Cruel Act 2 East Side & Brothers in Arms - #14 - Toxic Viking - Path of Exile (v2.3.3)

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Series playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPo00Kvl9Ha1uxhTiTMH_xKeWco7sYigJ&playnext;=1 *Build Description* Path of Exile 2.3 "Prophecy" added a new melee skill: Lacerate. It's the love child of Dual Strike and Sunder: you attack once with each hand, and the attack continues in a piercing line for a reasonable distance. It can only be used with Swords and Axes, so we might pick up one of each. When you are toe to toe with your target, both attacks will intersect on top of your target, hitting it once with each weapon. This makes it ideal for stacking poison damage. As a melee Duelist using two weapons, I'm going for a Gladiator Ascendancy, and focus on the bleeding side of that tree. Boosting physical damage and damage over time will affect both bleeding and poison. To stay alive, we will layer Armour, Evasion, Life, Leech and Regen, Block, and the Enfeeble curse. *Ascendancy* We start as a Duelist, then become a Gladiator. - Normal: Gratuitous Violence, will make us cause bleeding, increases damage against bleeding targets, and makes bleeding mobs explode. - Cruel: Outmatch and Outlast, will generate Endurance and Frenzy charges for us by killing things. - Merciless: Blood in the Eyes, increases the bleed chance, Maims bleeding targets, take less damage from bleeding targets, even more damage against bleeding targets. - Maps/Uber: Painforged, more damage or more block, both are good. *Links* Links are listed in order of importance, prefixed with socket colors. - GRRGGR: Lacerate + Melee Physical Damage + Fortify + Poison + Faster Attacks + Added Fire Damage - GGR: Whirling Blades + Faster Attacks + Leap Slam - RRRR: Stone Golem + Ancestral Warchief + Melee Physical Damage + Fortify - GRRR: Riposte + Vengeance + Melee Splash + Life on Hit - BRRR: Cast When Damage Taken lvl 1 + Immortal Call lvl 3 + Enfeeble lvl 5 + Increase Duration lvl 20 - R: Herald of Ash - G: Hatred - G: Temporal Chains Riposte in this 6-link is fairly insane in terms of damage output, at least so far. This means the rest of the build can devote itself to helping us stay alive! The Riposte/Vengeance chain, Stone Golem and CwdT chain are all defensive measures to help us sustain ourselves during combat. This build stacks just about all defense layers it can. Until you get Lacerate at level 12, use Double Strike (starter skill) + Melee Splash (lvl 8) + Added Fire (lvl 8) *Passive Tree* - End of Normal: http://poeurl.com/If3 - End of Cruel: http://poeurl.com/IH6 - Late Merciless: http://poeurl.com/IH7 - Endgame: http://poeurl.com/IH8 *Rare Items & Crafting* Equipment will be Armour/Evasion. Get a lot of life. Max elemental resists. Chaos res above 50% in Merciless. P: %armour/evasion P: max life P: armour, evasion S: chaos res S: ele res S: int, accuracy Weapons: dual wield a thrusting sword and axe: P: +phys P: +phys% P: +level, phys dmg life leech, +chaos dmg S: attack speed S: accuracy, life on hit S: resists Belt: P: life P: armour P: flask life S: less flask charges used S: chaos res S: ele res *Bandits* Oak on all difficulties. *Game Info* Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in the dark fantasy world of Wraeclast. It is designed around deep character customisation, a strong online item economy and ladder races. The game is completely free and will never be "pay to win". - Game site: https://www.pathofexile.com/ - Ascendancy expansion: https://www.pathofexile.com/ascendancy - Prophecy League: https://www.pathofexile.com/prophecy *My Info* - My loot filter: https://gist.github.com/Narnach/79e57e9846851e69eb01 (updated for Prophecy League) - My PoE profile: https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/narnach - YouTube: https://youtube.com/narnach - Twitch.tv: https://twitch.tv/narnach - Twitter: https://twitter.com/narnach - Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/narnach?sub_confirmation=1 I record Let's Play video game series about Action RPGs and strategy games. I love simulation and programming games as well, though they play a smaller part on my channel. I'm an analytical player, so my playthrough will be filled with English commentary analyzing the game, comparing and contrasting it with others, and trying to understand the mechanics behind the game. If you are a developer, feel free to reach out if you want me to look at your game!