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[0.5] Ulf's SUNDER Ground Slam Gemling

Mercenary

Gemling Legionnaire

End Game

Speed Leveling

0.5 RotA

Creator

By Ulfhednar

Updated on Jun 18, 2026

Jun 18, 2026

Build Overview

My favorite SLAM ever is Ground Slam of Earthshaking in PoE 1 and I finally found it!
It is Sunder with Kaom's Madness which covers HALF of the screen and has a very good damage paired with Fissures from Forge Hammer.

This build is focusing on mainly Physical damage scaling but also Fire as we use Chernobog's Pillar for amazing defense and offense.
If your gear is lacking in damage modifiers use Earthshatter for single target (Bosses).

DEFENSE

Main point of Gemling is to not get hit to keep Motes from Virtuous Barrier. Combining Evasion/Deflect and Block is PERFECT for that and also surviving. In Path of Building (code on the right) I get up to 60k effective Hit Pool with current gear.

Using Wind Dancer for more Evasion but can use Berserk for more damage instead.

You will see slotted random Blue/Red support gems in Skill section and that is for a reason - Gem Studded to make us Crit immune (another crazy defense layer).

As we get life from red Motes having Loreweave with Attacks have added Physical Damage equal to % Life is quite a significant Damage boost. Stacking Strength for Giant's Blood goes hand in hand.

MANA & SURROUNDED TECH

Constricting Command is still cracked as it provides some crazy passives such as 245% Attack Damage Increase, 20% Attack Speed and good amount of Armor/Evasion.
It also lets you IGNORE Mana sustain with Defy II.
You just need to have this line on the helmet - Require 4 Fewer Enemies to be Surrounded

Strengths and Weaknesses

FAST
Very Tanky
Really good Damage
Doesn't care about Mana
Crit Immune
10/10 Voice Lines

Needs a good weapon (just like any melee build)

Equipment

Set 1

Set 2

Equipment Priority

+11

Loreweave - Attacks have added Physical Damage equal to % Life is one important stat to get, the rest depends on what you can get/afford. I found one with Onslaught on kill.
- use any Armor/Evasion or Evasion with Deflect suffix Body Armor instead if you don't have Loreweave

Mageblood - I use this mainly for defense with 2x Stibnite (Evasion increase) and 1x Silver (Skill Speed)
- get Ingenuity or Ryslatha's Coil until Mageblood

Prism of Belief + Sunder

Megalomaniac - anything attack speed related, second one should be damage related

Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 135

Dex 45

Int 105

Armour Breaker

Level 19

Infernal Cry

Level 19

Sunder

Level 19

Rolling Slam

Level 19

Forge Hammer

Level 19

Whirling Slash

Level 1

Wind Dancer

Level 19

Ancestral Cry

Level 19

Boneshatter

Level 3

Raise Shield

Level 1

Herald of Ash

Level 19

War Banner

Level 19

Virtuous Barrier

Level 20

Gem Priority

+57

If your gear is lacking in damage modifiers use Earthshatter for single target (Bosses)

Can use Berserk for more damage instead of Wind Dancer

Passive Tree

main:

123

set 1:

set 2:

Unspec points from Golden line on the tree to then assign for each Weapon Set.
Red line = Weapon set 1
Green line = Weapon set 2

Atlas Tree

Quest Rewards

Check which quests you’ve completed on your character

Clearfell — Beira of the Rotten Pack

+10% to Cold Resistance

Hunting Grounds — The Crowbell

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Freythorn — The King in the Mists

+30 to Spirit

Ogham Farmlands — Una's Hut

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Ogham Manor — Candlemass, the Living Rite

+20 to maximum Life

Keth — Kabala, Constrictor Queen

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Valley of the Titans — Medallion

30% increased Charm Charges gained

+1 Charm Slot

Deshar — Final Letter

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Spires of Deshar — Sisters of Garukhan

+10% to Lightning Resistance

Jungle Ruins — Mighty Silverfist

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Venom Crypts — Venom Draught

25% increased Stun Threshold

Jiquani's Machinarium — Blackjaw, the Remnant

+10% to Fire Resistance

The Azak Bog — Ignagduk, the Bog Witch

+30 to Spirit

The Molten Vault — The Molten Vault

Reforging Bench

Aggorat — Blood Sacrifice

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Journey's End — Captain Hartlin

Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Skill Gem(Lv 13)

Delirium Drop

Eye of Hinekora — Navali's Rest

5% increased Maximum Mana

Halls of the Dead — Yama The White

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Halls of the Dead — Tawhoa's Test

+5% to Lightning Resistance

Abandoned Prison — Goddess of Justice

30% increased Life Recovery from Flasks

Halls of the Dead — Tasalio's Test

+5% to Cold Resistance

Halls of the Dead — Ngamahu's Test

+5 to Strength

Halls of the Dead — Tribal Medicine

30% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Wolvenhold — Oswin, the Dread Warden

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Khari Crossing — Akthi and Anundr

Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Khari Crossing — Molten Shrine

5% increased Maximum Life

Qimah — Tabana's Pillar

+5% to all Elemental Resistances

Kriar Village — Lythara, the Wayward Spear

+40 to Spirit

Howling Caves — The Abominable Yeti

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

How it Plays

1. Sunder - one button for all

2. Forge Hammer - fissures for extra damage / armor break

3. Infernal Cry / Ancestral Cry - to detonate 2. and also great buffs

4. War Banner - one of the strongest Auras

5. Armour Breaker - more damage for 1.

6. Whirling Slash - movement ability

How it Works

Sunder with Kaom's Madness is a PERFECT Map clear ability as well as single target combined with Forge Hammer Fissures which you detonate with Infernal Cry. Those then give us enough glory for Ancestral Cry for even more AoE and damage.

Breaking armor through Armour Breaker / Forge Hammer fissures and Armour Break III will give us Endurance Charges which are used to prolong Ancestral Cry.