Templar - [3.8] The Everything-ish Aura Guardian - Forum

Welcome to my build guide on how to become a jack-of-all-trades Aura Master! The Good: 16 Auras not including minions! TANKY - 10K+ EHP, 84%+ All Elemental Resistances, 75% Chaos Resistance, 200+ Life and Mana Regen, and more! CHEAP to get started, chest only requires 6 sockets, no links needed! Able to run ALL MAP MODS Every public party will want you, so you'll NEVER PAY FOR MAPS Brain dead game-play - perfect for when you wanna watch reruns of THE OFFICE Fuel your RP Support Fantasy and/or GOD COMPLEX Conduit with ALL CHARGES The Bad: Can be awkward to level Doesn't come online until level 72 Brain dead game-play - not for everyone If you die, recasting your auras can be a pain Since you don't really deal any significant damage you can't play solo The best anoint requires a golden oil, and is required to hit the 16th aura Why Guardian? The Templar- Guardian ascendancy provides for you AND your allies: Armour Energy Shield Physical Damage Reduction Life Regeneration 10% More Damage Permanent Onslaught always 30% increased Damage and Area of Effect 15% increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed Intimidate and Unnerve enemies on hit for 4 seconds Auras We Run Defense Vaal Discipline Vaal Grace Purity of Ice Purity of Fire Purity of Lightning Offense Pride Hatred Zealotry Malevolence Wrath Anger Precision Dread Banner Utility Clarity Vaal Haste Flesh and Stone Aura Reservation Breakdown I highly recommend this website for all your aura calculations. This is not current Itemization Mandatory Pieces Alpha's Howl Sinner Tricorne Victario's Influence Lacquered Garb No need to 5 or 6-Link, this is a carry-over from when I used to run Enlighten Prism Guardian Archon Kite Shield Conqueror's Efficiency Cobalt Jewel Minimum of 4 Jewels with 1% Reduced Mana Reserved Corruption Gear Slot Analysis Weapon Mandatory: High attack speed Nice to have: Shaper Mod: "Socketed Movement Skills Have No Mana Cost" Shaper Mod: "Socketed Gems are Supported By Level X Faster Attacks" Shaper Mod: "Socketed Gems are Supported By Level X Faster Casting" Dexterity/Strength(as needed) Mana Amulet Mandatory: Shaper Mod: "3-5% Reduced Mana Reserved" Nice to have: Strength/Dexterity(as needed) Mana Energy Shield Chaos Resistance Life Rings Mandatory: Strength/Dexterity(as needed) Chaos Resistance(as needed) Sockets - Drop Enduring Cry and Summon Holy Relic if you can't get sockets quite yet. Nice to have: Mana Energy Shield Life Belt Mandatory: Chaos Resistance(as needed) Strength/Dexterity(as needed) Nice to have: Mana Energy Shield Life Gloves Mandatory: High Energy Shield Strength/Dexterity(as needed) Chaos Resistance(as needed) Nice to have: Mana Attack Speed Life Boots Sin Trek will generally be the best option budget-wise Mandatory: High Energy Shield Movement Speed Nice to have: Mana Chaos Resistance Life Flasks There are no mandatory flasks (for example, we are very fast without a Quicksilver flask, but I still like to run one). That being said, here are some recommendations and mods to pair: Quicksilver - Movement Speed, Reduced Charges, Increased Duration Soul Catcher or Quartz Flask - Increased Duration, Reduced Charges, Status Effect Removal Stibnite Flask - Increased Duration, Reduced Charges, Status Effect Removal Any Elemental Flask - Increased Duration, Reduced Charges, Status Effect Removal Eternal Life/Hybrid Flask - Instant Recovery, Bleed Removal, Status Effect Removal Nice Upgrades Intuitive Leap Viridian Jewel Place this in the Jewel Socket adjacent to the Charisma notable below the Shadow start. If you pick this up, check the PoB for the Level 91 alternate tree. Healthy Mind Cobalt Jewel Watcher's Eye The clarity mod is what you are looking for here, the other 1 or 2 mods can be anything, but it is a plus if they are beneficial Corrupted Alpha's Howl The mana multiplier corruption is not required for the core build, but it will give you more wiggle room for Mind over Matter. Corrupted Prism Guardian This corruption allows us to get an additional +2 Gem Levels to our Discipline, Grace, and Haste as the Vaal versions add a Duration tag that is not present on the non-corrupted counterparts, which brings our Vaal Gems to Level 24 (or 25 if you can pick up level 21 Vaal Gems). Gear Showcase Passives and Choices Skill Trees and PoB The below Path of Building import code contains six skill trees: three for pre-support leveling (28, 41, 60), 1 for the support mode swap-over (72), and 2 variations at Level 91. https://pastebin.com/1EsTXh4Y Leveling Tips Important things: Socket your auras as soon as you can. Utilize empty slots, off-hands, weapon swaps, etc. Level with your favorite spell skill, this will require the fewest weapon/item swaps on your road to 72. Friends or public parties are a great way to breeze though Acts 1-10. If you are just starting out, as a general rule of thumb, never try to craft anything yourself. Many side quests grant skill points. Once you reach the end of Act 10, type into the chatbox "/passives". This will tell you if you are missing any - denoted by a "0" next to the quest name. Useful leveling uniques: Tabula Rasa Simple Robe Perandus Blazon Cloth Belt Goldrim Leather Cap Wanderlust Wool Shoes Lifesprig Driftwood Wand Crest of Perandus Pine Buckler Hrimsorrow Goathide Gloves How I personally leveled: Level 1 - 28: Stormblast Mine Use a wand or sceptre with increased spell/elemental damage If you have no gear from previous characters, pick up rares with life and resistance as you level. Level 28 - 72: Pyroclast Mine At level 41, pick up a Tremor Rod Don't worry about buying new gear as you level, your found rares will be enough to take you to your early endgame gear. Bandits, Ascendancies, Pantheon, Anoint Bandits Kill All Ascendancies Radiant Faith -> Unwavering Faith Radiant Crusade -> Unwavering Crusade Pantheon Major: I like Brine King or Lunaris, but they are all good Minor: Depends on your jewel corruptions, but I like Shakari, Abberath, Garukhan, and Ralakesh Anoint Champion of the Cause - 1 Teal, 1 Crimson, 1 Golden Unfortunately necessary to squeeze in 16th aura. It's probably possible to skip if you have more jewel's corrupted for mana reservation, but there aren't any better options. Gems and Links Ideal Setup Alpha's Howl 4-Link Purity of Fire Purity of Ice Purity of Lightning Flesh and Stone Victario's Influence (Do not 5/6 Link - unneeded) Pride Hatred Zealotry Malevolence Wrath Anger Prism Guardian 3-Link Vaal Grace Vaal Discipline Vaal Haste Minion 4-link Animate Guardian Raise Spectre (3 total with lvl 21 gem: 1 power/ 2 frenzy charge Chieftains, other options as well) Summon Stone Golem (Chaos Golem is good too) Minion Life Movement 3-Link Shield Charge(Could go Leap Slam and drop Flame Dash) Faster Attacks (or Flame Dash with the faster attacks Shaper mod) Fortify 4-Link Blood Magic Enduring Cry Summon Holy Relic (drop this if you don't have flame dash in your weapon) Precision Ring Socket 1-Links Clarity Dread Banner Animate Guardian Items Helmet: Leer Cast Festival Mask - 15% increased damage to allies Weapon: Dying Breath Iron Staff - Nearby Enemies have 18% increased Effect of Curses on them and Nearby allies gain 18% increased Damage Body: Ambu's Charge Crusader Chainmail - Minion Life Regen and Conduit for endurance charges Boots: Victario's Flight Goathide Boots - 10% increased Movement Speed for nearby Allies Gloves: Any cheap unique with high hp/es/defenses Other FAQs and Tidbits In progress. All map mods? Yes! Once you get the shaper mod on your weapon "movement skills have no cost", you can freely zoom around the map care free. Do bring a hybrid or mana flask with you though - you don't take much damage, but to keep yourself topped off during Legion encounters or otherwise, it's handy. Chaos Damage? With 75% Chaos resistance, Mind over Matter, and 200+ Life and Mana Regeneration, you will only die to Chaos Damage One-Shots - which I have yet to encounter. That may be a different story in deep Delves, but in T16 ultra juiced 6 person maps, it's been a non-issue. How much does it actually cost to get this build up and running? This will vary league to league, but one week into Blight these were the prices: Alpha's Howl - 1 Chaos Victario's Influence 6 Sockets - 40 chaos (1 chaos without 6 socket if you like to gamble) Prism Guardian - 3 chaos Conqueror's Efficiency - 1 chaos (without BiS corruption) 4 Jewels with Mana corruption - Between 2 and 5 chaos each (eventually upgrading to rares with pertinent stats, but use the cheapest ones to get started) Total Cost: 65 Chaos (assuming highest prices in range). How do you have permanent Onslaught? The Guardian ascendancy notable Radiant Crusade grants Onslaught to you and your allies when you have at least 5 allies nearby. We have 6! 3 Specters, 1 Stone Golem, 1 Animate Guardian, and 1 Holy Relic. Note: If you can't get a level 21 Specter gem, you'll still have 5 total allies! What does "playing" this build look like? Hug the party leader and cast Enduring Cry on cooldown. Try to keep maximum up-time on Vaal Haste, use Vaal Grace during Legion Encounters or other tough situations, and use Vaal Discipline as you would a Health Flask for your Energy Shield (grants 3k+ ES/sec). Build Changes - Last Update: 10/28/19 10/28/19 Expanded the Nice Upgrades section. Added Soul Catcher to the Flasks section. Updated the skill trees, added an option for using an Intuitive Leap Viridian Jewel. Updated some sections to add in a 16th aura Last edited by Mezzo#4114 on Oct 29, 2019, 1:19:46 PM Last bumped on Mar 9, 2020, 10:07:34 AM	Posted by Mezzo#4114 on Oct 27, 2019, 6:58:16 PM Quote this Post
impressive. Never thought a single character could carry 16 auras. I never play in partys because I have no friends. But must be a good charac to go with. My end, it justifies my means, All I ever do is delay, My every attempt to evade, The end of the road And my end.... Last edited by imLuCaSsS#6273 on Oct 28, 2019, 11:11:22 PM	Posted by imLuCaSsS#6273 on Oct 28, 2019, 11:09:58 PM Quote this Post
" imLuCaSsS wrote: impressive. Never thought a single character could carry 16 auras. I never play in partys because I have no friends. But must be a good charac to go with. Thanks! I didn't think so either haha.	Posted by Mezzo#4114 on Oct 29, 2019, 1:47:19 AM Quote this Post
Have you tried running auras through the Devouring Diadem helmet instead of Alphas Howl for 20% reduced mana reservation for socketed gems ?	Posted by obliviongg#1130 on Oct 29, 2019, 5:13:30 AM Quote this Post
Hey, thanks for the guide, couple of questions - shouldn't you have good damage with all the damage auras before Victario/Generosity? And you mentioned full charges conduit but I couldn't find what is the source of it? Also why not go CI with Zealots Oath for chaos damage? Last edited by mapcar#0250 on Oct 29, 2019, 6:48:46 AM	Posted by mapcar#0250 on Oct 29, 2019, 6:44:02 AM Quote this Post
" obliviongg wrote: Have you tried running auras through the Devouring Diadem helmet instead of Alphas Howl for 20% reduced mana reservation for socketed gems ? ^ ?	Posted by ffogell#6809 on Oct 29, 2019, 7:35:27 AM Quote this Post
10k ES is nothing and is compounded by no CI, low armour, low evasion, low block, no spell block, no ES regen. It's fine for a budget build but "tanky" it ain't by any stretch of the imagination except against pure elemental damage and even then only moderately due to the lack of overall ehp. Last edited by Dialaeth#7497 on Oct 29, 2019, 7:47:11 AM	Posted by Dialaeth#7497 on Oct 29, 2019, 7:46:39 AM Quote this Post
Which auras you want to run? ndcheezit: Yes.	Posted by SunL4D2#6224 on Oct 29, 2019, 8:43:17 AM Quote this Post
" obliviongg wrote: Have you tried running auras through the Devouring Diadem helmet instead of Alphas Howl for 20% reduced mana reservation for socketed gems ? I'll look into that, but I think the global reduced mana mod on Alpha's Howl provides more value as it affects all 16 auras, not just the socketed ones.	Posted by Mezzo#4114 on Oct 29, 2019, 10:14:12 AM Quote this Post
" mapcar wrote: Hey, thanks for the guide, couple of questions - shouldn't you have good damage with all the damage auras before Victario/Generosity? And you mentioned full charges conduit but I couldn't find what is the source of it? Also why not go CI with Zealots Oath for chaos damage? Thanks for taking a look! I think if I was able to drop some links and add the right spell with a couple supports then then it would pump some decent damage, but unfortunately the sockets are all tied up in auras. You could drop the minion 4-link if you wanted to, but you would then only provide Onslaught in a full party if everyone was clumped together, rather than providing it to whomever was near you. Ah, whoops! I thought I made sure to add something about conduit, but I'll add it to the FAQs. For endurance charges we run enduring cry. For frenzy/power charges we run 2-3 Specters(depending on your gem level). With the Mana Regen that we grant, the Specters cast pretty frequently. One could go CI, but that would mean 4 less auras, and my goal with this character was to run as many as I could while so balancing for survivability. For non-delve play, that is to say I haven't tested delve yet, Chaos damage has been a non-issue. I've run a wide range of maps of all tiers and haven't died to chaos damage. I did die last night to some nasty traps in the lab helping a friend get their last ascendancy, so watch out for that - they hurt. :/	Posted by Mezzo#4114 on Oct 29, 2019, 10:27:54 AM Quote this Post