[3.16] The Iron Guardian | CI 17k ES | 3k regen | 30k Armor | Full block | Any spell
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INTRO
Hello guys! I’m back playing PoE basically since 3.10 (Delirium), and a lot has changed. As Scourge is pretty hard (my Miner used to be immediately killed while switching to nightmare), I’ve decided to revamp an older tanky build. BUILD DESCRIPTION This build is a Strength Stacker Guardian heavily focused on defence rather on dps with Iron Will as the main buff to spell damage. With the several (and most of them cheap) uniques we need, we will reach a huge amount of ES based on strength (Geofry’s Sanctuary, Shaper’s Touch) and mana (Radiant Faith ascendancy, ES mastery, Watcher’s Eye). Moreover we have Full block with Aegis Aurora which grants us 600ES on block thanks to our 30k Unflasked Armor using Memory Vault and Determination. 3k Energy Shield Regeneration on consecrated ground (which we creates with CWDT and Purifying flame). Using Iron Will as the main buff to spells, this build is very generic and can be played with any spell. Forbidden Rite is probably one of the best spell out there as it’s power is also linked to our Energy Shield. STATS
PROS AND CONS
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Pros + Safe We stack a tons of defensive layers, die will be very hard + Cheap This build relies on common uniques. The 6L chest costed me 30c + Easy to play Once you wear all the needed uniques and cast all the auras, you’ve just turned in a 1-click build. Can be eventually turned into an autocaster + Map mods immune If you play a chaos spell like the suggested Forbidden Rite, the build is reflect immune. No regen map are not a big problem. Any other mod is not a big problem considered the defensive layers Cons - Damage is on the low side Iron Will is the only bonus to our spell. It’s a non crit build and reaching 1 Sirius DPS requires the helm enchantment and 3 awakened gems - Clear speed Clear speed is slow, no need to lie. DPS is not that great hence clear speed is limited. We clear any map, but we need our time - No League Starter friendly. Relying on a lot of uniques it’s not the cheapest as a league starter. Anyway most of the uniques becomes cheap very fast - No SSF Relying on a lot of uniques it’s not suited for a SSF League - Min-Max is limite Uniques apart, we only have rings and belt that we can use to min-max the build. This may results in being expensive POB LINK
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The following is a Lvl 100 finished tree with my current gear in Sourge League and with maxed skills
https://pastebin.com/Q7hPABB5 The following is a “cheap” version which doesn’t rely on Enlighten Support to reduce the mana reserved for our auras https://pastebin.com/42V224zB GEM SETUP
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Body Armor
Forbidden Rite – Greater Volley – Volley – Void Manipulation – Spell Echo – Controlled Destruction Weapon Flame Dash – Second Wind - Arcane Surge (Level 9) This set-up will grant us arcane surge buff for an additional speel damage boost Helmet Enlighten – Discipline – Determination – Tempest Shield Enlighten is damn expensive this league, check the secondo PoB link for a different tree which doesn’t require Enlighten Gloves CWDT – Molten Shell – Summon Stone Golem – Purifying Flames This is our auto set-up: Molten Shell increases our armour so, thanks to Aegis Aurora, our ES gained on block; Stone Golem gran us more ES regen, Purifying Flams gran us consecrated ground for huge ES regn boos (even when our flask are out) Shield Wither – Spell Totem – Multiple Totems Summoning 3 totems will provide us a fast way to give the Map Boss the 15 wither stack Boots Clarity (Level 1) – Vitality – Despair – Impending Doom Clarity is mainly to proc Watcher’s Eye additional ES on mana, Vitality for additional ES regen, Impending Doom linked to our curse is just to fill that slot GEAR EXPLAINED
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Chest
Geofry’s Sanctuary provide us an huge boost to ES (based on strength) plus Zealot’s Oath (life regen is applied to ES). Bought my 6l for 30 chaos, It’s mandatory but it’s also damn cheap. Helmet Memory Vault is another mandatory item which boost our amour stat by a lot based on mana reserved. It also have a good ES stat and give us more mana. Uncorrupted goes for 4c Gloves Shaper’s Touch are another mandatory item granting us a lot of ES and Mana. Without them we lose approximatively 6k ES. Uncorrupted goes for 2c Weapon Doon Cuebiyari boost our spell damage by about 200% and give us a very high amount of strength. Yes is mandatory, but it’s very chep: 1c. I bought a perfect roll for 10c Shield Aegis Aurora provide us a lot of ES gained on block based on armour stat. It also has a decent armor/ES stat, good block and brings our cold resistance to 80%. We can also use a rare shield with 5% ES gained on block, but it must have at least 32% chance to block and a decent amount of ES in order to compensate the cost. Consider that corrupted Aegis Aurora’s price starts from 5c and uncorrupted goes for 40c (making it one of the most expensive gear of the build) Amulet Astramentis provide us more than 120 to each stat, making him the BiS. Buy it and use Intrinsic Catalyst on it to increase the attributes provided. Price is 10c Boots A rare boost with Hunter Influence is the best you can aim. Search at least for high strength (50+), x% increased strength. Other stat should be elemental resistance, Intelligence, Mana, Energy Shield A very cheap option is Alberon’s Warpath, price 1c Belt And Elder influenced Heavy Belt is the one suggested with high flat strength and X% increased attributes. Resistance, Intelligence, Energy Shield, Mana, Armor are all juicy mods. Price may vary from 1c to several exalted orbs Rings Main stat to search is strength of course, Energy Shiled, x% Increased Energy Shield, Resistances, Intelligence, Mana are all good addons. Use the rings to cap your elemental resistance. As for the belt price goes from 1c to several exalted. I bought mine for 10-30c Jewels Refer to PoB link to see where to place them
Watcher’s Eye is not really necessary, as without it we will already reach 15k ES. The other jewels are very cheap: 1-2c each BANDITS
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Kill all, we need those 2 points!
PANTHEON
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Soul of the Brine King + Litanius for freeze immunity
Soul of Tukohama + Tahsin for additional regen and additional physical mitigation ASCENDANCY
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Guardian makes this build possible
Take this nodes which are listed in order of importance:
If you have your elemental resistance capped with gear, you can go for Unwavering Faith for additional physical damage reduction and ES regen END I Will try to improve this post and the whole build as far as progressing in the League Don't hesitate to leave your comments (constructive ones, hopefully) and suggestions especially regarding the dps! I’m currently considering trying Energy Blad (which wil bring our ES to a bit less than 7k) and using Cadigan’s Crown which will grant us the Battlemage buff. We lose about 10k armor and more than half of our Energy shield, but DPS should increase in a decent way. Last bumped on Nov 16, 2021, 2:40:07 PM
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