[3.1] JUGGERNAUT/BERSERKER 1H+Shield Max Block&Spell Block Tank, Atziri Killer+a BoR version

Exactly :) the build you linked uses aegis as the core of its build. The only core unique item of this build is Stone of Lazhwar.

GL and hope you enjoy!

Hi Serge,
Ive spec my marauder to this build. I had to take some dex nodes because of the weapon i use .
I was a lightening arrow marauder previously. I relied a lot on life-gain on hit/life leech to face tank mobs /bosses .
after a recent fuck up with my armor and the loss of iron relexes ( sadly my 6L is a hybrid armor ...)
i have about 5k tooltip dps... with my gear...

i have always run blood magic / life leech to support my attacks... having the mana bar rapidly depleting is new to me.

Is there any reason to not use bood magic + lifeleech/ life gain on it? does it not work with infernal blow?
my gear atm


i understand quality on gems and having them at max level adds quite a bit of dps.. but could you share your inputs on the bm/life leech.

If you're having problems with mana and can't solve them with mana leech on gear - which you surely can't, since your weapon is super fast - then the best solution is to swap your faster attacks gem with mana leech. It's better than BM+LL or LGoH, cause you waste only 1 gem slot instead of 2, and you shouldn't have any problems with just a mana leech gem. If you do, then get a 20 quality mana leech, that should definitely work.

You don't need much life leech with this build, at least not more than the 2% you get from the tree. There's 2 reasons for that: 1) if you use the same tree as I linked it in the post, your life regen should be pretty darn high, especially when you have endurance charges up; 2) you rarely get hit for much damage anyway.

TLDR: swap your faster attacks gem with mana leech gem, problem solved. Your weapon has insane base attack speed anyway.

Doryani's Catalyst as Weapon good or bad?

Very good! Just change your tree accordingly (take mace dps nodes instead of axe nodes, obviously).

Since I have stone age upload speed on my internet, the videos for Atziri take a VERY long time to upload. I do not wish to upload videos of a poor quality, so as it stands, I'll be uploading the trio bosses when I'll have 12 hours of time that I won't need my connection (because that's how long it would take, apparently). I doubt I'll be uploading an Atziri video, though, primarily because of the insane amount of time uploading takes, but also because it offers nothing new or special.

So.. I was wondering if Molten Strike is viable with the exact same build or it need some tweaks to work with?

Amazing build btw!

Exact same, no; with different tree, but same items, yes. You need Iron Grip and Point Blank for Molten strike to get your projectile dps. Also, no melee splash since that doesn't make sense. Take this tree for molten:

Hello, Comrade! I think you have a very nice IB set up and I'm hoping to be able to copy it some day!

Doesn't your "max block" version have "only" 71% block?

If you pick up 4% mana reservation from the templar tree you can run hatred + determination + tempest shield for true "max block" :)
145%mana reserved * 0.71 (20lvl reduced mana) * 0.96(4% mana reservation) = 98% reserved mana if I'm not mistaken.

I'd like to use this this 75% block version, because it has hatred as well. However, it looses purity of light and fire. Could you propose an efficient way to swap in purity of fire/light when they are needed?(like before boss fights) Is hatred the best option to swap one of them for? Or possibly swapping hatred + tempest shield for both purities? Do we ever not need Determination?

Also, is rainbowstrides BiS for this build?(the AA version) I have decent life+ armor + chaos res boots, so I'm wondering if I can make it work without the HP-less unique.

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ComradeSerge wrote:

Exact same, no; with different tree, but same items, yes. You need Iron Grip and Point Blank for Molten strike to get your projectile dps. Also, no melee splash since that doesn't make sense. Take this tree for molten:

Spoiler

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBAecEswUtFCAUTRiRGYUaOBpVGmwj9iSqJy8yfjKJNug26TpSPfxHfkp9TipQR1PfVElW-lcNV-JYY1jbWfNbr18_YEthIWSjZU1mnmegah5qk25pcql0QXTtdud35XrvfNmE2YTvh3aMz5AKkFWRzpuDns2gtKIApKykwqcwp4SoGKyqrK-2QbvtvJ--p8APwBrG2NIh0k3V7d0N42rjn-w47g7vDu_w8B_yL_MG8932SPcy-tL8xVpI-6rkUSSbgIr3TXB9qZUaMlFgHRRMNSjF874S4Rrb18u30z3iSO4brQ==

Thanks a lot man!

Edit: heres my tree at lv 50 (Didn't knew about Iron Grip at that time so I guess I'll have to respec some points)



And my gear... nothig too fancy, most of it self found



My Stats are:

Defensive
2191 Life
112 Life Regen
328 Mana
5.7 Mana Regen (I know, I know...)
Armour 2529 (3515 with Determination on)
Resistances capped at 76%

Offensive:
Molten Shell: 1687 (2274 with Hatred on)
4.15 Attacks per second
5% Life Leech
2% Mana Leech