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My League Start Atlas Strategy For POE 3.23 Affliction League - Blight + Essence/ Strongbox/ Shrine

Dec 09, 2023

This is my Atlas strategy for POE 3.23 Affliction League. I’m going to league start with a totem build again. The reason for this is because I want to farm Blight. 

My League Start Atlas Strategy For POE 3.23 Affliction League - Blight + Essence/ Strongbox/ Shrine

Should You Choose This Strategy? 

Minion and totem builds are the best when it comes to farming Blighted maps

I know there are people who recommend farming Blighted maps if you run a zero DPS or melee build, but I don’t really agree with this. I tried running Blights with my melee build before. While it’s doable, it’s no fun when you have to run around a lot. 

This Atlas strategy is best suited for people that are not too hardcore. It allows you to chill while making POE Currency. So, this mechanic may sound boring to some people. I used the same Atlas strategy last league, and it worked wonders for me. So, I’m going to do this again in Affliction league. 

Blight

Now, let’s start with the Atlas Passive Tree

POE 3.23 Atlas Passive Tree (League Start Version)

This is the league start version, so you can see that I only allocated 99 points

What I did was, I basically grabbed all Blight nodes. When you’re mapping, most of your profits will come from these 2 nodes: 

  • Distilled Fungus enables bosses in your Blight encounters to always drop at least one anointed jewellery at the pump. 
  • Blightspawn will cause more Oil Extractors to drop for you. Usually, this node alone is enough to sustain my Oil Extractors, but you can always buy them. 

I collect all the anointed jewellery from my stash and arrange them based on their anointments. Then, I go to PoE wiki to check the oils used to anoint this jewellery. 

Take Loath Spiral Ruby Ring as an example. You can see that the oils required for this anointment are Golden and Opalescent Oil. So, when you use an Oil Extractor on this ring, you will destroy the ring and have 50% chance to recover a Golden Oil. 

I only use Oil Extractors on jewellery that has a chance to recover Golden Oil for maximum profit. 

As for the keystone Cassia’s Pride, you can take it early on when you don’t have a lot of damage yet. It helps with clearing your Blight encounters. 

Side Mechanics 

As for side mechanics, I took Shrines for more speed and Strongboxes for more profits. 

Strongboxes are very RNG. Sometimes they drop low value currency, but sometimes they can give you Brother’s Gift. So, it’s totally up to you whether you want to run this mechanic early on. 

I like that it is an instant mechanic. I don’t really mind if they don’t give anything valuable, at least they give more monster packs. It’s a side mechanic, anyway. 

Another instant mechanic that you can replace this with is Essence. Essence is very consistent. However, you will want to save up the Essences on the first few days and sell them later, because they are very low in price on the first few days. 

I usually spec into Essence when I get more Atlas Passive Points, but you get the choice to spec into Essence or Strongbox first. 

Selling Essences

There are 2 ways to sell Essences. 

You can sell them in bulk through TFT or sell them through POE Trade. Selling on POE Trade is slower, but you generate more currency. TFT however, always kinda underprice the Essences. 

But if you don’t want to waste time trading and just want to get back to mapping as fast as possible, then TFT is the way to go. 

Sextant 

I don’t use any specific sextants, usually just go with whatever I roll. But if you want, you can use this Blight sextant. 

The upside and downside are obvious. Just make sure your build is strong enough to not rely on towers too much. 

Kirac’s Mod + Scarab

Other sextants that greatly benefit this strategy are additional Strongbox and Essence. 

POE 3.23 Strongbox

We don’t have Essence as Kirac’s mod this time unless we spec into the seventh gate. So, Ambush it is. 

As for Scarabs, you can use Rusted Scarabs early on, but after that you really want to use at least Polished Scarabs

A Polished Blight Scarab will make a huge difference. The reason for this is because Polished Blight Scarab gives you additional Blighted boss, and therefore more anointed jewellery. 

Other Scarabs I use are Divination scarabs and Ambush Scarabs. The last Scarab can be anything. If you want a better map sustain, go with Cartography Scarab. If you want to get more unique items, go with Reliquary Scarabs

Best Maps 

Waste Pool is back in this league. Another map that I highly recommend is Carcass map. 

Very narrow layout, and you can get some very valuable Divination Cards in this map, for example, the Dragon’s Heart and the Nurse.

Ring Anointment

Now, let’s talk about the preparation before you do the Blight mechanic. 

You will need to anoint your jewellery. Meteor Towers and Chilling Towers are the best. 

If you find Silver Oil to be expensive during league start, Empowering Tower is a good option. 

However, Chilling Towers anointment is a must once you get to red maps, or you will find yourself failing some of the Blight encounters. 

Map Anointment 

You can anoint a Blighted map 3 times. 

If you don’t have a lot of damage early on, you can anoint your maps with Sepia, Amber or Clear Oils

After that, you want to use Azure or Crimson Oils for more profits. 

Also Read: 5 Most Recommended League Starters For POE 3.23 Affliction League

Tower Strategy In Blighted Maps

Now, when doing Blighted maps, always try to find a choke point with a few towers together. 

Then, you must set up Seismic, Chilling and Meteor Towers and have them within the range of an Empowering Tower. 

Meteor Towers are the last priority. Only set them up when you have excess resources. I have encountered some ridiculous Blighted maps with very scattered towers. 

If this is the case, you just have to set up Chilling and Seismic Towers here and there and hope that they work. Most of the time, they still work, just not as effectively. They cannot stop the monsters, but at least they will be able to slow them down. 

Map Mods To Avoid

There are 2 map mods that are hard or impossible to do with this strategy: “Monsters cannot be stunned” & “Monsters cannot be slowed to below base speed”

Always reroll the maps containing these mods.

If you’re running a totem build and your PC can handle all the mess on the screen, Blight is highly recommended. With this strategy, you will not fail a single Blighted map. 

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