Hey there. After breezing through the early story by just stacking damage and having some ARPG experience, I have realized that I need to actually understand how to make a well rounded character to beat the Act 3 boss.

I've mostly been freestyling my build, playing Infinity Blades ailment spam. I took Scholar/Cabalist/Time Weaver for the ailment nodes and I'm not sure what defenses would best round out my build.

I'm using staves and bruiser/heavy armor. Is that a terrible choice? Seems like my resists barely budge even when I maximize all res on my gear.

Also is there basically no crafting in this game? Been looking to improve the best drops I get but I have like, 4 crafting items after hours of play.

Anyway, just looking for some general tips. I'd especially like to know about the intricacies of Wolcen builds compared to other major ARPGs, since it feels like power scaling works quite differently here.