Velyna's Ground Slam Slayer PoB & Gems (PoE Necropolis)

Velyna

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PoB Imports

- Guide to Path of Building -

Progression

This build has multiple stages to work through as your character improves, that way you always know what to be upgrading from leaguestart to endgame.

  • Leaguestart: You can’t run Hollow Palm right away, so this is a basic Ground Slam build using axes. The goal here is just to hit maps and farm those first few uniques to get the ball rolling. Look for a Starkonja's Head Starkonja's Head immediately, and spend a few chaos on a decent weapon. Get rares with dexterity where possible. Lion's Roar Lion's Roar can be bought now, or you can save for the transition and buy it after.
  • Transition: This stage requires One With Nothing One With Nothing with before switching into it, and a Briskwrap Briskwrap with 4 links. I also recommend buying Pure Talent Pure Talent and you should have the helmet from leaguestart. When this stage is up and running the next goals are Garukhan's Flight Garukhan's Flight and Astramentis Astramentis. Also grab a Vulnerability on hit ring, even if you can’t get much else on it at first.
  • God: This stage is just adding high budget items, no major changes. The +2 impale Watcher's Eye Watcher's Eye is insane, and we can access an extra ascendancy with Forbidden Jewels.

The gear page has information about each of your endgame items, search links to help you find them, plus crafting instructions for any complicated items.

Gear

Anoint

Once you get your Astramentis Astramentis, start looking to anoint it.

I usually go with Discipline and Training for HP.

Change to Tenacity in the endgame.

Gems

6-Link Ground Slam

If you can’t hit 5 red sockets, you can use alternates like Faster Attacks Support Faster Attacks Support and Concentrated Effect Support Concentrated Effect Support. This should only be temporary though.

Utility

Since we have no gloves or weapons, sockets are limited. I put Molten Shell on my movement button to autocast, and manually refresh blood rage. You can use an Unset Ring base to run a totem but that can complicate the already tough stat budget.

Aura’s

Our final socket group contains all the aura’s we use.

Leaguestart Gems

Act 1

Ground Slam is available the moment you reach town, you can put it on right away. This guide uses 2H axes for the leaguestart PoB, but ground slam also works with maces, sceptres or staffs if you happen to find a good one. It wont matter what weapon you use until you start putting in weapon-specific nodes on the tree.

For easy weapon upgrades, trade 1x Blacksmith's Whetstone Blacksmith's Whetstone, 1x Leather Belt Leather Belt (blue or rare), and a white weapon to any vendor.

Make sure to be in Blood stance, you can hit blood and sand repeatedly to swap.

Act 2

New support gems become available after Chamber of Sins and after killing Weaver. Don’t forget to do the bear cave quest for the nice rewards on leaguestart.

Act 3

I usually do first lab around the end of this act or the beginning of next one. When you do it, take Impact as first ascend choice.

Act 4-10

This is roughly the setup used when I was finishing acts and entering maps.

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