1.3 [Newbie Friendly] GROUNDSLAMMER BUILD

thx alot,i m new for this game, i follow your guide and change the build a little bit by myself, but i feel squishy sometimes in creul act 2.i donno what problems i have. maybe, its because of the chaos dmg from some of the mods.even i will keep the gap and full the charge most of the time, i still die bcuz of some reason(not instadie).
i have few questions wanna ask.
can i use sheild and mace for ground slam marauder? i didnt take any two-handed nodes.
how much hp i suppose to have when i m 45~50?
if shield and 1h better than 2h mace?
btw, i just take the grace and iron reflexes.

btw with my gear (posted on the previous site)
i currently have:

-81% Cold,Fire,Lightning Resis
-11.841 Armor
-3695 HP (-338 for grace)
-Ground Slam: 3012DPS
-Heavy Srtike: 6578,7 DPS


I barely need to use EC anymore, except for some unique bosses, so i'm thinking to respec the EC nodes now.
I'll still keep Endurance Cry for the 4 or 5 charges we would get without the EC Nodes.

Well just a thought didn't done it yet.
Was really really happy with EC so far, but almost never use them anymore, except for unique bosses and strong enemy packs

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Demianime wrote:

btw with my gear (posted on the previous site)
i currently have:

-81% Cold,Fire,Lightning Resis
-11.841 Armor
-3695 HP (-338 for grace)
-Ground Slam: 3012DPS
-Heavy Srtike: 6578,7 DPS


I barely need to use EC anymore, except for some unique bosses, so i'm thinking to respec the EC nodes now.
I'll still keep Endurance Cry for the 4 or 5 charges we would get without the EC Nodes.

Well just a thought didn't done it yet.
Was really really happy with EC so far, but almost never use them anymore, except for unique bosses and strong enemy packs

I got same feeling, got only one EC node + duration, on the way from Berserking to Master of Arena, instead 2 str nodes i picked ECduration+EC+strnode, so it cost one point more, witch i picked as reward on merciless, so what you get instead picking EC reward is the duration bonus, seems like good deal



Also forgot on wrecking ball in my build witch is very important, 10%atk.speed 10%dmg
Fix:

running 3 auras
As said - using BM gem is the way. Also you may need higher level Reduced Mana Gem.

Problems with A3 Cruel
This is mist ptobably because you run different build. Im not 100% sure, because you didnt post it.

Respecing Endurance Charges
Yes, Dem~. You can safely respec those nodes, because you dont use then and have high armor pool. Did you take some Armor Nodes? I dont know if hugor should, because I have no informations about his stats

Well i got the Steel skin near Master of Arena (+52%) and Leather and Steel (+32%) now im puting next 3 pts to Steel skin near Unwavering Stance (+50%) so 134% total for 8points.

The leather and steel is also a must for the ignore movement speed penalty :)

Something you've did in Duelist is just terrible. I know Master of Area is new, mainstream and new, but does not worth it. Especially that you waste tonnes of points for weak nodes. And "Ignore Speed Penatly"? What for? Can't you just wear 30% speed shoes or use Quicksilver Flasks?

PS: Wrecking Ball is good idea.

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NinjaArabStrategist wrote:

running 3 auras
As said - using BM gem is the way. Also you may need higher level Reduced Mana Gem.

Problems with A3 Cruel
This is mist ptobably because you run different build. Im not 100% sure, because you didnt post it.

Respecing Endurance Charges
Yes, Dem~. You can safely respec those nodes, because you dont use then and have high armor pool. Did you take some Armor Nodes? I dont know if hugor should, because I have no informations about his stats

Well that's my current build:


so yeah i did.
Regard the BM gem:
Well yeah i know but putting GS and HS to a BM gm is kinda complicated :S
All support gems are amazing (+melee physical dmg +added fire dmg +faster attack)



Ah btw is there a way to see the comming patch notes?
A complete skill reset would be really lucky xD

and what u think about Marohi Erqi ?

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NinjaArabStrategist wrote:

Something you've did in Duelist is just terrible. I know Master of Area is new, mainstream and new, but does not worth it. Especially that you waste tonnes of points for weak nodes. And "Ignore Speed Penatly"? What for? Can't you just wear 30% speed shoes or use Quicksilver Flasks?

PS: Wrecking Ball is good idea.

I dont really think its terrible i thinik is best boost for my leap slam mara,

You need 4points to get there witch also give you (14%dmg and 3%atk.speed) considering its path nodes its for free. Range either for leap slam or ground slam is imo very important, i think its cool sync with Amplify, the main point of goin there is there is too much good all around!

You can remove some 8%hp nodes from elsewhere and get 8%+12%+1%regen, next the steel skin there is 52% better then bottom 50% And the Acceleration is the best one there 12%atk.speed +20dex? my build is based on attack.speed.

Yes i got 30% shoes and quicksilver flask, i just dont want the movement penalty i really enjory runing fast like ninja and leap slam with 0,5-6/sec :D for the 32% armor 2pts? its like free..

so let's count it

15skill points
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+30str
+20dex
+22%phys.dmg
+15%atk.speed
+84%armor
+20%max.life
+1%life.regen
+ignore movement speed penalty
+2 to meelee weapon range(synergy with amplify)

Looks good for me, its less dps then other ways but i like the armor hp speed and aoe range.Dont look terrible to me :P

I'm confused, are you saying that +2 meele range will apply to aoes like gs? Thought it only influences something like hs

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wiceqq wrote:

I'm confused, are you saying that +2 meele range will apply to aoes like gs? Thought it only influences something like hs

Well Leap slam and Groun slam both are melee aoe skills , so both amplify and master of arena will work.. well i think so! curious whats the default # of range on diff skills tho, these numbers are nowhere to get. but you see the effect in action :)