Carino Zealot of War Leveling Guide

Welcome to the Carino Zealot of War Leveling Guide. Carino's Zealot of War grants you the ability to switch between 2 distinct modes. Annihilator Mode grants a massive attack and cast speed buff and can be considered your damage mode. Whereas Mobile Mode grants you effects that increase your clear and movement speed. The switch can be automated later on with a Hero Relic modifier. As you gain additional projectile you also gain Magazine Capacity which directly impacts the number of Heat Up stacks you can generate. This effect grants bonuses based on which mode you're in.

After allocating Blank Shots you continue to fire after reducing your ammo to 0. Managing this buff and not having more Overheated stacks than Heat Up is the best way to deal a consistently high amount of damage and reduce ramp up time. Spend too long Overheated and you'll enter Burning Red massively increasing your damage, but forcing you to reload after 10 seconds.

Treasure Troves

Treasure Troves are a way to super-charge your leveling experience. They give vastly more experience than regular zones and yield exclusive Legendary items. You need to complete each of them once for a Talent Point. For an easier leveling experience, you repeat the Treasure Trove until you're 8-10 levels above the zone, then rush through the next few areas. Follow your side quest to find the Treasure Trove locations.

Keep an eye out for the following Legendary items as you clear Treasure Troves.

• New Ear Hills (L7): Look out for Pentagram Astrolabe, Lonesome and Glorious Journey.
• Nectar Valley (L16): Look out for Boor's Iron Crown.
• Dawn Avenue (L27): Look out for Plain Echo and Ralph's Ambition.
• Sanctuary of Solitude (L35): Look out for Lonesome and Pentagram Astrolabe.
• Silver Sands' End (L44): Look out for Howling Wind and Marksman Bracers.
• Hall of Grandiosity (L54): Here you should farm to level 60 to reach your next Hero Trait before completing the campaign.

Leveling Tips and Tricks

• Your first active skill slot (top left in the Skills menu) is your "Main Skill," this matters because many items and Hero Traits have effects that only apply to the Main Skill.
• If you're ever in doubt of where to go, click the campaign quest on the left of your screen and a golden path shows you the way.
• This guide assumes you get most of your levels through Treasure Troves and rush to the objectives in other zones for maximum efficiency.
• When allocating Pact Points, prioritize Elemental Resistance first, then select Damage nodes until you fill the section. If you have leftover points, put them into Drop nodes as you begin farming the Netherrealm.
• Complete all 10 Levels of the Hero Forge to unlock all of your Hero Trait abilities and gain 6 additional Talent Points.
• All support gems become available from the Skill Shop at level 55. At this stage cross reference with the embeds to make sure you're set up for the Netherrealm.
• In Chapter 3 gear you find comes with varying amounts of Energy, after changing your gear, be sure to go to the Energy Menu under Skills to reassign missing Energy.

Equipment & Stat Priorities

Core Skill

• During Zealot of War leveling, it is important to switch between Firing Modes dependent on the situation. Whilst clearing packs of monsters and travelling through the map, use Mobile Mode. For stronger enemies switch to Annihilator Mode for a massive boost to projectile damage. This can be automated later on via the use of Hero Memories and Relics.
• Blazing Bullet is a Fire Projectile Skill that explodes in a small area when hitting an enemy. It deals additional damage per Penetration.
• Use Compound Source to quickly regenerate Life and Mana whenever needed. Limber Stretch also grants a large movement speed bonus, use it liberally in combination with Blurry Steps to zip around.
• Burst of Anger grants a large additional Attack Speed multiplier that resets upon killing an enemy. Focus on maintaining this buff as close to 100% of the time as possible.
• Aim provides a massive boost to projectile damage at the cost of movement speed.

Leveling Progression

WARNING: The following levels are a guideline, you might complete the quest/unlock the Skill a few levels early, or a few levels later!

Talents

Traits, Relics and Memories

Hero Traits

Relics and Memories

Look for any combination of the following stats on your Hero Relics and Memories;

Divinity Slates

After defeating the Steel Forge Timemark 3 Watcher and completing the Netherrealm quest you unlock the Divinity Slate Talents. These can be farmed from different forms of content, but primarily drop from the Cube of Rapacity. Look to brand Divinity Slates with the following nodes;

Pacts

The Netherrealm

Racing through your Netherrealm quests as quickly as possible results in you becoming under leveled for the required zones to progress further, stay within 3 levels of the zones you're completing to avoid a harsh experience penalty. Check out our How to Progress the Netherrealm if you're unsure of anything.

Here's a list of things to do while progressing the early stages of the Netherrealm;

• Level 60, The Trade House is unlocked. Be sure to read and understand our Trade House for Beginners Guide before making any big purchases.
• Higher item levels of gear come with higher quantities of Energy. Look to improve your current gear with items that have increased Energy so that you can use more Support Skills.
• Utilize Prototype Crafting and Enchanting to greatly increase the power of gear you come across. It costs very low amounts of Flame Sand to lock 1 good affix in place and reroll up to 4 new modifiers. Legendary Gear with Legendary Aptitude allows you to roll mods and craft on those items well.

Legendary Items

Leveling

• The Pentagram Astrolabe grants a large amount of Flat Damage to your Active Skills.
• Blind Vision synergizes perfectly with Gale converting you projectile speed into additional damage.
• Bow of Endless Dusk is a massive damage upgrade over anything you can realistically craft during early game.

Set Items

As you complete the Netherrealm you encounter Chaos Cards that provide a Set Item. These items are very powerful at a base, and provide powerful set bonuses. Be sure to farm the following Voyager's Commemorative Set Items;

• Voyager's Commemorative Boots
• Voyager's Commemorative Brooch
• Voyager's Commemorative Cape
• Voyager's Commemorative Cufflinks
• Voyager's Commemorative Goggles
• Voyager's Commemorative Pinky Ring

Continue the Journey

Congratulations on completing the Carino Zealot of War Leveling guide! To continue your Endgame journey check our Build Database!

Credits

Written by: Milkybk_
Reviewed by: Tenkiei