1.3 [Newbie Friendly] GROUNDSLAMMER BUILD

To handle bosses you need to know how to place your totem and use leap slam.

If you go in front of the boss same you would with a regular pack of mobs you are dead, no matter which class you play.

I know how to place a totem, and leap slam, the problem is, even if the bosses are smacking the totem they still turn and smack me even while the totem is active.

You must learn sequences of their attack but it's difficult, yes.
Watch YT videos of "kill vaal /piety", some ppl explained technique really well.
Also stack type of resistances needed.

Slam mara IS ranged char, although it has only medium range.

And yes, playing true ranged char (like elemental archer) makes bosses (and game in general) lot easier. But this is game "feature" nothing to do with build /char.

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HallowedTears wrote:

hello.. uhmm.. im new to the game and im hoping i could get a reply, i was following this build and i really enjoy playing.. but i kinda screw a bit.. instead of getting HP in normal bandit quest i got stats..i was wondering if this could affect the outcome greatly or i could still do some things to avoid getting into big fail.

hopefully i could do some minor/major adjustments. hate to see my char. screw big time with that mistake, i need suggestions on what i could do.. thanks in advance guys :)

To be honest, I would restart the character. You can use the items you already found, and getting to Act 2 Normal is quite fast.

At the moment there isn't a way to respec bandit rewards, sadly.

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darkfury wrote:

I know how to place a totem, and leap slam, the problem is, even if the bosses are smacking the totem they still turn and smack me even while the totem is active.

Sorry but if your totem get smashed by Vaal before you can make 2 leaps you are doing it wrong (either the totem is too close of the boss or you dont have faster attack on leap), Piety is easy if your resists are maxxed, just wait behind a pillar until she remove her uber transformation and slam her face down, rince and repeat, if she is on fire mode just use speed flasks to kite her until the effect wears off and slam her face down.

It is true that this is somewhat easier with a ranged toon but they are usually glass canons with high dps but low life so they get ass kicked a lot faster than a slam mara if stuffed correctly.

here is my setup at lvl 55 :



I obvisosly need some more resists and good rings but I am getting there, faster attacks + multistrike is OP (and even completly stupid with Voidhome), swapping item quantity gem for melee physical damage gem almost double my DPS output.

hi nice build i decided to tweak it a bit however cause i dident really need the resists and endurance charges:)


EDIT: fixed the build reworked the path to blood magic from the endurance charge at marauder to resolute and down instead saved 1 point:)


http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBxthYY1BQjM_2SF8_7w653fIv1I8ZLift892sqnKpfNlR5rQvQT9Z88Aa5K3ewZBVp4QaOOw4OthX4jKJd-UEswJxFE3wH6IApzD3vhQgUEcUcQ48D8ymZMmYOlKGYFYEYVJgiCi1704yCUCgBS1gS3rvdO0hYHTxnrkY20OcDq0ppZ_LPfx8uCkuW69OKrZBapPV7cAP0k2-p90N_MVnoId2Sn1VqZe0rLrfv2ebOrM1hrnNnaqDOO98PAWf303YjHb3MvjrQao=

Well done guide! Trying out in onslaught, wish me luck!
SlamminBeersAllDay

I guess this is viable in hardcore?

NOt sure haha, my highest hc guy is 30s, this build is 21 *knocks on wood

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Hards wrote:

I guess this is viable in hardcore?

Honestly, I wouldn't go for it.
Slam mara is challenging, heroic and powerful, but for HC I would go with some ... safer build.
For example, mara archer, or whatever archer really, is lot easier char to play. Easier, safer and more powerful, nothing to do with builds, but game engine itself.