*==== 3.16 UPDATES ====* *POB has bee updated with the new passive tree & masteries!* Some notes: - Elemental Damage w/ Attacks replaced with Cold Penetration - POB still needs to update a few mechanics and masteries, so some numbers will likely go up *Twitch stream* : www.twitch.tv/navandis *Discord* : discord.gg/9M6N6Wf *Build's latest Path of Building (POB) link* : pastebin.com/YVRK0z9J (Make sure you update POB to latest version - Community Fork 2.10.0) *POB installer:* github.com/PathOfBuildingCommunity/PathOfBuilding/releases You can now also support me on *Nexus:* www.nexus.gg/navandis I earn a small commission on any purchase, which I'll promptly spend on coffee and birdseed 😁 Drop by if you want to meet me, tell me how bad my guides are or ask any questions about my builds 😎
Made some modifications to the build been working out great. First I dropped herald of purity for determination, with just the vitality reservation (life mastery) you can run all the other auras as long as you have replica hyrris, also a granite flask with +50% armor during flask effect, feeling super tanky. I also added in a replica conquerors efficiency, it almost seems made for the build and makes the cwdt pop much smoother. I made a 4 link vaal ancestral chieftain (multiple totem, added melee, culling strike) to help with boss damage and also completely decimates scourge. Getting hybrid evasion pieces for spell suppression seems great to. Also I got myself a pair of null and void gloves and they're just hilarious
Just wanted to say that I appreciate your videos and builds as a new PoE player. They are the most detailed, easy to use, and scalable build guides I have ever seen. I look forward to trying this one out now!
Just wanted to say thank you for the incredible work you do. Your guides have been so helpful in getting started and moving into some more complicated sections of the game. You have such a talent for making these guides accessible to newcomers while diving deep enough to drive these builds into late game content, even for newbies like me. I have thoroughly enjoyed working through 5 of your builds so far and have been sharing your channel with my friends who are just starting to get back into PoE. Keep up the great work!
I adapted the progress I had done on Expedition with the current passive tree, and by the point where I got to Sovereignty, I was only reserving abut 55~60% of my mana, by getting reservation efficiency nodes for Vitality and Stances along the way! Also, a few items that were listed as the entry-level options were the most expensive items, while some of the best-in-slot were the more expensive ones. Hoping to see an updated video soon! Cheers!
Hey man just wanted to say that I appreciate your guides. As a new player your guides have been very helpful since they are so detailed. I especially like that you show skill gem levels and quality, since that's what I'm often most confused about.
From skelemancer onwards (and my previous first experience with the Phantasms build) my no.1 rule for PoE is: I SEE NAVANDIS, I BUILD... These builds WORK and their mechanics are so well/thoroughly explained... Once again: Thank you Navandis!
Love path of exile, and I owe that love to your channel. Every single build I’ve ever done has been from one of your guides. Gunna follow this one with my new character tonight, thank you so much!
I started POE yesterday , your guides are by far the best , most detailed and noob friendly brother This is excellent work ! Much respect from me Subed keep the great work up !
It is a great build, that can melt everything. I have 10 ex invested at the moment and i'm breezing to t16 maps. Hard build to pull of for beginners. A friend of my tried it for his first build and failed hard. Some tips: 1, Get "diamond skin" annoint early game for some cheap defs on your amulet 2, If you need rage stack before a boss, get a weapon switch with chain hook, hydrosphere and faster attack/frenzy. You can build rage stacks on the hydrosphere. 3, Physical life leech doens't work with ice crash, get cold damage leech on your amulet. (will greatly improve survivebility). 4, The early act are slow without a good staff, it is worth it to buy a random staff with high dps for 1 chaos for the campaign. 5, If you have 6 socket (not 6 links) on your weapon you can switch out stone golem for holy relic and ice/lighting golem. (you lose 30 life/sec, but gain alot of dps). 6, Switching the mana flask for a dps/def flask, will help alot in this build. (do this after you get - mana cost on ring or chest). 7, You gain alot of defens from hitting enemys (debuffs, blinds etc), so alwas try to hit before they hit you. 8, You shouldn't facetank hits, this build isn't tanky and a good positioning is key to survive higher maps and bosses. Cost to steamroll though the content in current league; Campaign: 2 chaos 1, For a 5 link chestpiece 2, Good dps staff T1-5 maps: 10 chaos 1, Capping all ress 2, Mana cost reduction on rings 3, Important flasks (not the uniques) T6-11 maps: 100 chaos 1, Hegemony's Era 2, Cold leeach on amulet 3, lions roar flask 4, Jewels for higher dps and def T11-T14 maps: 200-300 chaos 1, 6 link chest 2, Taste of hate 3, The cheaper BIS uniques (headpiece and gloves) 4, High quality gems (20%+), Ice crash with 23% is dirt cheap at the moment 5, Stygian visage, with a abysal jewel with blind on hit and Attack speed when you crit T14+ and most content: 7-12 ex 1, 6 link chest with -15 mana cost to socketed gems and some good defs stats 2, Replica hyrri's truth, with fangs of frost 3, Improving all gear to better dps while still capping ress and having a positive chaos ress 4, Upgrading pantheon
This would be my reply if english was first labguage :-) Agree on everything I am 95 lvl and needed 10 ex to kill everything I have all BIS except the staff i use hdgemonys cause i not know crafting and the rare high dps ones go for 10-15 ex Even with hedgemonys and rest of BIS i m melting everything! Cant imagine when i get my hand on a 900 pds staff But yes i think is bit hard build if you not have skills as player Im new at poe but i play rpgs and pvp mmos many years Most important imo for this build is POSITIONING Also practise leap slam , with blitz is so fast like trleport lol when you get familiar you can literally doge everything Leap slam is life !
TY for the guides !! Ive been having the best league of my POE life and i owe it to your guides !!! ty so much. Also im lvl 35 and cruzing with this guy lots of fun
This is so well made bro!!!1 Congratulations and keep it up! You are a pro at this, from the build itself to the video composition and speech, brilliant how the British say.
The tree looks great, it seems confusing at first glance, but then once you realize that it goes in order of 1 to 2 and so on, it's really good to keep it up for leveling during the campaign.
You still make some of the best guide builds, I tend to just watch them but you were the first one I ever saw back during metamorph with your slayer cyclone. It's how I got into POE, so thank you man!
I started playing during ritual league and I found myself just watching your build guides to get an understanding of what skills are usually important for different types of builds and what kind of gear is regarded as good. I couldn't afford to play more than 1 build yet but I'm looking forward to maybe trying out a couple more of your builds in the next league :)
if you haven't found the webiste yet poe ninja is a good help to. you can set it to any league type and at the time of that league ( IE 2 weeks in) and see what everyone has been doing. might even help find your dream build there too
man, congratulations for you guide. I think is the best and more completed guide i've ever seen in my life...really thank you for your effort. Cheers from Brazil!
This game has saved my life yo, I truly felt like life wasnt worth it anymore. But the things the npc's would say would carry me through the day. Beating kitava was empowering for some reason. and the quote "Faith will find you" resonated with my soul, deeply, and I feel like it is. everyday gets better. More path ways seem to open in life the more I play. and its simply because this game lets me see the light in the darkest of days. I love this game. and i truly dont think ill ever stop playing it lol
Thanks for the good vids! Ive been playing a Frost Blades berserker and I wanted to share a few things... As for the ascendancy, I tried out the life/mana leech nodes and they are excellent for self-healing and allow me to do some Phys Reflect and Cannot regen Life/Mana maps (they still suck to do though). I am using Abyssus and took the 40% MORE damage dealt and 10% increased damage taken node, so the high powered leech is great when I use Blood Rage and am taking 60% increased damage. Also, I have 0 mana problems with only 26 mana. Crit is not easy to stack while leveling or without a big budget, so the crit nodes often arent that helpful, and Blitz can be counterproductive if you are stacking crit and get enough Attack Speed elsewhere. With so much attack speed even without Blitz, crit values don't need to be that high if you have enough base dps and, when ramped up, leech and base damage become insanely good. As for utility skills, consider swapping out Frostbomb in CWDT links with a Ice Golem for increased crit/acc, or Immortal Call for a bit more defense. Frostbite also gains 10 Doom/second if you cast it yourself. I am using Herald of Ice for a dps boost and to explode mobs instead of Precision (high attack speed builds with aoe also do not need to be accuracy capped). I leveled with a 4 linked Ancestral Protector and I am still using it (AP/Vaal double strike/Maim support/Melee Phys Dam Support). At lvl 88, it does more than half of my unbuffed tooltip dps, scales with my damage, grants 20% attack speed, and maimed enemies are hindered and take 14% increased phys damage from me. The dps boost cannot be ignored against bosses, especially when they dont have added mobs or when you have to kite a lot. The fact that enemies attack the totem (and ice golem) is a substantial defensive layer and helps with dps for bosses and their adds (and totem is also useful for rituals and taking out pesky temporal chains statues in labs).
Gonna pick this one up. I've only played a jugg so I haven't really played a zerker build. Hedgy's is also pretty cheap as I'm typing this atm so its a pickup
I'm using this, thanks for the POB. Almost gave up using this build before the multistrike and first berserker ascendancy, the gameplay totally change after those 2
Hey decided to use this build for the new season and I love it! It's so much fun and great for going through the acts I haven't done before. I can't wait to see what builds you come up with in PoE 2
Might be good endgame wise, but the leveling with this skill is a pain in the ass. I think it's the slowest, most unfun skill for the leveling phase (campaing)
Awesome build for an absolute scrub like myself. Just started leveling and finished act 3 in no time before bed. I have a lot more confidence in this than the tornado shot occultist I started with.
If you want to link your Leap + Protector + Golem with Blood Magic just remember the gem has been changed and you need to look for Life Tap gem isntead :) Maybe this will save someone from the head ache i had trying to buy blood magic gem :D
Currently running your Crackling Lance build and it rocks. I definetely found my second build of the league. Thanks for the effort you put into these videos.
Good build nearly through act 10 with it and it's pretty easy to use and to min max I guess. The single target dmg is without proper gear a hit low but that's a normal process when going through all acts. Thanks for the work again hope u update this one if anything changes.
I like this build, but you should definitely add a hydrosphere setup to the guide. Walking into bossfights with 0 rage means your effective dps is under about 500k.
How would you improve the survivability on this character? I was wondering whether investing in focus mechanic would make sense. It seems that a lot of the mods would be great for the build eg. Fortify effect, ailment immunity, lucky crits, shock, and increased ailment duration. I was thinking that the fortify buff would be a great addition especially for when Berserk is down. Furthermore the unique focus belt Hyperboreus is practically made for this build (damage agsinst chilled enemies a ton of CDR for the focus skill and the lucky crit roll). Is there another defendive layer you would invest in or should I try this out?
As a complete beginner, I started this build and had some good success. Generated about 1.5-2ex in overall wealth then decided I'd try something a little more expensive, so I spent a week leveling CoC chaos inoculation ice nova assassin... it was terrible. NEVER do this without tons and tons of currency! I sunk a week and ALL of my currency into it, and while it tore through enemies... it died so quickly... I couldn't clear bosses and anything that stunned/froze me died. Oh, and so many map mods just did not work. Unlike this build. Even after about 2 ex of investment, my energy shield just wasn't high enough. I decided to cut my losses and I sold all the equipment I could and decided to reinvest into my old Berserker build. I still need a good astral plate and staff, but the mid tiers really do the job just fine for now. I'm at about tier 6-7 maps and am starting to notice dying comes a bit easier, but it's still not terrible w/ the majority of map mods -- stress free alching! Though not a fault of the build itself, the only thing I really dislike is the rage mechanic -- sometimes I want to stop to go to the bathroom, respond to a text, check a video, check the price of an item on poe trade etc... but due to rage being lost fairly quickly,, maps seem best played in one continuous sprint meaning you only really get the downtime between maps. Not a huge deal for some, but it is something that has my eyes set on other builds that don't rely on rage. Maybe some kind of lightning caster build. We'll see. Next league I may very well use this as a league starter again though -- dirt cheap, easy to level and effective into mapping!
Am I reading the updated PoB correct we are now sitting below 5m DPS for Ice Crash with all buffs up besides Berserk? Isn't that 50% reduction in DPS vs 3.14 version? Didn't we have significantly more crit chance before (I know the Diamond flask was reworked, but that should only impact the effect crit chance)? Do you think an Earthbreaker version would make sense? The Totems could indirectly help with survivability.
If you're aiming for Assassin's Mark on the ring what should you do with Frostbite? It sounds like this should be replaced with another spell. Once I got the ring with AM I noticed that my dps was actually higher when disabling Frostbite.
I highly doubt anything will change, neither the skill nor the ascendancy class are meta or very broadly used so I think it's a safe bet for the next league as well. I intentionally don't go with high-profile/extremely popular skills for my builds, so they can have some longevity 😉
Your build guide videos are so well done and pleasant to watch I find myself watching your build videos to find out about different builds even if I didn't plan on making another character this league.
critical damage (buffed) and rage support (at least while leveling, benefits from the 350%) could be nice supplemental damage to replace the nerfed supports (maybe let go of pulverise to avoid the -15% speed)
Hello Nav , hope all is well my friend This will be my build for 3.14 and i am very excited ! Brother you on any mesage board so can chat a bit sometimes ? Btw i started 2 weeks ago and adjusted your molten strike jugg and im already 83 lvl at T10 maps with grelwood+loreweave You re the best brother ! Keep up the great work Reagrds
Update Day 6 and i am having a blast Farming ultimatums like a boss freezing everything hahaha Im 63 lvl at act 8 with 40 chaos already from ultimatums Hope you having great league Nav , i saw you on twicth but i dont know how to comment :-) Respect brother
From what I'm following until the same in the acts and beginning of the atlas with this build it's fine with clean cool for 3.17. I believe there is still to be done by changing little in the build..
Are the "Offering To The Serpent" gloves worth it any more ? with the change to the leech effect on them ? or did the wording just change and it still works the same ???
Any tips when leveling this build? I started testing it yesterday to see how it felt for a league start and bossing has been extremely rough. Did you over level for the zones? I didn't end up with as many skill points in each act as you had indicated in your PoB...
The passive points are a rough estimation where you should be, some people go faster, others spend more time in each area so the amount each player will have at each stage in the game will be different. Now, for killing campaign bosses I'd go with a separate single target setup like the Glacial Hammer one and try to boost my damage with stuff like self-cast Frostbite curse or Assassin's Mark, Ancestral Protector totem, Frost Bomb. These should be more than enough to obliterate any boss early on. Moreover, your weapon is the most important piece of your gear, even in end game, so getting a good 2-handed with solid phys damage will definitely help a lot
So now that i finished the build, i only have a mention. Even with the -15 mana and inspiration, the ice crash will cost 4 mana, and that is because inspiration gives 34% mana reduction. Overall, an insane build that can handle all content, well done Navandis, much love!
The smite lving experience is great, and i believe it will be a grat build for the ultimatum mechanic, too bad the servers crash every 3 minutes. All in all, great build, solid choice for begginers. GG!
This is a pretty good guide and exactly what I was looking for I am really interested in trying it but have 2 questions: 1) what's the average cost of this build in every tier you put ? 2) how good it is to delve on mine? I hope you can answer my doubts. Thanks
The offering to the serpent working was changed from “Life leech effects are not removed on full life” to “Life leech effects are not removed when unreserved life is filled” How does this change the unique?
Incredible guide. Tried in SSF HC this league for first ever time on console. In act 9 level 63 and roasting everything! Currently 7th on Marauder leaderboard. Is there anything you'll obviously change for HC?
Enjoying this build a ton in Ultimatum. A question about using Staunching for the healing flask affix. With the change to low life so that it goes into effect at 50%, would Panicked now be preferable since it also provides instant healing at 50% or lower and significantly more of it? Love your build guides; especially how organized and clear they are.
Never had such a bad league starter build in all my time in PoE. I couldn't even kill the warden in act 1 prison. I died 20+ times never had these issues before.
this build has literaly zero dps while leveling holy shit. how am i supposed to level with this. dont have 6link or 5link but those are rare at start and every boss fight is taking minutes. what am i doin wrong? currently lvl 40 and iam thinking about rerolling cause i got no dmg
my issue was a weapon. i couldnt find replacement and had to buy on ah some random stuff with good attack value. now its much better. but still kinda eh. definetly not good for a starter build
Try replacing the 3% chance to deal Triple Damage Mastery to 40% increased Damage with Hits against Rare and Unique Enemies. Helps alot with bosses and rares before you get the attack speed you need for the build to feel good
how far can this scale. because im lookin for a league starter than makes me have fun and not wanting to switch. therefore i wanna know how long it can scale so i dont hqave to switch for a long time.
This build can scale insanely, especially if you shed defensive layers, a quite simple alteration is rocking a well-rolled Abyssus and Aspect of Carnage instead of Blitz, you'll die instantly tho haha
Sure, most of the stuff is craftable or self-farmable (for example the helm from Sirus or amulet from Heist blueprints) and the build can work well with full rares. There's also no need for cluster jewels so it should be relatively easy to get everything sorted 👍
@@czarniutka852 Good luck! Keep hitting those rituals for gear, crafting currency and div cards. There are quite a few very useful and common things like Flora's Gift cards or Jeweller's Touch prophecy, apart from the actual more common uniques which show up 5-linked often 👍
eeeeee...nope I was basicly sure that is is not for me since overview, but still very interesting build that gave me few ideas for improvement of my own build I am trying now. Keep up the great job, mate
Wouldn't a watcher's eye with the mod 10-15% increased life recovery rate while affected by vitality be better for the build, since that increases life regen and leech? Thanks for making this guide. Really enjoying it.
Can you rank the order in which the best in slot items should be obtained? For example, is a 500+ dps weapon more important than Mark of the Elder + shaper ring with curse on hit? Kind of a guide to spending currency efficiently.
The weapon was my first upgrade, since it upgraded my dmg from 2k to almost 200k. Then I got the Armour (so I could ditch the praxis ring and get curse on it + mark of elder combo). Then i got Abyssus with ice crash dmg enchant (3 ex) for some more dmg. -Gloves and belt after. -Boots with tailwind (I had like 10ex to waste so I decided to get them, TAILWIND IS A HUGE QOL). I can only upgrade my rings, belt and jewels now and I'm at 2.5M dps at lvl 80
Actually what I would like to see perfected is a rolling magma with serpentine staff build.... Serpentine staff gives 4 extra projectile and fired in a circle might be real interesting
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- Elemental Damage w/ Attacks replaced with Cold Penetration
- POB still needs to update a few mechanics and masteries, so some numbers will likely go up
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Sir pls reply. I almost have the same build as yours/ But My single damage really sucks
No changes needed except you will not be able to mana the CwDT 4-link you got there :)
@Navandis Gaming Thanks so much for the 3.15 update! Waiting to play this! Would you mind telling, is this an "ok" bosser? Would S8 be possible?
Just a change I would made is to change the lion's roar for an atziri's flask or sulphur flask
Made some modifications to the build been working out great. First I dropped herald of purity for determination, with just the vitality reservation (life mastery) you can run all the other auras as long as you have replica hyrris, also a granite flask with +50% armor during flask effect, feeling super tanky.
I also added in a replica conquerors efficiency, it almost seems made for the build and makes the cwdt pop much smoother.
I made a 4 link vaal ancestral chieftain (multiple totem, added melee, culling strike) to help with boss damage and also completely decimates scourge.
Getting hybrid evasion pieces for spell suppression seems great to.
Also I got myself a pair of null and void gloves and they're just hilarious
Just wanted to say that I appreciate your videos and builds as a new PoE player. They are the most detailed, easy to use, and scalable build guides I have ever seen. I look forward to trying this one out now!
Started this build today & am loving it so far, thanks for the guide :D
I didnt know @bajheera plays PoE 😎 Any chance to see you streaming it?
Planning to go this build for scourge league starter....except how's the single target damage if it's a one on one boss fight if your low on rage :S??
Ahh, I think I met you recently. 👍 Thankful for the help!
Just wanted to say thank you for the incredible work you do. Your guides have been so helpful in getting started and moving into some more complicated sections of the game. You have such a talent for making these guides accessible to newcomers while diving deep enough to drive these builds into late game content, even for newbies like me. I have thoroughly enjoyed working through 5 of your builds so far and have been sharing your channel with my friends who are just starting to get back into PoE. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much for this amazing feedback, I really appreciate it!
I adapted the progress I had done on Expedition with the current passive tree, and by the point where I got to Sovereignty, I was only reserving abut 55~60% of my mana, by getting reservation efficiency nodes for Vitality and Stances along the way! Also, a few items that were listed as the entry-level options were the most expensive items, while some of the best-in-slot were the more expensive ones.
Hoping to see an updated video soon! Cheers!
Hey man just wanted to say that I appreciate your guides. As a new player your guides have been very helpful since they are so detailed. I especially like that you show skill gem levels and quality, since that's what I'm often most confused about.
So true. The only channel I've seen so detailed, all were clearly explained piece by piece
From skelemancer onwards (and my previous first experience with the Phantasms build) my no.1 rule for PoE is: I SEE NAVANDIS, I BUILD...
These builds WORK and their mechanics are so well/thoroughly explained... Once again: Thank you Navandis!
Love path of exile, and I owe that love to your channel. Every single build I’ve ever done has been from one of your guides. Gunna follow this one with my new character tonight, thank you so much!
That's really high praise, thanks a lot! Hope you'll have as much fun with this build as I did 😁
I started POE yesterday , your guides are by far the best , most detailed and noob friendly brother
This is excellent work !
Much respect from me
Subed keep the great work up !
your walk through is absolutely perfect on its point. you made me understand a game that is incredibly difficult to understand
Took a break for a couple of leagues and came back to Ultimatum to use this. Great fun, really enjoying it, thanks for making it!
Your videos are so worth the wait. Definitely one the best Poe content creators. Another build to add to the list for future use, thanks a lot.
It is a great build, that can melt everything. I have 10 ex invested at the moment and i'm breezing to t16 maps. Hard build to pull of for beginners. A friend of my tried it for his first build and failed hard.
Some tips:
1, Get "diamond skin" annoint early game for some cheap defs on your amulet
2, If you need rage stack before a boss, get a weapon switch with chain hook, hydrosphere and faster attack/frenzy. You can build rage stacks on the hydrosphere.
3, Physical life leech doens't work with ice crash, get cold damage leech on your amulet. (will greatly improve survivebility).
4, The early act are slow without a good staff, it is worth it to buy a random staff with high dps for 1 chaos for the campaign.
5, If you have 6 socket (not 6 links) on your weapon you can switch out stone golem for holy relic and ice/lighting golem. (you lose 30 life/sec, but gain alot of dps).
6, Switching the mana flask for a dps/def flask, will help alot in this build. (do this after you get - mana cost on ring or chest).
7, You gain alot of defens from hitting enemys (debuffs, blinds etc), so alwas try to hit before they hit you.
8, You shouldn't facetank hits, this build isn't tanky and a good positioning is key to survive higher maps and bosses.
Cost to steamroll though the content in current league;
Campaign: 2 chaos
1, For a 5 link chestpiece
2, Good dps staff
T1-5 maps: 10 chaos
1, Capping all ress
2, Mana cost reduction on rings
3, Important flasks (not the uniques)
T6-11 maps: 100 chaos
1, Hegemony's Era
2, Cold leeach on amulet
3, lions roar flask
4, Jewels for higher dps and def
T11-T14 maps: 200-300 chaos
1, 6 link chest
2, Taste of hate
3, The cheaper BIS uniques (headpiece and gloves)
4, High quality gems (20%+), Ice crash with 23% is dirt cheap at the moment
5, Stygian visage, with a abysal jewel with blind on hit and Attack speed when you crit
T14+ and most content: 7-12 ex
1, 6 link chest with -15 mana cost to socketed gems and some good defs stats
2, Replica hyrri's truth, with fangs of frost
3, Improving all gear to better dps while still capping ress and having a positive chaos ress
4, Upgrading pantheon
This would be my reply if english was first labguage :-)
Agree on everything
I am 95 lvl and needed 10 ex to kill everything
I have all BIS except the staff i use hdgemonys cause i not know crafting and the rare high dps ones go for 10-15 ex
Even with hedgemonys and rest of BIS i m melting everything!
Cant imagine when i get my hand on a 900 pds staff
But yes i think is bit hard build if you not have skills as player
Im new at poe but i play rpgs and pvp mmos many years
Most important imo for this build is POSITIONING
Also practise leap slam , with blitz is so fast like trleport lol when you get familiar you can literally doge everything
Leap slam is life !
Dude, just do your own content lol
Not so bad for the cost tho it looks really fun to play.
TY for the guides !! Ive been having the best league of my POE life and i owe it to your guides !!! ty so much. Also im lvl 35 and cruzing with this guy lots of fun
This is so well made bro!!!1 Congratulations and keep it up! You are a pro at this, from the build itself to the video composition and speech, brilliant how the British say.
The tree looks great, it seems confusing at first glance, but then once you realize that it goes in order of 1 to 2 and so on, it's really good to keep it up for leveling during the campaign.
You still make some of the best guide builds, I tend to just watch them but you were the first one I ever saw back during metamorph with your slayer cyclone. It's how I got into POE, so thank you man!
Yup, going to use this build
I started playing during ritual league and I found myself just watching your build guides to get an understanding of what skills are usually important for different types of builds and what kind of gear is regarded as good. I couldn't afford to play more than 1 build yet but I'm looking forward to maybe trying out a couple more of your builds in the next league :)
if you haven't found the webiste yet poe ninja is a good help to. you can set it to any league type and at the time of that league ( IE 2 weeks in) and see what everyone has been doing. might even help find your dream build there too
man, congratulations for you guide. I think is the best and more completed guide i've ever seen in my life...really thank you for your effort. Cheers from Brazil!
One of the best with another STUNNING guide, cheers mate!
This game has saved my life yo, I truly felt like life wasnt worth it anymore. But the things the npc's would say would carry me through the day. Beating kitava was empowering for some reason. and the quote "Faith will find you" resonated with my soul, deeply, and I feel like it is. everyday gets better. More path ways seem to open in life the more I play. and its simply because this game lets me see the light in the darkest of days. I love this game. and i truly dont think ill ever stop playing it lol
thank you for the build navadis!
I wanted to make this build next league. Thanks for the guide!
What a great build once again Navandis. Kudos to you. Thx man.
Changed my earthshatter Berserker into This one, and What can I say besides, its amazing!!!
How is it at clearing red maps?
@@Rerpes great, I'm farming t16 maps now with it.
Thanks for the good vids! Ive been playing a Frost Blades berserker and I wanted to share a few things... As for the ascendancy, I tried out the life/mana leech nodes and they are excellent for self-healing and allow me to do some Phys Reflect and Cannot regen Life/Mana maps (they still suck to do though). I am using Abyssus and took the 40% MORE damage dealt and 10% increased damage taken node, so the high powered leech is great when I use Blood Rage and am taking 60% increased damage. Also, I have 0 mana problems with only 26 mana. Crit is not easy to stack while leveling or without a big budget, so the crit nodes often arent that helpful, and Blitz can be counterproductive if you are stacking crit and get enough Attack Speed elsewhere. With so much attack speed even without Blitz, crit values don't need to be that high if you have enough base dps and, when ramped up, leech and base damage become insanely good.
As for utility skills, consider swapping out Frostbomb in CWDT links with a Ice Golem for increased crit/acc, or Immortal Call for a bit more defense. Frostbite also gains 10 Doom/second if you cast it yourself. I am using Herald of Ice for a dps boost and to explode mobs instead of Precision (high attack speed builds with aoe also do not need to be accuracy capped). I leveled with a 4 linked Ancestral Protector and I am still using it (AP/Vaal double strike/Maim support/Melee Phys Dam Support). At lvl 88, it does more than half of my unbuffed tooltip dps, scales with my damage, grants 20% attack speed, and maimed enemies are hindered and take 14% increased phys damage from me. The dps boost cannot be ignored against bosses, especially when they dont have added mobs or when you have to kite a lot. The fact that enemies attack the totem (and ice golem) is a substantial defensive layer and helps with dps for bosses and their adds (and totem is also useful for rituals and taking out pesky temporal chains statues in labs).
I think this is what I'll use for Ultimatum. Thanks!
Gonna pick this one up. I've only played a jugg so I haven't really played a zerker build. Hedgy's is also pretty cheap as I'm typing this atm so its a pickup
I'm using this, thanks for the POB. Almost gave up using this build before the multistrike and first berserker ascendancy, the gameplay totally change after those 2
For gems and links section... Blood Magic Support gem seems to be replaced by Lifetap (skills) and Arrogance (auras)
Hey decided to use this build for the new season and I love it! It's so much fun and great for going through the acts I haven't done before. I can't wait to see what builds you come up with in PoE 2
Might be good endgame wise, but the leveling with this skill is a pain in the ass. I think it's the slowest, most unfun skill for the leveling phase (campaing)
Great build, thank you
Great Build..thanks once again for another great Video
This build despite a 7 leagues difference is astoundingly resistant to change. Also Navadis pls come back.
Well the first build that i really have fun to play good job dude keep going 👍🏻💪🏻
Awesome build for an absolute scrub like myself. Just started leveling and finished act 3 in no time before bed. I have a lot more confidence in this than the tornado shot occultist I started with.
If you want to link your Leap + Protector + Golem with Blood Magic just remember the gem has been changed and you need to look for Life Tap gem isntead :) Maybe this will save someone from the head ache i had trying to buy blood magic gem :D
Thank you!
Currently running your Crackling Lance build and it rocks. I definetely found my second build of the league. Thanks for the effort you put into these videos.
Good build nearly through act 10 with it and it's pretty easy to use and to min max I guess. The single target dmg is without proper gear a hit low but that's a normal process when going through all acts. Thanks for the work again hope u update this one if anything changes.
Subbed and Liked, love this build thank you!
these guides are so well done, good job dude!
Looks good. Gonna try this.
I like this build, but you should definitely add a hydrosphere setup to the guide. Walking into bossfights with 0 rage means your effective dps is under about 500k.
How would you improve the survivability on this character? I was wondering whether investing in focus mechanic would make sense. It seems that a lot of the mods would be great for the build eg. Fortify effect, ailment immunity, lucky crits, shock, and increased ailment duration. I was thinking that the fortify buff would be a great addition especially for when Berserk is down. Furthermore the unique focus belt Hyperboreus is practically made for this build (damage agsinst chilled enemies a ton of CDR for the focus skill and the lucky crit roll).
Is there another defendive layer you would invest in or should I try this out?
I Love Ice builds, went for RT ground slam zerker. Thinking about giving this one a try.
As a complete beginner, I started this build and had some good success. Generated about 1.5-2ex in overall wealth then decided I'd try something a little more expensive, so I spent a week leveling CoC chaos inoculation ice nova assassin... it was terrible. NEVER do this without tons and tons of currency! I sunk a week and ALL of my currency into it, and while it tore through enemies... it died so quickly... I couldn't clear bosses and anything that stunned/froze me died. Oh, and so many map mods just did not work. Unlike this build. Even after about 2 ex of investment, my energy shield just wasn't high enough. I decided to cut my losses and I sold all the equipment I could and decided to reinvest into my old Berserker build. I still need a good astral plate and staff, but the mid tiers really do the job just fine for now. I'm at about tier 6-7 maps and am starting to notice dying comes a bit easier, but it's still not terrible w/ the majority of map mods -- stress free alching!
Though not a fault of the build itself, the only thing I really dislike is the rage mechanic -- sometimes I want to stop to go to the bathroom, respond to a text, check a video, check the price of an item on poe trade etc... but due to rage being lost fairly quickly,, maps seem best played in one continuous sprint meaning you only really get the downtime between maps. Not a huge deal for some, but it is something that has my eyes set on other builds that don't rely on rage. Maybe some kind of lightning caster build. We'll see. Next league I may very well use this as a league starter again though -- dirt cheap, easy to level and effective into mapping!
Once you get geared rage isn't a big deal for mapping, just... don't press V when you are under 25 rage, you kinda want the stun immunity in there ^^
Nice videos, keep it up!
I was floating through out the explanation but loved the attack speed
Hey Navandis. How far did you take the build, boss progressions wise?
The usual, A8 Sirus, Maven Elder/Shaper, some Maven 10x crucibles, then had to move on to the next character for my next guide
@@NavandisGaming Thanks for the info:) Great guide as always!
Am I reading the updated PoB correct we are now sitting below 5m DPS for Ice Crash with all buffs up besides Berserk? Isn't that 50% reduction in DPS vs 3.14 version?
Didn't we have significantly more crit chance before (I know the Diamond flask was reworked, but that should only impact the effect crit chance)?
Do you think an Earthbreaker version would make sense? The Totems could indirectly help with survivability.
Time for a new built !
If you're aiming for Assassin's Mark on the ring what should you do with Frostbite? It sounds like this should be replaced with another spell. Once I got the ring with AM I noticed that my dps was actually higher when disabling Frostbite.
Definitely trying this build in 3.14. Hope it dosent change too much or get nerf. Thx for all the info on guide.
I highly doubt anything will change, neither the skill nor the ascendancy class are meta or very broadly used so I think it's a safe bet for the next league as well. I intentionally don't go with high-profile/extremely popular skills for my builds, so they can have some longevity 😉
Your build guide videos are so well done and pleasant to watch I find myself watching your build videos to find out about different builds even if I didn't plan on making another character this league.
critical damage (buffed) and rage support (at least while leveling, benefits from the 350%) could be nice supplemental damage to replace the nerfed supports (maybe let go of pulverise to avoid the -15% speed)
Hello Nav , hope all is well my friend
This will be my build for 3.14 and i am very excited !
Brother you on any mesage board so can chat a bit sometimes
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Btw i started 2 weeks ago and adjusted your molten strike jugg and im already 83 lvl at T10 maps with grelwood+loreweave
You re the best brother !
Keep up the great work
Reagrds
Update
Day 6 and i am having a blast
Farming ultimatums like a boss freezing everything hahaha
Im 63 lvl at act 8 with 40 chaos already from ultimatums
Hope you having great league Nav , i saw you on twicth but i dont know how to comment :-)
Respect brother
From what I'm following until the same in the acts and beginning of the atlas with this build it's fine with clean cool for 3.17. I believe there is still to be done by changing little in the build..
Super insane guide. Curious as to what your recommendation is for a replacement for blood and sand with the increased reserved cost
Blood and Sand didn't get an increased reservation cast, it was Flesh and Stone 😉 you can totally blame GGG btw for making these sound so similar
My guild doubted this build so hard boy were they wrong 😂thanks
Are the "Offering To The Serpent" gloves worth it any more ? with the change to the leech effect on them ? or did the wording just change and it still works the same ???
Could you please update your ed contagion build guide please navandis.
Thank you so much for this!
Any tips when leveling this build? I started testing it yesterday to see how it felt for a league start and bossing has been extremely rough. Did you over level for the zones? I didn't end up with as many skill points in each act as you had indicated in your PoB...
The passive points are a rough estimation where you should be, some people go faster, others spend more time in each area so the amount each player will have at each stage in the game will be different.
Now, for killing campaign bosses I'd go with a separate single target setup like the Glacial Hammer one and try to boost my damage with stuff like self-cast Frostbite curse or Assassin's Mark, Ancestral Protector totem, Frost Bomb. These should be more than enough to obliterate any boss early on. Moreover, your weapon is the most important piece of your gear, even in end game, so getting a good 2-handed with solid phys damage will definitely help a lot
So now that i finished the build, i only have a mention. Even with the -15 mana and inspiration, the ice crash will cost 4 mana, and that is because inspiration gives 34% mana reduction. Overall, an insane build that can handle all content, well done Navandis, much love!
If mana cost feels tight, then you can get a Divergent Inspiration gem and that will bring its mana reduction bonus to 44% 😉
The smite lving experience is great, and i believe it will be a grat build for the ultimatum mechanic, too bad the servers crash every 3 minutes. All in all, great build, solid choice for begginers. GG!
This build works so far in 3.15!
Only concern is the CWDT-setup: because of the nerfs it now uses 70 mana and thus I'm often oom. Any suggestions?
This is a pretty good guide and exactly what I was looking for I am really interested in trying it but have 2 questions:
1) what's the average cost of this build in every tier you put ?
2) how good it is to delve on mine?
I hope you can answer my doubts. Thanks
First? well I'm a necro fan but I've seen how OP that build is!
I was looking for a ice crash build and got into your video. Gonna give zerk a chance, lets see how it goes
It's very good build thx
The offering to the serpent working was changed from
“Life leech effects are not removed on full life”
to
“Life leech effects are not removed when unreserved life is filled”
How does this change the unique?
I dont think it does change it
GOOD EVENING ON THE POB THE PREREQUISITE OF THE GEMS IS NO LONGER MARKED? Also WHAT gems go on weapons and armor thank you
Incredible guide. Tried in SSF HC this league for first ever time on console. In act 9 level 63 and roasting everything! Currently 7th on Marauder leaderboard. Is there anything you'll obviously change for HC?
Enjoying this build a ton in Ultimatum. A question about using Staunching for the healing flask affix. With the change to low life so that it goes into effect at 50%, would Panicked now be preferable since it also provides instant healing at 50% or lower and significantly more of it? Love your build guides; especially how organized and clear they are.
Never had such a bad league starter build in all my time in PoE. I couldn't even kill the warden in act 1 prison. I died 20+ times never had these issues before.
lmfao
Im trying to craft a nice judgement staff to push it to the next level great guide
Same
Have all BIS
Farming t15 like a boss
isnt the non-replica version of the hyrri's truth better since its 100% mana reserve on level 22 precision?
this build has literaly zero dps while leveling holy shit. how am i supposed to level with this. dont have 6link or 5link but those are rare at start and every boss fight is taking minutes. what am i doin wrong? currently lvl 40 and iam thinking about rerolling cause i got no dmg
Im doing it fine with a 4link. and herald of ice/hatred/ice golum
level 47 atm
Same very bad damage during levelling
@@spazzo246 What's your ign ? Let's connect ingame. Running the same build
my issue was a weapon. i couldnt find replacement and had to buy on ah some random stuff with good attack value. now its much better. but still kinda eh. definetly not good for a starter build
Try replacing the 3% chance to deal Triple Damage Mastery to 40% increased Damage with Hits against Rare and Unique Enemies. Helps alot with bosses and rares before you get the attack speed you need for the build to feel good
Hi need sifu help. after i get -15mana on chest . my Ice crash mana need is 6 and not 1 . anything i miss ?
how far can this scale. because im lookin for a league starter than makes me have fun and not wanting to switch. therefore i wanna know how long it can scale so i dont hqave to switch for a long time.
This build can scale insanely, especially if you shed defensive layers, a quite simple alteration is rocking a well-rolled Abyssus and Aspect of Carnage instead of Blitz, you'll die instantly tho haha
What are the best flasks for this build now? flasks in POB are outdated and not in game now.
hey what auras do you need to use during leveling? because ive tested it and it really sucks going aghainst bosses and feeling dealing zdps by act 5
what is the replacement gem for blood magic support?
What about the potential of this build with Delirium Maps, Sirus, Maven and all that hard stuff?
im struggling a bit with sirus due to needing stacks to move around properly
in the PoE guide it says Frost Bomb and Frostbite is both at lvl 1. Is this right?
great stuff ! I might give it a go right now ! Can I go SSF?
Sure, most of the stuff is craftable or self-farmable (for example the helm from Sirus or amulet from Heist blueprints) and the build can work well with full rares. There's also no need for cluster jewels so it should be relatively easy to get everything sorted 👍
@@NavandisGaming started leveling an hour ago . Ty mate !
@@czarniutka852 Good luck! Keep hitting those rituals for gear, crafting currency and div cards. There are quite a few very useful and common things like Flora's Gift cards or Jeweller's Touch prophecy, apart from the actual more common uniques which show up 5-linked often 👍
With the changes to LL, I'm almost tempted to go LL on this build with Starkonja's and anything else I can find. ALMOST
eeeeee...nope
I was basicly sure that is is not for me since overview, but still very interesting build that gave me few ideas for improvement of my own build I am trying now.
Keep up the great job, mate
Wouldn't a watcher's eye with the mod 10-15% increased life recovery rate while affected by vitality be better for the build, since that increases life regen and leech? Thanks for making this guide. Really enjoying it.
Can you rank the order in which the best in slot items should be obtained? For example, is a 500+ dps weapon more important than Mark of the Elder + shaper ring with curse on hit? Kind of a guide to spending currency efficiently.
The weapon was my first upgrade, since it upgraded my dmg from 2k to almost 200k.
Then I got the Armour (so I could ditch the praxis ring and get curse on it + mark of elder combo).
Then i got Abyssus with ice crash dmg enchant (3 ex) for some more dmg.
-Gloves and belt after.
-Boots with tailwind (I had like 10ex to waste so I decided to get them, TAILWIND IS A HUGE QOL).
I can only upgrade my rings, belt and jewels now and I'm at 2.5M dps at lvl 80
Yo this guide is awesome
I am new to this build. What is the "ice" coming out of witch as she moves around? Thanks!
Hello, is it possible to use vaal molten shell or it will be too slow to gain souls?
Hi, Thanks for doing this build.
The POE Trade links you put arent loading anything. Could you check?
Thanks!
@Campo246 Its from Ritual. Look at the link :D Just swap "Ritual" to "Scourge" and it works
hi man, which passive do you put in place of ophidian aim?
Sry i have one more question. Is it really worth to get the bonus from alira and miss out on 2 skillpoints? Isnt the skillpoints a better Investment?
It works but the staff for best in slot is not available yet, same for some of the other best in slots.
Actually what I would like to see perfected is a rolling magma with serpentine staff build....
Serpentine staff gives 4 extra projectile and fired in a circle might be real interesting