1.3 [Newbie Friendly] GROUNDSLAMMER BUILD

Regarding the build, do I need to have 3 fighting spells? HS, GM and LS? Or Can I just do with 2?

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Can u link your passive?
Did u tested your character on high lvl maps?

Sure here's my passive tree


Yeah i tested him on lvl 75 maps. Nobody can tank boss at those lvl.
Except that rare mobs, blue mobs etc no problem.

Hi

I like your Guide and have much fun with it.

But in the section equipment and uniques is bringer of rain not suggested.

Why this ?

Has life and 30 dmg. And not the problem of abyssus with 40 to 50 increased dmg
what can be a problem on higher maps

@ vignat

I use HS for single target, GS for groups of melee mobs, and LS for caster.

The only big problem of LS is, that i have verry often desync and died 4 or 5 times in Arsenal or in temple because i use LS and saw suddenly my life going down but there are no mobs. Then i died. Sometime i saw short bevore i die standing me in a group of mobs indors, but bevore i use LS on the road.
so the desync make me to use LS only in outdoor maps.

I have two questions regarding this guide:

1. How do I compensate huge lack of dexterity for Grace? What equipment should I look for?
2. Why Cruel Oak reward is not taken? It is +18% physical! The build contains Skull Cracking node, to reach Skull Cracking you take two nodes with +12%, which totals to +16% per node (12+12+24)/3

First of all: Thanks for this fantastic guide!

Currently I'm at lvl 70 and really enjoying my toon. Some of my impressions:
Can facetank some mobs with ease, others seriously need decoy-n-kite-tactics, so great fun without getting too hard or too boring! Perfect for the casual noob like me.
Cruel Piety was the only real pain-in-the-ass-fight (mericless was way easier with better gear). All other bosses and nearly all areas were no problem. I'm not saying I could just go in and crush them all. It was sometimes though fighting, decoy, hit-n-run... very exciting, sometimes thrilling. But thats how I like it! Didn't die once against Vaal, all my other chars have had serious problems with him.
I die sometimes but only when I get too lazy/cocky and try to tank packs I better shouldn't. The only mobs causing problems are larger packs of blue, chilling ranged monsters, especially those nasty splitting enlightened vicars (worst-case backed up by a necro or two). hate them!
Nevertheless I'm farming catacombs right now, till I dare entering maps (Oh, I love smashing those urns!)

This is my build so far:


and my gear:





And now my questions:
Never been too maps. What should I improve before start mapping? What maps/mods should I avoid/look for? (Not talking about general hints like "maze is good"... but build specific tipps)
Any other suggestions to help my little marauder?

great build I just reach lvl 56 following it.

My question about Vaal Pact, could it work with this build?

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vignat wrote:

I am level 40 and my Heavy strike does only 300dps. What am I doing wrong? lol
I would post the pictures of my gear but I dont know how to do it.

Your weapon probably sucks. Just posting pictures won't help, as we can't see its stats. Click on your character (you will see him on the top left of the forum), his inventory will come up and then just ctrl+click on the gear you want to show. This way we'll be able to hover over it and see its stats.

Like this:




Hint: use the Preview function (below the text box where you write your post) to see if it worked correctly.

Edit: also, remember to use the spoiler tag to hide the gear. Otherwise slower computers and phones will take longer to load the page.

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talonmas wrote:

FAIL LOGIC?

You take a skillpoint instead of 18% physical damage at cruel bandits.
Then you SPEND a skillpoint to get a 15% melee damage node that can be avoided (at mara start)?


I fail to see the logic here. What do I miss? Do melee damage calculate different than physical damage in this build? Or was it just a brain fart and the need to update the build just for the sake of updating more often?

-TM

While I wouldn't use these exact words (do you really need to be so rude?), this is also something I've been wandering about. Why not take the 18% increased physical damage from Oak if you're eventually going to spend a passive point on that 15% increased damage at the start of the Marauder tree? The only "advantage" I see is to get an immediate point to use on a more needed node, but I don't really see how that's any good. If you're really desperate, you can just farm one level.

I'm slowly progressing through the thread, but I'm only at page 149 and I haven't yet reached Aulevala's post explaining the option (wouldn't be a bad idea to link it in the build), so any input would be appreciated.