1.3 [Newbie Friendly] GROUNDSLAMMER BUILD

So I went back a few pages on the comments, and see some people saying that this build is good up to 60-66 or something, and then you're really better off switching to the "lawnmower" build with auras instead of Blood Magic.
Is that a reality that I should REALLY consider, as in the aura/mower build is just so much better at high levels, or is it just a LITTLE better for some situations (maps?), and the Blood Magic build is just as viable?
Because if its the latter, and the BM build is just as viable, I'll just stick to it and not worry about auras at all. But if its the first thing, then should i look into that aura build and see how it differs from this build, and keep in mind what i do want to get and what i should skip?... Sorry about the messy phrasing, hope its not too confusing.
Thanks in advance :).

Well, I'm hitting level 60 tomorrow in merciless, and so far I get rocked on the medicine chest mission. Then again, I only have like, 2,500 HP and I haven't gotten into my armor nodes yet, so that may be the problem.

that s the best build i ve ever played in this game ty man

OK, I have a question. I am currently ready to ascend the pyramid to take out the vaal shadow thing at the top. I have watched a couple videos so I have a vague idea of what he does, but as a mara are there any tips/tricks to surviving him? I have outleveled the zone by a bit tryin to grind for gear but am still not too sure if GS is the best attack since can stay at range a bit or try heavy strike and kite him some. Any suggestions are appreciated.

I just dodged his attacks, leap slammed into him when he wasn't attacking and heavy struck him.

Hi all.
I just want to show you how this build works for me. I'm 73lvl
First of all my eq

Marohi waits to be 6s and later 5L/6L for ground slam.
For now i have over 3k hp, and 6k armour, resists maxed, chaos resist still -54% but (its wired) im not dying from chaos dmg (ofcourse sometimes its a big dmg for me but its very playable)
From ground slam Im making over 3,5k dps, im killing white mobs with 2 shots. If anyone has any question for me, post it here or PM me, or IGN BrutalStrenght

What was the diff between using multistrike and not using? What u think about this idea?

Been using this build so far in HC, now level 69 (still progressing Act 3, outleveling areas, no maps yet)


Skiltree :

My gear :

Chest 5L : [Ground Slam]-[Faster Attacks]-[Incrased Phys Dmg]-[Added Fire Dmg]-[Multistrike]

I don't use Life Leech at the moment, because I don't feel that I need it (some life leech from gear + warlord's)

I just got a 5L chest and decided to try Multistrike out.
Good thing is that I found someone selling the gem already leveled to 17. So I didn't feel any DPS drop (it increased in the tooltip, by about 800.)

What has changed to me ? Sure, one could argue about getting less stuns -I'm not sure about that-, and my DPS could be higher.. but I'm having 100x more fun with Multistrike than without ! I feel like supersonic, and it autotargets.

I'm also using Blood Rage in safe situations (when there's no chaos damage mobs, when I have 7x endurance charges), it gets even crazier and my life doesn't decrease.)

Character panel :


Thanks for reading, and thanks for the build !

I believe you can get more bang for buck by ditching the endurance charges and just grab more life nodes. I also don't agree with skipping Lava Lash, Acrane Efficiency, and Catalyze. Those notables will increase your damage a good deal, and Arcane Efficiency is worth getting just for the -10% reduction cost of skills. (Use less life per attack/skill if you think about it.) Also all those individual +15 rez nodes in the Marauder tree are unecessary. If you take the 2 Diamond Skins and the Body&Soul notable, you already have a base of +40 to all rez. The last 100 rez (-60rezpenalty + 80rez to cap for a total of 140 rez) should not be difficult to obtain on your gear. (8 pieces of gear to fill out from, helm/chest/gloves/boots/2rings/ammy/belt)

Using the same number of points, (97), this is what I'd build towards.

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Islidox wrote:

I believe you can get more bang for buck by ditching the endurance charges and just grab more life nodes. I also don't agree with skipping Lava Lash, Acrane Efficiency, and Catalyze. Those notables will increase your damage a good deal, and Arcane Efficiency is worth getting just for the -10% reduction cost of skills. (Use less life per attack/skill if you think about it.) Also all those individual +15 rez nodes in the Marauder tree are unecessary. If you take the 2 Diamond Skins and the Body&Soul notable, you already have a base of +40 to all rez. The last 100 rez (-60rezpenalty + 80rez to cap for a total of 140 rez) should not be difficult to obtain on your gear. (8 pieces of gear to fill out from, helm/chest/gloves/boots/2rings/ammy/belt)

Using the same number of points, (97), this is what I'd build towards.

Spoiler

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBAnEEswUtDjwOrQ_MFCAUTRjbGS4aOCFgJ-0otSmlMgk6UjrYPAVAoEE_Q5xN2FBHUFBR5lRJValWBFcNWGNZ818_YEtgiGFScql07XTxeu97jHzZgziGYIx2jM-QVZe0nrmezZ_Ln9-iAKZkpzCnhKlorKqsurQvud3AGsbYyZjSIdlh3sHfv-St51LsOO8O707vfPAf8i_z3fZI977Uj3bn4dpX4nflMolmnvrSNunjaiSqGYUdFI9G0NDPZVXGFHE=

Hmmmm....this looks interesting actually....


Just for shats and gags, here is my gear at level 61:

(I'm leveling several similar gems, so if you see a combo that doesn't make sense that is why)












anything I should replace?