[3.25] LACERMAN 2 BUILD (Nice Clear Speed + EZ to Play + All Content + Tanky) (Lacerate Gladiator)

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PegasusRideR wrote:

We have a small update about bleed chance thanks to linsam's warning. Required Gear DPS increased from 6.08m to 6.23m, EHP from 771k to 783k, and life from 5.3k to 5.4k. Meta Gear DPS increased from 23.95m to 24.56m, EHP from 773k to 780k, and life from 5.3k to 5.4k. We only change one skill node, refund 2 tattoos, refund a Life Mastery and get a life node. You can find details in the Changes Since Release Section.

Thank you! I’m playing the build so am very happy to have the update!

A couple more questions please (I’m following the Meta Gear but am only 97)

1) I am using a 700 pdps Siege Axe I made, with crafted Dot Multi. Being a Siege Axe it is fast at 1.9 attacks per second. PoB is suggesting that when I hit 98 I should get Crimson Dance for a 3mil DPS boost from 23.5m to 26.5m (as well as being 97 I have the cheaper 2 mod Watchers Eye). What do you think about this? Is it a trap causing problems with damage ramp and clear, or is it acceptable? In game my lacerate says 4.06 attacks per second.

2) For the gloves, PoB said crafted damage while leeching was slightly better for DPS than the added physical - I guess we are always leeching when attacking so this seemed okay to me?

Happy to share a PoB if helpful but I’m hoping these are a bit more general.

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Poisontear wrote:

When I import my build, my dps(only about 1.098 mil), block chance and spell block chance are much lower(block chances are also low in game). Why could this be? I can't compare the trees inside PoB I think because the pob link is for an earlier version of PoB. I cant import your build into mine or my build into yours but I can import individually just fine. Or it is my lack of knowledge about PoB, I'm very new to it. here is my PoB link if you would like to check. https://pobb.in/jLhOVmIPDrXB I cant afford megalomaniac yet so I used the cheaper version, and my armor lacks life a little bit. How can I get to 6 mil dps and higher block chances?

edit: I added attack speed and increased phys damage over time to my gloves but it didnt bring a huge dps change https://pobb.in/uLT5gGH3MhXU

edit2: Fathervic told me it was about the pob configurations. I'm good.

Hi. Sorry for replying a bit late, I was busy with trying to upgrade my pc. Big thanks to Fathervic. For others having this problem, here is how to import your character onto Required or Meta Gear Pobs. We first need to load one of Required or Meta Gear Pobs, then we click Import/Export Build. There we need to use Character Import and import our character by first typing account name and then selecting the character. We can also use this to see other players' characters. Configurations should be checked according to gear as well. For example on yours, I had to disable Onslaught in configurations as you don't have it on boots.

You currently have 5.20m DPS and 733k EHP. Your block chances are fine, so let's improve it to 6m DPS as requested.

1) Your gems are missing quality. I made all of them 20 quality, also fixed levels of CWDT setup.
2) Added 21-20 Brutality, Melee Physical Damage Support and Cruelty since they are cheap (95c).
3) We need to craft Onslaught on boots so we need new boots (100c).
3) Added Megalomaniac (1.1div). To get Battle-Hardened on it, refunded life mastery which was removed with the latest update.
3) We need to change ring 2 as it doesn't have added physical damage and not many resists(70c). I also added Fertile Catalysts on it. Also increased your crafted increased Damage on the other ring to %17.
4) Now we need Lightning and Chaos Resists. Changed Stygian Vise with one having Fire, Chaos and Lightning Resists. 2 div. Also applied Fertile Catalysts and crafted %17 increased Damage on it.
5) Rest of the items currently seem expensive on trade so I suggest adding the Eldritch implicits. 14% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your Skills on Body Armour, and also 2 boot implicits from Meta Gear. Should cost around 3-5 div.

6.58m DPS and 701k EHP. 8-10 div cost in total. Next would be firstly adding Area of Effect Eldritch mod on helm, and then having Intelligence on helmet and getting a ring with higher added physical damage, higher life, craft Increased Damage on it and then add Fertile Catalysts. You also need to get more resists on parts of gear such as Gloves, double resist on body armor, etc. to be able to add Ryslatha's Coil. You can also get a better Soul Taker and a better rare axe. Good luck with the upgrades, if you need any other help, just let me know!

Pob link: https://pobb.in/KzTUuVe6yN1a

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PegasusRideR wrote:

We have a small update about bleed chance thanks to linsam's warning. Required Gear DPS increased from 6.08m to 6.23m, EHP from 771k to 783k, and life from 5.3k to 5.4k. Meta Gear DPS increased from 23.95m to 24.56m, EHP from 773k to 780k, and life from 5.3k to 5.4k. We only change one skill node, refund 2 tattoos, refund a Life Mastery and get a life node. You can find details in the Changes Since Release Section.

Thank you! I’m playing the build so am very happy to have the update!

A couple more questions please (I’m following the Meta Gear but am only 97)

1) I am using a 700 pdps Siege Axe I made, with crafted Dot Multi. Being a Siege Axe it is fast at 1.9 attacks per second. PoB is suggesting that when I hit 98 I should get Crimson Dance for a 3mil DPS boost from 23.5m to 26.5m (as well as being 97 I have the cheaper 2 mod Watchers Eye). What do you think about this? Is it a trap causing problems with damage ramp and clear, or is it acceptable? In game my lacerate says 4.06 attacks per second.

2) For the gloves, PoB said crafted damage while leeching was slightly better for DPS than the added physical - I guess we are always leeching when attacking so this seemed okay to me?

Happy to share a PoB if helpful but I’m hoping these are a bit more general.

You're welcome, of course!

1) That's a very nice endgame axe, congratulations! I actually replied to a question about adding Crimson Dance previously so I think it's best if I copy-paste that: I think Crimson Dance will lower down clear speed by a significant amount even if it seems to buff DPS in calculations. It lowers bleed DPS by half and our bleeding does not deal extra damage while the enemy is moving, these are what we do not want. Because even though our DPS is very high at the moment, it is mostly bleed DPS and our initial hit DPS becomes the minority even though it is still higher than the majority of the Lacerate builds out there. In the previous updates (while the build was Beta), clear speed was not worthy compared to the previous Lacerman 1 build in its time because of this, and now it is much better than that thanks to a huge amount of bleed DPS added along with faster bleed, which kind of creates an inital hit start. Sorry that it was a bit complicated but I hope I was able to tell what I mean here.

2) We are only leeching when we are not on full life, so I think this wouldn't be a good change. By the way no need for Pob links while asking questions, even about gear since I can import your characters onto Pob as long as your profile is public.

Thank you very much. Better start farming. Although sadly megalomaniac prices went up like crazy. I guess it's not strictly necessary, the cheap one does the job just fine.

Edit: As a new player, I'm glad I found this build. I really liked how strong, tanky and agile it is at the same time. I used gear slightly sub-par compared to the lvl 94 required gear. And I beat Uber Elder, Sirus and "The Feared" in my first ever tries just after looking up one guide for them. The tankiness and agility saved me several times in all those fights and the bosses' HP bars just melted when they were able to take damage.

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Poisontear wrote:

Thank you very much. Better start farming. Although sadly megalomaniac prices went up like crazy. I guess it's not strictly necessary, the cheap one does the job just fine.

Edit: As a new player, I'm glad I found this build. I really liked how strong, tanky and agile it is at the same time. I used gear slightly sub-par compared to the lvl 94 required gear. And I beat Uber Elder, Sirus and "The Feared" in my first ever tries just after looking up one guide for them. The tankiness and agility saved me several times in all those fights and the bosses' HP bars just melted when they were able to take damage.

You're welcome. I'm glad you liked the build and it's awesome to hear it helped you beat endgame content as a new player before even reaching Required Gear stats! I'm hoping you will enjoy it even more after getting closer and closer to Meta Gear. That's where it totally blasts off.

Playing a long time now this build, it works great!
Had some luck also, so I have now quite good gear.
Can I get even more out of this? Profile is pulic.
I have a budget left of 60 div...
One question: i don't really understand the changes you made since release , can you update the pob build please?
Thanks a lot

I would say, it is kinda Hardcore viable :)

I'm on HC lvl 91 with almost 5k HP, however this is not running (yet?) any of your recommended/best gear and has slightly modified tree to accommodate variances in the items.

Recently started running T14/15s, however did not try yet Atlas Missions (Polaric/Writhing Invitation), except first Maven invitation (3 bosses). I had some decent fullscreen-encounters (shrine+harbringers+packs+elder influence) as well as Breach and could manage it well.

I had few heart attacks with HP<100 but thanks to life regen + leeching for quickly resolving that. I've got interestingly lucky in this league with currency and drops, so crafted some useful items and modifiers, resulting in nice regen&leech, but hell no way to get so many skills running at the same time, simply because it would reseve 350% of my mana (and I would really love to get herald of purity running).

Definitely going to continue using this as well in next league as long as next patch won't kill it.

FYI characters in my profile are public.

... and I'm dead 😂

First of all, I am deeply sorry for the 1 month late reply.🙏 Normally, I reply to posts on this thread in 3 days at most. But unfortunately, it was a very hectic period for me in real life. Please know that I am still supporting the build and will keep on supporting it in the next league as well. I am also now back to my fast-replying routine for the questions that will come in the future.

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hendrik16#4736 wrote:

Playing a long time now this build, it works great!
Had some luck also, so I have now quite good gear.
Can I get even more out of this? Profile is pulic.
I have a budget left of 60 div...
One question: i don't really understand the changes you made since release , can you update the pob build please?
Thanks a lot

Thank you for your kind words! Pob links are always up-to-date with the latest changes. I mean reading the changelog is not needed since Pob links always have the latest setups. I am only listing changes for the people already playing the build at that time to let them know about what has changed. These Pobs are also real characters that I am playing leagues and testing the build.

I am not sure if you are still playing the league, but if you are and still looking for improvements; here are the ones I could find. You currently have 17.72m DPS and 665k EHP.

1) Craft 8% increased maximum Life and Mana to your chest.
2) Craft "13-14% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your Skills" on your chest by using Grand Eldritch Embers" (1-2 div).
3) Increase the "Physical Damage over Time Multiplier" implicit on your gloves to 11-13 by using Grand Eldritch Embers. (1-2 div).
4) Get 21-20 Malevolence and Blood Rage gems (2-3 div).
5) Change Watcher's Eye with the cheaper 2-mod option in Meta Gear in the guide in the original post. (11-15 div).
6) There is one person selling Brutal Restraint with 2808 dekhara. It has been listed for 8 days and is still unsold. With a bit of patience, you can get it. The seller was online when I started writing this but is now offline (3 div).
7) Craft "+7% chance to Suppress Spell Damage" on your gloves by using Grand Eldritch Ichors for a tiny EHP increase (We also need Spell Suppression as high as possible). (0.5-1 div)
8) Since you are level 100, you can drop Force Multiplier on your cluster jewel and get the Dervish node for a tiny DPS boost.

22.65m DPS and 666k EHP for 18.5-26 div. Unfortunately, due to rare item scarcity at the end of a very long league, it is almost impossible to upgrade your rare items. But if you can, try to get gloves with Attack Speed, a chest with higher spell suppression, and rings having added physical damage. It will be better if you can increase your life and EHP, and get a bit more spell suppression for better survivability. But still, you will feel much better in terms of survivability with this DPS increase since you will be killing faster. Good luck with the upgrades, if you need any other help, just let me know!

Pob link: https://pobb.in/t-r1xRd-XKUw

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MrTomasz#3200 wrote:

I would say, it is kinda Hardcore viable :)

I'm on HC lvl 91 with almost 5k HP, however this is not running (yet?) any of your recommended/best gear and has slightly modified tree to accommodate variances in the items.

Recently started running T14/15s, however did not try yet Atlas Missions (Polaric/Writhing Invitation), except first Maven invitation (3 bosses). I had some decent fullscreen-encounters (shrine+harbringers+packs+elder influence) as well as Breach and could manage it well.

I had few heart attacks with HP<100 but thanks to life regen + leeching for quickly resolving that. I've got interestingly lucky in this league with currency and drops, so crafted some useful items and modifiers, resulting in nice regen&leech, but hell no way to get so many skills running at the same time, simply because it would reseve 350% of my mana (and I would really love to get herald of purity running).

Definitely going to continue using this as well in next league as long as next patch won't kill it.

FYI characters in my profile are public.

Thank you for the kind words and glad that you could enjoy it in hardcore! And sad to hear you have died.😞 I have a couple of suggestions for the next league to be able to reach that point easier. You have 1.05m DPS and 62k EHP (With all buffs enabled because I don't know the ones you use).


1) I realized you went for Hatchet Master most likely to get Onslaught earlier than the veiled mod on boots, but we need the block from As The Mountain node. Hitting max block this way is very important in terms of survivability. Since we cannot stack spell suppression earlier, %66 spell block vs. %88 will make a noticeable difference. We have +1 node remaining now.
2) Endurance Charges are also really important. So I removed Sol Scar Viridian Jewel and the node leading to it, and got the Inexorable node. This will not be as effective as having Enduring Composure on a cluster or a Megalomaniac, but will still be good enough until you get Enduring Composure. Endurance Charges are really important for us in terms of survivability. I also had to remove freeze tattoos for the Dexterity requirement.
3) I see that you didn't do the final lab. With these changes, a bit more DPS, and if you can add a Bloodgrip amulet on top (only for doing labs), it will become much easier. War of Attrition ascendancy node is kind of underrated. It is a wonderful boost to have especially in early game and also endgame too. It will be even more effective in Hardcore since there is the need for safe play and bosses take longer.

1.05m DPS and 161k EHP. I really wish you could progress a bit further and get a Soul Taker and an Enlighten Support, because that is actually when the build starts to become really fun and effective. Especially Soul Taker is the most major element of the build. I hope these will help and I wish you the best of luck in the next league!

Pob link: https://pobb.in/rg1g6KjKFCy5

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Thank you for the kind words and glad that you could enjoy it in hardcore! And sad to hear you have died.😞 I have a couple of suggestions for the next league to be able to reach that point easier. You have 1.05m DPS and 62k EHP (With all buffs enabled because I don't know the ones you use).

Thanks for that.

Well, it is/was almost impossible to enable everything herald+pride+others at the same time - it would need a mana reservation of 38492348% so, I was able to do only one at the time (Pride), unless I am missing something that does the trick?

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1) I realized you went for Hatchet Master most likely to get Onslaught earlier than the veiled mod on boots, but we need the block from As The Mountain node. Hitting max block this way is very important in terms of survivability. Since we cannot stack spell suppression earlier, %66 spell block vs. %88 will make a noticeable difference. We have +1 node remaining now.

I was trying to boost DPS, as I felt that this build is not giving me what it should, obviously taking into account items I had.

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2) Endurance Charges are also really important. So I removed Sol Scar Viridian Jewel and the node leading to it, and got the Inexorable node. This will not be as effective as having Enduring Composure on a cluster or a Megalomaniac, but will still be good enough until you get Enduring Composure. Endurance Charges are really important for us in terms of survivability. I also had to remove freeze tattoos for the Dexterity requirement.

Will check that in next attempt (in progress). This Jewel and tatoo were quite interesting and useful though.

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3) I see that you didn't do the final lab. With these changes, a bit more DPS, and if you can add a Bloodgrip amulet on top (only for doing labs), it will become much easier. War of Attrition ascendancy node is kind of underrated. It is a wonderful boost to have especially in early game and also endgame too. It will be even more effective in Hardcore since there is the need for safe play and bosses take longer.

Yeah, I was kinda "I'll find time for that" lol, next time definitely have to do it, especially that traps were not that painful anymore later on.

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1.05m DPS and 161k EHP. I really wish you could progress a bit further and get a Soul Taker and an Enlighten Support, because that is actually when the build starts to become really fun and effective. Especially Soul Taker is the most major element of the build. I hope these will help and I wish you the best of luck in the next league!

Pob link: https://pobb.in/rg1g6KjKFCy5

1m DPS/161k EHP is so far away from what you've got that I don't even know how to get near that, even half-way through (vs items dropped/bought).

Thanks for PoB, it's useful, I'll have a check as soon as I get to right level again.

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I realized I made 2 calculation mistakes in configurations on Required Gear. It was missing Elusive, which increased EHP, and it was missing Banner effect, which increased DPS. Required Gear stats are increased from 6.23m DPS and 783k EHP to 7.99m DPS and 840k EHP. No changes were done, just fixed a calculation mistake. Pob link is fixed. I am sorry for not finding out and fixing this earlier. But at least it is good news!🙂 I also added more info to the guide to make the build easier to understand and progress.

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MrTomasz#3200 wrote:

Thanks for that.

First of all, I am very sorry for the ages late reply. I generally reply from 1 to 3 days at most. But since the character is already dead and I have seen interest in Hardcore by you; I wanted to test the build in early game to try to find out a better strategy tuned for Hardcore, and add it to the guide itself for everyone who would want to do Hardcore. But I have failed. Problem is I have been trying to build a desktop PC for months, and had 2 parts returned and 1 replaced already, the new Intel architecture is a total pita. I expect to get it up and running in around a week. But work heavily piled up meanwhile as my work is done on computers, which I was unable to do most of them as I'm on a very old laptop which gives blue screens at times. Sadly, I don't think I can make a small guide for Hardcore players anymore. But I will make an upgrade guide for you here, taking into account that the realm is Hardcore so everyone can get an idea of how to go!😊

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MrTomasz#3200 wrote:

Well, it is/was almost impossible to enable everything herald+pride+others at the same time - it would need a mana reservation of 38492348% so, I was able to do only one at the time (Pride), unless I am missing something that does the trick?

Soul Taker, Enlighten lv.3 on helmet, "7% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Skills" Eater mod on helmet, and "12% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Skills" Mana Mastery on Passive Tree allow us to use all auras at the same time and Leap/Lacerate infinitely. Until you get a Soul Taker, you can enable Pride and Herald of Purity at the same time and still be able to do enough Lacerate/Leap with all the mana passives we take on the passive tree.

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MrTomasz#3200 wrote:

I was trying to boost DPS, as I felt that this build is not giving me what it should, obviously taking into account items I had.

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MrTomasz#3200 wrote:

Will check that in next attempt (in progress). This Jewel and tatoo were quite interesting and useful though.

I can totally understand the need of DPS boost when you have 1m DPS. But especially thinking you are playing Hardcore on a build not recommended for Hardcore(It can be played in Hardcore by some, I just wrote it there because I still die rarely), I would first do the EHP boost with Inexorable and As the Mountain nodes as the DPS loss is very low and ignorable(You will see it below in calculation), and the EHP boost will make staying alive a lot easier, and should keep you alive until you start farming higher content. Also, best to refund Inexorable once you get Enduring Composure on a cluster jewel or a Megalomaniac as Inexorable will not always guarantee 5 Endurance Charges all the time, such as Enduring Composure does. You can first get it on a small cluster jewel if you can't afford a Megalomaniac and get the Megalomaniac later on. Also, your chaos resist is -%60 and Spell Suppression chance is %0, these need to be worked on asap, especially for Hardcore.

There was also a calculation error in previous Pob as I couldn't disable Flesh and Stone and Malevolence because I didn't know which buffs you were using, and I also forgot to enable both slashes on Lacerate somehow. So your DPS should actually be 1.24m and EHP 160k on the Pob link I offered previously with all buffs enabled. I mean, DPS was actually around %25 more than the Pob link I gave you. I fixed these and according to the previous upgrades I offered; it became 1.03m DPS and 160k EHP. (1.30m DPS and 172k EHP with today's Required Gear fix). Here's the corrected Pob link of my previous edit with today's fix included: https://pobb.in/wtrXzInozozG

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MrTomasz#3200 wrote:

1m DPS/161k EHP is so far away from what you've got that I don't even know how to get near that, even half-way through (vs items dropped/bought).

Thanks for PoB, it's useful, I'll have a check as soon as I get to right level again.

Then let's do the upgrades for you, reaching higher stats than Required Gear. The character was level 91 when I checked it, so I couldn't recommend upgrading to cluster jewels, but now I can recommend them as you are lv. 93 and since they give a nice amount of DPS boost for the future, much more armor, much more room for resistances. And when we add a Brutal Restraint, it adds life to replace the life nodes we can get, also managing Dexterity and Intelligence thanks to this becomes much easier. These enable us to use Ashes of the Stars amulet and and Ryslatha's Coil belt at the same time which results in amazing DPS increase. So, for the first step, I disabled Flesh and Stone and Malevolence, your total DPS is 1.35m and EHP is 58k at the moment at lv. 93(Now 1.70m DPS and 62k EHP with fixed settings. Pob: [https://pobb.in/fY-YkekGh2xZ]. Time to do the upgrades now! Since Required Gear just had DPS and EHP increases in today's fix, I will first list the old values so you can easily compare with previous Pobs, and then I will give you the new values next to them in parentheses. (Note: Don't forget to disable and enable Endurance Charges(Inexorable or Cluster Jewel), Fortify(Chest), Onslaught(Boots), Crushed(Vanquisher on Passive Tree) and Chilled(Soul Taker) in Configurations according to your gear to get the correct DPS and EHP while gearing up.)

1) Your bleed chance is %85. Please don't forget Vulnerability on CWDT adds %25 bleed chance and it only gets active when we are hit and we have enough mana. So I added 3 bleed tattoos to make it %100. Also you are missing 2 Maim tattoos and can add them to any Strength node. Currently 1.34m DPS, 57k EHP(Now 1.70m DPS and 62k EHP).
2) Made all skill gems 20-20. 1.38m DPS, 57k EHP(Now 1.75m DPS and 62k EHP).
3) Refunded Hatchet Master and a life node, and got you Inexorable, As The Mountain and Proficiency(You need to disable Onslaught in Configurations here. You also need to enable Endurance Charges.). 1.22m DPS, 148k EHP(Now 1.54m DPS and 159k EHP). It is definitely worth losing 0.1m DPS when it almost triples your EHP. After this point, try to get a Megalomaniac having Enduring Composure and Battle-Hardened as soon as possible to guarantee 5 Endurance Charges all the time. If you don't have the required currency for Megalomaniac, go with a Small Cluster having Enduring Composure and you can upgrade to Megalomaniac later on. I will do this at a later point.
4) Crafted Fortify on your chest. This is very important for survivability. 1.22m DPS, 188k EHP(Now 1.54m DPS and 202k EHP).
5) Anoint Inviterate on your amulet. 1.22m DPS, 195k EHP(Now 1.54m DPS and 210k EHP). The EHP change until here should make you be able to farm places you couldn't farm before and move onto the next upgrades easier. We will also start boosting DPS from here as you have enough EHP for now.
6) Added a Soul Taker and a rare axe for main hand having 620+ DPS(You can enable Chill in Configurations here), and an Enlighten support lv3 to helmet. You can now enable Malevolence and also enjoy the unlimited speed of Soul Taker! Also changed your mana flask with a Basalt flask with freeze and chill immunity, and a Quartz Flask with shock reduction. You can remove your freeze/chill tattoos now since you have freeze/chill immunity and we need Dexterity on this build. Refund Spirit of War on the Passive Tree as we don't need it anymore with Soul Taker, and get Stamina and the life node we refunded before. 2.06m DPS, 223k EHP(Now 2.59m DPS and 240k EHP).
7) We need to start working on Chaos resist and Spell Suppression from here. Actually, it is better if you slowly start doing this one before and finish it here. Change both of your rings with Amethyst Rings having chaos resistance and also Intelligence on one of them. Don't forget to apply Fertile Catalysts on them to increase life. Then change your boots to have Chaos resist and Spell Suppression. Here don't forget to craft Onslaught and Movement Speed on boots(You can now re-enable Onslaught in Configurations). Chaos resist is now fixed by becoming %71 and Spell Suppression also became %37. 2.26m DPS, 459k EHP(Now 2.84m DPS and 494k EHP).
8) Get a Lacerate of Hemorrhage 20-20 or get a level 1 and level it yourself depending on Hardcore economy and availability. 2.80m DPS, 459k EHP(Now 3.52m DPS and 494k EHP).
9) You can now level to 94 safely. Then ready all your cluster, Brutal Restraint, and Light of Meaning jewels. We need to get some Intelligence from jewels here as well. Refund Wicked Blade and Master of Wounds on Passive Tree, add 4 more bleed tattoos just like Required Gear has. Also refund Born to Fight, Inexorable, Art of the Gladiator, Dervish, Heart of the Warrior, Warrior's Blood and life node next to it(Also 2 nodes leading to it), and Vanquisher and all nodes leading to it(You need to disable Crushed in Configurations from this point). Get the block mastery "%1 Chance to Block Spell Damage per 5% Chance to Block Attack Damage" on As The Mountain and life node next to Barbarism. Also get Vigour and Savagery. Then add all the clusters in and get better regular jewels. Now you can remove Hard Knocks. Get Brutal Restraint and Light of Meaning and place them in their sockets. Now you can remove Proficiency. Get Dirty Techniques with the remaining skill points. 4.47m DPS, 563k EHP(Now 5.71m DPS and 606k EHP). When we started, Physical Damage Reduction was %45, now it's %82.

From now on we need to focus on items mainly for DPS, since we now have a lot of Dexterity and a lot of Resists room available thanks to the cluster jewels and Brutal Restraint. Also some defenses (mainly Spell Suppression, and more life, so more EHP).

9) Get lv.21 Melee Physical Damage, Brutality and Cruelty for Lacerate of Haemorrhage. These 3 are the cheapest, whereas Volatility and Multistrike are more expensive, why we are saving them for Meta Gear. Also add Enhance to Blood Rage in place of Flesh and Stone. 4.56m DPS, 563k EHP(Now 5.82m DPS and 606k EHP).
10) Get a helmet with more life, higher rolls of the same resists, and Spell Suppression. Please note that you can get helmet/chest/boots/gloves having Evasion only or Armor + Evasion instead of armor only, as all our Evasion gets converted to Armor by Iron Reflexes on the Passive Tree. Evasion ones are found easier and are cheaper than armor having ones. 4.56m DPS, 615k EHP(Now 5.82m DPS and 661k EHP).
11) Get a chest like the Required Gear has with Fire and Lightning Resists, Suppress Spell Damage, and empty prefix to craft %8 increased Maximum Life and %6-8 increased Maximum Mana and add don't forget to add Fortify implicit(You need to enable Fortify in Configurations here). 4.56m DPS, 695k EHP(Now 5.82m DPS and 747k EHP).
12) Change your gloves with one having added Physical Damage, Suppress Spell Damage and Eater/Exarch implicits on Required Gear. 4.85m DPS, 756k EHP(Now 6.20m DPS and 813k EHP).
13) Get an Ashes of The Stars amulet, anoint Inveterate, and use Intrinsic Catalysts on it. 6.20m DPS, 753k EHP(Now 7.95m DPS and 809k EHP) with %88 Physical Damage Reduction and %88 Spell Suppression Chance.

Now you have Required Gear DPS and EHP pretty close to it. The rest will be for moving towards Meta Gear setup. Pob link here: https://pobb.in/6utVlwWFVP3S


14) Get a 2-mod Watcher's Eye and put it in place of one of your rare jewels. 6.87m DPS and 750k EHP(Now 8.81m DPS and 807k EHP). <--- You can also get a Watcher's Eye with these mods depending on the prices, this is generally a bit cheaper but lowers down DPS by a tolerable amount.
15) Get a Ryslatha's Coil belt. 9.75m DPS and 734k EHP(Now 12.49m DPS, 789k EHP).

Here's the final Pob link: https://pobb.in/xWS-f1RQZ98T


From here it's about getting Forbidden Flesh and Forbidden Flame, a higher DPS axe, levelling to 98 and adding another Medium cluster jewel, Skill/Support gems min-maxing, gloves with higher attack speed, more Spell Suppression chance on gear and some on Passive Tree with tattoos, min-maxing gear further to perfection, and that's pretty much it. Good luck in the next league!🙂