STR/Red Only Marauder Solo Self-Found Maps/End Game
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This build was started from page 1 of this thread on January 24, 2013
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http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/73072
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If you start reading the original thread besides the critical setup on page 1 read on from page 365 dated March 6, 2014, when version 1.1.0 was released. As such I should mention that I'm playing in the Ambush League, but that is still Solo for me. I don't know how these leagues or groups or tradings work and I'm not asking how. There is other good advice, gear and passive info following page 365 but I will stay true to not straying from the melee STR goal of my thread here. As far as the game is going so far it is the easiest build I've tried to date and I know I don't want to do it all over again with yet another build--this is it through Act 10 as far as I'm concerned right now. Here are my current lvl 41 passives. If you think STR gear and red gems is impossible to End Game with please discuss and convince me why? If you think Solo is impossible to End Game with please discuss and convince me why too? I have email from GGG stating that Solo is ongoing and supported.
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~<Ratsneve>~~<Looking for Simple Solo Solutions>~ Last edited by Ratsneve#4656 on Mar 24, 2014, 4:23:46 PM
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Here are some recent passive trees:
renyzen's
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cas5nq's
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jerten212's
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Flonivin's
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j0zef's
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carousel's passives as you level
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Level 1 - 6
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBPfxYY18_jM_G2PZI Level 6 - 18 http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBHOcg8CcvPfxE51hjXz9qHmo7jM-krKgYvJ_G2OOf7w7yL_ZI Level 18 - 20 http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBHOcg8CcvPfxE51hjXz9qHmo7jM-krKgYvJ_G2NIh45_vDvIv9kj3vg== Level 20 - 26 Resolute Technique http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBHOcg8CcvPfxE51cNWGNfP2oeajtyqXzZjM-RzqSsqBi77byfxtjSIeOf7w7yL_ZI9zL3vg== Level 26 - 31 http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBFCAYkRznIPAnLz38ROdQR1cNWGNfP2oeajtyqXzZjM-Rzp7NpKynMKgYu-28n8bY0iHjn-8O8i_2SPcy974= Level 31 - 33 Blood Magic http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBFCAUcRiRHOcg8CcvPfxE51BHVw1YY18_ah5qO3KpfNmMz5HOns2krKcwqBi77byfxtjSId-_45_vDvIv9kj3Mve- Level 33 - 35 Unwavering Stance http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBDjwUIBRxGJEc5yDwJy89_ETnUEdXDVhjXz9qHmo7cql82YzPkc6ezZ_LpKynMKgYu-28n8bY0iHfv-Of7w7yL_ZI9zL3vg== Level 35 - 42 http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBDjwS4RQgFHEYkRpVHOcg8CcvNug6Uj38ROdQR1cNWGNfP2EhZKNqHmo7cql82YzPkc6ezZ_LouqkrKcwqBi77byfxtjSId-_45_vDvIv9kj3Mve- Level 42 - 49 http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBBS0OPBLhFCAUcRiRGlUc5yDwJy826DpSPfxAoETnUEdXDVhjXz9gS2EhZKNqHmo7cql07XrvfNmE74zPkc6euZ7Nn8ui6qSspzCoGLvtvJ_G2NIh37_jn-8O8i_2SPcy974= Level 49 - 61 http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBBS0OPBLhFCAUcRiRGjgaVRznIPAnLy3SNug6UjrYPfxAoETnTdhQR1cNWGNZ818_YEthIWSjah5qO3KpdO1673zZhO-MdozPkFWRzp65ns2fPp_LouqkrKcwp4SoGKyqu-28n8AaxtjSId-_45_sOO8O8i_2SPcy974= Level 61 - 67 http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBBS0OPBLhFCAUcRiRGjgaVRznIPAnLy3SMgk26DpSOtg9_ECgROdN2FBHVw1YY1ivWfNfP2BLYSFko2oeajtsRnJscql07XgNeu982YTvjHaMz5BVkc6euZ7Nnz6fy6LqpKynMKeEqBipbqyqu-28n8AaxtjSId-_45_sOO8O8i_2SPcy974= Level 67 - 77 http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBBS0OPBLhFCAUcRiRGjgaVRznIPAnLy3SMZ4yCTWSNug6UjrYOuE9_ECgROdN2E3jUEdXDVhjWK9Z818_YEthIWSjah5qO2xGcmxyqXTteA1673zZhO-I8Yx2jM-QVZHOnrmezZ8-n8ui6qSsplenMKeEqBipbqyqtfK77byfwBrG2NIh37_jn-w47w7yL_JF9kj3Mve-_gr-jw== By the time you're 70, you should be doing over your maximum resistances (from your gear), so try and free some nodes up and put those points in damage. First you want to take Baptism by Light and three damage nodes next to it. http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBBS0OPBLhFCAUcRiRGekaOBpVHOcg8CcvLdIxnjIJNZI26DpSOtg64T38QKBE503YTeNQR1cNWGNYr1nzXz9gS2EhZKNnWGoeajtsRnJscql07XgNeu982YTviPGMdozPkFWRzp65ns2fPp_LouqkrKZXpzCnhKgYqW6sqrXyu-28n8AaxtjSId7B37_jn-St7DjvDvIv8kX2SPcy977-Cv6P Then, you could go up, gain some armor and hp nodes if you still feel a bit squishy, like this. http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBBLMFLQ48EuEUIBRNFHEYkRnpGjgaVRznIPAnLy3SMZ4yCTWSNug6UjrYOuE9_ECgROdN2E3jUEdXDVhjWK9Z818_YEthIWSjZ1hqHmo7bEZybHKpdO14DXrvfNmBb4TviPGMdozPkFWRzp48nrmezZ8-n8uiAKLqpKymV6cwp4SoGKloqW6sqrXyu-28n8AaxtjSId7B37_jn-St7DjvDvIv8kX2SPcy977-Cv6P Or go straight for damage and finish up your upper tree later. Like this. http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBBS0OPBLhFCAUcRT2GJEZ6Ro4GlUc5yDwJy8t0jGeMgk1kjboOlI62DrhPfxAoETnTdhN41BHVw1YY1ivWfNfP2BLYSFko2dYah5qO2vZbEZybHKpdO14DXrvfNmE74Y7iPGMdozPkFWRzp65ns2fPp_LouqkrKZXpzCnhKgYqW6sqrXyu-28n8AawQTG2NIh3sHfv-Of5K3sOO8O8i_yRfZI9zL3vv4K_o8= Hope this helps. I'm not including the earliest trees after March 6. It will be interesting how this works out for me... I finished Normal earlier today and I'm already working on Act 1 Cruel. Dominus in Normal was so much better. I didn't use my first portal until part way through the actual battle with Dominus which was a first for me. His second form was still pretty messy but I think the portal count was only around 5 total this time. I wish I had read up in the Wiki on the strategy before the battle but still not smart enough to do that! :) Maybe through Cruel I will review each boss strategy first. ~<Ratsneve>~~<Looking for Simple Solo Solutions>~ Last edited by Ratsneve#4656 on Mar 23, 2014, 6:38:36 AM
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GGG... Boring holding on to great white to rare possible gear only to rarer then finding useless rare gear you once in a while get an orb of alchemy. I've bought them on rare occasion from a vendor and ended up with nothing for the effort too. Sometimes it works and you end up actually building a better gear piece then what you had but it is to f-ing RARE.
Brutus was a bitch again in Cruel this time. GS and HS didn't seem to phase him like they did in Normal. Would anyone like to give me a textual lesson on how to use Warlord's Mark and Immortal Call effectively please? I don't understand Endurance Charges--what they do? I don't understand the benefit. Thanks. ~<Ratsneve>~~<Looking for Simple Solo Solutions>~ Last edited by Ratsneve#4656 on Mar 24, 2014, 2:39:30 PM
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" http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Endurance_charge basically, for each endurance charge you have +4% physical resistance (armor) and 4% elemental resist. At the moment you can have 9 endurance charges at the same time (3 passive, 3 from talent tree, 1 from oak reward in merc and 1 from http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Kaom%27s_Sign) There are 3 ways to generate endurance charges; warlords mark, enduring cry and endurance charge on melee stun. In my experience warlords mark works well on groups, apply the curse and aoe hit the grp to get life leech, mana leech and a chance to get endurance charges, but since the leech have been nerfed its not that great anymore... I think its best for me to run enduring cry lvl 10+ on manual for charges generation and another curse (enfeeble being my favorite since im melee). If you run GS with talents for stuns, you maybe want to try Endurance charge on melee stun. Immortal calls consumes all the endurance charges you have, granting you pyhisical damage inmunity based on how many charges you have at the time that immortal call was casted... Its like a "oh shit button" Vaal immortal call its kinda the same, except that makes you inmune to ALL kind of damage for a short duration, the drawback its that you need to charge the skill killing things in the zone... |
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Thanks concerning the Endurance Charge. It's going to take some work getting into it I'm afraid right now--oh well, what did you expect trying to make a simple basic melee RPG out of an ARPG filled with complexity and strategy?
New... The original thread owner, NinjaArabStrategist, suggested exchanging Life Gain On Hit with Life Leech when your dps reaches 1K. I passed up a reward opportunity to pick up LL because my Offense DPS is only 218.4, Heavy Strike dps is only 499.7, Glacial Hammer dps is only 320.6, and Grand Slam dps is only 262.2--all a far cry from 1K. At level 46 what am I missing not coming close to 1K dps yet?? What do I need? What is 'going wrong'--if anything? Is it wrapped up in my gear or in my passives or both? Is one key to significantly more DPS getting Faster Attack passive nodes/keystones(?) and using the green gem Faster Attack? Now I'll go Google it... Apparently DPS can be had by the physical damage a weapon does and my maul is still mediocre at that. I haven't seen much better drops or vendor buys yet at level 46 so that is something to still look forward too. I just thought that by this level I would be doing more DPS then I am. Thanks. ~<Ratsneve>~~<Looking for Simple Solo Solutions>~ Last edited by Ratsneve#4656 on Mar 25, 2014, 9:20:59 PM
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Bump... Of course the big experiment is still running a character melee only with only STR gear, red gems, and STR only passive support. Both INT and DEX remain low at 34...so I scan through a lot of drops that I just ignore. If it is STR only I'll consider it regardless of color. So far the last really bad fight was Brutus--Cruel. I just started Act 2 Cruel. There was a rare boss in a corrupted area that really gave me trouble though too but a rogue rare elite was just a good challenge in The Southern Forest--it's always fun when you manage to survive but not so much fun when you go through several town portals.
So PoE has both BM and TP--. ROTFL... ~<Ratsneve>~~<Looking for Simple Solo Solutions>~ Last edited by Ratsneve#4656 on Mar 25, 2014, 9:31:36 PM
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An Ambush Lock Box or whatever they are called full of a variety of orbs and NOT ONE Orb of Alchemy. How pathetic! Oh, I should put this under Feedback--sorry.
~<Ratsneve>~~<Looking for Simple Solo Solutions>~ Last edited by Ratsneve#4656 on Mar 25, 2014, 10:27:45 PM
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Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring...
Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... Boring... I can't take it anymore repeating areas, dying, etc. All to maybe get a piece of better gear once in a while. Bosses and exiles play a different game. The whole thing finally sucks. ~<Ratsneve>~~<Looking for Simple Solo Solutions>~
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Yeah... are you really surprised by this if you limit yourself that heavily? Solo self-found can work, plenty of people have done it but doing stuff like STR only gems/equip is just asking for it. Just try and experience the game, maybe even buy an item upgrade for a chaos here and there (just use poe.xyz), you gonna get way more out of it.
IGN: Yeph
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" In PoE, you do not expect anything. This game's loot system is unrewarding like hell. You will never find "enough" orbs or "good drops". You can easily play like 100+ hours from Lvl 70 to 80 without finding one piece of gear upgrade. You work with what you find, sometimes you are lucky and get a "1 in a million drop", but most of the time you are not. To overcome this, you trade with other players (which is fun to some people, some hate it). For trading, you have to grind endlessly, sell thousands of rares for the chaos recipe or orbs of alteration, and slowly build up some kind of "wealth". By limiting yourself to red gear/gems and playing selffound, you pretty much are destined to fail. There's no way you will find what you need. 3.5 build: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2299519 Last edited by Peterlerock#5171 on Mar 31, 2014, 6:01:27 AM
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