[2.2] GGprime's Savage: Turn YOUR 2h build into an endgame cleaner

Introduction:
The build is not bound to any specific skills but uses an idea related to game's mechanics and a combination of different passives. You can just apply this to any of your 2h builds that you like:

Core idea:
Pre 2.2 I had alot of trouble clearing the very high endgame content (t15 maps with 150%quantity+, core, vaal temple).
The reason was the change to life leech in 2.0. While I rarely got 1shot, the amount of burst dmg in a low time interval often got me killed, until now.

We are going to combine the Berserker's "Cloaked in Savagery" with Vaal Pact and Phase Acrobatics.

You can use the unique Doedre Flask in combination with -50% chaos res to garantee a Cloaked in Savagery proc.

My previous 2h melee builds used alot of physical mitigation like 7 endurance charges, high armour - this one uses Acrobatics to make sure that you take constant spikey damage and therefore get Cloaked in Savagery procs. On the other hand, we don't want to die from very high critical hits, therefore we will also use blasphemy and enfeeble.

Passive Tree:
My personal tree, like I said, it works for almost every build - just make sure to get the 3 "keys":
"Cloaked in Savagery" + Vaal Pact + Phase Acrobatics
https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAECAAHcBLMFtQmWE0wW6RfhGjgi6iP2JDcm-CcvKjgqTTBxMHwxnjWSN9Q5DjpCOtg8BTwtPydHBkd-SshLeE2STeNOMlBHUUdRTFnzX7Bf0GKsZFJlTWZUZ5toWGhlbAhsjG6qbztyqXZ_dqx343gNe4x7w3zZfVt-4IKbg1-DzITEhMWE2YV7h2qJ2IqvjX2Nv5ARkFWXeZhXmjubtZ2qnlef36IAplenNKluqZSsR6yqrj60xbXytz69Nr6nvwjAGsBmwuzDOsT2xq7KSs9-1CPXlti92-fdqORR6NbqGOsU7DjtP-8O73zxivPd9vz3Mvhf-Ov-Cv6P

Make use of your 9 jewels!
While my tree already provides 177%, you can add upto 9x7% additional life from your jewels, if you prefer to rush midgame maps over endgame and feel already tanky enough, you can use your jewels for even more damage.

Unique gear recommendations:
You can also run this setup with decent rares, just make sure to cap resistances and maximize your hp, here are some costeffective unique goals though:
- Kaom's Heart
- Atziri's Disfavour
- Headhunter (very expensive item but still easily worth its cost)
- Ventors gamble
- Second weaponslot Reaper's pursuit + item rarity (+ item quantity if legacy league)
- Taste of Hate
- Rumi's Concoction
- Vessel of vinktar (mainly for the shock, still good in situations with constant low dmg income)

Proof of concept vs the most challenging anti melee fights in the game:


Since I get alot or requests about my build:



tyvm and let me know if it helped you to improve your builds or maybe why you did not like it

ign Climhazard

hey, mind looking at my guy and seeing how you can improve him?
https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/samcisnow/characters

Hi, since you already got some life regeneration I would not recommend to change this build into a vaal pact one. If it is one of your first characters I'd recommend you to just keep playing it your way and see how far you can get with it and lateron ether make a second char or wait for a full passive reset (usually at the end of the leagues).

Your passive tree looks good, this is how I would proceed:
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAABAEAAQHcBLMFLQd1CZYLYQ3NERoUIBzOITQhVScgK1As-zGeMfs0jjWSNug5DjrhPAU9_ECgQT9Hfk3jUEdR5ldUWGNYr14TXz9gkWFSZU1nWGebaPJr2W87c2t2rHfjeA15aHrvfNl99X_jhNmFUoY7hmCHaooijM-TqJSHl3mexaIAplepbqmUrY2uPq9sr6e0L7XyvTa-p8AawGbApsEExPbGrsbYz37Yvdlh3D3fsuRR5K3qGOsJ7w7vTu988B_yRfZI9zL-Cv5U_o8=

You need a better weapon asap, you can contact me ingame if you want, I'll try to find something for your budget.

Cool, I'll try to find you in game. survivability against ranged is my biggest problem. Was wondering which ascendency class I should pick, most pick berserker but maybe one of the other ones would help me survive more.

Why not link the blade vortex to blind? Combined with enfeeble,you would almost never get hit by attacks, preventing shit like the malachai almost oneshots.

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Etherfire wrote:

Why not link the blade vortex to blind? Combined with enfeeble,you would almost never get hit by attacks, preventing shit like the malachai almost oneshots.

I do use blind on it.

Mind sharing your gem links and gear? Curious, because I haven't seen blade vortex+ blind being used in the type of build you're running until now.

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ensolons wrote:

Mind sharing your gem links and gear? Curious, because I haven't seen blade vortex+ blind being used in the type of build you're running until now.

I added some informations about the builds I run using this mechanic, I will also add a couple of videos showing Earthquake footage.

cool idea, I'm trying it on my character I'm leveling now. I'm going sunder. Can you tell how often cloaked procs with phase acro? And after acro, do you try to go for evasion gear, or should I just I just focus on high life? And have you thought about arctic armor? I'm guessing not enough room because of hatred and blasphemy, but I imagine you might be able to swap out blasphemy for arctic armor, and run a CWDT setup with enfeeble. That way you could run herald+arctic+hatred. Hmm, I guess you might not actually have the mana after those 3. Forgot about that.

EDIT: what am I saying...reduced mana isn't a thing anymore. You'd have no pool, so you'd need Hezmana's bloodlust, or bloodmagic from another source.

The blade vortex+blind looks super cool too!

You can use a cwdt + curse setup but I don't feel any needs for arctic armour, I would probably run a purity or hoa instead. If you manage to get a helmet enchant with %mana reduction you might be able to run 3 auras on mana. Even a lvl 20 cwdt should be no problem to keep your curses up.

The gear in the video is actually high armour gear with the legacy iiq mods, if it wasn't for the quantity I'd just make sure to overcap res and get as much life as possible, maybe add some rarity too.

Cloaked in Savagery does not proc constantly but it procs when you need it, a weakness would be high damage over time (like the one in the malachai fight p2 last heart).