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Speed Campaign Guide! Whirling Slash Twister! Blast Through The Campaign!

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0.4 TLotD
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Updated on Dec 24, 2025
Dec 24, 2025

Build Overview

This build guide is designed to help you blast through the campaign as quick as possible. With this current setup I was able to complete the campaign in 5 hours. This included all the islands on act 4 and the interludes!

In patch 0.4 I tested doing this leveling method with no ascendancy to see just how strong it was with all the changes in the game and I was shocked at how well it did!

Note this guide should be able to be done on all classes but this will heavily excel on characters that start on the right side of the tree!

But lets get into it!

KEEP YOUR Whirling Slash LEVEL 1 YOU DO NOT NEED TO LEVEL IT!!!!


At level 1 once you get into town you will want to gamble or create a RARE SPEAR


We will be using Whirling Slash so that our Twister is empowered. This will be the setup we use until level 16. So your rotation from level 1 to 16 will be
Whirling Slashx3 -> Twister. This will empower the twister and do an absurd amount of damage to everything around you.

One you get to the executioner in Act 1 and kill him and save the guy on the torture device. Go to town, grab your level 5 skill gem and cut Barrage. We will be tossing Barrage into the mix now so that we get insane boss dps and clear. So now your rotation goes Whirling Slashx3 -> Barrage -> Twister . As far as everything else goes in act 1 just make sure you grab your spirit gem and cut yourself Herald of Thunder

It sounds complicated I know but once you try it, it is very smooth.

Once you hit level 16 you will be able to equip Wake of Destruction and Skysliver this will make everything a 1000x better. Your Whirling Slash can now be used as a movement skill and damage booster. Since we are now able to use our Whirling Slash as our movement skill we in theory will always have empowered Twister unless you do something awkward.

From level 16 until you get to maps your entire rotation will be Barrage -> Whirling Slashx3 -> Twister you will have to do nothing else and everything will die. Like I mentioned about since Whirling Slash is our movement skill in theory all you have to do is press Barrage -> Twister and you will notice screen clear.

One thing to mention if you are able to cut all the support gems that Twister will do more damage if you cast it when the support gem Salvo has 3 stacks. I showcase this in the attached video! Make sure you check it out!

Once you get more spirit I would allocate Combat Frenzy and try to make sure you are electrocuting or freezing cause Frenzy charges just scale your damage to the moon!

Spirit Gems I would cut in order - Herald of Ice -> Combat Frenzy -> Herald of Thunder

For a second weapon I would grab either a really high elemental damage rare spear for ~level 40+ or I would grab a Tangletongue. Note if you go Tangletongue your going to want to get the critical strike nodes earlier and Tangletongue really shines with rings that have Flat Elemental Damage. An example would be Fire/Cold/Lighting Damage to Attacks. If you dont want to do all that grab a 300 elemental DPS spear.

I have received a handful of questions about gear changes throughout the campaign. As mentioned in the video the only pieces of gear changed were my rings at ~level 50. If your noticing your damage start to fall off there is a couple of things you can do.

1) Upgrade the runes in your weapon to the next tier of flat damage

2) Upgrade your rings to make sure they have flat damage, this includes things like

-Fire Damage to Attacks

-Cold Damage to Attacks

-Lightning Damage to Attacks

Any combination of these 3 or 2 will give you an amazing boost. You can find really cheap rings with double damage for super cheap usually.

Outside of that I mentioned above about changing the weapon to high tier of damage. Thats all you really need.

You will also notice down below there are weapon skill sets. Note you do not need to setup the weapon skill sets until later in the campaign. This will only make your life faster and easier. But if its too confusing dont worry about it. I explain this in more detail in the attached video.

But for now friends, happy campaign blasting! And if you get stuck or need help you can stop by my discord or live stream and ask questions in our POE Channels!

Strengths and Weaknesses

  • Quick Snappy Campaign
  • Multi Screen Clear
  • FAST MOVEMENT SPEED
  • Better for right side of the tree then left

Build Variants

Jewels for the tabula:

Attack Speed

Attack speed with Spears

Damage

Equipment

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Equipment Priority
+10

Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 15

Dex 35

Int 30

1

Barrage

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2

Whirling Slash

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3

Herald of Ice

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4

Herald of Thunder

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5

Combat Frenzy

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6

Twister

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7

Spear Throw

8

Spear Throw

Gem Priority
+16

Passive Tree

main:
123
123
set 1:
20
20
set 2:
20
20

As per the video you do not need to worry about the weapon sets! I did them in the pob for people who want to go through the motions!

What you can do is equip a rare spear in weapon set 2 and a movement / attack speed spear in weapon set 1. Your weapon set one would be your Skysliver.

This way you can maintain fast movement speed and good damage!

Dont be like me upgrade your gear xD

Quest Rewards

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ClearfellBeira of the Rotten Pack
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Hunting GroundsThe Crowbell
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FreythornThe King in the Mists
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Ogham FarmlandsUna's Hut
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Ogham ManorCandlemass, the Living Rite
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KethKabala, Constrictor Queen
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Valley of the TitansMedallion
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DesharFinal Letter
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The Spires of DesharSisters of Garukhan
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Jungle RuinsMighty Silverfist
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The Venom CryptsVenom Draught
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Jiquani's MachinariumBlackjaw, the Remnant
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The Azak BogIgnagduk, the Bog Witch
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The Molten VaultThe Molten Vault
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AggoratBlood Sacrifice
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Journey's EndCaptain Hartlin
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Eye of HinekoraNavali's Rest
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Halls of the DeadYama The White
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Halls of the DeadTawhoa's Test
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Abandoned PrisonGoddess of Justice
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Halls of the DeadTasalio's Test
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Halls of the DeadNgamahu's Test
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WolvenholdOswin, the Dread Warden
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The Khari CrossingAkthi and Anundr
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The Khari CrossingMolten Shrine
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QimahTabana's Pillar
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Kriar VillageLythara, the Wayward Spear
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Howling CavesThe Abominable Yeti
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