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Intro & build description
Mobile, high damage dealing build while being able to take a punch. Gameplay is very fast paced, whirling around from pack to pack killing, shattering and freezing everything. Build has high life, block and dodge paired with evasion and armour – more than enough defensive layers to survive hard content. No uniques required to start with, rares do just fine till you can afford needed pieces for the build to really take shape. With some investment of currency in build defining uniques, power grows immensely. Tree is based on Alkaizer’s build.
Build Pros
- High health pool
- Great damage
- Instant leach thanks to Vaal Pact keystone and Berserkers ascendancy
- Tanky
- Stun/knockback immune
- Very mobile
Build Cons
- Melee character
Passive tree(s) and Path of Building
[3.4] Full BuildBandits
| Bandits Quest Choice |
| Help Alira |
Ascendancy skill points
| Labyrinths | Skill point choice |
|---|---|
| Labyrinth 1 | Aspect of Carnage |
| Labyrinth 2 | Pain Reaver |
| Labyrinth 3 | Cloaked in Savagery |
| Endgame Labyrinth | Crave the Slaughter |
Skill gem setup
Helm
Hatred
Ancestral Warchielf
Summon Ice Golem
Enduring Cry
Body Armor
Frost Blades
Melee Physical Damage Support
Multistrike Support
Elemental Damage with Attacks Support
Cold Penetration Support
Damage on Full Life Support
Gloves
Whirling Blades
Fortify Support
Faster Attacks Support
Blood Magic Support
Boots
2h Weapon
None
1h Weapon
Herald of Ice
Curse on Hit Support
Assassin's Mark
Offhand weapon / shield
Cast When Damage Taken Support
Enfeeble
Vaal Lightning Trap
Build uniques / Example rare gear
Tip: Click on the item to view it on PoE Wiki or to view similar rare items in poe.tradeBody Armour
Belly of the BeastGives build huge health boost, wear rare chest with life and resistances till you can afford Belly of the Beast.
Boots
Kaom's RootsKaom’s Roots paired with Belly of the Beast provides great boost to total life pool while being stun and knock back immune. Use rare boots with high movement speed till you get your hands on pair of Kaom’s Roots.
Left Ring
Rare RingLife, intelligence, elemental resistances and elemental damage with attack skills.
Right Ring
Rare RingLife, intelligence, elemental resistances and elemental damage with attack skills.
Belt
Belt of the DeceiverBelt of the Deceiver is great because it has all stats build needs while providing 10% increased damage to monsters nearby. All around, solid pick. If you lack resistances, rare leather belt with high life and resists is your safest bet.
1Hand Weapon
Touch of AnguishPerfect unique claws with high critical strike chance and good attack speed.
Offhand
Touch of AnguishFlask
Flask Setup- Seething Divine Life Flask of Staunching
- Experimenter’s Diamond Flask of Warding
- Chemist’s Silver Flask of Grounding
- Taste of Hate
- Lion’s Roar
Like it, but would u recommend anything to play instead of taste of hate before i can afford one?
Basalt Flask of Heat is great, physical damage reduction and makes you immune to freezes. Atziri’s Promise for more offensive option.
whats the point of taking druidic rite? and what should i do with the last 3/5 skill points? Do i go for twin terrors circle nodes, or do i finish all the 4-5% HP nodes?
Charisma and Druidic Rite combo lets you run hatred/HoI/AA. If you can sustain mana without Druidic Rite, cool – 2 points to put elsewhere. Regarding hp or damage, pick what you are lacking or what you need the most.
Can this build do uber Atziri and shaper?
Yes, it can 🙂
The Hedge Maze: Darts
Hatred + Arctic Armor + Ice Herald = 0 mana. how am i suppose to cast curses with no mana?
Charisma notable reduces % of mana reserved by auras. Druidic Rite notable helps to use curses/skills.
wow thiis is grate strong powerful
Any suggestions about pantheon?
How much ar/ev/es should I shoot for with this build? I know Acrobatics is a 50% penalty to Armour and ES. Do you just stack EV or stack Armour to still have decent Physical Damage Reduction?
Armour + Evasion combination works pretty well, also Basalt Flask helps a bunch.
is there a level cap when i should stop leveling CDWT gem and enfeeble gem and vaal lightning trap ?
Personally I like CWDT to be around LVL9.
What would you run in a 5l?
Frost Blades – melee physical damage – multistrike – elemental dmg with attacks – cold penetration
Why no immortal call? Seems like with the endurance charges it would be a perfect fit.
Build has high life pool and decent defenses, felt that with passive charges up all the time it feels better. You can squeeze in IC if you wish, swap out Vaal Lightning trap and you are good to go. Builds are flexible, it is just the template how I would play it, you are free to experiment with things you think would work out best for you. Cheers.
I’m running Vaal spectral throw and HoA to proc the curse; without it HoA doesn’t seem to proc enough to be worth it…what do you think? I’m only 53, so I don’t have the crit pumped up yet
How much crit multi and Chance do you have?
Thanks so much for this build, im running it in abyss league and its amazing. Highly recommended.
Just go warped timepiece amulet. This probably helps the build out yea?
Just got*
How do you have a level 84 tree with no jewel sockets? Is this even a real tree, or did you theorycraft it without even realizing you need at least 2 jewel sockets!?
84 point tree doesn’t mean 84 lvl, there are more than 20 skill points in the game from quests, so that is around level 60, right before maps.
If you happen to find insane jewel prior to maps, you can easily place 2 points in jewel as early as level 20 if you wish. 🙂 Based on experience, good jewels worth 2 point investment are found in maps.
Can i ask what about 2nd fight for survival? I can see the right working, but both the other slots (the one under duelist and close to maruder) don’t have enough dex in range to work…
Hello, there is a jewel socket right next to Acrobatics keystone. A little mishap with old tree, thanks for pointing it out. 🙂
well this also don’t have enough dex (if we talk about one right above acrobatics). Only one i can see is above blood drinker that will be ok.
Where are you getting enough intelligence from to be able to equip touch of anguish? I can’t find any rings that give intelligence. Am I missing something?
Unless you are playing SSF, use poe.trade http://poe.trade/search/oitegoyauradon
Been using this build and so far am up to t10 no problem. only items im missing is a better helm, 2 flasks and my belly of the beast is only 5 link. The only thing im having a problem with is ele reflect maps which are easy to avoid. Thanks so much for the build guide. This build is extremely fun…
Glad to hear, enjoy. 🙂
I also am having a difficult time finding the intelligence required to equip the claws come lvl 68. This being my first toon ever can anyone recommend a way to get my intel up to the required numbers to equip the claws?
With rare rings and amulet, it shouldn’t be too hard.
Is it better to take increased cold damage or increased elemental damage on attack skills
If you can get same value, take elemental damage with attack skills.