2.1 Mao's Tanky Aegis Crit(up to 300k dps, block cap 85 90 85 resists)

Hurro frentons, This is my first build guide, and it is focuses on balancing alot of things to make shadow not terrible for melee, this also works as a duelist or ranger if you want even more survivability.

The tree

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwYAsNhFfKLZyBT1b2qMFr91_SaVhG9h4tRCVUumf7VIjDbtQW1s62OJ0zY97LARL3BSnaqMCysKKgtsjLl8XfJirA5ItMURlsLs2-eQGwceBbU6rUcGcFaVLo2_b4Ty4dh2mhPw1VFH_xxjQ7k-29RJUedUMHysZiT9jX0s4f_eI_Z9402So4qxs3iuG6094pS4SO57FNN-73r2oxUgLYMJMxm00Ta-p-IsZU29Nkd-hNkvzMGCTUZi7ITv2sF07S5TBS3Tb3rvQKDAvyFgqZVEnnTxDPdTuymlrK8blzJObAjxig==

currently only works with offline calculator.

My Gear



The Theory:

Shadow has a problem, his life nodes, are all over the place and really hard to get efficently, he is also supposed to be "energy shield" but energy shield isnt very reliable, and is very hard to regen as a melee when going hybrid, normally an all or nothing investment.

This build fixes these problems by using the Aegis Aurora unique shield to regenerate our energy shield, while life is regenerated by Binos and lifesteal.

Defences: This build combines block and armour with the incredible elemental defences of a crit build thanks to high clear speed and surgeons flasks(surgeons change doesnt affect the upper limit of the build what so ever). we also use enfeeble to increase our defences.

Offence: Binos is used as it is both not expensive, and provides incredible healing, it even provides some chaos resistance, abysus is used for the incredible dmg boost, but if you dont like it, a solid rare or rats nest can also be used, a good rare will increase defences significantly, and some of the dps penalty will be able to be made up on rings unless you are rich enough to afford crazy rings.

Customisation:

This build allows for incredible scaling. it benefits from all 3 charges, additional curses, and coruptions on pretty much every piece of gear, but even without all these, the baseline of the build is ridiculously strong. My current set up uses a corrupted amulet and a corupted belt to enable dual curse and get a bonus endurance charge, as we are using stone of lazwahar the coruption isnt so expensive to get, and greatly improves gameplay.

The Setup:

4 link: vengance, reckoning, curse on hit, enfeeble(optional drop one counter attack for warlords mark)
This 4link provides a great deal of defence, as when we are hit we almost are garenteed to counter attack, this will proc enfeeble, and possibly warlords mark significantly reducing enemy threat.

3link: tempest shield, increased duration, vaal skill of choice(haste, grace, doublestrike(its funny))

3link: summon chaos golem, grace/hatred, enduring cry

4link: whirling blades, faster attacks, fortify/blood magic, pcoc

this can be used in a 3link if you drop pcoc, but its handy for curse immune maps.

4link: curse on hit, herald of thunder, assassins, poachers

if you dont have a corrupted lazwhar, you can run frenzy with pcoc in a 2link, have herald of thunder/ice with assassins mark.


Stats:
Offense no pots or charges


Offense with charges:


with charges and pots:


Defence with auras only:


Defence with pots(pots are up any time while in combat)



Notable gem swaps:

changing a counter for a second curse(warlords or temp)
changing reave for viper(due to binos poison prolif, and our counter attacks+ tempest shield, aoe doesnt suffer) viper allows us to get over 300k tooltip dps.

Grace for hatred and vice verca:

main links are:

4L: reave, multistrike, faster attacks, melee phys

5link: reave, multistrike, faster attacks, melee phys, choice of blue, crit/phys to light/area

6link: eave, multistrike, faster attacks, melee phys, choice of blue, crit/phys to light/area, choice of red(melee on full life/fortify/added fire)

quick explanations

reave is unrivaled for aoe clearing, however since the new viper, viper does win out for single target dps,

phys to light is used to allow easy shocking for herald of thunder, however if you have a taste of hate, or run hatred you can run with herald of ice(This is perfect of ele reflect maps, using a taste of hate boosts our cold resist to 90%, while giving us great freeze and power charges)

melee damage on full life is our prefered support on our 6th socket, as we ahve fortify on whirl, our life is always full as almost nothing breaks our ES barrier, and if it does binos regen will top us off as long as we are killing something.


Flasks:



this is the ideal set up, staunching on ruby means you kill all DoT dmg with your ruby flask, rolling increased evasion on the topaz allows you to stack up to the max with it jade of armour and rumi's. since we normally run poachers mark, even rumis and taste of hate have permanent up time, though smart usage will go a long way.

Map Mods that are annoying:

no regen: removes binos regen making it a little annoying to run with no hp flask
ele reflect: forces us to drop phys to lightning as otherwise we knock down our ES incredibly fast
curse immune: forces PCoC somewhere, place is up to the user

large amounts of critdmg crit multi power charge boss dmg: this build is suceptable to 1hkos, aegis does not protect from 1hkos, smaller hits are not a threat what so ever, however excessively large and powerful hits will kill you if they hit you, 36k armour and taste of hate + 4 EC and fortify only goes so far.

Videos coming shortly

waiting video....

I'm trying to do your build, looks promising

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DesconnecT wrote:

waiting video....

I'm trying to do your build, looks promising

He has 3k life, low ES, legacy gear, inconsistent block since it isn't even capped and low chaos resist since there is no room to get more. This build is anything but promising, at least for HC