[2.4] league startup build - Slayer area attacker, 80-100k EZ, big time budget
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This is a budget build!
There're sure a lot of slayer 2H build guide on forum, this one focus mostly on how to build your first character in a new league with limited source, you can use this char to build currency base for future expensive build or just play it to higher level, or maybe you need a lab farmer or challenge char, this build do all that with ease, cheaply ofc. How to achieve budget? DoomSower + Tabula Rasa this sword is always dirt cheap, a 420+dps one cost around 1c in ESC, a tabula rasa cost 20c at most, with some 1c worth life/resist filler gear, you can build a gear set within 30c easy, the firepower and defense is plenty enough up to T13 map. Clear speed is superb, about the similar speed of a decent LA archer, you just leap around and kill everything in between leaps, Slayer is one of the best dps sub-class, also a great lab runner, since slayer has 20% culling and increased dmg to enemy on low life, final room Izaro is crying really hard. this is my current char
example character
gear
the sword cost me 15 chaos, decent roll 6s, still trying to 6L body armour bought from vendor, just a bit more armour and life, tabula rasa will do just fine every other items cost 1c
100k cleave on budget gear
 using increased aoe gem, not linking conc effect. All buffs up, bloodrage + 4 frenzy + sulphur flask + warchief totem + slayer ascendancy all triggered, still plenty of room for improvement. In poe 100k melee dmg is more than enough for you to clear trash mod mindlessly, and kill bosses quickly.
skill choice and comparison
There're several skills can be used in this build with good results, cleave/lacerate/sweep/ice crash all work pretty well Cleave has higher dps, sure cleave has poor radius but playstyle of this char well compensate that. Also cleave has a MTX, this is a buff! Sweep covers all around, no need to aim, occasionally knockback helps. Ice crash has the highest dps number (since we switch multistrike to weapon ele gem), and half phys 2 cold make killing rares very fast, however vs boss it backfires. Chill effect is nice tho. Lacerate has great range, but the lowest dps, it's more of a defensive option, also it's not a red gem so when you 6L your doomsower it won't get the fire dmg boost. infernal blow does not work, don't even try
gem setup
main attack + faster attack + multistrike + melee phys dmg + added fire dmg + increased aoe warchief totem + conc effect + melee phys dmg + fortify very useful when you need a little kiting leap slam + faster attack + blood magic movement skill hatred, herald of ash, flame golem, blood rage damage boost CWDT immortal call combo porcupines
100 skill tree
https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAQBAECggIqK8MSCvqdlTb02R36E2amUhO-HapBsqSc9_IzPditeEyFVLPuKIicg3D0HdcCm2sF07QUtQzHDM1oaLlPTb0z_1lgB3HfjqW55aMEEXz9VtRiRvJ_8SxRNpBm2LCXfG_oB55_LpzCezdIh8kGCB9l8FHH46-oY9zJ82Vhj9kjz3WhldqzPfq2NFCDvDlBH5FGXeQmWOQ5nm64-QXQkm_dNxq4LYa9saPLwH6IABLPAZjwF73w8LYNfwBpvO3gNtfKPYDrh8kU1kti9_o9N46ZXMZ7BB9d-Yxd67_4KgTryWhDwG6rpRqU1DHA7tvVhsoCGtIWnJ5-5HRXsypA= get dex on gear, get int from http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Brute_Force_Solution take bandits reward life - phys dmg - frenzy charge
how to level
leveling with a 2H melee char is a journey of getting leveling weapon, for this build you want to use different unique 2H sword and axe. You can craft your own rare weapon, but in this version of POE that actually cost more. this is my suggested purchase list, from low level to high level limbsplit http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Limbsplit wideswing - this one is a hot item, it might cost more than 1c depend on how early you are in the league, so you might not able to buy one, in that case, just craft a lvl 18 poleaxe of a lvl 23 double axe instead http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Wideswing reaper's pursuit http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Reaper%27s_Pursuit rigwald's charge http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Rigwald%27s_Charge terminus est http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Terminus_Est wings of entropy http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Wings_of_Entropy ofc final weapon is DoomSower other part of gears, just focus on life, flat phys dmg and resist, attack speed is a plus. your defense during leveling process is mostly high life pool + life regen + leeching + flask. in a new league getting a tabula rasa is not that easy, so most of your leveling process you will be stuck with 4link, I use sweep + melee phys + added fire + faster attack, when deal with boss, change into lacerate, if you can get those unique weapons, damage should be pretty good, you don't even need to use multistrike before merciless act 4. once you get to merciless aqueduct, start farming humility card, it's not likely to get all 9 cards you self in time, also not likely to save up to 20c, you will most likely farm 4-5 and buy the rest, get tabula rasa as soos as possible after you getting doomsower + tabula rasa, buy some cheap gear to finish the gear set, cap resist and you are good to go
how to get money early
there's no need to be a hoarder in early league, just sell everything you can to buy those weapons, once you get a new one, sell the old one cheaper. don't mind the low roll, less damage just means you need to grind a little, doesn't matter. when you reach merciless act 2, start doing chaos recipe calculate how many jewellers and fusings you need to vorici all your gear, then sell the rest, jewellers and fusings always sell well. I always find jewels are a good way to get chaos early, +2 mana gain on hit, +6% life, these mod can sell 1-2c by itself don't forget to praise RNGesus about lab, do your first one around lvl 42, take endless hunger, that can greatly improve your defense. do cruel lab when you bought a wins of entropy, take bane of legends, onslaught is a great clear speed booster do merciless lab when you get both doomsower and tabula rasa, 6L with a 400+dps weapon, Izaro has no chance.
how to improve from here
buy better gear, getting more life and armour, hard cap resist, buying a 6L to replace tabula rasa, a corrupted 6L is a good choice, or try farm certain card. Starforge seems to be a direct upgrade weapon, use determination and arctic armour, or enfeeble on blasphemy, very sexy Last edited by TravisL on Sep 13, 2016, 1:19:22 PM Last bumped on Sep 13, 2016, 1:09:37 PM
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