Max Spell & Attack Block with near capped Spell Suppression on Glad (Dual Wield & Shield)

Hi All,

So firstly I'd like to start by saying that this isn't a build guide instead it's more of a template / idea that I had that would hopefully be useful for others to build from.

I have planned out 2 PoBs for Gladiator that both have 90% Attack Block, 89% Spell Block & 95% Spell Suppression.

Shield Tree (54 Points):
https://pobb.in/DyOfzGZ6dtzF

Dual Wield Tree (55 Points):
https://pobb.in/8wQb6tHs8n7h

Now to caveat / explain a few things, firstly neither of these PoBs have any gear except the bear minimum needed to trigger modifiers i.e. the shield PoB has a Normal Rusted Sword & Normal Splintered Tower Shield and the Dual Wield PoB has a Normal Rusted Sword & Normal Rusted Hatchet. This is to show that there are no modifiers on the weapons or shield that affect your block rate etc.

Both Builds are near equal in points being 1 difference between them.

They are both also very adaptable I've taken Lucky Block (from More Than Skill) and Lucky Spell Suppression (From the Spell Suppression Mastery) to reduce the amount of points needed on the tree.

Now with both builds you can drop lucky spell suppression and instead get a Chest Piece with spell suppression on it for 99% spell suppression non lucky but I wanted to limit the amount of minimum gear possible for this so new players and people who want to use this as a baseline don't have to rely on spell suppression gear.

This does however mean you can drop some points on the tree in favour of gear with spell suppression or even gear with block like "The Anvil".

If anyone has any ideas that could make this baseline better please let me know I want to limit the amount of gear and points on the tree as much as possible. I also don't want any uniques as that could limit build potential.

Thank you for reading this far and apologies for the long post.
Good luck in the new league

Hey! Great template! For years i was looking to build dual wield Bleed gladiator that will dont use that shield{yuck!}


https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2171678/page/57

this above its a old build i would try to recreate but because of heavy nerfs etc that is no longer possible i believe .



Friend of mine tried to modify Zizarans build


https://pobb.in/2SWtYVy76Xzx

check the PoB if u can please


I dont mind using any Unyque's just at least i can clear maybe t16/t17 maps for future ? Sounds like a dream tho :D


Anyway i will try use your template and see what i can cook!


much appreciated it

Hi,

I see a lot of veteran players talking about having 90% block, but I'm confused how they're getting it. Looking at your tree since Versatile Combatant gives -10 to MAX block for attack and spell, you're at 68% and 67%. So people plan on getting hit 1/3 of the initial hits? And then after they block something, 68/67 don't add up to 90% even with lucky. So I'm not throwing shade or anything, I appreciated the PoB.

Right now I'm playing a league starter, and I want to play a gladiator next. But I'd like to understand the mechanics first. To me it looks like last league it took more investment, but gladiators could get 85-90% attack block all the time. This league they only get 2/3 THEN it goes up? So in the past missing two blocks might be a 1 in a 100 chance, but now you could get hit 3 times in a row 3% of the time, and 2 times in a row more than 10% percent of the time. I'm not a veteran PoE player, is this how it is or am I missing something?

Working on a cyclone max block, max spell still haven`t worked the spell sup but will do, the thing is that now Im a bit stuck on how to continue the tree an item upgrades... Was thinking replica farrul, aspect of the cat, aul for pride with no cost, and mb tailwind on boots but no idea..

Could you please check my pob and help me out with this proyect ?

https://pobb.in/PEpMhTzTtbiw

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Frailboy wrote:

Hi,

I see a lot of veteran players talking about having 90% block, but I'm confused how they're getting it. Looking at your tree since Versatile Combatant gives -10 to MAX block for attack and spell, you're at 68% and 67%. So people plan on getting hit 1/3 of the initial hits? And then after they block something, 68/67 don't add up to 90% even with lucky. So I'm not throwing shade or anything, I appreciated the PoB.

Hi Frailboy,

You are correct the base block chance is 68/67%. Without investment into max block chance your not going to get much higher without getting "Chance to Block is Lucky" etc.

If you grab the Mastery, "As the Mountain", "The Anvil"
You would have 75% + 2% + 3% + 3% = 83% block chance so you still wouldn't be at 90% block.

Ideally you would take this build template, add a shaper amulet, maybe trade out Versatile Combatant for other ways to get spell block.

For Versatile Combatant, you could replace it with the new unique shield Svalinn but again that goes against the template as I wanted to reduce the amount of unique items that are required i.e. keep it to 0 required uniques.

If you wanted to I'm happy to sit down and go through the mechanics etc. I'm currently using the Shield Template to create a Eviscerate build and I'm thinking of dropping Versatile Combatant for Svalinn but haven't decided yet.

Heya!

Glad to see that someone knows about the concept of full blocking.

I know you`re working on your build, but if you have time could you help me out with my project ? Currently doing a cyclone max spell & attack block using shield and sword but its getting rlly hard to scale the dmg without investing a loooot into something like replica farrul :S


https://pobb.in/5Nbmdd92Z-eG

Check my glad build - cyclone glad, running elemental dam with trinity. Made him my main bosser with how tanky he is.

Heya faustian1,

Loved that cyclone, but its super expensive.. Also yours seems to be on std, hence most of the items aren`t available anymore and can`t be done on league.

Any chance you could guide me on a budget vertion ftm ? :s

current pob: https://pobb.in/z6zdfoRvlJ_e

You have a lot of phys dam mixed with ele dam that I'm not sure is complementing each other that well. I would focus on just the ele, note that generic affixes like melee damage, melee crit still work. You can bench craft some cold or lightning dam that should outdps the pdps on your gloves and ring. If you have some eldritch currency you can get access to free rage or intimidate on gloves and another juicy choice which gives a ton of dps.

Also I would try and tighten up some of the pathing on your tree, I'm not a fan of that bottom row or the small cluster for spell block. I would look at an impossible escape with runebinder for access to a bunch of spell block and 12% rmr. Cluster sockets are the most efficient for dps, you are very close to a couple that should boost overall and maybe you can drop some smaller nodes. Hope that helps and see you out there exile!

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FlameII wrote:

Heya faustian1,

Loved that cyclone, but its super expensive.. Also yours seems to be on std, hence most of the items aren`t available anymore and can`t be done on league.

Any chance you could guide me on a budget vertion ftm ? :s

current pob: https://pobb.in/z6zdfoRvlJ_e