[1.2] Oldschool, cheap and noobfriendly "Sword&Board" Marauder

This build is really cool. But I have some questions:

-If I start as Duelist and play with self-find gear, what are the differences during leveling? It will be harder?
-Both have exactly the same capacities at high levels?
-With the Duelist I have to rush Resolute Technique too?


Thanks !
Snouk

@anvilgod

Try to adapt your gear so you can wear Stone of lazhwar without dropping too much resists.
I'd suggest wearing a life + phys damage amulet and swapping it for Lazhwar against spellcasting monsters.

Having 50% of your block as spellblock helps a lot.

A logical gear progression for you would be Aegis Aurora and Rainbowstrides (if you want to play on with this character).

@Snouk

Duelist is pretty much the same.
Iirc, you don't get as many Reduced mana gems as quest rewards (those really help to boost your chaos orb count),
You will have an easier time in early game because you got more Dex (lets you use swords and doesn't requre rusing RT), lategame they are almost the same.

But a Duelist is not half as manly as a Marauder, and he looks silly with BoR and red shirt. ;)

From a aesthetical pov, I find that swordplay works better with the stature of the duelist :)
But that's purely a matter of taste ofc.

Have you already thinked about the development of this build at the duelist's start? The order of node to take, the direction and other informations? I know your work is about marauder, but if you have any advice that will be incredibly helpful :)

Anyway, great guide!
Snouk.

Thanks for guide and Build.

After break for 1 year , the fun is back with my Mara (lvl 77 atm)..

and, it works with my crappy gear ;P


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Andi

(pls sry my english)

Thank you for your answer. :) Btw, what nodes do you recommend past lvl 85? I was thinking about picking up those damage nodes at Marauder start.

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anvilgod wrote:

Thank you for your answer. :) Btw, what nodes do you recommend past lvl 85? I was thinking about picking up those damage nodes at Marauder start.

There's several pretty nice nodes that I skipped for the Level 85 tree:

*15% damage at Marauder start
*Enemy critical strike multiplier damage reduction
*max fire/lighting resist
*1% life regen at Duelist (and the 12+15% damage behind it)
*several shield block nodes (two at Duelist, some on the left of Duelist's Endurance Charge)

Then there is the possibility to go for the "Gymnastics" Health Cluster at Ranger (5 points for 8/8/10% life).

You can also drop some nodes off the tree and invade the Templar area. Once you are Level 90+ and have additonal skillpoints, you have more "reach" and therefor can get to stronger nodes.
I would suggest dropping the armor nodes in Duelist and the three 6% life/armor nodes below marauder to free 5 skillpoints. You can also get rid of one endurance charge to get another skillpoint, and remove some of the not-so-great damage nodes near Ranger.

This would enable you to get to a tree like this:
click me for 118 points (absolute endgame)
A tree like this offers:
*75% block with Aegis Aurora, without Bringer of Rain
--> way easier to get resists, especially chaos resist on gear
*crazy 292% life
*still a very high amount of damage
*+4% max resists
*walk on the "int road" which makes blue gems like concentrated effect easier to use

I wouldn't suggest going for such a tree right away, while levelling from 80 to 90, I'd rather go for the "easy upgrades" (the little nodes I suggested above and/or the Level 85 tree in the guide), but once you are 90+, you could think about this transition.

Hi, I'm at level 75. And I think I need some good advice here. Dominus 1st form kills me in about 3 hits.





I'll change that mana flask. -> Just used my BM last night for the first time, for no real reason. Facepalm.

Also very curious if I've setup my CastWhenDmgTaken corectly. It seems the timing is off.

Dominus First Form is a tough fight.
Dodge the "Touch of God", don't stand in his totems and/or shocking ground, don't let minions explode on you and don't eat too much of his laser beam (spell block helps a lot here, get a stone of lazhwar and you are pretty much set).

Your gear needs life rolls. On every piece, 70-80+.

Your tree is fine.

Get 2-3 bubbling/seething hallowed life flasks instead of the mana and amethyst flask (you don't need those).
Ideally you want to roll:
Bubbling/Seething hallowed health flask of heat
Bubbling/Seething hallowed health flask of staunching
Bubbling/Seething hallowed health flask of grounding
whatever prefix Granite flask of Iron skin
whatever prefix Granite flask of Iron Skin

You said few c for multistrike gems but people ask for 2-3 exalted orbs for it.

I am new to the game so I have no idea about prices but according to some site 24xChaos Orb equals to 1 Exalted Orb. Thats a huge difference :/

Are you sure 3-4 Chaos Orbs is the right price for a Multistrike gem ?

Did you only search for lvl 20 multistrike with 20 quality?

A simple lvl 1 multistrike is 1-2 chaos, 3-5 if the league has just started.

click me for poe.xyz.is search in standard league