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Simulacrum Carry - Magma Barrier Titan (Budget friendly)

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Updated on Feb 7, 2025
Feb 7, 2025

Build Overview

https://pobb.in/u/paintmaster%232396/3-zVMllNFI9a - PoB just in case.

▶️https://youtu.be/ULLYWiRvBnY - Simulacrum max difficulty, only using Magma Barrier.

Note that in Simulacrum Herald of Ice doesn't work, so Herald of Ash is used. More about this in Skill Gem section.

Shortly about build:

  • It's Titan, so you get fairly good amount of life.
  • Clearing is decent with Magma Barrier, but you always can use Mace Strike if you don't like magma barrier.
  • Single target is good, you have 3 Ancestral Warrior Totem with Rolling Slam that heavy stun bosses fairly fast.
  • Cheap to start, since weapons need only +# to level of All Melee Skills, other gear is just rare items + Polcirkeln.
  • In showcase in video i had skills only with 4 supports, and only 6 ascendancy points, so its strong even without using Perfect Jeweller's Orbs, or getting last 2 ascendancy points which is easy anyway.
  • Build can work on Warbringer or Gemling as well.

Difference between Titan, Warbringer and Gemling for this build:

  • Titan:
    - Hulking Form with 50% increased effect of small passives make it easier to cap block, and you just get more stats from all small passives.
    - 15% more life with Mysterious Lineage.
    - Ability to heavy stun bosses at 80% of their stagger bar because of Crushing Impacts.
  • Warbringer:
    - Renly's Training that set base block of shield to 40% so you don't need increased block prefix mod on shield and instead you can get some life or even more armour instead.
    - Optional AoE block with Turtle Charm, but it works only when shield is not raised.
    - Wooden Wall make 20% of damage you take be directed to totems instead, which is useful mostly on bosses.
    - And Imploding Impacts which allow to break armor below 0.
  • Gemling:
    - Enhanced Effectiveness that make strength give twice as much life.
    - Adaptive Capability allow to use any skills pretty much, like curses, without need of getting int or dex required.
    - Implanted Gems for +1 level for all skills.

Build Variants

Normal setup with Magma Barrier and Resonating Shield for clearing.

If you don't like using those, click on second setup above with default attack (Mace Strike) for clearing.

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Equipment

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Gear you see is my actual gear i used in video.

Gear explained below, mods ordered by priority!

  • Mace in weapon set 1 for clearing with Magma Barrier:
    - +# to level of All Melee Skills and Elemental Damage with Attacks.
    - Anything extra like Strength.
    - Soul Core of Citaqualotl in rune sockets.
  • Maces in weapon set 2 for totems:
    - +# to level of All Melee Skills.
    - Stun build up and stun duration.
    - Stone Rune in rune sockets.
  • Shield:
    - Higher block - better.
    - Highest amount of armor.
    - Strength.
    - Physical damage reduction.
    - Resists if needed, but better to cap them without shield.
  • Armour:
    - Life.
    - Resists.
    - Strength.
    Morior Invictus as upgrade to rare chestplate, with %life/%attributes, 5% for both mods go for 1 Divine.
    - +2 to level of All Melee Skills on Gloves is priority.
  • Rings/Belt/Amulet:
    - Life.
    - Resists.
    - Strength.
    - Attribute quality with Adaptive Catalysts.
    Polcirkeln for clearing, also can have few good corrupted enchants, like life regen, one of attributes.
    - +3 to level of All Melee Skills is priority on amulet.
    - Atleast 10 Spirit on Amulet to use Vitality, so you can just search specifically Solar Amulet base.
    - Atleast 25 spirit on Amulet to also use Cannibalism, in that case you have to get it as mod on amulet.
  • Amulet Instil - Titanic.
  • Jewels:
    - Prism of Belief jewel with either Rolling Slam or Ancestral Warrior Totem.
    - Against the Darkness jewel with 1% life on small passives in socket next to Blood Magic.
    - For regular jewels Stun build up, any damage, any good corrupted enchants like one of attributes.
    - (Optionally) Time-Lost Ruby with effect of small passives in socket next to Split the Earth.
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Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 85

Dex 20

Int 35

Ancestral Warrior Totem

Ancestral Warrior Totem
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Magma Barrier

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Leap Slam

Leap Slam
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Solar Orb

Solar Orb
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Resonating Shield

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Shield Charge

Shield Charge
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Overwhelming Presence

Overwhelming Presence
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Herald of Ice

Herald of Ice
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Infernal Cry

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All support gems above ordered by priority!

What to change for Simulacrum:

  • Herald of Ice to Herald of Ash. Herald of Ash only need Magnified Effect.
  • For Magma Barrier change Cold Infusion and Ice Bite to Fire Infusion and Fire Exposure.
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Passive Tree

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set 2:
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Level 90 Tree.

Set 1 (Pink) for clearing, set those skills in gem menu only to set 1: Leap Slam.

Set 2 (Green) for single target, set those skills in gem menu only to set 2: Ancestral Warrior Totem.

Everything else can be at both sets, since Magma Barrier works when you block, and when you block with Resonating Shield it automatically switches to set1 where you have shield.

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Atlas Tree

How it Plays

Clearing with Resonating Shield and Magma Barrier:

  • Require you to be actually engaged, since you basically have to parry mob attacks to trigger Magma Barrier, so more mobs - better.

Clearing with Mace Strike if you don't like previous option:

  • Press left click on mobs ._.

Single target:

  • Drop Solar Orb, keep it up during fight.
  • Use Leap Slam to get good chunk of life regen with Holy Descent.
  • Place 3 Ancestral Warrior Totem.
  • Use Resonating Shield to break armor.
  • Optionally use Infernal Cry to get to 30 rage faster and apply Daze.


Changelog

Jan 18, 2025: Initial version.
Jan 25, 2025: Added max difficulty Simulacrum run.
Feb 4, 2025: Tree improvements, mostly around Defender's Resolve, since it makes big difference in Simulacrum.

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