1.3 [Newbie Friendly] GROUNDSLAMMER BUILD

Under the spoiler tab for the newbie build he explains how it works. This is a partial quote.

General assumptions:
» General assumption of build is collecting as much life as possible. This is our main source of defense. And I can say – it’s a bit overpowered, when used along with life regeneration. You will reach 200 life per second. Yes. PER SECOND. (This is not maximum, as you can reach even 600 life/s).

There is also our life on hit and/or leech which helps keep us alive. I just found it odd you were complaining about lack of life nodes when the build is made so we have a lot of life which allows us to survive longer. I didn't take the time to count every possible life node on the tree but I suspect if there are more it would require us to go out of the way to get them which we can't if we want to take the nodes we have.

Try the build, I think you will like it, most others have.

Thank you. I wanted to get started and "learn the game". This build is perfect for that.
Free bump!

Can i use bringer of rain in this build and put heavy strike in it?

I got marohi for ground slam already....

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rush through ALL difficulties with gear bought… form vendors

Good gear is very important in this game. I'm finding it can take a long time to find better gear from vendors.

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ninjapughana wrote:

This build lack of Hp nodes.

Life tank builds are not working so glad anymore.

Unsure if its been posted before, but I just got Multistrike as a drop, and I'm just wondering what the opinion of the gem is. I tested it out, replacing the Added Fire Damage and it seems to up my dps, but there isn't really a noticeable difference in the numbers. When I get out killing monsters though, the amount of attacks I feel does make a difference as I am able to have a chance to stun/proc stuff more often.

Also, what about Vulnerability as a curse?

I too was little dissapointed in Multistrike, as it didn't bring much dps when i swapped Faster Attacks for it, also used over 100 chromes to get 5 red sockets. And i don't allways like the way it swaps targets or hits multiple times when needed. But overall itäs not bad.

Vulnerability is good if you don't need any defensive curse and want to kill faster.


On my subject, what would be good 3rd aura for BM user? I have Grace and Anger atm, and i was planning to go for Wrath, since it's not % based, but i probably can't level it higher than lvl15 due to int.

1. Don't EVER look on tooltip dps while considering multistrike. Instead choose certain map and compare killspeed.
It's like chain for EleBow. It halves tooltip dps, but increases killspeed by around 3 times

2. For BM keystone user only aura that worths it is Grace. The other ones are percenatge-based (Purity, Discipline, etc.) or have very NEGLIGIBLE effects (Anger/Wrath - those two are awesome auras, but for completely other build. It here they bring effect that will not be noticed)

3. Imho best curse is Warlord's Mark. Choose yours according to your needs

~~nas

Thanks for this guide.

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NinjaArabStrategist wrote:

3. Imho best curse is Warlord's Mark. Choose yours according to your needs

~~nas

Since you like Warlord's Mark and say it replaces Enduring Cry, why do include Enduring Cry in the build?

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tachiKC wrote:

Unsure if its been posted before, but I just got Multistrike as a drop, and I'm just wondering what the opinion of the gem is. I tested it out, replacing the Added Fire Damage and it seems to up my dps, but there isn't really a noticeable difference in the numbers. When I get out killing monsters though, the amount of attacks I feel does make a difference as I am able to have a chance to stun/proc stuff more often.

Also, what about Vulnerability as a curse?

I love multistrike for both the targeting and the stun lock as it keeps most critters safely out of harms way. As for vulnerability, it's great for farming as it helps a ton with kill speed but I found it to be more trouble than its worth for me as I do not run blood magic with this build and I really need the mana leech with warlords mark.