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WELCOME
This is a comprehensive Level 1 to Uber Endgame min/max variant guide.
IF you are new or casual, I take special care to make the progression VERY clear and obvious.
IF you are a veteran, the endgame version of this archetype is going to push the limits, and you will enjoy how it works.
I respond to all relevant comments on YT and am active in our Discord. We also have some other GOATed Gurus in the Discord @arq @cur$e and @i9314. Give your thanks to these goats.
Please post questions in the Spark channel in Discord. TYTY GL! <3
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Updates (06/17)
- Updated description of final variant to explain
From Nothing / 
Heroic Tragedy interaction along with other "techs" in the variant. GLGL - Published FINAL variant with Pob.IN link. Video explaining this variant with showcase is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXwE-UgijAI
- Created a video going over FAQ and all tips/tricks to help with progression and early mapping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y223-XVeHUE&t=747s
- If you are new here, don't skip the big video that explains this relatively complex build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awVaapidjwA&t=382s
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Explanation of Primary End Game Mechanic
The main thing GGG targeted in caster nerfs for 0.5 is RESOURCE REPLENISHMENT. We caster bros have rushed to find more hacks at this, and GGG continues to slough off new findings. One methodology that should not get nerfed (because it is so core to 
Infernalist) is the node 
Pyromantic Pact.
Pyro Pact removes our mana (completely), and gives us infinite resources (literally). It also inverts how resources get used (rather than going from full to empty, they go from empty to full and reset). When your "mana" (called Infernal Flame) gets full, you take ALL OF YOUR HEALTH and ES as damage to yourself (sounds bad, right?).
Believe it or not, this build inverts this downside into an upside with recoup. We stack life/energy shield recoup, slot in 
Sacrosanctum, and become nearly invincible while also completely removing the downside from Pyromantic Pact and giving ourselves essentially infinite mana.
The mechanic is so powerful, and we invert the downside so dramatically, that we actually WANT to take the damage downside MORE frequently. So anywhere we can actually reduce our mana pool and increase the cost of spells turns into a GOOD thing.
Also, because our recoup becomes routinely 4000+ life/ES replenishment per second, in the early/cheaper endgame variant we can stack infinite 
Demon Form + 
Demonic Possession, giving us limitless spell damage over the course of an instance. In the later/$$$$ endgame variant, we drop Demon Form and stack crit with 
Grinning Immolation and a set of low life techs related to 
Coward's Legacy, 
Pain Attunement, and Execute III. The final form pulls off the traditional delete-any-boss-in-seconds mode without any pre-conditions.
Quest Bonuses:
A2 - Charm Duration (Valley of Titans)
A3 - Ailment Threshold (Venom Crypts)
A4 - 3x Resists (Halls of the Dead)
A4 - Eye of Hinekora (DO NOT VENERATE for the MANA - actually bad for the build, skip)
A4 - Life Recovery from Flasks (Abandoned Prison)
A4 - 30% Armour, Evasion, ES (The New Thing: Shark Fin)
I2 - Resists (Qimah)
Regex for Vendors:
"mov|rare|st spe|ll d|extr|ed light|^\+.*ills$"
Movement speed, rare items, cast speed, spell damage, damage as extra, lightning damage, gem level modifiers
Regex for Map Shopping:
"!% ma|% mon|less r|s coo|ed ai|ed el|trates"
Loot Filters:
YOU NEED THE CUSTOM SOUNDS FROM DISCORD (folder "Filter_POB")
Campaign Filter: https://www.filterblade.xyz/?profile=IgnatiusHS&saveState=1FF15DHJC0T0JZ&isPreset=false&game=Poe2
Campaign Filter with no Custom Sounds: https://www.filterblade.xyz/?profile=IgnatiusHS&saveState=SCGUHZ3WX5K434&isPreset=false&game=Poe2
Mapping Filter: https://www.filterblade.xyz/?profile=IgnatiusHS&saveState=103HWCAT3IZNJ6&isPreset=false&game=Poe2
