Marauder Tank Build Guide (with video)

The video guide:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02vanY6Rdgw

The build:


note: this is what it would look like if you were level 100, since nobody is going to be level 100 for a while i'll also link the my exact current build right now.

current build:


item links:
(AOE) 5 link: Ground slam, faster attacks, blood magic, life on hit, increased physical
(Single) 4 link: Heavy strike, increased physical, blood magic, life steal
(Auras) 4 link: Purity, Anger, Determination, Reduced mana
(Auras) 2 link: tempest shield, reduced mana
(Leap) 4 link: Leap slam, faster attacks, blood magic, added fire damage
3 link: enduring cry, blood magic, faster casting

Act 2 bandits:
Normal: Help Oak (i regret killing him on normal)
Cruel: kill oak
Merciless: help Oak

pros:
super tanky
great party build
amazing hp regeneration
shares endurance charges
4 auras
lots of armour and all resist

cons:
low damage
pretty gear dependent
melee classes are disadvantaged in this game

Feel free to give me any feedback or suggestions on the build =D
hope it helps someone

LE BUMP!

if you run away from mobs - you are not a tank.
i reroll from the same build cause i cant stand still as tank
and i have no dps at all. Tank is dead, bro.

You don't have a lot of armor since you more or less avoided armor nodes unless they provided other benefits. You also shouldn't use blood magic gems. If you're having mana problems, use mana steal. You should also use life steal on gear instead of using gem slots. This would both raise your dps and your life steal per second.

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Kikklik wrote:

You don't have a lot of armor since you more or less avoided armor nodes unless they provided other benefits. You also shouldn't use blood magic gems. If you're having mana problems, use mana steal. You should also use life steal on gear instead of using gem slots. This would both raise your dps and your life steal per second.

i don't have mana problems, and if i stopped using the blood magic gems i'd lose some of my auras =(

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more info please

IMO you're taking too much spare nods such as dex nodes or various life nodes on South East, it should be better to take the nodes in the centre because of more strength and few %%% more hitpoints, overall I find this build pretty good and am building almost the same mara but with some differences, trying to find the balance between deadliness and survivability as well :D

what is your dps ?

Kill oak? wtf does that mean.....for a guide that just seems stupid to write down or am i missing something? what do you mean with kill oak? kill all?? kill oak and side with Kraityn?? or kill oak and side with Alira? >_<