[POE] Boneshatter Juggernaut - League Starter Build Guide for 3.19

PLEASE READ ALL NOTES AND WATCH THE FULL VIDEO BEFORE ASKING QUESTIONS. I will be more than happy to help either on twitch or discord. YOU DON'T NEED STANCE SKILLS LIKE BLOOD AND SAND!!!! The axe mastery that gives damage while in Blood Stance still works as you are in Blood Stance by default! ################################### Weapon ######################################## Fleshripper to get 50% Increased Crit Chance. Normal % Phys, Flat Phys and attack speed. If you can get crit Multi or Crit chance this is also good. Shaper weapon. Getting a Shaper Influenced Fleshripper might be hard but could be a lot more damage. Shaper 2 Handed Weapons have a stat that give 20% MORE damage to Socketed Skills. This would be the endgame weapon to get as it is harder to craft. There is an example in the item list. You have to socket Boneshatter in the axe for this to work. As an example, in the Jugg version of the build you go from 3,9 M to 4.5M with an axe that has the same pDPS. ################################ Skills ################################################ If possible , getting Divergent Boneshatter helps a lot damage wise. You take 20 additionnal damage when you gain a trauma charge BUT you get 1 increased attack speed per trauma stacks, which in turns allow you to get even more trauma stacks. Read more about trauma Stacks below. Do not level up Molten Shell and CWDT at all! All Molten Shell does is give additional flat armour per level. This way it will always be up. Ancestral Cry on Mouse Button 1 with Call to Arms is also good to add more AOE while clearing. Since sockets are full, I am not using it but it could be used. ALl you need is have enough mana to NOT need Lifetap on your mark. Or you could self cast your mark on Bosses only and use Ancestral Cry. Personaly, I prefer Mark on Hit and no Ancestral Cry. ############################### Trauma Stacks & Helm Enchant ######################################### Trauma Stacks are what gives the skill a lot of damage. The more you have at the same time, the more damage you take and deal. You cannot use Multistrike support to get more trauma stacks as only the first repeat of the attack adds trauma stacks. This is also why Melee Physical damage is not used as a gem in the build. MPD support has a 10% less multiplier to attack speed. This limits the amount of trauma stacks you can get. For that reason, even if PoB says MPD support is more damage than other gems, it is not, in most cases. For the same reason, even though Boneshatter increased damage helm enchant is good, the best in slot is the one that allows you to gain more than 1 trauma stack per hit. (The one on the helmet in the build guide.) If you cannot come accross this enchant or feel like you have enough damage then an enchantment for mana reservation for Pride or other Aura is welcome as well. ############################## Boot Enchant ####################################################### I like the 2% life regen if you've been hit recently since we are always getting hit. This adds up with all the regen we get from physical damage prevented. ############################ Mana Reservation ################################## Because of the nerfs to Mana reservation, we use one aura on our life with arrogance instead of all on our mana. On the flip side, this allows us to not spec into the mana resrvation wheel at all, IN THE ENDGAME. While leveling, you have to spec into it in order to use determination. Once the helmet is crafted, with Essence of Laothing and with the Eater of World Implicit for Mana reservation, then we can respec these skill points to something else. Determination is a big part of the build. The more armour the more sustainable Boneshatter is. For that reason, until you get mana leech, not using war banner can give you enough mana to actually use determination earlier, alongside of the reservation nodes. TLDR; At around level 36 I get the Mana resevation wheel, without any mastery, and the determination reservation mastery from the Juggernaut notable wheel. Then I disable War Banner and enable determination. HOWEVER, by ascending with the Unflinching notable first, you can use Boneshatter without determination without it feeling too bad. The endurance charges mitigate enough damage on their own for a while. I prefer this option since it is easier on mana. ################################# Spell Suppression ########################### The new Jugg ascendancy node uses armour to protect against elemental damage from hits. Spells count as hits so this is a nice defensive layer if you manage to get a lot of armour. 50K would be the minimum I think. Since getting spell suppression is too hard with gear alone now, this node will be our spell suppression. ################################ Leech ###################################### The leveling tree features a trip to a small node that grants both mana and life leech. Ultimately, getting mana leech on jewel will allow you to unspec this and save a lot of skill points. Life leech we get elsewhere on the tree. If you manage to get a jewel with mana leech early on, don't bother allocating the node and keep follwing the trees instead. It will balance out later on. ############################# Leveling ######################################## ---------Act 1 ---------- Get Ground Slam as soon as you enter Lioneye's Watch. Link it with Ruthless. Get Leap Slam from Tarkleigh after getting into the Prison. Get Maim from Nessa as a third link as soon as you can, I usually pick it up after killing Brutus. Other Gems you can buy at that time: Precision, War Banner, Vitality. Vitality is not Compulsory but helpful. Vitality reserves a lot of mana so don't use it if this does not feel good. After Entering The cavern of Wrath you can get new skills from Nessa. Wait after Killing Fairgraves to limit trips to town. Stick with GS or switch to either Sunder or Earthshatter. Pick the skill you prefer. With the buff in 3.19, Sunder will probably be the strongest. Link at the end of Act 1: Sunder->Ruthless->Maim ---------Act 2 ---------- After Killing Weaver get Melee Phys support as a reward and buy Rage support from Yeena. Even though Melee Phys is not used in the endgame build it is still quite useful while leveling. Link at the end of Act 2: Sunder->Ruthless->Melee Phys Support. Rage is good but you might run out of mana since rage increases attack speed. Rage is a good 4th link if doing as a second char or if you have an orb of binding. Get Close Combat if you have enough Currency. Level it up. ---------Act 3 ---------- After "Rescuing" Tolman's Bracelet, talk to maramoa and get Pride as a reward. If you have enough currency, buy vengeance and determination. Start leveling the gems. Next do the Fixture of Fate Quest (Library) to get Fortify Support and Arrogance Support, as well as impale support. Once you kill Gravicius you can buy Boneshatter from Clarissa. I would not use it until I can use Determination. Level it up in the meantime anyway. Link at the end of Act 3: Sunder->Ruthless->Melee Phys->Fortify Vengeance->Rage Precision->Arrogance ---------Act 4 ---------- Get Berserk after entering the mines and use only on bosses when you have enough rage. Get Brutality from the quest reward (The eternal nightmare) Links at the end of act 4: Bonehsatter->Ruthless->Brutality->Fortify Precision->Arrogance Vengeance->Rage Close combat and impale will be the next support gems so level them up in your off hand. ---------Act 5 ---------- Level up to level 49 in chamber of Innocence. By then you should have allocated the small leech node. With this you barely use the mana flask at all. You can then either spec into the mana reservation wheel mentioned above, disable war banner and use determination or wait until you get a helm with mana reservation on it. Up to you. What I do is spec into the mana reservation nodes until I get the helm. I feel this is the best way so this is what the leveling tree will take. So in order, for the tree 51-60: I rush the leech small node, then reservation then Golem's Blood ---------Act 6 ---------- Complete Lily's Quest (Clear the Twilight Strand) Buy the missing gems and start using the ones you can. Molten Shell should be leveled up as high as you can since we always get hit everytime we hit thanks to Boneshatter. It will almost always be up. ############################## Eldritch Implicits ######################################## A list of good implicits to get on every piece of gear Body Amrour: EoW: Increased Pride aura effect - Increased Determination Aura Effect Exarch: Crit Multi for attacks - + to All Maximum Resistances Gloves: EoW: Overwhelm Physical Reduction - Increased Effect of Your Marks - Chance to maim on Hit Exarch: Attack Speed - Increased Crit Chance for Attacks - Add Flat Physical damage to Attacks - Gain rage on Hit - + Max Cold resistance Boots: EoW:Life regen per endurance charge - Increased armour from gloves and helmet Exarch: Increased action speed - increased movement speed - increased damage per endurance charge - + to maximum fire resistance Helmet: EoW: Increased Mana Reservation Efficiency - Increased Attack Damage Exarch: Physical damage taken recouped as life - damage per power charges (only if you have 3 up almost at all times ie: +1 minimum power charge on rings) Hunter chest with + crit chance to attacks is more damage than pride aura effect. Tailwind boots are probably better than damage per endurance charge damage wise. Eldritch gloves are better than spiked gloves ######################################### Other Stats ################################# Secondary stats that are good on gear: Strenght: Gives Life and accuracy Because of the Jugg Ascendancy Node Life regen: more life regen! Non channeling skills have -7 to mana cost (Rings)