Lightning Strike Warden Endgame Build Theorycraft | PoE 3.25

[@Lolcohol]

Let me know what you think! I'll be working toward this but am very curious to hear how it goes for anyone willing to test it out before me. Note: I made a few adjustments since recording this. Namely: Forces of Nature is better than Primeval Force. I did some weird pathing while testing where it didn't make sense to go that way, so I picked up Primeval Force instead, but if you're not going the Massive Thread route, picking up Primeval Force is better as it too gets hit by the Lethal Pride.

[@HorizonVertigo]

With the Yoke I believe you can also add Blind and a few other dex tattoos.

[@ayeeitznoahh666]

Is there a squire variant of this build? If so I’m interested hahah

[@HorizonVertigo]

@@ayeeitznoahh666 That would be nice for setting up a single target 7L and a 6L mana life leech for sure!

[@ayeeitznoahh666]

@@HorizonVertigo Yeah, sounds sweet asf! If you come across something like that send it to me through a comment lol

[@aznkian]

@@HorizonVertigo "Ailments are Ignite, Chill, Freeze, Shock, Scorch, Brittle, Sap, Bleeding, and Poison" - from the wiki. Can get 90% inc dmg taken from yoke and blind unfortunately not on the list. Poison being the one you can get through a tat though as it is the most efficient way to get the extra dmg.

[@behuia]

Hey, I'm following your LS Warden, slowing reaching Endgame of your PoB. Is there a filter I could use, please? Or, is Neversink's Very Strict sufficient?

[@dawskii1736]

Same question

[@jerppazz4525]

customize your own.

[@prosamis]

I did think of the master surgeon tech for this! I'm taking warden in a pretty different direction. I went for the ward belt and yes precision watcher's eye is crazy Tempest shield is great yes. Idk about the lucky block shield in place of, say, just taking versatile combatent I went for evasion cap. With ward, ghost dance, and block you're nigh unkillable, especially if you add in an iron flask with "use when you take a savage hit". It makes you capable of tanking crazy things Bear in mind, if you go for master surgeon, you can use petrified blood and get a massive 33% hp increase, but at this point passive points are so so tight that thread of hope shenanigans are really difficult I make my own builds, have been for a decade in poe (started in ambush league), and I took warden not with LS, but with Reave instead and I'm having such a blast. Build's insane and I found many many techs If you ever want to talk, I'm more than happy to!

[@Lolcohol]

Please DM me your PoB! I'd love to have a look!

[@prosamis]

@@Lolcohol sure! Should I on twitter? I see your DMs are closed tho

[@Lolcohol]

Discord! Oh shit what. I didn't know my Twitter dms were closed waduhek I'll fix that first thing tomorrow

[@Luis-qj3pg]

Man, thank you for the vid, I mad the first build and enjoyed it till yellow maps when I started dyeing a lot. Made the switch to the Tonkie version!!! Good shit!

[@zcodoedoe]

I’m on console and ive been having a blast with this build. Between you and Palst I’ve had an insane league start conpared to most of my leagues.

[@4ndyLA]

Trying the controller support on PC for the first time with it and it is amazing.

[@SamuelBrady-n1d]

Same here! LS rules for console/controller

[@kylebusc3624]

Yoke is really tough to beat for dps. I made an amulet with t1 flat lightning, t1 crit multi and t1 WED and it's still 4% less dps than yoke and that's only with 4 ailments applied in PoB. Weirdly enough +1 all skills is also a solid mod for 5% more dps

[@sideways8570]

Loving it so far so thank you. Wondering if and when a new video with the updated pob you have been working on is coming?

[@Lolcohol]

As soon as I can but being in the PL has slowed down my progress, however today we will release a video talking about the shield and I'll link my PoB, and then be sure to join streams and Discord for the more immediate updates :)

[@luc_xott]

Flamewall is an infamous FPS destroyer be warned

[@macungakruk9961]

I'm doing a ball lightning of static warden and the shield is really crazy, just with the 3 block nodes above witch area and Tempest shield is looking good.

[@bawzzzz]

Impressive work on the defensive side! This looks great! I might not reroll another build but opt to push the LS build into this direction to play very late game content like t17s and all!

[@xXVintersorgXx]

Those health nodes in Slayer start are probably worth grabbing that your thread passes through. Also one of the retaliation skills is a spell. Wonder if that works

[@Phredoe]

Some really good ideas here, Im stealing some for my FB warden.

[@Lolcohol]

Let me know how it goes! It'll be a while before I get all the stuff here. Done about 7 Fortresses and as many Siruses and no Thread or Yoke drop yet :,(

[@larpera960]

Same here for my FB warden. Looks like I'm gonna be spending the night on PoB!

[@Loser91915]

Soft agree on the achiles heel i find ypu get insta life from 1 hit and you dont need to be that close... if i recall well lofe regen was a pian to add to the BV and dkd that last

[@oRobin95]

That's incredible, I was about to search "Svelinn shield explanation poe" on KZbin and there you are

[@Lolcohol]

Perfect timing!

[@OfficialXanoX]

I'm following the pob from were you introduced LS warden. Not this or it's the same in endgame ?

[@Nionqp]

I think Perseverance is the choice until very top end. Remember that without the belt we need to add sources of onslaught and fortify and the belt itself also has 7% increase health and ~10% dps. Micro distillery is kinda inefficient since we only buffing 2 flask (or forgoing health flak)

[@Lolcohol]

Yeah I'm pretty sure Perseverance will be the play. Might also need the Eater chest Fortify to gain consistent max fortification stacks

[@Nionqp]

@@Lolcohol This is not even mentioning the cost of going the darkness enthroned route. Perfect rolled perseverance is like 30c while the whole darkness enthroned package is easily 10div. Just test out in my pob, perfect darkness enthroned + 2div jewels barely beat out perseverance (not accounting for the loss of onslaught and fortified)

[@jonathanskelton394]

@@Lolcohol ralakesh + arn's is too much damage to pass up. then u can drop the thread of hope (along with disciple of unyielding/slaughter and just path into testudo. u can also unspec grace and go flesh and stone too once u stop using perseverance. fortify is fine from body armour chest eater implicit and onslaught from flask

[@guymears2340]

​@@jonathanskelton394are you making gigatank less gigatank though?

[@kakefisk]

​@@LolcoholChest implicit gives us fortify on hit, no?

[@kevoneverdies_237]

Hello, I am loving this build. I was wondering how you get arctic armor to fit in? I have grace, determination and herald of ice. And then precision and clarity with arrogance so it takes from life. Lastly I ensured I have all reservation nodes and implicit on gear but still can't manage it...

[@buzzardb]

So whats the viability of going Oath of Spring/Summer or Barkskin instead of using tinctures? Obvious DPS drop but still strong enough for us mouth breathers who like less buttons?

[@Guitar_Builder]

Love the build, would like to see a less rng/hardcore version maybe slayer.

[@bleetx]

got a few of the shields off of that black knight guy in our PL, thinking on working around it as well

[@engromil]

Try using "Ynda's Stand" belt .. boosted my ward to 2.5K and now doing juiced mapping without ward breaks ! Let me know what do u think about that approach ..

[@omniscientindisplay7217]

sigil of power works well in the shield, ive been using it for about a week. however its useless outside single target but i doubt anyone struggling on clear

[@prosamis]

@@omniscientindisplay7217 I hard cast sigil tbh. It's that good

[@emi_fisher]

I'm kinda bored of my Ele Hit of the Spectrum Deadeye and I have like 30 div, strongly considering rerolling it fully to this

[@brettdabeast97]

How are you feeling about double The Taming?

[@Loser91915]

i couldn't find your corrupted blood immunity is that from a YOLO vaal on the cheapest jewel? (also able to afford most of the items except for Awk Multistrike and 21/20 vaal LS :P)

[@cameronthomas8150]

Maybe I’m blind but where are you allocating your ascendancy points? I’m new to this.

[@ravache5660]

As a brand new player this video looks complicated but really good. Could you make make a simpler version to include everything that I should be using? Gems and all.

[@Lolcohol]

It's all there in the PoB link!

[@zcodoedoe]

Just go back and watch the league starter and build updates this is a more complex higher investment version of the build. This build rips and is insanely easy to get online i’m playing on Xbox - ssf plus (still on trade it’s a joke) and got past red maps with gear I had from campaign.

[@Benjimaru555]

this is my first build i have been fallowing it to the t and i can say honestly its ez to get started! just gotta pay attention to the guide and it all smooths over there is a lil problem solving here and there but im sure you got this!!!

[@ravache5660]

@@Benjimaru555 Thanks guys! Alright!

[@ravache5660]

@@Lolcohol How do I pick the correct lethal pride?

[@l4te067]

seems like tankier version is out date, can i follow just current skill tree combine with tankier gear??

[@Loser91915]

Hydrosphere!... i did not see that coming tyvm so excited to try to upgrade this just a couple of (whisper) hindred divines short😅

[@RamzaBehoulve]

That shield is just ridiculous. It completely negates any reason to play Dual Wield if not Gladiator.

[@BmSteelChain]

I'm a noob to POE but working on it lol. Coming from Diablo this game is so much advanced but anyway. Where is the link to discord? Id love to join. Ive been playing LS DEADEYE and after watching a few of your videos today. I guess I'm switching to warden lol

[@Lolcohol]

The Discord limk is in the Description! :)

[@kevinschlabba]

Maybe Forbidden Flame Flesh of the Slayer Mastery? For Overleech and Less dmg Taken?

[@harrynazarian3184]

VERY nice, though I would have used Tornado instead of Flamewall, since the Tornado combos with Lightning Strike so much nicer. Just IMO.

[@Oopsy75254]

I'm definitely trying this! Thanks!

[@Oopsy75254]

Tornado isn't elemental 🫤

[@harrynazarian3184]

@@Oopsy75254 doesn't need to be. Throw your lightning strike into it. Then it becomes elemental. It's like PoE 2 combo skills in PoE 1.

[@starsinshadow3610]

@@harrynazarian3184what he means is it is not elemental so cannot be triggered by the shield?

[@harrynazarian3184]

I'm meme'ing, LoLcohol knows what I was talking about. So big fail in my half since I assumed people commenting here watched his stream about that.

[@gswtf]

vaal molten shell also via high ehp wardens on poe ninja

[@MUZA1875]

Can you tell us why you have the dagger skills on the tree (across from marks) if using claws?

[@allexgod5623]

Эллюзив эффект

[@Lolcohol]

Elusive effect and culling mastery :)

[@MUZA1875]

@@Lolcohol thank you

[@zSacred]

Don't understand a bit: how Perseverance works there? How exactly Fortify are generated? Where is source of stun?

[@Mstr-Fox]

Source of stun is your lightning strike.

[@smurfzg]

I'm also looking for the answer to this

[@Mstr-Fox]

@@smurfzg I answered it. You're welcome.

[@smurfzg]

@@Mstr-Fox it does not stun for me, just equpping perseverance was not enough to fortify, even against weak enemies in melee range. Is there another condition?

[@smurfzg]

after swapping from dual wield to shield it appears to work

[@Critimuscu]

Hello thx for the build, i'm trying it atm, but i just notice that the thread of hope build need 133skill/123 xD

[@Lolcohol]

Oh shit I must fix that tree. I think I made it on the fly while recording as an example and didn't mean to add it D:

[@Benjimaru555]

ok will the projectiles from lightning strike work with this shield? how you were talking about fire wall

[@thangnofuture]

Svalin is op, I have been using it for every build lol

[@DkThink]

i can swap ls for wild strike in this build ? love wild strike LUL

[@noedesaint5378]

So what's the best option for skills on boots ? there is 2 choice in the PoB and i cant figure which is the best

[@mazedejong3545]

Smiled, when I started watching the vid. Been playing a simular setup a couple days now, but without svallin and it still works wonder (I guess it's a bit more budget and not so refined yet). Can certainly do normal bosses and T17's haven't tried ubers yet. Loving the build! Glad I watched your video before leaguestart haha.

[@Sosushlyapu]

Thank you for another amazing video! Can you explain to me, please, due to what i should deal dmg? Because i respec from your last build to this and seems like i lost tons of dmg. Maybe my problem is that i’m lvl 93 or i miss something, but if you explain that to me it would be great! Anyway, thank you for your guidance

[@Lolcohol]

Most likely you didn't get a new lethal pride, but also make sure you took the elemental invert mastery! I'd have to see a pob to be certain though :(

[@Sosushlyapu]

@@Lolcohol Seems like i was wrong, maybe (just maybe) it still a bit less dmg, but now this build a lot more tanky then previous version. Thank you, i will wait a new update of it

[@l4te067]

@@Sosushlyapu what did you fix, i made this build and have problem with dps to clear simple t16

[@Sosushlyapu]

@@l4te067 Honestly, i don't know, i was lvl 93 when when wrote it and i just got a better gear, specially claw for 1k dps. And new gem was 1 lvls so mby it is important too. If you are not lvl 100 as i'm, for me i decide to not spend point for the fisrt tincture in skilltree and grab other skills

[@cobritasss]

Can I keep both tinctures active all the time? Won't they burn through all my mana?

[@zcodoedoe]

@@cobritasss make sure you take mana burn stops at 12 stacks and you’re good

[@aa33002]

So....after a month later, according to the POB link in the description, this build becomes a Dagger Build?

[@ga3810]

There are multiple loadouts. Change the dropdowns

[@ThaPinkGuy]

I'm really enjoying following your build but damn is this gonna be a pain to respec into. I put all my stats on my amulet so swapping that out would brick my build atm.

[@Lolcohol]

You dont have to swap into this! If your build is working, stick with it til I respec and report back on everything :)

[@ThaPinkGuy]

I gave the build a quick try and found it totally tanked my attack speed as well as made the mana sustain very tricky if anything went wrong. Overall I felt my DPS dropped and the general speed of the build went down. This also meant that I wasn't freezing or shocking as much as I was before which also lead to me dying. This did however give me the nudge I needed to invest more I the build which has lead to me now being ailment immune. For a little more context I'm using the non-tincture version and using Wind Dancer.

[@kakefisk]

​@@ThaPinkGuy going tincture with attackspeed/pen will triple your dmg and make everything ultra buttery smooth.

[@titanicjack6744]

Just for shits n giggles I slapped flame wall, hydrosphere and frost bomb on Svalinn to see if they’d all go off. I’ve now got shit going off everywhere on autopilot :)

[@Lolcohol]

Frost bomb is another cool idea! Or maybe also orb of storms with Oath of spring? Hmmge so many ideas!

[@kakefisk]

​@@Lolcoholwhat about tornado?

[@konuanin8650]

adding a dread banner?

[@AsHx47]

Can Mjolner be good with warden Ls?

[@kassixo]

Does all 3 trinity bars need to be filled or is it gonna be fine if two are filled? In PoB it seems to only count maximum of 50 resonances anyway (so 2 damage types)? I'm using Added Cold and it bumps my cold damage very high, so cold bar is not filling, but other two are. If I'd switch it out to Added Lightning, the same would occur, as the lightning damage minimum would go too high then and wouldn't fit other damage types between the damage range. Removing Added Cold fixes the issue, but swapping it with Edwa would cost quite some damage. I am aware that fire and cold damages need to be between the min-max lightning damage range, but the issue is that Added Cold bumps cold damage too high, and Added Lightning bumps lightning damage minimum too high and doesn't fit in fire damage.

[@jakehawthorn7920]

This is why you use edwa, your trinity is currently useless because you don't have resonance. If you want to stick with your current setup you need to swap out trinity.

[@kassixo]

@@jakehawthorn7920 Tbh I noticed it mostly works, but sometimes not. I don't usually pay much attention to the auras and when I did, I just saw it didn't fill correctly. After 1h research and coming to a conclusion "sigh I don't know what to do then" I just went into a new map and noticed that Trinity worked perfectly, lol. 😅

[@erikaskot3956]

@@kassixo try swapping added damage gem to other elemental damage type gem. I had similar problem while I had added cold damage, I changed it to lightning damage support and trinity started working properly.

[@leemlller]

You dont use herald skills but you take mastery. Second one what about corrupted blood? and life flask also

[@Lolcohol]

Wait whut which Herald mastery? As for CB - you can use a life flask instead, I put Rumi's in there as a test because upgraded ralakesh may be enough with leech to avoid it. But I'll find out as I test

[@Imbapiranha]

Does a pizza with all toppings also contain a pizza with all toppings as topping?

[@Red3em]

Can the shield work on spell elemntal curse cause if so that is really broken shield and I can buy one to put elemental weakness/frostbite 🔥

[@DominikWindler]

How you geht so much Block Chance . Have Same tree nearly same gear and just 55%

[@Lolcohol]

Are you checking in game or in PoB? PoE doesn't calculate the lucky block but PoB does

[@SilverHeimdall]

Whats the endurance charge generation for single target?

[@Lolcohol]

From the block wheel that I forget the name of - chance to gain endurance charge on block. I think it's called Deflection

[@jordijaspers2863]

Does the immunity to shock of tempest shield with stormshroud??

[@Lolcohol]

Unfortunately not. GGG changed it so that Immunity to Shock now displays as a stat on your character sheet instead of as 100% chance to avoid being shocked

[@dobrinikolov662]

I have issue , follow the build all good i love it ,but feel that the damage is a litle bit lacking then chek pob and im on 68% crit chance and i have same gear as your where can be the problem

[@Lolcohol]

Do you have Elusive checked in PoB? And Power Charges on? Make sure you're using Assassin's Mark if your crit chance is low!

[@Vanchelot]

One of the tinctures gives 32.10% crit chance. Pretty sure you're not activating it on PoB.

[@datriadx18]

Thank Umbasa I bought Svalinn before everyone started including it in their builds... The price of the brick about to go up lol

[@daroze95]

a question ! Does anyone knows how people are playing with doryanis chest ?? how they fit it etc ? is it also any good ?

[@ayeeitznoahh666]

Is there an alternative to Svalinn? Just curious 🤘🏻

[@Lolcohol]

Probably just Dawnbreaker but the Lucky Block is unique to it and mega powerful!

[@ayeeitznoahh666]

@@Lolcohol alright awesome, how about a squire LS variant?

[@Lolcohol]

Way more expensive, way cooler :D

[@radicalindividual7774]

How do you deal with bleed/corrupting blood?

[@prosamis]

@@radicalindividual7774 pantheon + leech is enough

[@EnjoyGengar]

That shield is what makes gladiator insanly tanky

[@ak4jin740]

how do i find that gem, i have no idea how to know what kind of radius it has

[@buzzardb]

If you mean on the trade site, add a stat filter of "Only affects Passives in # Ring" and it will have a drop down for ring size.

[@aqquasd]

Is the no movement speed on boots on purpose ?

[@Lolcohol]

We use whirling blades to move so it's not super necessary but is still nice!

[@aqquasd]

@@Lolcohol okay, thanks for the super detailed guide/follow through on the build !

[@seek183]

3 mirror nice jog

[@jumungus254]

how do you get the onslauthg?

[@Lolcohol]

Perseverance

[@michaelburden1987]

Why no items on pob link?

[@Lolcohol]

There should be. Try updating your PoB and re-importing

[@oddymcnuff9326]

how did u get 131 passive points?

[@Lolcohol]

Something must be scuffed - you're the second person to ask and I checked the pob and it only shows 121 for me

[@metlhard_2730]

@@Lolcohol Hi Lolcohol, i think it's because whenever you change "Defensive Tree" in PoB to "Massive Thread" tree it's increases your passive points to 133 :D

[@darklourd]

20 second into the video. I paused and zoomed to check the f effective hit pool, and its 500k+ holy good lord, I was like "im in whatever concept is this"

[@Lolcohol]

I cant wait to find all the pieces so I can test and see if it's as broken as it looks on paper

[@darklourd]

@@Lolcohol I just checked the POB and its really well made. I totally forgot about the Yoke of Suffering and how broken it was during ele hit era. And the Perseverance belt blows my mind, it trumps my 100% darkness enthroned setup with t1-t2 flat damage mods for overall benefit. Good luck in finding the gear. For me, Im totally buying the stuffs right now to test lol :)

[@Soppaisfree]

​@@darklourdHow much is it gonna cost you approx?

[@Neihter]

Whats ehp tho?

[@darklourd]

@@Soppaisfree If we are talking about the minmax version in the POB, Im not really sure to be honest because of the insane rares. But I spent around extra 15div so far, the yoke and ancestral vision alone cost me 10div. Most of the stuffs I already have and/or are cheap (below 1d). The armour, gloves, boots, helm, I had to replace all as well, coz I was pure evasion. This one needs armour-evasion to maximize the tree + perseverance belt + determination, but I had to cheap out and only spent 3d total, just to test, before committing. But so far, it looks really tanky, and Im missing some max resist in armour implicit and missing chaos resistance. Copying the items in POB 1 to 1 would be extremely hard. Those are endgame endgame. Look at the evasion and armour on those gear, its insane, all the best possible bases, plus t1 life and t1 chaos resist on top of t1 ele resist and other t1 goodies (suppress), with no trash plus craftable. If you 100% minmax this, most of your money will probably to the rare gears other than the claw. His lethal pride too I need to double check but that probably is around 10-30div in SC.

[@awildcatappears6804]

i've cleared pretty much all endgame content except for uber elder because i get one shot by the balls if u have any ideais of what i could do to counter that ele pen % i would be really happy, thx for the content (if u want i cant send my char pob/link)

[@kylebusc3624]

Use a dawn breaker for 20% or whatever it is of cold taken as fire damage. That bypasses penetration. Also, sapphire flask. It's simple but effective

[@awildcatappears6804]

@@kylebusc3624 bro i'm happy to say that using the Svalinn with 70% block chanc + high phys and ele res granted me my first ever uber elder kill! i'm so so happy for that

[@radicalindividual7774]

Got a pair of Serpents... Am NOT impressed. Without Leech nodes, it's basically equal to Armor and Evasion Mastery 1% of Armor+Evasion as Life every 4 seconds. Sure, stacked together they are pretty nice, but Passive Nodes, and other Gloves being better? I don't think it's worth. Maybe with Massive and Hematophagy? Don't have one.

[@Lolcohol]

Thanks for the update! The downside of the PL is its harder for me to test stuff so comments like this are helpful

[@mikeyog7194]

careful guys this build only have that much dps because of awakened multistrike for 116 Divine!

[@Lolcohol]

Huh

[@Mancastle]

Why does the tree have 133 points allocated?

[@Lolcohol]

Does it? I'll check later but it shouldn't

[@nami1358]

that claw is like 12div fyi

[@leemlller]

take or make t2 claw

[@Thetigerheart911]

I have tested it missing damage

[@Oopsy75254]

Change from lightning strike to molten strike and grab point blank 😊

[@Lolcohol]

Share PoB in Discord so we can help - the damage should feel great

[@Psycrovv]

Sorry mate but i got tired of this LS build...It dident work out for me and i just keep dying to a random skeleton hitting me in one hit. And i cant kill bosses. I asked in ur discord and got help but still it just endet in something messy and now im broke and i dont know what is up or down on the LS anymore. So im trying another build. Thanks for ur guide tho.

[@Benjimaru555]

thats where you messed up you gave up

[@Lolcohol]

:( sorry to hear that. If you decide to hop back on the LS train, we will help again, otherwise enjoy the new build!

[@Psycrovv]

@@Benjimaru555 I tryed 3 times and spend all my currency to better it but this is not for me. I need something with a stronger AOE that melts bosses allready on lvl 70 !

[@kakefisk]

​@@Psycrovvwhat?!

[@Psycrovv]

@@kakefisk Im making a Nova build..its more for me

[@LongX49]

tanky and good dps? impossible!

[@heiligeskreuz]

i have being searching for a good warden build, nobody is touching that ascendancy yet still, gonna try this one

[@pickboaa]

Ive seen atleast a couple of streamers leaguestarting Warden. I went with Palsterons build to start with but as he now has moved on to another build he pointed me to Lolcohol who is still playing warden. Snoobae85 also went with warden afaik. He went with a bow build tho.

[@jason23189]

Warden is very popular....

[@holybased5039]

This vastly differs from the top 10-20 LS Warden builds on PoE Ninja, id rather follow them

[@Lolcohol]

Pls be trolling

[@jonathanskelton394]

look at ehps

[@SilverHeimdall]

I built up a close enough copy of Lolcohol's and... I do simulacrum 15 easily, melt bosses, melt The Feared juiced, melt T17s properly rolled for high rarity (190+ with chisels) and melt any T16s - there are instances I get one shot, the 86% block allows for large enough single hits to slam you but other than that.. its super chill in any map. Have yet to try ubers cause damn those cost a lot to attempt :p

[@MUZA1875]

how much for mid tier version of this?

[@kakefisk]

Not that much. Lots of people playing means lots of cheap gear.