[3.24] Cheapbunny's Dominating Blow/Herald of Purity Guardian
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Updated to 3.24 - Necropolis League
- Added POB for 3.24 - Return of tattoos, Maximum Ele Resis back to 90% (from 88%) Previous Version Update
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Updated to 3.23 - Affliction League - Added POB for 3.23 - Maximum Ele Resis drop from 90% to 88% due to removal of tattoos  Introduction I have never played Guardian before, decided to try out the the new Guardian ascendancy in 3.22. It turns out to be a quite tanky build (72/64% block, 90%all ele res/75% chaos res/100% spell suppress) with decent clear speed, it can even clear Simulacrum 30 rather reliably. Although I have done some ubers with this build, it is definitely not a great ubers boss farmer due to melee playstyle and high damage ramping time, bosses other than ubers are not too much of a problem though. If you looking for a tanky build to map with decent clear speed, try out this build, enjoy! Build Thought
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I wanna try out the new revamp guardian, so this build idea is built around the Guardian ascendancy. Why Dominating Blow?
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 The new Elemental Relic provides all three elemental damage aura (Hatred, Anger and Wrath) for 5 secs. To benefit for all three aura, we need a physical damage (converted or not) minion. To have all Elemental Relic up all the time, we also need a minion skill then hit fast enough (or have enough numbers of minions). There are a few options, but I chose Dominating Blow because I never tried this skill before. Why Herald of Purity?
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Herald of Purity scales very much the same as Dominating Blow, and it can benefit from all three elemental damage aura as well. They even have same summon mechanic. This helmet allow us to have 6-linked equivalent HoP minions without increasing the mana reservation of HoP which is great as we will have more mana for other skill's mana reservation. Why go Block? Aegis Aurora? 90 all ele res?
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 Bastion of Hope ascendancy node provides a lot of block and Aegis Aurora provides a lot of defense if you have decent block chance and armour. There is a well known max cold resis stacking Melding of Flesh combo with Aegis Aurora to get high maximum resistance for all elemental type. The max cold res stacking became much more easy this league because of this newly introduced tattoo as well. Why stack Spell Suppression as well?
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To be able to use this tattoo, we need to path to dexterity node on right side of tree. Because of this, we have access to some Spell Suppression nodes on tree, and there is a popular shenanigans of The Green Nightmare with Tattoo of the Arohongui Moonwarden that gives a lot of Spell Suppression, which makes stacking Spell Suppression a lot easier this league. Build Mechanic
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Defenses used in this build
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1. Decent Armour (17k before flask) 2. 72/64 block 3. 75% Chaos Resis 4. 100% spell suppression cap 5. 90 all Ele Resis
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75% (base) - 4% (Melding of Flesh) + 5% (Aegis Aurora) + 5% (23 lvl Purity of Ice) + 2% (5% * 40% aura effect on Purity of Ice) + 3% (Body armour implicit) + 2% (Prismatic Skin amulet annoiment) + 2% (Tattoo of the Arohongui Makanga) 6. 100% regen every 4 sec (Time of Need ascendancy node) 7. Shock Immunity (Tempest Shield) 8. Molten Shell (bind on LMB) 9. 20% damage from hit taken from Sentinel of Radiance 10. Recover Energy Shield equal to 2% of Armour when Block (Aegis Aurora) Videos
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Trial of the Ancestors League T16 Cemetery https://youtu.be/z8jCxLM6dQE T16 Minotaur https://youtu.be/MvBBRlaas0Q Invitations https://youtu.be/46-4urI78KM Simulacrum Wave 29-30 https://youtube.com/live/pcgpQjskl1Y Uber Shaper https://youtu.be/L8psfrka0pI Uber Eater of World https://youtu.be/crBkZGMO70Q Skill Tree (POB)
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Kill all bandits. 29 Mar 2024 - [POE 3.24] 98 lvl skill tree (Latest) https://pobb.in/nKkAsFRzMOvC 8 Dec 2023 - [POE 3.23] 98 lvl skill tree https://pastebin.com/csySi6ib 12 Sept 2023 - [POE 3.22] 98 lvl skill tree https://pastebin.com/KkCfki8k 2 Sept 2023 - [POE 3.22] 98 lvl skill tree https://pastebin.com/fhvH9xAu Leveling
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Leveling using SRS from act 1 to act 4. You can choose to switch into dominating blow or continue using SRS after you got first ascendancy node. Grab Sentinel of Radiant as soon as possible, it is so strong in early game that would carry you all the way to white map no matter what you play. Grab "Resolute Technique" as soon as possible if you choose to do dominating blow right away.
(Note : Do not use Elemental Focus support until you have Triad Grip gloves, use Ruthless/Signal Prey support instead before that) This is my level 70 setup https://pastebin.com/7YhyCntK Ascendancy
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 Radiant Crusade -> Unwavering Crusade -> Bastion of Hope -> Time of Need Gears
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Weapon
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Early Game Any one handed melee weapon with Minion Damage (Use Essence of Fear) Mid Game Any one handed melee weapon with Minion Damage + Trigger Socketed Spell End Game Minion Damage/Trigger Spell/Hit cannot be Evaded/Attack Speed Rare Claw Crafting Guide
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Step 1 - Get a Double/Twin/Gemini Claw (depends on how many dex/int you have) with T1 fractured attack speed Step 2 - Use Deafening Essence of Fear Step 3 - Annul until 2 open suffix and 1 open prefix, go back to Step 2 if Minion damage is annulled Step 4 - Multi Mod -> Trigger Spell + Hit cannot be Evaded Shield
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Early game Life/Res/Armour Rare Shield Mid game End game Helmet
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Early game Life/Resis Rare Helmet Mid game Life/Resis/Minion Level Rare Helmet End game (Look for +8 level of socketed gem) Body Armour
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Early/Mid Game Life/Resis Rare Body Armour End game Life/Resis/Spell Suppression Rare Body Armour (Eldritch Implicit : Purity of ice has increase Aura Effect (at least 24%)) (Eldritch Implicit : +3 maximum cold resistance) Gloves
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Early/Mid Game Life/Resis Rare Gloves (Note : Do not use Elemental Focus support until you have Triad Grip gloves, use Ruthless/Signal Prey support instead before that) End game (3 Green 1 Red) (Corrupted Implicit : +2 to Level of Socketed Aura Gems, this is required to boost Purity of Ice to level 23) (Buy a pairs of corrupted gloves with the implicit and bench craft into 3G1R) Boots
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Early/Mid Game Movement Speed/Life/Resis Rare Boots End Game Movement Speed/Life/Resis/Spell Suppression Rare Boots (Eldritch Implicit : Drop Scorched Ground while moving) Belt
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Early/mid Game Life/Resis Rare Belts End Game Amulet
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Early/Mid Game Life/Resis/Attributes Rare Amulet End Game (Anointment : Prismatic Skin) Rings
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Early/Mid Game Life/Resis Rare Rings End Game Minion Damage/Minion Res/Life/Res Rare Rings (At least 35% minion res on rings) Jewels
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Cluster Jewels Unique Jewels (Any Variant, Slot in specific jewel socket, refer to POB) (Look for Minion Damage/Minion Life/Spell Suppression/Chaos Resis) (The Agnostic variant) (Look for -4 max res roll) (Slot in specific jewel socket, refer to POB) Look for the following mods i) Chance to Block Attack Damage while affected by Determination Good to have mods i) Physical Damage from Hits taken as Cold Damage while affected by Purity of Ice ii) +Amour while affected by Determination iii) Physical Damage Reduction while affected by Determination iv) Reduced extra Critical Damage taken while affected by Determination Abyss Jewels (slot in belt) (Minion Damage/Life/Resis) Flasks
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Gem Link
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6L Dominating Blow (Body Armour)
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Map Clear (Use elemental damage with attacks instead before you got Empower) Single Target 4L Holy Relic (Boots)
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2L Whirling Blade (Gloves)
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1L Skill Gems (Gloves)
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Helmet Weapon
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Shield
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(May swap Convocation for Frostblink or Flame Dash) Gloves
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(Get level 21 Purity of Ice) My other build guides
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Last edited by cheapbunny on Mar 29, 2024, 3:07:02 AM Last bumped on Jul 24, 2024, 4:38:42 AM
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Update
29 Mar 2024 - Updated POB skill tree to 3.24 - Return of tattoos, Maximum Ele Resis back to 90% (from 88%) 8 Dec 2023 - Updated POB skill tree to 3.23 12 Sept 2023 - Updated new skill tree (added Impossible Escape jewel and refined some nodes pathing) - Added Impossible Escape (The Agnostic variant) in Unique Jewel section 15 Sept 2023 - Added note to not use Elemental Focus support until acquiring Triad Grip gloves Last edited by cheapbunny on Mar 29, 2024, 3:07:42 AM
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Looks interesting. I want to do.
Last edited by Slaylak on Sep 4, 2023, 1:09:34 PM
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Hi,
I'm actually building toward your build and it's lot of fun. My caracter is already remarquably tanky despite not having yet the spell supression & melding stuff. Since I'm an alch&go type of guy, I would like to know if you have some advice in order to cut the spell supression for more clear speed ? Besides, the build is very cheap to get going but what should I be looking for if I want to spend 10-20 divines on it ? Thanks in advance for your answer Last edited by thenameless65 on Sep 5, 2023, 8:54:11 AM
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" You may try Gravebind + Legacy of Fury + Spiritual Aid combo to improve clear speed, and swap elemental focus with Signal Prey. Investment on cluster jewels and awakened gems are good options. Last edited by cheapbunny on Sep 5, 2023, 9:18:29 AM
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The gravebind/legacy of fury combo definitely helped to smooth the clear.
Thanks for the tip. Back to the grind it is. |
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hi how did you reach the 90 resistance? do i need 3 tattoo for maximum ice? cause i think the 40 percent increase in ice effect for me is only 1 percent? is this right?
Last edited by equeedlibrium on Sep 12, 2023, 12:56:31 PM
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" 23 lvl Purity of Ice gives +5 max cold res, 40% aura effect will be 2% additional max cold res. |
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" sorry last question did you move the +1 max cold resist at the bottom when you opened the socket? |
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