Woolie's Armor Break Warbringer **WEAPON SETS**

REFER TO THE "Build Variants" TAB FOR LEVELING!

The gear you see above is my exact character as of 12/30.

YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED A Cultist Greathammer AS YOUR MACE IN ORDER FOR Mace Strike TO CLEAR THE SCREEN!

if you run a different basetype, you should use Stampede as your clearing skill, instead.

Stampede + Armour Explosion + Fire Infusion + Magnified Effect + Stomping Ground (if Giant's Blood) / Aftershock (if not)

// WEAPON SETS //

the build planner does not work with Giant's Blood - you are looking for TWO mauls with similar stats to the Expert Forge Maul in "Weapon Set 2"

these will cost a pretty penny (5-10div each, likely) but, once you have the $$ for them, you will likely TRIPLE your overall single target damage, using them + the new weapon set passive points.

for skills, toggle Infernal Cry, Hammer of the Gods and Sunder for Weapon Set II (ONLY) and keep everything else normal.

If you have 90+ dex, you can also put Herald of Ash and Scavenged Plating on Weapon Set I (ONLY) and add Attrition to Set II (ONLY)

now, you will automatically swap to Set II when using your single-target skills but you will need to manually switch back to Set I as soon as you are done attacking, as you won't be able to block at all until you're back in Set I! I recommend using Raise Shield, as its cast time is very short.

// STATS TO LOOK FOR //

you will likely need a couple rolls of "+accuracy" to ensure your hit chance is 95%+, otherwise, you will miss your attacks (and cry)

thankfully, accuracy is a prefix mod on weapons, helmets, gloves and jewelry, so it won't be too hard to find.

other than that, here are other mods to look for:

--Weapons--

Prefixes

+phys, %phys, %phys/acc ("hybrid")

**PREFIXES ARE, BY FAR, THE MOST IMPORTANT STATS TO HAVE IN ORDER TO DEAL DAMAGE**

Suffixes

+lvl melee skills, %reduced attribute requirements (GREATLY helps with Giant's Blood), +str, %inc attack speed (PRIORITIZE HIGHEST FLAT DMG POSSIBLE - attack speed is just "icing on the cake"), %phys leech

--Armor & Shield--

Prefixes

+life, +spirit (body), +/%armor, %movespeed (boots)

Suffixes

%resistances, +str, %additional phys dmg reduction (shield), +lvl melee skills (gloves), %attack speed (gloves)

You do NOT need block chance on your shield!

The way Renly's Training works is that it essentially ignores your shield's block value and simply puts "40%" in its place.

--Jewelry--

Prefixes

+life, %life (amulet), +spirit (amulet), +accuracy

Suffixes

%resistances, +charm slots (belt), +str, +lvl melee skills (amulet), +all attributes

--Charms--

these don't really matter tbh - I just run a Golden Charm for more loot

// RUNES & SOUL CORES //

top priority is to CAP ELEMENTAL RESISTANCES, so simply socket any runes you need to achieve that goal.

however, it's better to cap ele res from the actual mods on the gear (rather than by socketing runes) so it'd be wise to spend a few more exalts on a piece of gear that has 10-20% more res than another, cheaper piece.

past ele res, chaos res & %life are the next best soul cores. try to fit in as many %life ones as possible while maintaining 50%+ chaos res.

for your weapon, Iron Runes (20% phys each) are almost always the correct choice but, for Giant's Blood, you can also socket a "Soul Core of Cholotl" which turns 20% of the str req into dex, HOWEVER, the dex req WILL ALSO BE TRIPLED!

only do this if you know what you're doing!

// ONCE YOU HAVE A BIT OF $$ //

Once you have earned a bit of money AND HAVE ASCENDED AT LEAST 3 TIMES FOR Renly's Training (preferably 4 for Turtle Charm), I HIGHLY recommend that you purchase a Svalinn

Svalinn + the Warbringer block nodes is just... CRAZY for defense.

Renly's Training puts the shield's block chance at 40% (aka, your BASE value that all other increases/decreases scales off of), which is FANTASTIC for Svalinn, given that it only has 26%, normally.

Then, Turtle Charm makes it so that you can block not-only strikes and projectiles but also AoE damage, which account for the vast majority of "scary" things.

Those big fat explodey dudes? Blocked.
Purple chaos orbs that chase you? Blocked.
Massive cold, lightning or fire AoE time bomb? Blocked.

All of that thanks to Turtle Charm.

Finally, Svalinn itself is insane due to its mod "Block Chance is Lucky." How this mod works is it that simply re-rolls your block chance if it fails.

For example:

You have 40% TOTAL block chance
You roll for a block and miss (60% miss chance)
Svalinn rolls again, in hopes that it hits that 40%

To put in perspective how strong this is: the math in the above scenario equates to Svalinn providing you a 64% chance to block instead of 40%

1 - (0.6 [chance to miss] x 0.6) = .64 or 64% effective block chance

Finally, the roll of the "-x% to maximum block chance" mod doesn't really matter, as, if you take all of the "block chance" nodes near your passive path, plus get 6-7% in all jewel sockets, you'll be sitting around 55% block anyway, which is the outcome of the literal WORST possible roll on a Svalinn.

So, save your $$ and buy the cheapest Svalinn, regardless of rolls!

You'll also, likely, need to upgrade some of your other gear to fit in the lack of other stats on Svalinn - especially the loss of Strength - so be prepared to spend +/- another 20% of the price of a Svalinn in additional upgrades!