Leveling L1–68
- Act 1: run Freezing PulseBuy Freezing Pulse from Nessa after the Hillock quest — it is the strongest Templar/Witch leveling spell through the first zone and cold gives you shatter on white packs. Keep Arcane Surge Support at level 7 so it procs after every 1–2 casts. Flame Dash from Nessa after Submerged Passage. Drop Clarity on as soon as the int requirement is met to keep mana reservation tight for the early casts. Any magic wand with added cold damage is fine — vendor-craft with Sapphire Ring + magic wand + Blacksmith's Whetstone.
- Act 2: run Freezing PulsePick up Herald of Thunder from Yeena after the Great White Beast — it stacks with the eventual lightning scaling you move to. Add Orb of Storms as a side-skill to apply shock to rares and bosses (flat damage multiplier on top of Freezing Pulse). Added Lightning Damage Support goes into the 4-link once you have one. Bandit reward: help Alira for the mana regen, crit multi, and resists — this build wants all three. Start pathing toward the spell crit cluster around the Templar start.
- Act 3: run SparkSwap to Spark once Clarissa sells it — bouncing projectiles clear wide rooms better than Freezing Pulse against Act 3's open areas. Controlled Destruction Support and Lightning Penetration Support both drop from the Library quest. Pick up Assassin's Mark from Yeena for power charge generation on rares and bosses. Slot a Cast when Damage Taken Support + Steelskin at L10 for panic defense. Run Lab 1 at end of Act 3 and take Righteous Providence — the elemental spell crit multiplier is the biggest ascendancy spike in the leveling process, and it applies to your attack crits later too once you're on a wand.
- Act 4–5: run SparkSpell Echo Support once the int requirement is met — doubles cast rate, and Spark bounces mean each echo fills more of the screen. Do Lab 2 in Act 5 and take Inevitable Judgement — from this point on your crits fully ignore elemental resistance on everything. This is the node that makes the eventual Kinetic Blast of Clustering swap so brutal against bosses — you're already building the resist-ignore engine.
- Act 6 — wand swap: run Kinetic Blast of ClusteringThe transition. Lilly Roth in Lioneye's Watch sells Kinetic Blast of Clustering — buy it and equip it in a vendor-recipe wand (magic wand + topaz/sapphire/ruby ring + Whetstone → guaranteed added elemental damage). Reserve Wrath from the Act 6 quest reward — your attack is now lightning-heavy, so Wrath roughly doubles the added damage the supports feed in. Pierce Support is non-negotiable in the main link — without pierce the initial projectile stops on the first enemy and the clump never reaches bosses hiding behind mobs. Inspiration Support for mana sustain + the crit buff. Expect one rough zone while the gem levels up — you still have Orb of Storms + Spark in the weapon-swap tabs if you need to fall back.
- Act 7–9: run Kinetic Blast of ClusteringAdd low-level Precision to close the accuracy gap — wand attacks need reliable hit chance for crits to land, and Inquisitor doesn't have the native dex-stacking an attack-class ranger does. Added Cold Damage Support on a 5-link (or via a Tabula Rasa) stacks on top of Added Lightning Damage Support — both are straight multipliers once Inevitable Judgement nullifies the enemy's resist. Do Lab 3 in Act 9 and take Instruments of Zeal — consecrated ground now gives you crit chance on every attack, not just spells.
Freezing Pulse 
Arcane Surge Support 
Onslaught Support 
Flame Dash 
Clarity Buy Freezing Pulse from Nessa after the Hillock quest — it is the strongest Templar/Witch leveling spell through the first zone and cold gives you shatter on white packs. Keep Arcane Surge Support at level 7 so it procs after every 1–2 casts. Flame Dash from Nessa after Submerged Passage. Drop Clarity on as soon as the int requirement is met to keep mana reservation tight for the early casts. Any magic wand with added cold damage is fine — vendor-craft with Sapphire Ring + magic wand + Blacksmith's Whetstone.
Freezing Pulse 
Added Lightning Damage Support Arcane Surge Support 
Controlled Destruction Support Flame Dash Clarity 
Herald of Thunder 
Orb of Storms Pick up Herald of Thunder from Yeena after the Great White Beast — it stacks with the eventual lightning scaling you move to. Add Orb of Storms as a side-skill to apply shock to rares and bosses (flat damage multiplier on top of Freezing Pulse). Added Lightning Damage Support goes into the 4-link once you have one. Bandit reward: help Alira for the mana regen, crit multi, and resists — this build wants all three. Start pathing toward the spell crit cluster around the Templar start.
Spark Added Lightning Damage Support Controlled Destruction Support 
Lightning Penetration Support Flame Dash Clarity Herald of Thunder Orb of Storms 
Cast when Damage Taken Support + Steelskin 
Assassin's Mark Swap to Spark once Clarissa sells it — bouncing projectiles clear wide rooms better than Freezing Pulse against Act 3's open areas. Controlled Destruction Support and Lightning Penetration Support both drop from the Library quest. Pick up Assassin's Mark from Yeena for power charge generation on rares and bosses. Slot a Cast when Damage Taken Support + Steelskin at L10 for panic defense. Run Lab 1 at end of Act 3 and take Righteous Providence — the elemental spell crit multiplier is the biggest ascendancy spike in the leveling process, and it applies to your attack crits later too once you're on a wand.
Spark 
Spell Echo Support Controlled Destruction Support Lightning Penetration Support Added Lightning Damage Support Flame Dash Clarity Herald of Thunder Orb of Storms Cast when Damage Taken Support + Steelskin Assassin's Mark Spell Echo Support once the int requirement is met — doubles cast rate, and Spark bounces mean each echo fills more of the screen. Do Lab 2 in Act 5 and take Inevitable Judgement — from this point on your crits fully ignore elemental resistance on everything. This is the node that makes the eventual Kinetic Blast of Clustering swap so brutal against bosses — you're already building the resist-ignore engine.
Kinetic Blast of Clustering 
Inspiration Support 
Pierce Support 
Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Added Lightning Damage Support Flame Dash 
Wrath Clarity Herald of Thunder Orb of Storms Cast when Damage Taken Support + Steelskin Assassin's Mark The transition. Lilly Roth in Lioneye's Watch sells Kinetic Blast of Clustering — buy it and equip it in a vendor-recipe wand (magic wand + topaz/sapphire/ruby ring + Whetstone → guaranteed added elemental damage). Reserve Wrath from the Act 6 quest reward — your attack is now lightning-heavy, so Wrath roughly doubles the added damage the supports feed in. Pierce Support is non-negotiable in the main link — without pierce the initial projectile stops on the first enemy and the clump never reaches bosses hiding behind mobs. Inspiration Support for mana sustain + the crit buff. Expect one rough zone while the gem levels up — you still have Orb of Storms + Spark in the weapon-swap tabs if you need to fall back.
Kinetic Blast of Clustering Inspiration Support Pierce Support Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Added Lightning Damage Support 
Added Cold Damage Support Flame Dash Wrath Clarity 
Precision Herald of Thunder Orb of Storms Cast when Damage Taken Support + Steelskin Assassin's Mark Add low-level Precision to close the accuracy gap — wand attacks need reliable hit chance for crits to land, and Inquisitor doesn't have the native dex-stacking an attack-class ranger does. Added Cold Damage Support on a 5-link (or via a Tabula Rasa) stacks on top of Added Lightning Damage Support — both are straight multipliers once Inevitable Judgement nullifies the enemy's resist. Do Lab 3 in Act 9 and take Instruments of Zeal — consecrated ground now gives you crit chance on every attack, not just spells.
Kinetic Blast of Clustering Inspiration Support Pierce Support Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Added Lightning Damage Support Added Cold Damage Support 
Greater Volley Support Flame Dash Wrath Clarity Precision Herald of Thunder Orb of Storms Cast when Damage Taken Support + Steelskin Assassin's Mark Enter maps with a 5-link clear setup and start saving for Greater Volley Support — the 3.28 Mirage Exceptional Support that replaced the old GMP. Extra projectiles multiply Kinetic Blast of Clustering's single-target clump density directly, because every projectile drops its own stack of small explosions at the hit point. Run Uber Lab at L68 for Pious Path — persistent consecrated ground means Instruments of Zeal is effectively always active. From here it's a rare crafting grind: 6-link chest, crit wand with attack speed + flat elemental damage, and eventually a Nimis ring if the budget allows.
How leveling works
Kinetic Blast of Clustering is the single-target-monster transfigured wand attack — instead of Kinetic Blast's three large explosions scattered around the hit point, it fires one tight clump of small extra explosions concentrated on a single location. You lose clear width; you gain a bosskiller that stacks every projectile right on top of the enemy. On an Inquisitor, that clump is crit-amplified by Righteous Providence (elemental crit is its signature) and fully resist-ignoring via Inevitable Judgement. Because the skill naturally converts physical wand damage into added elemental (via Added Cold Damage Support / Added Lightning Damage Support / Elemental Damage with Attacks Support), resist-ignore is where the real damage ceiling lives — most of your hit becomes uncapped against every map boss.
Leveling is NOT done on the endgame skill. Kinetic Blast of Clustering is a wand attack but Inquisitor scaling notes say "crit spells" through most of the early tree, and the transfigured gem is gated on Normal Lab. The clean path is Freezing Pulse → Orb of Storms into Spark mid-Act through Acts 1–5, then swap to a wand with Kinetic Blast of Clustering around Act 6 once Lilly Roth is available and you have a 4-link free. The ascendancy order is Righteous Providence (Lab 1) → Inevitable Judgement (Lab 2) → Instruments of Zeal (Lab 3) → Pious Path (Uber Lab). Instruments of Zeal gives consecrated-ground crit to your attack too even though the node is spell-flavored — the crit chance bonus while on consecrated ground applies to all hits, and Pious Path keeps consecrated ground under you permanently.
The endgame defensive identity is 75% resist capped on all three elements, a reasonable life pool, and Pious Path's regen + damage reduction layer. No keystone tricks — this is a straightforward crit wander that wins on Inevitable Judgement instead of stat-stacking exotic mechanics. Nimis is the aspirational endgame ring once you can afford it (projectiles return on hit — every Kinetic Blast of Clustering clump fires twice at the same target), but it is not a leveling item and you should not think about it until red maps.
Do not burn currency on leveling uniques. Goldrim, Wanderlust, and maybe a Tabula Rasa if it falls in your lap are the handful worth a few alts each. Every chaos saved during leveling is a chaos toward the endgame crit wand and Nimis.
Gear while leveling
- · Wand: vendor-recipe magic wands (magic wand + topaz/sapphire/ruby ring + Blacksmith's Whetstone → guaranteed added elemental damage) from the Act 6 pivot through early maps. The endgame target is a rare crit wand (Profane Wand / Imbued Wand / Tornado Wand base) with attack speed, flat added elemental damage to attacks, and crit chance.
- · Shield: any rare shield with life, mana, and resists through the campaign. Dual-wielding two wands is the endgame endpoint but a shield is the correct leveling choice for the life and resist buffer.
- · Body armour: a Tabula Rasa if one falls cheap — the guaranteed 6-link trivializes the transition. Otherwise a 4-link hybrid ES/evasion or pure ES chest with life and resists through the campaign.
- · Helmet: Goldrim covers all three elemental resists for the cost of an alt and lasts comfortably through Act 5. Swap to a rare with life + three resists once you have one crafted or looted.
- · Gloves: prioritise life, mana, resists, and attack speed once you have one. Dex roll on gloves or boots covers the Greater Volley Support requirement later.
- · Boots: Wanderlust for the movement speed + freeze immunity through the acts. Swap to rare boots with movement speed + life + resists by early maps.
- · Rings: life, mana, resists, and attribute patches as needed. A cheap Le Heup of All covers dex/int gaps through the campaign. Nimis is the endgame ring target — do not buy it during leveling.
- · Amulet: Atziri's Foible is the budget caster-to-wander bridge amulet for mana and attribute pressure. A crafted rare with crit multi, life, and resists is the endgame target.
- · Belt: Heavy Belt or Leather Belt with life and resists. No unique belt during leveling — the endgame slot generally goes to a specific rare.
- · Flasks: life flask with bleed removal, mana flask (mandatory before Inspiration Support arrives), quicksilver with "of Adrenaline", granite + iron skin, and a diamond flask the moment you can afford one — the crit roll is a direct damage multiplier.
Weapon progression
Acts 1–5 use any magic wand or sceptre with added cold or lightning damage. The magic wand + Sapphire Ring (cold) or Topaz Ring (lightning) + Whetstone vendor recipe gives a guaranteed element-flat roll and carries the spell-caster phase cheaply. Re-run the recipe on a new wand base every 4–6 levels — do not sink currency into a rare wand here because you are throwing it away at the Act 6 swap anyway.
Act 6 swaps to the same vendor-recipe wand, but now the target is attack damage on it rather than spell damage. Look for a wand with "adds # to # lightning damage to attacks" + attack speed + crit chance. A Lifesprig in the off-hand during the very early wand transition is a cheap cast speed + life boost if the main hand feels anemic, but drop it once you have a proper shield or second wand.
The endgame target is a rare wand with attack speed, two "adds # to # [element] damage to attacks" prefixes, crit chance, and ideally "+1 to level of all projectile gems" — but this is a red-maps-and-beyond purchase. Any 5-link vendor-recipe wand with Pierce Support + Inspiration Support + two added-damage supports clears yellow maps fine once Wrath and Inevitable Judgement are online.
Tree to aim for (by level 90)
Watch out for
- ! Kinetic Blast of Clustering is a regular transfigured gem — Lilly Roth in Act 6 vendors every standard transfigured variant once you reach Lioneye's Watch. This is different from skills gated on the transfiguration font (which require Normal Lab completion). You can pick it up at Act 6 even if you haven't run Lab 1 yet, but grab Lab 1 for Righteous Providence before expecting the crit scaling to carry.
- ! Pierce Support is non-negotiable for Kinetic Blast of Clustering — the initial projectile must pass through trash to reach the rare or boss where the clump explosion matters. Without pierce, the skill stops on the first mob in the lane and feels terrible.
- ! Righteous Providence is an elemental spell crit multiplier on paper, but its sister node Instruments of Zeal grants crit chance on all hits while on consecrated ground — meaning the Inquisitor ascendancy does scale your wand attack crits via the consecrated-ground layer, not the flat node. Plan the tree around building consecrated ground (Lab 3 notable) uptime.
- ! Inevitable Judgement ignores elemental resistance on crits. It does NOT ignore chaos resistance. If you run a build with Impresence or chaos conversion, this build is the wrong chassis — Inquisitor KBoC stays elemental end-to-end.
- ! Greater Volley Support is the 3.28 Mirage Exceptional Support that replaced Greater Multiple Projectiles (GMP no longer exists). It is tradable and costs around 1 divine in week one, dropping to a few chaos by week two. Until you buy it, the 5-link works fine without it — the damage gap is noticeable but not campaign-blocking.
- ! Wrath + Herald of Thunder + Clarity + Precision will over-reserve mana without at least one mana reservation efficiency notable on the tree. Drop Clarity before dropping Wrath — Wrath is the biggest DPS multiplier in the build and non-negotiable.
- ! Nimis is the endgame ring, not a leveling item. It returns projectiles on hit, which roughly doubles Kinetic Blast of Clustering's clump damage against bosses because every shot fires twice. Do not even price-check it until you're in red maps with the rest of the build functional.
Early Mapping L70–84
- Finish the ascendancy with Pious Path as the fourth Inquisitor node — permanent consecrated ground follows on kill, which keeps the Sanctuary consecrated-ground damage/crit bonus live
- Upgrade to a dual Grace of the Goddess setup with max-rolled "Gain x% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold/Lightning/Fire" on both wands — at this tier the reference already has 3× 40%+ lines per wand, which is the damage floor
- Craft a Helical Ring with "-2 Prefix Modifiers allowed, +1 Suffix Modifier allowed" to pack four suffixes (crit multi, Int, Str, attack damage) — the endgame template that Kalandra's Touch will mirror
Summon Sacred Wisps
Returning ProjectilesInspiration
Increased Critical Damage
ForkKinetic Blast of Clustering
Elemental FocusFull gear (22 items)
Grace of the Goddess Weapon 1
- 39% increased Spell Damage
- 335% increased Physical Damage
- Gain 38% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage
- Gain 44% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage
- Gain 31% of Physical Damage as Extra Lightning Damage
- +1 to maximum number of Sacred Wisps
- +1 to number of Sacred Wisps Summoned
Grace of the Goddess Weapon 2
- 39% increased Spell Damage
- 349% increased Physical Damage
- Gain 47% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage
- Gain 32% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage
- Gain 39% of Physical Damage as Extra Lightning Damage
- +1 to maximum number of Sacred Wisps
- +1 to number of Sacred Wisps Summoned
Viper Ruin Weapon 1 Swap
- 30% increased Stun Duration on Enemies
- Adds 2 to 5 Physical Damage
- Adds 42 to 65 Fire Damage
- Adds 2 to 10 Lightning Damage
- 7% increased Attack Speed
- Grants 5 Life per Enemy Hit
- +89 to Accuracy Rating
Indigon Helmet
- 169% increased Energy Shield
- 10% increased maximum Mana
- Recover 10% of Life when you use a Mana Flask
- Non-instant Mana Recovery from Flasks is also Recovered as Life
- 60% increased Cost of Skills for each 200 total Mana Spent Recently
- 24% increased Spell Damage for each 200 total Mana you have Spent Recently, up to 2000%
Dusk Suit Body Armour
- 8% increased Mana Recovery rate
- +22% to Critical Strike Multiplier for Attack Damage
- +55 to Intelligence
- 79% increased Energy Shield
- +156 to maximum Life
- +21 to maximum Mana
- +34% to Fire Resistance
- +8% to Cold Resistance
Shaper's Touch Gloves
- 88% increased Armour and Energy Shield
- +2 Accuracy Rating per 2 Intelligence
- +1 Life per 4 Dexterity
- +1 Mana per 4 Strength
- 1% increased Energy Shield per 10 Strength
- 2% increased Evasion Rating per 10 Intelligence
- 2% increased Melee Physical Damage per 10 Dexterity
Empyrean Stride Boots
- 60% increased Energy Shield
- +27% to Fire Resistance
- +47% to Cold Resistance
- 10% increased Movement Speed
- 8% increased Stun and Block Recovery
- +19 to Strength (crafted)
Horror Locket Amulet
- Allocates Primal Spirit
- +19 to Strength and Dexterity
- +19 to all Attributes
- +21 to Intelligence
- 12% increased Spell Damage
- 16% increased Armour
- +41 to maximum Mana
- +28% to Cold Resistance
Rapture Eye Ring 1
- +15% to Fire and Cold Resistances
- +40 to maximum Energy Shield
- +97 to maximum Life
- +27 to maximum Mana
- +40% to Fire Resistance
- +25% to Chaos Resistance
- +30 to Strength (crafted)
Gale Loop Ring 2
- +13% to Fire and Cold Resistances
- Adds 1 to 2 Physical Damage to Attacks
- +43 to maximum Life
- +40% to Fire Resistance
- +37% to Cold Resistance
- +37% to Lightning Resistance
- +54 to maximum Mana (crafted)
Damnation Locket Belt
- +33 to Strength
- +33 to Strength
- +29 to maximum Energy Shield
- Regenerate 35.7 Life per second
- +35 to maximum Mana
- +28% to Lightning Resistance
- +38 to maximum Life (crafted)
Soul Star Jewel
- +2% Chance to Block Spell Damage while Dual Wielding
- +8 to Strength and Intelligence
- 5% increased Attack Speed while Dual Wielding
- 6% increased Projectile Speed
Spirit Cut Jewel
- +13 to Intelligence
- 8% increased Damage
- 15% increased Lightning Damage
Split Personality Jewel
- This Jewel's Socket has 25% increased effect per Allocated Passive Skill between it and your Class' starting location
- +5 to Strength
- +40 to Accuracy Rating
Ghoul Shard Jewel
- +16% to Critical Strike Multiplier with Fire Skills
- 10% increased Projectile Damage
- 13% increased Damage with One Handed Weapons
Oblivion Ruin Jewel
- 4% increased Cast Speed while holding a Shield
- +12% to Cold and Lightning Resistances
- 14% increased Damage with Wands
- 33% reduced Effect of Shock on you
Split Personality Jewel
- This Jewel's Socket has 25% increased effect per Allocated Passive Skill between it and your Class' starting location
- +5 to Strength
- +40 to Accuracy Rating
- 55% reduced Amount Recovered
- 135% increased Recovery rate
- 50% of Recovery applied Instantly
- 26% increased Duration
- 35% chance to Avoid being Shocked during Effect
- 42% increased Charge Recovery
- 25% reduced effect
- 50% Chance to Avoid being Stunned during Effect
- +18 to Maximum Charges
- 50% reduced Effect of Curses on you during Effect
- 13% chance to gain a Flask Charge when you deal a Critical Strike
- Grants Immunity to Bleeding for 8 seconds if used while Bleeding
- Grants Immunity to Corrupted Blood for 8 seconds if used while affected by Corrupted Blood
All gem links (8 groups)
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Automation L18 -
Lightning Conduit of the Heavens 18/20
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Spellslinger L18 - Clarity L18
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Tornado L18
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Sniper's Mark L15 -
Mark On Hit L18
- Flame Dash L17
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Faster Casting L18
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Herald of Ash 17/20 -
Holy Hammers L19 - Holy Hammers L19
- Holy Hammers L19
- Precision L18
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Herald of Purity L19 -
Flesh and Stone L18
- Returning Projectiles L18
- Inspiration L18
- Increased Critical Damage L18
- Summon Sacred Wisps L18
- Fork L18
- Kinetic Blast of Clustering 20/20
- Elemental Focus L1
How this stage plays (mechanics, defences)
Kinetic Blast of Clustering Inquisitor at this tier already commits to the endgame archetype — the L84 reference runs dual Grace of the Goddess prophecy wands, Indigon in the helmet, and Shaper's Touch gloves, which is the exact core that ~100% of endgame and aspirational builds converge on. The 6-link in Nightweave Robe carries Kinetic Blast of Clustering + Summon Sacred Wisps + Fork + Returning Projectiles + Inspiration + Increased Critical Damage, with Elemental Focus waiting as a seventh socket for later. The transfigured KB variant fires a tight cone of explosions from every wand attack; Summon Sacred Wisps is the real damage vehicle — it's a minion aura where wisps orbit the player and pulse extra fire/cold/lightning damage scaled off the wisp count, and Grace of the Goddess's two lines "+1 to maximum number of Sacred Wisps" and "+1 to number of Sacred Wisps Summoned" across both wands double the default wisp count.
The damage identity is mana-spend scaling, not weapon DPS. Indigon's "24% increased Spell Damage for each 200 total Mana you have Spent Recently, up to 2000%" pairs with Spellslinger (socketed in the wand) so every wand attack spends mana and pumps the Indigon multiplier. Arcane Cloak + Automation in the helmet eats additional mana on a timer to keep the multiplier topped. Chaos Inoculation + Iron Will are the two keystones — CI deletes the chaos weakness that Indigon and the Inquisitor's weak chaos floor create, and Iron Will converts the tree's 500 Strength into spell damage scaling. Ascendancy at this tier is mid-build: Augury of Penitence, Inevitable Judgement, Righteous Providence. The critical pick is Inevitable Judgement — every crit ignores enemy elemental resistance, which is THE Inquisitor identity.
The defensive identity is CI + block + ES. Chaos Inoculation locks life to 1 and makes chaos damage do nothing — at this tier chaos res is already -35% because the amulet and rings pick chaos over life, and CI makes that irrelevant. 3.3k ES pool from the Nightweave Robe's 79% increased Energy Shield + Indigon's 169% increased ES + Shaper's Touch's Int-to-ES conversion (1% ES per 10 Strength, plus 699 Int). 34% attack block + 10% spell block is low at this tier — the jump to 78/78 happens when Svalinn shield goes in at endgame. Resistances cap at 75/75/43 with the lightning res hole filled via rares in later tiers. Pantheon is Brine King + Abberath for stun and ignite ground. Herald of Purity + Herald of Ash + Flesh and Stone + Precision + Clarity stack as aura reservation, with Arcane Cloak as the defensive cooldown that converts mana into a damage shield.
Point-and-click wander with a minion-aura damage pulse. Kinetic Blast of Clustering's tight-cone pattern fires from the wand; Summon Sacred Wisps maintains a constant ring of orbiting wisps that pulse fire/cold/lightning every cycle. Flame Dash handles gap-closing. The Spellslinger link in the wand fires a triggered Tornado with every attack for additional hit-layering. Mark on Hit via Sniper's Mark auto-applies the boss mark for +30% projectile damage taken. The rhythm is comfortable mapping — attack into a pack, let the wisps and KB clusters dump overlapping explosions, move to the next pack. Single-target is identical in tempo because Kinetic Blast of Clustering's tight cone overlaps cleanly on a stationary boss.
Passive tree (117 points)
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Endgame L85–94
- Every core piece from early-mapping stays: Grace of the Goddess main wand, Indigon helmet, Shaper's Touch gloves, Chaos Inoculation, Iron Will, Inevitable Judgement. The offhand pivots to Svalinn shield for 12% base spell block + "Chance to Block is Lucky" + trigger-a-spell-on-block, which is how block climbs from 34% to 78%. Kalandra's Touch replaces ring 2 to mirror the Helical Ring's +86 Str / +93 Int / +37% crit multi / +22 all attributes for free. The 6-link finalises as Kinetic Blast of Clustering + Summon Sacred Wisps + Greater Fork + Returning Projectiles + Vicious Projectiles + Damage on Full Life + Increased Critical Damage (the 7th socket is a corrupted implicit).
- Craft a Kalandra's Touch partner ring with a second +1 suffix template and target crit multi + attack damage + Int rolls — 88% endgame pickrate for the mirror means this is the correct path
- Pick up Transcendent Flesh crimson jewel (+7% crit multi per 10 Str on Unallocated Passives) in a Strength-cluster socket — the reference has it and it delivers raw crit multi on top of Iron Will
- Upgrade to a Mageblood belt once budget allows — 79% endgame pickrate, keeps four utility flasks permanently up and trivialises resistance/damage/movement-speed ceiling
Kinetic Blast of Clustering
Vicious Projectiles
Damage on Full LifeElemental Damage with AttacksIncreased Critical DamageSummon Sacred Wisps
HypothermiaFull gear (24 items)
Grace of the Goddess Weapon 1
- 8% increased Explicit Physical Modifier magnitudes
- 40% increased Spell Damage
- 343% increased Physical Damage
- Gain 48% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage
- Gain 48% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage
- Gain 54% of Physical Damage as Extra Lightning Damage
- +1 to maximum number of Sacred Wisps
- +1 to number of Sacred Wisps Summoned
Svalinn Weapon 2
- +20 to maximum Life
- 15% Chance to Block Spell Damage
- +139 to Ward
- -10% to maximum Chance to Block Attack Damage
- -10% to maximum Chance to Block Spell Damage
- Chance to Block is Lucky
- Trigger a Socketed Elemental Spell on Block, with a 0.25 second Cooldown
Apocalypse Bane Weapon 1 Swap
- 27% increased Spell Damage
- Adds 12 to 18 Physical Damage
- Adds 18 to 37 Fire Damage
- 17% increased Cold Damage
- 19% increased Attack Speed
- +38 to maximum Mana
Indigon Helmet
- 161% increased Energy Shield
- 10% increased maximum Mana
- Recover 9% of Life when you use a Mana Flask
- Non-instant Mana Recovery from Flasks is also Recovered as Life
- 59% increased Cost of Skills for each 200 total Mana Spent Recently
- 24% increased Spell Damage for each 200 total Mana you have Spent Recently, up to 2000%
Sol Sanctuary Body Armour
- 11% of Physical Damage from Hits taken as Chaos Damage
- +22% to Critical Strike Multiplier for Attack Damage
- +53 to Intelligence
- +86 to maximum Energy Shield
- 131% increased Energy Shield
- 53% faster start of Energy Shield Recharge
- 12% increased Stun and Block Recovery
- 6% increased Attributes (crafted)
Shaper's Touch Gloves
- 6% increased maximum Energy Shield
- 115% increased Armour and Energy Shield
- +2 Accuracy Rating per 2 Intelligence
- +1 Life per 4 Dexterity
- +1 Mana per 4 Strength
- 1% increased Energy Shield per 10 Strength
- 2% increased Evasion Rating per 10 Intelligence
- 2% increased Melee Physical Damage per 10 Dexterity
Behemoth Tread Boots
- Gain 5% of Physical Damage as Extra Lightning Damage
- 4% increased Action Speed
- +50 to Intelligence
- 90% increased Energy Shield
- +42 to maximum Mana
- +48% to Fire Resistance
- +43% to Lightning Resistance
- 25% increased Movement Speed
Eyes of the Greatwolf Amulet
- Allocates Primal Spirit
- 30% increased Attributes
- 46% increased maximum Mana
- Implicit Modifier magnitudes are doubled
Victory Nail Ring 1
- -2 Prefix Modifiers allowed
- +1 Suffix Modifier allowed
- Implicit Modifiers Cannot Be Changed
- 50% increased Suffix Modifier magnitudes
- +88 to Strength
- +86 to Intelligence
- +67 to maximum Mana
- Gain 3 Life per Enemy Hit with Attacks
- +22 to all Attributes (crafted)
Kalandra's Touch Ring 2
- Reflects opposite Ring
Mageblood Belt
- +42 to Strength
- +56 to Dexterity
- +20% to Fire Resistance
- +22% to Cold Resistance
- Magic Utility Flasks cannot be Used
- Leftmost 4 Magic Utility Flasks constantly apply their Flask Effects to you
- Magic Utility Flask Effects cannot be removed
Split Personality Jewel
- This Jewel's Socket has 25% increased effect per Allocated Passive Skill between it and your Class' starting location
- +5 to Strength
- +5 to Intelligence
Forbidden Flesh Jewel
- Allocates Sanctuary of Thought if you have the matching modifier on Forbidden Flame
Fulgent Star Jewel
- Adds 8 Passive Skills
- 2 Added Passive Skills are Jewel Sockets
- Added Small Passive Skills grant: 12% increased Attack Damage while holding a Shield
- Added Small Passive Skills also grant: 4% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Martial Prowess
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Prodigious Defence
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Veteran Defender
Bramble Wound Jewel
- Adds 8 Passive Skills
- 2 Added Passive Skills are Jewel Sockets
- Added Small Passive Skills grant: 12% increased Attack Damage while holding a Shield
- Added Small Passive Skills also grant: +5 to Intelligence
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Fuel the Fight
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Martial Prowess
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Prodigious Defence
Split Personality Jewel
- This Jewel's Socket has 25% increased effect per Allocated Passive Skill between it and your Class' starting location
- +5 to Strength
- +5 to Intelligence
Watcher's Eye Jewel
- 4% increased maximum Energy Shield
- 5% increased maximum Life
- 5% increased maximum Mana
- 60% increased Cold Damage while affected by Hatred
- Gain 10% of Maximum Mana as Extra Maximum Energy Shield while affected by Clarity
- Non-Channelling Skills have -9 to Total Mana Cost while affected by Clarity
Healthy Mind Jewel
- 20% increased maximum Mana
- Increases and Reductions to Life in Radius are Transformed to apply to Mana at 200% of their value
Forbidden Flame Jewel
- Allocates Sanctuary of Thought if you have the matching modifier on Forbidden Flesh
- +14 to Maximum Charges
- Recharges 5 Charges when you Consume an Ignited corpse
- Enemies Ignited by you during Effect have Malediction
- Enemies Ignited by you during Effect take 10% increased Damage
- Recover 3% of Mana when you Kill an Enemy during Effect
- 26% reduced Duration
- 25% increased effect
- 60% increased Evasion Rating during Effect
- 25% reduced Duration
- 25% increased effect
- 60% increased Armour during Effect
- 30% reduced Duration
- 25% increased effect
- 14% increased Movement Speed during Effect
- 32% reduced Duration
- 39% less Duration
- 25% increased effect
- Immunity to Bleeding and Corrupted Blood during Effect
All gem links (7 groups)
- Tornado 1/20
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Culling Strike L20 - Spellslinger L20
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Tempest Shield 20/20 - Herald of Purity L19
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Enlighten 3/20 -
Sigil of Power L20
- Inspiration L1
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More Duration L20 - Automation L20
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Cast when Damage Taken L19
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Frostblink of Wintry Blast 19/8 -
Summon Lightning Golem L19
- Sniper's Mark 20/20
- Mark On Hit 20/20
- Vicious Projectiles L19
- Damage on Full Life L19
- Kinetic Blast of Clustering 20/20
- Elemental Damage with Attacks L19
- Increased Critical Damage L19
- Summon Sacred Wisps 20/20
- Hypothermia L1
How this stage plays (mechanics, defences)
DPS climbs to 14M at 100% crit chance and 5.72x crit multi. The endgame supports are 92% Summon Sacred Wisps, 92% Increased Critical Damage, 88% Greater Fork, 71% Vicious Projectiles, 62% Damage on Full Life — the meta converges hard on this exact stack. Greater Fork (exceptional support from 3.28) is the replacement for base Fork and adds a large more-damage multiplier plus additional splits. Vicious Projectiles layers global physical + chaos damage that then converts through Grace of the Goddess's three "Gain x% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire/Cold/Lightning" lines, so physical scaling becomes pure elemental damage on the output side — which is exactly what Inevitable Judgement wants, because the resist-ignoring effect applies per-element on crit. Damage on Full Life is free because CI means the character is always at 1 life (not full life) — wait, that's the trick. CI converts ES to the effective "full" for this support under the 3.28 wording: with life at 1, the character counts as on full life for the purposes of this support. The endgame reference confirms 62% meta pickrate.
Indigon peaks here. 1,294 Intelligence + 981 Strength feeds both Iron Will's Str-to-spell-damage conversion and Shaper's Touch's Int/Dex/Str cross-scaling. Healthy Mind cobalt jewel in the life wheel converts life into mana at 200%, pumping the mana pool that Indigon feeds on. Watcher's Eye contributes 5% increased max ES, 6% increased max Life, 4% increased max Mana, 40% increased Attack Damage while affected by Precision, 15% increased Mana Recovery Rate while affected by Clarity. Forbidden Flame + Forbidden Flesh (94% meta both) allocate Sanctuary of Thought — the Scion life-into-mana wheel keystone, which stacks with Healthy Mind for compounding mana scaling. Lethal Pride timeless jewel conquers a Marauder-adjacent cluster with Karui nodes for crit multi and life. Dual large clusters add Martial Prowess + Prodigious Defence + Fuel the Fight + Veteran Defender. Three Split Personality jewels in the Scion cluster scale with passive distance from Scion start for stacked Str + ES + Int. Greatwolf Talisman via Eyes of the Greatwolf is 90% meta — the implicit-doubled line delivers +58% crit multi and 28% increased Attributes on one slot.
EHP climbs to 133k. Chaos Inoculation is 100% meta — no variance here. 8.4k ES pool from layered ES rolls (Twilight Regalia 92% ES, Indigon 155% ES, Shaper's Touch 116% ES, Soul Cloak chest 118 flat + 92%). 78% attack block / 78% spell block via Svalinn + Tempest Shield + block tree nodes, with "Chance to Block is Lucky" doubling the effective block rate through lucky rolls. 45% physical damage reduction from armour layering on gear + Molten Shell guard. Chaos resist is -60% — irrelevant under CI. Pantheon is Brine King + Garukhan for stun and evasion recovery. The single remaining weak spot is catastrophic physical hits that penetrate both block rolls simultaneously — Molten Shell + Arcane Cloak + Svalinn's "Trigger a Socketed Elemental Spell on Block" catch those moments.
Tempo and cadence are identical to early-mapping, just harder-hitting. Cast speed is 3.44 attacks per second — not remarkably fast, because the wisps and Indigon multiplier carry the damage rather than raw cast count. Frostblink of Wintry Blast (transfigured variant with shock propagation) replaces Flame Dash for movement. Spellslinger-linked Tornado proc at every attack adds a secondary hit layer. Inevitable Judgement means boss resist-phase immunities stop mattering — a Sirus shield-phase or Maven meteor shower just hits through. Arcane Cloak on Automation pre-buffs before every boss encounter. The feel is 'steady high-damage mapping with surprise pinnacle-boss ceiling' — the build doesn't feel faster than a Necromancer wander, but bosses fall faster because elemental resistance stops existing.
Passive tree (128 points)
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Aspirational L95–100
- The aspirational reference is an unusual pivot — the L100 build swaps to Mjolner + The Squire + The Ivory Tower, which is a different chain-lightning-cast-on-melee archetype rather than a pure ballista-wander refinement. The mainline aspirational Inquisitor actually stays on the endgame pattern: Grace of the Goddess + Indigon + Shaper's Touch + Svalinn at 100% pickrate for the first three. Split Personality climbs to 100%, Watcher's Eye to 99%, Lethal Pride to 96%. Chaos Inoculation and Iron Will remain 100% and 98% picks.
Shock Nova
Cyclone
Mana Leech
Infused ChannellingInspiration
Cast while ChannellingFull gear (29 items)
Mjolner Weapon 1
- Melee Hits have 12% chance to Fortify
- Trigger a Socketed Lightning Spell on Hit, with a 0.25 second Cooldown
- Socketed Lightning Spells have no Cost if Triggered
- +300 Intelligence Requirement
- +200 Strength Requirement
- 94% increased Physical Damage
- 98% increased Lightning Damage
- Skills Chain +1 times
The Squire Weapon 2
- 120% increased Block Recovery
- Has 3 Sockets
- All Sockets are White
- +8% to Quality of Socketed Support Gems
- Socketed Support Gems can also Support Skills from your Main Hand
- 129% increased Armour and Evasion
- +4% Chance to Block
Hissing Tornado Wand Weapon 1 Swap
- Adds 4 to 73 Lightning Damage to Spells and Attacks
- 28% increased Lightning Damage
Kinetic Wand Weapon 2 Swap
- Cannot roll Caster Modifiers
Indigon Helmet
- 159% increased Energy Shield
- 10% increased maximum Mana
- Recover 9% of Life when you use a Mana Flask
- Non-instant Mana Recovery from Flasks is also Recovered as Life
- 51% increased Cost of Skills for each 200 total Mana Spent Recently
- 24% increased Spell Damage for each 200 total Mana you have Spent Recently, up to 2000%
The Ivory Tower Body Armour
- +1% to all maximum Resistances
- +67 to Intelligence
- +30 to maximum Energy Shield per 100 Reserved Life
- +100 to maximum Mana
- Regenerate 2% of Energy Shield per second
- Chaos Damage is taken from Mana before Life
Shaper's Touch Gloves
- +0.79% to Spell Critical Strike Chance
- 111% increased Armour and Energy Shield
- +2 Accuracy Rating per 2 Intelligence
- +1 Life per 4 Dexterity
- +1 Mana per 4 Strength
- 1% increased Energy Shield per 10 Strength
- 2% increased Evasion Rating per 10 Intelligence
- 2% increased Melee Physical Damage per 10 Dexterity
Doom Span Boots
- 9% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
- Drops Brittle Ground while moving, lasting 3 seconds
- +70 to maximum Mana
- +55 to Strength
- +52 to Intelligence
- +64 to maximum Life
- 30% increased Movement Speed
- +15% to Lightning and Chaos Resistances (crafted)
Eyes of the Greatwolf Amulet
- Allocates Primal Spirit
- 38% increased Attributes
- +2 to maximum number of Raised Zombies
- Implicit Modifier magnitudes are doubled
Honour Finger Ring 1
- -2 Prefix Modifiers allowed
- +1 Suffix Modifier allowed
- Implicit Modifiers Cannot Be Changed
- 50% increased Suffix Modifier magnitudes
- +93 to Intelligence
- +88 to Strength
- +42% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
- Regenerate 33.3 Life per second
- +60 to maximum Mana
- +22 to all Attributes (crafted)
Kalandra's Touch Ring 2
- Reflects opposite Ring
Mageblood Belt
- +42 to Strength
- +52 to Dexterity
- +24% to Fire Resistance
- +23% to Cold Resistance
- Magic Utility Flasks cannot be Used
- Leftmost 4 Magic Utility Flasks constantly apply their Flask Effects to you
- Magic Utility Flask Effects cannot be removed
The Light of Meaning Jewel
- Passive Skills in Radius also grant +4% to Chaos Resistance
Glyph Prism Jewel
- Adds 8 Passive Skills
- 2 Added Passive Skills are Jewel Sockets
- Added Small Passive Skills grant: 12% increased Lightning Damage
- Added Small Passive Skills also grant: +3 to All Attributes
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Disorienting Display
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Scintillating Idea
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Storm Drinker
Split Personality Jewel
- This Jewel's Socket has 25% increased effect per Allocated Passive Skill between it and your Class' starting location
- +5 to Intelligence
- +5 to maximum Mana
Stormshroud Jewel
- 9% increased Global Critical Strike Chance
- +13% to Lightning Resistance
- Modifiers to Chance to Avoid being Shocked apply to all Elemental Ailments
Blight Hope Jewel
- Adds 8 Passive Skills
- 2 Added Passive Skills are Jewel Sockets
- Added Small Passive Skills grant: 12% increased Lightning Damage
- Added Small Passive Skills also grant: +3% to all Elemental Resistances
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Disorienting Display
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Scintillating Idea
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Storm Drinker
Split Personality Jewel
- This Jewel's Socket has 25% increased effect per Allocated Passive Skill between it and your Class' starting location
- +5 to Intelligence
- +5 to maximum Mana
Vivid Wound Jewel
- 12% increased Global Critical Strike Chance
- 10% increased Critical Strike Chance with Elemental Skills
- +17% to Critical Strike Multiplier with Cold Skills
- 10% increased maximum Mana
Foe Pause Jewel
- 10% increased maximum Mana
- +11% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
- +15% to Critical Strike Multiplier with Lightning Skills
- 4% increased Attack and Cast Speed
Watcher's Eye Jewel
- 4% increased maximum Energy Shield
- 6% increased maximum Life
- 4% increased maximum Mana
- 76% increased Critical Strike Chance while affected by Wrath
- Critical Strikes Penetrate 8% of Enemy Elemental Resistances while affected by Zealotry
- Gain 8% of Maximum Mana as Extra Maximum Energy Shield while affected by Clarity
Unnatural Instinct Jewel
- 10% increased Global Critical Strike Chance
- 25% reduced Effect of Chill on you
- Allocated Small Passive Skills in Radius grant nothing
- Grants all bonuses of Unallocated Small Passive Skills in Radius
Lethal Pride Jewel
- Commanded leadership over 12591 warriors under Kaom
- Passives in radius are Conquered by the Karui
- Historic
Viper Heart Jewel
- Corrupted Blood cannot be inflicted on you
- 10% increased maximum Mana
- 11% increased Area Damage
- Attacks have 3% chance to cause Bleeding
- 15% increased Bleeding Duration
- 26% reduced Duration
- 25% increased effect
- 53% chance to Avoid being Shocked during Effect
- 36% reduced Duration
- 25% increased effect
- 20% additional Elemental Resistances during Effect
- 25% reduced Duration
- 25% increased effect
- 14% increased Movement Speed during Effect
- 27% reduced Duration
- 25% increased effect
- Regenerate 3% of Life per second during Effect (crafted)
- 25% increased Duration
- Chaos Damage taken does not bypass Energy Shield during effect
- Removes all but one Life on use
- Removed life is Regenerated as Energy Shield over 2 seconds
All gem links (7 groups)
- Assassin's Mark 21/20
- Clarity L15
- Mark On Hit 20/20
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Arrogance 20/20
- Cyclone L20
- Mana Leech 20/20
- Infused Channelling 21/20
- Shock Nova 21/20
- Inspiration 20/20
- Cast while Channelling 20/20
- Arrogance 20/20
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Purity of Fire 21/20 - Precision L21
- Enlighten 3/20
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Eternal Blessing 20/20 - Wrath L21
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Frost Shield 21/20
- Lightning Penetration 20/20
- Arcane Surge 21/20
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Increased Critical Strikes 20/20
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Ball Lightning of Orbiting 20/20 -
Archmage 21/20 - Elemental Focus 20/23
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Frostblink 19/23
How this stage plays (mechanics, defences)
The meta median at aspirational is 12M DPS and 252k EHP — the reference's 1.2M sheet DPS is misleading because Mjolner + The Squire scales via triggered lightning spells that don't appear in the main skill tooltip. For the mainline aspirational path (not the reference's Mjolner pivot), the identity is more of the endgame: more jewels, more cluster density, more intelligence, higher-tier Indigon rolls, and a second-curse investment via Whispers of Doom or a curse-on-hit ring.
Supports peak as 100% Summon Sacred Wisps, 97% Increased Critical Damage, 97% Greater Fork, 82% Vicious Projectiles, 79% Damage on Full Life — the meta is locked in. Unnatural Instinct viridian jewel replaces allocated small passives with unallocated ones' bonuses for huge value density in a Ranger-adjacent cluster. Glyph Prism and Blight Hope large clusters deliver Disorienting Display + Scintillating Idea + Storm Drinker for crit and lightning scaling. Stormshroud viridian jewel grants 9% increased Global Critical Strike Chance + "Modifiers to Chance to Avoid being Shocked apply to all Elemental Ailments" — ailment-immunity through a single jewel. The reference's Ivory Tower + Jiquani's-style CI pivot is a variant, not the mainline; the mainline stays on the Grace-of-the-Goddess KB chassis.
Aspirational median EHP is 252k. The reference's 67k EHP shows the Mjolner pivot's weaker defensive profile, but the mainline KBoC aspirational sits at 250k+ EHP through stacked ES (10.5k median) + double block + 98% Iron Will pickrate confirming Str-based defensive scaling. The reference shows resist overcap of 27/0/4 for fire/cold/lightning with chaos at +76% — that last number matters because the reference pivoted off CI. Mainline aspirational Inquisitors keep CI and don't care about chaos. Coruscating Elixir ruby flask (Chaos Damage taken does not bypass Energy Shield during effect) is a common safety-net pick for CI characters who take heavy chaos hits.
The apex Inquisitor wander experience. The mainline build's rotation is degenerate on purpose — Shield Charge into pack, stand, Kinetic Blast of Clustering for 3-4 attacks, everything in a two-screen radius dies because Summon Sacred Wisps overlaps with KB clusters and Indigon's mana-spend multiplier hits 2000% ceiling. Inevitable Judgement means pinnacle bosses with elemental-resist phases take their full damage through the phase. The reference's Mjolner pivot trades this rhythm for a cyclone-triggered lightning caster feel — slower movement, higher spell coverage, but less burst. Most aspirational builds stay on the mainline KB cadence.
Passive tree (132 points)
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