Skills for axe wielding marauder.
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Hey guys, im not exactly experienced with anything thats not a caster...
Im planning to make a 2Handed Axe Marauder, but im not exactly sure what skills to be using. Not Spectral throw, thats for sure. Does anyone have any suggestions? I did kind of like Cyclone, but I'd rather not desync myself to death. |
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Leap and sweep is one of my old time favourite combos.
Kia ora! Kei te pēhea koe?
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" and here I was recommending Flicker xD with a 2H axe there isn't that much you can do... probably leap-slam, but that's still desyncy and about a third as fast as flicker. You could try a double-strike 2H build... better than cleave but not much else I guess. Maybe Infernal Blow Avatar of fire ignite. Would be experimental but I think it would work rather well. You'll be fighting for gear with all those new popular searing bond/detonate dead builds though. |
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" If only sweep would work with an axe ;) |
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" Correct me if I am wrong but sweep does work with two handed axes. Kia ora! Kei te pēhea koe?
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" just looked it up - you are right I confused it with swords... anyway sweep in general and leap in particular is useful and good while leveling, but rather bad and borderline useless endgame. You simply don't survive standing in the middle of a bunch of mobs at some map-level, no matter what the gear is. |
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Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll try all of these skills. Im probably gunna level with Sweep and Leap Slam and switch later on.
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a general note on such a build: I recommend going right to Wrecking Ball, grabbing Iron Reflexes + life along the way. Having a decent amount of dex just makes it so much easier to find gear. And you also want the templar area Node for anything you do - it's either area dmg or you'll link it with melee splash.
I just leave my build here cause it brought me solo to 78 maps and happens to be 2H axe.
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It's a flicker build, you might want to skip those frenzy charges if you are not going for flicker. It's duelist but it goes into the marauder anyway, so not much difference there. It goes by Bloodmagic and thats always nice while leveling.
And it's extremly optimised for my level, gear, needs and resists. But you might get some insights in the general routes such builds go, though you might want to connect by the lifeleech through the endurance charge to Resolute Technique and don't go by Bloodmagic, but for me this safes a point as I don't need any more leech with Bloodrage up. http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgQAAecCcQSzBS0OPBRNFHEaOBo-GlUa2yDwIWAj9iSbJd8m-CcvKS4ppSyFMHcyiTboOlJAoEF0ROdHfkp9TipUSVb6V-JZ81n-WhpaSFuvXz9gS2EhZKNlTWWnZ6BqO2qTbmlyqXTtdPF2K3fleu982Xz1gIqDOITZhO-HdooikAqQVZWbmSubLZ65n8uiAKSsp4SoGKloq8WsqrZBvJ-9gb3mvqfAD8AawKbA88EE0k3V7d0N4mHjn-oY7DjuDu8O73zv8PAf8i_3MvdN-Ov5Y_zF |
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" Of course, the great thing about Leap Slam is that you can deal damage and stay out of the middle of a pack at the same time. |
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