Blitzing Merciless: Chamber of Sins - #35 - PHC Earthquake Juggernaut - Path of Exile (v2.2.1d)

Series playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPo00Kvl9Ha3Qbx8-UNilMKACjZpsqOSO This series takes place in the newly launched Ascendancy expansion, which is accompanied by patch 2.2.0 and the Perandus League. There are a lot of new things, which I am going to explore through the lens of the Marauder class. We wield a two handed mace, and use the new Area of Effect melee skills: Sunder and Earthquake. The goal is to stun most enemies using brutal explosive effects. We will be accompanied by an Ancestral Totem and a Stone Golem. We're going life + armor for defenses, with a strong emphasis on Endurance Charges. Our Ascendancy class will be the Juggernaut, which enhances both our offense and defense. My build intends to use the following skills: - Earthquake: An initial small AoE attack does good damage, but after a short delay half the screen will explode as the actual Earthquake hits. - Ancestral Protector: a melee Totem, which enhances our attack speed while we are nearby. - Stone Golem: a melee golem that has a life regeneration aura, taunts monsters and rolls over them to inflict some damage. - Leap Slam: for getting out of trouble, or into it. - Herald of Ash: if you're going to do massive damage, you are bound to kill monsters with lots of overkill damage. Using it to set their buddies on fire sounds right to me. - Warlord's Mark + Blasphemy: generate endurance charges by killing enemies. - Enduring Cry: generate / refresh Endurance Charges when fighting a boss, or when facing a large pack without having charges up. - Blood Rage (Cast when damage taken): extra attack speed, frenzy charges and life leech at the cost of some physical damage per second that we can easily out-regenerate. - Arctic Armour: physical and fire damage reduction while you are standing still, which is when it matters: attacking, stunned or frozen. Previous skills I used or considered: - Sunder: Splits the ground and causes shockwaves at each monster that gets hit. It is very useful as a leveling skill until you get Earthquake, after that it has a minor role as a ranged melee skill, but not enough to warrant using in my particular build. - Endurance Charge on Melee Stun: caring about Endurance charges and having stun efficiency skills, this seems like a no-brainer to get them while fighting enemies. After you get Warlord's Mark and Enduring Cry, you no longer need this. It's awesome in the early game, though. For passive skills, this is roughly what I'm aiming to for: https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwEAe4zG2EVlWGPzjcABPfz0gwbGjM_EWF2k9kjd1V8_Gj5_4xQgfLgx--8OKS5QR_Gs5FFXDZd5Z5vZYdIhlmwJlq4-rY2ezfJBkc45Dsauz37ynKcwgge77Twt_TAMXwthxPZ2rG6XtqSDX4PMagQcp69scqmvp331xBXqGPe-3pa3PmqlU6Vr2WjyxYpVqRzOUeaYCkGH_go0jnwO8B98u5e0K1C0L_no8kXYvYY7p1WiADrYagENzSE0OuE1klugBLMBkScv_lRBP6ZX_o_AZi3SkFXfsk3jMZ48BRo4lIef3-98nsU= Bandits: Oak on Normal for the 40 HP, kill all on Cruel for the skill point, help Oak on Merciless for +1 Endurance charges. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in the dark fantasy world of Wraeclast. It is designed around a strong online item economy, deep character customisation, competitive PvP 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 - Perandus League: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1595088 Some of my links for the game: - My loot filter: https://gist.github.com/Narnach/79e57e9846851e69eb01 - My PoE profile: https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/narnach As always, if you like what you see, please like the video and consider subscribing to my channel. I try to publish at least one video per day, across multiple concurrent series in multiple games.