Marauder - Where are the 1h + shield builds? - Forum

" Megerko wrote: little investment in def - no survival near enemies a lot of investment in def - no damage to the enemy. 90% melee classes - in fact inflict damage from a distance, using mara as a starting character. me - marauder 69 level in the protective build and my ice hammer does 1300 damage. haha. Thank you. I can not kill the enemy with the regeneration of life! at the same time, I can not survive in a crowd of enemies - archers and dogs at the docks have torn to pieces in seconds. 66% def 55% block 12% spell block 3500 life 80 all res 20 chaos res All seemed fine, but I can not hold the General! He breaks all this protection for 2 stroke. so what's the point of the game in defense? I invested in defense of all that was lost all the damage, all attacking ability, all that was! AND I STILL CAN NOT SURVIVE! To hell with tanks! I will play as all over LA or FT.... Dogs at docks are a pain in the ass regardless. xD	Posted by Walhart#1365 on Mar 3, 2013, 2:28:53 AM Quote this Post
The dogs at the docks should be a real threat to you so long as you have decent life leech. I have a 1h/shield build and it's fairly strong. I can solo maps with about 30ish quality just find, but if I alch maps many of them will end up being dangerous for me. Ign: UnbreakableChains Please pm me if I win anything.	Posted by Kikklik#0275 on Mar 3, 2013, 4:40:08 AM Quote this Post
" Megerko wrote: little investment in def - no survival near enemies a lot of investment in def - no damage to the enemy. 90% melee classes - in fact inflict damage from a distance, using mara as a starting character. me - marauder 69 level in the protective build and my ice hammer does 1300 damage. haha. Thank you. I can not kill the enemy with the regeneration of life! at the same time, I can not survive in a crowd of enemies - archers and dogs at the docks have torn to pieces in seconds. 66% def 55% block 12% spell block 3500 life 80 all res 20 chaos res All seemed fine, but I can not hold the General! He breaks all this protection for 2 stroke. so what's the point of the game in defense? I invested in defense of all that was lost all the damage, all attacking ability, all that was! AND I STILL CAN NOT SURVIVE! To hell with tanks! I will play as all over LA or FT.... Yea, 1300k dps on 69 lvl with 1vs1 skill - you've screwed something up. I would bet it's your fault, not build's one. Why? I used to have over 1k dps with Leap Slam (AoE attack, not 1vs1) at 31 lvl. That's true I was using 2-hander, but I was 35 level weaker. http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/73928 <-- [Newbie Friendly] Marauder Melee Build IGN: NinjaArabStrategist Last edited by NinjaArabStrategist#0191 on Mar 3, 2013, 6:40:49 AM	Posted by NinjaArabStrategist#0191 on Mar 3, 2013, 6:40:13 AM Quote this Post
lol, mate, i can play on 35lvl naked! mobs cant damage there. show me u dps and survive on 60+ in full def build... ps ofc if u have "over9000" exalted orbs any buld is easy. but thats are point - u cant farm in full def Interfice Errorem Diligere Errantem	Posted by Megerko#0851 on Mar 3, 2013, 6:44:36 AM Quote this Post
You can farm in full defense easy. Just don't use blood magic or blood gems. Ign: UnbreakableChains Please pm me if I win anything.	Posted by Kikklik#0275 on Mar 3, 2013, 5:11:07 PM Quote this Post
" Megerko wrote: lol, mate, i can play on 35lvl naked! mobs cant damage there. show me u dps and survive on 60+ in full def build... ps ofc if u have "over9000" exalted orbs any buld is easy. but thats are point - u cant farm in full def Don't give up! I run a level 79 tanky marauder, and I'm doing fine. It's probably because your weapon sucks. My lightning strike does 3,600 dps, and my heavy strike 4,200 (I don't use it anymore), which would only increase if I had a 5 socket. For tanks to survive, you need grace + iron reflexes + determination + inner force + endurance charges. Endurance charges are probably the most important, since the damage reduction from armor you see in the tool tip is probably not correct, whereas each endurance charge DOES reduce damage by 5 percent for sure. The inner force combo with your auras also improves your survivability and damage by auras, and when you pop a granite flask with a high defense roll you will literally take no physical damage. It is very easy to stand in a group of mobs and tank it then.	Posted by acronymz#5150 on Mar 4, 2013, 4:35:36 AM Quote this Post
I was lvl78 1h Mace and Shield before I changed specs to EK. I had (and still have) 6000 hp. Tanking groups and aoe is no problem (takes a while, but you can't die), but the single target DPS is quite abysmal... ~3.6k heavy strike and ~1.6k ground slam. Didn't really like EK, since I really don't like Bear Trap as a single target skill, it just doesn't look cool. I'm now going to switch to Fireball and see how it goes. Guild #YoloSwag <SWAG> HSC: SwaglordYolomancerII Time zone: GMT +8 (Hong Kong)	Posted by Xymordos#2119 on Mar 4, 2013, 12:51:47 PM Quote this Post
Hi Whenever I have done a 1h spec. character I tend to add shield charge and use axes so I can cleave. Shield charge is great for getting in and out of combat fast. Real problem I have with 1h though is its lack of choices for crowd control ex: I pick maces and all I got is Lit strike/ ground slam for crowd control? 1h maces should be allowed to sweep just like axes and swords can cleave. cheers Conan: Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women. Never dance with the Devil because a dance with the Devil could last you forever... -I thought what I'd do was,I'd Pretend I was one of those deaf mutes- Nullus Anxietas:)	Posted by Finkenstein#5181 on Mar 4, 2013, 1:30:07 PM Quote this Post
" so what's the point of the game in defense? I invested in defense of all that was lost all the damage, all attacking ability, all that was! AND I STILL CAN NOT SURVIVE! Try to farm/buy some better equipment. Check you build. Check your resistances. See what points you could spare to get better ones. I'm 78 mara now and till I got there, I was tweaking my build over and over again. I've spent like 30 regards on it (not to mention quest RP) and only today got it tight - with all lines picked up properly and no wasted points left. Cause you see, when you play 1-h + shield you gotta do some maneuvers, like 'I need these passives, but to survive, I should pick these ones first'. So you constantly adapt to environments and check your stuff. And if you got one build at 60+, when you hit 75+ this is gonna be a massive (not from the start ofc) respec. So don't think that playing Marauder = playing Tank and you should 'invest in defense', and its gonna be alright. Be more flexible. Put on your red shoes and dance the blues.	Posted by Bozon#1163 on Mar 6, 2013, 1:23:19 PM Quote this Post
I do have to agree most muaraders seem to work out best with out a shield im on my 3rd build trying to fight upstream making the shield work and what you know i think i found one althought its a long road my 1 handed usally a stun weapon with a uber armour shield ritous fire build is intense but diffacult im constantly running into problems but with 3k health at level 55 damadge is not my downfall doing 3k constant dam AOE, plus any attacks is insane, beat that Flicker at 55! althought in a group getting all the aggro to make my ritous fire, molten shell cleave effective, plus lack of skill slots as support gemss are pretty much doubled per skill, it does seam obouis that a 1h tank wasnt meant to be a viable cookie cutter build ,almost all routes lead to stale dps or no health ITS NOT FAIR. i wont stop till i have a vaible level 80+ 1h tank	Posted by MadStick#2731 on Mar 7, 2013, 9:48:20 PM Quote this Post