Earthquake Juggernaut Passive Skill Tree & Gem Links

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Passive Skill Tree

Click here for our recommended Level 100 Passive Skill Tree.

Notes on the Passive Skill Tree:

  • Scoop up Resolute Technique immediately to ensure you are not missing any Earthquake Earthquakes
  • Prioritize Warcry related notables as soon as you have access to Seismic Cry Seismic Cry
  • Call to Arms is optional — try with and without and choose based on your preference
  • Prioritize Axe and Physical damage nodes while leveling and start enhancing your bleed as you enter the latter half of the leveling process
  • Leave Jewel sockets for the 90s unless you have high quality Jewels ready to socket
  • Adamant is the lowest priority node on the tree
  • Balance your defenses and acquire more Life and Endurance charges as you need them
  • Nodes above Resolute Technique (Large Jewel socket, Devotion, Endurance, and Jewel Socket) are optional and be left for last or used as points for a Cluster Jewel

Crimson Dance is entirely optional but provides noticeably better single target damage in the late game. Playing without Crimson Dance gives your Earthquake Earthquake a single powerful bleed, which can be advantageous for clear if enemies survive your Earthquake/Aftershock combo. Crimson Dance offers much higher bleed dps, which is great for bosses and tanky rares, but the bleed off of a single Earthquake Earthquake is less. You can somewhat compensate for this by properly using Vaal Earthquake Vaal Earthquake to quickly stack your Crimson Dance. There are advocates for both sides of this coin, but our recommendation is to play with Crimson Dance.

Path of Building

This PoB will provide you with a good outline of the build Path Of Building.

Included are all the skill trees, recommended gear, and an example set of mid-level gear with room for upgrades. For simplicity’s sake, Resistances have been left out and you should fill them out yourself based on what gear is available.

We use the Path of Building Community Fork for all of our builds, which is highly recommended. If you are encountering errors importing the build, please ensure you are using the Community Fork.

Gem Links

Vaal Earthquake Vaal Earthquake 6-Link

  1. Vaal Earthquake Vaal Earthquake
  2. Less Duration Support Less Duration Support
  3. Awakened Brutality Support Awakened Brutality Support
  4. Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support
  5. Fist of War Support Fist of War Support
  6. Fortify Support Fortify Support

Auras 5-Link and Blood Rage Blood Rage

  1. Pride Pride
  2. Enlighten Support Enlighten Support (Level 3 / 4)
  3. War Banner War Banner
  4. Maim Support Maim Support
  5. Flesh and Stone Flesh and Stone

You’ll also want to include Blood Rage Blood Rage in the item that contains this linkage, but it gains no benefit from being linked and prevents the necessity for a second 6-Link in your build.

  1. Blood Rage Blood Rage

Warcry 4-Link

  1. Seismic Cry Seismic Cry
  2. Intimidating Cry Intimidating Cry
  3. Second Wind Support Second Wind Support
  4. Lifetap Support Lifetap Support

Mobility 4-Link

  1. Leap Slam Leap Slam
  2. Lifetap Support Lifetap Support
  3. Faster Attacks Support Faster Attacks Support

The fourth gem in this link is a matter of preference. It could be used for a golem, a Portal Portal gem, a Decoy Totem Decoy Totem, or anything that you like to incorporate into your build to improve quality of life. Our default recommendation is:

  1. Summon Stone Golem Summon Stone Golem

Defensive or Offensive 4-Link

Choose one of these two links. Players looking to map more heavily and delve deeper should lean towards the defensive linkage, while players who are looking to add a little more single target damage for late-game bosses such as Awakener might prefer the offensive option instead. Both are perfectly viable choices, though our default recommendation for most players is the defensive option.

Defensive Molten Shell Molten Shell 4-Link

  1. Molten Shell Molten Shell (Level 20)
  2. Cast when Damage Taken Support Cast when Damage Taken Support (Level 20)
  3. Enduring Cry Enduring Cry
  4. Increased Duration Support Increased Duration Support

Offensive Vaal Ancestral Warchief Vaal Ancestral Warchief 4-Link

  1. Vaal Ancestral Warchief Vaal Ancestral Warchief
  2. Awakened Brutality Support Awakened Brutality Support
  3. Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support
  4. Ruthless Support Ruthless Support

If your weapon does not having Culling Strike (as shown in the Path of Building and in the gear section) then you should replace Ruthless Support Ruthless Support with Culling Strike Support Culling Strike Support in this link.

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Changelog

  • Updated for 3.17 Archnemesis.

  • Updated POB and gems page.

  • 3.14 Ultimatum initial updates are in.

  • 3.13 Ritual; updated for the new challenge league!

  • Ready for Heist 3.12; updated Path of Building, FAQ, and expanded the Skill Tree section to included detailed advice.

  • Furty has taken over the build. Complete overhaul from the ground up; considerable improvements to damage and defense.

  • Reworked the guide for Harvest 3.11. The build gains a lot of power via buffs to Two-handed weapons and Slam skills.

  • Revisited and updated for Delirium 3.10. The build still remains a very solid league-starter and one of the best choices when it comes to farming currency early on in a league.

  • Revisited and updated for Metamorph 3.9. Changes to monster Armour slightly affect the build but consindering our big chunks of Physical damage we ignore most of monster's Armour any ways.

  • Revisited and updated for Blight 3.8. The build still remains as one of the best choices for farming Uber Lab early on.

  • Updated passive trees for Legion 3.7.

  • Improved Gem and Gearing sections.

  • Updated passive skill trees.

  • Revisited and updated for Synthesis 3.6.

  • Made the playstyle section more descriptive, and improved the gearing section by providing more detailed recommendations.

  • Reworked Gem Link and Gem Progression sections for improved visibility

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