Annihilate your foes and slaughter endgame bosses with this frantic melee build. Thank you for watching, the support is always appreciated. Consider subscribing for more content just like this!
NOTE: Regretfully, this build has been retired. I kept it relevant for as long as possible with consistent updates but PoE has changed too much over time. The original video and most recent PoB will be left intact.
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Build Shortcuts:
Introduction:
00:00 - Gameplay Trailer
01:56 - Basics
Gearing Up:
05:31 - Weapons
08:34 - Helmet
09:10 - Helmet Enchants
09:58 - Body Armour
11:07 - Cheap Body Armour Alternatives
14:28 - Gloves
16:15 - Boots
17:40 - Boot Enchants
18:23 - Amulets
20:07 - Anointments
21:39 - Rings
23:15 - Belts
25:56 - Flasks
28:51- Jewels
Skills and Links:
31:08 - Lacerate
33:42 - Mobility/Utility (Gloves)
34:41 - Blood & Sand/Curse/Utility (Helmet)
36:38 - Pride/Defense (Weapon 1)
38:46 - More Auras/Utility (Weapon 2)
Build Basics:
41:11 - Bandit Choice
41:41 - Pantheon
43:19 - Ascendancy
Leveling:
45:59 - Skill Tree/Leveling Progression
49:54 - Leveling Gear/Tips
52:35 - Leveling Gems
Wrapping Up:
53:27 - Conclusion
Build Changes:
NOTE: When running this as a league starter you will want to pick up the first node of life/mana leech. Furthermore you will need to leave an Aura off to free up enough mana before Soul Taker is obtained. This can be Blood & Sand or Dread Banner and the Maim support if needed.
NOTE: Enduring Cry and Call to Arms have been added to this build. I advise binding Enduring Cry to left click in place of move only. This will automatically trigger granting tons of extra life sustain.
NEW 3.13 CHANGES:
- None of the changes to Gladiator will affect this build too heavily. The change to Swift Skewering freed up a passive point. Other than that the build is mostly untouched.
- I've added a new max block variant to the PoB for those who want to go hyper defensive.
- This includes new skill trees, gearsets and gem setups.
- Alterations were made to each skill tree and gearset.
OLD CHANGES:
Main Harvest Changes:
- Resolute Technique was dropped. The build is now critical strike and Impale focused. Yielding significantly more damage. Many changes have been made as a result.
- The Dual Wielding physical damage bonus has been removed. However going crit is more than enough to overcome this.
- Deep Cuts is no longer available.
- Vaal Molten Shell has been nerfed.
Gear Changes:
- We dropped Impresence and the Vulnerability + Blasphemy setup due to the ease of getting Vulnerability on our ring.
- Kaom's Roots has been dropped in favor of some rare boots. This allows us to evade quite a bit against blinded enemies when Flesh and Stone is in Sand Stance.
- A diamond flask we added to boost our critical strike chance.
- A curse enemies with Vulnerability on Hit ring was added.
- Many pieces of gear have had accuracy rating added.
- Our quicksilver flask was dropped for more utility. Leap Slam to your hearts content.
Gem Changes:
- The Blasphemy setup has been removed.
- The removal of Kaom's Roots has granted us four more gems sockets to work with.
- Added an Enduring Cry setup.
- Immortal Call has been added to our Cast When Damage Taken setup.
- Maim has been added and is linked to Flesh and Stone. This causes nearby maimed enemies to take increased physical damage.
- The aura positions have been shuffled and an Enlighten was added to help with mana reservation issues.
Tree Changes:
- Call to Arms was added to the build.
- Crimson Dance and the remaining bleed nodes have been dropped. We just don't have enough focus in bleed to make it worth the investment.
- Many changes across the tree have been made to facilitate the build switching to Critical Strikes.
- A Cluster Jewel Tree was added.
Other Notes:
- I included the wrong recipe for Discipline and Training, it actually requires Silver, Silver, Black.
- If you choose to run Kaom's Roots we gain no benefit from blinding our enemies.
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