[HC] 2.5 Gladiator Concept - Max Block, Bleed, Blade Flurry

increased area+concentrated effect at the same time, ok that is new


Been following a variation of this build this league and was going pretty well. I have implemented an abyssal cry to get the double effect of bleeding explosions and chaos explosions and it's great fun and quite quick for clearing maps. The breaches are especially fun with the explosions... Been mapping up to tier 10 without a worry in the world, even though I only have 5k life at level 89. Max block , 6 endurance charges etc was proving to be very effective defense and the damage felt ok.

However, I hit a complete brick wall last night when I attempted an Xoph Breachlord... A couple of quick deaths later I realised I had barely scratched the breachlord..... I'm relying on bleeding and a little bit of poison, but it was clear I didn't have anywhere near the damage required to take on Xoph. I am missing my fourth ascendency point (I'm sick of looking for that final 6th trial!!) but I'm not convinced that it will make enough difference to matter.

If anyone is willing to take a look at my tree and gear, I'll gratefully take on any advice!
Cheers

Edit for details of character;
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1774589/page/2
Tree - goo.gl/gW0pQO


Last edited by Pixie888 on Jan 18, 2017, 5:47:01 PM
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Pixie888 wrote:
Been following a variation of this build this league and was going pretty well. I have implemented an abyssal cry to get the double effect of bleeding explosions and chaos explosions and it's great fun and quite quick for clearing maps. The breaches are especially fun with the explosions... Been mapping up to tier 10 without a worry in the world, even though I only have 5k life at level 89. Max block , 6 endurance charges etc was proving to be very effective defense and the damage felt ok.

However, I hit a complete brick wall last night when I attempted an Xoph Breachlord... A couple of quick deaths later I realised I had barely scratched the breachlord..... I'm relying on bleeding and a little bit of poison, but it was clear I didn't have anywhere near the damage required to take on Xoph. I am missing my fourth ascendency point (I'm sick of looking for that final 6th trial!!) but I'm not convinced that it will make enough difference to matter.

If anyone is willing to take a look at my tree and gear, I'll gratefully take on any advice!
Cheers


Post your gear and a link to your skill tree in this thread, and I'm sure you will get some good feedback!
Sorry for reviving an old thread, but I'd really appreciate any advice on improving my character... I've hit a bit of a plateau as I head into red maps - The build has been fine up till here and been breezing through yellow maps and enjoying a whole range of chaos and bleeding explosions for really good AOE. However, my single target on bosses is lacking and as a result I'm now experiencing quite a few deaths and holding me back from getting the next 2 or 3 levels...

I fully realise my tree is sub-optimal - I had to spec out of a 5% life node to give me an extra 10 intel - this was part of an experiment to equip a ring that has some chaos damage - but still finding the damage underwhelming.....
Thanks to anyone who might be able to help!

Character - https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/post-reply/1774589
Skill tree - https://goo.gl/ks9rpV
Gear;

Last edited by Pixie888 on Jan 24, 2017, 11:52:04 PM
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Pixie888 wrote:
Sorry for reviving an old thread, but I'd really appreciate any advice on improving my character... I've hit a bit of a plateau as I head into red maps - The build has been fine up till here and been breezing through yellow maps and enjoying a whole range of chaos and bleeding explosions for really good AOE. However, my single target on bosses is lacking and as a result I'm now experiencing quite a few deaths and holding me back from getting the next 2 or 3 levels...

I fully realise my tree is sub-optimal - I had to spec out of a 5% life node to give me an extra 10 intel - this was part of an experiment to equip a ring that has some chaos damage - but still finding the damage underwhelming.....
Thanks to anyone who might be able to help!

Character - https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/post-reply/1774589
Skill tree - https://goo.gl/ks9rpV
Gear;



I haven't tried this build, but looking at the tree, I can tell you that the tree takes almost no damage nodes. There's some investment in DOT and a SLIGHT amount that comes from the shield wheels, but without some damage investment, you are just going to be slow going with damage.

I believe your only recourse is to attempt to outlive your opponent, or spec out of some defense and into offense, from what I can tell.

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