[2.2]The CoC Slam - Groundslam AoE Cast on Crit - Build Guide [SC]

+ High speed gameplay / fast map clear
+ Not expensive to gear
+ Can do most map mods
+ Great AoE clearing
+ Can use a variety of spells and Attacks to change the gameplay

-Can have Problems with high health singletargets without any adds (Atziri/Daresso)
-Thornflesh Mod and ele reflect maps are really dangerous
-Can hurt your FPS pretty hard, depending on spells used

Short Build Guide/Introduction
Ascendancy Build Update Video

Skilltree

Bandits: Oak - Kill All - Alira


As you can see you can also do this Build as Shadow with minor changes to the starting nodes.
For a Shadow Version i would go with Asassin Ascendancy ofc.

Main Skill / DPS


Groundslam - Cast on Crit - Multistrike - Life Leech - Spell1 - Spell 2


I do not recommend using anything less than a 6L. The Link is the most important part about the chest, everything else comes in after that.

You can make it work on a 5L if you skip the Life Leech and curse Warlords mark instead of Poachers Mark.

A Tabula Rasa or a corrupted Chest with the right colours is a good way to get a cheap 6L!

Auto Curse
4 Link:
Herald of Thunder - Curse on Hit - Assassins Mark - Poachers Mark

We use Assasins Mark for extra Damage and additional Critical Strike Chance for our Attacks and Spells its also the way we get our Powercharges.

We also use Poachers Mark for the Mana + Life on hit and getting Frenzy Charges for Attackspeed and more Damage.

You can also curse with Warlords Mark to get more Life Leech, the Mana Leech will also work for us to sustain our Attacks.


Mobility
4+1/2 Link:
Whirling Blades - Blood Magic - Fortify - (Faster Attacks)

Leapslam - Faster Attacks

We use a Scepter and a Dagger so we can use Whirling Blades and Leapslam.
Whirling Blades enables the fast paced Gameplay while Leap Slam is used to jump up and down Ledges.

The Fortify buff is just to good to pass up and with the higher manacost of Whirling Blades, its better running it on Blood Magic to not go out of mana just from whirling between Packs.

If you have trouble getting enough sockets you can allways skip the Faster attacks link!

Auras
Single/No Link

You can use any Purity you wish to fix resists on your gear, i recommend fitting it to the Element of the Spell you are using to help with Reflect.

Arctic Armour helps with Physical Damage mitigation, as well as reflected fire damage if you use a fire spell.


Utility
3 Link
Cast when Damage taken - Summon Ice Golem - Arctic Breath

The Golem grants additional Crit Chance and can serve as distraction during Boss fights.

Keep the cast when damage taken at low level, this way the golem wil lbe up all the time.

Arctic Breath provides chilled ground, which is a nice additional defense.

If you have trouble finding enough sockets jsut skip the Arctic Breath.

Single Target Setup
4/5 Link:

Vaal Lightning Strike - Cast on Crit - Fireball/Stormcall - Freezingpulse

Vaal Lightning Strike is a perfect Singletarget help for Cast on Crit!
After the initial hit Lightning Strikes the target and can trigger a lot of Crits.
It also can store 3 Charges so even if you don´t crit with one of hit there are more to come.

If you can get your Hands on a Item that has the corruption "supported by cast on crit" you can make it a 5Link, using a additional Spell, added Cold/Lightning or Life Leech/Multi Strike depending on the socket colours of your corrupted item.



You also can use a Deadhand Talisman that solves all singletarget issues you could ever encounter!
Check this Video for Details on this!
https://youtu.be/as7CjxVQCAM

First off my Sets of Gear in the current Version of the Build:





By Slot:

Mainhand Weapon

The only thing you need is a Scepter with the Vagan Mod "Hits can´t be evaded"
Later on you want to Multi Mod it but only the Vagan Mod and crafted Crit Chance is perfectly fine.


If you want a good Base for Multi Modding you need one with the Vagan Mod, then Regal it and hope for a good Prefix or good Attack Speed/ Critchance with your Regal Orb.

If you get a bad Suffix its broken, as you can´t multi mod attack speed + Critchance then.

The Base for the Scepter is up for debate, Karui Scepters have the highest Attack Speed, while Crystal Scepters provide a higher base Critchance and more Elemental Damage.

Any Vagan Scepter will work but higher Crit Chance / Attack Speeds are of course preferable.

Offhand Weapon:


We want a Dagger with the 80% Global Crit implicit here.
Groundslam uses only Maces/Scepters so we don´t attack with the Dagger its only there for its stats and to get the Dual Wield Bonus.

The implicit mod is the most important part, other good mods are Spell Damage, Crit Multi, Flat Elemental Damage to spells and Resists or Manaregen if you need them.

Helmet

We want a Rat´s Nest here for the Crit Chance and Attackspeed. As its expensive in the new Leagues you can use a Starkonjas Head instead and even get a good ammount of Life in exchange for a lower Crit Chance.
Starkonjas is really really cheap so this one should not be a Problem.

Keep in mind that we don´t need Accuracy on Gear as we use a Vagan Mod Weapon.

Update: At the moment i think a Starkonja is better than a Rats Nest, as you really need all the life you can get and the Crit Chance on Starkonja is good enough.
You can also buy a lot of them for cheap and corrupt them for the singletarget Setup. (see Links Sektion)

Gloves


You can use Maligaros or just Rare Gloves with Life, Resists, Attack Speed.

If you use Maligaros or Rare Gloves depends on your Budget and Choice of Boots.

Keep in mind that we don´t need Accuracy on Gear as we use a Vagan Mod Weapon.


Boots


We have many good options here!

If you are using Maligaros in the Gloves Slot you will need your Resists and Life here.

If you use Rare Gloves and don´t need more Resists you can use Kaoms Roots or Atziris Steps.

Kaoms provide a good ammount of Life and make us immune to stuns. I found that this boosts our surviveability by a great deal as getting stunlocked is one of the number one causes of deaths with the new high physical damage mobs and loss of the CwdT-EC-IC Combo.

If you feel like Spell Dodge would serve you better Atiris Step are a option to boost your spelldodge.

Another Option are Windscreams. They have Elemental Damage, some resists and save you some points in the tree as you don´t need to get Whispers of Doom.

Keep in mind that we don´t need Movespeed on Boots as we are using Whirling Blades to move around.

Chest


I really recommend to get a 6 Link here no matter what chest, a 6 Link is the most important part.

Good budget options are Tabula Rasa or a corrupted 6 Link chest with fitting colours and some life / resists on it.

Later you can aim for a Carcass Jack for more Damage and AoE.

Belly of the Beast is also a option but its hard to get the right colours.

Volls Protector can work, but you will need some mana on your gear or skip one Aura to have enough open mana to attack.

A Rare Chest with high Life + Resists can allow you to use Maligaros and unique Boots without resists.

Keep in mind: a "bad" 6Link will be better for this build than a 5Link Carcass Jack! The Link is the most important part!

Jewlery

Belt: Aim for high Life and Resists you need. Life is 100% priority.

Rings: Get Diamond Rings with Life, Resists, Attack Speed. Life and Resists are most important.

Amulet: Get Crit Chance, Crit Multi, Spelldamage and Life here. Its also a good Slot to fix Problems with Dexterity you might need with a Jade or Tourquise Amulet. The Amulet is a DPS Slot, don´t use it for Resists only.


Flasks

Get one Surgeon´s Life Flask with Bleed or Curse immunity, one or two instant Life Flasks with Curse/Bleed/Freeze immunity

Get one Surgeons Mana or Hybrid Flask for emergency Mana Problems.

Last Slot is open Surgeons Resist Flask or Atziris Promise are good Options.

You can use a wide variety of Spells.

As long as you don´t have a high Spell Crit Chance or some extra Flat lightning damage added to spells its best to use Shock Nova to ensure shocking enmies to trigger your Herald of Thunder.

Most Spells with a AoE Tag will work, my Favorites are Glacial Cascade, Flame Surge, Magma Orb, Shock Nova.

Double Nova with Ice Nova and Shock Nova is also a possible fun combination.

Feel free to try other Spells, Frost Wall can be mad fun ;)

If you use a Volls you can also try Cold Snap!

Templar Leveling as Crit Attack Build (Groundslam/Frostblades/Cyclone)

30 Points
Get the Melee Crit Nodes, get the Accuracy Nodes you can spec out of them later.

50 Points

Get the longways done while skillpoints still come in fast.
At least for me it feels better this way, fill out life and other stuff along the way later.
If you don´t have a Doedre's Damning for leveling you might want to get Whispers of Doom now.

70 Points
You can start CoCing now if you have a Vagan Scepter for that level! (at least try it if it does not work wait some levels)
Try to get a Ungil's Harmony while you are leveling.

From up there you can fill out the final tree in any order you like.

If you start as Shadow, i would advise to level as Crit Caster, while using Manaleech Gem and/or Elreon Jewlery to manage the mana cost.

What Gems should i get Quality on?

Power Charge on Crit and Cast on Crit both get Crit Chance with Quality and can help a lot with getting your Crit up.
Your curses have a higher chance to grant charges with Quality which can be nice but isn´t al lthat important.
Depending on your Spells they can have good Quality bonuses, need to check for each Spell.
Quality, Groundslam, Multi Strike isn´t important at all.