Headsman is the best for damage on the end game setup
Endless Hunger gives us more survivability in the early game setup
Impact is the most well-rounded choice and will likely be preferred by most players for mapping and general play.
Deal with the Bandits Reward
As with most builds these days we suggest you kill all bandits for the 2 bonus skill points
Pantheon
Major Gods
Soul of Solaris remains one of the supreme choices for defense when properly upgraded, preventing crit chains against your character and reducing rogue-wave elemental damage.
Soul of Lunaris is an option for a little extra movement speed and clear.
Minor Gods
Soul of Gruthkul is the best choice for further physical damage mitigation.
Soul of Yugul is the best choice for Pinnacle Bosses if you enjoy that type of content.
Updated Passive Skill Tree & Gearing section to better fit the current meta.
Minor gear/tree changes, ready for 3.18 release.
Updated Path of Building and Flask Recommendations.
Initial updates for 3.17 Archnemesis. Still waiting on Path of Building to get updated to finalize.
Updated Ascendancy choices to ensure they matched the provided Path of Building and Skill Tree.
Revised tree to include stun immunity and additional Life.
Updated Path of Building and Skill Trees.
3.16 Scourge; early updates for this mainstay build. New tree, pruned old alternate build variants, removed all mentions of Glorious Vanity for now, links altered, simplified the setup and ease of play.
3.14 Ultimatum updates to the tree and gear recommendations for the early game (swords all the way through).
Herald of Purity replaces Flesh and Stone.
3.13 Ritual updates; Ascendancy pathing changed, Soul Tether and Glorious Vanity no longer default, gear updates, passive tree slightly changed, cluster jewel added, and more.
Updated Gear advice; Assassin's Mark ring affix was changed this patch, recommendation now correctly reflects this.
Ready for Heist 3.12; Path of Building updates, new skill trees, gear recommendations revised, and text body updates.
Updated for 3.11 Harvest; new tree(s), updated Ascendancy, Pantheon, Weapon advice (Disfavour, Rare Sword), and more.
New video of Wave 20 Simulacrum with Kosis, the Revelation added.
Path of Building updated.
100% Delirious Forge of the Phoenix Map video added! Uber Awakener kill video added!
Path of Building link added!
Simulacrum Wave 20 video added, Uber Awakener kill GIF added.
3.10 Delirium; Updated with new trees and some love for the gems and assessment. More to come!
Updated summaries.
Initial updates for Metamorph 3.9: Passive Skill Trees, Leveling, Gear, Annointment Advice, and Build Assessment.
Guide format updated in preparation for Patch 3.9.
Added a Vaal Pact tree to help players who can't activate Blood Rage.
Updated gem links and gearing recommendations to make sustaining Cyclone more clear. Added Annointment advice to the FAQ.
Updated for Patch 3.8.0 Blight League: Skill Trees, Leveling, Gems Links, and more!
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