Holy Sweep Slayer! MASSIVE AOE AND HUGE EXPLOSIONS - Build Showcase and Guide

Holy Sweep Slayer has been one of the coolest builds that I have played in a while.

This build has just MASSIVE AOE and Huge explosions from things like Oriath's End and Herald of Ash

This build allows us to take full advantage of Headhunter and be able to scale our character to the moon with power.

The entire evolution of this build has been a completely wild ride and you can check the progress of my build from start up until now here

https://poe.ninja/poe1/builds/mirage/character/Travic-3167/BaitedByHolyHammers?i=2&search=skills%3DHoly%2BHammers%26class%3DSlayer%26sort%3Ddps

This link will also allow you to track any changes I make.

The entire premise of this build goes as follows:

1) Go into map and cast Holy Sweep

2) Blow up pack of enemies

3) Get buffs for Headhunter

4) Blow up the screen

The only real downside to the build is that its a headhunter build and sometimes with extremely juicy content you have to rely on headhunter so if those buffs fall off from you dying it MAY be hard to ramp back up. But this is only in the craziest of crazy content. In normal mapping this wont be too much of an issue

How To Level This Build

For this build we will be selecting the Duelist Ascendancy and leveling up to eventually swap to Slayer. The goal is to play Slayer through the campaign and early maps until endgame. Once we get to endgame we can transition into high end slams or swap on over to Gladiator.

NOTE WE ARE PLAYING A MELEE BUILD WE WILL NEED TO CONSTANTLY BE UPGRADING OUR WEAPON EITHER WITH GAMBLING OR USING CURRENCY WE FIND WHILE LEVELING. AT ANY POINT IF YOUR DAMAGE FEELS BAD YOU NEED TO UPGRADE YOUR WEAPON!!!

Act 1

From level 1 until level 12 we will be using the following:

Spectral Throw + Chance to Bleed Support + Volley Support

For our weapon we want to use any 2 handed axe we can come across. The harder hitting the weapon the better

This setup will carry us all the way until level 12. Once we hit level 12 we can start using Sunder. Sunder will be the skill we use throughout the entire campaign and we can even use it deep into the end game.

Once Sunder is unlocked out links become the following

Sunder + Maim Support + Ruthless Support once we get a fourth link we will be adding Melee Physical Damage Support. The setup we are aiming for is to play a traditional slammer and fully convert over to bleed once we get done with the campaign.

While in Act 1 also pick up the following gems to use and level:

Leap Slam + Frostblink Faster Attacks Support

Enduring Cry + Intimidating Cry + Blood and Sand

Precision

Act 2 - 6

As you progress through the campaign you will start to pick up some more skills including Herald of Purity for big damage and Blood Rage so that we can grab some Frenzy charges!

The main thing to note for Act 2 - 6 is to just go forward. Slam when you see enemies. Activate your Intimidating Cry for big damage and using Enduring Cry when you need a heal or want some Endurance Charges for a bit of extra tank

Act 6 - 10

Once we get to Act 6 and unlock Lily on the beach we can really start to flesh out our build with some nice skill gems. If you are lucky in the slave pens or on the twilight strand you will get a 5 link and you can setup your Sunder as follows:

Sunder + Fist of War Support + Ruthless Support + Fortify Support + Melee Physical Damage Support

We can also start to setup a warcrys for some extra damage

Autoexertion + Rallying Cry + Intimidating Cry + Seismic Cry

The rest of our skills and auras stay the same!

Once we get through the campaign we can swap on over to Holy Hammers!

Note you can swap in Act 6 to Holy Sweep but the campaign is a ton smoother to stay as Sunder. Even until you can equip the gear for Holy Sweep I would recommend just staying as Sunder

I actually used this exact leveling for my league starter which you can read more about here: https://mobalytics.gg/poe/builds/bleed-slam-slayer-league-starter.