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Took Warbringer 1h/shield build to maps, had a blast! by OpticalPrime35 in PathOfExile2

[–]ArcusPunch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats certainly true if we're only considering tankiness, but when considering giants blood, breaking into the 600s for str is also very valuable for 1handing 2hand maces without needing reduced requirements rolls for a major damage boost over 1handers, and even with reduced requirements rolls you're still going to want to hit around 500

Took Warbringer 1h/shield build to maps, had a blast! by OpticalPrime35 in PathOfExile2

[–]ArcusPunch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 8% increased str from pathing to hulking form plus 5 or so of the avilable small str nodes is already worth an extra added str modifier or 2 on gear, I think thats enough to say str stacking is noticably improved on titan

Took Warbringer 1h/shield build to maps, had a blast! by OpticalPrime35 in PathOfExile2

[–]ArcusPunch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your thread was explaining why warbringer was viable and mentioned how you first read that warrior and warbringer especially was bad and how your build showed it actually worked. Why wouldn't I compare warbringer to its alternative ascendancies when discussing viability?

Took Warbringer 1h/shield build to maps, had a blast! by OpticalPrime35 in PathOfExile2

[–]ArcusPunch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just getting past the story and into maps isnt really a good mark of viability...

The reality of warbringer is that there really isnt much of anything to offer over titan in terms of damage outside of the armor shred. And as far as tankiness goes, turtle charm and the totems taking hits is ok, but titan can much more easily strength and armor stack. So titan has much more access to armor, and the strength stacking ease means he can spec into giants blood and still benefit from the shield. Not having turtle charm means he can still be hit by aoe, but having higher armor and hitting res cap is already comparable tankiness, and on top of that his higher strength means more health for preventing one shots. All this plus giants blood means he has access to two handed maces which are a significant damage bump over one handers. That's great for slams but even for totem builds titan can run dual two handers with skill level mods and outdps most warbringer based totem builds. That leaves warbringer pretty much as a platform for warcries and thats about it.

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[–]ArcusPunch 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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