[3.13] HERALD OF AGONY MAX BLOCK GLADIATOR Build. Super Tanky & Cheap. Great League Starter!
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With the nerf to Herald of Agony Mana Guardian i wanted to try an “older” version of Crawler using the max block gladiator. It appears that it’s still super effective, while staying ultimately cheap and powerful. I can totally recommend this build to anyone who want to push end-game to the max without being frustrated at constant RIPs or lack of damage.
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+one of the strongest, cheapest and tankiest builds in the game WITHOUT any broken mechanics. +over 80% block with good recovery and chaos resistance +around 4 MILLION of Agony Crawler damage (enough for all content) +overall good build for everything, including delve +Watchers Eye is not needed ====================================================================================== 2) CONS
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-need lvl.4 Empower and +1 Chest for max Crawler damage (30-35 ex) -cluster jewel heavy (2 large wheels) 3) Skill Tree Progression / Path of Building / Ascendancy / Bandits For the levelling tree please watch the video guide or check PoB!
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 Path of building:https://pastebin.com/GuxY5mqt NO CLUSTERS TEMPORARY/LEVELLING TREE: https://pastebin.com/KrMcG2ja IF YOU GET AN ERROR WHILE IMPORTING OR ANY OTHE ERRORS, IT MEANS YOUR POB IS OUTDATED ORIGINAL VERSION THAT IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED. YOU NEED A "COMMUNITY FORK" ONE TO MAKE IT WORK: https://github.com/PathOfBuildingCommunity/PathOfBuilding For Ascendancy: Painforged, Versatile Combatant, Violent Retaliation, Arena Challenger Bandits: Kill All ====================================================================================== 4) Early Levelling Gear / Skills
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Levelling is a very standard melee character. You can use Molten Strike, Cyclone or anything till you get Herald of Agony at level 16. Keep in mind, even though Herald of Agony is powerful alone, it can be painfully slow while levelling. You will also need to run Clarity for a while, to sustain channelling mana cost of Cyclone. Mana Gained on hit jewels are very important and will help dramatically. Get one early on. ====================================================================================== 5) My Actual Gear / End-Game Skills
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Anvil at level 45: https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/The_Anvil Shield at 50: https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Victario%27s_Charity Dagger at 62: https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Cold_Iron_Point For Uber Lab enchant: Herald of Agony 30% Reduced Reservation Herald of Agony 5L: Herald.of.Agony-Minion.Damage-Pierce-Damage.on.Full.Life-Vicious.Projectiles Herald of Agony 6L: Herald.of.Agony-Minion.Damage-Pierce-Damage.on.Full.Life-Vicious.Projectiles-Empower Replace normal gems with awakened versions if you have the currency. JEWELS: Life, Block, Mana gained on hit. Chaos damage to Minions, Minion Attack Speed. 1 Corrupted Blood for Sirus fight. Watcher’s Eye: Not needed ====================================================================================== 6) Flasks
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Bottled Faith is the most expensive one and gives the most damage of cause. The rest are mostly defense and onslaught for more attack speed (to stack poison faster) ====================================================================================== 7) Pantheon Gods
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Major: Solaris Minor: Shakari ====================================================================================== 8) Hardcore Viable or not?
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Viable ====================================================================================== 9) FOR THE RICH GUYS
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+1 Skin of the Loyal (30-70EX depending on the league) Good crafted -chaos res helm with HOAG enchant like i have. ====================================================================================== MORE VIDEOS:
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All A8 Bosses (Conquerors, Uber Elder, Sirus): https://youtu.be/XpN1JLc6SZk First ever attempt at Simulacrum on this build: https://youtu.be/BCUTQA_BhqQ T16 100% Delirious Tower with Beyond: https://youtu.be/JlAU-9Si4Og T16 Phoenix: https://youtu.be/gFZUy8Oysfs ====================================================================================== FAQ 1) How can i get more damage from the Crawler?
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His damage mostly increases with LEVELS of a gem. So anything that gives +1 Physical or Chaos Skills gems will boost dramatically. Cold Iron Point and lvl.4 Empower are biggest boosts. 2) Is it a good league starter?
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It is, but chest and weapon would be expensive at league start. Well, like most other good items i guess. 3) Is this build really cheap?
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It is 10 times cheaper than the “old” Mana Guardian. Outside of +1 chest, there’s literally nothing to spend money on. 4) But JUGG is better?
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JUGG is not better. He can sustain damage well, but Gladiator blocks it entirely, so literally nothing comes though. 5) Why you are not using Golden Rule?
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It’s not needed. Without it you have 40 stacks against any single target anyway + you need cluster jewel with Antivenom to prevent dying from Poison. IMHO it’s a waste of a slot for a life build. 6) Why you didn’t put Whirling Blades in gloves to benefit from Faster Attacks?
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It will increase mana cost from 10 to 30 and will leave WAY LESS for Cyclone. 7) Where can i get these Stoneskin Flayer Spectres?
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In Primeval Ruins in delve, starting with 200+ delve.  Before that, you can use any tanky guys, like these ones: https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Towering_Figment https://www.twitch.tv/angry_roleplayer All builds: http://www.angryroleplayer.com/path-of-exile-builds/ https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2143469 Last edited by Angry_Roleplayer#6657 on Jan 18, 2021, 5:27:00 AM Last bumped on Oct 17, 2021, 6:34:26 PM
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This seems like a really solid build. I did one similar in SSF delirium using molten strike instead of cyclone to get some bonus LGoH action. Yours has much improved damage compared to mine which was the only weakness.
My only comment is on the anointment. If you can handle the loss of resistances from sanctuary then deflection is awesome. With versatile combatant allocated the increase in projectile block also applies to spell projectiles granting 12% chance to block projectiles. IMO that is too good to pass up. Other than that good build! IGN: EpiphoneWinterBird Last edited by momo526#3080 on May 13, 2020, 12:44:28 PM
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Hey, alternate tree without the cluster for leveling, at least? the cluster on hc is 5+ ex.
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hey man loving the build so far, do you recommend any specific specters or just run with what you find?
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" Take as much life and minion damage as possible. And you would need to take some block nodes with a shield https://www.twitch.tv/angry_roleplayer
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" I recommend these, because they are tanky. You can also use Vaal Risen Advocates as they are pretty tanky as well https://www.twitch.tv/angry_roleplayer
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Didn't think Vict Charity worked without Necro Aegis?
Testing out Unshattered Will. |
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" It does work, with or without. If you have 1 minion it's doing just fine on it's own. Only for frenzies though https://www.twitch.tv/angry_roleplayer
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" Good to know thanks. Thoughts about: Lionseye The surrender with gems to match Magna eclipses All have high armor which is doubled from soil and higher block. Last edited by LockedGoblin689#8704 on May 14, 2020, 9:18:58 AM
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" All worthless, you need these frenzy charges https://www.twitch.tv/angry_roleplayer
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