[2.5] 1% Guardian. 6k ES.40k Armor. 90%phys red. 80+allres. maxblock. BM.LL. 7Auras.2Herals.2Curse

Hi. So this is my first guide. So don't go to hard on me. Also English isn't my native language so I'm really hanging on to auto correct. I've been playing PoE now for couple of years, but I was never into heavy farming or money making. Nevertheless this Build required a ton of currency to make so I spend nearly a year to complete it - but hey that's the fun about PoE isn't it. Also what I like about PoE is the game mechanical depth - so its fair to say that I spend hours and hours theory-crafting this build. All in all this is a really fine tuned character - just a little less health and you can't cast your spells, just 1% less reduced mana and you can't get all the auras.
I always wanted to make a build with lots of auras and support. The good guy party member. But I didn't want to be the Aura Bot. So I tried to fit as many Auras in one build on the one hand and try to get some decent DPS on the other.
I also used to played some "super crit" and "full dps" builds, but kind of got bored to just one shot or get one shotted - so I also wanted to make a tank.
Disclaimer: This build doesn't run under the terms of clearspeed, budget, farming, most dps, triggercombos or whatever - it's just there to show how far you can get the game and really build whatever you want.

The main offence spell is Blade Vortex.
The main movement skill is Shield Charge.
There are a couple of defensive layers but the main once are ES and Armor.
I use 7 Auras: Determination, Grace, Haste, Hatred, Discipline, Purity of Fire and Purity of Lightning
I use 2 Heralds: Herald of Ash and Herald of Ice
I use 2 Curses: Warlords Mark and Enfeeble (You can use Temp Chains or other curses of choice)

I go with Templar and the Guardian ascendancy class - both are vital for this build.

I go Blood Magic and Low Life. Depending on life regeneration to cast spells. Also Ghost Reaver is allocated to leech ES. Iron Reflexes is allocated for Evasion into Armor conversion.

pros
- very tanky
- multiple layers of tankyness
- decent dps
- good partyplay
- endgame viable

cons
- rather expensive
- no meta (no good clearspeed, no budget, no high crits/dps)
- rather slow
- can't run reflect or no/less regeneration maps
- probably hard to level

The whole build focuses around the Guardian Ascendancy Class.

Direct link for better res: http://imgur.com/a/zAi74

So first of all I got no idea how to level this because I respect into it. This build requires some core attributes:
- 38% reduced mana reserved (to run all auras)
- 4 Jewels Sockets
- ~250% increased ES (because some uniques don't have so much ES)

My current tree lvl93:
https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAUDAASzDXwOPBFQFHEXLxmKGo8bJRzcHaohYCL0JbwnCyj6KU8ppSymMtE1uTeDOlI8BT1fQKBDY0PIRUdGcUlRSbFLrk5STwRSU1XWV5RXyVnzXhNfal-wYVJk52ZUZp5o8mwLbRlvnnC7cU1yD3KpdPF7135sf8aApIDggpuDCYO2hMWGYIbRjHaPGo_6kNaSK5MnlG-X9Jo7ms-bMJu1njyf36EvogClGKbrpyusqrQMtzG4k76KwGbBxcM6ykrK09DQ1abXatfP2VvbT9-_4MPhiOkC6hjquuvu7BjtPO9O73zviPAf8NX22vcy-Ov5N_rS-wn9AA==

The final tree lvl100:
https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAUDAASzDXwOPBFQFHEXLxmKGo8bJRzcHaohYCL0JbwnCyj6KU8ppSymL28y0TW5N4M6UjwFPV9AoENjQ8hFR0ZxSVFJsUuuTlJPBFJTVdZXlFfJWfNcil4TX2pfsGFSZJ1k52ZUZp5o8mwLbRlvnnC7cU1yD3KpdPF7135sf8aApIDggpuDCYO2hMWGYIbRjHaPGo_6kNaSK5MnlG-X9Jo7ms-bMJu1njyf36EvogClGKbrpyusqrQMtzG4k7mTvorAZsHFwwnDOspKytPQ0NWm12rXz9kT2VvbT9-_4MPhiOkC6hjquuvu6_XsGO08707vfO-I8B_w1fId9tr3Mvjr-Tf60vsJ_QA=

Normal: Kill all
Cruel: Kill all (optional you can get Cast Speed)
Merciless: Endurance Charge (I got skill point because I needed the passive point)

1. - for going low life
2. - for the extra reduced mana reservation
3. - for the ES replenish effect. With 40k armor thats 800 ES per block
4. - Elreon -8 ring to lower the mana cost of Blade Vortex.
5. - for the extra reduced mana reservation

1. - for the extra block chance and armor.
2. - for the extra crit chance and multiplier. Also the rampage effect is a nice buff.
3. - for the spell block chance
4. - nice movement speed bonus, defensive layer with the unlucky rolls, double all res, chaos res and light radius
5. - just solid in slot, but there might be better rare options

Belt: - for better ES and some Res. Doryanis Invitation (physical variant) might be best in slot, but I needed the extra ES and Res. I crafted this myself but there are a lot better rares to make.
Jewels: - as you can see in the tree it provides a big ES boost.
- since no mana is reserved it gives a nice buff to spell damage.
- with 7 auras and 2 heralds this also gives a nice boost of flat damage.
Flasks: - those are pretty mandatory, Vessel is nice because it provides some help against reflect. I also would like to add a Taste of Hate.

You just run 2 skills.
1. Blade Vortex
Setup: or when running lower tier maps and you don't need the extra damage:
With the elreon ring the mana cost will be 42 and the unreserved mana will be 44. So just barely enough to cast it. Keep in mind if you want to switch support gems that the mana cost will change and you might have to adjust it elsewhere. This is why I choose Iron Will over Controlled Destruction.
2. Shield Charge
Setup:
I choose the faster attacks here for a smoother playstyle. Optional you can run a golem or a war cry here.

So here it gets a little complicated. The best way to show it, is to look at the calculator:
https://poe.mikelat.com/#yv34pAPd/pZft.0/zH=OLb.6/tNrp.Snb/xB3l.=c/BWlVb.
So the first block goes into your boots. Because boots can have +1 Socketed gems which pushes your Enlighten from level4 to level5.
The seconed block shows that you run Hatred without Enlighten (there are not enough sockets) but you will get the maximum reduction form the helm enchantment. The other viable options to do this with are Grace, Haste and Determination. So grab whatever enchantment you can get for them.
The third block shows your Alphas Howl. It gives a +2 to auras, so it will boost the most important once. Discipline is crucial for ES and the Purities push your max-resistances to 5% flat +the bonus to auras from the tree.
The last two blocks are going into your 3links.
This is really fine tuned. If you can't get the helm enchantment, you can't run all auras. Same for 2x level4 Enlightens and +1 Boots. All have to have the exact color to fit the gems in this way. I will talk about the problems with this later on.

DPS is about 26k. Which is ok for Blade Vortex.

Overall unbuffed:


Overall buffed:

So there are a couple of defensive layers.
1. ES. This build runs 6k ES, which I know doesn't sound much. But there a more layers to compensate this.
2. Armor and physical reduction. This build got 40k armor. The Guardian ascendancy gives you extra physical reduction pushing it to 84%. With three Endurance Charges you go up to 90% physical reduction. You could alternate the tree (and the bandit option) to get 3 more Endurance Charges, pushing you to the 100%.
3. Block and spell block. This build sits at a 47% to block attacks and 11% to block spells. With Rumi's it goes up to 76% and 30%. (With a better rolled one you can get up to 78%)
4. Purities. Cold resistance is at 80%, fire and lightning at 82%. If you allocate the "Influence" point on the tree you will get another 1% max res for fire and lightning.
5. Lori's Lantern gives your enemies a chance to roll unlucky hits. Its especially effective versus big hits, so it does lower the chance to get one shot.
6. Due to Uniques and Ascendancy you're most of the time immune to stun and freeze. Also the effectiveness versus curses is lowered and you cleanse status ailments once in a while.
7. Blasphemy-Curses. Warlord's Mark lets you constantly leech and Enfeeble will lower the damage output of your opponents. Both are great defensive choices.
8. Constant Fortify due to Shield Charge.

Overall unbuffed:


Overall buffed: