[Path Of Exile] 3.12 Max Block Bladestorm Gladiator Guide

-------- Acts and early mapping ------------- Level with frost blades and double strike until you can get Bladestorm at 28 in act 3. Help Alira. Travel by leap slam, use quicksilver flask early on Use War Banner until you get a 5l and start investing in Impale, then start using Dread Banner instead. Go for Blood in the Eyes and Gratuitous Violence for your first ascendancy points. Use a mana flask until you get mana leech. Prioritize Sword nodes, Life nodes first, then Impale nodes, Crit nodes once you reach maps then start working towards your block cap with block nodes. Cut Fortify if you're on a 5L and put it in your Leap Slam links to keep it up. Some good early budget starter uniques include, The Anvil, Scaeva swords, Soul Tether ------------------------- Endgame notes ------------------------------------- Settling for 67% block is gonna be just fine for most situations because Painforged gets you another 8% for most of the time, having the last 8% permanently really only matters for bossing. Some other good anointment choices include Disemboweling for damage, Discipline and Training for life, Martial Experience for leech. Assasin's Mark ring will work fine if you have a good one, probably a better choice if you dont have Bottled Faith or an Elder crit chest. If you can get a good explosion chest, take Arena Challenger and Violent Retaliation instead of Blood in the Eyes and Gratuitous Violence and your mapping speed will increase by a good margin.