1.3 [Newbie Friendly] GROUNDSLAMMER BUILD

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Williamn wrote:

Got this, and think it matches this build quite nicely, am I right or should I try to get something better?

It can be used, in the midgame anyway. Combine it with decoy or skellie totem and attack from afar, combining life on hit /life steal in your attack too. It can work, I used it like it for some time.

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mda232 wrote:

Can Heavy Strike + Splash work for aoe? I don't like ground slam as a skill it always seems to not hit what it should.

Actually it works pretty nice, H. strike hits hard however, you need to be close to enemy to work that means you have to put even more emphasis on defense, HP and resistances. Also very high life steal. That could be problematic in endgame.

g.slam works safer, and you can learn to use it better. Try to combine it with skellie totem or decoy, it groups enemies while you slam them from safe distance.

Bringer or Abyssus + Carcass better for ground slam marauder?

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Thorien_Kell wrote:

Build up some life leech, from passive tree and from gear and put multistrike instead in that hammer. You'll love it, I guarantee.

Hey mate,yesterday i just bought a multistrike and put it instead of life leach inot my hammer,the result is....FANTASTIC!

I love it!I feel like good with this new solution.

I am thinking about the next step.

Buy a :

1. Bringer of Rain
2. Abyssus
3. Marohi
4. Carcass

I have about 1.7k pure dps,so i prefer the Marohi,but i am interesting about your oppinion and also the oppinion of all the players who are reading this forum.

Thanks in advance.

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Thorien_Kell wrote:

How much health loss? With and without it?

Speaking of health, did anyone thought of or perhaps tried maximizing life regen as high as possible. In D3 that route seemed inefficient but done properly could be extremely powerful. I have nice life regen and i feel it nicely beneficial.

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So it's really 1/4 of effective health, not base health or something. That is huge price to pay, especially for our max life build.

Straight from page 1:

"Carnage Heart – huge boost to Attributes (~40), Life Leech (~8%) and Resistances (~15%), but has one drawback – 25% reduced maximum life. Note that this isn’t 25% from your total life. It’s our 151% increased life will be reduced by 25 resulting in 126% increased life. So it’s not that bad."

I posted before about dying in A1 Merc and it was basically just my resists. I've fixed most of my resists, it's a pain trying to find a specific type whilst keeping 3L red for pieces.

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Thorien_Kell wrote:

How much health loss? With and without it?

Speaking of health, did anyone thought of or perhaps tried maximizing life regen as high as possible. In D3 that route seemed inefficient but done properly could be extremely powerful. I have nice life regen and i feel it nicely beneficial.

EDIT
So it's really 1/4 of effective health, not base health or something. That is huge price to pay, especially for our max life build.

My hp without it is 4.7k, with it is 4.3k....

Ill take 400 hp for 10% LL any time, not to menition 17% res and 56 all, the thing is when u get this, u remove ur LL gems and u add more dmg,u respec that 2% passive, and i dont have to worry about ll at all anymore...

That sounds pretty reasonable, I agree.

Too bad that thing doesn't exist in Anarchy ... but when anarchy ends I'll probably get one too.

When anarchy will end?
It means we will lost everything?

YES WE ARE DOOMED :)

Lol no, when anarchy ends characters will just swap to normal, including all items. I think it lasts 5 months iirc... until November..?

Thank you very much for this guide. Its helps a lot to newbies like me.

Love the guide, very useful as a brand new player!

Was hoping someone could give me some guidance on gear - I'm not sure where to keep going to get higher DPS and Health outside of just leveling more (theres still a few dps passives I need but I can't imagine them doubling my DPS).

I'm halfway through A3 Merci, and not really having many issues (outside of packs of those multi-projectile fire dogs at the docks, or the giant unique boss in the dunes who practically 1 shots me).

Tree: http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEAAnEEsw48Dq0S4RQgFE0UcRjbGS4aOCDwIWAn7Si1KaUt0jIJOlI62DwFQKBBP0OcROdN2FBHUFBR5lRJVgRXDVhjWfNfP2CIYVJqHmo7cql08XzZgW-DOIZgjHaMz5BVkc6ePJ7Nnz6fy5_fogCi6qcwp4SoGKyqtC-53bvtwBrG2NIh2WHfv-dS7DjvDu9O73zwH_Iv8932SPe-

Here is my gear and basic stats:

2140 HP (134 Reserved)
146 Shield (Woo!)
Life Regen: 94/s

DPS:
Heavy Strike: 5908
Ground Slam: 2839

Armor: 2724 (33% reduction)
Fire/Cold/Lightning Resists: 77%
Chaos Resist 75%

20% AoE Radious Increase

Gear: