PoE Juggernaut, Hardcore, SSF, Physical builds

Storm Brand HoA Jugg is my favourite build in PoE. I have seen some players in both SC and HC trade make this build work every league but they are not SSF friendly at all. I have been trying to make it work in SSF for a couple of leagues and I think I have found a version that I am happy to share in this subreddit. This build does not have a ton of dmg but the uptime is fantastic and the tankiness is through the roof. A downside to some people is that this build requires you to do heist to get some important items and uniques that help the build a ton but they are not mandatory for early progr

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO HAEMOPHILA unique gloves (DO NOT CLICK CHAMPION YOU WILL NEED TO PLAY GLADIATOR OR THE BUILD WILL NOT FUNCTION) This 3.17 Phys DOT Champion is a trade league focused build that will give you the great clear survivability and passable single target for the best price. If you are playing SSF you will need to play the Gladiator variant of this build or have access to Haemophilia unique gloves. Phys DOT means physical damage over time and basically uses multiple time overtime effects to generate single target damage as well as clear. Here are the different source

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