Time to ascend again. You can chose to do this before or after Killing Kitava.
This is also a great time to pickup cheap uniques like
Immortal Flesh
Rise of the Phoenix or
Dawnbreaker
We're going to take
Ramako, Sun's Light which means we need to change a few gems.
Step one Drop
Flammability and replace it with
Punishment
Next drop
Combustion Support from your
Fire Trap and replace with
Swift Affliction Support
This is is because when we take
Ramako, Sun's Light we no longer benefit from - Fire Resistance, however monsters can never have above -20% fire resistance while we stand still. Which is much more frequently than you would think.
After Finishing the Campaign make sure to type /Passives and make sure you have all your additional skills points
Before I start mapping I like to look at my gear and gamble for upgrades. (Do not gamble weapon/Accessories it's a waste of gold IMO)
I focus on Gloves/Helmet/Boots/Body. Your primary focus here is to get High Life with Fire Resistance, Chaos Resistance or Life Regeneration Rate. Which is a MULTIPLIER to your Flat Life Regeneration you've been scaling with the Fire Mastery
This is around the time when you stop stacking Fire Resistance and focus on other affixes such as.
Life, Chaos Resistance, Dexterity, Life Regeneration Rate, Big Flat Life Regeneration.
Note: You still need to have large sources of Fire Resistance as you're using it to Overcap your Cold & Lightning Resistance.
You can also look at some of the gear in the POB Gear Section under this loadout to see examples
Starting maps I like to start using
Enduring Cry for Endurance Charges (they give Phys & Elemental Mitigation.) We will passively generate these later on with an Amulet Anoint.
Disciple of the Unyielding
Also make sure you have selected your Pantheon. You want to be running Brine King & Ralakesh.
After finding the First Labyrinth Trial (in yellow maps) and completing it you will gain an offering to the goddess. Use this to run your Uber Lab and ascend so you can get
Valako, Storm's Embrace
I also like to use the Font Rewards from lab to Quality my
Righteous Fire as it gives a nice bonus to Area of Effect.
Next up is Finding a Divine Vessel. You can usually purchase these very cheap, we need one to expand our Pantheon to unlock "100% chance to avoid being frozen" Search "Brine King" on your atlas and run the map that highlights which unlocks the avoid being frozen, make sure to put the Divine Vessel in with the map then later take it out and click it.
After completing your Uber Lab & Getting your Freeze Avoid you can now swap your auras. Here's what we pivot to
Summon Skitterbots +
Unbound Ailments Support
Tempest Shield
Flesh and Stone (only in Sand Stance)
Purity of Fire
As a reminder this is a great time to grab an
Immortal Flesh if you have not. Along side
Rise of the Phoenix to help hit 90% Max all res until you go block based.