[1.2] Two Hands to Rule Them All - Budget Mara

Build Premise and Overview
I wanted to make a mara spec using 2h weapons that had flexibility and potential, as well as the ability to level as the spec you are going to use endgame. After some experimentation on the tree I realized I can easily hit 180-200% hp while still keeping up the Dps for clearing.

Testing Progress: Merciless Act 3

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Pro/Con (Not Map Tested Yet)
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Pro
Only needs Geofri's Baptism to level and a Tabula Rasa to do maps
Low gear Requirement
High Life
High Life Regen
Good DPS
Good Area Coverage
Resolute Technique

Con
Low Int
Low Dex till 65+
Relies on Int on gear to level Hatred (option to not run Hatred for lower dps)
Good Armor rating requires higher end gear
Maxes out in the 20-30k dps range



End Spec Mace (105 pts)
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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBAecEswUtCZYUIBRSGJEZLho4GlUnICcvJ-0yiTa6Nug5Djs7PfxE51BHVtlXDVfiWGNZ818_YEtgkWEhZKNlTWn-ah5qO2wWbpdyqXTtd1N35XrvfNmDsYTZhO-HGYdqjM-QVZBsns2krKcwp4SoGKlzqZSsqryfwBrG2NIh2WHjn-sJ7DjvDvIv8pz2SPe-_EsCcRRNogAZ6WdY5K3ewVHmtC9gxCE0nsVUSf_TNI6GO63kQKAhYHTxGNtbr04qKaXdDfzFZ6CHdkp98B-paEd-

Stats (105 pts)
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Attributes
+322 to Strength
+94 to Dexterity
+14 to Intelligence

Life
+293 to maximum Life
188% increased maximum Life
4.5% of Life Regenerated per Second
15% increased Life Recovery from Flasks
Enemies Cannot Leech Life From You
3% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life
+4 Life gained for each enemy hit by your Attacks
+30 Life gained on Kill

Defense
Converts all Evasion Rating to Armour. Dexterity provides no bonus to Evasion Rating
82% increased Armour
You take 20% reduced Extra Damage from Critical Strikes
+1% to maximum Fire Resistance
+15% to all Elemental Resistances
+12% to Cold Resistance
+12% to Lightning Resistance
+32% to Fire Resistance
8% chance to Avoid Elemental Status Ailments

Dps
Your hits can't be Evaded
Never deal Critical Strikes
+2 to Melee Weapon and Unarmed range

+64.4% increased Melee Physical Damage (strength)
8% increased Melee Physical Damage
144% increased Physical Damage with Two Handed Melee Weapons
227% increased Physical Damage with Maces

40% increased Elemental Damage with Weapons

15% increased Attack Speed with Maces
5% increased Attack Speed with Two Handed Melee Weapons

40% increased Stun Duration on enemies
32% increased Stun Duration with Two Handed Melee Weapons on enemies

4% increased Radius of Area Skills

other
5% increased Effect of Buffs on You



Gems and Explanation
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Main Attacks
In order of Priority to put in links
Ground Slam - Blood Magic - Melee Physical - Added Fire - Multistrike - Weapon Elemental
Vaal Ground Slam - Blood Magic - Melee Physical - Added Fire - Weapon Elemental - Multistrike

Aura's
Option1:
Run Hatred and Vitality till you can get a reduced mana gem and use vitality instead of Hatred on hard maps or bosses
Hatred(main) - Determination(main) - reduced mana - Vitality(backup)

Option 2:
Run Herald of Ash instead of Hatred to run 2 auras and the buff simultaneously. Lower int and Dex requirements.
Herald of Ash - Vitality - Reduced Mana - Determination

Cast when Damage Taken (CwDT)
Increase defense
CwDT (Lv1) - Enduring Cry (Lv5) - Warlord's Mark (Lv5) - Decoy Totem (Lv9)

Utility
Fast movement
Leap Slam - Blood Magic - Faster Attacks

Alternate Main Attacks That Passed Testing
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Gems in order of Socket Priority

Dominating Blow
Dom Blow - Blood Magic - Melee Splash - Melee Physical - Multistrike - Added Fire

More To Come



Leveling
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Bandits
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Normal: Oak
Cruel: Kill all
Merciless: Kill all


34 pts
Act 3: Normal
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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBGS4nLyftNro5Dj38Vw1YY18_ah5sFm6Xcql82YcZjM-krKgYqXOsqryfxtjSIdlh45_vDvIv8pz2SPe-_EtE52o7


43 pts
In Cruel
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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBAecZLicvJ-02ujkOPfxXDVhjXz9qHmwWbpdyqXzZhxmMz6SsqBipc6yqvJ_G2NIh2WHjn-8O8i_ynPZI9778S0TnajuezacwFCBQRxiRVtnrCQmWJyA=


61 pts
Act 3: Cruel getting set up for Merciless
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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBAecZLicvJ-02ujkOPfxXDVhjXz9qHmwWbpdyqXzZhxmMz6SsqBipc6yqvJ_G2NIh2WHjn-8O8i_ynPZI9778S0TnajuezacwFCBQRxiRVtnrCQmWJyA26GSjGlVhIYTvdO1672BLBS2HapBsqZSE2WVNFFIc5yDwVEk=


75 pts
In Merciless
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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBAecZLicvJ-02ujkOPfxXDVhjXz9qHmwWbpdyqXzZhxmMz6SsqBipc6yqvJ_G2NIh2WHjn-8O8i_ynPZI9778S0TnajuezacwFCBQRxiRVtnrCQmWJyA26GSjGlVhIYTvdO1672BLBS2HapBsqZSE2WVNFFIc5yDwVElZ88AakFWnhBo47DhX4jKJd-UEswJxFE2iAKlo


90 pts
Cleared Act 3: Merciless
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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBAecZLicvJ-02ujkOPfxXDVhjXz9qHmwWbpdyqXzZhxmMz6SsqBipc6yqvJ_G2NIh2WHjn-8O8i_ynPZI9778S0TnajuezacwFCBQRxiRVtnrCQmWJyA26GSjGlVhIYTvdO1672BLBS2HapBsqZSE2WVNFFIc5yDwVElZ88AakFWnhBo47DhX4jKJd-UEswJxFE2iAKloGelnWOSt3sH_0zSOhjut5ECgIWB08RjbW69OKiml




Gearing
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Mods in order of Priority
Resists
Hp
Dexterity (While Leveling)
Physical Damage
Attack Speed

1 Chaos for the win

This Mace will take you places. It can be used as your weapon in Merciless act 3 if you want to push it. Testing of using it in maps is required.

Uniques that help you Level




Uniques that can help endgame

Note BoR: If you are going to go Bringer of Rain drop the Meginords for a belt with more resists on it. It can fairly easily give you a nice 7l using it. It's generally low cost and will net you use of a 7l till you get a nice 6l mace and a 5-6l chest then Meginords outperforms due to the defense added from a good (key word: good) chest and helm.
Gems BoR: Ground Slam - Blood Magic - Added Fire - Multistrike



Untested Variant Specs and Explanation
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Crit Staff *Warning High Gear Requirement and Higher Level to Complete Build*(110 pts)
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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBAecZLicvJ-02ujkOPfxXDVhjXz9qHmwWbpeHGYzPpKyoGKlzrKq8n8bY0iHZYeOf7w7yL_Kc9kj3vvxLROdqO57NpzAUIFBHGJFW2esJCZYnIDboZKMaVWEhhO907XrvYEsFLYdqkGyplITZZU0UUhznIPBUSVnzwBqQVaeEGjjsOFfiMol35QSzAnEUTaIAqWj_0zSOhjut5ClP5CK1BGMLE3FepclnvJpBcvuLFvmIOJ2KSi7tRLlDp6UabBZvJKo26eNqna6nCNrdj0ZbWZ-0WK4YXX_jMfuFfQ==

Explination - Crit Staff
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Use Bringer of Rain and Hegemony's Era to reach a 50% Crit rate with Power Charges and 46% block. You can also use Voll's Devotion to make burnt Power Charges increase your defense through Endurance Charges.

Alternately you can use a Voll's Protector to gain Power Charges and a good Rare Staff to reach Higher DPS and Similar Crit Rate at the cost of block.

Switch out Determination for Purity of elements as needed for resist holes.

Bandit Rewards
Normal: Oak +40 hp
Cruel: Kill All
Merciless: Alira + 1Power Charge


Use an Axe (105 pts)
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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBAecEswUtCZYUIBRSGJEZLho4GlUnICcvJ-0yiTa6Nug5Dj38ROdQR1bZVw1X4lhjWfNfP2BLYSFko2VNah5qO2wWbpdyqXTtd-V673zZhNmE74cZh2qMz5BVkGyezaSspzCnhKgYqXOplKyqvJ_AGsbY0iHZYeOf6wnsOO8O8i_ynPZI9778SwJxFE2iAFRJreRAoCFgdPEY21uvTioppd0N_MVnoId2Sn3wH6loR34km4CK900wT2RSE0zBo65QIPAc504yF-Fu2Fn-9lXlvZAK


Use a Sword (105 pts)
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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBAecEswUtCZYUIBRSGJEZLho4GlUnICcvJ-0yiTa6Nug5Dj38ROdQR1bZVw1X4lhjWfNfP2BLYSFko2VNah5qO2wWbpdyqXTtd-V673zZhNmE74cZh2qMz5BVkGyezaSspzCnhKgYqXOplKyqvJ_AGsbY0iHZYeOf6wnsOO8O8i_ynPZI9778SwJxFE2iAFRJreRAoCFgdPEY21uvTioppd0N_MVnoId2Sn3wH6loR34km4CK900g8BznkAryWq-iEPASvOCVCEmy3FbowQfXfuXF


Last edited by DarkHeart69 on Sep 17, 2014, 4:09:27 PM
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I'd drop the horrible 4 point Life leech cluster for the "Wrecking Ball" cluster.
+41% damage, +12% attackspeed vs 3% life leech.

For 1 skillpoint more, you can drop the two 12% resist nodes in marauder start, and take "Faith in Steel" in Marauder (8% all resist, 28% armor). Probably drop the useless 6% damage, 2% attack speed node next to "Destroyer" for it.

Click me
+10 strength
+35% damage
+10% attackspeed
+8% fire resist
+28% armor (and some ES)
-4% cold/lightning resist
-3% life leech (ignore the "life on kill", that's not worth it anyways)

If you get some 2-3% life leech on your gear, this is just a net win in all aspects.

About "Bringer of Rain":
Due to "meta" (all those Wings of Entropy Bringer of Rain Lazhwar dudes), this item is no longer the "poor man's 6L", it sells for quite a bit (around 5 Ex in Rampage).
You actually get white 6L chest pieces for the same price.
3.5 build: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2299519

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