



3.2 UPDATE



UPDATE ON THE WAY - I have replayed this build for 3.2 and am currently incorporating new content into it. Long story short, it's nothing but buffs.



WHAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO



You will be able to do every map up to T15 quickly and safely, All Guardians, Vaal Temple and Eternal Izaro.



Can it do Hall of Grandmasters? Yes, very easily, but only if you have the same gear I do (or similar)



Can it do Uber Atziri? Yes. Yes it can.



Can it do Shaper? Yes. Should it run shaper? God no. Check out the video below.



INTRODUCTION



This is an in-depth guide for my Two-Button Cleave Gladiator in Path of Exile 3.0.



I designed this build with the intent of making a build which could clear maps quickly and safely with a small amount of attention required. In essence, the goal was to face-tank the world and laugh.



The build clears maps quickly by building around the Gratuitous Violence ascendancy node in the Gladiator ascendancy. Turn on blood rage at the start of the map, then whirling blades and cleave (or leap slam and sunder) until the map is finished.



The Defense: This build utilize Block, Spell Block, decent Armour, pure physical mitigation, Endurance Charges, Blind, Immortal call and Fortify to keep from dying. You don't need to monitor any of this, its all automatic.



The Offense: This build utilizes a hybrid of on-hit physical damage combined with bleed damage and the Crimson Dance keystone. Gratutious Violence will take care of any and all packs in all maps.



DEMONSTRATIONS





Videos

Uber Atziri

This actually worked quite well. Not Hardcore Viable, but softcore? sure. Was my second Uber Atziri ever, my first one with this character, and it was a success.



Shaper

This was my forth time running shaper ever. I'm bad at him, but even so, the dps of this build isn't good enough for shaper (it was a successful run however)



Vaal Temple



Uber Izaro



Example clear of Shaped Port



Minotaur

Chimera

Phoenix

Hydra

This actually worked quite well. Not Hardcore Viable, but softcore? sure. Was my second Uber Atziri ever, my first one with this character, and it was a success.This was my forth time running shaper ever. I'm bad at him, but even so, the dps of this build isn't good enough for shaper (it was a successful run however)

For everything else, you can watch me play the build live at My Stream. I'm not on stream often anymore this league as I'm doing mostly boring shit (grinding 100 and making currency) but I'd appreciate a follow all the same. Planning on streaming a lot more next league.



SUMMARY



Pros:



+ Great defenses

+ Fast mobility

+ Skills and weapon choice is flexible

+ Fortify (if using cleave).

+ Low budget for map clearing.

+ Easily capped resists.

+ Fast map clear speed.

+ Easily run Eternal Labyrinth.

+ No auras.

+ Can run most map mods.

+ Shaper Possible

+ Uber Atziri Viable



Cons:



- High budget required to achieve builds maximum potential.

- Requires Vulnerability on hit gloves.

- Cant run physical reflect maps. Shouldn't run Temporal chains or physical damage reduction maps.



PASSIVE TREE



Alter this as needed. Take note, this build only makes use of Damage and Life nodes, you should simply grab what you feel you need more of at the time. These are examples of how I would level.



41 points



75 points



Full Tree



Resolute Technique should as always be your goal to reach as fast as possible. Missing is awful.



As soon as you receive an Overwhelming Odds Jewel in Act 5 from the side quest, spec into a Jewel slot for it (not required if leveling using Sunder)



Take Crimson Dance once you have at least 50% chance to bleed. 25% comes from the Red Storm Cluster, 25% from Gratuitous Violence and 25% from a damage wheel (swords or axes, depending on your choice of skill).



Take Blood magic as soon as you feel comfortable sustaining it. Having sufficient life regeneration and your 0.2-0.4% life leech will be how you do this.



BANDIT REWARD



I chose Oak. the life regen is useful at all stages of the game, especially early for blood magic, and the 20% increased physical damage will scale Gratuitous Violence, and is one of the few ways to do so. You may pick 2 passives if you don't find these rewards appealing enough. Don't pick any other bandits.



ASCENDANCY



You will ascend as a Gladiator. You will get the following ascendancy nodes in the following order:



Normal = Gratuitous Violence

Cruel= Painforged

Merciless = Versatile Combatant

Eternal = Violent Retaliation



If you have questions about this, ask them.



GEAR



Gear

Belly of the Beast should be the primary goal for your chest. It is best in slot. Get one as soon as you can. If you can't afford one, use a rare chest piece with as much life and resists as you can muster. Order of Importance: Life, then Resists.



This is your end game goal for a shield. These are expensive to the average player. Two weeks into Harbinger league and these still cost 300c. You want this shield. YOU WANT THIS SHIELD. Get out there and get earning, until you can afford one, use either a good rare shield or one of the many many useful unique shields. Order of importance for rare shield stats: Life, then Resists, if you can also get increased physical damage (only rolls on hybrid ev/ar shields)



Any pair of Vulnerability on hit gloves will do, keep your eyes peeled for a cheap pair. If you are focusing on their stats, prioritize Life, then as much resistance as you can get (price goes up exponentially when you factor in high life and resists). If you can get a pair of these, then good rare gloves with Added phys, life and resists are fine, for now. Priority: Life, then resists, then added phys.





The rest of your gear is made up almost entirely of life resists and attributes. The exception is your necklace. Get as much added phys on your necklace as you can. For all gear prioritize your life first, then your resists, you have so many rares, resist capping should be easy.



Late game you will want chaos resist. Purchase your chaos resist items in this order to keep costs down and use my gear as a model for the stats you should look for. Order of Purchase: Belt, Helm, Boots, Necklace (try and fulfill your attribute requirements with your necklace), and lastly rings. The more pressure you put on your rings to make up for you resists the more expensive it will be. Try get as much resistance as you can on your belt and Helmet.



Get a weapon that does good damage. That's it, nothing special. Prioritize high base damage over attack speed, but don't go less than 1.4 attacks per second or you whirling blades will be too slow (Higher base damage means better bleeds)



These Jewels are to be obtained in this order. The Red Nightmare is Extremely good and equally expensive. I don;t expect you to get one, but I expect you to try, it changes your life. When you get it, it goes in the jewel socket by the Marauder area of the passive tree. It will give you 13% Block and Spell Block aswell as a 41% change to get an endurance charge on kill.



These are the flasks I use. This combination has served me well. You can only use The Forbidden Taste if you have sufficient chaos res (be at least 25% positive).



Belly of the Beast should be the primary goal for your chest. It is best in slot. Get one as soon as you can. If you can't afford one, use a rare chest piece with as much life and resists as you can muster. Order of Importance: Life, then Resists.This is your end game goal for a shield. These are expensive to the average player. Two weeks into Harbinger league and these still cost 300c. You want this shield. YOU WANT THIS SHIELD. Get out there and get earning, until you can afford one, use either a good rare shield or one of the many many useful unique shields. Order of importance for rare shield stats: Life, then Resists, if you can also get increased physical damage (only rolls on hybrid ev/ar shields)Any pair of Vulnerability on hit gloves will do, keep your eyes peeled for a cheap pair. If you are focusing on their stats, prioritize Life, then as much resistance as you can get (price goes up exponentially when you factor in high life and resists). If you can get a pair of these, then good rare gloves with Added phys, life and resists are fine, for now. Priority: Life, then resists, then added phys.The rest of your gear is made up almost entirely of life resists and attributes. The exception is your necklace. Get as much added phys on your necklace as you can. For all gear prioritize your life first, then your resists, you have so many rares, resist capping should be easy.Late game you will want chaos resist. Purchase your chaos resist items in this order to keep costs down and use my gear as a model for the stats you should look for. Order of Purchase: Belt, Helm, Boots, Necklace (try and fulfill your attribute requirements with your necklace), and lastly rings. The more pressure you put on your rings to make up for you resists the more expensive it will be. Try get as much resistance as you can on your belt and Helmet.Get a weapon that does good damage. That's it, nothing special. Prioritize high base damage over attack speed, but don't go less than 1.4 attacks per second or you whirling blades will be too slow (Higher base damage means better bleeds)These Jewels are to be obtained in this order. The Red Nightmare is Extremely good and equally expensive. I don;t expect you to get one, but I expect you to try, it changes your life. When you get it, it goes in the jewel socket by the Marauder area of the passive tree. It will give you 13% Block and Spell Block aswell as a 41% change to get an endurance charge on kill.These are the flasks I use. This combination has served me well. You can only use The Forbidden Taste if you have sufficient chaos res (be at least 25% positive).

GEM LINKS



Gems

All gems are listed in the order you should prioritize the links.



Chest:

Cleave - Brutality - Melee Physical Damage - Multistrike - Maim - Ruthless



Helm:

Immortal call (L16) - Cast When Damage Taken (L14) - Increased Duration - Enduring Cry



Boots:

Increased Duration - Tempest Shield (L1) - Blind - Cast When Damage Taken (L1)

Note: If you don't have Vulnerability on hit gloves, replace blind with Vulnerability (L1)



Gloves:

Blood Rage (that's it)



Weapon:

Whirling Blades (L1) - Faster Attacks - Blind



Shield:

Riposte - Blind - Vengeance



(Optional) Boots

Ancestral Warchief - Faster Attacks - Brutality - Concentrated Effect



Explanation

The attack should be self explanatory. If you are using Sunder, it would be Sunder instead of Cleave, but same setup. We are pure phys, these are the best links.



For the helmet, We have a high lvl CWDT because we have a high life level, and would rather it didn't go off too much as the endurance charges provide nice phys mitigation constantly instead of for the short Immortal Call period. Enduring Cry is linked in here for use against single target bosses (if you feel the need) and if you don't have a Red Dream/Nightmare Jewel



Tempest shield is linked to CWDT because levels mean nothing to you for Tempest Shield and you want it always on. Casting it is a pain, this fixes that. The chain lightning from tempest shield will blind. If you don't have Vulnerability gloves it will be Vulnerability or Enfeeble instead of blind.



If you don't want to use tempest shield or feel it doesn't add enough to what you are doing, swap it for the Ancestral Warchief setup that uses the same socket colors. This will help DPS at the cost of survivability.



Blood Rage doesn't need links. You could link it to increased duration, but only do this if you aren't killing fast enough to keep it on. Beware of doing this on no regen / less regen maps.



Whirling blades is self explanitory, it is your move skill. If using Sunder or other, you will be using an axe and this will be Leap Slam instead.



Your shield is filled with counterattack skills that blind. This is good for an extra layer of defense against bosses. Do it.



MY CURRENT STATISTICS



Stats





Note: Bleed stacks 8 times and Ruthless bleeds will be 20k dps each.

Note: Bleed stacks 8 times and Ruthless bleeds will be 20k dps each.

PATH OF BUILDING LINK





My current Path of Building https://pastebin.com/3YrUca8z



Online regularly : IGN - Raxus_Redstorm

If you have any questions about the build if you choose to play it, ask them here, or watch for a demonstration (I'm currently playing it in Harbinger League)



FAQ





Q: What would you do if your gloves had 3 more available sockets in your gloves?

A: I would probably have Leap slam and faster attacks in there, maybe an increased duration for blood rage too. Some maps are more convenient for leap slam than whirling blades, and the increased duration on Blood Rage would help for certain bosses.



Q: Did you level with cleave? Should I?

A: I did, you can, you don't have to. Level with whatever melee skill you are comfortable with so long as it has no elemental damage. Also, you can use axes or swords, just follow my guide for the passive tree when using axes instead of swords.



Q: Can you do Uber Atziri and Shaper?

A: On softcore with good gear yes. Shaper is hard, Uber Atziri isn't as bad. Shaper feels like a dps check which to be honest, you will fail for this build, but he is still possible to do, check the video. Uber Atziri is a mechanics check, with practice, you will be able to do her deathless.



Q: How are you generating Endurance charges?

A: The Red Dream/Nightmare. You don't need this, but it helps a lot. Use a Rumi's Concoction and Enduring Cry in the situations that need it if you don't have this jewel.



CREDITS





Cookees build which I played last league and thoroughly enjoyed. His build inspired me to make my own, utilizing the bleed changes in 3.0 and the many new support gems. Thanks Cookees. UPDATE ON THE WAY - I have replayed this build for 3.2 and am currently incorporating new content into it. Long story short, it's nothing but buffs.You will be able to do every map up to T15 quickly and safely, All Guardians, Vaal Temple and Eternal Izaro.Can it do Hall of Grandmasters? Yes, very easily, but only if you have the same gear I do (or similar)Can it do Uber Atziri? Yes. Yes it can.Can it do Shaper? Yes. Should it run shaper? God no. Check out the video below.This is an in-depth guide for my Two-Button Cleave Gladiator in Path of Exile 3.0.I designed this build with the intent of making a build which could clear maps quickly and safely with a small amount of attention required. In essence, the goal was to face-tank the world and laugh.The build clears maps quickly by building around the Gratuitous Violence ascendancy node in the Gladiator ascendancy. Turn on blood rage at the start of the map, then whirling blades and cleave (or leap slam and sunder) until the map is finished.This build utilize Block, Spell Block, decent Armour, pure physical mitigation, Endurance Charges, Blind, Immortal call and Fortify to keep from dying. You don't need to monitor any of this, its all automatic.This build utilizes a hybrid of on-hit physical damage combined with bleed damage and the Crimson Dance keystone. Gratutious Violence will take care of any and all packs in all maps.For everything else, you can watch me play the build live at. I'm not on stream often anymore this league as I'm doing mostly boring shit (grinding 100 and making currency) but I'd appreciate a follow all the same. Planning on streaming a lot more next league.Great defensesFast mobilitySkills and weapon choice is flexibleFortify (if using cleave).Low budget for map clearing.Easily capped resists.Fast map clear speed.Easily run Eternal Labyrinth.No auras.Can run most map mods.Shaper PossibleUber Atziri ViableHigh budget required to achieve builds maximum potential.Requires Vulnerability on hit gloves.Cant run physical reflect maps. Shouldn't run Temporal chains or physical damage reduction maps.Alter this as needed. Take note, this build only makes use of Damage and Life nodes, you should simply grab what you feel you need more of at the time. These are examples of how I would level.Resolute Technique should as always be your goal to reach as fast as possible. Missing is awful.As soon as you receive an Overwhelming Odds Jewel in Act 5 from the side quest, spec into a Jewel slot for it (not required if leveling using Sunder)Take Crimson Dance once you have at least 50% chance to bleed. 25% comes from the Red Storm Cluster, 25% from Gratuitous Violence and 25% from a damage wheel (swords or axes, depending on your choice of skill).Take Blood magic as soon as you feel comfortable sustaining it. Having sufficient life regeneration and your 0.2-0.4% life leech will be how you do this.I chose Oak. the life regen is useful at all stages of the game, especially early for blood magic, and the 20% increased physical damage will scale Gratuitous Violence, and is one of the few ways to do so. You may pick 2 passives if you don't find these rewards appealing enough. Don't pick any other bandits.You will ascend as a Gladiator. You will get the following ascendancy nodes in the following order:Normal = Gratuitous ViolenceCruel= PainforgedMerciless = Versatile CombatantEternal = Violent RetaliationIf you have questions about this, ask them.My current Path of Building https://pastebin.com/3YrUca8zOnline regularly : IGN - Raxus_RedstormIf you have any questions about the build if you choose to play it, ask them here, or watch for a demonstration (I'm currently playing it in Harbinger League)Q: What would you do if your gloves had 3 more available sockets in your gloves?A: I would probably have Leap slam and faster attacks in there, maybe an increased duration for blood rage too. Some maps are more convenient for leap slam than whirling blades, and the increased duration on Blood Rage would help for certain bosses.Q: Did you level with cleave? Should I?A: I did, you can, you don't have to. Level with whatever melee skill you are comfortable with so long as it has no elemental damage. Also, you can use axes or swords, just follow my guide for the passive tree when using axes instead of swords.Q: Can you do Uber Atziri and Shaper?A: On softcore with good gear yes. Shaper is hard, Uber Atziri isn't as bad. Shaper feels like a dps check which to be honest, you will fail for this build, but he is still possible to do, check the video. Uber Atziri is a mechanics check, with practice, you will be able to do her deathless.Q: How are you generating Endurance charges?A: The Red Dream/Nightmare. You don't need this, but it helps a lot. Use a Rumi's Concoction and Enduring Cry in the situations that need it if you don't have this jewel.which I played last league and thoroughly enjoyed. His build inspired me to make my own, utilizing the bleed changes in 3.0 and the many new support gems. Thanks Cookees. Last edited by Rohkenzai on Mar 10, 2018, 6:40:14 AM Last bumped on Jan 22, 2018, 6:07:18 PM