Welcome to the Rosa, High Court Chariot Leveling Guide. Rosa is an irreverent Paladin, who would rather destroy Torchlight's foes than kiss the feet of Keegan's adherents. Rosa's High Court Chariot is highly mobile. Wielding a shield in one hand and whatever else she damn well pleases in the other Rosa dominates the battlefield. Blocking foes builds up Murderous Intent which she unleashes to create a Holy Domain, pulling enemies in for a nice shield bash to the face!
| The leveling guide is intended to take your character to Level 80. This is the last level with unlimited free respec points. Be sure to check the final section of the guide for recommendations on how to transition into the Endgame! |
- Scales well with gear
- Very smooth leveling
- Defense boosts offence
- Button intense Playstyle
- Requires enemies to hit you
- Hero Trait swap for Damage
Check out the Complete Story Walkthrough for tips on how to complete the Campaign.
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 Glorious Journey and Rock Lizard's Skull.
- Nectar Valley (L16): Look out for Dragon Scale Shoes, Boor's Iron Crown.
- Dawn Avenue (L27): Look out for Reverse-Reverse-Reverse Mirror, Boor's Iron Crown and Omniscient Prototype.
- Sanctuary of Solitude (L35): Look out for Shamed and Omniscient Prototype.
- Silver Sands' End (L44): Look out for Steel's Lament and Furious Man's Body.
- NOTE: If you get the chestpiece, remove Quick Return from Groundshaker and replace it with Critical Strike Damage Increase. Remember to swap back if you take the chest off!
- Hall of Grandiosity (L54): Look out for Boom Gloves and Omniscient Prototype.
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 Life 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
Look for these Offensive stats on weapons:
- Gear Physical Damage
- Physical Damage added to Attacks
- Erosion Damage added to Attacks
- Critical Strike Chance
- Critical Strike Damage
- Block Chance
Look for these Defensive stats on armor:
- Max Life
- Max Life %
- Armor
- Attacks and Spell Block Chance
- Block Ratio
Core Skill
- Groundshaker is a demolisher skill dealing a massive aftershock of damage when you consume a Demolisher Charge. Use your Holy Illumination to collect all enemies and then Groundshaker to one shot them all.
- Use Compound Source to quickly regenerate Life and Mana whenever needed.
- Activate Bull's Rage to gain a massive boost to Melee Skill Damage and Radius.
- Fixate should be used to Mark enemies and also gives you a chance to deal double damage.
- The mobility skill to use is determined by which base type of weapon you are using. If you find a really good Axe, use Leap Attack. If you find a really good sword, use Spiral Strike.
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!
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Move to slider at the bottom to interact with the Tool
Use the Embed to the left to follow along with Support Skill progression!
- Level 1: Support Groundshaker with Quick Return.
Equip the following as you obtain them:
- Level 3: Support Compound Potion with Limber Stretch.
- Equip Spiral Strike or Leap Attack based on your weapon.
- Level 7-11: Support Groundshaker with Steamroll.
- Level 12-16: Equip Bull's Rage.
- Level 17-25: Equip Fixate, Support Groundshaker with Added Physical Damage
- Level 26-54: Continue filling out supports on your utility skills. Now, the goal is to slowly add on Supports and Auras as you gain Energy and levels.
Level 55: At this point you have access to every skill in the game, continue to follow the embed shown as you gain more Energy.
To learn more check out the Skills and Passives Guide.
Talents
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God of War
This tree focuses on Physical Damage by provided large amounts of Flat Physical Damage as well as some Block Chance you allocate later into the leveling process. Brutality prevents you from dealing Elemental damage so avoid weapons with added Fire/Cold/Lightning Damage.
Shadowdancer
This tree grants large increases to Physical Damage and +1 Level to All Physical Skills. Open Wounds provides a large amount of Critical Strike Damage against Traumatized enemies, a status applied by Acuteness Imbue. This tree also grants strong defensive talents, including Chance to Block Attack Damage and Reduced Physical Damage Taken.
Ranger
This tree further scales Critical Strike Chance and Damage, as well as providing a very powerful node for scaling this damage further into the endgame which cause the Increases to Knockback Distance to apply to Attack Damage at 150% of the value.
There are tons of different Talent Trees to explore, if you want to learn more about this robust system check out our Talent Tree Guide.
Traits, Relics and Memories
Hero Traits
Level 45: Whirlwind Advance allows you to maintain high amounts of Murderous Intent throughout zones.
Level 75: Desperation grants Attack, Cast Speed and additional Damage Dealt to all enemies within your Holy Domain. Switch to Precise Steamroll for a significant damage boost.
Level 90: Seize Momentum gives you access to Brave Advance which further scales damage dealt to enemies within the Holy Domain but also causes you to take additional damage.
Relics and Memories
While leveling Rosa, look for any combination of the following stats on your Hero Relics and Memories;
| Hero Relic | Hero Memories |
| For every enemy that enters the Holy Domain, gain additional damage. | Block Ratio |
| For every 5 points of Murderous Intent, gain Increased Skill Area. | Additional Damage when Trait Skill is higher than X%. |
| Additional Damage taken by enemies for every 5 points of Murderous Intent when the Trait Skill is activated. | Deal Additional Damage to Boss Enemies when inside the Holy Domain. |
| Maximum Life and Energy Shield. |
To learn more, check out our Hero Relic and Hero Memory Guide.
Pacts
To learn more, check out our Pacts and Pets Guide.
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 non-legendary gear you come across. It costs very low amounts of Flame Dust and Flame Sand to lock 1 good affix in place and reroll up to 4 new modifiers.
Transitioning to Endgame
Weapon
Look for the following modifiers on your weapon:
- Prefixes:
- Gear Physical Damage
- Physical Damage added to Attacks
- Erosion Damage added to Attacks
- Suffixes:
- Gear Critical Strike Chance
- Critical Strike Damage
- Gear Attack Speed (Note this does not always increase dps, but does add quality of life).
- If it is item level 70+, craft your weapon using prototype crafting until you hit several useful modifiers.
- Use Targeted Processing to add more modifiers from the above list until the item has 5 modifiers.
- Enchant your item with a 6th modifier.
Remaining Gear
Focus on crafting the remainder of your Armor and Jewelry with the following goals in mind;
- Cap all of your Resistances at the 60% maximum.
- Have a healthy Life pool.
- Scale Armor for additional defenses.
- Demolisher Charge Modifiers
- Increase your Melee or Physical damage.
- Critical Strike Rating, or Damage.
- Attack Speed (Note this does not always increase dps, but does add quality of life).
Legendary Items
Leveling
- Omniscient Prototype grants a large amount of Energy but no stats.
- Dragon Scale Warshield makes you a lot tankier over the duration of a zone.
- Shield of Judgment a low level shield that helps you take down enemies during the campaign.
- Lonesome is a great ring for the early game, but you have to replace Brutality with Determined.
Set Items
As you complete the Netherrealm be sure to farm the following Voyager's Commemorative Set items.
- Voyager's Commemorative Cape
- Voyager's Commemorative Strap
- Voyager's Commemorative Goggles
- Voyager's Commemorative Boots
- Voyager's Commemorative Cufflinks
- Voyager's Commemorative Pinky Ring
Endgame
- Ralph's Engraving grants easy access to Fervor rating.
- Hero's Gaze grants a large amount of damage. This damage modifier can be later applied to a crafted ring using Dream Interpretation.
- Praise for Injury provides explosions for clear speed.
- Vortex Heart gives a significant boost to damage if you drop your AoE directly on enemies.
Continue the Journey
Congratulations on completing the Rosa leveling guide! To continue your Endgame journey check our Build Database!
Other Resources
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Credits
Written by: Milkybk_
Reviewed by: Tenkiei, Xtra37