Berserker vs Slayer now

Well, yea.. I probably overcomplicated the mana issue. :) I thought the same as you guys but I'm pretty bad at expressing myself. :D (Also my english is not even perfect but I'm trying... ^^).

My problem with Vaal Pact is that it's relatively far from the Marauder area. I should sacrifice (probably) damage nodes to reach Vaal Pact.

I think I go with slayer. I like playing "hardcore-like" characters on softcore (I don't play HC because I have FPS and latency issues sometimes) and berserker feels more vulnerable as you mentioned as well.

Thanks for your opinions! :)

He appears more vulnerable but with Vaal pact its in fact tougher. And you won't lose any damage,you will actually have more than any other EQ build.


https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAABAECAQHnBS0F-Qd1CZYNjRNMFCAUTRRxFHUV8BbpF-EYkRjbGYoaOBpVIVUhYCGQI_YkNyb4JyAnLymlKjgs-y0wLiMuUzB3Nug5Dj38QKBFqUd-Sn1Nkk4yUEdVtVhjWfNZ_lqfW69eE18_X9BhIWRSZU1lp2a2aGVyqXTtdPF2rHh6eu97dHzZggeE2YTvh2qHdooijM-NfZBVlcyXBpd5mFeezZ_Lo4qnMKknqZSsqq5Qu568n702vqe_CMCmwQTBo8M6xtjPftIh02_ZfNrB3D3iYeOf5FHqEOoY7T_t1-4O7w7yQfPd9kj3Mvhf-Ov5Y_xL_MU=

this is the build i followed (props to the maker),incredibly powerful,once you get your hands on disfavour and a way to poison enemies as well.
And once your health go around 8k (kaom's),what happens is,if you don't get 1-shot,you will NEVER die.

As a slayer now,i can promise you that neither the survivability nor the damage is stronger.

As i said in my prev post,both have advantages and disadvantages over each other,but berserker seem to outscale the slayer in anything but AOE.


PS im not telling you what to play,both are strong,just making sure that going vaal pact won't affect damage at all.

I also see many people saying "slayer has leech that doesn't stop,and thus tanki",absolutely true,but unlike berserker,slayer can be bursted,which is main reason for deaths,this can't happen with vaal pact high life berserker.

All in all,berserker playstile requires you to go in and either win or die,the entire feeling is like this,but in the same time its really tough to actually die. While slayer is more like the slower version where if you play carefully,you take full advantage of your leech etc.

PS,Both my berserker and this Slayer cleared everything,farming shaper(though there wasn't shaper back in prophecy,prenerf core was a joke with the berserker,you don't even need to move just hold right click). You will not go wrong with EITHER of the ascendancy. But fact is,when it comes to power and survivability,i believe berserker outscales slayer.


Edit,bare in mind thou,vaal pact is ATROCIOUS whet it comes to labyrinth and trials traps.

i went berserker for hardcore just for the mana and life leech which technically saves me about 7 passives

id say conceptually the slayer is the better all round choice .. berserker is a man of extremes and if you go too far you can eat a death ... or become impossible to kill... very strange indeed

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Edit,bare in mind thou,vaal pact is ATROCIOUS whet it comes to labyrinth and trials traps.

Also if you got desync problems, with Slayer you will still have leech on for a time, but with Berserker you're usually dead meat if you stop attacking for whatever reason.

Thanks again!

I'd say I go with Slayer now. Anyway, I think I'll try a berserker later when I'll reach a decently high level (80-85+) with my slayer. :)

Btw, I'm thinking on going for mace instead of axe and using ground slam instead of lacerate/sunder/whatever. Once I've played a ground slam marauder and I liked it. :) But this decision is out of topic.