[3.10] From League Starter to Shaper – Cheap, Tanky, Fast and Fun Physical ST – Very Detailed Guide

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Spectral Throw
Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 80% at gem level 1 (from 54%), up to 100% at gem level 20 (from 90%).

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2513456

Oh snap!

Well this will be new league starter 4 me ;) Some interesting gems for phys spells there is ;) What will be 5l setup untill 6l?

Strength/Dexterity Skill Gem - Flesh and Stone: Casts an aura that reserves a portion of your mana, causes nearby enemies to be Maimed while in Blood Stance, and causes those enemies to take increased physical damage. While in Sand Stance, this aura causes nearby enemies to be Blinded, and causes enemies not affected by the aura to deal less damage to you. some interesting new gem.

Updated the guide with the changes in 3.7. This patch is definitely a buff for us. Both ST and the Slayer ascendancy are buffed. See the top of the guide for details.

Regarding the new support gems, only Impale works for us. The rest are only for melee skills. I don't really think that it'll help us but we'll need to wait for the new league to know. Until then the links are unchanged (and will probably remain unchanged).

Regarding Flesh and Stone, I'm not exactly sure how the whole stance thing will work. Do you need to use "Blood and Sand" to have a stance? If so then it is worthless for us because it reserves mana. We'll see I suppose or if anyone knows if there will be a default stance even without "Blood and Sand" post it here.

PoB also updated with new tree.

tl;dr 3.7 is a buff !

Leaguestarting this build as woah dem buffs to basically everything.

Impale looks interesting. Also looking to probably replace the CWDT > Immortal Call Setup with a possible self-cast Steelskin.

Looks like we can hit a very respectable Chance to Hit with the new accuracy nodes.

Even better PoB added with new tree. A bit more life and damage.

Steelskin sounds very powerful but the theme of the build is automation with 2-button playstyle. If you don't mind casting it manually then it would be a significant defensive boost.

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Aias_o_Telamonios wrote:

Even better PoB added with new tree. A bit more life and damage.

Steelskin sounds very powerful but the theme of the build is automation with 2-button playstyle. If you don't mind casting it manually then it would be a significant defensive boost.

Claws of the Falcon at the top of the tree costs 5 points for a decent dps boost. Worth it?

Well you can remove the nodes around Will of Blades and get Claws of the falcon for a very small damage boost. But then you'd need lvl94. Tiny damage difference, you'd get the same by just taking a minor node with that extra level.

Would you consider impale with the new gem and changes in the tree?

Totally different skill that needs a totally different tree. If you want to play that you're better off using a gladiator.

Sorry I was thinking of Lancing Steel and not Impale when I wrote this. Yes, Impale is interesting with the new aura and Dread banner. We need to wait for PoB and league start to see.

nvm