My quick thoughts on melee in 3.25. It's gonna be great, melee is not bait. pobb.in/ffbIwa... #pcgaming #gaming #gamer #pathofexile best slayer build, earthshatter build, berserker build
Thinking about trying Slayer also but with perforate (or perforate of bloodshed, not sure yet) I'll probably grab your tree and try to play with warcries, thanks !
This tree is a very rough draft, so much has changed and moved around with the tree…I’m not sure exactly what’s optimal right now tbh. Those sound awesome !
Nice video mang. I was wanting to go slayer slam or shield crush and I think you just convinced me to go slam. Are you earthshattering all the way or switching to something else later?
What do you think about chieftan for tectonic slam. From my understanding you get a 8-link from the body armour if you pick Tukohama and "warcries have infinite power" from sione, wich I dont understand what that really applies. For the warcries put them in the weapon for a 6-link to really boost that dmg from overexertion. I really enjoy tectonic slam and want to try it out this leage. Sadly after playing this game 500+ hours im still totaly lost trying to make my own build. Would appreciate your thoughts on that.
I think cheiftan tectonic slam can be good. I will say that the playstyle of tectonic slam is very inconsistent when it comes to dmg. You want to consume endurance charges but still generate them quickly which is very hard to do. If I were to go cheiftan I’d go volcanic fissure or volcanic fissure of snaking. Cheiftan explodes, fist of war, infinite power are all nice. It’s also a bit weird building phys convert, I think pure phys builds are better. I also think late game cheiftan wants to use Ngamahu, Flame Advance with a bunch of jewels to scale that way as well.
Sweep Impale Crit, wanted it to be good enough for about 12 leagues, finally think it will be. Maybe even bleed slayer stacking endurance/frenzy charges ralakesh flip frenzy charges to affliction.
Ralakesh will be very good this league. Sweep impale could def be good, just be aware POB is not showing correct impale dmg now so dps will look lower than what impale actually is.
From the patch notes on war banner : "While you have no placed banner, you can gain Valour. " I understand it as we can only gain valor when there is no banner active. So we cant a 100% uptime, but with the warcry mastery it should be pretty close.
We can’t have 100% uptime, yes you’re right. Also I made a mistake, you only get valor when killing an enemy, not on melee hit…so I think I’ll actually invest in Valour generation on warcry as well.
Tbh, I can’t come up with a Cheiftan POB that outclasses slayer or berserker…I haven’t looked into as deeply as the other ascendancies though. I’m sure it’ll be good though too, not sure if it’s as good as the other ascendancies though .
Constantly pianoing your wrists for 3-4 warcries every second on top of flasks was hell, if you played og harvest/heist and dont have PTSD you're a robot
Well since harvest (when they were introduced lol) I’ve been pianoing…I’m 33 years old and I don’t really have any issues but honestly, I work full time and I don’t get to game a lot anymore. I’m actually pretty casual when playing and don’t power game or rush, guess that helps. I’ve added a semi auto exert setup.
Im scared of playing melee because they required insane investment for endgame. Now with the nerf to "phys damage taken as", Im even more wary. I struggled with defensive layering and damage output, where the more damage I allocated, lowered my defense and thus couldnt hold against bosses for long. And if I upped my defenses, I was not doing enough damage to last mechanics like Searing Exarch balls. It was a frustrating experience compared to magic builds which were easier to play with.
Slayer and Jugg have incredible defensive potential this patch. Especially with endurance charge changes. Melee still won’t be as good as an arch mage build imo but the only thing I’ve ever had problems with is Uber bosses. Mostly because I’m not that good at the game.
They’re absolutely not bait. I’ve played a variation of slam / warcries for almost four years now. Every time in SSF and every time, the build BREEZES through the campaign and maps. Is it as strong as meta stuff? Absolutely not but it’s still very good I would say. I think tectonic slam can be very good.