[2.3] Bleeding/Poison EQ Gladiator -- Budget, Tanky, Reflect Proof! -- T15 Core Down!
" I'm trying to decide what to use for my 6th link. I've been using Fortify with Shield Charge and I enjoy that playstyle so I don't want to use Fortify with EQ. I've contemplated putting in Inc. AOE to counter the AOE loss on CE. I have a Q20 gem so that would also add a bit of damage. I've seen other people use Melee Phys on Full Life but I don't know if that would be as constantly useful as Inc. AOE. Decisions, decisions... POE Serenity Prayer: GGG, grant me the serenity to accept the RNG I cannot change,
the courage to challenge any unbalanced content, and the wisdom to avoid the forums. Mad: "Oh, it's simple and if you insist... I just think you're a dick. That's all." QFT: 4TRY4C&4NO | |
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Well, I tweaked my flasks a bit.
Not sure if I've gone a good path, and I need to roll Warding on my Quicksilvers when I can get another... stupidly 20%'d the one I got in Act 1, and it's not high enough iLvl. Rip. Jade, Roar and Basalt. I have 10.6k armour in Hideout, I have 38.7k with flasks up. | |
" I agree man! There is no good 6th link, thats why I've been saying 5link is good enough for this build (this build is so cost effective!!). Melee damage on full life - very desirable but need ES (Aegis) so need to give up blood rage and frenzy charges. Trash clearing may suffer if cannot keep up frenzy charges but for boss fights definitely more useful gem. Increased AOE - the damage increase is less than fortify and the AOE increase is not worth the 6link. Hypothermia - this is desirable if we can slot in some chill somewhere, maybe in glove enchant or cwdt? - this was an option for Soul Taker - Aegis max block build that suffered from low dps. Added fire damage - maybe just some straight dps increase is nice, doesn't fit our theme tho. Ancestral Warchief as 6th link - this seems pretty good - totems get more damage, and also buffs you, and distracts enemies while bleeding and poisoning enemies. When the totems are alive and hitting, this is practically doubles your overall dps. I've seen many voidheart builds using warchief totems. Also good for some fights where you have to run around and dodge alot. Downside is more buttons to press. I think I'm gonna try using Warchief totem for a bit, and put fortify with my shield charge - I'll see how it goes. Edit: Warchief totem lasts a whopping 5.8 seconds... hard to press totem button so many times haha Last edited by BigBun on Jun 28, 2016, 10:22:10 PM
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" For straight up Uber Izaro fights, you need about 6k health. I just face him and damage him until he is dead because of the life pool. With 4.5k you hit him and run around. When you run around, Izaro will not be able to hit you with any of his skills (he is very very slow). Question about your tree tho, why do you go all the way to the right side? You spent about 11 dex nodes, I understand there are some good stuff near the Shadow area but can't you get similar stuff near our tree? Maybe your way is more efficient, maybe not - cannot say until I do a detailed tree comparison. I think your flasks are good, sometimes I put in Atziri's promise for more dps, curse immune flasks, ruby/amethyst flask depending on situation - so you can choose. | |
" can you post your images defensive and offensive please? | |
" Yeah I'd have definitely felt more comfortable with more HP. I very almost downed him at 72 when I had.. . 4.2k?ish. Literally, like 1-2 hits from winning. The screenshot is a couple pages ago, if you want to see how depressingly low his HP was haha. I got a pretty good trap/bonus effect setup for my HP anyway, the blade sentry's buzzing around so I had to keep up movement a fair bit anyway, I'd destroyed the curse nodes and it was just the Elemental Explosion Idols which aren't a huge deal. Dex, Int, the Flask+Life cluster I haven't picked up yet, a lot of DoT nodes and the Block Chance. I was going to keep to the left side, but, I saw someone's variant here with the right-hand side additions and it appealed to me, especially as getting all the Int we need for 20/21 Vulnerability is honestly probably the hardest part about gearing in this build. Need a huge amount on gear, as it is I still have a major int node I'm not sure if I'll be able to spec out of. Later on it may be worth respeccing to the left path, but as it is I like not having to rely on top tier rare's so much. Plus even if I got that Shield Node near the start area, I'd be 2% shy of Max Block without a +Block Anvil, which means I also couldn't go for Frenzy/Curse Anvil either... Which wouldn't be a huge deal, just, a minor annoyance. | |
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Found your build around 2 weeks ago after i had just started a shield charge Duelist. Shield charge didn't really jive with me and i had played EQ before but this looked really interesting to me. So i bought i void heart and started in.
Amazingly fun, its a good clearing build strong and enough dps to not feel slow. Here is my gear
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Crafted the chest my self, not perfect but i'm still pretty happy with it. and my tree
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https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAQCAAHnBLMFLQaLCiYLYQz3DkMUIBRNFewYkRjbGlUblyDjIWAoKimlLiMvzDGeMk41kjboOuE8BTwtPfxAoEWpRmlGt0d-TUZN41BHVw1YY1qfXz9f2mEhYuxlTWa2Z5to8mzYbpd07XTxdqx5OXrvfNmCB4Nfg8yE2YTvhVKK8ItPjM-TmZd5m2qezZ_LogCmV6cwqZWsr62Nrj6vbLc-uR27nryfvTa-eL6nwGbAv8GCxq7G2MqQzV_PftIh02_Yvdlh2XzaweRR6Ubp1eoY7dfvDu988B_yQfJF8pzzm_ZI9zL3vvxL_gr-jw==?accountName=Hobben&characterName=HobSomething
Ill be picking up that jewel socket once i hit 90. Not sure ill actually level past that but i plan on finishing out more challenges, Uber lab runs, etc after that. I'm really happy with the character i sometimes question outlast and outmatch and keeping frenzy charges up during bosses is basically impossible. But can see where the other two options might not be any better. I've done a handful of red maps, village run boss put me in my place but outside of that no issues at all. Running 3-4 key uber labs and not caring. I've got around 6ex saved up from selling stuff from my first build i ran this league. I know i can get more dmg from flat phys on my neck and ring but that starts the snowball of rearranging resists and that darn vulnerability int requirement. Once im back from a vacation next week ill dig back into it see if i can get core maybe uber aztiri ready? what does everyone think? Hob | |
" does it work for boss? | |
" Depends on if the boss is immune to knockback. For example, Atziri is immune to knockback | |
