[3.0] 10M DPS+ | Face tanking Shaper & Guardians | Brutus' Lead Sprinkler | Molten Strike/Sunder

First off all thanks for the build. Its realy fun. I made this char to be my boss killer/farmer because im playing wander for fast mapping with MF. The damage is great but I die alot (i hate to die tbh) .. Tried Minotaur died 4 times, Phoenix 3x sometimes I got 1shot on T12 map boss. Since the damage is realy great what about if I swap anger for temp chains or smth? This is my gear atm:






PoB if needed: https://pastebin.com/ks5PZBbc

Hey, thanks for the build, really enjoying it so far.

Just to confirm - You suggest both The Taming & Xoph's Blood - I'm really struggling to find adequate resists for both. Given the items listed in Path of Building and your own gear, would you suggest the neck then rare rings over the ring and rare ring/neck to cap resists?

Nvm, a few exalts fixed the issue. Just gotta get more Fire res or drop some lightning now...

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ratz wrote:

First off all thanks for the build. Its realy fun. I made this char to be my boss killer/farmer because im playing wander for fast mapping with MF. The damage is great but I die alot (i hate to die tbh) .. Tried Minotaur died 4 times, Phoenix 3x sometimes I got 1shot on T12 map boss. Since the damage is realy great what about if I swap anger for temp chains or smth? This is my gear atm:

PoB if needed: https://pastebin.com/ks5PZBbc

You probably need more life, I got 7.9k life and still very high dps. I've done about 20-25 guardians and died only 2 times.

https://pastebin.com/RUHV8Bse

I see that you are using Arctic Armor and Enfeeble. Maybe I need to add that. About the HP I just have 6.4k, its low but im just lvl 80. at lvl 90 ill have 30% more on tree. I have 1089 STR atm, dunno if its nice or no. And about the helm enchant, I can have a much better helmet with lots of hp and resists but ill lose the enchant and I dont know if its worth.

Thanks for your answer

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ratz wrote:

First off all thanks for the build. Its realy fun. I made this char to be my boss killer/farmer because im playing wander for fast mapping with MF. The damage is great but I die alot (i hate to die tbh) .. Tried Minotaur died 4 times, Phoenix 3x sometimes I got 1shot on T12 map boss. Since the damage is realy great what about if I swap anger for temp chains or smth? This is my gear atm:

I assume you're capped on res. I think the issue is that you are only level 80 so you're a bit weaker. I'd recommend at least 6.5k HP so that you have a pool of HP to make mistakes with. You don't need Blood rage on if that helps, don't even need to use Lightning trap if it helps.
The higher level/quality the faster attack on shield charge the easier it is to get to the enemy to leech tank.
If you need more res/life, you can replace the gloves.
But yea I think mostly it's just low level so your HP is a bit low and just need a bit more practice with the build.
And yea your damage should be high enough if you wanted, can replace flammability for a defensive curse for leveling.
For me a lot of my build came from trial and error, and personal preference. If I didn't like something I'd try something else like arctic armour + HoA over Anger.

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casper0010 wrote:

Hey, thanks for the build, really enjoying it so far.

Just to confirm - You suggest both The Taming & Xoph's Blood - I'm really struggling to find adequate resists for both. Given the items listed in Path of Building and your own gear, would you suggest the neck then rare rings over the ring and rare ring/neck to cap resists?

Nvm, a few exalts fixed the issue. Just gotta get more Fire res or drop some lightning now...

The Xoph's amulet is so much more important then The Taming. In fact The Taming can be replaced with a GG ring for even more damage/survival, that's if you can afford it.
Tbh, I don't like The taming that much, as you need to proc Lightning trap, chill and ignite for that juicy damage. If you look at my PoB, there's actually about 6 different item set recommendations depending on how much you can afford and at the top top end I don't recommend The Taming in it.

Just did the corrupted versions of guardians for the first time. Also did shaper for the very first time and even got it down. After that I did it again (both times dropped boots..)

Fun build, works really well even with my cheap gear. I think all the items are like 1-20c except weapon(4ex), chest(110c) and amulet(8ex). Yea and the Dying sun flask is also like 110c but I bought it for my wanderer :)

Dont have enough dexterity for the highest levels of faster attack and blood rage, but maybe I dont need those. Maybe Ill try next uber atziri if I manage to get more pieces.

Wonder if I should try to divine my weapon for more attack speed. Or maybe just save enough currency for really good rings. Got about 6.3k hp now and it feels pretty much enough and dont really get one shotted that ofter.

Also CWDT+firestorm helps with berserker op leech :)

6800hp, 700k shaper/guardians dps
I do not like this build and I returned back to the old one.
Weak sides:
1) very bad survival of the character, the player must play in permanent tension. if you compare the survability with the scourgeflurry, then it's like chalk and cheese
2) very expensive rings and belts. it costs 15ex+ per item with good rolls. it is difficult to purchase jewels with fire damage, a.spd and hp% right now
3) sunder is not ok for mapping, ms is so slow
4) vaal pact. it is so hard after gain life leech from hits instantly
5) blood rage can eat a big part of your life if you dont attack anymore. a little problem to start after with low hp
Strengths:
1) great damage
2) great mobility

Maybe I'll play this build again, but at the start of the league, when things do not cost so much.

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snql wrote:

6800hp, 700k shaper/guardians dps
I do not like this build and I returned back to the old one.
Weak sides:
1) very bad survival of the character, the player must play in permanent tension. if you compare the survability with the scourgeflurry, then it's like chalk and cheese
2) very expensive rings and belts. it costs 15ex+ per item with good rolls. it is difficult to purchase jewels with fire damage, a.spd and hp% right now
3) sunder is not ok for mapping, ms is so slow
4) vaal pact. it is so hard after gain life leech from hits instantly
5) blood rage can eat a big part of your life if you dont attack anymore. a little problem to start after with low hp
Strengths:
1) great damage
2) great mobility

Maybe I'll play this build again, but at the start of the league, when things do not cost so much.

Have to disagree with a few points here.
Been gearing and optimizing this build for a few days now and so far it is by far and away my fastest map clearer and best bosskiller so far this league, and that's after a well-geared Iceshot/Barrage and Wander as well as Cyclone.

1) Survivability is actually top notch. as long as you are attacking something, you are virtually immortal. I don't know many other builds that i can facetank 90% of boss abilities with while still melting them in this speed. Not sure what else one would expect...except if you maybe want some form of AFK build that does far less damage?

2) well...yeah. Good gear costs a lot. This applies to pretty much every build out there, currency scales your returns. Not sure how this is a drawback for the build, the proposed setup is basically aiming for perfection, you can change a lot with the build and gear and still run very smoothly and efficiently without bankrupting yourself. Xoph's for example is icing on the cake - yes it's a great upgrade, but the build doesn't stand or fall with it at all, a good cheap alternative amulet works just fine

3) Totally disagree. Yeah Sunder doesn't oneshot everything offscreen like dozens of other fast clearing builds, but the tradeoff is that i can literally Shield Charge into a double Beyond Harbinger in a red map and simply stand there for 3 seconds while everything dies around me. Whereas with the squishy mass aoe clearers you've got to run for your life. Furthermore, the seconds you lose with Sunder in terms of clearing, you gain back with boss killing speed as well as great mobility between packs.

4) not sure what the problem with VP is?

5) don't run it. it's not mandatory in any way. You can focus Jewels on IAS and grab some IAS nodes in tree if you want, or simply run without it - the point of the build is mostly to proc Berserker buff anyway, at which point the 13%ish from BR are negligible. BR helps a bit with clearing, but is in no way necessary for the build

At the end of the day there are tradeoffs for everything. I for one am extremely happy with this build, there is enough flexibility in it to adapt to whatever you are aiming for, the boss damage is spectacular, and for 99% of maps it's just insanely safe and smooth. I far prefer this to my Wander and Iceshot Raider atm.

Thanks for the work on the writeup @ OP, the layout is top notch and very fast to check through!

thank you for guild easy down uber atziri in 5 min
https://youtu.be/mvh1PJ98P3o

Proof that sprinkler is a trash unique.
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