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

Thank you :)

Updated.

With the skilltree I choose I actually GAIN ~500 life, a shitton of armor and ~1000 DpS! Sweet! :)

The only thing I lost is 77% -> 76% max resist. But who cares...

Played a little map, feels just fine.
I won't play this dude in Standard, but I'm working on a similar Marauder in the new league.

This build looks interesting! I may try it...

Could u record some videos from clearing maps?

Actually: No, I can't. I don't have the sofware, hardware and internet connection for recording/uploading.

But you can trust me on this:
With 75% Block and 20k+ DpS, maps are a walk in the park. ;)

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Peterlerock wrote:

Updated.

With the skilltree I choose I actually GAIN ~500 life, a shitton of armor and ~1000 DpS! Sweet! :)

The only thing I lost is 77% -> 76% max resist. But who cares...

Played a little map, feels just fine.
I won't play this dude in Standard, but I'm working on a similar Marauder in the new league.

im very interested and have a 23 Marauder.
Can you link your trees as you progress, please, beginning now :p

Will this build be able to do EVERY SINGLE map mods? And will it be able to solo EVERY SINGLE map bosses? Like the bosses in Olmec's Sanctum, Labyrinth and Crematorium?

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RagnarokX wrote:

im very interested and have a 23 Marauder.
Can you link your trees as you progress, please, beginning now :p

The tree you see has never had any "progress", as all I did was:
Open PoE, see I have a complete refund, skill into this directly at 85.
But I will update a more detailed "progression" when I rebuild this toon in Ambush League.

A General Guideline is already in the guide:
1. Rush Resolute Technique.
2. Walk to Duelist while taking life nodes along the way.
3. Walk to Ranger while taking life nodes along the way.
4. Take all the damage nodes along the way.
The exact timing of "I need life, I need damage" is very gear-dependent. Do it as you like. There is no wrong or right.

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MiniMinhMo wrote:

Will this build be able to do EVERY SINGLE map mods? And will it be able to solo EVERY SINGLE map bosses? Like the bosses in Olmec's Sanctum, Labyrinth and Crematorium?

I have no idea. But I guess so... why shouldn't he?

I have never had access to all maps and all mapmods.
The marauder here was started in the last month of Domination League, I didn't have the time and money to fully explore Endgame Content with him.

All I can tell you is:
I was able to beat every map I came across (up to ~75), with every mod I gambled onto them. Some were hard, some were super-easy, but I never encountered something where I thought "Oh shit! Impossible! Gtfo!".
The only boss I found I could not facetank was "Shock and Horror", you have to dodge/break the laserbeam (of course).
And I leapslam out of Vaal smash, Touch of God and Chaos Damage AoEs (with my pitiful -60& resist) - of course.

You can see the stats of him in the thread and judge yourself:
max block, ~5k life, ~10k armor without flasks, ~20k AoE pDpS, max resist
(or whatever you would achieve with your gear)
Good enough? Hope so. ;)

what do you think about this?
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at lvl80
more block + spellblock
+4 max resists
+1 endurance charge

less armor
less damage and atk speed(lot less)

Your tree is basically the version of Gelligs lvl100 tank (not updated yet, so no real reason to follow the link).

If you go templar, make sure to grab Amplify.
And you will need a ton of Dexterity on your gear with your path, or you will have no chance to use highlevel Reave, Grace and Hatred.
I took the path to Ranger instead of Templar because I want the Dex.

I prefer my version, much more damage (don't be afraid, a max block character can do this), and I can use my core gems (except concnetrated effect) without the help of gear. And about the same amount of block.

And you skipped the 2 "sword damage+life" nodes (24% damage, 12% life for 2 points, awesome!).
I'd drop any other 2 life nodes for this.