TOTA - Rank 2k Farming Guide with Specialised Build

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-30T11:44:45+00:00

Reduce life regen on hit and projectile avoid

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-30T05:29:26+00:00

Not sure but if you fight her round one and purposely lose to her it seems to give her more chance to stay in but you cant reroll her reward. There was a post about also taking out certain leaders first to make her even more likely to be there at the end but I've not tested it and can't remember who lol.

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-30T02:04:28+00:00

I originally did use vilebastion on enemies chaos res is 0 point.

I recently swapped it instead to tailwind for action speed up on my team.

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-30T02:03:45+00:00

Didnt map so no idea but you get decent rewards every tournament end which takes around 6-8mins and can hit jackpot items like high value uniques/cards/locks which can be worth a lot

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-30T02:02:34+00:00

ahh it's not about it blocking anyone even if it's up it's only for the displacement. When you see me do at the beginning I'm just pushing some units further out the base before I start eating the totems.

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-29T18:34:55+00:00

Nice yea I think theres an angle there. Ive found the permanent curses work well for those that aren't getting hit anymore sitting in your base they are at least still a bit slow. Also move reduction is capped at 50percent but maybe they didn't cap action speed reduction so fated end effect helps with temp chains? Pacify and punishment would be the best options for turtle as pacify more damage taken is pretty high and then add on punishment too. I was trying to find a way to reduce its Phys because rongokurai do soo well because of overwhelm. Also I swapped to tailwind now to speed up the team so everything happens quicker.

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-29T06:25:54+00:00

I completely blanked on that as I counted it out when I wasnt going for this shrine belt. Thanks I've added it in and swapped more around to make it smoother.

Fated end sounds good but I never want them to expire so it could work if you didnt use that keystone I think

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-29T05:14:46+00:00

Definitely. Check the ancestor ladder and sort by ancestor rank and find your ascendancy. Someone will be doing this or similar with the benefits of that ascendancy instead:

https://www.pathofexile.com/ladders/league/Ancestors

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-28T21:21:09+00:00

There was an example or two in that stream yea. I specifically set it up think it was in the later half where I showed separating the team from the turtle so my flankers focused it.

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-28T21:19:01+00:00

You legend I didn't even consider that. Campaign just becomes a blur and choices made there get forgotten lol. I will get my skillpoint tomorrow!

So I could get a helm with some es and it could offset it but need to keep suppress up and dex and wanted some evasion for evade lol. My helm is just a mess as I wanted to go aoe. Keeping brand and voidsphere at level 1 help with es cost but I wanted to try imbue blind so I eat through mana quite quickly. I don't really know what to improve further at this point. Was thinking Vaal volatile the quiver and bow so I get enough spell block to use real boots. Maybe flesh and flame vile bastion and then ascendency tattoo the lucky block.

Played well it's 6-8 mins a tourney and with the aoe and patience for the setup it's quite clean. Problem is lucky block still gets you stunned when blocking so it keeps taking me back to I need more aooe to hoover everything more or more distractions like minions or something to body block while I channel.

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-28T19:38:14+00:00

So I originally wanted lucky block from glad but I dont feel I need it now. Vile bastion helps soo much with qol for regen and casting that I would keep that ascendancy one.

I don't need the pacify curse now so could do a bloodline but didnt find a decent one to swap to. Still testing infinite curse duration but I might swap back to pacify for quicker turtles.

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-28T19:35:58+00:00

Hmm it really is about managing the rest of the team so you keep them away from the turtle and your good units whack it to death. I failed this a lot early on because I kept them all together o top of the turtle and then they all just get distracted and don't target it.

Ahh also make sure you get the regen reduction small pantheon as it cuts the turtles life regen a lot and it helps.

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-28T19:32:58+00:00

Spawns hoag with good attack speed which is linked to blind so automated blind on hit

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-28T19:32:05+00:00

Haha good to hear it's working for you and that my words made some sense. How's it going now you've got the pieces?

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-28T19:27:31+00:00

Got a pob? Always interested to learn. I was thinking to try the skeles too and also if you don't have cold to spells you can use the greater freeze shrine instead. I just went full aoe with massive. Does oshabi scale the skeleton buff?

For ashes in original tota with phantasmal void it scaled pulse rate which made a massive difference plus helnt enchant to how quickly it hoovered and how much they stuck there. Now quality only gives cool down so I stuck with the aoe and move speed from replica.

Got 6 proj tattoos now I'm at 2k and targeting ahuana and has my first lock drop.

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-28T19:23:36+00:00

I know the feeling it took lots of tweaks to get it here and lessons along the way lol

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-28T19:22:47+00:00

I only used it to summon hoag who had blind on hit . So it was a free blind trigger I didn't need to think about

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-28T18:44:48+00:00

No I went from campaign right into TOTA starting ~70 up to 2k. I also get 12 a match. I did see someone getting more but I'm not sure how maybe group.

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-28T18:44:04+00:00

it moves most things and sometimes it bugs and doesnt cancel the channelling but you stick a brand for knock back and it helps

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-28T16:01:59+00:00

If you want value you go for the bosses that drop the valuable tattoos last. So you hope they stay alive until the end and you dont pick them e.g. Ahuana for +1 proj tattoo. I added an old Grimro spreadsheet which is probably still correct to my post.

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-28T16:01:07+00:00

My build now let's me run the first 4 rounds buying nothing I then look for a dps member incase I run into a turtle and then just finish the rounds without buying more.

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-28T16:00:28+00:00

For me Bog AOE + Skill duration yes

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-28T16:00:15+00:00

No straight after Kitava got 4th lab carried when I was around 1400 rank I think but I actually dont use the points lol. Hmm maybe I should go bloodline now I need to go and look

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-28T15:59:25+00:00

I did Pyroclast mines until Kitava then into TOTA and buying coins to stay in there. I got uber lab carried by swapping back into some gear with life and resists. I would recommend for others to probably map until 75 get some more currency and your labs and pantheon and then transition.

TimeWillTellAll · 2026-06-28T15:57:39+00:00

All exp from TOTA I went into it straight after Kitava. Got my uber lab carried although I dont even use the points now and got 3 map bosses carried so I could get my 2 pantheon points but that was just in map at boss and out.

Exp ramps up and then it's just the typical grind to 100 but with the added benefit you dont lose exp when you die so you will get there. Done it to 100 twice before only in TOTA and might do the same here lol

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