PoE Duelist, Hardcore, SSF, Projectile builds

I'd like to introduce a tanky alternative to the traditional TS Deadeye.As with deadeye, you don't want to start TS, this applies to Champion as well. You start off with LA/IS/Galvanic/... or RoA for phys then switch when you think TS won't suck (+2 arrows bare minimum, likely even later). This isn't a full guide, just PoBs with variations of skilltrees/gems, so if you need handholding this isn't the place. The +2 proj on the tree prompted the builds, as I previously enjoyed a phys Impale champion back in... I honestly don't even remember, the character is gone too, so... Disclaimer: Built

Guide written and maintained by Donkster5. You can find the forum post with links to other material here: I DO NOT ADD SUFFIXES, except very important ones, onto most of the gear. I do this because, depending on your gear, different suffixes will be necessary at different stages. As a result, there are plenty of suffix positions open to get all the resistances or attributes that you need. See the conf

I will Stream playing the build on www.twtich.tv/trollhotline on league start if you have questions and you are interested Levelling with this Build<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Levelling with this build is pretty simple: You start out with Splitting Steel until you get to Spectral Helix (Level 12 - After Merveil) Damage Skill: Spectral Helix (Act 1 - Level 12) - Added Lightning Damage (Act I - Level 8) - Trinity Support (Act 2 - Level 18) - Nightblade Support (Ac

==================================================================================================================== LIGHTEE'S NOTES ==================================================================================================================== When doing the early game leveling, make sure to use the rare rustic sash + whetstone + weapon vendor recipe to create a 40-59% increased physical damage weapon at various staged. I typically do this on a poleaxe at level 18 right before fighting the Weaver boss. Do the recipe again at level 23 with a vaal axe and this will take you all the way

So I just rolled a glad bleed and decided to try out shield crush, since I just played SST through the entirety of 3.15, and I didnt really feel the skill. The dps felt a bit lackluster and the ability didnt always properly overlap, the aoe was really bad, etc. So what I did is I swapped to an SST gem I was leveling and I went to check PoB, I am doing more dps on the same 4l at lvl 82 that I was doing on 2overlaps shield crush! I was a bit confused since it was supposed to be nerfed, but apparently if you spec into the proper bleed nodes, the skill is still really strong, even on a budget. Th