0.10.0! - In Depth Ground Slam Marauder

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zaberisk wrote:

1400 hp, cute
btw, at first glance you can save about 3 skill points, try optimizing your builds a bit more (this one´s a tad better than your old builds though)


to new players : don´t try this build in hardcore, it´ll fail

Hey man, if you have a sec, I'd love for you to take a peek at the passive tree build I posted above your comment. I am playing a HC marauder right now and am doing fine... but am curious on what an experience PoE player thinks of the viability of the build

I am confused... why are all these builds so STR focused? Don't you need other stats for being able to use support and skill gems? Grace, for example, seems awesome to me.

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nanukotu wrote:

Hey there, it's an extremely nice guide but currently i have one major issue, i currently run around with 3% mana leech from physical damage and a weapon that deals 143-222 dmg 1.10 And more times then not i find myself running out of mana, after all three auras have been cast i have a mana pool of 60, i can't really see how it fully runs around.

Regards Nanuko

Blood Magic? I have been using auras that only reserve a flat amount (instead of % based) of mana, and therefore HP.

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to new players : don´t try this build in hardcore, it´ll fail

Could you kindly clarify why this build will fail and post some build that in your opnion will succeeds in hardcore?

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Viperrox wrote:

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to new players : don´t try this build in hardcore, it´ll fail

Could you kindly clarify why this build will fail and post some build that in your opnion will succeeds in hardcore?

I THINK he believes this build will fail in hardcore because the build - despite having relatively high mitigation (keep in mind those stats are in CRUEL difficulty, those mitigation numbers will plummet as you increase difficulty) - has low effective health and regen. Also, there are very few skills increasing armor. The game, as far as my understanding goes, reduces ALL damage types, except elemental, from armor. Resistances only reduce elemental damage type. Chaos is not reduced by either, only chaos resistances reduce chaos damage.

I've tried this in hardcore up to ruthless (the difficulty after cruel) and am in Act 2 chasing down the bandits - it has thus far been successful.

Check it out

Edit:
Armor also has no effect on Chaos damage, wanted to clarify.

Another edit:
If anyone has any feedback on the build provided, I'd love to hear it. Am considering writing a guide - but the marauder is my first try at the game and wanted to have a bit more depth before throwing a "guide" out there ... I don't want to be responsible for someone's hardcore death D:

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saadatorama wrote:

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Viperrox wrote:

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to new players : don´t try this build in hardcore, it´ll fail

Could you kindly clarify why this build will fail and post some build that in your opnion will succeeds in hardcore?

Check it out

If anyone has any feedback on the build provided, I'd love to hear it. Am considering writing a guide - but the marauder is my first try at the game and wanted to have a bit more depth before throwing a "guide" out there ... I don't want to be responsible for someone's hardcore death D:

You can't critique a 111 point build (at least not usefully). Drop it to intervals of like 25/50/75 (and stop at 75!) and then there's something to critique.

The route you take to your build, is at least as important as the final build.

Also, in commenting on the original build for Hardcore: It's fine, but you have to focus on +hp gear until your resistances get somewhere near 75%, someone who tried this right out of the gate and focused on the Dmg/stun nodes would get gibbed on their first d-sync.

The 85 point build is close to optimal IMO, but you have to go for Diamond skin, then Resolute, get endurance charge & endurance charge extension, then Golem's blood, then flesh out the rest. With the resistances being the last part.

The only changes to focus on Hardcore are:

skip the Stun related nodes,
and I've skipped the Mace nodes because I got a crazy sword pretty early.
And I went the south route to Diamond skin, I like the reduced Crit and trolls blood for HC.

In hardcore, you have to roll 4/5 stack enduring cry at all times (it's easy, 1 mob gives 1 charge). I'm not an expert, but I have a 60 HC 2h marauder, and I've lived through a ton of de-syncs.

Cheers,

Here's 25:

something broke in the last post

here it is again


Here's 25:
25 pts

and 56:
and 56

and "final" is here

so pls critique :P

Flask Life is must have, rest looks nice.

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Struyk wrote:

Flask Life is must have, rest looks nice.

Thanks, BOTH flask lifes are a must? I just cleared ruthless last night all the way through vaal rarely used my flasks..