[2.6] The Intelligent Juggernaut (Shaper, Guardians, Lab Farmer, 1M DPS, 13K ES, 50% evade, SC/HC)

This is my first build and I'm pretty proud of it. It's a 13K ES (or 10K ES with Incandescent Heart) build that clears maps very well and safely, topping out at about 1M dps fully buffed without any double dipping shenanigans. I am always open to suggestions if there is anything I can improve to make the build even better.

Pros & Cons
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Pros
- Good clear speed
- Can kill things off screen without ever getting hit
- Very tanky (13K ES or 10K ES (with incandescent heart) with 50% dodge, 6 endurance charges, fortify, stun immunity from juggernaut), ~1-2% damage leech with VP
- Very mobile
- Reflect isn't too big of an issue (we aren't a crit based build, lightning resist flask + purity of lightning, throw in a sibil's if you still have any trouble)
- Can run all map mods (can run no life leech due to big ES pool, but got to play safer)
- Vessel of Vinktar + lightning damage + VP... enough said
- Pretty inexpensive (HOWA's are only required item)

Cons
- Not the greatest single target DPS against Shaper/Guardians/UA, but not terrible
- Leveling is a bit of an issue if you don't want to spend a bunch of regrets
- Pretty laggy. Fast attacks + lightning strike = can get pretty laggy pretty fast.


Class Choice
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Why Juggernaut? We get free stun immunity, around 35% attack speed from accuracy + free accuracy, 3K armour from incandescent heart + unbreakable + armour nodes, a free endurance charge + endurance charge generation + reduced elemental dmg taken, as well as damage nodes here and there. Ultimately it is a good balance between defensive stats and offensive stats, as well as playing a class that is pretty underpowered and might get some buffs in the future :D

Alternatively, you can probably make a berserker that does probably ~20-30% more damage, but is a lot less defensive and dies more, same deal with an inquisitor. Since we travel so far and wide, you can drop the beginning of the marauder tree and go towards the ranger start, and make a deadeye/raider/pathfinder/trickster, but I think the juggernaut provides the best balance, which ultimately will translate to better and faster play.


Tree

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Final tree:
path of building:
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Bandits + Ascendencies
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Bandits: Kill, Kill, Endurance Charge
Ascendencies: Undeniable -> Unbreakable -> Unflinching -> Unrelenting


Gems
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For our 5L we want Lightning Strike, WED, Multistrike, Elemental Focus, Faster Attacks. If you can grab a 6L then add on Lightning Penetration.

Whirling Blades + Faster Attacks + Fortify for movement / fortify

Discipline + Grace/Wrath + Enlighten lvl 3 or 4. (can do fine with just enlighten lvl 3's, bit uncomfortable with enlighten lvl 2 though). I would recommend running grace all the time except for the shaper fight, and running wrath for the Shaper fight. Although if you just want insane clear speed then feel free to use Wrath.

Enfeeble/Conductivity/Warlord's Mark + Blasphemy + Enlighten lvl 3 or 4 for our curse. Drop blasphemy and self cast it on reflect maps and run Purity of Lightning instead. Conductivity is only really necessary for the Shaper add phase, otherwise you should run enfeeble or a warlords.

A golem of your choosing (I chose flame), blood rage, enduring cry



Gear
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Weapon
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Mandatory, get 2 HOWA claws, ideally with 11-12% increased intelligence.


Armour
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You can grab either a high ES armour (800+) with intelligence, resists, etc. Or if you're not crazy rich, grab an Incandescent heart with a high chaos dmg roll and leech roll. If you grab a regular ES armour, then you might have to use a Doryani's invitation and grab blood drinker (with an energy from within in the jewel socket above it) to compensate for loss of life leech.


Gloves
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I recommend a shaper's touch as they are pretty cheap. This will give us a ton of accuracy and evasion % from intelligence, and a decent amount of ES and mana from strength. I would only really replace this with a GG pair of ES gloves, with high ES, attack speed, intelligence, etc.


Helm
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High ES, intelligence, resist with lightning strike enchant. Not much to go with here. Maybe an obscurantis if you're feeling frisky


Amulet
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Astramentis, a decent talisman amulet, or just a decent intelligence amulet. I got a good talisman amulet for cheap so I wear that. Full rolled Astramentis is probably best only behind a GG talisman though.


Rings
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Resists, WED, Intelligence, Energy Shield, Added Lightning damage. Everything a HOWA would want.


Belt
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WED, ES, Strength, Resists or a Doryani's Invitation if you don't run Incandescent Heart


Boots
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Intelligence, ES, Resists


Flasks
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Wise oak with lightning resistance higher, vinktar + shock flask, bleed and freeze flasks. Your choice of flask bases but I like basalt, granite + sapphire.


Jewels
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Go for brute forces and fertile minds where appropriate.
Otherwise try for some attack speed, melee damage on viridans, or attack speed, lightning dmg, and ES on cobalts.

Brute forces/fertile mind positions:
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What makes this HC viable?
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- Pretty high ES pool, ~13K with decent gear or 10K with an incandescent heart (which also gives 25% reduced elemental damage taken with CI)
- Good physical damage reduction. We have 6 endurance charges, plus juggernaut endurance charge passives to take less elemental damage per charge, and generate endurance charges automatically, run an armor flask and basalt flask, as well as decent armour from incandescent heart if you choose to run it
- 50% evade chance
- Overcapped resists with endurance charges
- Pretty safe against reflect (not a crit build, VP for instant leech, reduced elemental damage taken from juggernaut passive, purity of lightning, lightning resist flask, high ES pool)
- Can play very safe with lightning strike. Simply stay far away from any dangerous monster and off screen it. It may take a bit longer to kill (you will do 25% less damage), but you will atleast not get hit
- Completely stun immune, flasks for freeze/bleed/shock


Videos
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Shaper's Realm
Forge of the Phoenix with -Max Res, Double Ele Damage, Boss Damage

Lair of Hydra on 6L
Pit of Chimera on 6L
Forge of the Phoenix on 6L
Maze of the Minotaur on 6L

Note all videos BELOW were made on a 5L using an Incandescent Heart.

T16 Lair of the Hydra with 8 mods
T16 Forge of the Phoenix
T16 Maze of the Minotaur
T16 Pit of the Chimera

T15 Twin Abyss with 8 mods
T15 Twin Shaped Colonnade
T15 Overgrown Ruins with 8 mods
T15 Dark Forest Map with 8 mods
Hall of Grandmasters

Uber Lab Demo Run

T13 No life leech - Forgot to run clarity so took a bit longer
T12 Reflect Demo - with and without Sibil's

I also have a video of a Phoenix run with crit strike, temp chains, monster dmg, boss dmg and a minotaur with -max res, crit strike, double ele dmg and more monster life, but I figure that's enough videos for now.
Check out my 3.0 Melee CI Inquisitor, I kill Shaper on a 1 Link!

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2011311
Last edited by Divini on May 10, 2017, 6:40:48 PM
Last bumped on May 13, 2017, 2:12:58 AM
Thats cool,my dps just have 2.6k,need to learning for ur build :)
what about jewels?
Updated the post with some videos of T15 8 mod maps. Will add guardians in a few days and the jewels.
Check out my 3.0 Melee CI Inquisitor, I kill Shaper on a 1 Link!

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2011311
Updated with a 8 mod hydra kill + a pretty difficult phoenix kill. Also updated gear section with jewels.
Check out my 3.0 Melee CI Inquisitor, I kill Shaper on a 1 Link!

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2011311
try it now
Last edited by JosephTri on May 5, 2017, 11:36:54 AM
Updated with a Minotaur kill, Halls of Grandmasters, some more twinned/8 mod T15's, as well as a showcase of a no life leech T13 map and how the build handles reflect with and without a Sibils.

Will get Chimeira up when I am less broke... I will try Shaper as well but might wait until I have a 6L to try.
Check out my 3.0 Melee CI Inquisitor, I kill Shaper on a 1 Link!

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2011311
Great build



how do i not die from Blood Rage?
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how do i not die from Blood Rage?


Put it in one of your weapons and weapon swap when you want it off.
Check out my 3.0 Melee CI Inquisitor, I kill Shaper on a 1 Link!

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2011311
Last edited by Divini on May 6, 2017, 10:33:35 PM

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