[1.0.4+] Sledgehammer Marauder Guide - GS+HS (including Videos)

lol why u didn't take life drinker near bloodmagic , 2% life leech but i guess since u have carnage heart u might not need it , for those who don't have carnage heart , u reccomend to take that node or not?

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azothshock wrote:

lol why u didn't take life drinker near bloodmagic , 2% life leech but i guess since u have carnage heart u might not need it , for those who don't have carnage heart , u reccomend to take that node or not?

With carnage heart you should have enough life leech. I would recommend getting the node until you get a carnage heart.

Awesome build and guide. I am trying it out; re-started my character who followed NinjaArab's concept and I can tell this is more offensive already.

Food for thought; I'm not there yet, but when gear hits a certain level, could you permanently replace the Warlord's Mark defensive proc with Vulnerability (I know they're different colors). I bet that's tougher on say physical reflect maps where you have less uptime on physical mitigation and you're doing even higher damage. But still, maybe it could work?

Very good build / guide :)

I've started out with the "newby friendly" guide, then switched to your's a bit later, then I customized it for my own preference when I got a little more friendly with the skills/passives (like I don't use iron reflexes)....
I'm a new player, so this is my first character...

Currently I'm 79 and just facetanked dominus on merciless difficulty... Literally... I didn't move one bit.

Currently got like 4.2k hp, 6.5k armor, 7.5k GS dps, and 15k HS dps. All ele res 77% ofc.
Running 2 auras: hatred + haste

Btw:
- I realised that I only use leap slam for movement^^ So I got 2 Brightbeaks, 1 with 3L: leap slam - faster attacks - blood magic. And I move like lightning around the map :D

--> this makes some free slots in 1 of your items --> I use 2x CWDT now, for more procs...
1. (cwdt) - lower lvl: enduring, warlord, decoy totem
2. (cwdt) - a bit higher lvl: molten, immortal, inc duration

Thank you again for this awesome build :)

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Updated Guide for Vaal Pact, new Video, new Stat Images,...

Thanks for the feedback!!

As I wrote in my last post, vaal pact works really good with this build. There is now no need of Immortal Call (which burn all the endurance charges) anymore. Now I have with my current skilltree 5 endurance charges with a 100% uptime. Amazing!!! :)

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Food for thought; I'm not there yet, but when gear hits a certain level, could you permanently replace the Warlord's Mark defensive proc with Vulnerability (I know they're different colors). I bet that's tougher on say physical reflect maps where you have less uptime on physical mitigation and you're doing even higher damage. But still, maybe it could work?

I would not recommend it, due to the life/manaleech and the additional chance for charges :) Damage is more than enough

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lol why u didn't take life drinker near bloodmagic , 2% life leech but i guess since u have carnage heart u might not need it , for those who don't have carnage heart , u reccomend to take that node or not?

Sure, you can take it, but 8% LL is enough. Additionally Warlords Mark gives some LL too.

what's the rationale behind Meginord's girdle other than damage? Wouldn't a rustic sash with life and other helpful mods be better?

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adinth wrote:

what's the rationale behind Meginord's girdle other than damage? Wouldn't a rustic sash with life and other helpful mods be better?

Meginords gives me 1-2k dps over a rustic belt. I dont need any resi, so i took this one. But a good rare belt can also give tons of resi and life. Its a personal choice.

I see.

btw, i see that you suggested Blind as a 6th link to both ground slam and heavy strike. Doesn't unwavering stance completely negate the chance of enemy missing and hence blind being completely useless?

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adinth wrote:

I see.

btw, i see that you suggested Blind as a 6th link to both ground slam and heavy strike. Doesn't unwavering stance completely negate the chance of enemy missing and hence blind being completely useless?

Yes you are right. Shame on me. ;-)

I will update asap. Iam currently only on my smartphone

Edit: Changed. Thanks again!

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Only use Vaal Pact when you have good damage.

Can you expand on this? Do we know the DPS threshold where you might want to consider Vaal Pact? Would someone with 8k GS want VP or is your 4029850851153 dps required.