Ascending is the Term used for Players working to gain Perks. there are 6 Perks that can improve your ability to Farm, and to make your Farming more productive.
basically, you don’t really need Perks if you already made the One Awesome Build, but they really improve your Farming, making it easier to get those Ultra Rare Crystals & Myth Stones, more Gold from drops & selling Items, Eternal, Legend, & Crystal Items drop more often also, if you plan on making Many Awesome Builds.
experience from monsters stops going up at floor 100, so most players just kill monsters around floor 100-120 until they get all the Perks they want. the amount of Experience you need for each Perk goes up, so making an Ascending Build with +200% Experience (6 Quest Stones) is important. the down side to this is that when you get a Perk, you go back to level 1. your stats start over, but you don’t lose your Hero Points, which is really good. most players make a level 1 Build to get them to level 20, then switch to level 40 Build Equipment to level 50, then put on their level 100 Build Equipment.