1.3 Mjolner "The Thunder God" (Vaal Pact, Super Tanky, HC viable, Atziri down, Cheap)

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The Thunder God Mjolner Build 1.3 HC Viable
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Hi,

I had posted my build before in another thread and after getting so many requests and questions about the build, I have decided to write up a build guide for it.


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Required Gear
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Technically only the Mjolner and Romira's Banquet are the only thing that is Required, as you can just gear for high stats on your gear and ring slot instead of use the Astramentis.

I highly recommend the Shield/boots though as it will really increase your defense in tandem with Rumi's concoction giving you a insane 60% block and spell block.
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About this Build
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Ok so I decided to try Mjolner out and since 1.3 had just been released I decided to just create my own build. I wanted 2 things. One: to clear insanely fast, and two: To never die.

I really feel I have accomplished these two things really well.

I am currently sitting at 72% Physical damage reduction and with my 2 Rumi's up almost 100% uptime I have a whopping 59/59% BLock and Spell Block as well as 84% Physical damage reduction. Combine this with Vaal Pact and Life leech from Arc/Discharge and you are talking about some insane healing and mitigation.

Reflect is a joke as you can easily target a full screen of reflect mobs and heal yourself to full instantly.

With dual curse up and running you get a whopping 95% reduced lightning resist on every mob, which in turn melts everything on your screen. Depending on the amount of mobs around a boss you can also melt most bosses in just few seconds.

With 100% chance to hit and zero chance to crit, this build can take advantage of having higher power charges and increased discharge power as the charges can not be reset by critical hits. And since you can not crit you never have to deal with any spiky reflect damage incoming.
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The Passive Tree
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Please note that I chose the Scion class mostly for aesthetic reasons.I like the way she looks more then the Marauder or Templar.

But technically you can use Templar of Marauder as the Scion has 1 passive that is completely wasted. But in the end it really does not matter which you choose. Just go with what you like best either Templar, Marauder, or Scion.

Scion Version


Marauder Version


Templar Version


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Current Gear
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I really recommend a Staunching flask because if you encounter a Volatile Blood you will probably get 20 stacks instantly from the sheer speed at which you hit/proc Mjolner.

I also carry a Heat flask to deal with frozen, which can get you killed quickly since you can not attack while frozen and since you can not attack you can not leech which is your biggest source of mitigation.
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Defensive Stats
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Links
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Mjolner Arc (top Left)-- Discharge -- Life Leech
You can swap out Arc with Conc Effect on certain boss fights like uber atziri
4L Lightning Strike(Level 9, no Quality) -- Faster Attacks(20%Q) -- GMP (20%Q) -- Multistrike
5L Lightning Strike(Level 9, no Quality) -- Faster Attacks(20%Q) -- GMP (20%Q) -- Multistrike -- Chain (20%Q)

Or alternatively you can use Curse on hit which I highly reccomend.
5L Lightning Strike(Level 9, no Quality) -- GMP (20%Q) -- Multistrike -- Cusre on hit(20%Q) -- Elemental Weakness(20%Q)
6L Lightning Strike(Level 9, no Quality) -- GMP (20%Q) -- Multistrike -- Curse on hit(20%Q) -- Elemental Weakness(20%Q) -- Conductivity(20%Q)

If you have a 5l and a Doedre's Damning ring you can still use double curse on hit setup.

What you can do is add curse on hit to your boots with Herald of thunder and Conductivity. This will not be quite as effective as having both curses applied instantly on attack, but you will find that it is still extremely effective and viable.

Aura's Reduced Mana -- Haste -- Determination
alternatively you can use a Purity if you are low on resist or herald of thunder if you want to use double curse and do not have a 6L.

Single Target Setup
4L Molten Strike -- Faster Attacks(20%Q) -- GMP(20%Q) -- Multistrike

I found molten strike to be extremely good vs single target, just use LS to apply curse then go ahead and destroy them.

Travel Ability
Leap Slam -- Faster Attacks -- Blood Magic

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How To Gear
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Ok so you have got yourself a Mjolner and decided to try out this insanely fun and tanky build.

First things first you got to get to 60 and get those high stat requirements met. At first this can seem very daunting, but do not worry, it is much easier to get then you might think.

I personally use the Astramentis to help acquire the stat requirement, and I like the extra health you get from the 110'ish strength also.

Generally speaking attack speed and spell damage is what you want to gear for if you need more dps and obviously you want as much life and armour as possible to boot.

Attack speed is great because the more you attack, the more you proc Mjolner. Attack speed directly translates to more and more dps. That is why Quality on Faster attack, GMP, Chain and any other gem that increases attack speed is so great.

I highly recommend a Doryani's belt for some dps boost and nice lightning leech, which works well with Vaal Pact. Also a Ratpith Globe and Rainbowstride boots is recommended as it boost your spell block chance, which is really useful and key in dealing with reflect.

Combine that with a Rumi's and you basically have 60% block and spell block at will, if not all the time. This is nice as this allows all types of damage to be negated completely, chaos, elemental spell, range, melee etc..

As for the Gloves I recommend just getting the highest armour you can get and the highest attack speed and life available. You can acquire some stats here and resist to fill out any gaps in your defense.

For the Helmet, I would recommend the same, high armour, life and any stats/resist you need.

If you still need some resist/life/stats you can flesh this out with the ring slot that is left. I currently use the Doedre's Damning ring for the extra curse. This allows me to use a 20% qaulity curse on hit for the 10% increased effectiveness and the 20% Qaulity Conductivity and Elemental Weakness for a insane 95% lower resist.

This can be insanely powerfull as resist mobs will die very fast and mobs with zero resist will now have negative resist. This in turn acts as a damage multiplier. For example if a mob goes negative 95% resist , he would take 95% "MORE" damage from the attacks. This is extremely powerful.



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So Why Vaal Pact?
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I understand that this build is extremely tanky and Vaal Pact might not be needed but in my opinion it is too valuable in this type of a build to ignore. You could go with iron will in your Mjolner for more damage, but I think you will find that the damage is quite fine with life leech gem in.

For those that do not know, how Vaal pact works is like this. If you use an attack that has a leech mechanic, whether from gems or gear, the life leech is instead applied instantly at 40% effectiveness. Without vaal pact, the leech is applied over a period of time based on your total health.

Why is this so good? Well for starters, it mitigates and insane amount of damage because you will be dealing an insane amount of damage. And all that damage will be then linked to your Life leech gem, which will then instantly heal you. Combine this mechanic and reflect mobs are completely useless.

You may have to be-careful with reflect groups that are large if you do not have a Rumi's yet, as a Rumi's will allow you to take zero damage from reflects.

A alternate to Rumi's early on if you can not afford it is a warlords mark, which will allow a larger amount of life to be leeched instantly, in turn negating elemental reflect with ease.

So in the end with the sheer amount of Armour you get from passives, and block/physical reduction you get from this build the instant life leech will allow you to almost face tank anything in the game without moving, except for certain situations which should never be face tanked :)

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Pro's and Con's
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Pros
One of the Fastest clearing builds in the game.
Extremely tanky
Not as expensive as Crit counterpart which requires Shav's, Acuity etc..
Did I say insanely fast clearing?
Double Curse
316% Increased Armour combined with Determination allowing you to resist Physical damage like a boss.

Con's
Single target can be sketchy depending on the mob and how many mobs are around rare/boss etc..
The Mjolner can be a little expensive for some people.

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Conclusion
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I hope you all enjoy this build as much as I have. Please feel free to post any questions or suggestion you may have here on the forums, or message me in game or PM me.

Good luck to you all and enjoy cracking some head.

-Thanks to GGG for such a great game.

Hi Paragon !

Nice build , i will test it when leage end.
I have mjolner on tourment but i use my own build. More dps but not so tanky.


p.s sory for bad english but it`s my 3 language (i am from Poland)

p.s 2 you have mistake - you say lighting strike with 5L but its 6L and on 6L is 7L :)

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Rainhart wrote:

Hi Paragon !

Nice build , i will test it when leage end.
I have mjolner on tourment but i use my own build. More dps but not so tanky.


p.s sory for bad english but it`s my 3 language (i am from Poland)

p.s 2 you have mistake - you say lighting strike with 5L but its 6L and on 6L is 7L :)

Hey thank you very much for pointing that error out, the faster attack was not suppose to be in there.

Also what build are you running? Is it crit based? I have played around with critical strike based Mjolner that runs like 7 auras but Needs Shavs and I found myself dieing a ton.

On this character I can just face roll 77-78 maps even in no time. But I would love to hear what kind of build your running.

When I found the hammer on the league i decided to sell it and buy a +3 fire staff for srs build. Unfortunately, the prices in the league are not quite high and I have to wait for league ends. On the other side the hammer price was so interesting that I decided to see what's hot. And yet i use all my time to test Mjölner. Maybe if I find a suitable build thet will be better than srs`a i dont sell it. And this is the way thet i used 34 regret orb :) I could not find any current updated build for the hammer.And then i come across to Your post. Now, its to expensive to rebuild it , must wait for the end of the league to use undealt points for my 80 lev marauder on the standard. Ultimately, I want atziri farm and from what you write You made it!

Here is my 79 lev Maruder skill tree :

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEABAcEswthDc0RDxQgFm8aOBpsHM4dFB8CJKonLyo4K1A1kjbpOlg64T0PPfxG103jUDBQR1W1VcZXDVcpWGNZ818_Zp5xhXKpdqx4DXlofNl-r4IHgpuD24x2jM-NGY9GkFWaO5uhna6ezZ_LogCmV6cwqW6smKyqrY2xQrXytzHAGsBmwQTEFcT2xtjMt89-0iHVddi92V_ZYdl8217djOAS4XPjauRR6hjsOO0g7w7yQfJF8pz2SPcy99f60v5U_o8=

I use Your`s Shild , belt , amu.

For gloves i test Slitherpinch
For boots and helm i use some rare with 3x res + hp.
For cheast i use 5L armor/ev +hp +3x res(dont have beter armor)

For aoe i use cyclone + 2 x vaal cyclone
For single target molten strike.


I'm sorry that my posts dont look professional but i dont know how to paste a link from my stuff , skill tree. I have no experience.

You can drop the scion elemental resist nodes and pick diamond skin to save 2 skill points and save 1 or 2 points with a different route in the lower left part of the tree.

https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgEAxtg9_FhjXz_2SO8OFCAaPnk5fuIpLny4Vw2kGbYsJd8b-jpSGJG8nxRN_EunMAHnn8tGaTboMglybGxGqW54DVivKjjYvTWStfLPfnas6hitjXKp9zJqAZe0VanMt3GFwBpZ86yqsULVdUbXVymQVRo47DgnL-QiKU_VpoKb4XPtIKIAaPLwH8BmBLPAmgmq2fw26Rps42oWbySqfscb8eWLna753YuMhX3yQdIhggeMz1BHfNnyL57N2WHp1b02R36E2QHcvorEFcT22Xw=

If you can afford it switch sentinel for bravery :)

If you want a lot of armor a level 90 tree could look like:
https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgEAxtg9_FhjXz_2SO8OFCAaPnk5fuIpLny4Vw2kGbYsJd8b-jpSGJG8nxRN_EunMAHnn8tGaTboMglybGxGqW54DVivKjjYvTWStfLPfnas6hitjXKp9zJqAZe0VanMt3GFwBpZ86yqsULVdUbXVymQVRo47DgnL-QiKU_VpoKb4XPtIKIAaPLwH8BmBLPAmgmq2fw26Rps42oWbySqfscb8eWLna753YuMhX3yQdIh2XyCB4zPUEd82fIv2WGezb02R36E2QHcvoqMdrcxwYIvzPGspldN4_6PSshuqg==

or

https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgEAxtg9_FhjXz_2SO8OFCAaPnk5fuIpLny4Vw2kGbYsJd8b-jpSGJG8nxRN_EunMAHnn8tGaTboMglybGxGqW54DVivKjjPfnas6hitjXKp9zJqAZe0VanMt3GFwBpZ86yqsULVdUbXVymQVRo47DgnL-QiKU_VpoKb4XPtIKIAaPLwH8BmBLPAmgmq2fw26Rps42oWbySqfscb8eWLna753YuMhX3yQdIh2XyCB4zPUEd82fIv2WGezb02R36E2QHcvoqMdrcx8azEgorw6UbKkNi9NZK18unVSshuqg==

Good luck.

Well, I decided. I'll do your build :)

I'll do it as a Templar, I do not have this character and its good to acquire archivment. But now the question. What skills you used when leveling? I used molten strike. But merc was a nightmer for me ...

Any suggestion?

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Rainhart wrote:

Well, I decided. I'll do your build :)

I'll do it as a Templar, I do not have this character and its good to acquire archivment. But now the question. What skills you used when leveling? I used molten strike. But merc was a nightmer for me ...

Any suggestion?

You could actually Level as a Caster if you want, I Leveled as Arc.

If you can afford a Tabluar Rasa that will really help. What I did was got a Tabula Rasa, threw arc in there with echo, faster casting, blood magic, life leech, and whatever you want for 6th spot.

Was insanely easy to level that way. I just like leveling with spells and tabula because it tends to be so OP and all you need is like Life Twigs to 60.

All of the uniques below should only cost you like alchemy or two each, very cheap.

Note at level 22 you can use the new Reverberation wand and gem arc in it to get a early game spell echo going until you hit 31. Then swap to your 6 link.

I used 15% cast speed Gloves Lochtonial Caress I think
15% cast speed helm that you can wear at level 8.
A timeclasp with 8% cast speed on it.
A Couple of lifetwigs with high spell damage/cast speed.
The Neck with 15% cast speed.
Some wonderlust boots for freeze immunity
And Goldrim for when you get into Cruel and you need the 40% all resist.

So as you can see with that much cast speed your mana would just go down in just seconds, but with blood magic gem and life leech you will have no problem running it all. Keep in mind you will not be able to use blood magic until 24 but i have a way to overcome that.

Buy yourself Malachai's Simula , its a helm that gives like 30% lightning damage and the blood magic passive. This is great because you can use it at 17, and this will hold you over until 24.

Also Run life regen aura to help mitigate the health dump from casting. You should be able to just clear screens instantly of mobs. Bosses can be little harder but all you have to do is just swap out another spell for Arc in your tabula like storm call, tendrils ,or even Flameblast even.

Also feel free to grab allot of elemental damage early on and just respec out of it. I did that and I think I used 25 respec points later on just so I could level fast.

I leveled this way to 70 in about like 6-8 hours.

anyway hope these tips help as I like to level this way. I mean if you really had a solid day to just grind a new character out you could sit down in the morning and hit 80 that afternoon. Have fun and let me know if there is anything else I can help you with.

Build sounds good. Would you be able to upload a video? :)

Such an amazing build that I can even kill crap with Level 1 Gems :D

I am interested in knowing which Bandit choices should made as I have respecced an Old FB Marauder with

Kraityn Oak Oak


Will this be fine? as I would lack resis without Kraityn, the extra attack speed from Kraityn in Cruel would seem beneficial, but im not sure about Alira in Merciless since she offers a Power Charge and this build is heavily designed on armour and life so would it be fine to keep Oak (Endurance Charge) as he is in Mercy? or would it be Alira?

EDIT: I`ll scrap Kraityn from Norm diff for Oak as I just realized that there are 3 resis nodes near the Scion that we get.

Paragon i done it!
You deserve a bottle of vodka ! ! !

I miss only 2 noods to life.

My defensive statistics:

4.5 k life
12.5k armor (33k with granite flask)
60% phys dmg reduce
31% block attack
20% block spell

I do not have Rumi's but working on it.
Highest map that i did is 65 (bazaar) = I was immortal! ! !

Yesterday I made some party, did the map 74-76.
I was immortal. I can tank Vaal on the map in the four-man team !!

Need to buy 2x uniqe potion and level up my gems for 20%q.

I use enduring cry + iAOE + CWDT
Herold of thunder + curse on hit + elemental weaknes + spell echo.
Leapslam + FA / and on another weapon set Brightbeak leapslam+fa+blood magic

Auras:
Herold Of Thunder (for 2 curse)
Determination

G3nobee56:
From what I know it all builds of this type take:
+ 40hp
+12 Faster attack
+1 Power charge

But we'll see what Paragon says on it.

Many thanks for the build under Mjölner Paragon !


You deserve a bottle of vodka ! ! !


Now the new target is established.
Kill Atziri!

Any advice?
Tactics?
What potions have used?
It was hard?
Maybe a movie?


With great respect Rainhart!

ps I bought a tabula rasa to leveling proces but Templar Leveling with flame blast and incinirate was horror...
I bought regrets and I changed my marauder. I had to eat only 54 regrets :)