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PoE Build

99% Lucky Block Gladiator! The Ultimate Ultimatum Farmer For Grueling Gauntlet

Creator

Duelist

Gladiator

3.29 CotA

By travic

Updated on Aug 6, 2026

Aug 6, 2026

Path of Building Code

Build Overview

Cast when Stunned Support Lucky Block Gladiator is one of the tankiest builds you can play to farm Gruelling Gauntlet. This build is specifically designed to be able to AFK 99% of Ultimatum leading to crazy riches!

This build revolves around the idea that Gladiator + their ascendancy node More Than Skill + Azadi Crest will give you 99% block to both Attack and Spell damage once you trigger lucky block! The base of the character has 81% Attack and 79% Spell block and once you block you trigger More Than Skill which rolls lucky block THREE times thanks to Azadi Crest giving us that 99% chance to block everything!

The best part about this is the fact that when you block in Path of Exile you take no damage!

If you are looking for a budget version of this build you can find that here: https://youtu.be/TRZZNxUIb_A

The core concept of this build works like this. We use Valyrium + The Agnostic to give us 0 energy shield and stun chances based on energy shield. When we do this we use Cast when Stunned Support + a wide variety of skills to ignite our enemies and burn them down. The reason why this works is we can pair Cast when Stunned Support + Immutable Force to allow us to play the game as though we were never stunned. Meaning you can move around the map freely!

Now keep in mind this build does Ultimatum REALLY REALLY REALLY WELL! It is designed to only do that! It can do things like beast + league mechanic very well also! But you will have a bad time if you try to complete your atlas or if you try to do ubers. You can delve but you wont be able to kill delve bosses.

To level this build you have a few options, you can play slams, you can play static strike or one of my favorite leveling plans is to level any character as Power Siphon + Locus Mine Support. I am actively making a new twink leveling guide (note nothings changes this league) but in the meantime if you want to level with Power Siphon you can follow the twink leveling guide here: https://youtu.be/hmWrQdIbZ-8 or https://mobalytics.gg/poe/profile/travic/builds/poe-3-27-fastest-way-to-level-alt-character-power-siphon-mines

** NOTE **
When you make the swap to Doppelgänger Guise we only use it for the reduced damage to Phycial and Chaos dot, do not turn on the insanity ability!

Strengths and Weaknesses

Can do ultimatum really really really well
99% afk in Ultimatum
Can handle all mods except Cannot Block (1/64)
Can Block Ruin
Super Tanky and huge regen
99% spell and attack block so 1% chance to get hit

Can do ultimatum really really really well
Can only do ultimatum
Dont try to boss with this
Damage is low until high end version
99% spell and attack block so 1% chance to get hit

Build Variants

High End

Budget Variant

The body armor is Doppelgänger Guise with a 50% reduced extra damage from critical strike corruption!

Equipment

High End

Budget Variant

Cinderswallow Urn (Damage Taken is Leeched as Life)

Passive Tree

High End

Budget Variant

main:

123

ascendancy:

Keystones

Blood Magic

Removes all mana 10% more maximum Life Skills Cost Life instead of Mana Skills Reserve Life instead of Mana

The Agnostic

Removes all Energy Shield While not on Full Life, Sacrifice 20% of Mana per Second to Recover that much Life

Eternal Youth

50% less Life Regeneration Rate 50% less maximum Total Life Recovery per Second from Leech Energy Shield Recharge instead applies to Life

Elemental Overload

Skills that have dealt a Critical Strike in the past 8 seconds deal 40% more Elemental Damage with Hits and Ailments Your Critical Strikes do not deal extra Damage Ailments never count as being from Critical Strikes

Masteries

Block Mastery (2)

+2% to maximum Chance to Block Spell Damage

+1% Chance to Block Spell Damage per 5% Chance to Block Attack Damage

Protection Mastery (1)

You cannot be Impaled

Damage Over Time Mastery (1)

10% less Damage Taken from Damage over Time

Life Mastery (1)

Skills Cost Life instead of 15% of Mana Cost

Fire Mastery (1)

Regenerate 1 Life per second for each 1% Uncapped Fire Resistance