Rake Smith (no stomping ground)

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mugatu747#5276 wrote:

T15 Delirium/Breach/Boss:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvtuuLN4_p4


I leveled with stomping ground up to maps and it was great but didn't want to fully commit to strength stacking and so stuck with rake and this is where I ended up.

Pros:

Very tanky: 90% all ele resists, max block, 10k+ evasion with my gear and can definitely go higher.
Smith ascendancy makes getting early resists a breeze.
Fast clear with strong AOE.
Rake and disengage provide great mobility for both speed and defenses.
Super easy leveling with stomping ground.
Can easily switch to spear throw for fights that are really tough for melee like I did with twins in Sekhema trial for ascension and King of the Mists.

Cons:

Need gear to do strong single target damage.
Still a melee build so some boss fights can be tougher.


Skills:

Rake: Heavy Swing - Brutality - Heft - Momentum - Impact Shockwave (Use stomping ground for easy leveling) Rake has a long followthrough that can be animation canceled by quickly using raise shield. Also it gets a huge damage bonus from traveling distance prior to the attack so try to always take advantage of that, disengage helps a lot.

Auto Attack: Concentrated Effect - Bloodlust - Martial Tempo - Lightning Infusion - Conduction (I've been playing around with the last support gem, Overpower is also very good)

Disengage: Up to personal preference but I've been using Unyielding-Untouchable-Ingenuity-Rage

Wind Dancer: Magnified Effect-Blind-Arms Length

Herald of Blood: Deadly Herald-Haemocrystals-Maim

Herald of Ash: Persistence-Cannibalism

Spear of Solaris: Fire Infusion-Primal Armament-Expanse-Fire Exposure

Blood Hunt: Execute-Culmination-Rageforged

Voltaic Mark: Single Out-Blood In The Eyes (I'm unsure if I prefer Voltaic or Bloodhound's, probably depends on the fight.)

Lvl 92 passives:

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/tz20n07n

Gear:

Stack evasion, fire resist, life, and chaos resist. A source of mana leech makes the build feel much smoother.

-White chestpiece that ideally is vaal'd with either a strong modifier or more realistically an extra socket.

High block shield

Gloves with attack speed+melee skills

Amulet with 25 spirit is what I'm using, you can go higher to try and fit in overwhelming presence which is very strong. Annoint Unnatural Resilience when you have the currency and are using a good amulet. I annointed Roll and Strike prior to this but many good choices.

Spear with + to level of melee skills adds a large amount of damage. Slower speed maximizes DPS by increasing the value of bleed but faster speed makes things feel smoother. Increased stun and stun duration are also strong.

Belt: Infernoclasp unique with +5% max fire res is an excellent option.

Poeninja:
https://poe2.ninja/builds/dawn/character/mugatu747-5276/IronMikeDitka