3.30 Earthshatter Berserker - League Starter to Ubers

Have you ever wanted to roleplay as a character that's so pissed off he refuses to die?

• Does the idea of hitting yourself repeatedly to send your regen to the moon sound exciting?
• Do you want an all-rounder build that is very fun to play during campaign, sprints to red maps, and progresses to farming juiced maps and Uber Pinnacle bosses?
• Do you want one character that can do it all with smooth progression and clear breakpoints from level 1 to Ubers, with lots of room for growth through the league?
• Are you okay with mindlessly mashing two extra buttons in addition to your main skill (you do NOT need to think about it, just tap them every 3-4 seconds)?
• Do large melee weapons and becoming an unstoppable wrecking ball fit your "class fantasy"?

If you answered yes to most of those, you are in the right place! This is my take on the Earthshatter Berserker - a classic all-rounder build that can take on all content and is pretty forgiving for those who suck at boss mechanics like me.

The build guide video above is from last league, but the build received no real nerfs or buffs in 3.30. There are some big updates to the PoB from last league, but all the core mechanics remain the same and the video still explains them well. I'm working on a new video, but I don't know if I'll have it out before tomorrow.

PoB Here: https://pobb.in/-qaBw-u7dKYl

I received a lot of requests for a proper leveling section and additional gear/progression breakpoints, and I've tried hard to address those with the updated PoB.

How to use the PoB:

Open the Loadouts dropdown near the top-right of Path of Building and select the appropriate stage. This will load the corresponding passive tree, skills, gear, and configuration.

The campaign leveling trees don't include suggested equipment. Just use whatever gives you useful links, life, resistances, and armour, along with the strongest physical DPS two-handed axe you can find, craft, or gamble.

For skill gems during campaign, check the Notes section. I've included a compact, single-page checklist showing the skill gems and links you'll want during each act.

I also did a full league start simulation in SSF Standard going from level 1 to 75 and comfortably clearing T7 maps in about 8 hours yesterday. You can view that here:

https://www.youtube.com/live/fZBiJ908pf8?si=0-l7G7N84u3rbLxS&t=285

Please note, I am not a speed runner. I have RSI issues and wear wrist braces. I do the best I can but I'm an old man now at 41 lol. I'll try to get timestamps added to the video above as well.

The end game progression Loadouts are real imports of my character from last league, with some minor tweaks to skills or passives in places that I could have been more efficient. You can view my full league progression on poeninja here: https://poe.ninja/poe1/builds/allflame/character/Aluvian_Breach-5709/Ocean_Gate_Survivor

Some stats from my actual character at end game (min/max variant) from Allflame:

• ~180 million Earthshatter DPS (Initial hit +3 spikes, with 8 total spikes making 3 overlaps very likely).
• 66k Armour, 90% ele res, 77% chaos res.
• Critical Strike Immunity
• Ele ailment immunity
• So much recovery (3k-5k) that bleeds and corrupted blood simply don't matter.
• 760 million single target burst dps variant with Perforate of Duality for farming Ubers that only requires swapping two gems - gear and build is the same.
  • Demonstration here: https://youtu.be/g_9zcJ6WYN0?si=K-gFd9XDaBsHGi1P&t=396

How the regen works:

Echoes of Creation deals physical damage to you when you use exerted attacks. Defenses mitigate most of that damage, and the prevented damage feeds Untiring (forbidden flesh/flame) and Divine Shield to create ridiculous life and ES regen.

DO NOT start using Echoes until you have crafted or bought high armour gear with the right implicits to reduce the incoming hits. The Echoes swap Loadout in PoB is the bare minimum you will want before swapping.

You can even pre-stack this regen or attack in place during boss immunity phases to make sure the regen engine keeps going. Leap slam will also trigger it, so our mobility skill also keeps it running.

Happy to answer any questions. I will be taking 2 weeks off work for league start and will be streaming the whole two weeks on YouTube. Stop by if you have any questions, always happy to help out!