[3.25] One shot Tectonic Slam Chieftain. Great Damage and Survivability. Melting all content.

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GGprime wrote:

Hello,
I'd just like to leave my feedback here for 3.19.
I picked this build as a league starter and hit level 96 after the first week with a slight variance of the RT version which shows that the build has potential and fits into the current poe meta.

I did not pick unwavering stance nor iron reflexes, instead I went with forbidden flesh and flame: Unstoppable. The game is just so filled with moving impairing effects that I think this is just too strong to skip. On top of that, I also took the entire prismatic skin cluster and used blind on my totems.

During the weekend I transitioned to crit which in retrospect was a huge mistake. Not only is it a lot more squishy and expensive than the previous RT version, the damage increase in mapping is almost meaningless since the RT version already 1shots most enemies. On top of that, you will run into a lot of enemies that have high block chance, which really hurts the squishy crit build.

I leveled from 95 to 96 without dying a single time with the RT build while sitting at a constant 0% exp with the crit build, doing the same content. Mostly due to Exiles with very high block chance rushing at me and killing me before the first hit comes through.

Your endgame crit gear will be almost unachievable this league. I had to craft all the gear by myself since there is just nothing on the market. New endgame bossing is also a pain. While I need 2-3 hits for a guardian, the uber fights takes ages.

So what I would have done differently: Stick with RT and invest the 50divines into a 900 dps warstaff instead of crit gear. Neither of these builds will be a top endgame bosser, but the RT build is the more pleasant mapper.

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GGprime wrote:

Hi,
900 dps is already super high end. Before even thinking about that I'd get the build to a t16 stable state. It's better to have decent investments all over the board rather than putting everything into one item.

For your mana issues:

Get Sovereignty with Herald of Ashes, Herald of Purity and determination.
The next thing you need is "life and mana leech" passive key stone on the bottom of the tree. The optimal way to get this passive is by using "thread of hope crimson jewel" with a very large ring. Otherwise it is going to cost you 4 passive points. You can get that jewel for 20c.

For me, the single passive did it. I have a very slow but big hitting weapon though. For faster weapons, you might also need one or two rings with - mana cost.

Here was my passive tree at level 82: https://pastebin.com/j7ZXzuzP

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Hunlights wrote:

I mean theres only one atk per second in the game. if its lower than 1 then u get 1 slam a second if its higher then more. mine is around 1 so I got 1 a second. but question why so slow? I remember than gem we use with tec slam has cooldown of 1.8 sec or smth, so only for that?

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GGprime wrote:

Hello,
I'd just like to leave my feedback here for 3.19.
I picked this build as a league starter and hit level 96 after the first week with a slight variance of the RT version which shows that the build has potential and fits into the current poe meta.

I did not pick unwavering stance nor iron reflexes, instead I went with forbidden flesh and flame: Unstoppable. The game is just so filled with moving impairing effects that I think this is just too strong to skip. On top of that, I also took the entire prismatic skin cluster and used blind on my totems.

During the weekend I transitioned to crit which in retrospect was a huge mistake. Not only is it a lot more squishy and expensive than the previous RT version, the damage increase in mapping is almost meaningless since the RT version already 1shots most enemies. On top of that, you will run into a lot of enemies that have high block chance, which really hurts the squishy crit build.

I leveled from 95 to 96 without dying a single time with the RT build while sitting at a constant 0% exp with the crit build, doing the same content. Mostly due to Exiles with very high block chance rushing at me and killing me before the first hit comes through.

Your endgame crit gear will be almost unachievable this league. I had to craft all the gear by myself since there is just nothing on the market. New endgame bossing is also a pain. While I need 2-3 hits for a guardian, the uber fights takes ages.

So what I would have done differently: Stick with RT and invest the 50divines into a 900 dps warstaff instead of crit gear. Neither of these builds will be a top endgame bosser, but the RT build is the more pleasant mapper.

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GGprime wrote:

I use the staff nodes mostly to hit 50/50 block which is very important imo. There is also the possibility to get %attackblock on gloves and chest which helps out. Maybe that way you can use other nodes. The 2% life on block is also super strong, certainly wouldn't skip that.

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Munno22 wrote:

Sharing my updated experience with the build.

I transitioned crit, works well enough for T16 mapping but ideally needs like level 94 at least and I die too much to get there. Can't really do anything juicy but I was fine even before AN nerfs.

DPS essentially caps out at 1m on pinnacle bosses, and that's overstating it. PoB assumes every hit will have all of the warcry exerts all of the time and you will be attacking continuously without stopping to move/warcry/place totems, which obviously you will. I did think it was PoB warrior to have Power charges ticked but those ARE actually sustainable w/ PCoC combust and Assassin's mark quality. You do have the 8% block after stunning an enemy node though and this will just not be applying on bosses because you won't be stunning them. I could maybe pump the DPS up more with a big rare staff but I just don't want to drop another 5+ divines on the build at this stage.

Ultimately after dumping maybe 10+ divines into the build I'm pretty close to being done with it. Your crit gear is completely unobtainable and it just is not viable for end-game bosses and juiced T16 mapping. Early mapping did feel really nice but I'm disappointed with the performance at the high end.

Finally, the build does feel a bit squishier than you'd expect from the on-paper stats. It's hard to reach 50/50 block (I'm using Glancing Blows atm but I was able to reach it with chest craft and gloves previously. Don't use glancing blows.) and with no increased max elemental resists on your tree you will be very vulnerable to those damage types. I've taken some on mine but again this sacrifices damage we can't really afford to lose.

Here's the pobbin for my character: https://pobb.in/Ek8mYxlnE7na
Also can see it on my profile. Build likely played really well before the last couple of leagues but I can't really recommend it anymore