Big bleed Eviscerate VaalEQ build

NOTES: This is a very experimental Eviscerate + Vaal EQ bleed gladiator build by Jvvso (Character is GoregeClooney in Poe.ninja). It is in by no means optimized, but I hope it can give some ideas to people. I used Zizarans lacerate bleed pob as a basis for this build so cudos to him! Build playstyle explained: My aim has been to make retaliation fun and not having to press a lot of buttons. In my version we use Vulnerability as the only curse and I am not even running War banner so I don't need to drop a banner. When mapping we use Vaal EQ to turn the Gladiator into an autobomber. Run around and things explode. The things that don't explode, we use our 6-link Eviscerate which wipes half a screen with its huge damage. Eviscerate procs very often during mapping so combining these two skills should be enough. Some small packs die just shield charging against them. Eviscerate: Absolutely insane and fun skill. The left side of the tree AOE nodes give us huge AOE and are basically mandatory to have both waves on top of each other to hit them at the same time. Used to fish for huge bleeds. With measured retaliation I am sometimes able to proc the skill 6 times in a row. However I would prioritize aggravated bleed and lucky block first from the tree, then get measured retaliation with forbidden flesh and flame. Calculating eviscerate damage in pob: At this point Pob doesn't show the true eviscerate damage per bleed when you select the skill: 1. Choose eviscerate from the left side 2. Choose both waves 3. Calculate: Bleed DPS x Bleed duration At the point of writing (with expensive gear) it would be 18,15 x 4,26s = 77 million per bleed. It can still be scaled upwards. BLEED TINCTURE Blood sap tinctures give us a HUGE damage boost. I highly recommend rolling a good tincture when especially with bossing, the difference is immense. Tinctures don't have to be activated and deactivated often in this build. Blood magic setup for tincture: If you want to use Blood magic, then we use the keystone Bloodsoaked blade from the right side of the tree so we can use a tincture without mana. The tincture will slowly burn your life the longer it is active, but it is easy to keep it going for 12+ seconds before deactivating. Giving us huge window to fish for big bleeds. Tincture is mostly used for bossing, but can be used also to give us some hyper damage while clearing. Malevolence setup for tincture: If you want to incorporate Malevolence for a big damage boost for your build, then remove these nodes and invest in more health + The spirit of war node from the tree + 12% reservation efficiency mastery Tincture Configuration in this pob version: In the configuration section I have added the tincture modifiers since at the point of typing Pob doesn't seem to support the tincture as it does nothing to the damage. Once activating the tincture works, you can remove these modifiers - or if you choose not to use a tincture. If you don't want to use a tincture, remove the nodes from the tree right side and use them as you wish. BOSSING CLUSTER + UNIQUE RING SETUP I wouldn't consider this the best bossing skill but it is a decent all arounder and bossing can be managed. We use a cluster to get extra resistances so we can swap our other Chaos res ring into a unique ring. The cluster can be replaced by other means such as items and it can be swapped to another jewel socket in the tree. For Uber bossing I would recommend getting spell suppression, but I have been thus far able to clear T17 map bosses, Pinnacles, Uber elder, Sirus, Maven etc. with this build quite easily. (Do note I am a pretty bad bosser myself, more of a mapping enjoyer). However for smoother bossing experience against bosses which you have hard time getting a block on I use The Hateful Accuser ring. This ring lets us curse the boss with a mark that spawns small enemies on hit, which will hit you and proc your block. Makes bossing much easier. These small critters that spawn also proc your Surrender blocks, which help you heal during a boss fight when needed. When bossing the strategy is to fish for a big bleed, then focus on dodging etc. while you wait for the bleed to end, then hit with a new bleed. While not bossing I suggest switching the ring into Venopuncture If you value more extra damage rather than less Eviscerate cooldown, then switch Expert retaliation into Cruelty support for bosses.