Forge Guard - Bleed/Vengeance - 350c

Sentinel
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1st - Credit to AbombDaChamp. His Paladin version gave me the inspiration to test this on my Forge Guard.

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Q0JlV1Xo

I personally think Forge Guard works better with this due to the talents later in the tree - though playstyle may dictate that.

This is not a beginners build. It requires Legendaries to function, though it could be built out with Exalted gear quite easy. I focused on utilizing gear I had sitting in my bank to ensure the best survivability with damage output.

I did not max out the affixes on each item. I kept it at either 1 or 2 LP, depending on the difficulty of the Unique to get. In my opinion, if you are farming - they should be reasonable to obtain.

Feel free to make changes - adjustments - recommendations - as you see fit. Iā€™m sure itā€™s not maxed, but I can confirmā€¦ running around at 88 it is decimating things.

Couple of things:

  • VK Tree: Sorrow and Steel - I consider this required. I tried the build without, and the loss of reach on attacks felt horrible. If you get AOE range somewhere else, greatā€¦ but 25% would be the minimum I recommend.

  • FG Tree: Fresh From the Forge - I put 5 points here for the 20% physical pen. to Forge Strike. Iā€™m still testing if those 5 points are best there, or somewhere else. Decide as you wish.

  • FG Tree: Iron Attunement - I put 5 points here for the DoT Mitigation. I am a firm believer in getting as much DoT reduction as you can - but again, you may find a better use for the points.

  • Another shield I am toying with is the Sigeonā€™s Reprisal - with T7 Block chance (26%) - for increased Colossus uptime and passive procs and another 5% damage reduction from Walls of Solarum.

  • The helmet I linked I am currently using; I am looking for a Leonine Greathelm with the appropriate stats to ensure 100% damage reduction from crits.

  • The idols I did not completely fill out. I posted 4 with various affixes to provide an idea of what to go for. If you want more defense, or offense, there is room to customize as you see fit.

Skill usage:

-Shield Charge across the map
-Forge Strike upon contact
-Shield Throw
-Vengeance
-Forge Strike
-Abyssal Echoes

Currently getting up to 275-300 bleed stacks from this initial setup.
Bosses I change the rotation slightly and am averaging 325-350 bleed stack explosions.

My current gear does not have the shown affixes currently - so my goal and calculations currently, once achieved, put it around 500-525 stacks of bleed or more upon using Abyssal Echoes.

Please let me know what you think, and if youā€™ve utilized something similar.

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Are you tried Demise? This thing is crazy strong. Symbol of Demise

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Few weeks ago I was thinking about how to utilize shield Flayerā€™s Pride in sentinel, but somehow ended up as burning stacking FG with Phalanx - auto holytrail n 400+ burning
(and switched again to test it on blood mage warlock :roll_eyes:), but havenā€™t recorded showcase on c1000 before vacation
I was focusing on ā€œmore hits - more stacksā€. So Healing Hands were ā€¦ handful :sweat_smile:. Your build is not that lazy, kinda piano, but with benefits of stacks consumption

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You canā€™t equip a catalyst with a 2h weapon.

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