[0.10.4] HC EK Tank Marauder (The Bloodfather)

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prettycoolguy wrote:

lot of wasted points
look at the build i made 2 days ago its more efficient and more dmg

I'm not sure if you're trolling, but this build is made for being tanky and surviving hardcore. I've commented on how you can improve your damage if you decide to go that route in the first post though.

Hi Relidar,

Great post. Was thinking of giving it a shot. Any chance you could do a progression of passive point distribution post? You know, something to say which nodes to go to first etc. Would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

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babe wrote:

Hi Relidar,

Great post. Was thinking of giving it a shot. Any chance you could do a progression of passive point distribution post? You know, something to say which nodes to go to first etc. Would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Thank you babe!

Well it really varies from player to player. Like i mentioned in my post, i decided to go for Inner Force and the int nodes first, that was doable, but it made things a lot more challenging for sure.

My advice would be to pick up health nodes as you level up and when you feel comfortable with your defensive stats you start moving towards Iron Reflexes next.

I think this spec can be very flexible during the leveling periods and it allows you to make choices based on your gear and luck.

I hope that helped, if you still have questions or just need some advice let me know!

Would this be a good starter build for a newb?

hi,

Could you post your gear ?

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MLGTexan wrote:

Would this be a good starter build for a newb?

Well considering that your way to it is as a Ground Slam marauder, i would say it's very doable for sure. But the sooner you transition, the more careful you will have to be, if EK is completely new to you.

Definitely a build worth trying out though!

I added my gear to the first post.

What do you think about just stacking life?

This is my build:

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEAxtglJ11JZ5uuPnfjPC3Grkz_tz6vbHq4xYquk_AfwBq18m6qplcEs6IAZp6QValuPyc64RRN-tKnhE3jKk2I8R0UNukaOKxZFSCPRiSq42r-jyzpg9vQ0BmF3Q38S89lOrP8xc5xVcY1hlb6Z6BsFhZvuc2dqod2Sn1RR6q4qn-HGejW3vabJud0MgEPq2HishltbM96UzW1SGHrNntte3pTy0FVS3K7JpXuDiP27_BaSE7INZKjigX5FfA6WAR-jX18uzrY7Dj-CvJF52P5Yxrb6xSNv4w2UEItRxzc45_UGbyff8YnqVptJDynXElR

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uit wrote:

What do you think about just stacking life?

This is my build:

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEAxtglJ11JZ5uuPnfjPC3Grkz_tz6vbHq4xYquk_AfwBq18m6qplcEs6IAZp6QValuPyc64RRN-tKnhE3jKk2I8R0UNukaOKxZFSCPRiSq42r-jyzpg9vQ0BmF3Q38S89lOrP8xc5xVcY1hlb6Z6BsFhZvuc2dqod2Sn1RR6q4qn-HGejW3vabJud0MgEPq2HishltbM96UzW1SGHrNntte3pTy0FVS3K7JpXuDiP27_BaSE7INZKjigX5FfA6WAR-jX18uzrY7Dj-CvJF52P5Yxrb6xSNv4w2UEItRxzc45_UGbyff8YnqVptJDynXElR

That's one way of doing it i guess. But you're missing out on the hp nodes at the marauder starting area?

The flaw with this approach is that you spend a lot of points that in the end are being completely wasted. The idea is to be very point efficient here. I wouldn't do this build with out Inner Force either, since you will be using at least 5 auras later on.

Overall, i don't think any build needs more than 300% total life percentage. With that number and having HP on (almost) every item you're wearing, reaching 6.5-7k life is possible. And the more life you have, the more life regen!

Simply an awesome build im usin it right now and im quite satisfied. Hope it wont get affected by the patch in terms of the armor and life nodes used in the duelist area

Can you offer us any insight into how you died? Were you surrounded by a physical reflect mob? I currently have a 61 EK Mara progressing through HC (albeit with a different spec into block chance) and I would like to know for my own sake

Thanks