A little guide to solo full clear hall of grandmasters map

Hello fellow exiles, I am writing this little guide aiming at helping fellow exiles who want to full clear this difficult level 69 map (personally, I think the map level should be set to 100).

Based on my research, here are all the builds and thier video of full clearing hall of grandmasters map solo. For this map I use max block aegis melee.

Working builds
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max block aegis melee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RedBQhh-d60



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiRYap0ZBM8



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08TdfAVzul4


CI caster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gmmhvQoys0


CI trapper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QJIfcT5OLM




My character stats
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http://imgur.com/a/7FWYa



These stats are probably the minimum one would need to full clear this map. In my opinion, defensive stats are much more important than offensive stats if you are looking for improvement.

Here is a glance at the gear/gems I used. The non-legacy version aegis aurora works really well to my surprise. A 5L/6L belly of the beast could be swapped in place of kaom's heart. Over-capping resistances is really important in this map.

My gear/items
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items carried in inventory for some special fights



Passive tree
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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEAAecEBwUtBjkJMwz3FCAUTRUgFm8YkRm0GjgaPhpVG60dFCSLJ9Us6S_MNug6WD0PPeI9_ECgQktHfkjuTLNNRlBHUWBVqVXGVw1YY1nzXhNfKl8_YEthIWLsZKNlTWaeagFyqXRVdO12rHiueTl82X7ig9uE2YTvhcWMz49GkFWXtJuhns2fy6cwqZWsmKyqrK-tja-nvJ-9Nr6nwBrAv8GCxFjEuMT2xtjK089-0TbSIdN-1fjZYd--4izjauRR6dXqGO8O73ryL_MG9kj2o_cy99f60vuq_Es=



Flasks (all flasks have averger's prefix for quick refill)
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Notable grandmasters
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For all following builds I only list representative/hard characters.

Summoner
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PewPewZombie (Level 75)
SummerTyme (Level 93)

Summoned zombies/spectres/skeletons can be dangerous even for a max block aegis build. cwdt + enduring cry + immortal call setup will be very helpful. Also there might be 1 or 2 summoners that use minion instability which cannot be blocked.


Dual searing bond totem
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DrArrowtotheKneePHD (Level 79)

Yes, his only level 79 and does not have a dangerous dps. But his life regeneration is a good check for your dps. It means your dps is OK for all other masters if you can kill him.


Wander CoC
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QueenKii (Level 81)
CheaterCheater (Level 87)

Some can be killed using lightning warp + culling strike as their unreserved hp is below 10% of maximum. Otherwise use avenger's flasks as these characters crit very often


Freeze!
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Dongaldos_Froststorm (Level 84)
Zenocide__Genius (Level 84)

Their cold spells can permanently freeze you by applying multiple curses.

Have

and over-capped resistance will be helpful


Max bloack aegis melee
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Chuck_of_the_Nightcrow (Level 85)
MisterMuffin (Level 91)
GRiZLAZ (Level 93)

Mirror fight. Block penetration is mandatory here. It took me literally 10 minutes to kill Chuck_of_the_Nightcrow, maybe 15 minutes to kill MisterMuffin. It took me the longest time to kill GRiZLAZ as he is CI. Killed him using RF. GRiZLAZ was the last character I killed in this map.


Poison arrow
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Claude_Trapper (Level 87)
Major_Bowner

For this fight swap on

as max/near max chaos resist is needed. These characters have good movement speed and fair amount of life regeneration.


Voltaxic arc
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dannice (Level 87)

It's mainly the surprise factor here. This fight is doable if your chaos resistance is good.


Flameblast
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FlameBlasten (Level 88)
Vexcid (Level 100)

For this fight use

for extra safety.

Can use

as you do not get hit very often. Be aware of a crit flameblast, the burn damage can be as dangerous as a crit puncture. Even if you stand still, you can still rip.


Molten/lightning strike
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PurifyMe_In_YourFlames (Level 89)
GrandmasterJones (Level 91)
Flashcaterino (Level 96)
Hrimfjolldr (Level 97)

These characters are extremely dangerous when in close range. Their lightning strike can shock you, and their attacks can kill you in seconds. With aegis + max block this fight is easy. Hrimfjolldr is probably the strongest among these characters


Incinerate
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SirLordDarthVaderham (Level 89)

Never let them get on your face and reach stage 3 of incinerate. The stun caused by heavy strike will prevent them from reaching stage 3, thus making melee viable against them. Some incineraters have added chaos damage support gem linked to incinerate.


Freezing pulse
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JackHit (Level 90)

In current version, FP can shotgun, which makes this build really powerful.

Have

up against them and they will fill the flask quickly for you.


Cyclone
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__santoni__ (Level 92)

This cycloner can kill you even if you have cwdt + immortal call setup. Large life pool is recommended here. He can kill RF builds even before its PvP nerf.


Puncture + tornado shot
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volcaccc (Level 93)
rAMPAIDS (Level 96)

These archers can empty your life pool with only 1 puncture. They are very mobile but not tanky. Quick lightning warp and stuns help the fight.


List of grandmasters can be found here

http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Hall_of_Grandmasters




Feel free to post your build/gear when full clearing hall of grandmasters map!
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Last edited by HPftw on Apr 26, 2015, 9:40:55 PM
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Hi Nice post, could you please update the passive tree for 2.0 if it is still possible to do this build with the awakening?

Thanks, well done by the way!

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