HC Sweep Marauder Build (any tips?)

I am still very new at this game, I have tried most classes and some of the different builds out so far. I found that being a sweep marauder is the most satisfying and fun play style for me. Jumping into a room no one is afraid to go near is just so rewarding, thanks to "dime" for his thread on this build which got me to try it out. I just hit cruel difficulty and I am level 45 and I want to know if I have good enough gear to progress safely or if I should continue to alchemy the next tiers of items as I find them with good sockets / buy better gear.

My first sweep marauder fell short in act 3 cruel and died to a desync, but everything was getting much tougher to tank. Since then I changed the build up a bit and want to know if there are more efficient paths I can go to or if it looks good so far.

Gems/skills
I am currently using sweep + fire damage + physical weapon damage + faster attacks, I have an increased area of effect gem I found but need more sockets to use it.

I also use heavy strike for single target damage, leap slam for getting in and out of rooms, enduring cry for the stacks and keeping agro (I play in a party) and I have a decoy totem which makes dealing with fast monsters a lot less annoying (stand on it and knockback = totem doesn't die and those annoying fast buggers stay put to die).

I also use rejuvenation totem which I am undecided as to whether I like it or decoy totem better.

My gear - feel free to PM me if you have stuff better than this to sell



My skill tree



My skill tree + 10 levels (where I am going)



My skill tree + 20 levels (hopefully I can survive this long without buying gear)



Any constructive criticism would be awesome and I will update how it goes through leveling up.

While I'm not sure about your gear and relative capabilities, I just want to point out one thing: you're very likely going to get better results to trade orbs for gear rather than use them, at least at your level. There are a lot more people who need orbs with good level 30ish rares than you will have luck with orbs. You probably will see solid success with trading until level ~50 or so.

Fair point about trading the orbs, however I do plan on dieing with this character at some point as I have never reached merciless before. I am stockpiling gear for a sweep marauder so hard though and currently have a full set of good gold gear up to level 25-30. So the plan is if I die my next character will have the benefit of all my spent orbs on good sockets and links in gear (unless I find better stuff on the way in which I have a better upgrade than before for the 3rd guy etc etc...)

Since I pretty much decided this is the play style I like most I think this plan of using orbs & saving all the best gear for every level will make me finish the game eventually with this class/spec.

That's why I love this game - same exact skills/class but I'm going a completely different route. Feel free to check it out, I haven't bounced it off many people.



My concept is to go pure physical while stacking armor/hp. I go for Eldritch/Discipline to give me enough mana to support 5-6 auras end game. Vaal pact is used to allow for constant HP while sweeping and opening up potion slots for more granites.

Very cool, I see where you are going with that. I might try something similar next time around (like I said I plan on making a few sweep marauders). I managed to get up to level 45 today which is pretty cool and barely struggling with anything. Gear and skill trees updated :)

Rejuv Totem seems much better than decoy to be honest.

I threw together a quick build for my brother who is starting a sweep marauder. He didn't like some of the health nodes in the dex portion of the tree and changed them out for stun duration and a lil bit more dmg. Personally I prefer it this way. Hope you enjoy it.

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEAxth7jFhjIQI9_Cr2fLghVSkuOQ5nm9SPGS653Sft8i_vDsT2rKpqO0TnqBg8LXKpUeZZ8yDwHOdqHsaufNn3MrQvwBq3Pv4K-OtBP2aeQYd6uPJFQapxTYLHrpPnYxRxms-VIKZXKjgOPKcwQ2NGcTrhOlL3vhQgtzG0DIjxhmBQR1j1kydWBJ3EHNxhUn_Gn8tgiMHFKLWIQu9Ogh5AoNsLIWB08RjbnrlDnA6tKaWQVaeEGji_1USesHPstvH0U7tVqZe0rLo=

Just a note, I have heard it is better to get reduced enemy stun threshold instead of stun duration because later on it is almost impossible to stun without it and you will get a longer duration from the repeated stun than a long one every now and then. Also I'm pretty sure sweep only knockbacks and rarely stuns if at all (could be wrong).

Well made it to act 3 merciless with this gear


but died to kole... pots didn't work because of lag but what ever. Part of being in beta lol was fun to play.

End skill tree


RIP jumpy_mcsweepy

I'm doing sweep marauder with life leech and health on hit support gems. My gear kinda sux, i got low armour so my hp drops really fast down, but it gets fast up aswell. I'm only level 54, but i haven't died so far, so that's a good sign.

My build is here:


Feel free to give me any tips, i'll probably tweak it anyways later. Currently heading for Iron Reflexes.