- Effective HP
- 49.28K
- Energy Shield
- 3.64K
- Level
- 85
- Min budget
Overview
I League Started Animate Guardian of Smiting in 3.28… Here’s What Happened is a Path of Exile Guardian build by Halaka, made for the Mirage league (3.28). It is centered on Animate Guardian of Smiting and plays as a strength, spell, minion, lightning archetype. Defensively it sits at 49.28K effective HP, 2.35K life, 3.64K energy shield. Suited for: Mapping, Aurabot. Key uniques include The Hand of Phrecia, March of the Legion, Ceinture of Benevolence, Maata's Teaching, Bonemeld.
Build Video
Halaka's Notes
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
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Gear
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Skills
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Passive Tree
- Bandits
- Eramir (1 Passive Skill Point)
- Pantheons
- Soul of Lunaris, Soul of Abberath
Character Stats
- Level
- 85
Damage
- Full DPS
- 0
- Combined DPS
- 0
- Hit DPS
- 0
- With Poison DPS
- 0
- With Ignite DPS
- 0
- With Bleed DPS
- 0
- Damage over Time
- 0
- Culling DPS
- 0
- Reservation DPS
- 0
- Average Hit
- 0
- Burst Damage
- 0
Attack & Crit
- Attack/Cast Rate
- 2.18/s
- Hit Chance
- 100%
- Crit Multiplier
- 150%
- Mana Cost
- 65
- Life Cost
- 0
Defence
- Effective Hit Pool
- 49.28K
- Life
- 2.35K
- Energy Shield
- 3.64K
- Mana
- 51
- Ward
- 0
- Armour
- 27.77K
- Evasion
- 32
- Phys Damage Reduction
- 71%
Mitigation & Avoidance
- Block
- 49%
- Spell Block
- 49%
- Spell Suppression
- 10%
- Evade (Melee)
- 0%
- Evade (Projectile)
- 0%
- Attack Dodge
- 0%
- Spell Dodge
- 0%
Resistances
- Fire Resistance
- 82% (+110%)
- Cold Resistance
- 75% (+70%)
- Lightning Resistance
- 75% (+35%)
- Chaos Resistance
- -52%
Max Hit Taken
- Physical
- 12.63K
- Fire
- 44.42K
- Cold
- 33.31K
- Lightning
- 33.31K
- Chaos
- 3.37K
Recovery
- Life Regen
- 172.1/s
- ES Regen
- 0/s
- ES Recharge
- 3.64K/s
- Mana Regen
- 133.1/s
- Life Leech
- 0/s
- ES Leech
- 0/s
- Mana Leech
- 0/s
Attributes & Utility
- Strength
- 127
- Intelligence
- 345
- Dexterity
- 163
- Movement Speed
- 102%
- Endurance Charges
- 3
- Frenzy Charges
- 3
- Power Charges
- 3
- Devotion
- 0
- Item Rarity
- 6%