SSF Rune Strategy
Cannot buy runes in SSF — must farm everything. First 50 maps: collect all available runes before committing to an element. Rune Guardians in Ancient Portals are the main source. Prioritize "Rune Harvest" Atlas node (+25% fragment drops).
Top 5 SSF Starters
#1 Spirit Walker Ancestral Legion: Built-in DR from possession, no specific gear needed. Stack life and ES.#2 Necromancer Skeletons: Classic SSF king, minimal gear, +15% skeleton base life in 0.5.#3 Poison Bow Deadeye: Poison ignores weapon damage, needs only attack speed and poison chance. Self-sufficient chaos runes.#4 Fireblast Infernalist: Only downside is fire rune demand, but fire runes are the most common drop.#5 Titan Slam: Two-handers craftable via vendor recipes.