0.4 Trail of Caltrops Smith League Start Build Guide

Watch my stream at twitch.tv/sillyislily to see updates as they happen or join the Thornhub at discord.gg/6bzZVx6AEZ to be the first to get PoB updates If I start Caltrops I'll update this PoB throughout the league Rolling Slam/Boneshatter is my levelling tech of choice because we get to run a 2h Mace all the way through Feel free to start with any other levelling methods you like, but make sure you have a good 2h Mace by lvl 36! It will cost about 14-16k gold to respec into Caltrops from the Rolling Slam Setup, so try to save gold in Act 3. You can trickle respec as you get gold if you don't have enough You'll also need 65 dexterity for the swap, so save a little extra gold for that Choice Rewards: - Valley of the Titans - Personal preference, I take Increased Charm Charges Gained - Can be changed - Venom Vial - Stun Threshold or Ailment Threshold. Stun Threshold should be better on Smith, but worse if you switch to Titan later - Can't be changed - Tattoos - Strength, Res, Res Triple Res also works - Can't be changed - Abandoned Prison - 30% Increased Life Recovery From Flasks - Can be changed - Seven Pillars - 3% Increased Movement Speed - Can be changed Beetlebite is a totally optional unique, but it's very cheap for 30% inc movement speed and 100% inc damage. If you need defences use rare boots instead. MOVEMENT SPEED IS NB!!!!! Marohi Erqi is MUCH cheaper than an endgame 2H Mace, so we run that until we can afford to craft It's surprisingly easy to craft a nearly perfect 2H Mace. I'll make a crafting guid video when I can, but for now, here's a step by step: 1. Buy a blue Ironwood Greathammer with a suitable Increased Physical Damage roll - the higher the better 1b: If Suffixes aren't full, full them. It doesn't matter what you get 2. Greater Essence of Abrasion to make a rare Mace with T3 Flat Phys (You can Regal gamble for T1, but this will be VERY expensive) 3. Omen of Dextral Crystalization + Perfect Essence of Abrasion. This will remove the suffix and add 20% of Damage as Extra Phys as a prefix, filling out your prefixes 4. Preserved Jawbone + Omen of the Liege - DON'T REVEAL YET 4. Exalt slam twice to fill suffixes. It doesn't matter what you get, although Phys Leech is nice 5. Perfect Essence of Battle for +5 Attack Skills 5b: If this removed the desecration then repeat step 4 with an Omen of Dextral Necromancy. Repeat until you have the Desecration AND the +Levels 6. Unveil the desecration for Armour Break. It's a 3 in 4 chance, if they're not too expensive, consider using an Omen of Abyssal Echoes to reduce your chances of missing 7. Congratulations, you have a really good 2H Mace. Not quite mirror tier, but good enough for all current endgame content We no longer take Giant's Blood, as it forces us into using a unique amulet and loses us too much life to be worth it, especially now that Eternal Rage exists Regular Attack Speed doesn't help us at all, Movement Speed is Attack Speed for us Oracle Caltrops is also viable, but I personally won't be making a build for that at this point If you have any questions join the Thornhub (discord.gg/6bzZVx6AEZ) and I'll answer as soon as I can! I'll add frequently asked questions to the notes over time FAQ: Q: Wasn't this nerfed with Nova Projectiles? A: Not really, Multishot lands you up with very similar damage. You have fewer caltrops, but they do more damage each