Help ME pick my marauder build....

so i want to be a 2handed marauder either ground slam, leap slam or sweep.... can anyone please explain to me what gems i will need and what skill tree is best? i cant find any guides or threads that tell me what gems will be required for each build... thanks..

right now i have leap slam and ground slam gems with anger.... thanks...

build:
1.go for blood magic
2. go for resolute technique
3. get 200% life
4. get ~5% regen
5. get damage nodes

weapon: two handed mace

skills
ground slam+life on a hit+melee damage+fire damage
heavy strike+life on a hit+melee damage+fire damage

what u suggest for 1h/shield build?

I have to know firstly, why you want to go 1h+shield

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NinjaArabStrategist wrote:

build:
1.go for blood magic
2. go for resolute technique
3. get 200% life
4. get ~5% regen
5. get damage nodes

weapon: two handed mace

skills
ground slam+life on a hit+melee damage+fire damage
heavy strike+life on a hit+melee damage+fire damage

Why do I see so many people in love with ground slam? Does it scale better as you level up?

I currently am 22 on my Mara and I find Sweep FAR more effective. Does roughly the same dmg/mana and it hits everyone around me.

So far in my limited use, the cone area for the damage isn't really effective.

The reason ground slam is good is due to your ability to kite and take no damage from melee. Sweep makes you dependent on being in melee to do damage. Increasing area of damage might cause sweep to become somewhat of a ranged spell but ground slam is one of the better.