1.3 [Newbie Friendly] GROUNDSLAMMER BUILD

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spr4ts написал:

Thanks for the guide! I`ve started to play this month and it helped a lot. I`m basicly playing this build now, with a lvl48 Marauder.
I`m having a lot of trouble now in act 2 cruel, even 5 levels above the maps. Pretty much any pack of blues make me run a little. I died about 5 times at the giant spider, and even had A LOT of trouble with a yellow monster (those giant worms that come from the ground) cause it had regen life and leech life mods, so it kept healing...
Anyway, is this normal, is it really supposed to be this difficult? Or am I just not playing well? I feel like playing a melee is tough cause I cant keep my distance, so I have to take the hits.

It would be a good idea to post your gear and tree so we can have a look and give advice. Also post resists, armor, etc.

So I shouldnt be having this much trouble? It isnt this hard?
My tree is just like the one suggested at this thread, but I have some 10 unallocated points. My gear is kinda ok I think. Since this is my first char I`m equipping the best I`m picking, basicly strength-based rare ones now. My resist are very low cause I use IRI rings and amulet lol, but I switch them for resists before a hard fight, except for chaos which I just dont have almost anything.
One thing I`m doing different than the OP said is I dont use Enduring Cry, Im leveling it up now. I`m using Molten Shell instead.

Thks.

No you shouldn't be having that much trouble. Maybe one mob that has bad affixes, but struggling with every pack of blues at 5 levels above the area? No.

I would say you should definitely be running Enduring Cry and picking up the Enduring Cry nodes in the tree per the build spec. It's pivotal for this build. For every node you generate from the cry (1 node per 1 enemy in the casting radius up to the charge max), you stack an additional 4% phys dog reduce and 4% elemental dmg reduce. Per charge. At your level you can get up to 20+ charges in a big pack.

You can pair it with a "Cast on Damage Taken" gem and you don't even have to bother hitting the button. It'll just happen. Leap into the pack. Profit. Molten Shell, defensively, has what? A shitty static +armor mod that can be pierced? No thanks.

Then after that, fix your resists. CAP THEM OUT. 20% resist is not enough in Cruel. Those worm things (devourers) are destroying you because they do a lot of fire damage.

Also allocate your 10 points. At your level that means you probably haven't allocated the southeast section life / life regen/ and resist nodes. Or moved up into Scion for those resist and life nodes. So you're not allocating defensive points and then complaining about not having enough survivability...

This build is SUPER tanky. So if you are dying quickly, it's gear or you're not following the build. In your case I'd say both. The guide clearly says rings and amulets are for resists. Why are you running IRI for a build that is, other than life and resists, largely gear agnostic? Especially in cruel where you can't sell anything you find.

If you need it, run a Rarity gem. At your level you could be getting +40% IRI from that one gem and not waste gear slots, since the socket requirements are so very low for Cruel.