Animate Guardian of Smiting got some massive buffs in Path of Exile 3.28, so I decided to try league starting it again.

In this video I go over:

• Early league budget setup

• Why swapping too early feels terrible

• Animate Guardian gear

• Aura stacking setup

• Cluster upgrades

• CI transition

• Spectre upgrades

• Endgame map showcase

This build is basically an armor stacking Animate Guardian while you play as the aurabot supporting it.

It's definitely not a smooth one-button playstyle. You constantly need to maintain links for your minions or they die. But once the build gets going, the damage and survivability become surprisingly strong.

Current stats:

• 20M AG DPS (Soul Eater stacked)

• ~9M DPS without stacks

• 100k Effective Hit Pool

• 33k Armour

• 23k Evasion

• 100% Spell Suppress (almost)

2 Div Budget, Day 2 POB: https://pobb.in/l3Bzy8FBuSkx

Day 4 and Current POB: https://pobb.in/1pm8DU7V1vN6

If you're thinking about league starting this build, make sure you have enough currency before swapping — the budget version is pretty rough.

Game: Path of Exile

Patch: 3.28

Thanks for watching!

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