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The Slayer class focuses on raw power and maintaining sustainability as they fight. They possess bonuses to life leech and stun and passives such as Bane of Legends gives them an edge against tougher monsters.

Do you like being purple? Do you enjoy leeching too much life and not giving a singular ?! How about having 8k+ life without kaoms or belly?!?!?!

What about cutting things in pieces? smashing them? spinning like a top?? If answer = yes, then this build is for you!

 

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Skill Tree 

Ascendancy

Bandits

This quest is given to you by Eramir in the Forest Encampment after you complete Through Sacred Ground or talk with any of the bandit leaders. There are three different bandit leaders. You can either side with one of them (and kill the other two) to get the respective reward or you can kill all of them to get the reward from Erami - from Gamepedia

Skill points or Oak/Kraityn. Oak is a bit more defensive, Krait is faster clear.

Passive Tree

 

Gems Setup

6 Link Lacerate

Lacerate > Multistrike > Faster Attacks > Melee Physical Damage > Maim > Damage on Full Life

Note: this is not the HIGHEST dps setup. conc effect > faster attacks for damage, but then you get stuck in multistrike animation more often.

Other Skill options

  • Consecrated Path > Melee Physical Damage, Damage on Full Life, Maim, Faster Attacks, Increased Area of Effect/Concentrated Effect
  • Earthquake > Less Duration, Melee Physical Damage, Damage On Full Life, Maim, Increased Area of Effect/Concentrated Effect
  • Sunder > Multistrike, Melee Physical Damage, Damage On Full Life, Faster Attacks/Maim, Concentrated Effect
  • Ground Slam > Multistrike, Melee Physical Damage, Damage On Full Life, Faster Attacks/Maim, Increased Area of Effect/Concentrated Effect
  • Cyclone > Melee Physical Damage, Melee Damage On Full Life, Faster Attacks, Maim, Increased AOE/Concentrated Effect
  • Sweep > Multistrike, Melee Physical Damage, Melee Damage on Full Life, Faster Attacks/Maim, Increased Area of Effect/Concentrated Effect

And many others! Choose your poison :)

6 Link Ancestral Warchief

Warchief > Faster Attacks > Melee Physical Damage > Damage on Full Life (Uses our life to measure) > Concentrated Effect > Bloodlust

4 Link Movement Skill

Leap Slam, Faster Attacks, Fortify, Endurance Charge on Melee Stun

4 Link CWDT

Cast when Damage Taken, Summon Golem (Your pick, I use Lightning Golem for speed), Vulnerability or Enfeeble, Immortal Call

4 Link WHATEVER TF YOU WANT

Currently Using Blood Rage, Enhance, Portal, Faster Casting

 

Gear Setup & Stat Priorities

Weapon

Any 350-400+ Physical DPS weapon will do fine for mapping. Endgame you want to aim for Starforge or Atziri's Disfavour or a really high PDPS rare.

Unique alternatives: Kondo's Pride, Doomsower, Marohi Erqi, Panquetzaliztli, Geofri's Devotion, Tidebreaker, Kongor's Undying Rage.

Helm

Devoto's for that sexy attack speed/dexterity/chaos res combo. You can use a rare with life/res if you wish.

Chest

Belly of the Beast is a great starter endgame chest. Eventually you'll want a chest with % max life/flat life and resists/strength.

Unique alternatives: Loreweave, Kaom's Heart (if you want to sacrifice links), Lightning Coil

Gloves

Rares with life/resists and maybe Essence of Insanity. Flat physical to attacks/attack speed/dex/int if you need here as well.

Unique alternatives: Haemophilia for bleeding enemy pops, Wyrmsign for a pseudo 5L/Rampage, Null and Void for Rampage memes.

Boots

Rares with as much life/resists as possible. If you're doing Uber Elder, Kaom's Roots are an option to ignore the slow s u c c. Movespeed is irrelevant, we use Leap Slam.

Belt

Stygian belt for a free jewel socket OR an elder rare with life recovery. Life/resists/str/attack speed during flask/melee damage/etc are all good.

Unique alternatives: Belt of the Deceiver for Intimidate (10% more damage), Headhunter (sucks)

Rings

Voidheart (non legacy is fine, focus poison chance) is a huge source of dps for us. Especially with how fast we hit with Lacerate, the poisons stack up very quickly. The other ring should aim to be a Steel Ring with Life/Physical damage to attacks, and then your normal resists/attack speed/str/whatever you need. Int maybe.

Unique alternatives: Ming's Heart can give more overall dps than Voidheart, but you lose some life.

Amulet

Carnage Heart is fine for leveling, it's easily replaced by a good rare though. Life/physical damage to attacks works as a starter. If you can get an Elder amulet with non-chaos as chaos/max life leech rate, great.

Endgame Gear

Try to keep in mind this is endgame potential. You want to aim for similar gear as you push higher and higher, but remember none of this is required to beat all content. If you're res-capped, have the stats you need, and are clearing maps just fine, then you're doing well.

 

Leveling

Point 34

Point 51

Point 78

ENDGAME

Level 100

 

Expectations & POB

POB link

Just import any of these into Path of Building.

  • Current Axe Lacerate: https://pastebin.com/tAURX1A9
  • Current Axe Earthquake: https://pastebin.com/jAwSVj0T
  • Current Axe Cyclone: https://pastebin.com/SbEZzzpy
  • Current Axe Sunder: https://pastebin.com/ZUx6x0AF
  • Current Axe Ground Slam: https://pastebin.com/cjwKWGtJ
  • Current Axe Ice Crash: https://pastebin.com/Zu542xyA
  • Current Axe Tectonic Slam: https://pastebin.com/ppzzisFR

Remember, you can go Sword/Mace/Axe as well. It really comes down to preference and what you can afford. Starforge or Disfavour will both complete the entire game, as will a 500-600+ PDPS Rare.

(If you do not know how to use it, see the instructions below, otherwise please ignore)

  • Download Path of Building (link: https://github.com/Openarl/PathOfBuilding)
  • Copy pastebin URL.
  • Launch path of building.
  • Click on Import/Export.
  • Click Import from Pastebin
  • Paste the URL copied in step 2.
  • Done!