Something I didn't cover in this video is Awakened skill gems. They are always better but sometimes not cost effective. An Awakened Melee Phys gives you intimidate which is a solid 10% more damage buffer and is typically pretty cheap. Awakened Multistrike also technically provides more damage but it's so extremely expensive I couldn't even bring myself to buy one this league. Do your PoB homework before you blow a lot of money on these.
Dude, I wanna thank you. I've been playing actively since Delve and I've never really found my spot in the game or let alone realised what I should be doing with all the currency I had. Usually I just bought my gear from the market and I was always really scared to craft any gear myself. I just farmed for Exalted Orbs and flipped shit. After diving into your videos, I stopped being afraid to try out some crafts. I've realized how profitable it can be and that this is how you can actively make your gameplay more fun. I was also able to supress my fear of sixlinking items. Crafting items really became an gameplay option for me now and I have to thank you for making build theories, as they really helped me understand the Melee playstyle better! This league I've also finally been able to push T16 maps and endgame bosses for the first time... To summarize: You're exactly my size of crown, Don. :D
Pretty damn good guide, I used a lot of your tips from other videos this league, and it was by far the best Character I've ever made, got 36 challenges, a build worth 50+exalts and it was a lot of fun. Learned some good stuff here, looking forward to apply it in Delirium. Keep up the good stuff :) !
Really like that you mention increase/costs calcuations. Seen so many that focus on the wrong item first. Never considered aspect of the spiderman for dps so far, so thanks for that idea
Extremely useful video. Lots of people talk about budget builds and budget options but very few people talk about how to scale builds into big budget territory.
Really great video, a lot of useful info, main takeaway is the cost/increased dmg and alternatives the staple uniques like the watchers eyes. Thank you!
I subscribed for this video - please more stuff like this. That is exactly the information dedicated poe players who want to excel in the late game want. After this vid i switched out of pride for aspect of the spider and herald of purity on my double strike berserker and it works like a charm :)
As you said that this vid focused more on damage, but it's maybe interesting to talk about various damage mitigation that you take since you mention dropping acrobatics at the end of the vid. Stacking multiple source of damage mitigation like enfeeble, blind, block, armor, various damage reduction and huge life pool seems like a must-know for melee build
This is actually a pretty solid video Don. Nicely done. One nitpick I do have though. Aspect of the Spider is 100% not 15% more damage in your build. Increased damage taken stacks additively and since you are playing phys I'd assume you have maim and/or flesh and stone maim and/or vulnerability in your setup. Aspect of the Spoder is likely still a great damage increase 10% +, but definitely not 15%. Bugs me when people get increased damage taken wrong.
One of the worst parts of PoE is that some topics get weighed down by explanation to the point that it kills peoples attention span. I try to keep things as light as I can so that newer players can actually understand what's going on. In this particular case saying spider is a 15% more damage boost is the difference between 66% more damage from all additive effects and 74%. Is 8% a big deal? Yes and no, if I was planning to only talk to people with a top end knowledge of build design and damage scaling then I would talk at that level. Since that type of person generally doesn't need to be told much about build design, since they've already gotten their masters in PoB, I tend to try and talk at a more simplistic level. Do I get frustrated/angry when I see people misleading others with PoB? E.g. Checked that Berserk/Multi Vaal Skill/Charges they shouldn't have/Shock Effect/Adrenaline from nowhere. Yes I get really annoyed. So i can understand your frustration. I always try to present a 'true dps' build in PoB for these reasons. In the end spider does boost your dps a noticeable amount and is generally stupid cheap these days. Oh and the move speed slow is really nice, notice in the Aul fight (5:48) how he actually seems to get stuck pathing instead of attacking me, that's because of spider slow.
@@DonTheCrown Thank you for replying in such a constructive manner Don. To clarify. I still think Aspect of the Spider is a great idea for this build and many other builds. Even if it's not the full 15%, it still offers a lot of utility besides being a worthwile damage reservation on it's own. I see where you are coming from. I'm not like "Don sucks because he worded it this one way". Quite on the opposite I am actually impressed by your reply. I'd just, personally, argue that using this language ends up confusing new players in the long-term. If most of the creators using AotS refer to it as 15% more damage, then people might develop a misunderstanding of how increased damage taken works (Especially because nowadays a lot of builds have more than 1 source of inc-damage taken). On the other hand, I understand that there isn't really a way to express how nice the reservation is otherwise. Just saying "it is a nice damage multiplier" might be too vague for someone just starting out. In any case, keep doing your thing. I just wanted to bring up some of my concerns, however, I can recognize the use of simplistic language.
i've always felt that the pride aura is a noob trap in itself. of course, if you get a double pride watchers eye it would be worth using, tho probably more worth selling. melee has always had the highest ceiling in the game, but the investment it takes to get there rarely sees the light of day. this guide although very helpful for how to get there still takes an insane amount of investment. more than most will get with their amount of playtime. the main thing for these people to take away is it isn't that your build is failing, or that you need to play meta, its literally just that you need to play more. play a build you enjoy and that helps make the grind tolerable. ANY build with a crazy investment will dominate this game. this guide is great to show you the most effective use of that investment for the biggest returns, when considering melee.
this video is great for melee noobs. figuring out what sort of weapons i should pay for how much, and also realizing some big ticket items are not for me. i also love the +2 charges shield idea. quality content
would steel rings with high flat phys prefix and life and resists be better than circle of anguish and just keep pride? if you drop pride you losing out on the massive dmg increase from the +2 impale watchers eye... if anyone has any insight pls gimme ur take
pob says bottle faith does not give more damage that regular sulphur flask, why is that? looks like it ignores the +x to critical strike chance and increased damage to enemies on the cons. ground
For me, Abyssus is my most favorite helmet. With 20mil shaper dps, any boss melt in milliseconds. While mapping, even without Abyssus, you still die especially in Delirium. So the best way to counter this is HH + self curse. Another ok way is freeze which is the best crowd control in the game.
it should also be noted that if youre just doing solo play, there isnt really any reason to go past around 8-10m dps. u will kill everything almost instantly with that level of dps and be forced to sacrifice alot of defense to push past 20m. you can see on his berserker with 5.2k hp that hes sacrificed 3-4k life to get that level of dmg. obviously it's your character and you should play it how u choose, but if youre looking for that sweet spot for balancing offense and defense on melee, ive found around 8m dps to be absolutely plenty.
I rediscovered the ryslatha belt just some week ago. Have had the legacy one forever in standard and never realized it got updated to such an insane degree. 20% already felt decent but now it got 40% and life. I should check on old items sometimes.
Thanks Don! I'm going with your 5c Cyclone and will no doubt have to watch this again when I get the currency to upgrade. I know you include a POB but have you considered a written guide? Please do have a ponder! And THANKS!
problem with written guides is that the PoE site doesnt really alert you well when you get a new comment, so I would have to manage that guide (and any others) and that's just extra work
@@DonTheCrown I hear you - but look at Enki's Arc (my first build in my first league) that build has had a bazillion views and has made history as the most viewed build ever - you could make yourself a legend with one of your builds. ..
@@DonTheCrown is DonHacks the fully pimped build on your profile page www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/DonTheCrown/characters I was looking for the Terminus Est variant - as that is far easier to achieve!
A thing about the mirror blade vs paradoxica is that you cant really get much use out of double dmg mods else where on para , where as the mirror foils can which open up even more dmg ceiling via watcher eyes and timeless jewel But they are still extremely not cost-effective tho :p
Yo Don, thanks for the build guide, what would be nice to mention, would be the possible skill gems and supports that could be used. And which support works best with which melee skill.
Thanks, I've been thinking about putting on my Circle of Guilt on my new melee build or not but since I'm not using minions I thought that herald of purity would be a bad choice...
Not gonna lie, as much as I despised Abyssus before this patch, I'm surprised how well Abyssus works on my Champion. Unstoppable Hero + Master of Metal really offset the drawback of Abyssus, which makes it a rather good budget DPS choice. The change to the fortify order really helped tuning the drawback of Abyssus down a bit. It sums up to 68% phys dmg reduction on my build (75% without abyssus). The only way, that it still kills you hard are physical dots though, since fortify won't help with that. But it did it's job well enough and got me to 93 this league (edit: had to correct myself) Then again, I only have peasant 17 mill BF dps x), but that's more than enough for all I did this league :D
Im going to try a Champion with Abyssus and Cyclone next league. I've been theorycrafting this two handed build on PoB, which should be cheap to league start and still be able to reach about 10 mill shaper dps, and can achieve over 20 mill min-maxing with some super high-end gear. Do you still die a lot with Champion? Cause I tried a Slayer build from Erva Ergul with Abyssus that was super weak, I was getting one shotted by most bosses, random shit in maps would kill me, Porcupines were a nightmare to deal with, and overall was just not a very pleasing experience, although it had lots of dmg and could kill conquerors in less than 5 seconds. I hope that with the fortify effect and various dmg mitigation nodes I can compensate the extra phys dmg taken from Abyssus. If that still doesnt work I'm dumping all of that shit and I'll just go with a max block gladiator. I like killing stuff fast, but I like not dying and levelling up more.
@@IDyn4m1CI poe-profile.info/profile/akei56?realm=pc (end of league) This is my build (dont mind the corrupted gear, just end league corruption fiesta) There were some occasional oneshots, but those were mostly from bosses, where I suck at some of the mechanics (and often times it was elemental damage and not even phys). Other than that I was reliably doing UE, Sirus deathless. Could kill most T16+ Metamorphs before they were able to hit back and during clear the only things I had to watch out for were porci's, since I didn't have an explodi chest. I played slayer before changing to champion as well and it felt soo much more squishy (even though I loved the full screen AoE fiesta xD). Champion feels like the best choice for Abyssus though, since the whole bonus armour thing of Master of Metal and Unstoppable Hero really help with counteracting Abyssus' downside. Killing things fast and good positioning are key though, but I guess that counts for every build that isn't full dodge or block x) Chaos damage hurt like a truck mostly, since I didn't have any chaos res. A friend of mine went for a sweet block bladestorm gladi and still had a reasonably fast clear + amazing bossing experience poe-profile.info/profile/RoseRock/HowMuchIsTheBlock If that is more your cup of tea :D
@@Unpixelt Thx for the reply and thx for linking your profile. Your tree looks pretty similar to the one I was planning for my champion. I see you're barely missing 5k life though, which would be worrying for me, in my build I was able to reach 6k life quite comfortably so I hope I have good survivability. Your friend's build looks nice too, although max block doesn't seem to be his focus. You can get up to 82% chance to block attack and spell (83% if you can get a corrupted shield with +1% maximum chance to block). Thats the build I'm going to try in the future, probably just for killing bosses
nice video! i started poe again after a 2 year break and i hate trading in poe so much that i started to play ssf only but i get the feeling im kinda missing out... ^^
heya don, with the new season at the door what do you think of molten strike as a character for it? I know maybe it isnt really related to the vid itself, but molten strike is a melee skill no xD? i was thinking of a molten strike starting with one handed weapon and shield and then going for a dual wield the savior + beltimber blade (or anyway the 1 with +2 projectiles) what do you think? this guide will be as usefull for char like this?
Solid league-start/specific content in here, you should probably more appropriately title the video to get more views on it now, especially since everyone is searching for league-start/specific right now.
Gl getting one with - mana and explode, those mostly were made before awakener orb nerf and cost 90+ ex atm. Or gl playing something like blade flurry with almost all mana reserved and without mana cost on chest
Hey Don! Love video :) Watching you with Perforate on this video - I made a decision, I will play Perforate in 3.10! Soooo, I got 3 questions: 1) It is good league starter? 2) All guides online show 2h version for Perforate. I guess x2 1H impale will do fine? :P 3) On budget gear (x2 300pdps swords/axes) it possible to do ALL content? btw keep going with your videos, they are really good to watch
1) i level using it til 28 then blade storm feels better, might need some investment to really make it pop 2) yup dual wield impale is fine, check the pob hitting for 24m dps in sand stance 3) ALL content is super broad, like delve is infinite, new content is unknown, your personal skill level will cause it to be a big variance. Imo get 2 paradoxicas instead of 300 foils
That awakener didn't look like a 52 mil DPS to me. I have seen build that is 10 mil kill it faster. EDIT: I looked at the PoB. If I have to guess why the build doesn't look as impressive as the numbers suggest is that you have alot of mechanics that needs to build up. Multiple types of charges, rage and the usual impale. Not to mention blade flurry itself gaining stages. Tbh a less damage build that can deal that damage from the start will probably feel better.
its def not 52M being showcased. i was able to kill cortex phases before the 2nd attack hit (except more life+phys res+reduced crit rolls) using a 15M build last league, and the awakener phases were faster than whats being shown here.
@@albertoalonso6104 It is the definition of a noob trap. :) Mathil is not a noob. He knows how to play/build around Abyssus. But a lot of players see him use Abyssus and just throw that helmet in their build, and then they get oneshot at every turn.
Basically increased sources are added to the total pool of increased before multiplying the base and each more source multiplies the base by itself.20 Inc is 120% dmg,adding another 20% Inc will be 140.20% more to base dmg will still be 120% dmg but adding another 20% more will be 144% dmg.Increased loses it's value the more you stack but more will always have the same value.Increased=additive,more=multiplicative.
Abyssus is not a noob trap in sc trade when literally every boss gets oneshot/insta-phased. For mapping its kinda sketch but again: soft core item. And let's be honest 99% of players aren't going for 100 anyway
Literally last stream I had a guy with 4k hp, not res capped, and wearing abyssus. He was level 90 and couldn't figure out why his damage was okayish but he would die ALL THE TIME. Dying isn't fun, even if you're not going for 100, and dying when you don't know why can cause noob players to go play something else imo.
4 mod jewels a good main hand and crit multiplier make a ton of difference and I'm not talking about a 50c weapon, but a 10ex rare weapon can make the game mega easy
***TRIGGER IS ON *** OMFG this triggers me so much Aspect of the spider and bottled faith give "enemies take x% INCREASED damage". The only source of MORE damage on "taking" in the game so far is Pride aura. This means that the sources of taking increased damage are additive and not multiplicative ***TRIGGER IS OFF*** Overall the video is awesome, thanks Don
It's so minor that getting super into detail about it requires more explanation than benefit received. Unless you're manually calculating your dps by hand ;)
The current problem with Facebreaker is that you are missing out on really good dual wield swords available AND the newly craftable rare gloves added with the conqueror orbs. Don't get me wrong, I know FB builds and did one this league too but you miss out on alot of dps (unless you throw in an abyssus, but then you need to manage resists on other gear)
@@dkducanh its not only about delve. its about jucied maps\ endgame bosses. 1 mistake and you get oneshoted and all these millions of dmg doesnt help you
Something I didn't cover in this video is Awakened skill gems.
They are always better but sometimes not cost effective. An Awakened Melee Phys gives you intimidate which is a solid 10% more damage buffer and is typically pretty cheap. Awakened Multistrike also technically provides more damage but it's so extremely expensive I couldn't even bring myself to buy one this league.
Do your PoB homework before you blow a lot of money on these.
Hey man can the "projectiles" from perforate be used like a shotgun?
you can get Intimidate on hit implicit from purity rings, good thing to look for in your purchases
Dude, I wanna thank you. I've been playing actively since Delve and I've never really found my spot in the game or let alone realised what I should be doing with all the currency I had. Usually I just bought my gear from the market and I was always really scared to craft any gear myself. I just farmed for Exalted Orbs and flipped shit. After diving into your videos, I stopped being afraid to try out some crafts. I've realized how profitable it can be and that this is how you can actively make your gameplay more fun. I was also able to supress my fear of sixlinking items. Crafting items really became an gameplay option for me now and I have to thank you for making build theories, as they really helped me understand the Melee playstyle better! This league I've also finally been able to push T16 maps and endgame bosses for the first time... To summarize: You're exactly my size of crown, Don. :D
Pretty damn good guide,
I used a lot of your tips from other videos this league, and it was by far the best Character I've ever made, got 36 challenges, a build worth 50+exalts and it was a lot of fun.
Learned some good stuff here, looking forward to apply it in Delirium.
Keep up the good stuff :) !
Really like that you mention increase/costs calcuations. Seen so many that focus on the wrong item first.
Never considered aspect of the spiderman for dps so far, so thanks for that idea
Extremely useful video. Lots of people talk about budget builds and budget options but very few people talk about how to scale builds into big budget territory.
Just wanted to say thank you very much. I've used many of your videos lately for myself and to help many people in the community. You are awesome!
Really great video, a lot of useful info, main takeaway is the cost/increased dmg and alternatives the staple uniques like the watchers eyes. Thank you!
I subscribed for this video - please more stuff like this. That is exactly the information dedicated poe players who want to excel in the late game want. After this vid i switched out of pride for aspect of the spider and herald of purity on my double strike berserker and it works like a charm :)
As you said that this vid focused more on damage, but it's maybe interesting to talk about various damage mitigation that you take since you mention dropping acrobatics at the end of the vid.
Stacking multiple source of damage mitigation like enfeeble, blind, block, armor, various damage reduction and huge life pool seems like a must-know for melee build
yeah, it's lightly mentioned, I could focus that more in the future
for me defense is not the issue. issue is the damage, less investment with most damage is the key for HC build. :D
@@DonTheCrown i officially proclaimed DonTheCrown is God of Melee in the POE universe! :D
more vids like this pls, they just give a good amount of general knowledge that most new players like me lack
This is actually a pretty solid video Don. Nicely done.
One nitpick I do have though. Aspect of the Spider is 100% not 15% more damage in your build. Increased damage taken stacks additively and since you are playing phys I'd assume you have maim and/or flesh and stone maim and/or vulnerability in your setup. Aspect of the Spoder is likely still a great damage increase 10% +, but definitely not 15%. Bugs me when people get increased damage taken wrong.
One of the worst parts of PoE is that some topics get weighed down by explanation to the point that it kills peoples attention span. I try to keep things as light as I can so that newer players can actually understand what's going on.
In this particular case saying spider is a 15% more damage boost is the difference between 66% more damage from all additive effects and 74%. Is 8% a big deal? Yes and no, if I was planning to only talk to people with a top end knowledge of build design and damage scaling then I would talk at that level. Since that type of person generally doesn't need to be told much about build design, since they've already gotten their masters in PoB, I tend to try and talk at a more simplistic level.
Do I get frustrated/angry when I see people misleading others with PoB? E.g. Checked that Berserk/Multi Vaal Skill/Charges they shouldn't have/Shock Effect/Adrenaline from nowhere. Yes I get really annoyed. So i can understand your frustration. I always try to present a 'true dps' build in PoB for these reasons.
In the end spider does boost your dps a noticeable amount and is generally stupid cheap these days. Oh and the move speed slow is really nice, notice in the Aul fight (5:48) how he actually seems to get stuck pathing instead of attacking me, that's because of spider slow.
@@DonTheCrown Thank you for replying in such a constructive manner Don.
To clarify. I still think Aspect of the Spider is a great idea for this build and many other builds. Even if it's not the full 15%, it still offers a lot of utility besides being a worthwile damage reservation on it's own.
I see where you are coming from. I'm not like "Don sucks because he worded it this one way". Quite on the opposite I am actually impressed by your reply. I'd just, personally, argue that using this language ends up confusing new players in the long-term. If most of the creators using AotS refer to it as 15% more damage, then people might develop a misunderstanding of how increased damage taken works (Especially because nowadays a lot of builds have more than 1 source of inc-damage taken).
On the other hand, I understand that there isn't really a way to express how nice the reservation is otherwise. Just saying "it is a nice damage multiplier" might be too vague for someone just starting out.
In any case, keep doing your thing. I just wanted to bring up some of my concerns, however, I can recognize the use of simplistic language.
thanks Don, I've been looking for something liek this for AGES. more pls :-)
i've always felt that the pride aura is a noob trap in itself. of course, if you get a double pride watchers eye it would be worth using, tho probably more worth selling.
melee has always had the highest ceiling in the game, but the investment it takes to get there rarely sees the light of day. this guide although very helpful for how to get there still takes an insane amount of investment. more than most will get with their amount of playtime.
the main thing for these people to take away is it isn't that your build is failing, or that you need to play meta, its literally just that you need to play more. play a build you enjoy and that helps make the grind tolerable. ANY build with a crazy investment will dominate this game. this guide is great to show you the most effective use of that investment for the biggest returns, when considering melee.
Great video only been playing poe a year and didn't know a lot of this stuff... Very helpful.
Great content! Putting knowledge out there for us noob players is great and help us have more fun overall! Ty!
Not going to lie, most useful informative video about gearing for end game I've seen.
Great vid, having trouble gearing my Para/Savior DS character and this vid helped.
this video is great for melee noobs. figuring out what sort of weapons i should pay for how much, and also realizing some big ticket items are not for me. i also love the +2 charges shield idea. quality content
Awesome video, been reviewing yours as I am about to do a league start practice run with melee.
Thank you, it was really informative and well structured
Thanks for the guide, I like detailed vids.
would steel rings with high flat phys prefix and life and resists be better than circle of anguish and just keep pride? if you drop pride you losing out on the massive dmg increase from the +2 impale watchers eye... if anyone has any insight pls gimme ur take
Super great guide!
pob says bottle faith does not give more damage that regular sulphur flask, why is that? looks like it ignores the +x to critical strike chance and increased damage to enemies on the cons. ground
For me, Abyssus is my most favorite helmet. With 20mil shaper dps, any boss melt in milliseconds. While mapping, even without Abyssus, you still die especially in Delirium. So the best way to counter this is HH + self curse. Another ok way is freeze which is the best crowd control in the game.
it should also be noted that if youre just doing solo play, there isnt really any reason to go past around 8-10m dps. u will kill everything almost instantly with that level of dps and be forced to sacrifice alot of defense to push past 20m. you can see on his berserker with 5.2k hp that hes sacrificed 3-4k life to get that level of dmg. obviously it's your character and you should play it how u choose, but if youre looking for that sweet spot for balancing offense and defense on melee, ive found around 8m dps to be absolutely plenty.
yeah.... but for 600 depth I think you need more than 10m dps, and i did just fine
@@DonTheCrown well, my coc does much much less damage then yours bers, but I beat depth 600 easily killing all mobs during path
I rediscovered the ryslatha belt just some week ago. Have had the legacy one forever in standard and never realized it got updated to such an insane degree. 20% already felt decent but now it got 40% and life. I should check on old items sometimes.
yeah some of the reworked items are really solid
Thanks Don! I'm going with your 5c Cyclone and will no doubt have to watch this again when I get the currency to upgrade. I know you include a POB but have you considered a written guide? Please do have a ponder! And THANKS!
problem with written guides is that the PoE site doesnt really alert you well when you get a new comment, so I would have to manage that guide (and any others) and that's just extra work
@@DonTheCrown I hear you - but look at Enki's Arc (my first build in my first league) that build has had a bazillion views and has made history as the most viewed build ever - you could make yourself a legend with one of your builds. ..
@@DonTheCrown is DonHacks the fully pimped build on your profile page www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/DonTheCrown/characters
I was looking for the Terminus Est variant - as that is far easier to achieve!
1:23 drop exalted orb like just drop a alternation orb ez as fuck.damn
A thing about the mirror blade vs paradoxica is that you cant really get much use out of double dmg mods else where on para , where as the mirror foils can which open up even more dmg ceiling via watcher eyes and timeless jewel
But they are still extremely not cost-effective tho :p
I was kinda suprised not to see bladeflurry at all in the vid [maybe im blind]. Has it been nerfed into the ground or something?
I know this is quite an old vid but what build is the berseker running here?
Yo Don, thanks for the build guide, what would be nice to mention, would be the possible skill gems and supports that could be used. And which support works best with which melee skill.
check the PoB for some of those
@@DonTheCrown The PoB was a given dude. Explaining in the video goes so much further, as to the reasoning etc.
Thanks, I've been thinking about putting on my Circle of Guilt on my new melee build or not but since I'm not using minions I thought that herald of purity would be a bad choice...
Not gonna lie, as much as I despised Abyssus before this patch, I'm surprised how well Abyssus works on my Champion.
Unstoppable Hero + Master of Metal really offset the drawback of Abyssus, which makes it a rather good budget DPS choice.
The change to the fortify order really helped tuning the drawback of Abyssus down a bit.
It sums up to 68% phys dmg reduction on my build (75% without abyssus).
The only way, that it still kills you hard are physical dots though, since fortify won't help with that.
But it did it's job well enough and got me to 93 this league (edit: had to correct myself)
Then again, I only have peasant 17 mill BF dps x), but that's more than enough for all I did this league :D
Im going to try a Champion with Abyssus and Cyclone next league. I've been theorycrafting this two handed build on PoB, which should be cheap to league start and still be able to reach about 10 mill shaper dps, and can achieve over 20 mill min-maxing with some super high-end gear. Do you still die a lot with Champion? Cause I tried a Slayer build from Erva Ergul with Abyssus that was super weak, I was getting one shotted by most bosses, random shit in maps would kill me, Porcupines were a nightmare to deal with, and overall was just not a very pleasing experience, although it had lots of dmg and could kill conquerors in less than 5 seconds. I hope that with the fortify effect and various dmg mitigation nodes I can compensate the extra phys dmg taken from Abyssus. If that still doesnt work I'm dumping all of that shit and I'll just go with a max block gladiator. I like killing stuff fast, but I like not dying and levelling up more.
@@IDyn4m1CI poe-profile.info/profile/akei56?realm=pc
(end of league)
This is my build (dont mind the corrupted gear, just end league corruption fiesta)
There were some occasional oneshots, but those were mostly from bosses, where I suck at some of the mechanics (and often times it was elemental damage and not even phys).
Other than that I was reliably doing UE, Sirus deathless. Could kill most T16+ Metamorphs before they were able to hit back and during clear the only things I had to watch out for were porci's, since I didn't have an explodi chest.
I played slayer before changing to champion as well and it felt soo much more squishy (even though I loved the full screen AoE fiesta xD).
Champion feels like the best choice for Abyssus though, since the whole bonus armour thing of Master of Metal and Unstoppable Hero really help with counteracting Abyssus' downside.
Killing things fast and good positioning are key though, but I guess that counts for every build that isn't full dodge or block x) Chaos damage hurt like a truck mostly, since I didn't have any chaos res.
A friend of mine went for a sweet block bladestorm gladi
and still had a reasonably fast clear + amazing bossing experience
poe-profile.info/profile/RoseRock/HowMuchIsTheBlock
If that is more your cup of tea :D
@@Unpixelt Thx for the reply and thx for linking your profile. Your tree looks pretty similar to the one I was planning for my champion. I see you're barely missing 5k life though, which would be worrying for me, in my build I was able to reach 6k life quite comfortably so I hope I have good survivability. Your friend's build looks nice too, although max block doesn't seem to be his focus. You can get up to 82% chance to block attack and spell (83% if you can get a corrupted shield with +1% maximum chance to block). Thats the build I'm going to try in the future, probably just for killing bosses
It's funny how the build relies on Rage to build up a good chunk of its DPS but can barely get it going since it kills things too fast.
yeah, its honestly the worst part of Zerker, esp cause I insta Sirus phases
nice video! i started poe again after a 2 year break and i hate trading in poe so much that i started to play ssf only but i get the feeling im kinda missing out... ^^
SSF is fun, getting your build rolling with what you have is a big deal
helloo (: might you have any suggestion for axe build with resolute technique? i cant rely on paradoxica, or savior nor capitalize on tailwind ):
It would be nice if u could show case links or skill tree since everyone doesnt use windows and cant check PoB
heya don, with the new season at the door what do you think of molten strike as a character for it? I know maybe it isnt really related to the vid itself, but molten strike is a melee skill no xD? i was thinking of a molten strike starting with one handed weapon and shield and then going for a dual wield the savior + beltimber blade (or anyway the 1 with +2 projectiles) what do you think? this guide will be as usefull for char like this?
Molten strike is kinda in a bad spot atm maybe patch notes help
I thought so, maybe I should avoid It? Any jugg build you would advise for the new season?
Solid league-start/specific content in here, you should probably more appropriately title the video to get more views on it now, especially since everyone is searching for league-start/specific right now.
kind of hoping the 1hand sword meta gets a little shaken up . i want to use some other weapon types without feeling i miss out on free dmg
Probably not til PoE 2 sadly
is there a general PDPS number a rare weapon needs to reach to over take paradoxica?
it really depends on your gear, it's easier now that HoP is nerfed however.... still really high
brand new PoE player and SSF, thank you for the content.
Member when the entire reddit was saying melee and summoners are dead in 3.9? KEKW
Love this but just curious , wouldnt an explode chest be better, considering you said curse on hit rings are meh ?
probably, but his gloves have two curses on hit
@@christiansiebelds4166 yeah i get that but if neither help for bosses id prefer explody chest, still the build is a work of art.
Gl getting one with - mana and explode, those mostly were made before awakener orb nerf and cost 90+ ex atm. Or gl playing something like blade flurry with almost all mana reserved and without mana cost on chest
yea explode is REALLY nice but -cost and explode is hard to get, especially with %crit, but yeah if you can get it it should be nice =D
Hey Don!
Love video :)
Watching you with Perforate on this video - I made a decision, I will play Perforate in 3.10!
Soooo, I got 3 questions:
1) It is good league starter?
2) All guides online show 2h version for Perforate. I guess x2 1H impale will do fine? :P
3) On budget gear (x2 300pdps swords/axes) it possible to do ALL content?
btw keep going with your videos, they are really good to watch
1) i level using it til 28 then blade storm feels better, might need some investment to really make it pop
2) yup dual wield impale is fine, check the pob hitting for 24m dps in sand stance
3) ALL content is super broad, like delve is infinite, new content is unknown, your personal skill level will cause it to be a big variance. Imo get 2 paradoxicas instead of 300 foils
What about the classes? It is Berzerker 100% or could we go something else?
Otherwise great movie with alot of helpful stuff :)
Champ/Glad/Jug all decent and have their strengths
That awakener didn't look like a 52 mil DPS to me. I have seen build that is 10 mil kill it faster.
EDIT: I looked at the PoB. If I have to guess why the build doesn't look as impressive as the numbers suggest is that you have alot of mechanics that needs to build up. Multiple types of charges, rage and the usual impale. Not to mention blade flurry itself gaining stages. Tbh a less damage build that can deal that damage from the start will probably feel better.
its def not 52M being showcased. i was able to kill cortex phases before the 2nd attack hit (except more life+phys res+reduced crit rolls) using a 15M build last league, and the awakener phases were faster than whats being shown here.
@@Ledef3 I also mean 10 mil without flasks just to clarify. So a build like yours probably.
Sirus was Bladestorm, 17mil dps. Only rage really needs to ramp, without rage its still 11.8m
Which class can duel wield? I've tried equipping two swords on shadow, and it didn't work.
Every class can dual wield as long as they have the stats and level required to equip the weapons you're trying to equip
yes the noobtrap Abyssus traps Mathil every time. sheesh
But with his skills it doesn't matter
@@gunfugames7430 yest thats my point, its nota noobtrap at all
@@albertoalonso6104 It is the definition of a noob trap. :)
Mathil is not a noob. He knows how to play/build around Abyssus. But a lot of players see him use Abyssus and just throw that helmet in their build, and then they get oneshot at every turn.
It is still a noobtrap, mathil knows how to play the game and dodge and assess the situation, most noobs don't and will get killed over and over.
Audio quality has not been the best in your recent videos =(
Great guide! What is the total cost of your gear?
400ex+ easily
I know it seems minor, but you spelled "wield" wrong in the thumbnail my guy
lol thanks
and dual
do you guys think saviour is gonna get a nerf this patch?? i really want to try it out because i didnt played much this league :( :D
ehhhh maybe
Hi Don, update for 3.14?
Isn't there a difference between "more" and "increased" damage?
@Jan Meisel change 1 to 100 because it's breaking math
Basically increased sources are added to the total pool of increased before multiplying the base and each more source multiplies the base by itself.20 Inc is 120% dmg,adding another 20% Inc will be 140.20% more to base dmg will still be 120% dmg but adding another 20% more will be 144% dmg.Increased loses it's value the more you stack but more will always have the same value.Increased=additive,more=multiplicative.
@@dovahkiin7987 Thanks Mate
Does anyone have the POB for this buid? Bladestorm is exactly what I want!
it's in the description
@@DonTheCrown how the fuck did I miss that lol thanks dude!
Now thats Alot of Damage!
Thanks melee king !
Abyssus is not a noob trap in sc trade when literally every boss gets oneshot/insta-phased. For mapping its kinda sketch but again: soft core item. And let's be honest 99% of players aren't going for 100 anyway
Literally last stream I had a guy with 4k hp, not res capped, and wearing abyssus. He was level 90 and couldn't figure out why his damage was okayish but he would die ALL THE TIME. Dying isn't fun, even if you're not going for 100, and dying when you don't know why can cause noob players to go play something else imo.
When i try to copy something like this i will be glad ending with 1M damage with all box checked. Playing 7 years and still no clue how game works
4 mod jewels a good main hand and crit multiplier make a ton of difference and I'm not talking about a 50c weapon, but a 10ex rare weapon can make the game mega easy
Skill name use your videos?
the big sand blasty one is Perforate
@@DonTheCrown ty dady.
Eyy look! my Legion sword was featured!
***TRIGGER IS ON ***
OMFG this triggers me so much
Aspect of the spider and bottled faith give "enemies take x% INCREASED damage". The only source of MORE damage on "taking" in the game so far is Pride aura. This means that the sources of taking increased damage are additive and not multiplicative
***TRIGGER IS OFF***
Overall the video is awesome, thanks Don
It's so minor that getting super into detail about it requires more explanation than benefit received. Unless you're manually calculating your dps by hand ;)
So this or Facebreaker?
can't leap slam with facebreaker =/
@@DonTheCrown true, but which has the highest dps ya think?
Probably the same, I've seen some facebreaker builds break the barrier of 50 mill dps, although using abyssus, so even less survivability
The current problem with Facebreaker is that you are missing out on really good dual wield swords available AND the newly craftable rare gloves added with the conqueror orbs. Don't get me wrong, I know FB builds and did one this league too but you miss out on alot of dps (unless you throw in an abyssus, but then you need to manage resists on other gear)
Don, thanks. Like!
Cool vid bro. Im considering drop my slayer for the berserk. I made a 5l starforge crit impale for pretty cheap. And it get 6m shapper DPS lol.
I am letting you know, there, in the comments - i like this video c:
What skill is that lol
very good video
edit: still gonna use abyssus tho xdd
=(
I personally like better when people show gear passives etc. in hideout instead of background gameplay footage. Just something to consider.
"pushing 600 delve" :DDDDDDDDDDDD 5.2k hp meme
you dont need that much life when you can 1 shot mobs before they touch you :)
@@dkducanh we both know what is not so rare situation where u can be oneshoted with 5k hp before you touch them
@@kirilll2715 yea , but he is playing on SC so its just a matter of sulphite
I took this guy to 600 depth for my endgame grind
@@dkducanh its not only about delve. its about jucied maps\ endgame bosses. 1 mistake and you get oneshoted and all these millions of dmg doesnt help you
nice
5k hp tho...
Was shockingly tanky and managed to get to depth 600 with minimal deaths, would likely want more defenses for this league
pog
Trying to solve a backpack problem with greedy algorithm... Noob :P
Damn. I would die every 10 seconds with this build lol seeung how your life points go up and down hahaah
if your hp isnt moving in the content that i featured in this video then you've already probably died
meanwhile i am 94 with no exalt or item drop worth more than 20chaos ;D
AY FURST
Go pvp @AdvelRU