[2.4] Heavy Strike Slayer - The Pummeler [Under Construction]

1. A Build for the Pummeling lovers who like to mercilessly slay the enemies with a big strike right on the skull.

2. Someone who seeks a build that is not expensive however has some uniques that help it reach it's peak.

3. People who enjoy melee fighting.

4. People who like to try non-meta builds


Cons:
1. Has some unique items that are required to make it shine.
2. Some Melee Weapon Range is really important.
3. Being based on Evasion/Armour makes the carachter a bit squishy so you must have some melee experience to perform well without dying.

For defenses, this build utilizes Life/Armour/Evasion.
For offense we will use Heavy Strike with melee splash to get AoE and Multistrike.
Mechanically all you have to do is leap to a pack or run there, and Heavy Strike once, and the pack should be dead except for some Rare Mobs, and Unique Mobs. For those it is still quite safe to facetank a bit if necessary since the Knockback constantly interrupts them.

Offensive Setup

4L -> Heavy Strike - Melee Splash Support - Fortify Support - Multistrike Support

5L -> Heavy Strike - Melee Splash Support - Fortify Support - Multistrike Support - Melee Physical Damage Support

6L -> Heavy Strike - Melee Splash Support - Fortify Support - Multistrike Support - Melee Physical Damage Support - Added Fire Damage Support

Defensive Setup:

4L - Cast When Damage Taken,Immortal Call,Increased Duration, Molten Shell

Auras and Buffs:

3S - Hatred - Herald Of Ash - Fire Golem

Mobility:

3L - Leap Slam - Faster Attacks Support - Knockback Support (If you prefer to add Fortify to Leap Slam, you can then add another gem of your liking to the main skill links)


Curses:
Warlords Mark or Vulnerability(If you don't like to cast curses manually, use it on CWDT instead of Molten Shell or use it with Blasphemy)

Ascendancy Class: Slayer

In Order:
Ascendancy Points: Endless Hunger, Brutal Fervor, Bane of Legends and Headsman

Leveling skill-tree, 25 points:


Leveling skill-tree, 58 points:


Leveling skill-tree, 81 points:


Leveling skill-tree, 121 points:

- Normal : Help Oak for 40 life.
- Cruel : Help Oak for 16% Increased Physical Damage .
- Merciless: Kill them all for 1 extra skill point.

- Melee Weapon Range
- Inc. Physical Damage (Regular or with Axes)
- Inc. Damage
- Inc. Maximum Life
- Evasion
- Armour
- Chaos Resistance