[2.2] STRENGTH - 1200str - 8,8k HP - 1000hp/s++ - 24k DoT

STRENGTH - Strength is sTRong and Economic, New and Great, Top and Hot

Based on https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1544559 MorgNThorg's Iron Will Biohazarauder

This build is:
- Very cheap
- Very tanks
- Okish DPS


Current stats in town:
- 8760 HP
- 1238 strength
- 981 hp/s

With 7 endurance charges:
- 1400 hp/s

DPS:
- 10k ED DPS (irrelevant, because cast speed will inflate the DPS)
- 25k DoT DPS (yay)

Screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/jT6Yu

Videos:
- Malformation: https://youtu.be/HyVxkKg8oDI
- Crematorium boss: https://youtu.be/C_xjecZaUOM
- Arid lake: https://youtu.be/Ys-UfsfXfvo
- valcano double boss vuln https://youtu.be/2xIfiAlPH6g
- Poorjoy's asylum (some close calls...) https://youtu.be/OIfISeCyVFA

With this build i focused on strength. Want more HP? Get more strength. Want more damage? Get more strength. Want to be stronger? MORE strength! Also i use HP and with it % HP regen as defensive mechanism. I regen more (about 15% of my HP) than other people leech.

Strength is power, strength is life.

A little peom about strength:

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strength strength strength
strength strength?
strength strength strength strength
strength strength!

I can clear lvl13 maps comfortably. Maybe the damage is a bit on the lower end, but more than enough to clear these maps solo. Good thing is that its barely possible to die. With 8,8k HP and 1500 HP/s and 7 endurance charges, nearly nothing can one shot me or do enough sustained damage. Can't even feel the corrupted blood. Alch + vaal a map and go. Only affix i cant do: no regen. No regen = no new HP.

Required gear:

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to get damage from strength

Recommended gear:

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for more strength

for a lot more strength

and this is for a bit of strength

Other gear:

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strength and resists

strength, more strength and spell damage

a bit of strength

a little bit of strength

spell damage, and strength

a 6L with resists

Note about the gear: When i started to make this build, i had one pure exalted. All items you see here are 2chaos till max 20 chaos. Except the 6L chest of course, which i already had.


Links:

Main skill:

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Essence Drain - Iron Will - Controlled Destruction - Rapid Decay - Void Manipulation - Pierce

Standard ED gems. If you have +1 chest, swap pierce with empower lvl 4.


Cast when damage taken 1:

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CWDT20 - Iron Will - Molten Shell - Fire Penetration

17k tooltip damage, nuff said.


Cast when damage taken 2:

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CWDT20 - Iron Will - Firestorm - Fire Penetration

It synergizes with the increased duration we take on the tree.


And:

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Wither - Spell Totem - Faster Casting - Empower
Contagnion - Increased Area of Effect - Faster Casting - Increased Duration
Enduring Cry - Faster Casting - ?

Ascendancy:

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0.5% of Life Regenerated per Second
+20 to Strength

10% increased Fire Damage
0.5% of Life Regenerated per Second

10% increased Fire Damage
0.5% of Life Regenerated per Second

40% increased Armour
+10% to all Elemental Resistances
10% reduced Mana Cost of Skills
10% increased Strength

15% chance to Ignite
35% increased Damage against Burning Enemies

0.5% of maximum Life Regenerated per second per Endurance Charge
Cannot be Ignited
When you or your Totems Kill a Burning Enemy, 10% chance for you and your Totems to each gain an Endurance Charge

I focus on more strength, and more life regen. 0.5% HP regen per endurance charge, plus the 0.2% from tree, are 7*0.7=5% life regen.
The fire damage is a bit wasted. But with the two fire spell based CWDT setups, i often get the 35% increased damage against burning enemies.


My Tree:




FAQ:

Q: How many times did i use strength in this post?
A: About 37 times.

Q: More damage?
A: Get a Essence worm ring (http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Essence_Worm) with purity of fire and a rise of the phoenix and go Righeous Fire (RF). Lose all the life regen. Congratz.

Q: More life?
A: 6L a xirgil's crank (http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Xirgil%27s_Crank), use empower instead of pierce, and a kaom's heart. The +1 could MAYBE replace the lost DPS from the doon.

I hope you'll upload a gameplay video soon. Would really like to see that in action

added videos as requested

Also added poorjoy's asylum. First time, was fun. some close calls :-)

https://youtu.be/OIfISeCyVFA