[3.17] strTrader Max Block Bleed Lacerate Gladiator -- League Start & End Game v3.17.03.17.22

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Ald3rak wrote:

Quick question, i've seen your modification compared to your 3.16 POB. What are the reason to remove the node Sanctuary, Call of the Arms in order to grab Retaliation, Testudo and Versatile Combatant ?

Just to clarify, call of arms missing in the majority of the leveling tree was my fault and have updated accordingly.

https://pastebin.com/rXkGf3eP


I have also added it an optional 2h leveling tree at the bottom which will require a respec later, this gives much needed attack speed earlier on, provides easier early damage, allows us to equip armor earlier relieving socket pressure and only requires us to update 1 weapon. Lacerate is still great but I highly recommend using Special Helix aswell for huge single target while leveling.
I personally didn't change to axe + shield until around 2nd lab and thats only because I got a good 1 hander.


Regarding Sanctuary and Versatile, if you check the POB you will notice a difference between league start and transition, this is because going true max block requires some investment before you can switch over to it through items and jewels. Once you have the gear you drop Versatile which caps your block at 50% and grab the extra block nodes.

PoB (as of 01/31/2022):
https://pastebin.com/kh2ewx1e

Sorry my apologies

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Ald3rak wrote:

PoB (as of 01/31/2022):
https://pastebin.com/kh2ewx1e

Sorry my apologies

This tree is for league start where some items are not readily available (or expensive to purchase). There is no (cluster) jewels. It's easier stack attack block and convert to spell block via Versatile Combatant. Later we will take Sanctuary after getting jewels needed for spell block.

I would eventually move to the Transition tree after getting enough Spell Block on gear/tree.

Ok, I've just realized they were several tabs on your POB. So if i'm right you plan on playing "League Start" first, and then slowly switch to "Transition" when you'll have more spell block ?

Rergading the main attack damage which one do you recommand before having lacerate accessible ?

As regards to the "reservation skills", do you confirm the priority order i've made here below :

1 Tempest Shield
2 Flesh and Stone
3 Pride
4 Herald of Purity
5 Maim
6 War Banner

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Ald3rak wrote:

Ok, I've just realized they were several tabs on your POB. So if i'm right you plan on playing "League Start" first, and then slowly switch to "Transition" when you'll have more spell block ?

Correct.

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Ald3rak wrote:

Rergading the main attack damage which one do you recommand before having lacerate accessible ?

Lacerate is accessible very early in Act 1, but you need a good weapon. If you can't find a good weapon, try using Shield Crush first since it's easier to find a shield with high armor/evasion.

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Ald3rak wrote:

As regards to the "reservation skills", do you confirm the priority order i've made here below :

1 Tempest Shield
2 Flesh and Stone
3 Pride
4 Herald of Purity
5 Maim
6 War Banner

I don't think there is a lot of spell damage in early Acts so maybe Tempest Shield is not as much of a priority. We also have to be considerate of our mana since we are unlikely to have mana leech. So my top picks are War Banner, Herald of Purity and Flesh and Stone. Link Maim if you can manage mana.

Just don't forget to level Pride and Tempest Shield in other sockets.

Ok, duly noted, i'm ready for tommorow then :D (i think)

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Ald3rak wrote:

Ok, duly noted, i'm ready for tommorow then :D (i think)

You are fine. You already played this build before.

Hey man! I love your build, I've started PoE few weeks before scourge, played my first character bleed ranger deadeye, I was struggling with it a lot, like 60k dps low defense, I could barely do yellow maps :P

Then I found your build, made a duelist leveled it up with earthbreaker, then changed it at lv60-70. Now I'm lv92 I can do mostly all content, red maps of all tiers, little struggle if I'm not watching my HP, cuz of corrupted blood, dmg overtime, etc. but I can now easy kill maven's 5-6 bosses in 20 seconds with bleed and no healing only warcrys, other type of contents no problem and so on.


This is my PoB as of now:

https://pastebin.com/0dZWmScG

I would appreciate it if you could see if I made some mistakes with the setup, help me correct them if you have time ofc. otherwise AWESOME build I love playing it and I'm still progressing/improvising untill I find all BiS gear and all that, so we'll see when I hit 100 :)

Thanks!

All the POB links I've tried say they're 3.16 trees?

Quick question, since you're using Immortal Call now, do you still use molten shell on left click ?

Edit : StrTrader, what is your poeninja for the season ? I can't find you