[NEW BUILD AVAILABLE] Woolie's Armor Break Warbringer

REFER TO THE "Build Variants" TAB FOR LEVELING!

The gear you see above is my exact character on the 0.1 patch.

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 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!