Hellcat5's Guide to Melee Scion 1.3.1

I'm hellcat5. I do gaming videos, game programming videos, voice overs and music.

I created this video to cover my melee scion build. She's currently level 81, and on her way up.

here's the link to the video -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pewZ2FbcN80&index=11&list=PLA7erk0oNe2pec8aJEI-sMzXEmL13K8WN


Essential Gear -
Carnage Heart - life leech - http://poe.xyz.is/search/totowomoyoyoni

Suggested Gear -
meginord's girdle - offsets the 25% life reduce from carnage heart - http://poe.xyz.is/search/itinnimotitoko

dream fragments - ensure you can keep attacking - http://poe.xyz.is/search/ihisekatimetak

prismatic eclipse - with 2 of these you can roll 3 green sockets easily to get a global attack speed increase of 72% - http://poe.xyz.is/search/omoyahosenamto

Gem Sets -

cyclone+blind+curse on hit+enfeeble - this provides a supportive attack for teammates squishy to melee damage by reducing the chance melee can hit and by lowering damage output overall.

dual strike+multistrike+splash+mana leech - primary attack. suck it up.

flicker strike+life leech+stun+splash - great for stopping that barrage of spells or arrows for yourself and for teammates.

hatred+grace+leap slam+reduce mana - great buffs to run to make this build super tanky and aggressive. The knockback on leap slam causes stun since lowered stun threshhold from build.

cast when damage taken+decoy totem+molten shell - adds tanky power and distraction

Build -
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgAAAAYB3AHnCLEJWAvBEdUUTRSpFfYYkRv6HOchYCXfKaUqODWSNe826DgbOlI6szrhOu0__EKOQzFEnkd-Sn1KyE3jTipTu1YtV5dYr1uvYEFieWNwZU1noGoeajtul26qcsN4DYFBguSE2YZghymHdoqvkAqQEZgKns2fy6QZplenMKluqwuwc7Xytiy2QbakvJ-9Nr6Kvqe-vL_VwYvMBtIh0_zYvdun3Q3elt7l4kPjn-hm8i_yRfKc9778S_zF_gr-jw==

Mh... From what it seems, your life is very low in your video (2k6 HP is ridiculously low, especially for a melee character). Sure, leech is nice, but there's a cap, and with such low life I'm think you're weeeell beyond that cap (20% of life per second).

See, you're lvl 81 and it seems you're having troubles in Colonnade in your video, a lvl 71 map : that's a sign the build has some problems in it.

Also, you're playing Vaal Pact and Blood Rage, which could work, but you have -60% chaos resistance so as we see in your video, you can kill yourself in a few seconds if you don't find any mobs to hit, which is also very problematic.

Prismatic Eclipses are good weapons for lvling but they don't really work lategame, it's very easy to find another weapon for a few chaos that has overall stats that are 2x times better.

All in all, you should think about the viability of your build endgame : how can you survive maps ? Right now you probably can't run anything higher than lvl 72/73 without risking nearly certain death.