[2.2] [Updated, Uber down again] Heavy Armour Mjolner v2.0 (Build + Uber Guide)

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Mothren wrote:

Hello, trying this build out in Warbands, running a cheap man's version (no Voll's Devotion, enlighten only level 2 etc.).

Some stuff occured to me that could be helpful to every stage of this build.

1.) Why not use arctic armour instead of grace?

1a.) You can reach 90% damage reduction without grace.
1b.) I know that more armour gives more reduction even if you cap due to large hit mitigation mechanics. (90% doesn't mean much, more armour is better yes yes).

1c.) However after reaching a certain threshold (which is like 30k armour in our build), adding grace in doesn't matter much for big hits anyway, because you need 20 times the armour to mitigate a large amount of big hits.
1d.) Using arctic armour means 13% less physical damage and 13% less fire damage taken, which I think the additional armour from grace can never provide (most of our armour comes from 100% increased armour / evasion granite / jade flasks anyway). Keep in mind less is multiplicative with fortify and nodes like soul of steel etc!!!
1e.) This doesn't apply when kiting (moving) I know, but while attacking we stand still anyway.
1f.) You gain 2 4% mana reservation reduction nodes, or you can even use empower to get 23% purities and better arctic armour without item +1 corruptions, alphas howl and such)

So using arctic armour is a win-win situation.

2.) Why not use different pathing and take unyielding node to get 4-6% ish reduction from all critical damage, since those crits are what would kill us anyway (atziri spear crits for example) since armour is less effective against those kinds of high damage.

Here is a tree that I came up with for this purpose (I recommend taking skill point in cruel instead of attack speed, and I also recommend taking more jewel nodes with higher levels since you can obtain up to 18% attack speed per jewel) - (Optimum class = Definitely marauder):

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https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgEAAdwEBwSzBS0FQgthES0UIBcvGjgc3B0UIG4hYCSwKaUsnDH7Nug8LT38QKBBlkV-R35Ms1AwUEdVqVXGWGNYr1nzXhNfP2FSZU1mVGaeZ5to8moBcg9yqXTxdqx343loeu98g3_jgKSDX4PbhNmGYIbRjM-PGo9GkFWUb5e0ogCnCKlurKquPq6zr2y9Nr6nwGbBBMRYxPbGrsbYz37QH-RR6hjr7u8O707v6_Af9kj3MvrShX0WQC3Snz6fy6cwAef-Crc-g8zYvRLhktCDticL0PW2-vemjmRq-g5c42oWbycv

Comparison of my tree against yours (notable differences):

+2 jewel sockets (spell damage, attack speed, spell crit, life, all resist, whatever you want)
+2% armour
+24% evasion
+100 strength
+36 life
+20 dexterity
+0.5% life regenerated per second
+20% accuracy
+12% attack speed
+6% aura effectiveness
+ "20% reduced damage taken from critical strikes"


-8% reduced mana reserved
-27% all elemental resistances
-26% elemental damage
-58% spell damage
-5% to shock freeze ignite
-5% life

Well, its preference of course, but using the pathing I have I think you can get far more flask procs, discharge/arc procs via attack speed/accuracy increases, be more defensive via the additional +life and +strength, have more movement speed and can cover the lack of 64% spell damage via jewels though with righteous fire and iron will I don't think it would make a hell of a difference (going other stuff at jewels is better).

Put a lot of thought into this, I would appreciate if you can have a look at it, happy gaming!