[2.4 HC | Video Guide] Cleave is back! | Crit Shatter | flexible (Lacerate/Reave)

First of all i would like to mention that i want to avoid text of walls in this guide, so let's start.
English isn't my native language.

If you prefer to look a Video instead of reading, here you can find the Video guide -->

[2.4 HC | Video Guide] CLEAVE Scion Build Guide | Crit Shatter | flexible (Lacerate/Reave)

feel free to ask questions and leave Feedback for improvements!!!

Idea of the build:

--> have FUN
--> decent damage / clearspeed
--> HC viable

Keystones

The Ascendancy Classes of choice for this build are Assassin and Guardian.
Go for Assassin first and also pick up Path of the Shadow after completing Normal Cruel and Merciless Lab.
After uber lab i picked up Guardian which fits in really well for our kind of build. We get additional block chance and 12% attack speed. Sure, there are also other good options, feel free to use something else!


The Guide also includes gameplay footage:
[2.4 HC | Video Guide] CLEAVE Scion Build Guide | Crit Shatter | flexible (Lacerate/Reave)

more vids soon.
Twitch Shaarq --> if u wanna see some live action.



Current gear:


Gear in general:



6 link
Cleave - Multistrike- Melee Physical - Increased Crit - Fortify and Increased Area / Conc Effect

4 Link
Ancestral Warchief - Melee Phys - Less Duration - Conc effect.

4 Link
Herald of Ice - Inc Aoe - Curse on Hit - Frostbite / Warlord's Mark

3 Link
Whirling Blades - Blood Magic - Faster Attacks

others
Blood Rage - Inc Duration, Hatred, Enduring Cry, Ice Golem ...


I recommend leveling with a two handed melee weapon and skills like earthquake or sunder. With the fact we grab Resolute Technique at the leveling phase, don’t take increased crit gem and use added fire gem instead. If you wanna level with one handers from the beginning and save up some refund points, wait until level 38 for Multistrike.

We start as a scion in the center, head to Life and damage notes like Constitution, Path of the Warrior, Tireless and Devotion at the beginning. Just hold a good balance between damage and life to get a smooth level experience. You can also pick up the melee damage nodes at scion start and refund it later, it’s up to you.

For leveling Ignore any kind of crit nodes, instead go straight ahead to Resolute Technique.

After you filled out templar area we aim for the duelist area, where we pick up Art of the Gladiator, Bravery, Master of the Arena and Dervish.

Finally grab Golem’s Blood and Thick Sin for life.

Now you can start grabbing Disembowling and Fatal Blade for a bunch of crit... To make transition to crit version as smooth as possible i recommend keeping Resolute technique up till you reached at least one of the two crit nodes.
At the very end we make use of our Ascendancy and grab up all the Life and Crit nodes in Shadow area...


The link for the passive tree is in the description of this video.

The Ascendancy Classes of choice for this build are Assassin and Guardian.
Go for Assassin first and also pick up Path of the Shadow after completing Normal Cruel and Merciless Lab.
After uber lab i picked up Guardian which fits in really well, we get additional block chance and 12% attack speed. Sure, there are also other good options, feel free to use something else!

tree lvl88


Bandits: help oak - help kraityn - kill all / help oak / help kraityn xD

Thanks for sharing. The area nodes at the start of Scion seems lack luster. You end up with only 5% less if you just take the 3rd area node in the templar area. The extra points could be used for Will of Blades or Sleight of Hand in the Shadow area for slightly better dps gain. I normally build my melees from Marauder or Duelist, so thanks for showing it can be done reasonably well from Scion as well.

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Dregos escribió:

Thanks for sharing. The area nodes at the start of Scion seems lack luster. You end up with only 5% less if you just take the 3rd area node in the templar area. The extra points could be used for Will of Blades or Sleight of Hand in the Shadow area for slightly better dps gain. I normally build my melees from Marauder or Duelist, so thanks for showing it can be done reasonably well from Scion as well.

The additional area nodes are one of the main reasons why i start with scion... others are:
--> permanent flat crit (it is huge)
--> Access to Shadow starting nodes (massive crit, attack Speed, ele dmg...)
--> Power Charge Generation

Thanks man, yeah i wanted to do something different without going that CI - flavour of the month - shit...

I died, the next passive Point would have gone in the last area node...
If you wanna Level 90+ i highly recommend going for Duality.

gonna try this in the new league

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tenme1 escribió:

gonna try this in the new league

enjoy!

Is this build beginner friendly? Im pretty new to this game :)

Yes it is.

With 2.5.0 weapon range gets a huge buff!

Hey, can you add some screen shot of your attack and defend stats ?

Hi I'm kind of a new player at the moment... May i know how do u obtain that unique Scaeva?

gonna try this