Nice. Love this type of builds and guides for casual people that actually have a life beyond PoE but still love to play a strong build and need to know how to properly progress after acts
Yup! I always want to try my best to make the build work for anyone regardless of gear and never require people to have any specific piece of gear or affix.
I like these kinds of builds. It's not just about people with less time, but also useful for SSFs and people that think the whole trading thing is just inconvenient and dumb because they won't put some kind of AH in.
Yea, I always play SSF but still think builds like this are very useful especially for people in Trade who don't want to bother spamming people for trade.
Nah, i was struggling to find a build for warrior because its the only class i found fun, im totally doing this from the moment you said " make build for regular player ", gg brother
@@Mdntech3000 3 days later ( yeah im addicted to this game lol ) i level up from 1 to 55 and im having a blast, some of the bosses before getting hammer of the gods and few other tweaks were a pain in the a** , but now i adjust everything ,learned how to use it and its an amazing build, kinda weird how it really does everything without any expensive gear but hey if it works, it works. Happy new year
I prefer to drop those "fake" attack speed nodes and go nodes around bottom starting point, grab 3 small attack speed nodes/crit res and go down to reach those 3 notables melee tree, where 1 point gives 18% phys damage with hulking form, which is alot.
Thank you for making something feasible and pragmatic. The builds I see focus so much on having the absolute best of everything. Or have a build around a specific gear piece.
Yea it gets really annoying, I'll watch a really cool video and then they open their gear and I'm like yea....I'm in SSF and I don't play 12 hours a day no way I'm reaching that level ahha
It is def objectively weaker than most other classes in some aspects. There really isn’t an argument to made there but I truly don’t care, I always have the most fun playing this archetype.
You talk about Boneshatter in your video, but on Mobalytics, that skill does not appear at all. Could you clarify? Also, how do you sequence your attacks? The combat video clips really do not explain how you proc your damage,
It’s in my guide how I sequence attacks for boss damage. Otherwise boneshatter and explode spikes. I no longer use boneshatter and use shield charge for mobility .
I have 3 builds 85 monk first, 84 warrior second, 46 which I’m grinding warrior I’m really enjoying the dps output I’m hitting for 450k. Monk was fun to didn’t think I would quit playing with him. They are all dominant and fun.
You're in a weird spot at those levels...Perfect Strike falls off a bit and Supercharged Slam isn't that good...when I was in the 30's I was just focusing on Earthquake / Shockwave Totem and surviving boss mechanics. Bossing doesn't get that comfortable until Hammer of the Gods, just gotta make it to that.
I used Armor Break and Sunder payoff. The aftershocks also stack off the debuffs, so chainbreaking armor is possible with enough attack speed. Having Shockwave totem there to provide buffs and regen from font supports.
@@Mdntech3000 One question, I saw some other video regarding Scavenged Plating, and there it was mentioned that you can place Splinter as support gem for SP, and that after armor breaking one enemy, other would start some sort of self-sustained cycle via Thorns damage (cause it's physical and you get Thorns from stacks of SP). Have you maybe tested this, or do you have some experience with this?
I’m not sure how much the thorns damage would even matter tbh. I have no idea how that’s cycle effect works / would work. I do know that I’ve been using splinter support forever now in my main skill - Earthshatter. It’s just so damn good when it comes to keeping Scanvanged Plating up as well as being a damage increase by breaking armour. I talk about Splinter in my video actually.
@@Mdntech3000 I know I have rewatched your video few times because I have started building my own titan. Idea about Thorns is not about doing damage via it, it is negligible. Idea is to have enemies swinging at you and breaking their own armor on Thorns, thus providing you with free SP stacks. If this is doable, you are able to use another support gem on Earthshattter, for more damage or whatever. Not saying it is not good as it is, I am only lvl30 for now and have no experience, just thinking about the concept :)
Ah I see what you’re saying. I still think using Splinter is great. Maybe not when you’re only one a 3 link but when you get a lesser jewelers orbs I think it’s worth it. I know a lot of people think Splinter as just utility but I don’t view it as such - to me it’s actually a damage increase support. Especially with higher armored enemies. Yea you can break armour other ways but so far this is the most reliable and consistent.
This is how I played my warrior for a while but I found the issue is when I partied it would become very inneffective since the stun threshold gets moved sooo much. And if I add stun buildup for party play i would go back to solo and it would heavy stun everything I hit.
@@Mdntech3000 it is quite satisfying though , I love seeing the primes and clearing a whole pack with boneshatter, but I switched to fire dmg mace strike aoe for consistency in playing party and solo.
Really enjoying playing warrior but it definitely needs a buff. Whether that’s through a buff to armour mitigation or what I’m not sure. Thanks for the build. Really helps.
Yea I really don't get this take at all. Passive tree definitely provides a ton of power, even in this early iteration of it. It's good news since the passive tree will get revamps and probably get changed to be even better as more classes come out. I will say that whenever someone streams or plays the game for a living their opinions definitely get warped negatively.
Generaly speaking when it comes to the skillgems most guides showcase 6 links wich I'd like to think most people don't have I would love to see what gem i should prioritize if i only have a 3 or a 4th link and if the build would even work if you dont have said 6th links and only had for ex 3/4th links. I will give this a go regardless and hope for the best =)
I think I only have Earthshatter as a six link in the written guide. Priority supports - (map clear) upheaval - martial tempo - aftershock. Last two link can be armour explosion / splinter. For a five link I’d add - upheaval - martial tempo - aftershock and heft for single target bosses. If you only care about map clear and have a three link (just a lesser jewelers gem) use upheaval - splinter - armour explosion.
Thank you for the guide. really simple and explains a lot. would it ever be possible to have a video that explains how to get there. this is my issue. lots of content creators show these awesome end game builds, but not many explain how do we get there. for a new player like myself i'm not sure what works in late early game, where i need to be at the end of the campaign etc. a video to walk us newbs through this process would be great. thanks again for the video. i will give this build a try when i get to mapping.
Yea I'm gonna write an in depth guide on leveling and playing through the Acts. I might even record a super long play session / vod of leveling a warrior.
Hi, I have a question. I was looking out for a skill which i want to put in my Amulet and came across this" Reinforced Barrier: Defend With 120% of Armour while not on Low Energy Shield. 20% increased maximum Energy Shield." The question is, what is when u dont have an energy shield? Are u always defending with 120% armour?
I don’t believe that works with no energy shield, it’ll only work when above 35% energy shield (or maybe 55% not sure). Mechanics like this in POE 1 just would work like this but who knows
i'm making a build thats basically the largest possible AOE i can achieve as a barbarian, hope i can utilize this build for it. Right know on lvl 30 my tremor skill (the one that pops up after 3 seconds) take up the entire screen, hopefully when i'm max level i'll be able to reach the whole map with it. cheeers.
Tbh I never use mace strike. Theres not many supports to use for it, I think I have life their rage and two other random supports linked to it. You can put whatever you want there.
@@Mdntech3000 No rush! Merry Christmas and thank you for everything. I been trying the build and I like it but I think I am just not getting the attack speed up enough yet. I see the future of it. Wish I just could get more 5/6/7 maps to drop so I can farm the game :(
I pretty much run your build with ine exception, i use earthquake with momentum, overpower and heft in it (i only have 3 sockest unlocked. Earthquake emidiatly heavystuns entire packs . So i rol in-between packs slamming earthquake, en there all heavy stunned then boneshaker like you. Thank you for your video
No problem man, I really want to do an Earthquake build too. The nice thing about this “build” is that it’s more of a template. You can really use other slams if you want and you’ll have a good time IMO.
@Mdntech3000 I'm struggling a bit in maps though, dying a lot. That's why I was looking around. I'm only lvl 73. I meticulously went trough your video. I don't get how you get near 3k life as I only have 2k and life on all my gear. Also +300 strength amazed me. I'm new to the game and will have to do some more studying. 🎄
I loved the vid but think I jumped the gun on switching over to this build. Spent 100k+ to redo my passives but my dmg went down tremendously, almost by half. Either way appreciate your guides for the regular players out there!
Thanks man, appreciate the comment. TBH damage should be the least of your worries with this setup, there's probably something going on with gem links / weapons or something else. How's your gear - what level are you? Edit: Also if you're having trouble maintaining rage you can switch Enraged Warcry from Seismic to Infernal.
@ well I’m an idiot on a couple accounts lol. Sorry this is my first PoE experience so I’m a noob. I forgot to rebind my middle mouse click to a skill since it used to be my mana flask.. and I’m only lvl 71 so I don’t have a lot of skill gems with more than 3 slots. I redid which ones I had and the build feels a lot better than what I used to have. I’m only on T3 maps. Thanks again for the awesome content!
I don’t have enough strength for giants blood :/ Also, as the point of the video is to be super accessible without needing any gear that would go against what I’m trying to do.
Thank you, i see you already changed it on the website, though I used your build as a base. Now my warrior is playable after I broke him with some random build from the internet
Warrior and Armour is 100000000% the weakest defensive class in the game. Theres no question about it. Other ES and evasion classes are just so ridiculous it’s crazy…I was shocked to see all these builds easily get 10k ES lol. Unfortunately, armour and block (if going giants blood) is literally all we have. We do need to invest in armour even with the diminishing returns being bad on it- unlike ES.
@Mdntech3000 yeah, figured armor would be bad, but i was rather surprised, nice guide anyhow, hope GGG can balance things put, but up until then, Giants blood with shield will have to do the trick
Use bone shatter and rolling slam to level, also earthquake/shockwave totem for map clear, you should be good. Generally you'll use rolling slam and then use the boneshatter procs as they show. You can watch a video I uploaded recently about Act 1 playstyle and Act 2 stuff. Let me know if you have any specific questions.
@@Mdntech3000 Thanks for the response. I was using that but then I started using Shield Bash and that seems to be working pretty good at the moment. Lol. If that begins to stop working I'll definitely do your suggestion.
Yea the written guide is gonna have more passive skill trees soon. Something like this around your level. maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/ You want to get the big notables that increase your damage the most while still grabbing the aftershock and armour notables for sure.
Honestly, you legit just one shot the bosses on your first stun. As long as you combo properly - When you heavy stun them - 1. Seismic Cry (for damage boost and guaranteed Aftershock) 2. Infernal Cry (more damage boost) 3. Hammer of Gods 4. Profit This assumes that the enemies armour is full broken as well as having enough rage. This is something you do while working up to the initial heavy stun but is very easy to do.
hi. i dont know why but im in dashar in act 2 and dont get this blink symbol over the enemy heads anymore to finish them with the boneshatter skill. i choosed before the titan ascendancy and go the surprising strength way.
I made a Warrior but it's currently sitting at level 1, all i ever hear in game or elsewhere is that Warrior is bad or unfun etc, is it bad early on? or is it a "skill issue" with these people? i never played PoE 1 and started this recently and not far into the game, atm highest character is 18 Monk at the final act 1 boss (been trying to get some better gear before fighting him)
If you're playing Monk, then at least you're familiar with melee class, I say go try it out. I started with Ranger, now I'm casually playing Warrior on the side, already lv 30 in act 2, and it's not that bad. This is coming from a casual player though, if you're not gonna whine about all these meta shits, then Warrior is pretty satisfying to play, and a bit later on you'll have more tools to play with too.
I'm at lv79 and I can tell you this class is actually pretty bad compared to the rest. I'm still playing this character because I like it more then the others, but it's really week and I'm struggling very hard to make improvements. Currently stuck between tier 5 and tier 8
@neverapple8883 What type of build you doing? i was looking at skills for Warrior and wanna do Earthshatter myself. not far in only level 7 and just past the rotten druid doing Earthquake & Infernal Cry atm
Warrior / Titan is far and away more fun to me than Monk. I am biased though as the heavy armor, melee focused, physical "warrior" wielding a two handed weapon (Pretty much the Guts archetype) is far and away my favorite playstyle in any RPG. Warrior is slow but powerful, it does require some skill and I do think most time its not so much a skill issue as it might just be a "mental" issue with people's approach to POE 2. Warrior is definitely a bit hard to play in Act 1 but it's still a load of fun once it gets going.
You can definitely use earthquake. Just switch out upheaval with fast forward. I would probably get a shockwave totem setup too in addition to earthquake.
Those rumors aren't true. I show that even at T15 with objectively bad gear you can easily survive and clear. Giants Blood is great but it's just in no way beginner friendly or feasible without investment. The whole point of this video is accessibility and ease of use. A build that requires just the bare minimum while still being playable. I don't expect casual players, players with little time or players newer to the game able start maps with a good weapon with % reduced attribute requirements and / or gear with high strength. I could easily post a video just spamming Stampede with Giant's Blood blowing up entire screens but that isn't realistic for a lot of players just starting warrior.
Got a quick question. Currently on Cruel Act 3 and am around lvl 60 ish playing Titan. Rn my ascendency is full aftershock and the ancestrial boosted on second slam (only have 4 points currently). When is it recommended to switch to hulking form? As Ik it’s better later on cause you have more passive skills.
@@Mdntech3000 yeah i’ll probably spec into hulking form now. Currently level 68 + the 24 free points and I feel like I have a decent amount of passives now.
so im around level 45, and i pretty much am copying your build bit by bit u til i ran into a problem with dealing absolutely no damage, this being npc’s and bosses pretty much take a good 9 minutes of pure fighting to finally kill
It’s all about building up your stun and unleashing a big combo from there. If you get the aftershock ascendancy first, get some stun buildup early you should be doing great damage vs bosses when they’re stunned if you’re using slam skills.
Could be not enough armor and not enough recovery. I have a video of doing a t14 mob level with 2.4K life without capped resists in Vaal factory. I have to play EXTREMELY careful in order to to survive Vaal factory way stone. It’s hard for sure.
That’s tough, I think giants blood really shines when you’re able to get a shield in your off hand as you’ll just massively increase your survivability. Using two - 2 handers id have no idea how good that would be tbh.
A shield would be nice but that will drop my damage all the way down. Would have to use a 300 damage weapon. If you use two 2 handed the stats stack with each other right? Like 15 attack speed each so you would have 30? Same with phy dam?
I think two 2handers is just too complicated and dual wielding them brings too many penalties, I think GGG just had issues with it right and it should be stronger.
Hello, I did the same passive tree, have the same support gems in skills, but I dont know what Im doing wrong. Im not able to even clear map 1. 65 lvl with 2 ascend. Im new on poe, maybe im missing something? With my old old build making the first map was possible (but it was my build) but it was so slow, so I decided to change it, and now im stuck with "broken" build. And advice?
At lvl 65 I would honestly just farm some of the bosses in the Act 3 cruel or Act 3 cruel areas. You can ctrl + click the area to reset it and get safely farm some of those areas for upgrades / materials. With 2 ascend just take hulking form - or even skip hulking form and take the more max life + after shock nodes until 3rd ascendancy. If you have your resists somewhat high and decent life you should be able to start working towards the eraly maps.
Is it true that attack speed on the passive tree is not working as intended? I'm currently too low of a level for the upheaval support gem to drop is their any way around this.? Great content.
It is NOT true that attack speed on tree is not working as intended. There is some misinformation on some websites / guides - attack speed HELPS everything the warrior does and yes, even Rolling Slam / Sunder get significantly sped up with attack speed. Early on leveling I would stay away from Earthshatter until you get upheaval and enough attack speed to make it worth using. Rolling Slam / Boneshatter is good in the campaign. Perfect Strike / Supercharged Slam / Hammer of the Gods for bosses during the heavy stun. A lot of people don't like Earthquake / Shockwave Totem for leveling but I like that combo a lot. With the slowing effect of Jagged Ground - Use pin support - jagged ground for shockwave totem and you just plant Shockwave Totem and let it explode all your Earthquakes. It has pretty nice aoe and allows you to run around and stay alive or run through the map.
@Mdntech3000 You have been a ton of help. Amazing answer. I put notifications on, and I will become a member. If you ever stream on TH-cam? I promise I will donate because you deserve it. Keep grinding on TH-cam. I believe you will blow up one day. This video was high quality and hilarious. Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. From one father to another. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Don't try this build if you're not level 85. MAYBE at that level it's better. I see a lot of positive comments but how many of you actually tested this in game? At 77 I was getting absolutely rolled by everything on tier 12 maps. I followed the build to a t. Even had way better gear than what you show in the video. So why am I dying instantly on a map 3 tiers lower? Also doesn't help that the written guide you linked doesn't match what's in the video.
Written guide should be completely up to date now. I have a recent video with worse gear clearing a t14 map at 2.4 k life. It’s definitely easy to get going. If you have way better gear you should be having a much easier time tbh. I can’t really comment what’s killing you without seeing how you play unfortunately, hopefully I can help you with something.
Also, if there are any discrepancies between this video and my written guide let me know, I’ve been slammed with the holidays but trying my best to keep up.
@@Mdntech3000 I just feel very squishy. I'm at 2.5k Life, 70% Armor and maxed out all my resistances including chaos to 75+. Over 100 life gained on kill, and 7.5% life leeched off physical but still I'm just dying way too fast. I noticed in the gameplay you were closer to 3k Life (which is a bit tough to reach for a player hitting endgame for the first time) but even so you were taking some BIG chunks of damage from the literal weakest enemies on the map. I know you had crap gear and the point is to show it works without good gear but if you can only barely survive the trash mobs is that really viable?? I swear I'm not trying to be a hater. Maybe I'm doing something wrong but this just isn't working for me man. I spent literal hours last night setting up my build just like yours only to end up feeling significantly weaker than i did before...
White mobs are just always dangerous…especially ranged mobs that you can’t clear fast and efficiently. About life, my biggest recommendation is to get the life ascendancy point as your third point since that’ll really make it easy to reach 3k life. I can’t tell you how many times in y 14/15 waystones I would have died without that. It’s definitely hard and you do have to play super careful. Eventually you’d get enough gear to get Giants Blood and use a shield in order to massively increase your defense. Are you using cannibalism attached to one of your Auras? This was another part of the build I just can’t play without and would rather use this than use three auras. It adds a bunch of survivability as when you take a bunch of chunk hits you can recover it quickly when you clear the pack compared to leech which is a bit slower. It’s ok I gotcha man I dont think you’re hating. Finally, the game is honestly hard. If you watch the one like t14 video I did I get chunked and played SUPER careful - also after playing POE 1 since 2016 I just have a lot of experience knowing which mobs are dangerous in maps / waystones. One piece of advice that still applies to POE 2 - it’s hard to explain but you always want to play at an “angle” while mapping…what I mean is that you want to consistently change you direction / angle when approaching enemies. It’s something that with time you’ll passively learn to do and it will increase your survivability - baiting projectiles - spells etc. Also, just personally for me but I die way more when using Stampede / Leap Slam when I have bad gear. Better to just position better and walk non stop. Finally, how’s your attack speed? Sorry for the novel lol just trying to help.
@@Mdntech3000 I appreciate all the advice a lot man. Thanks for taking the time. As far as skills and gems i literally copied what you have 1 for 1 so yeah i have cannibalism. 1.35 attacks per second on earth shatter is where im currently sitting. I did try to get my third ascendancy in the sekhema trial but I really struggle fighting the dual sentinels boss on a Warrior. Maybe I'd have better luck with the chaos trial? Funny that you mention dying a lot using leap slam. That's the main reason I came searching for a new build haha. Got tired of getting frozen mid air and getting blasted.
I talk about the story in my written guide. Use rolling slam / bone shatter early. Earthquake and shockwave totem is good too for clear. Perfect strike later on until hammer of the gods for single target dmg. Let me know if you have any specific questions.
You definitely need a lot of attack speed to make Earthshatter viable. Without enough attack speed you might be better off with a different skill or just not using upheaval.
@@Mdntech3000 I'm doing: Leap Slam, Rolling Slam, BoneShatter and HotG from time to time. The thing that annoys me is that some pack of monsters and crits in general can interrupt your casting sometimes 3-4times in a row which is enough time for them to shut you down. That skill interupt on casting is annoying as hell for close combat class. Its avoidable and almost non-existant for any other class but for Warrior is pure BS.
You pretty much just have to get it from drops while playing the game. I pick up A LOT of gear...eventually you'll get a piece of gear with good rolls. If it has one important roll such as high +life roll, I Orb Augmentation it then Regal Orb, then Exalt Orb. If it's a rare with decent rolls I just Exalt Orb it. This is enough to get some decent gear with +life +resist. From there it's just keep on looting and trying to find upgrades here and there.
This is exactly what I’m looking for - watching this at my job so I can fix my build when I get home
Nice man! I hope you enjoy it and if you have any questions let me know.
"I make build for regular playerd work full day"... you earn my respect.
Thanks man hope you enjoyed
Fuck yes. Most builds look so good until you realise it’s unaffordable any time soon
Nice. Love this type of builds and guides for casual people that actually have a life beyond PoE but still love to play a strong build and need to know how to properly progress after acts
Yup! I always want to try my best to make the build work for anyone regardless of gear and never require people to have any specific piece of gear or affix.
I like these kinds of builds. It's not just about people with less time, but also useful for SSFs and people that think the whole trading thing is just inconvenient and dumb because they won't put some kind of AH in.
Yea, I always play SSF but still think builds like this are very useful especially for people in Trade who don't want to bother spamming people for trade.
"My goal has always been to make accessible build guides" ... you earn my respect.
Appreciate the support! Glad I'm able to help some people.
thanks for the honest guide for casuals, keep up the good work.
No prob man hopefully this can help some ppl push through the higher tier of maps.
Nah, i was struggling to find a build for warrior because its the only class i found fun, im totally doing this from the moment you said " make build for regular player ", gg brother
Hell yea man, hope you have a good time with it.
@@Mdntech3000 3 days later ( yeah im addicted to this game lol ) i level up from 1 to 55 and im having a blast, some of the bosses before getting hammer of the gods and few other tweaks were a pain in the a** , but now i adjust everything ,learned how to use it and its an amazing build, kinda weird how it really does everything without any expensive gear but hey if it works, it works. Happy new year
Just as I think about starting a warrior, I find this. Thank you!
Hope you enjoy!
I learned a lot from this video. Thanks!
Very welcome! Glad I was able to help even if just a bit.
Build looks awesome! Definitely better than what I’m running right now. Going to work on switching over to this
Awesome, let me know how it goes!
I prefer to drop those "fake" attack speed nodes and go nodes around bottom starting point, grab 3 small attack speed nodes/crit res and go down to reach those 3 notables melee tree, where 1 point gives 18% phys damage with hulking form, which is alot.
Good build and approach for people with a life. Thanks!
Yea, some other guides are just impossible for casual players to do.
Thank you for making something feasible and pragmatic. The builds I see focus so much on having the absolute best of everything. Or have a build around a specific gear piece.
Yea it gets really annoying, I'll watch a really cool video and then they open their gear and I'm like yea....I'm in SSF and I don't play 12 hours a day no way I'm reaching that level ahha
Finally, a perfect excuse to make another warrior (I have a war bringer), really cool build and very detailed guide!
Nice! I want to try a war bringer eventually
This is perfect as is i get the worst gear drops. Looking forward to trying this as i just started warrior
Yup it legit just requires the most basic of gear. Absolutely no specifics needed!
I appreciate your opinion on the matter. Personally think warrior could use a buff, but i respect your view on it.
It is def objectively weaker than most other classes in some aspects. There really isn’t an argument to made there but I truly don’t care, I always have the most fun playing this archetype.
Nice build Im at the point I can go your build with most of the skill points, so off to give it a go. Look forward to more content.
Hope you enjoy! If you have any questions let me know.
Subbed great build!
Thanks a bunch I appreciate it! Means a lot to em
You talk about Boneshatter in your video, but on Mobalytics, that skill does not appear at all. Could you clarify? Also, how do you sequence your attacks? The combat video clips really do not explain how you proc your damage,
It’s in my guide how I sequence attacks for boss damage. Otherwise boneshatter and explode spikes.
I no longer use boneshatter and use shield charge for mobility .
I have 3 builds 85 monk first, 84 warrior second, 46 which I’m grinding warrior I’m really enjoying the dps output I’m hitting for 450k. Monk was fun to didn’t think I would quit playing with him. They are all dominant and fun.
Yup big agree buddy, I really am just having a bunch of fun.
This is great for me. Im only level 38 the bosses are becoming very difficult, any tips for dealing more damage? Mobs are fine to deal with
You're in a weird spot at those levels...Perfect Strike falls off a bit and Supercharged Slam isn't that good...when I was in the 30's I was just focusing on Earthquake / Shockwave Totem and surviving boss mechanics.
Bossing doesn't get that comfortable until Hammer of the Gods, just gotta make it to that.
I used Armor Break and Sunder payoff. The aftershocks also stack off the debuffs, so chainbreaking armor is possible with enough attack speed. Having Shockwave totem there to provide buffs and regen from font supports.
looking forward to trying the meelee with this :)
It's a lot of fun, I hope you enjoy it!
@@Mdntech3000 One question, I saw some other video regarding Scavenged Plating, and there it was mentioned that you can place Splinter as support gem for SP, and that after armor breaking one enemy, other would start some sort of self-sustained cycle via Thorns damage (cause it's physical and you get Thorns from stacks of SP).
Have you maybe tested this, or do you have some experience with this?
I’m not sure how much the thorns damage would even matter tbh. I have no idea how that’s cycle effect works / would work.
I do know that I’ve been using splinter support forever now in my main skill - Earthshatter. It’s just so damn good when it comes to keeping Scanvanged Plating up as well as being a damage increase by breaking armour. I talk about Splinter in my video actually.
@@Mdntech3000 I know I have rewatched your video few times because I have started building my own titan.
Idea about Thorns is not about doing damage via it, it is negligible. Idea is to have enemies swinging at you and breaking their own armor on Thorns, thus providing you with free SP stacks. If this is doable, you are able to use another support gem on Earthshattter, for more damage or whatever.
Not saying it is not good as it is, I am only lvl30 for now and have no experience, just thinking about the concept :)
Ah I see what you’re saying. I still think using Splinter is great. Maybe not when you’re only one a 3 link but when you get a lesser jewelers orbs I think it’s worth it.
I know a lot of people think Splinter as just utility but I don’t view it as such - to me it’s actually a damage increase support. Especially with higher armored enemies. Yea you can break armour other ways but so far this is the most reliable and consistent.
Good guide thank you, subbed. Tips on the trials?
The sanctum trial or ultimatum trials? Thanks!
@Mdntech3000 sekhema
This is how I played my warrior for a while but I found the issue is when I partied it would become very inneffective since the stun threshold gets moved sooo much. And if I add stun buildup for party play i would go back to solo and it would heavy stun everything I hit.
Yea that’s definitely an issue and I’m sure as soon as you get into party play things get really weird.
@@Mdntech3000 it is quite satisfying though , I love seeing the primes and clearing a whole pack with boneshatter, but I switched to fire dmg mace strike aoe for consistency in playing party and solo.
That sounds great as well, I want to try some pure fire version of warrior eventually.
Really enjoying playing warrior but it definitely needs a buff. Whether that’s through a buff to armour mitigation or what I’m not sure. Thanks for the build. Really helps.
Yeah I agree we shall see I'm sure we'll get buffs eventually
You are a real master!
Haha thanks man but I’m not special.
The big streamers and whining saying all the power comes from gear and not the passive tree. Hat off to you, sir, for proving them all wrong 😂
Yea I really don't get this take at all. Passive tree definitely provides a ton of power, even in this early iteration of it. It's good news since the passive tree will get revamps and probably get changed to be even better as more classes come out.
I will say that whenever someone streams or plays the game for a living their opinions definitely get warped negatively.
@Mdntech3000 100% correct pal. Earned yourself a subscriber
Generaly speaking when it comes to the skillgems most guides showcase 6 links wich I'd like to think most people don't have I would love to see what gem i should prioritize if i only have a 3 or a 4th link and if the build would even work if you dont have said 6th links and only had for ex 3/4th links. I will give this a go regardless and hope for the best =)
I think I only have Earthshatter as a six link in the written guide.
Priority supports - (map clear) upheaval - martial tempo - aftershock. Last two link can be armour explosion / splinter.
For a five link I’d add - upheaval - martial tempo - aftershock and heft for single target bosses.
If you only care about map clear and have a three link (just a lesser jewelers gem) use upheaval - splinter - armour explosion.
@@Mdntech3000 Ah ok I looked at the guide via the Mobalytics link =) there its 2 6th link, Shatter and HotG it tihink it was. =)
I must be missing something. For the life of me, I am unable to find the support for “Volcanic Fissure” on the ancestral warrior totem.
I use font of rage and font of blood linked to them and warrior totem.
Thank you for the guide. really simple and explains a lot. would it ever be possible to have a video that explains how to get there. this is my issue. lots of content creators show these awesome end game builds, but not many explain how do we get there. for a new player like myself i'm not sure what works in late early game, where i need to be at the end of the campaign etc. a video to walk us newbs through this process would be great. thanks again for the video. i will give this build a try when i get to mapping.
Figuring some of that stuff is the reason you play the game bro. Do you want him to play it for you too? Lol
Yea I'm gonna write an in depth guide on leveling and playing through the Acts. I might even record a super long play session / vod of leveling a warrior.
@@Mdntech3000 that's would be awesome, thank you so much. Merry Xmas.
Hi, I have a question. I was looking out for a skill which i want to put in my Amulet and came across this" Reinforced Barrier: Defend With 120% of Armour while not on Low Energy Shield. 20% increased maximum Energy Shield." The question is, what is when u dont have an energy shield? Are u always defending with 120% armour?
I don’t believe that works with no energy shield, it’ll only work when above 35% energy shield (or maybe 55% not sure).
Mechanics like this in POE 1 just would work like this but who knows
@@Mdntech3000 Wow that was a fast answer thanks. Btw your guide is amazing clearing T12 maps with ease just lvl 80 Titan with self crafted gear.
great vid, earned my like and sub fellow warrior
Thanks man I really appreciate it!
@@Mdntech3000 almost gave up on my titan, tried your build with some adjustment to my liking and doing great now!
Whats support skills are on mace strike
I honestly never use mace strike. I just put situational gems in there life reage / life thief/ execute in order to more them around when needed.
i'm making a build thats basically the largest possible AOE i can achieve as a barbarian, hope i can utilize this build for it. Right know on lvl 30 my tremor skill (the one that pops up after 3 seconds) take up the entire screen, hopefully when i'm max level i'll be able to reach the whole map with it. cheeers.
That's awesome, I want to do a hybrid totem / earthquake build at some point.
your build doesnt show the support gems on mace strike? or i just dont see them
Tbh I never use mace strike. Theres not many supports to use for it, I think I have life their rage and two other random supports linked to it.
You can put whatever you want there.
thank you for this but can you update you build link to match the video. the passive tree i notice is different.
Yea, sorry worked 17 hours yesterday and doing christmas stuff today will fix everything when I get home today.
@@Mdntech3000 No rush! Merry Christmas and thank you for everything. I been trying the build and I like it but I think I am just not getting the attack speed up enough yet. I see the future of it. Wish I just could get more 5/6/7 maps to drop so I can farm the game :(
I pretty much run your build with ine exception, i use earthquake with momentum, overpower and heft in it (i only have 3 sockest unlocked.
Earthquake emidiatly heavystuns entire packs .
So i rol in-between packs slamming earthquake, en there all heavy stunned then boneshaker like you.
Thank you for your video
No problem man, I really want to do an Earthquake build too. The nice thing about this “build” is that it’s more of a template.
You can really use other slams if you want and you’ll have a good time IMO.
@Mdntech3000 I'm struggling a bit in maps though, dying a lot.
That's why I was looking around.
I'm only lvl 73. I meticulously went trough your video. I don't get how you get near 3k life as I only have 2k and life on all my gear. Also +300 strength amazed me.
I'm new to the game and will have to do some more studying.
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I have some gear with good life rolls and I took the life ascendancy node as my 3rd choice. It really helps with survivability.
I loved the vid but think I jumped the gun on switching over to this build. Spent 100k+ to redo my passives but my dmg went down tremendously, almost by half. Either way appreciate your guides for the regular players out there!
Thanks man, appreciate the comment. TBH damage should be the least of your worries with this setup, there's probably something going on with gem links / weapons or something else. How's your gear - what level are you?
Edit: Also if you're having trouble maintaining rage you can switch Enraged Warcry from Seismic to Infernal.
@ well I’m an idiot on a couple accounts lol. Sorry this is my first PoE experience so I’m a noob. I forgot to rebind my middle mouse click to a skill since it used to be my mana flask.. and I’m only lvl 71 so I don’t have a lot of skill gems with more than 3 slots. I redid which ones I had and the build feels a lot better than what I used to have. I’m only on T3 maps. Thanks again for the awesome content!
Hey man great to hear!!! So happy it’s working out for you keep me updated!
Why not duel weld you've got the attack for it. You can hold two two handed weapons or you took it off so you can keep that info yourself
I don’t have enough strength for giants blood :/
Also, as the point of the video is to be super accessible without needing any gear that would go against what I’m trying to do.
Thank you, i see you already changed it on the website, though I used your build as a base. Now my warrior is playable after I broke him with some random build from the internet
Glad you got your warrior up and running!
Isnt armor in a very bad state? Im using war/titan but feels surprising hard to stay alive on higher maps in comparison to energy shield monk/witch
Warrior and Armour is 100000000% the weakest defensive class in the game. Theres no question about it. Other ES and evasion classes are just so ridiculous it’s crazy…I was shocked to see all these builds easily get 10k ES lol.
Unfortunately, armour and block (if going giants blood) is literally all we have. We do need to invest in armour even with the diminishing returns being bad on it- unlike ES.
@Mdntech3000 yeah, figured armor would be bad, but i was rather surprised, nice guide anyhow, hope GGG can balance things put, but up until then, Giants blood with shield will have to do the trick
attack speed makes the spell cast faster? i put it,but dont notice the diference
It does, you need a bunch of attack speed to really feel a difference though. Using martial tempo support helps a bunch too.
What do you use to level with because I'm struggling. Lol. Would love to try this build but I can't seem to stay alive or do enough damage.
Use bone shatter and rolling slam to level, also earthquake/shockwave totem for map clear, you should be good.
Generally you'll use rolling slam and then use the boneshatter procs as they show. You can watch a video I uploaded recently about Act 1 playstyle and Act 2 stuff.
Let me know if you have any specific questions.
@@Mdntech3000 Thanks for the response. I was using that but then I started using Shield Bash and that seems to be working pretty good at the moment. Lol. If that begins to stop working I'll definitely do your suggestion.
Would you please describe how I should level/progress through the passive tree?
Yea the written guide is gonna have more passive skill trees soon.
Something like this around your level.
maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/
You want to get the big notables that increase your damage the most while still grabbing the aftershock and armour notables for sure.
@@Mdntech3000 Thanks buddy, when I went to the link it's an empty planner tho
Is the mobilitics update as a level 100 build? Just asking since it says “clear was nerfed” and the passives are different
Yea, worked 17 hours this morning and doing christmas stuff today so later today I'll patch things up!
@ hey man it’s Christmas and even if it wasn’t, do your thing! I appreciate the content and response. Have a Maerry Christmas exile
Very nice build friend, hope you will update when things changes. Gg
I'm finally done with the holiday rush and have some days off. I've progressed a bit and definitely want to give an update soon.
How are you doing the ascendency with this setup? I'm having a hard time with my so much needed 3rd ascendency.
Just overlevel some levens, and geth some decend honor resistance. Ziggyd has great video about it
Honestly, you legit just one shot the bosses on your first stun. As long as you combo properly -
When you heavy stun them -
1. Seismic Cry (for damage boost and guaranteed Aftershock)
2. Infernal Cry (more damage boost)
3. Hammer of Gods
4. Profit
This assumes that the enemies armour is full broken as well as having enough rage. This is something you do while working up to the initial heavy stun but is very easy to do.
hi. i dont know why but im in dashar in act 2 and dont get this blink symbol over the enemy heads anymore to finish them with the boneshatter skill. i choosed before the titan ascendancy and go the surprising strength way.
Is boneshatter still active among your skills? Is it greyed out in there?
@@Mdntech3000 yes its active and collored. 157 dps
I made a Warrior but it's currently sitting at level 1, all i ever hear in game or elsewhere is that Warrior is bad or unfun etc, is it bad early on? or is it a "skill issue" with these people? i never played PoE 1 and started this recently and not far into the game, atm highest character is 18 Monk at the final act 1 boss (been trying to get some better gear before fighting him)
If you're playing Monk, then at least you're familiar with melee class, I say go try it out. I started with Ranger, now I'm casually playing Warrior on the side, already lv 30 in act 2, and it's not that bad.
This is coming from a casual player though, if you're not gonna whine about all these meta shits, then Warrior is pretty satisfying to play, and a bit later on you'll have more tools to play with too.
Warrior fantastic people just hate the speed
I'm at lv79 and I can tell you this class is actually pretty bad compared to the rest.
I'm still playing this character because I like it more then the others, but it's really week and I'm struggling very hard to make improvements.
Currently stuck between tier 5 and tier 8
@neverapple8883 What type of build you doing? i was looking at skills for Warrior and wanna do Earthshatter myself. not far in only level 7 and just past the rotten druid doing Earthquake & Infernal Cry atm
Warrior / Titan is far and away more fun to me than Monk.
I am biased though as the heavy armor, melee focused, physical "warrior" wielding a two handed weapon (Pretty much the Guts archetype) is far and away my favorite playstyle in any RPG.
Warrior is slow but powerful, it does require some skill and I do think most time its not so much a skill issue as it might just be a "mental" issue with people's approach to POE 2.
Warrior is definitely a bit hard to play in Act 1 but it's still a load of fun once it gets going.
which Attributes should i choose in the skill tree? strength i think?
All strength. Depending on gear you might to grab just one or two dex or int nodes but otherwise just str.
@@Mdntech3000 ah ok, im a beginner with the warrior, thanks for quick help! merry x mas :-)
can i use this build with earth quake main? i just love earth quake
You can definitely use earthquake. Just switch out upheaval with fast forward.
I would probably get a shockwave totem setup too in addition to earthquake.
why not giant`s blood? also i get rumors that there is no warrior in ultra end game without shield because they cant survive :(
Those rumors aren't true. I show that even at T15 with objectively bad gear you can easily survive and clear.
Giants Blood is great but it's just in no way beginner friendly or feasible without investment. The whole point of this video is accessibility and ease of use. A build that requires just the bare minimum while still being playable.
I don't expect casual players, players with little time or players newer to the game able start maps with a good weapon with % reduced attribute requirements and / or gear with high strength.
I could easily post a video just spamming Stampede with Giant's Blood blowing up entire screens but that isn't realistic for a lot of players just starting warrior.
@@Mdntech3000 i came in asking and went out educated :P
is it normal to tooltip dmg to be reduced even if the new equiped 2h is better than the original one?
Could be depending on which affixes were on the weapon.
Got a quick question. Currently on Cruel Act 3 and am around lvl 60 ish playing Titan. Rn my ascendency is full aftershock and the ancestrial boosted on second slam (only have 4 points currently). When is it recommended to switch to hulking form? As Ik it’s better later on cause you have more passive skills.
Fyi my main skill is sunder
Honestly if you're lvl 60 Hulking Form is already better than the other four points. You just get too much value from it.
@@Mdntech3000 yeah i’ll probably spec into hulking form now. Currently level 68 + the 24 free points and I feel like I have a decent amount of passives now.
Around what level should I focus this build?
I just got off but I’m sure I was level 59
You should be able to start using the build above lvl 50 - you just need to get some of the attack speed nodes on the tree.
so im around level 45, and i pretty much am copying your build bit by bit u til i ran into a problem with dealing absolutely no damage, this being npc’s and bosses pretty much take a good 9 minutes of pure fighting to finally kill
It’s all about building up your stun and unleashing a big combo from there. If you get the aftershock ascendancy first, get some stun buildup early you should be doing great damage vs bosses when they’re stunned if you’re using slam skills.
2500 life and res capped why do i still get insta gibbed randomly?
Could be not enough armor and not enough recovery. I have a video of doing a t14 mob level with 2.4K life without capped resists in Vaal factory.
I have to play EXTREMELY careful in order to to survive Vaal factory way stone. It’s hard for sure.
Im trying to see if giants blood is worth it atm I'm in. Would 1 mace 600 damage + 4 melee better then 2 mace 300 damage each +8 melee?
That’s tough, I think giants blood really shines when you’re able to get a shield in your off hand as you’ll just massively increase your survivability.
Using two - 2 handers id have no idea how good that would be tbh.
A shield would be nice but that will drop my damage all the way down. Would have to use a 300 damage weapon. If you use two 2 handed the stats stack with each other right? Like 15 attack speed each so you would have 30? Same with phy dam?
For some reason when I did the 2 maces giants blood my damage for hammer of the gods almost cut in half..
Duel wield two hander is slow, any idea why?
I think two 2handers is just too complicated and dual wielding them brings too many penalties, I think GGG just had issues with it right and it should be stronger.
How is it against bosses?
Absolutely amazing. If you probably set up hammer of the gods you just one shot the boss during the heavy stun lol.
Hello, I did the same passive tree, have the same support gems in skills, but I dont know what Im doing wrong. Im not able to even clear map 1. 65 lvl with 2 ascend. Im new on poe, maybe im missing something? With my old old build making the first map was possible (but it was my build) but it was so slow, so I decided to change it, and now im stuck with "broken" build. And advice?
At lvl 65 I would honestly just farm some of the bosses in the Act 3 cruel or Act 3 cruel areas. You can ctrl + click the area to reset it and get safely farm some of those areas for upgrades / materials.
With 2 ascend just take hulking form - or even skip hulking form and take the more max life + after shock nodes until 3rd ascendancy. If you have your resists somewhat high and decent life you should be able to start working towards the eraly maps.
@Mdntech3000 that's what I'm doing right now, Ive changed back to my build and trying farm early maps. I got full el Res, 46% chaos
Is it true that attack speed on the passive tree is not working as intended? I'm currently too low of a level for the upheaval support gem to drop is their any way around this.? Great content.
It is NOT true that attack speed on tree is not working as intended. There is some misinformation on some websites / guides - attack speed HELPS everything the warrior does and yes, even Rolling Slam / Sunder get significantly sped up with attack speed.
Early on leveling I would stay away from Earthshatter until you get upheaval and enough attack speed to make it worth using. Rolling Slam / Boneshatter is good in the campaign. Perfect Strike / Supercharged Slam / Hammer of the Gods for bosses during the heavy stun.
A lot of people don't like Earthquake / Shockwave Totem for leveling but I like that combo a lot. With the slowing effect of Jagged Ground - Use pin support - jagged ground for shockwave totem and you just plant Shockwave Totem and let it explode all your Earthquakes. It has pretty nice aoe and allows you to run around and stay alive or run through the map.
@Mdntech3000 You have been a ton of help. Amazing answer. I put notifications on, and I will become a member. If you ever stream on TH-cam? I promise I will donate because you deserve it. Keep grinding on TH-cam. I believe you will blow up one day. This video was high quality and hilarious. Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. From one father to another. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
People just like to hate something because they hate themselves 😢
Yea I honestly can’t believe how many people bitch non stop about everything lol.
It's only 5% attack speed for the buffs when hit now. They nerfed it :(
Are you sure? Was there a stealth nerf or something? If you have hulking form it should be 7%
Don't try this build if you're not level 85. MAYBE at that level it's better. I see a lot of positive comments but how many of you actually tested this in game? At 77 I was getting absolutely rolled by everything on tier 12 maps. I followed the build to a t. Even had way better gear than what you show in the video. So why am I dying instantly on a map 3 tiers lower? Also doesn't help that the written guide you linked doesn't match what's in the video.
Written guide should be completely up to date now.
I have a recent video with worse gear clearing a t14 map at 2.4 k life. It’s definitely easy to get going. If you have way better gear you should be having a much easier time tbh. I can’t really comment what’s killing you without seeing how you play unfortunately, hopefully I can help you with something.
Also, if there are any discrepancies between this video and my written guide let me know, I’ve been slammed with the holidays but trying my best to keep up.
@@Mdntech3000 I just feel very squishy. I'm at 2.5k Life, 70% Armor and maxed out all my resistances including chaos to 75+. Over 100 life gained on kill, and 7.5% life leeched off physical but still I'm just dying way too fast. I noticed in the gameplay you were closer to 3k Life (which is a bit tough to reach for a player hitting endgame for the first time) but even so you were taking some BIG chunks of damage from the literal weakest enemies on the map. I know you had crap gear and the point is to show it works without good gear but if you can only barely survive the trash mobs is that really viable?? I swear I'm not trying to be a hater. Maybe I'm doing something wrong but this just isn't working for me man. I spent literal hours last night setting up my build just like yours only to end up feeling significantly weaker than i did before...
White mobs are just always dangerous…especially ranged mobs that you can’t clear fast and efficiently.
About life, my biggest recommendation is to get the life ascendancy point as your third point since that’ll really make it easy to reach 3k life. I can’t tell you how many times in y 14/15 waystones I would have died without that.
It’s definitely hard and you do have to play super careful. Eventually you’d get enough gear to get Giants Blood and use a shield in order to massively increase your defense. Are you using cannibalism attached to one of your Auras? This was another part of the build I just can’t play without and would rather use this than use three auras. It adds a bunch of survivability as when you take a bunch of chunk hits you can recover it quickly when you clear the pack compared to leech which is a bit slower.
It’s ok I gotcha man I dont think you’re hating. Finally, the game is honestly hard. If you watch the one like t14 video I did I get chunked and played SUPER careful - also after playing POE 1 since 2016 I just have a lot of experience knowing which mobs are dangerous in maps / waystones.
One piece of advice that still applies to POE 2 - it’s hard to explain but you always want to play at an “angle” while mapping…what I mean is that you want to consistently change you direction / angle when approaching enemies. It’s something that with time you’ll passively learn to do and it will increase your survivability - baiting projectiles - spells etc.
Also, just personally for me but I die way more when using Stampede / Leap Slam when I have bad gear. Better to just position better and walk non stop.
Finally, how’s your attack speed? Sorry for the novel lol just trying to help.
@@Mdntech3000 I appreciate all the advice a lot man. Thanks for taking the time. As far as skills and gems i literally copied what you have 1 for 1 so yeah i have cannibalism. 1.35 attacks per second on earth shatter is where im currently sitting. I did try to get my third ascendancy in the sekhema trial but I really struggle fighting the dual sentinels boss on a Warrior. Maybe I'd have better luck with the chaos trial? Funny that you mention dying a lot using leap slam. That's the main reason I came searching for a new build haha. Got tired of getting frozen mid air and getting blasted.
is the nerf too hard?
No not really, you can still do the old clearing stampede method it’s fine.
WHAT Tech???
Negron - it's my name.
When you say beginner I think you mean beginning endgame because this didn't help at all really with how I'm supposed to play through the story
I talk about the story in my written guide. Use rolling slam / bone shatter early. Earthquake and shockwave totem is good too for clear.
Perfect strike later on until hammer of the gods for single target dmg. Let me know if you have any specific questions.
I tried this build, and my life is just being drained super fast. and I have more life than your character, and more armor. I dont understand...
Do you have any life regen? Even with Berserk you should be able to recover more life than you lose even while using Blood Magic.
I'm trying to build warrior with two 1handed maces due to speed of casting everything else...but boy....close to impossible
You definitely need a lot of attack speed to make Earthshatter viable. Without enough attack speed you might be better off with a different skill or just not using upheaval.
@@Mdntech3000 I'm doing: Leap Slam, Rolling Slam, BoneShatter and HotG from time to time. The thing that annoys me is that some pack of monsters and crits in general can interrupt your casting sometimes 3-4times in a row which is enough time for them to shut you down. That skill interupt on casting is annoying as hell for close combat class. Its avoidable and almost non-existant for any other class but for Warrior is pure BS.
Hey mate, Trying to emulate this atm. How do you get such large numbers on gear? Is that crafting system stuff and it just boosts a stat?
You pretty much just have to get it from drops while playing the game.
I pick up A LOT of gear...eventually you'll get a piece of gear with good rolls. If it has one important roll such as high +life roll, I Orb Augmentation it then Regal Orb, then Exalt Orb.
If it's a rare with decent rolls I just Exalt Orb it.
This is enough to get some decent gear with +life +resist. From there it's just keep on looting and trying to find upgrades here and there.
Does attack speed affrct speel cast speed ?
No, attack speed only affects attacks.
So why you put so much points in attack speed if you dont use them that much ?
Shit.. why this weapon is terrible, what it should look like?
DMG is pretty high and got attack speed
Just need bigger rolls everywhere. Tier 2 is the second lowest so this weapon could be MUCh stronger lol
The f is a t15? I think you underestimate the word beginner
Tier 15 waystone.
@ I’ll google what a way stone is lol
Blood Magic the true warriors way.. wtf mana
Agreed man, blood magic makes life so much easier.
Still using my lv30 gear inkl lv28 mace in t10s on my Titan. It still claps.
Titan is definitely a clapper, I love it.
I picked elemental ailment from act 3 poison drake quest instead of mana regen. do i have to start over?
Nope not at all, we don't care about mana regen anyway.
@Mdntech3000 how do I keep up with mana then? I keep running out of it. 3 totem, I am out. I constantly need to drink mana potion to keep up