[3.29] Woolie's SPINESHATTER Champion LEAGUESTART

Champion Boneshatter of Complex Trauma, using the new Spinesnatch Axe from Abyss

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SWAPPING TO & DEALING WITH BONESHATTER

Boneshatter of Complex Trauma deals a notoriously large amount of damage to you as you build up Trauma stacks. in order to continue attacking "normally" (i.e: NOT be chunked for 500+ dmg per hit), a large amount of mitigation is REQUIRED.

DO NOT SWAP TO Boneshatter of Complex Trauma UNTIL YOU HAVE AT LEAST:

• Inexorable, Vigour & Stamina
• 8k+ armor (UNBUFFED)
• "%additional phys dmg reduction" on Body Armor (craft or natural mod)
• Tribal Fury (& "+1 strike target" mastery)
• Vitality Void (& "25% recoup" mastery)

keep using Sunder until you meet ALL of the above requirements

as soon as you can afford some Eldritch currency (Lesser Eldritch Ichor / Ember), look for:
"%phys taken as [X element]" (use Ichors) on both your helmet and body
"non-vaal strike skills target 1 additional nearby enemy" (use Embers) on gloves

having a Granite Flask and Cast when Damage Taken Support x Molten Shell (leveled up!) will also help tremendously.

you can also temporarily spec into First to Strike, Last to Fall (foregoing Fortitude & keeping "Melee Hits Fortify" mastery), if you find yourself getting chunked to 50% HP frequently

when you swap to Spinesnatch (much higher attack speed), you may need quite a bit more mitigation - I recommend you start using Replica Soul Tether OR Glorious Vanity (Doryani Corrupted Soul) x Divine Shield to mitigate the much more frequent self-dmg from Boneshatter of Complex Trauma
once you craft Aspect of Lunaris (Brinehook's Ducat), it removes the need to do the above

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SKILL ROTATION

ensure you are always in BLOOD Stance
toggle Flesh and Stone to make its icon red

Clearing

1. Blood Rage*
   *just press once at start of map and then every 10-15s after
2. Leap Slam / Frostblink into packs
3. Boneshatter of Complex Trauma
   one attack should be enough for non-Rare enemies

ensure Blood Rage is always active
it auto-refreshes on kills but tap it every 10-15s, just to be safe

if you are early game, use Ancestral Cry occasionally for a bit of extra clear

Single Target

1. spam Boneshatter of Complex Trauma

again, ensure Blood Rage is always active
just tap it every 5s or so

7/24 LEAGUESTART DAY - adjusted Spinesnatch Swap variant to include Corrupted Soul x Divine Shield and adjusted Early Maps variant to include Vitality Void (& "25% max leech" mastery)

7/27 - swapped Vitality Void mastery to "25% recoup" instead