78.36K
Effective HP
5.69K
Life
1.69K
Energy Shield
Overview
How I beat Path of Exile with only Mercenaries SSF - 100% Merc campaign and 40/40 challenges is a Path of Exile Ascendant build by Vortican, made for the Secrets of the Atlas league (3.26). It is centered on Flesh and Stone and plays as a strength, spell, aura, area archetype. Defensively it sits at 78.36K effective HP, 5.69K life, 1.69K energy shield. Suited for: Aurabot. Key uniques include The Hand of Phrecia, The Dark Seer, Dreadarc, The Screaming Eagle, Victario's Influence.
Build Video
Vortican's Notes
I challenged myself to do all 40 league challenges and the entire campaign using only mercenaries. This was an incredibly daunting task and it may not be possible to do again in the future, since they may not add mercenaries as a core game mechanic.
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Merc mid game gear 17:45 Merc final gear (not min maxed) 39:55
Gear



















Skills
Passive Tree


Character Stats
Defence
- Effective Hit Pool
- 78.36K
- Life
- 5.69K
- Energy Shield
- 1.69K
- Mana
- 29
- Phys Max Hit Taken
- 14.31K
- Armour
- 2.24K
- Evasion
- 3.26K
- Ward
- 0
Resistances
- Fire Resistance
- 85%
- Cold Resistance
- 84%
- Lightning Resistance
- 84%
- Chaos Resistance
- 75%
Offence
- Crit Multiplier
- 150%
Attributes & Utility
- Strength
- 162
- Intelligence
- 324
- Dexterity
- 247
- Movement Speed
- 59%