1.3 [Newbie Friendly] GROUNDSLAMMER BUILD

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mibuwolf wrote:

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iMixMasTer wrote:

This is a sweet build. I do have one question for the experienced poe players. I still need to buy enduring cry for the build. How much should I pay for it in trade chat?

I use this: http://blackrabbit2999.blogspot.com/2012/07/path-of-exile-quest-gem-reward-list.html

to determine whether or not a gem has value. If it's from Normal difficulty, then it's an easy gem to obtain. The fact that it's an easy quest from Act 2 no less, surely you can get it yourself. You won't need Enduring Cry all that much till then, so if you want to buy it then go ahead. However, I wouldn't pay all that much for it.

Wow you just saved me a bunch. Insta-bookmark that site

thanks

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stegan wrote:

I'm getting raped in merciless with this build......

Me too.. I can manage but I need to pay absolute full attention.
Seems like you're better off using a caster or something to be quite honest.

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Tagek wrote:

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stegan wrote:

I'm getting raped in merciless with this build......

Me too.. I can manage but I need to pay absolute full attention.
Seems like you're better off using a caster or something to be quite honest.

You both are doing it wrong then!
Maybe it's your gear!?

awesome guide, owned on normal difficulty. But act 2 cruel has me running for my townportal from apes.

please critique my build

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEABS0OPBQgFHEZLhznIPAn7Si1Mgk6UkCgROdQR1BQUeZUSVYEVw1YY18_YEtgiGFSah5qO3KpfNmGYIzPns2fy6cwqBisqrndxtjSIdlh37_nUu8O707yL_ZI974=

RIP At Norm Kole. Not enough HP at lvl 33 with shitty gear. Only 800hp.

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ASNuggets wrote:

RIP At Norm Kole. Not enough HP at lvl 33 with shitty gear. Only 800hp.

Sorry to hear that - Finding it hard going myself - This game is a real challenge.

I slowly progress in merciless. Not easy and you have to be very careful, I usualy level up before Bosses to be on the save side. And since Brutus killed me 2 times (even with tha 4K Armour Flask!!! - what sort of dmg does this guy?) it was a wise decission. 15% loss is alot in merciless so you better try to avoid deaths or do like I do and get a level up straight before a boss. ^^
With 5-6x charges so far, my resists are all up to 75%, time to get the "elemental Adaptation" passive I guess. I also experiment with the "Warlord's Mark", didn't use it so far but could be useful too.

But there is ONE big problem unsolved, how do I get Chaos Resists??? GGG are somehow joking when creating a elemental that is not so easy to handle. A little bit unfair imho, why does it not count to the rest of the resists? Would make life much easier and more fair for little marauders like me. :D
Passive skills are no option I guess, to far away. I have some resist on an old armor and a flask that gives at least some chaos resist...for 4 seconds...so there are some options but Im 60% in MINUS with Chaos, this could hurt later in the game where so much mobs deal chaos dmg.

So how to deal with this "little" problem?

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ASNuggets wrote:

RIP At Norm Kole. Not enough HP at lvl 33 with shitty gear. Only 800hp.

RIP... Getting the right gear (HP/resists) can be pretty tough, even with trading.

This build was rough near the end of Normal/beginning of Cruel, but got significantly better with some upgrades. I eventually died to Cruel Kole due to desyncing. His blood wave attack only hit for about half my HP, but there was nothing I could do when I thought I was in another room and the server thought I was stuck on the corner of a torch like a sitting duck. Not fun watching your HP drop in big chunks when there's nothing near you.

I wanted to supply my HC Fire Witch (Aloyse) level 24 with Molten Shell, so I started a marauder to rush Brutus. I followed this build

Lol now I'm level 35 and screw the witch. Marauder is easy game. Lots of HP (1K right now), near maxed resists (60 to 80%). Pitiful armour though (36% dmg reductions).

Sadly, I'm still using this Axe i found when fighting Kratyn in act2

How are we supposed to use Grace when level 1 Grace requires 73 Dexterity, when following this guide, we dont get dex at all?

I can even ask the same question for Wrath, it requires 29 int -- we dont get our one and only Int node near level 80, to total up to ~24 int (at lvl 80).