1.3 [Newbie Friendly] GROUNDSLAMMER BUILD

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j0zef wrote:

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toddwatson wrote:

For any new players searching forums looking for their first build this is a great choice. This is my second play through (LA ranger 54) and i solo'd all the way to merc. Act 1 merc i went on poe xyz and traded for a maul and 4l chest but other than that its been self found.

You took all the HP nodes in the beginning.

If your old tree is still accurate, you should go in this order:
-Unwavering Stance - 2
-Baptism by Light - 1
-Enforcer - 1
-Amplify - 2
-Blunt Instruments - 3
-Elemental Adaptation - 2

Berserking and Scion Wheel are garbage. Go for Master of the Arena, health around there and Acceleration.
Also, if you're going to Bypass the whole Faith and Steel cluster, you should take the two crappy Elemental Damage nodes instead of wasting 4 pts on the str nodes.

Here's how your end game should look like

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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBAecCcQSzBS0OPBLhFCAUTRRxFm8YkRmFGjgaVRpsHRQkqiXfJy8yiTSONug26T38QKBBP0KOROdHflBHUeZVxlcNV-JYY1nzXz9gS2EhZKNlTWaeah5qO25pcqlyu3Tteu97jHzZgziE2YTvhjuHaozPj0aQVZBskc6euZ7Nn8uhbaIApKynMKeEqBipaKmUq8WsqrQvuc277byfvqfAGsbYz2XQ0NIh3sHfv-Nq45_krew47w7vfPAf8i_z3fZI9zL3vvrS

I personally always bypass the crappy 6% nodes and the area around blood drinker, to end up with:

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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBAecCcQSzBS0OPBLhFCAUTRRxFm8YkRmFGjgaVRpsHRQkqiXfJy8yiTSONug26T38QKBBP0KOROdHflBHUeZVxlfiWGNZ818_YEthIWSjZU1mnmo7a9luaXKpdO1673uMfNmDOITZhO-GO4dqjM-PRpBVkGyeuZ_LogCkrKcwp4SoGKloqZSrxayqtC-8n76nwBrBBMbYz2XQ0N7B37_jauOf5K3qGOw47w7vfPAf8i_z3fZI9zL46_rS_9M=

Differences between the two:
-24% hp
-24% armor
-end chg
-2% ll
+20% dmg
+5 skill pts
It makes the "end game" variant more achievable for normal people.

Thank you for helping!

Over 9k DPS with 0 auras . Run 70+ maps fine

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fievelgoespostal wrote:

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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEAAdwLYQ48FCAUcRT2GJEaOBo-G_ohAiFVJd8nLykuLPsyCTWSOQ462DrhPfxE50d-TdhN41BHUeZUSVW1WGNYr1nzXz9lTWdYajtr2WxGcmxyqXK7dn94DXloe4x8uHzZfuCE2YY7hymI8Yx2jM-QVZkrnleezZ_LoW2kGaZXpzCnhKgYqW6pc6mUq8WsqrXyuc28n72BvorAGsEExtjSId7B37_jn-RR5K3qGOw47w7xrPIv9kj3Mve--Ov-jw==

Over 9k DPS with 0 auras . Run 70+ maps fine

wow nice

how much armor and life do you have?

i always die to reflect maps ... i got 6k dmg and 3.9 k life ... even with granite up all time i die to physical reflect. i die before IC procs :(

how do you handle reflect?

Very nice build
14k Tooltip DPS, running Maps 70 - 74 (can´t find higher maps :( ) fine but can´t run physical reflect anymore :)



Looking forward to our new Ground Slam animation :D

Thanks

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hitreza wrote:

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fievelgoespostal wrote:

Spoiler

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEAAdwLYQ48FCAUcRT2GJEaOBo-G_ohAiFVJd8nLykuLPsyCTWSOQ462DrhPfxE50d-TdhN41BHUeZUSVW1WGNYr1nzXz9lTWdYajtr2WxGcmxyqXK7dn94DXloe4x8uHzZfuCE2YY7hymI8Yx2jM-QVZkrnleezZ_LoW2kGaZXpzCnhKgYqW6pc6mUq8WsqrXyuc28n72BvorAGsEExtjSId7B37_jn-RR5K3qGOw47w7xrPIv9kj3Mve--Ov-jw==

Over 9k DPS with 0 auras . Run 70+ maps fine

wow nice

how much armor and life do you have?

i always die to reflect maps ... i got 6k dmg and 3.9 k life ... even with granite up all time i die to physical reflect. i die before IC procs :(

how do you handle reflect?

I just used glacial hammer vs reflect. Heavy strike sucks imo.
If the map was p.reflect i used a life leech gem to stay alive.

Hi guys.

First Build i tried for starting this league, running over 10 - 12K with full auras
6K alone with Erqi, 5.5K with 2nd weapon.

Cleaning alone rare 72 maps (and sometimes more). Got 5K life. 5 charges. +20 Chaos resist,others caped.

Thx for sharing ur build, i am lvl 84 now,i bought cheap 6L, i was curious about the results and running with 2 auras for parties.

(i am new in this game, just experienced few chars in SC).

=> My gear now :



I got lucky few days ago and got this in strand map :



My second chest :



I bought this 2C when starting merciless, and i switched to 6L few times ago, i feel safer with this, but 6L allows Concentrated + Blood magic, and then with grace + determination i have equal tanking with the 6L, but more dmg at the end, so more knockback ... etc :).

I bought the 2nd weapon 2c too, the insane 4% life leech mod allowed me to save currency in ain to buy Carnarge Ammy (i bought this for 20 alchemies).

And rly Carnage ammy changed my life,so i really think this ammy should be the first Big goal for this build, and it's not that expensive. Plus i had still 0 problem with reflect due to the +10% & +4 % life leech node (which allowed me to save the 2% leech point in the tree).

One big problem with the erqi imo is the big lack of IAS. Sometimes on hard rares maps i can see big amounts of life decreasing from my life pool, whereas i never met this problem with the 2nd weapon.

I used a lot Glacial hammer for 1VS1 vs boss in corrupted zones, or maps, i prefer than heavy strike because of the freezing chance, which helped me a lot for debuffing IAS from some of them.

Now i have to find for more fire resistance, coz i lost tons when i switch the chest and the weapon (u noticed fire resist mods).

Now i am targeting on buying gloves with HP + Fire + IAS, and maybe better helm & Boots is possible.

I would like to ask if Vaal pact could be viable on this build, coz i realised i use 80 % of the times my altought my Life instant pots saved me tons of times, dunno well, wanna hear for ur advices :).


Sry for my crap english (not main lang :/) but i rly wanted to give u this feedback as a way to thanks the OP and all the players who discuss here coz i learned a lot of interesting stuff.

thanks a lot & Gl :).

THanks, just coming back to game a lot is different and confusing. This is a great idea to help us noobs out who like to crush baddies.

Hello, I just wanted to let you know that I played this build, but I had some difficulties transitioning to endgame and mapping. Clearspeed was rather low with a 4L. However, it wasn't a complete loss, as I managed to farm a BoR for a Reave Duelist. He mapped successfully and had fun till I got bored of him, gave the BoR to a friend, and am running Flame Totem in Ambush.


I'll try GS Mara again later, but do you need a 5L or 6L for it to work endgame?

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Is it just me, or has the skill order not actually been updated at all? the skill order area of the OP (under 'Newbie Friendly Build'), it says 'Out of date - look at beginning of the post', but there's no corresponding area at the beginning of the post saying what you should take in what order in the new version of the build... I mean, I'd imagine it might be the same, but I'm not sure, and it'd be nice to have updated versions of the skill tree maps at various points in the build.