optimal approach. SSF can impose limitations on character progression due to the difficulty of acquiring gear.