[2.0] BoR Soul Aegis ! 35k dps+ | 4K life+ | 73% Block for Attacks & 55% for Spells !

Here again, this build use a big defense system to be sure to resist even in the most terrible situations. Here's my stats :

Attack :

Static Strike : 35k dps aoe ! And it's the only attack we need !!!
No need for mana leech or mana flasks, since the unique Soul Taker grants us infinite mana for attacks. Even with 0 mana remaining, we can attack with no restrictions at all.

Thing to know : I'm no more using Blood rage on this build anymore, since the degen is purely physical now, it makes the shield always going down, and this is not what we want.

Defense :

The build has a really EPIC defensive protection
-4000Hp (And i'm using mings heart, that reduces my maximum life, no need for you !)
-270 life regen/sec
-0.77% of life leech, + extra life leech from flasks
-730ES (Same here, you can have more : ming's is reducing also my max ES, so not required !)
-8000 Armour, 45% reduced physical damages => All our evasion is converted into armour, to make us sure that we are taking all the incoming attacks and projectiles that will "feed" our energy shield with Aegis !
-Resplenish 4% of ES as armor when i block with Aegis Aurora. ES recovered on block : 326
-73% block chance against attacks (I'm actually using a +1 to max resists stone of lazhwar. If you can use a corrupted stone with at least 2% block chance, you will reach max block !)
-55% block chance against spells (Same, can become higher with a corrupted stone !)
-Riposte and Reckoning gems are triggered each time we block, dealing free and extra melee damages to close monsters, granting us also free extra life recovery.
-We can chill the monsters we hit with our physical damages, making them slower.
-Reinforced Resistances :
>77 on fire
>81 on cold (Aegis aurora is also giving us +5% to maximum cold resistance, INSANE)
>76 on lightning
>76 on chaos
-10% chances to get an endurance charge on block from Bringer of Rain
-10% chances to blind monsters with Bringer of Rain, reducing their chance to hit us
-Triple auras on mana with enlighten gem : hatred, herald of ashes and arctic armour. This last one will reduce 10% of physical damages, and 9% of fire damage (the gem is only lvl 7 atm)
-Enfeeble on cast when damage taken gem : it will automaticaly triggers a curse that reduce monsters damage, critical strike chance, critical strike multiplicater and accuracy.
-Tempest shield on cast when damage taken : Grant us 3% block chance (that's what makes the build go until 73% block) and deal lightning chaining damages to monsters when we block.

-The Bringer of Rain, a nightmare bascinet => 2nd legacy prefered because of the 15% block chances, can be found for 3/4ex i think
-Soul Taker, a siege axe => it's making us able to attack even with 0 mana available. This way, we can avoid mana leech from gear, or blood magic gem. Also with it, we can use 3 auras on mana pool. Non-legacy can be found for 7/8ex.
-Aegis Aurora, a Champion Kite Shield => 2/3ex for non-legacy, 18/20ex for legacy. Both are nice.
-Stone of Lazwar, a lapis amulet => for the 50% chances to block spell. without corruption, this can be found for 1 to 5 chaos.
-Rainbowstrides, boots => with 25% chances to block spells required. from 20c to 1ex maybe.
-1 Atziri's Promise flask, this grants extra physical, elemental, chaos dmg and 2% life leech on use +35% chaos res, a must have ! Can be found for 1chaos.

The rest of the equipement is based on life and resistances. You can choose equipement with armor or evasion, it doesn't matter, since from the tree all the evasion is converted into armor. ES is welcome too in equipement.

The main attack :

The main attack and the only one we will use is Static Strike, for AoE dps and for physical + Lightning combinasion of damage.

EDIT : I'm no more using Molten strike, it's in fact really bad against atziri, it just not kill minions fast enough, which mean she restores all her life ! Before 2.0, i was able to kill her with this attack, even if the minions could heal her a little bit sometimes, but now it's no more possible with this attack. Initially, i was thinking my dps was too low, but i have finally realized molten strike was just really ugly vs Atziri. I could kill her way quicker already with STATIC STRIKE ! It kills the minions before they reach her. Ice crash can be really nice too !

The build is immune to all kind of reflect. Static strike can be taken as well for this build. I'm sure it should have other gems that can fit on the build as well, after it's based on your preferences.

No real need for far attacks, since the build can easily facetank most of the bosses.
But keep in mind that if a dominus punch, a vaal oversoul slam, or a double flameblast from the Atziri queen is incoming, the best option for you is to escape, run away from it. There is always a chance to become one shotted by devastating blows.

So the gem combo i use is pretty simple, since The Bringer of Rain is doing all the hard work, by giving us Melee physical dmg + Faster attacks and blind, so we can reach 7L.

The 4 remaining gems are Static strike + multistrike + Added fire damage + Weapon elemental dmg.

For a more defensive setup, you can also choose fortify instead of added fire or WeD.

The auras :

We will use 3 auras, each linked to an enlighten gems.
-Hatred => Grants us like 40% of our damages as extra physical dmg as cold.
-Herald of Ashes => Grants us 15% of our damages as extra fire dmg. It also ignite every nearby monster for 140% of overkill damage when we slain a monster.
-Arctic Armour => Allow us to reduce again the incoming damages we are taking. It can go until 13% reduced physical damages taken, and 12% reduced fire damages taken. As extra effect, we leave a chill ground behind us when we walk.

The escape solution :

Just simply link Leap Slam & Faster Attacks together, this way you can easily escape flameblast, lightning call, dominus death punch, and add life gain on hit with for extra instant life recovery, or fortify for even more damage reduction.

The triggered gems :

-Cast when damage taken + Enfeeble + Tempest shield + Shock Nova.
It means reduced damages taken + extra block chance when hit by monsters + 15% chance to shock monsters in the area of Shock Nova.
-Riposte + Reckoning, triggered when we block. Those AoE counter-attacks give us extra dps and extra life recovered instantly when linked to life gain on hit !

As always, i'm trying to get the best gear as possible.
I have made the extreme version with 75% chaos resistance, but if you want to do this build easily, you should avoid to search for the chaos res. Trying to reach 75 in chaos resistance is REALLY HARD, but if you like challenge, try it !
So no real need for Ming's or death rush if you want to make this build.
And if you avoid Ming's, your life's total will be also much higher than mine !



Thing to know : Belly of the beast chest is for cosmetic purpose only, it cannot be used with BoR, but it can be displayed on your character if you use it. Also, if you put gems on the chest, those will get experience from the monsters you kill.

Flasks :

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwEAAdwEswUtBjkM9xNME8kUIBZvF-EaOBo-G5chYCSqJvgnLygqKS4ppS_MMgkyTjWSOtg9Dz38QKBHfk1GTjJQR1FgWGNZ818_YSFi7GRSZU1lp2ZUZp5o8mxGbztyD3Jscql07XTxdqx343fleA15OXloeu97jHy4fLt82X7ihNmE74VSi0-MdpBVlG-XeZtqogCpbqmVrKqsr62NrlCvbLXytzG9Nr6nwBrAZsC_wQTBgsRYxYrG2M9-2L3ZYdrB42rkUenV6hjvDvAf8wb2SPcy-Ov60vuq_ms=?accountName=M4X1MU5_300&characterName=Hargost

Attack :



Defense :

Double Vaal Oversoul :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNDyR7IYqJQ&index=12&list=PL3Ijb74uoDphF3htqZb-mQ2tSph3U6B46

The Trio :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOqWbPN-og8&index=13&list=PL3Ijb74uoDphF3htqZb-mQ2tSph3U6B46

The Queen :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U58UZex6fzE&index=14&list=PL3Ijb74uoDphF3htqZb-mQ2tSph3U6B46