[3.25] Bleed Earthquake gladiator | Trivialize content on a budget

This guide is mainly focused at beginners or somewhat experienced players. The build is very straightforward, easy to play and has no obnoxious things to trade like cluster jewels or historic jewels! Iv'e made this guide as there is none to be found that is either 3.25 or good enough in general. Many play chieftain which i dislike.

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Build Overview 3.25
This build uses a combination of earthquake and earthshatter (applied via generals cry) to make mapping trivial. It's so easy even i can complete any map, bar reflect, at a rather quick pace. The main DPS is bleed applied via earthquake, which through the new Gladiator nodes is always 'aggrevated' (applies as though the unit is moving around and thus is 200% effective).

In order to apply a nice earthquake we have allocated 100% bleed through the passive tree and ascendancy tree, and use an axe with as much physical damage and damage over time as possible. Plain and simple.
As we scurry around the minions from General's cry apply earthshatters before we are even close to the enemies and a Leap Slam into the pack or using the various warcries clears said pack. This provides a satisfying shatter/earthquake visual and everything dies, what do you want more than that?



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POB 3.25


Important items


Upgrades for the endgame


Endgame

Which bandit do you save or kill all?

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Heavydfr8 wrote:

Which bandit do you save or kill all?

Kill all is the way to go :)

Should be noted: This build struggles alot with Physical reflect, you can work down to the Physical Mastery and get the -60% physical reflect paired with a Watcher's Eye Prismatic Jewel as, to my knowledge, is the only way to get you to and past 100% reduced physical reflect making you relativly safe to it but should still play it safe with reflect maps as you can occasionally get killed when shocked or similar things.

There is other things giving lower amounts of physical reflect obviously, but this was the simplest solution I found to make you *safe* without having to really sacrifice anything.

Destroyed myself in a Vaal area at lvl 60 with only 10% physical reflect, luckily making me think of this early.

Unless Angryn00bert has a different solution?

Oh i may have made an error stating all maps are doable. I just never run reflect maps. Only if i would be able to get a 100% reflect resistance like you state.

It is actually doable to get I think close to "perfect" reflect resistance, the minor Pantheon is +50% reflect reduction, highest rolled Watchers Eye Prismatic Jewel is +50% physical reflect reduction and the Physical Mastery gives +60% physical reflect reduction which in theory should make you immune to physical reflect even when cursed or debuffed I think with 160% reflect reduction.

I would think the same as you normally with just ignoring reflect maps, but had a couple of run-ins with rares or uniques, forgot which and if a league mechanic or whatnot, but I nuked myself then before I remembered the Pantheon reflect resistance reduction since I don't have the jewel yet.

And since getting the Physical Mastery for reflect is only...5 or 6 points off the passive tree you've already set up which also has a few points to spare it should not need any changes I think

Also, I seem to remember there being some open slots in the gems on the build, you considered running a Cast when damage taken lvl 1-Desecrate lvl 1-Poachers/Warlords Mark and either a guard skill or anointing for the double hex keystone to keep the earthshatter guys still going on bossfights?

Seems to be fairly useful just to get a smidge more survivability, occasional frenzy and endurance charges outside bossfights and the physical dmg taken debuff if you get Poachers mark on the boss.

Why is the general's cry + earth shatter only a 4-link? There must be a reason but I'm not very familiar with these skills so unsure why you wouldn't add two more supports of some kind

Would you say this build could do Hardcore?

Thats a cool build! Im playing it (lvl 70) and its really fun :D
I have a question about the determination and autoextertion - i cant have both of them active at the same time, should i just go with autoextertion for everything other than bosses and determination for bosses or am i doing something wrong? Or maybe its because of blood magic (i dont have it yet)?

You need blood magic.
The eternal blessing prevents every other manareservation. With blood magic autoextertion reserves life instead of mana and is not blocked by eternal blessing.