Why is Boneshatter the ONLY Melee League Start Build?

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
01:19 What is Boneshatter?
02:14 Overcoming Trauma
03:00 Why play Boneshatter?
04:22 My Character has Terrible Gear
05:19 Path of Building Info Begins
06:01 Leveling Trees
08:38 Endgame Trees
11:12 Item Sets
11:58 Skills
15:59 Final Thoughts
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#pathofexile #builds #boneshatter

[@mythilicar]

Boneshatter is the best for me bc I’ve been stacking trauma my whole life.

[@trymusic4life]

This

[@catedoge3206]

pain

[@Intestine_Ballin-ism]

​@@catedoge3206real

[@ygdra7007]

Lmao

[@TechnoTweet]

Same bro 🥲

[@zigzera7757]

So the only viable melee build works off self harm, feels on brand

[@malikthebarbarian6815]

I'm really hoping POE 2 is more melee friendly. I like Boneshatter and all but I'd like to do other stuff too.

[@TheModdedwarfare3]

Painguh

[@sagi3933]

Was thinking of maybe trying Manastacker Hierophant for Archmage Stormbrand, like I did back in 3.10 Delirium where Archmage Brands were... very strong due to bugs and Archmage being new and unnerfed =) dunno if that is still viable enough nowadays

[@catedoge3206]

this and rf jugg. both self harm but moving on anyway.

[@billbrogan4933]

LMAO

[@Raminotaur]

I absolutely love listening to you talk about how Trauma makes Boneshatter the only melee skill worth using only to find out they're adding Trauma Support to the game. So all strikes can work like Boneshatter. Super weird balance fix to me. It takes away the core identity of Boneshatter in an attempt to make all other melee strikes use-able by giving them Boneshatter's identity.

[@xedden2]

It will be interesting to see how it actually works and if it can potentially stack with bone shatter to build up trauma faster

[@JayTheProduct]

It's not just trauma tho, one of the best things about boneshatter which hardly anyone talks about is its built in AoEb splash damage which other strike skills lack and often have to run supports to compensate.

[@Azsunes]

Boneshatter will have an extra support slot over other strike skills. Be crazy if you could support Boneshatter with trauma support and get double the effect out of it.

[@a_shyratv]

Div bs getting %aspd per trauma dies of laughter

[@erutherford]

I'm hoping that this isn't part of a Boneshatter "nerf" -- err -- "rework" because it was actually somewhat league start viable. Funny as I was planning a Chieftain GigaTank / Giga Recovery build with BoneShatter. The new ascendancy killed [most] reasons to play Chieftain for me while the Trauma gem feels like it's got a chance to be an effective nerf for me :(

[@darrellsongy309]

For not being a build guide it has more information then most people's guides.

[@paulwright6257]

Big Ducks quacking skulls with this build, can’t wait for 3.22 💪🏼

[@derektafoya1152]

I'm actually looking forward to trying this build idea

[@jamespotkukelkka1769]

Thanks for explaining and POB. D4 got me interested in melee more, so i thought I would try BONEZONE for the first time.

[@jakubmucha6629]

BS is NOT the only mele league starter. Shield Crush General's Cry Serker seems pretty good as well.

[@andreasholmqvist4422]

Is it possible to block the damage from trauma? Im thinking of the new trauma support gem with staff for blocking.

[@RedDragonFlayer]

I was gonna try and play vigiliant strike juggernaut with the new trauma support,im gonna league start this and figure out how to switch later

[@justmurky157]

if this is still good Im probably gonna league start with it, ty for the video.

[@daruthebeast]

it's always good, but bossing going to be a pain

[@onofreisk8]

i was with you on this journey. i had a blast. will start will bonezone jugg

[@12ntim]

Anytime a melee build is any good they nerf the crap out of it.

[@0725038]

Tank, melee splash and good damage. Who would have thought it was the key for good melee skill?

[@apostleofd119]

I try re-learning cyclone league start also as slayer. It is good and solid start but still far behind boneshatter. I guess another RF again this league.

[@LauriHuu]

Bear's Girdle from the Harvest Bear boss is also a fairly nice belt if one wants to build up silly amounts of rage with warlord's mark and abuse berserk more frequently. a pain to get in sff though.

[@husbandrew]

YOU ARE HITTING YOURSELF. GO TO THE BATHROOM. Not yet!

[@bjornardass]

we get trauma support for strike skills soon so might open up a bunch of cool melee builds

[@ronbennett2541]

I have never done Bone Shatter before, so i apologise for the question. If we take "Unrelenting" first, can you use the skill straight up with enough regen? plus nodes on the tree too. Or do you prefer to wait until a certain level first? also, when would you take it on HC? Sorry for the questions and great post as always

[@Sherudons]

It's a great skill due to all the self damage effects and inbuilt aoe splash, you almost always have what ever defence layer on because you hit yourself, it ramps damage well enough that there really is a too much attack speed issue making slower attackers not accidentally evaporate themselves... amusing they are making trauma a gem now, if it stacks with boneshatter that could be something, real slow heavy hits maybe?... if it works with minions though... a new era of melee minons?

[@araen11]

yay league starter season is starting LET'S GOOOOOOO

[@shamsbijan5864]

Into the Bonezone lets go!

[@ankh15]

Yes please, a league starter guide ssf friendly would be really nice I want to play Boneshatter Juggernaut in SSF

[@asapBreeZy]

Depends on if you consider Frost Blades melee, if you do, then frost blades is absolutely league start viable. It’s fast too and with the trickster it’s very smooth mapping.

[@trythis2006]

i love the trickster frost blades and the dmg gets absolutely ridiculous, boneshatter looks so weak and slow in comparison

[@asapBreeZy]

@@trythis2006 nah, they’re both really good. I’ve played min/maxed versions of both. They are different but similar. Boneshatter Jugg is definitely tankier but fb trickster is a little faster, not as much as you might think tho.

[@trythis2006]

@@asapBreeZy i might give it a try and see, how much singeltarget dps does it reach?

[@m.h.4907]

​@@trythis2006Boneshatter struggles with bossing in the Endgame because your totems get melted by literally everything. Frostblade scales much better

[@trythis2006]

@@m.h.4907 same with frost blades, totems getting wrecked by anything its hella annoying i wish they would get rid of making it basically mandatory to run both totems and pre cast them all the time.

[@mmmyummymmm]

It was a fun build. It got expensive though at red maps. Spell suppression is difficult to achieve 100% and the version of it here is tricky to change to. You can try to grab the other nearby spell suppression instead, at the cost of some damage. There's life over there and a accuracy mastery with attack speed included, so it's pretty optimal. It was very easy to get to red maps though i gotta say

[@trymusic4life]

What if I only need to get to t16 as soon as possible? And be able to clear it fast. Waiting for update of cArn's slayer and patchnotes.

[@markogrudic3303]

is it possible to play it with one handed weapon and shield? and still be good?

[@Osiris261]

instead of taken the mastery for 10% dmg on low life.. isnt 40% effect of onslaught better? more movement speed more attack speed more stacks of trauma ? = 5% more dmg aswell??

[@Jgtack]

bruh if they nerf boneshatter we riot

[@tomtomkowski7653]

Quite a different build than what we can find on Maxrol Boneshatter Juggernaut League Starter. Any thoughts?

[@donvigo4103]

Im trying ruthless for the first time and my boss damage are really starting to drop now in act 5 (i think kitava will be pain) Im running Sunder, 2 handed juggernaut, but im also using boneshatter from time to time.. I dont have a single support gem yet to fit my needs, and cant really buy one either. My passive tree is basically just generic two handed damage, life, res, some accuracy nodes. Not really sure what would boost my damage (except from lucky support gem drops) Any tips from ruthless players?

[@meza6958]

Alt-F4.

[@amrkotb8410]

can anyone answer me when do i change from sunder to boneshatter

[@Bauermayers]

I tried Jugg Boneshatter this league (not my league start and on a SC trade scenario where I could afford all the gear from the get go), but unfortunatelly I got bored of it even before I hit red maps. Being totem dependent on bosses is kinda of a turn off for me and bosses themselves are way too slow for my taste. I might go for it, though. It's a solid league starter, no doubt about it. At this point I'm just hoping for some buffs on other melee skills on patch notes, I usually go for safe stuff you can just do all basic hight tier red/pinnacle bosses without much hassle, and I'm kinda tired of my usual Wich/ranger league start.

[@blech71]

I have never played bonezone and it keeps showing up so I think I must try it

[@FangzTV]

I hope they don't nerf Boneshatter with the release of Trauma Support, I understand this new support gem will " enable " more strike skills to maybe come online and compete with Boneshatter but I don't want to see it being nerfed, but rather more skills that can match it's efficiency so we can see more melee builds on League Start

[@erutherford]

Watch there be some bizzare "op" Lightning Strike + Trauma build or something else ridiculous while "real melee" seems like an afterthought.

[@FangzTV]

@@erutherford Can't wait to level my second character with Infernal Blow, Hollow Palm and Trauma Support and obliterate the campaign in 2 hours

[@schlogen]

Can you forbidden flame that one jugg passive and go berserker?

[@knaz7468]

Man I would really like to try this but I simply cannot play a warcry build ever again. It got WAY too annoying having to both hit them all the time and listen to the stupid shouts.

[@surgetsann]

as a newer player melee is a huge reason why im super excited for poe2... class fantasy is also pretty bad in poe in general... honestly even more so with magic builds

[@TheOnlyGhxst]

"Class Fantasy" is fine, just make your build to fit the class. For example, whenever I do mana stacking Hierophant builds, I always use lightning skills.

[@user-ux4gm8kh7x]

Any chance you will get an updated pob for 3.22

[@edgarmates2827]

would this be viable with the new changes to Chieftan?

[@whydidyoutubeaddthis]

Is it the only melee starter build? I've still to this day never started boneshatter lol

[@SssSSS-eq3bm]

slayer is better based

[@kurosakii89]

so my question always are what is best slayer or juggernaut (sc trade league), also CWDT is that linked with molten shell or?

[@Bauermayers]

Jugg for tankiness, Slayer for damage if you don't mind dying.

[@robertkaeka519]

what choice with bandits do you suggest? Greetings from Poland ;)

[@JetcannonM]

isn't Trauma insane with Bramblejack and Crown of the Pale King?

[@Mrxlongshot]

jokes on you ducks i'll still try to make a diff melee build and dissapoint myself lol

[@sridhamadasbernardo6103]

Does this work with shield?

[@sober667]

Wonder if Trauma support gonna be good with boneshatter

[@yamamotosora1912]

same buff so probaly does't work.

[@quanwashington]

Do you think Divine Shield is an interesting alternative to Juggernaut's untiring?

[@mrchill530]

Couple the two together with max block/%es on block and you're literally unkillable

[@bvzv]

TL;DW it has all the utility other melee skills need large invetments to achieve.

[@mannyplayspoe7183]

There is certainly a nerf to Boneshatter in preparation, to bring it down to the level of the rest of the melee skills. Lets wait for the patchnotes

[@Azsunes]

I wouldn't be surprised. It isn't even the best league started, just the best for melee. Endgame wise it is also not insane compared to other skills. But they have been hating on melee for a long time now. Last league 3.21 started as deadeye LA and it was one of the fastest builds I have gotten all 4 voidstones on. Switched over to Ice Shot just to have the cool vaal skill and with it was able to burst down pinnacle bosses with only 10-20 divines invested. Already did a boneshatter practice run a few weeks ago. Wanted to go melee as I have not played a melee build except COC which really isn't. Had a blast leveling it but was no where near the level of lightning arrow. Manaforged arrows alone is one of the most broken supports added, wouldn't be surprised if it has been nerfed. With the new support of returning projectiles this might mean Vengeance Cascade has been nerfed.

[@erutherford]

My planned Chieftain Tank / Recovery / Boneshatter build went from an interesting idea to [potentially] dumpster tier in just the last week or two .. LOL

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

Would make no sense. Its not OP. Its also the ONLY league start viable melee skill... With melee being in the absolute fucking trash. Nerfing boneshatter would make the community at large furious. GGG may not be the brightest in recent history but theyre not THAT stupid... right?

[@Azsunes]

@@TheCosmicAstro- They have nerfed abilities in the past that were not OP, but great league starters.

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

@Azsunes True. They do that all the time. But this is effectively the ONLY actual melee league starter alongside the amount the community loves boneshatter and wants melee to be viable again. It would just be an EXTREMELY stupid idea for GGG to nerf it. On top of the fact it makes no sense. But youre right. That's never stopped GGG in the past. So.

[@duffBasara]

What about infernal blow elementalist with new ignite buff and support gem controled blaze ?😊 Also new unique 👍

[@MegaBull]

Bit early to say this is the “only” viable melee starter before patchnotes. 😅

[@MrDarkBM]

Melee is safely dead in poe lol tag me when I’m wrong and I’ll be happy I can play melee again.

[@luismartins8598]

you're right. frost blades is a ranged attack.

[@Cryttanz]

The Trauma support better be good

[@whydidyoutubeaddthis]

It won't be! lol

[@SpecShadow]

Trauma+Molten Strike poison Pathfinder will be a thing

[@marthadelarossa]

yeah 100%phys taken as ele and master surgeon

[@rgxds]

thats crap cuz now we have a trauma support and probably boneshatter is either gonna get nearfed or trauma is, or with the support other skills will get to date creating much better interections

[@Eas_the_Planeswalker]

I tried so hard with Glacial Hammer😔

[@MrZuriax]

PoE is the best the genre has to offer but the fact that melee hasn't been in the spotlight or widely relevant since Legion league 4 years ago is simply insulting. I haven't touched this game in years because GGG refuses to stop treating fans of melee as second class players. Having played D4 and now back to D2R (the inspiration for PoE )I can see where some of these long standing issues stem from. In D2 your attack rating is abysmal but you have access to things like Open Wounds, Deadly Strike, and most importantly Crushing Blow. These melee ONLY mods carry a lot of the burden for melee and even then classes like Barbarian are very gear dependent (same situation in PoE) and you're regularly encouraged on forums to start as a Sorceress to farm the gear for a Barbarian that won't be as good with more expensive gear (also the same as PoE) which is laughable. The other issue that persists from D2 which is frankly far worse in D2 but is still relevant is that base weapon damage is FAR, FAR too low. PoE was making strides in this area by placing flat damage on gem levels but started culling those over the years with confusion from the player base. At least D4 and D3 can make armor and survivability better on melee but GGG doesn't really try in my opinion, so you're damage windows, damage, speed, QoL, and survivability are all leagues worse than a spellcaster or ranged character and this has been the case since PoE's inception. I can't believe a problem with such easy solutions has persisted for so long. It's truly baffling how nothing gets implemented and things even get rolled back for melee when it has been in such a poor state for so long.

[@SaigenSyndrome]

You didn't answer the question in the video...

[@brezlik3430]

The magnate in "endgame" items... bro please.

[@eddienash2095]

Frostblades might be good with the new Vengeant Cascade support

[@DRUBIN1986]

Will trauma support give double stacks of trauma if using boneshatter?

[@gauge9100]

Sirgog has a video on how it should interact. I just forget and rather not give wrong info

[@musicblaster7861]

isnt cyclone viable ?

[@Goldensmuck]

Won't Trauma support not fix this whole issue tho?

[@Basedard]

They need to raise the lower end of Weapon damage and lower the top end They need to nerf bone shatter flat damaged added Then Buff all melee skills This is the way

[@Deaner3D]

add in ancestral totem rework and we have a plan

[@levonbuck]

Can you block your own "hits" with onehand/shield?

[@ypkis69]

lol

[@explodingbarrel2]

No

[@Tsume524]

Not Slayer? crnKEK

[@voswouter87]

It seems terrible for Sanctum though. Why not play this with Beserker, rage and lifeleech?

[@thibaud1330]

Is shockwave cyclone staff not a thing anymore ?? Didn't really follow the melee meta

[@Deaner3D]

it is a thing - just not as tanky. Sorta gets overlooked because league start you need to compensate lack of gigadps with damage mitigation.

[@thibaud1330]

@@Deaner3D Okok, who plays melee anyways am I right LOL But with the trauma support it might actually get somewhere, playing with recoup and stuff I'll try to POB something maybe

[@Deaner3D]

@@thibaud1330 oh yeah I'm into it. It's sort of like a tankiness-to-dps converter support. Can't wait for gem info, I'll be buried under 7 windows of PoB as well 😂

[@thibaud1330]

@@Deaner3D true, peak Poe gameplay is making a POB before league start x))

[@silenf519]

lucky you, everything is boneshatter now

[@Gandora1488]

why not rf jugg

[@jordanwhite4963]

what is the main benifit of slayer boneshatter?

[@trymusic4life]

damage, speed, relies on leech

[@jordanwhite4963]

@@trymusic4life is slayer a better option if you want to move into flicker striker after

[@trymusic4life]

Sry, I didn't ever play Flicker. But you can respec ascendancy or skill tree points whenever you want.

[@MrRafagigapr]

I think not even the game recognizes it as melee since melee dmg wont affect it

[@richardmcgowan1651]

They need to put melee back to how some of the gems used to work in the past. They dont need to fit POE1 skills into POE2 skills anymore. POE1 skills can be their own thing now. Forst Blades and Molten Strike need to go back to how they used to work.

[@kenjikodai]

the only melee league start I do is Flicker strike raider until I make enough money to Hollow Palm it up. I can't believe I've been fisting it up since deli, now we need a Hollow Feet gem

[@yammoto148]

The only Viable melee build because to be a melee character you have to be tanky in the first place. Bone shatter just gives you damage for free for being tanky.

[@waitatchan9903]

nope, glacial hammer is strong too as a melee skill

[@SuperRoxasXIII13]

did someone say MELEE?!

[@sagi3933]

The main issue with melee when I consider League Start is "How do I beat down Maven?" I am a pretty sucky Maven Fighter, so any auto targeting, ranged skill is a dream come true while chasing her down... yknow. I do have to admit I really kinda wanna start a melee character once anyways, and Chieftain is just around the corner to check out later in anyways ;) edit: actually I want to focus on Sanctum running, so Jugg with his Unstoppable might be insane, also tanky and has good enough damage for that I imagine... =)

[@erutherford]

So anyone think that the new "Trauma Support" Gem is effectively a stealth nerf to Boneshatter so GGG can bring it in line with the other Melee skills ... LOL??? After all we can't have a "real melee" skill be league-start viable now can we :)

[@bigfap]

If BS will lose the trauma effect for new trauma support gem, you will more likely get much better gems than BS. You are like 2 leagues late to the party and you might bait new players into something that won't be good after the patch notes.

[@86ed_]

Try making your own build

[@levagabond4464]

Why are people so much addicted by spell supress ? It's a left side on passive tree, isn"t it better to get armour and block if possible ? And SS is more for evasion no ?

[@brentc6380]

Its the chance to suppresses (50% of the damage of) spells. POE defenses are all about preventing being one shot. This is also why people don't go for 25% spell suppression, as you either want 100%, or something like 90% + lucky suppression so that its almost 100%, as you don't want to sometimes suppress and get one shot other times, you want to always suppress. 50% damage reduction is very powerful. It applies to all the spell damage you can get hit with, whereas armor only applies against phys attacks (unless you have something like the Jugg ascendancy where part of armor is applied against elemental damage from attacks as well).

[@lootmaster1337]

Most stuff that kills you is magic, armor is kinda useless there. So a) get 88-90 all res or b) spellsup for the oneshot Or c just go dps and play 6 portal gang

[@robertmanson4439]

I do not understand why boneshatter is so outstandingly strong compared to "Heavy Strike" or other strike abilitys. Its like the skill itself without anything dealing double the damage of other strike skills. Now we have "trauma Support" wich can make some strikeskills more viable, but boneshatter is still alot better, wich makes no sense for me. Dosnt matter waht you try , in the end "Boneshatter " is simply better in all terms of gameplay.

[@ryanforgo3500]

what ppl don't get is, boneshatter is strong not because of trauma, bone shatter is strong because of it's numbers. which then is MULTIPLIED by trauma. it is the stupidest thing ever because even if you take trauma away from boneshatter it still does more damage than most melee skills which shows how ggg could actually balance melee better by buffing almost all the melee skills here is some examples of how boneshatter even without trauma does more than most skills, then you add in trauma bonus and understand why melee skills suck in comparison. 1- cleave. half the added damage, a little lower effectiveness, Lower attack speed. so EVEN without trauma boneshatter does more. 2- gllacial hammer, slightly higher effectviness and speed, less than half the added damage "and it's not physical" so it does not scale aas well so it's techincally even less than a quarter of the added amage. 3- lacerate, even the two hits COMBINED will still have less physical damage, although a bit higher in other stats but that still proves a point that 2 hits combined can hardly outperform a non-trauma boneshatter base stats. so yea you can keep going and then you will understand how is boneshatter strong, it gets 40% more damage at 10 stacks, 80% at 20 stacks and yet it has higher base stats than most melee skills. this shows that you can give all melee skills 40% more damage and they would still not catch up to boneshatter. at 20 stacks.

[@dirtnap9641]

*If the only viable melee build survives.. i just dont get it. They nerfed tf out of phys mods on gear and gems because of facebreaker rather than just nerfing facerbreaker i mean come on

[@yaythereal]

can't wait for hardcore andies to cope about this vid

[@Azsunes]

I levelled up two times, once as Slayer the other as Jugg. If playing softcore I think the slayer build is the way to go, your not as tanky but you get more damage out of your ascendancy which makes it feel a lot nicer earlier on. Haven't really pushed them past going into white maps with just gear found while leveling.

[@elDoober]

"Haven't really pushed them past going into white maps with just gear found while leveling." if you have only tested a build in WHITE maps, that means nothing... ANY skill can get through white maps, MOST can get through Yellow, but Red maps is where you start to see holes in a build or lack of DPS etc.....

[@Azsunes]

@@elDoober For a league starter all you really need is early map progression to get some div to change to your desired build. Slayer felt better at that point. With similar gear it cleared maps faster. The other factor that comes in is if the build you want to switch to uses marauder or duelist. This can save you leveling another character. I know a lot of people expect to play just one build a league and don't care about getting easy earlier divs to swap.

[@DeivixLV]

And this is why boneshatter should be nerfed so it's in the same level as other melee skills. Otherwise it's unfair to the other melee skills, right? :)

[@ACTPOHABTa]

Champion is just stronger. There is a reason why it is the preferred ascendancy for Boneshatter in the hcssf racing scene.

[@trymusic4life]

Really? I thought Jugg is a way to go in HCSSF, maybe Im wrong

[@Bluetheshark]

Why are u not playing on ruthless hardcore ? LOL

[@marcosdheleno]

never knew flicker strike and cyclone are ranged builds. live and learn i guess.

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

Flicker strike isn't league start viable. Cyclone barely is.

[@grimmjowthepantera]

Patchnotes : boneshatter nerf 50% ...... fuck

[@venntof.9095]

It is NOT the only melee league starter build.

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

Name one that isnt Cyclone or frost blades

[@venntof.9095]

@@TheCosmicAstro- Blade Storm/Rage Vortex is highly undererstimated and a good start, Viper Strike/Pestilent Strike for poison are not as strong as they used to be but still make decent leaguestarters, Slams are clunky, sure - but you can definately start them if you're into that playstyle without any problems.

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

@@venntof.9095 rage vortex I'm pretty sure I remember specifically not being a league starter. Blade storm idk.

[@venntof.9095]

@@TheCosmicAstro- I have started it two times already, soooo I dont know 🤣

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

@venntof.9095 that's like saying magefist league starts flicker strike and saying flicker strike is a league start viable skill. But maybe I'm misremembering.

[@titolovely8237]

cuz ggg cant balance for shit. they keep nerfing melee scaling and good defensive mechanics as well as the good melee nodes on ascendancies like champion.

[@nicoalecapunpon3761]

First!

[@Bodyfcn]

Second!

[@business6846]

no one cares

[@bocheduszko]

i care gj on being first , gg

[@JuicyG_]

Lightning strike, molten strike, cobra lash, steel skills, infernal blow, reave... why do we have to keep going on about melee skills being unplayable or neglected by GGG. If you don't like the playstyle thats fine but there's nothing wrong with the archetype in its current state, you can clear all content with ease and less investment than say Stormbrand. The reason people play boneshatter is it has insanely overtuned damage scaling and inbuilt giga-splash / explosions for brain off clear