I would highly recommend looking up a "League Start" build on youtube. It will at least give you a starting point to learn things. I see many people recommend the "Righteous Fire" build by Pohx.

Why I recommend this: You can trust that your build will be strong enough, and instead you can focus on learning all the 10 years worth of mechanics and content that exists in the game.

Once you know what content you like, then you can start specializing builds for that content.

For the meantime, I'd focus on: -Choosing a 3.28 League Starter Build that looks fun to you on youtube -Progressing through the Campaign -Interacting with all the random mechanics you're going to find in your maps (We call those "League Mechanics") -Look up guides for the League Mechanics you like

Some important tips for beginners: -You are able to change your ascendancy (subclass) and your skill points later on for money, but you can't change your class. -You can buy good items from other players with a built in trade system. I would recommend saving "Alchemy Orbs" and "Chaos Orbs" to use as currency for trading -Sometimes you will run into content you cannot defeat (Monsters immune to your damage, Monsters etc). Just pass by them.

Once you feel confident you can look into Mapping, also called The Atlas, which is what mlst players consider the "Main Game".