Marauder - [2.1] [WIP] I am the Juggernaut! - Forum

Basic Idea of this build is a character that will later on take the Juggernaut Ascendancy class - if nothing better comes around the corner :P

General Principle:

Fortify on every skill, for 100% uptime. Focus a bit more on defences instead of pure damage. RT will let us hit everything reliably until we can get the +1000 Accuracy from Juggernaut when 2.2 comes out.
The Leap + Sweep combo is nothing new but incredibly fun. I am personally playing this for the first time and I'm having an absolute blast.

Got a pair of Windscreams and thought it would be fun to have another Curse aura. It turns out to be quite amazing. While I am quite sure that it is not the optimal way of playing, having two curses always up and ready on anything that comes withing half a screen is wonderful. I'll describe my current setup below.
Make sure you always have some Dex + Int on your gear, you'll need it for the curses, Inc AOE Gem and Bloodlust.

Passive Tree

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwEAe4zG2FhjPfzEWPZIXz8UIBo-f-PvDny4MftQRyku5FGXeQmWOQ7rCYVS2WGtjc9-dqzqGPjrUeb3Mrvt890UcXdTtC9yqZHOaGXZfA48OzshNKyqxPaWbIIHOlKexUE_WfPGrq-nvJ-GYJ8-GjgLYRzOGJH8S2FSLdKQVa9sK1AUTe9Oa9lo8g3NAedeEzSO8B_-VBv6IVWS0ECghjuiACXf3D0s-xLheu9GtxT2BLO2LAd1iiKi6gUt02_AZqQZwKYnIITvdO08Baknn9_vfJBsh2qplITZR369NmVNvqc=

Current Curses:

Currently Running Enfeeble + Vulnerability aurified, boosting my offense and defense immensely. This and Herald of Ask work great together. Vulnerability should be seen as a more multiplier on your damage.
I also manage to get my hands on a Kongor, basically freeing up RT from the passive tree and giving me a huge damage boost over my previous maze. It does not seem that great in terms of tooltip DPS but that is mainly due to Vulnerability not being factored in.

Current Gear at 68

The Kongor only cost me 20c! Seems like the prices are pretty low right now, I'd grab one if I were you :D

With my Endurance charges up my ele resists are maxed in merciless and I'll start towards increasing my armor and damage now by actually picking up the passives for that.
Just from Bone Breaker and Skull Cracking alone I got a DPS boost of over 3k on my Sweep and I still have quite a few to pick up.

Chages my single target for Cyclone to see how that works out for me, I am still leaning towards Heavy Strike though.

Mana on Hit from tree has been removed and instead I am now running a +2 Mana on Hit Jewel with some mana leech on it as well.

Weapon Progression

Went from using this

To this

Current Gear (lvl 61)

Herald of Ash + Dual Blasphemy Setup

Warlords Mark + Vulnerability: Great leech, constant source of Charges and the Vulnerability gives a 25+% multiplier on any physical we deal.
For high physical damage encounters switch in Enfeeble, to take 25% less damage. That way you become super tanky on demand.
One of the biggest problems is the 95% reservation, however, you only need around 30 mana left to be able to use all your skills properly without any downtime:
Warlords Mark + the Revelry Passive keep my mana pretty much at full whenever my multistrikes are over, especially against packs.

I'm also picking up some reduced mana cost on the tree. Currently I sit at 30 mana left and my Sweep pretty much all of that every time. The 2 Mana on Hit + Leech fill it right back up though. Inbtween packs your leap slam will also leech some more while only using a little bit of health through blood magic.

Last edited by ragbasti#6251 on Dec 18, 2015, 2:27:02 PM