[3.11] Shaper = Stunned, Tidebreaker Heavy Strike Stunner Build

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Praef wrote:

I am currently running a budget max block build, but it has a very low dps (which is to be expected). So I do have plans to switch to this build, but I have a few questions; is belly of the beast better than Kaom or should I get a Kaom? Also some of those enchants you have are crazy expensive, can you like just skip them? Like tombstone with vulnerability on hit or chance to deal double damage with heavy strike on the helmet.

A Kaom's gives a lot more max life than Belly, so I highly recommending getting Kaom's instead.

The corruption implicits and enchantments help you quite a bit, but as you said they are expensive as well. This build definitely functions without them if you are low on budget, but having them definitely helps quite a bit. I suggest maybe looking at rare gloves or less desired gloves like Empire's Grasp for a cheap pair of Vulnerability corrupted gloves.

I see, just checking as I currently do have belly as I had been using for a looong time. But I will get Kaom's then, and perhaps with an hp corruption implicit too.

Yeah unfortunately I am on low budget right now, so I might have to improvise on some of those things. Or just keep grinding/farming with this shield build until I have enough to get those gear parts with the desired effects.

Would you say a belt with 48% max damage and 38 min damage is good enough?

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Praef wrote:

I see, just checking as I currently do have belly as I had been using for a looong time. But I will get Kaom's then, and perhaps with an hp corruption implicit too.

Yeah unfortunately I am on low budget right now, so I might have to improvise on some of those things. Or just keep grinding/farming with this shield build until I have enough to get those gear parts with the desired effects.

Would you say a belt with 48% max damage and 38 min damage is good enough?

A belt with 48%/38% is definitely very good.

Oof, well I missed the item as I wasn't sure about buying it before double-checking. But at least now I know it is a good option.
At the very least I got a tidebreaker with 30% reduced stun threshold while checking around.

Edit: Got the belt and a second tidebreaker with 30% reduced stun threshold to be my cyclone mace.

1- I had great results from crit berserker tidebreaker variant, using ground slam. Went aspect of carnage, warbringer and rage path the same way the RT variant. Chest with crit and hands of the high templar. 22 million damage from vaal ground slam, perma stunning everything in the game, the spikes in damage are absurd. When I crit + ruthless + double damage + high roll in attack it feels really good.

Edit: crit berserker tidebreaker is possible by using chest with the crit mod + hands of high templar also with crit + 3 cluster jewels with mob mentality + warning call.

2- 3.11 will be very good for stunners with the whole new slam + stun warcry thing!

Well then, with a new league knocking on the door I might wait to test the build on the next season. As I am still new to the game I wasn't aware there were "leagues" and how they remained around for a limited amount of time. I kinda arrived late on the game, so yeah finding the required gear isn't exactly doable right now.

Which is honestly a pity, considering I managed to get most of the stuff needed.

https://youtu.be/qkLB5Rxdkm0

If I had 3 charges of Vaal Ground Slam it would be even faster. This damage is insane, and my gear isn't even optimal. Perma stunning everything. With vaal ground slam the PoB shows up to 22m damage

Baran: https://youtu.be/_Hk0JYrkp80

PoB: https://pastebin.com/nXvSKM3h

Would this be practical for SSF? Or is tidebreaker too heavily needed?

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Haadd wrote:

https://youtu.be/qkLB5Rxdkm0

If I had 3 charges of Vaal Ground Slam it would be even faster. This damage is insane, and my gear isn't even optimal. Perma stunning everything. With vaal ground slam the PoB shows up to 22m damage

Baran: https://youtu.be/_Hk0JYrkp80

PoB: https://pastebin.com/nXvSKM3h

Very interesting, this is a high DPS achieved w/ Ground Slam and also w/o sacrificing defense. The only caveat with this variant is probably that it uses Bottled Faith, but then even without it the DPS is really good.

It seems that the Warning Call cluster jewel notable is quite OP. I am not sure following the rework of warcries in the upcoming patch if the warcry cluster jewel notables would be changed, but if not changed I think I should be putting out a crit variant in the guide for the next league.

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agm_ultimatex wrote:

Would this be practical for SSF? Or is tidebreaker too heavily needed?

Heavily need it. You can still build it with any high damage 2h mace using stun support and searching heavily for enemy stun threshold reduction, it could still work, but Tidebreaker is BiS and the best 2h mace in the game.