Marauder - [2.6] zSavage's Beefy Meatballer (dual BLS molten strike Berserker) - EO, MoM, VP, PB, Acro - Forum

Updated with stats, tree, and gear at level 92. I'm planning on making a brief video sometime in the future, stay tuned! :) Theorycrafter/Build Creator for PORTAL guild @BlightScourge -> guide @ view-thread/1382667 (Retired till Mjolner is fixed) Lvl 94 Crit Mjolner Marauder twitch.tv/savagewolves	Posted by zSavage on Apr 14, 2017, 11:21:44 AM Quote this Post
" DarkWap wrote: " zSavage wrote: 18% STR is better than +60 flat with the amount of flat I have from the tree and other sources. Swapping out my second sprinkler makes us lose half of our DPS (the 2-4 fire damage per 10 STR from each mace stacks). I have about 1200 STR atm, which means that each mace gives me 360 average fire damage to hit base, for a total of 720. With the shield and only 1 mace I would have only 360 + 24 = 384 which is barely half. Double dipping ignite is only effective when you are doing slow, large hits. Smaller fast hits are not very effective at double dipping as ignite doesn't stack. If you swap out your shield for another sprinkler you will almost double your DPS. Similarly you would have a DPS increase swapping out Lioneye's for Aberron's Warpath if you have enough flat STR. For reference, my molten strike tooltip DPS is 67k in hideout (not including balls), and goes to over 150k with typical mapping buffs (blood rage, frenzy charges, EO, a silver flask). I have more life and a lot more dps than you, mine was just a tip. feel free to build as you like your damage wont even be close to a molten strike setup. warchiefs dont create balls which guess what is where 90% of the damage comes from. your essentially comparing your main dps against a basic attack not his actual skills dps. his basic attack part of molten strike hits for the tooltip it doesnt show the ball damage at all. take into all the balls and being able to make them all hit 1 target and bye bye 99% of bosses. tbh if anything using warchief as main focus is a waste you would be better off with a Oro's warchief setup.	Posted by shadowraiden on Apr 16, 2017, 10:50:14 AM Quote this Post
Dumpstered Minotaur and Chimera on my first attempts tonight (both corrupted maps): Updating description with a few important details. Theorycrafter/Build Creator for PORTAL guild @BlightScourge -> guide @ view-thread/1382667 (Retired till Mjolner is fixed) Lvl 94 Crit Mjolner Marauder twitch.tv/savagewolves	Posted by zSavage on Apr 17, 2017, 2:46:02 AM Quote this Post
i think that melee splash doesnt work with molten strike http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Melee_Splash_Support	Posted by Freya98 on Apr 17, 2017, 10:54:04 AM Quote this Post
" Freya98 wrote: i think that melee splash doesnt work with molten strike http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Melee_Splash_Support You are incorrect. Molten Strike is actually a single target melee skill, even though it has the AoE tag. The AoE tag refers to the AoE of the molten balls (the initial hit has no AoE whatsoever). Using Melee Splash allows us kill packs before the first wave of balls lands, enhancing our clearspeed. Theorycrafter/Build Creator for PORTAL guild @BlightScourge -> guide @ view-thread/1382667 (Retired till Mjolner is fixed) Lvl 94 Crit Mjolner Marauder twitch.tv/savagewolves	Posted by zSavage on Apr 17, 2017, 11:25:10 AM Quote this Post
" zSavage wrote: " Freya98 wrote: i think that melee splash doesnt work with molten strike http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Melee_Splash_Support You are incorrect. Molten Strike is actually a single target melee skill, even though it has the AoE tag. The AoE tag refers to the AoE of the molten balls (the initial hit has no AoE whatsoever). Using Melee Splash allows us kill packs before the first wave of balls lands, enhancing our clearspeed. ok ty for the explanation. i hope this is really correct, but i guess u have tested it already. so thumbs up!	Posted by Freya98 on Apr 17, 2017, 11:33:41 AM Quote this Post
what are the bandits for the build guessing oak/ maybe kraiten or point/ point	Posted by Fhark on Apr 17, 2017, 4:27:43 PM Quote this Post
" Fhark wrote: what are the bandits for the build guessing oak/ maybe kraiten or point/ point Oak, Kraityn, point (40 life, 8% attack speed, passive point) Theorycrafter/Build Creator for PORTAL guild @BlightScourge -> guide @ view-thread/1382667 (Retired till Mjolner is fixed) Lvl 94 Crit Mjolner Marauder twitch.tv/savagewolves	Posted by zSavage on Apr 17, 2017, 8:52:11 PM Quote this Post
Thanks for posting this build! I have been looking for a fun and rewarding Melee build in 2.6 and I am really excited to try it out.	Posted by berkie on Apr 18, 2017, 1:48:31 PM Quote this Post
Note: I thought of some more optimizations today at work (namely skill setups and the like, will be testing and changing recommendations if successful. Theorycrafter/Build Creator for PORTAL guild @BlightScourge -> guide @ view-thread/1382667 (Retired till Mjolner is fixed) Lvl 94 Crit Mjolner Marauder twitch.tv/savagewolves	Posted by zSavage on Apr 18, 2017, 8:43:48 PM Quote this Post