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IMPALE SHIELD CRUSH Gladiator Final Build Update - 3.15 Expedition League - Path of Exile

4 years ago112

by JorgenSubscribe

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4.53M

DPS

6.79K

Life

18

Energy Shield

Overview

IMPALE SHIELD CRUSH Gladiator Final Build Update - 3.15 Expedition League - Path of Exile is a Path of Exile Gladiator build by Jorgen, made for the Expedition league (3.15). It is centered on Shield Crush and plays as a strength, attack, melee, area archetype. In Path of Building it reaches 4.53M DPS with 6.79K life. Suited for: Delve, Expedition, Mapping, Bossing, Heist, Ultimatum. Key uniques include Prismatic Eclipse, Haemophilia, The Overflowing Chalice, Lion's Roar.

Build Video

Jorgen's Notes

This is my final update for my Shield Crush Build (Max Block Impale Gladiator).

POB: https://pastebin.com/Z9bXcVdA

POE Ninja Page: https://poe.ninja/challenge/builds/char/jorgo44/JORGEN_SHIELD_HERO?type=depthsolo&i=2&search=type%3Ddepthsolo%26class%3DGladiator%26skill%3DShield-Crush

A few key points to be aware of with this build:

Early leveling:

Initial skill to level with

  • Ground Slam/Perforate from the very start until you can get spectral shield throw; then level with spectral shield throw until you get to maps, this will be the quickest way to progress through the campaign and up to about about t5 maps.
    Once you get past T5, switch into the shield crush skill and start working from there. If you take shield crush too early it will just be slow and clunky.

Gear to search for early in leveling -

  • Magma Eclipse shield
  • Prismatic Eclipse
  • Look at to max out block as soon as you can
  • Run Herald of Purity until you can get an amulet with a pride reservation reduction roll on it; then you will be able to run flesh and stone

Ascendecies in order:

  1. Painforged
  2. Versatile Combatant
  3. Violent Retaliation
  4. Arena Challenger

The main stats you will need you Jewels:

  • Attack speed with Shields
  • Max % life
  • Dex and Int

Switching to Clusters:

  • You will not be able to switch to the cluster jewel until you get a prismatic eclipse with a corrupted implicit 'resolute technique'

Can you run this setup with the other ascendencies?

  • Yes; I checked, Slayer is even more DPS however you will lose the block defensive layer but have huge leech - give it a shot if you want to try something different

What content can this build do? Everything; so far I have worked through endgame unchallenged aside from the occasional death, it is even good with delving.

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POE Updates: PoE Expedition League website link: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3147479

PoE Expedition content Reveal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT_aoGoMm50

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Gear

Prismatic Eclipse
Blood Span
Mind Brow
Morbid Pelt
Empyrean Choker
Miracle Grasp
Entropy Eye
Haemophilia
Dragon Clasp
Horror Sole
Watcher's Eye
Pandemonium Bliss
Lethal Pride
Empyrean Wound
Foe Star
Vivid Cut
Hypnotic Eye

Skills

Body Armour

  • Shield CrushShield Crush21/20WMain
  • MultistrikeMultistrike20/20W
  • BrutalityBrutality20/20W
  • Awakened Melee Physical DamageAwakened Melee Physical Damage2/20W
  • LifetapLifetap20/20W
  • FortifyFortify20/20W

Boots

  • Leap SlamLeap Slam20W
  • Immortal CallImmortal Call10/7W
  • LifetapLifetap20W
  • Cast when Damage TakenCast when Damage Taken8W

Helmet

  • Ancestral ProtectorAncestral Protector20W
  • Vaal Ancestral WarchiefVaal Ancestral Warchief20W
  • Culling StrikeCulling Strike20W
  • Multiple TotemsMultiple Totems18W

Gloves

  • Reckoning20W
  • Dread BannerDread Banner20W
  • Enduring CryEnduring Cry20W
  • Onslaught20W

Weapon 2

  • Flesh and StoneFlesh and Stone21W
  • Blood and SandBlood and Sand6/4W
  • PridePride21W

Weapon 1

  • Blood RageBlood Rage15W
  • PortalPortal1/20W

Passive Tree

Passive tree 3.18
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Character Stats

Defence

Life
6.79K
Energy Shield
18
Mana
50
Armour
23.74K
Evasion
888
Block | Spell Block
77% | 77%

Resistances

Fire Resistance
72%
Cold Resistance
75%
Lightning Resistance
75%
Chaos Resistance
-25%

Offence

Total DPS
4.53M
Crit Chance
0%
Crit Multiplier
0%

Attributes & Utility

Strength
545
Intelligence
47
Dexterity
134
Movement Speed
91%