Perforate Jugg League Starter Build Guide - 3.30 Covens of Umbra

DISCLAIMER!! As stated in the video, this is a skill I have never played before. I used an old Jugg I had and put Perforate on it just to see how it would go. It looks extremely good on paper. If anything happens, you can always refer yourself to my Boneshatter Guide linked in the video description as a backup. You probably won't need it but better safe than sorry!! Follow the Skill Trees in order up to Precise Technique. Once you have enough gear or currency you can transition into Crit By following the Crit Tree. Then Use Crit Giga to see what you can strive for gear wise. You won't get exactly what is showcased but even halfway there is more than enough ############################################################## HOW TO MAP WITH THE BUILD ############################################# Be in sand stance for the map and switch to blood stance for single target. Bosses, strong essences or Beast etc. The samage displayed on the left is in blood stance for single target. Go into the configuration tab and switch to sand stance to see your mapping DPS. I did some tests with a far from optimal character and 1M mapping DPS was enough and 4M DPS was enough to kill Shaper and Maven. ############################################################## ANNOINT ################################################################ Since we are using a talisman to get +1 to max endurance charges, we can only annoint on a cord belt. I ahve no idea how common they will be but here's a list of good annoint to use. Mark the Prey, Harvester of Foes, Butchery, Disciple of the Unyielding, Besrerking ############################################# CAMPAIGN GEAR ########################################################### Make sure to cap your elemental resistances and get chaos resistance as much as you can. Life on every piece of gear possible and damage where you can. Slowly work toward the gear in the Precise Technique Tree and eventually switching to Crit when you have enough. ############################################ SKILL TREES AND GEAR SETS ################################################# The way I make my PoB's is as follows. Every gear set in the equipment tab has an equivalent in the skill tree tab, which you can also select in the equipment tab (see video for visual explanation). For example, if you are following the Crit Passive Tree, make sure the gear set you use is either Crit or Crit Giga, depending where you are in your progression. ############################################################### WHY POACHER'S MARK?? ################################################### Poacher Mark's quality gives a chance to get a frenzy charge when hitting a marked enemy. Which means Boss frenzy charge generation. It also gives some damage as well as life and mana on hit. Pretty useful. There is a viscera you can put on your wickerman which gives you a chance to generate a frenzy charge on crit. It comes from a Pinnacle encounter. If you manage to get it then swapping to Assassin's mark (if you are crit) is fine. Otherwise Poacher's mark is great. Mana leech is not compulsory thanks to the mark but still nice. ############################################################## CRIT VS PRECISE TECHNIQUE ################################################ Crit scales a lot more tha PT. PT is easier to start with and good enough to get you 4 void stones anyway. As long as your accuracy rating is higher than your maximum life you get a ton of damage. When using Precise Technique, any accuracy node on the tree you don't need can be removed. The ones I included are realistically what you'll need. It all depends on how much life you have. ############################################################# CRIT GIGA TREE AND GEAR SET ############################################## Nothing mandatory here and you won't get the exact same items. This is just what you can hope to get if you care to min max the build. Just getting some of the items or close to them is already a big upgrade. ############################################################# WEAPON TYPE ############################################################ 2 Handed Axe. Despot Axe is best endgame for Precise Technique and Fleshripper when you go crit. ############################################################ CORD BELT ############################################################### If cord belts are too rare/expensive, a stygian vise is the other top tier choice. ############################################################# CONCENTRATED EFFECT SUPPORT GEM ##################################### Probably the best for single target but requires a lot of intelligence. Before using it close comabt gives as much DPS. The only difference is that conc effect allows your spikes to spread less, meaning more overlap on Bosses. ############################################################ IMBUED GEMS 7TH LINK OPTION ############################################# We are getting a Mirage exclusive currency back in this patch. It used to drop from Mirages but is now dropping from Atziri in the temple of Atzoatl. It allows you to corrupt a level 20 gem and add a random level 1 support gem to it. Some good options: Fortify, Concentrated effect, Impale, Pulverise ########################################################### LEVELING ################################################################ You get Perforate as early as getting into Lioneye's Watch. You can start using it right away but waiting until you get Blood and Sand feels better. You can get it as a reward after getting into subermeg passage. This allows you to use Sand stance which makes clear feel a lot better. Beforehand you can use Ground Slam which you get as a reward when getting into town. ########################################################### WHY ARE THERE EMPTY JEWEL SOCKETS IN SOME TREE ######################## Jewels are highly customisable so adding one to the build makes some people think they need this exact one. You can get damage and attack speed as well as resistances if you need some. Or attributes. Or Crit. The only one added are one for leech and the unique ones.