Path of Exile| Budget Endgame with a 5 chaos sword

[@cerberu999]

I've been watching PoE build tutorials for years, and I have to say yours is really sweet and well done while not being an hour long. Good job with the format and editing, mate.

[@DonTheCrown]

thanks! eliminating time bloat is something I really focus on

[@pfzt]

I agree, this is very good guide! Too many other guides rely on super expensive equipment and crazy complex crafting.

[@milosmudrinic2016]

Hey Don, thanks for keeping melee in the game!

[@StepMochi]

@@waswas777 Beyblade*

[@latentessence]

Hey, Don, man! Rarely you come across something so well put together that you can really appreciate. You aim for quality and it shows. Really painting the back of the fence. Thanks man!

[@DonTheCrown]

I appreciate that!

[@NightfallGemini]

Finally, another use for Terminus Est. Also people have been underestimating Zerk all damn league, it's nice to see it front and center considering it's a total sleeper hit.

[@zomgree]

Its glass-cannon. Even playing sc i dont like dying much

[@ItSaHeAdEr]

Good vid! I rly apreciate the budged builds. I dont need a budget build, but budget builds always bring some light on other uniques than your "chase items". Good vid. Keep it up!

[@gotjumps1]

Would love to see this updated for 3.10 especially using some of the new jewel clusters

[@خالدشاهين-ن4ض]

One of the best and underrated poe streamers

[@annereilley4892]

That's a very in depth video, you really know the game inside and out.

[@TheOGLunaClipper]

I really like when a build is good with low investment that means it works really well by itself without depending too much on other stuff. Even If I can slap lots of exalts into a build if I need to put lots of Ex just to make it work or feel good for my standards that's dissapointing. You showcased a really good build.

[@nathanielnizard2163]

his build is one of the easiest build to make. Even a -15 chest is not that hard making. However scalling wise, keep in mind that if you have the reduced mana cost on torso you miss the oportunity for making a pop/crit chest. Tho the ceiling is not that great for clearspeed. It's well rounded all map/boss content proof, nothing stellar for farm speed, monolith farming or delving.

[@muchospendechos]

Just play cyclone and you don't need investment to feel great.... cyclone is and was already OP in the past.

[@tzc83]

Zerker yes more pls.. patiently awaiting ur dual wield version. Subbed

[@ryanforgo7028]

I subbed the moment you brought up this sword. I've always used it for my early league builds and i've always felt it is so underrated for something with so much base crit chance. My favorite weapn after voidforge.

[@Volthoom]

That's a really good guide, thanks for making it. I'm currently in the process of playing through every leaguestarter character i can find so that i'd not be stuck in a "uhh what do i go for what do i go for uhh alright another miner" before the next league :D. Will definitely check this one out.

[@jarrodbabel533]

really like the notes section. A more detailed leveling section on the vids or in PoB would be great. For example what weapons to use (and/or how to craft them) while you level before getting to terminus/scaeva and other toward end game would be helpful.

[@Simenron]

Thank you Don, already using the build (lvl 83 now) and loving it!!

[@Nicklas2200]

hi simen r. what weapon are you using 1h or 2h and witch type? how much damage are you putting out?

[@Simenron]

Nicklas I’m using 2H Terminus Est, not sure about the damage. Have to check it when I’m at my computer.

[@japestheone4939]

I've been waiting for this! Keep it up Don, you are a gentleman and a scholar ;)

[@impact6126]

what a man hes playing melee

[@nousernamelefttohave]

Thank you so much for the PoB update to show impale, so many helpful features. you are the best

[@DerSpielfuehrer]

how does that work? i have the newest version but no impale. or the phanteons

[@DioD3]

That cheeky savior at the end. Great guide and build! Thanks

[@DonTheCrown]

yeah had respec'd just for the video, luckily not a high Regret price

[@denispatty]

May RNG bless you Don! What a nice guide, it will be my starter build after the Patch Notes!

[@Seanana_]

My initial comment was some toxic shit about nearly dying to shaper trash mobs, but this guide is very well made. Nice job.

[@maximecourville6497]

good god you make incredible build and content, thanks Don

[@lorenzos2045]

I slightly modified the tree but something that is really working for me is the steadfast cluster that along with rampart bumps the effect of fortify to +50%, with an additional +10% while stationary. If my numbers are correct this should bring the fortify damage mitigation from 20% to 30%, basically instead of cutting a fifth of the damage taken, you cut almost a third, without defenses from gear, so it works with a tabula rasa, it seems a nice defensive option to push into red maps with cheap gear.

[@DonTheCrown]

Yeah since you'd rarely be stationary i somewhat count this as a too high cost node (for SC) for what you get out of it, esp if youre 100%'ing the wheel

[@lorenzos2045]

@@DonTheCrown I can see that, you need 6 points that for now I cut from dazzling strikes, connecting to the the ranger from art of the gladiator straight to finesse, that way I even get more int; definitely more of a personal choice than an improvement.

[@olzie8417]

Great job explaining the build! more please!

[@schulz9485]

Thanks for the great build. I'm currently playing my berserker with this. I'm lvl 81 and killed several awake lvl 8 conquerors etc. Thanks for sharing! Great stuff

[@sul4509]

Thanks for the build I'm level 89 5.1k life now. Started build with 8c sword, 1-2c rings, 1c belt, 5c gloves, 5c helm, and 12c tabula. Bought 1ex -15 mana 6link chest, and today 3.2ex awakened brutality. Looking forward to the expensive dual wield version. I'm planning on making an expensive build with flicker/blade flurry, probably using slayer, but would like a build guide to make sure I'm not fumbling around in the dark. Good thing you made this build I was honestly gonna quit the league after making 6 characters and not really feeling them. My league start miner was too strong and made everything else seem like trash. Did the CoC with 1 cospri but it sucked, great clear, terrible defense, impossible to do meta-morphs with budget setup. Again thanks for the build guide it gives me confidence in melee. Please make a flicker strike/blade flurry build next, g o t t a g o f a s t >:^((

[@sebastianfernandez10]

How much of an upgrade would awakened brutality be?

[@sul4509]

@@sebastianfernandez10 For my char a lvl 1 awakened brutality only gives 23k more dmg than a 20/20 brutality. You can check this yourself by going on don's PoB and swaping in the gem. It is not a worthwhile upgrade, but I'm saving for a phys flicker strike build using The Savior, so I have a few ex laying around. When i get enough for a Savior and other items I'll just sell the Awakened Brutality since it's price has flat lined at this low 3.4-3.4ex range. If anything I can sell it back for what it cost me or I can make a small profit while slightly boosting my damage.

[@sebastianfernandez10]

@@sul4509 did you find a guide for flicker? I also wanted to try it out before frost blades but couldn't find a good guide and also i think it requires a lot of investment. I'm also looking forward to the dual wield version

[@sul4509]

@@sebastianfernandez10 It's gonna take a qua-fckton of currency to get flicker strike to compete with other meta sht. Had some people come in for trades wearing 127ex+ worth of flicker gear. It seems like The Savior really make flicker viable now just headhunter level expensive. I'm looking at my options. Gonna pick and choose from phys or ele dmg versions kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHmnoYSKaKqJaqM kzbin.info/www/bejne/oavdqqSAhs-Kb9U kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHmnaWuAqN90apI If someone like don makes a build guide for flicker strike I'll copy it exactly, but these guys I'll just use them to get a general idea along with looking at poe.ninja builds. All I know is, The Savior = Fun Build. I'm close to getting one now. On another note, tried Sirus for the first time today and failed it xdd fml. I should have watched the guide on how to fight him xD. Got him to 20-25% hp should have waited for better internets. Anyway, good luck my fellow flicker brother. May your flicks be righteous.

[@sebastianfernandez10]

@@sul4509 yeah now it's time to farm those coins. Although it's kinda hard when you get one shotted at bosses. Loving and hating cyclone so far

[@Makrillo]

Might mention that starforge also shocks so it probably is a bit better than Terminus est.

[@iamforsaken2008]

In order to apply decent shocks you need large hard hits. Since cyclone attacks very fast and not very hard you won't be shocking for much.

[@JK-kn9rv]

Got a 6 link terminus est from Metamorph while watching this vid. Now I have to play this build...

[@nuby78]

this will be my next league starter unless they nerf it or something

[@soisoz13]

They always nerf cyclone xd

[@sanyaminenok9085]

hello, looks great but i wonder do you have a pob for champion(preffer him over berserker)?

[@mordekais3er]

Thanks! Im testing this build and im really impressed!

[@philosopher5638]

You are amazing Don ! Not just a gamer but very good streamer and entertainer ! Thanks man !

[@DonTheCrown]

Thanks man!

[@TheJKleist]

What a beast. One of the best PoE players. Love the content Don!

[@clukskin]

if you take smashing strikes on your neck for a passive, you gain endurance charges on crit regardless of what weapon you use. it also takes cheap oils to do.

[@DonTheCrown]

yeah true, but you lose too much for some endurance charge generation

[@TalhaFaisal1]

what MTX are you using lol it looks so clean

[@demonicegg6941]

Do you think this can work with champion/slayer ascendancy? I found this build on reddit and I’m just wondering how the survivability/damage with since a chunk of the double damage mods have been removed? Great work!

[@bloodypuddle1124]

Thanks! Noob here. Been fiddling with Arc and Summoners but wanted physical!

[@CoalCoalJames]

Great stuff but would of been nice to give an overall cost at the most budget level, the title is kinda misleading.

[@iyekane95]

What's the bladeflurry build you reference that you transitioned into? Got PoB for that?

[@corpsehound]

Excellent work! This continues to be a great budget league starter build. I modified a prior version a couple leagues back to work for a Glacial Hammer Zerker dual wielding Frostbreaths (it froze everything and laid waste to whole civilizations). Consider the following tweaks with improved pathing: pastebin.com/Pjmrt1t3 [Quick summary for those who don't want to hunt through the PoB for what's different: Due to path changes, I swapped out the belt abyssal jewel for one with a similar cost but more relevant to the build, anointed Blade Master in place of Titanic Impacts, and swapped Acrobatics for Iron Reflexes. The changes lose ~100 hp and dodge chance from Acrobatics, but give a good boost to crit chance , +1 AoE, and 100% hit chance. This results in increased damage (+ ~270K) and armor (+6000 = +19% phys red). ]

[@MrTonyman79]

I really like this build and this is the most fun I've ever had in a melee build. I'm only on level 47 but can you please update this for 3.10 or possibly give some tips on which cluster jewels to take? I was wondering if you could possibly lose some of the travel points and take some cluster jewel passives.

[@DonTheCrown]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZyrf5KehpJkpas

[@MrTonyman79]

@@DonTheCrown I'm sticking with Berserker I had no idea you did a champion version. I was also thinking of taking War Bringer. What are your thoughts?

[@Kranor]

Will the blade Flurry guide still come? :-)

[@PhoenixLive_YT]

DonTheCrown ASMR please

[@brianrossegan]

Noob here, first build on poe -- could I ask a Q? How do you use 5c to get yourself some great "rolls" on the Terminus Est stats? Search a bit but only found Divine Orbs which seem expensive.

[@DonTheCrown]

Im talking about using the trading market www.pathofexile.com/trade to buy good rolls from other players, not roll yourself

[@brianrossegan]

@@DonTheCrown Thanks! Found a decent one for 5c... the "perfect" ones I saw are a bit more expensive now (50c) or so. I'll save up for one of those as I play more. Great guide, having lots of fun -- thanks so much for putting it together.

[@JohnB-ws4ge]

Hey Don, are you still planning to post your duel wield build. You mentioned you could move to it eventually from this build when you have the money? I'm sorry if i sound impatient, im sure these videos take a ton of time.

[@flawks3211]

awesome video, great build! nice one

[@joethomas2662]

Do you think there's a good way to make this a bladestorm build instead of cyclone? I just like bladestorm better even though it's worse

[@mafronator]

Hey Don, Awesome content, i used terminus est at league start for my perforate build and it worked really nicely! I had a question about Resolute Technique.. I double corrupted my saviour and got RT and %phys but since the accuracy change i feel RT is inferior to crit builds. Any thoughts? Thanks!

[@Drindom]

That savior is a dead item now. Reflection is triggered when you equip the sword. But to spawn the mirror warrior you need to crit. Which, thanks to RT, you can now never achieve.

[@DonTheCrown]

RIP that Saviour, it's basically worthless now sorry

[@Bluesachwill]

omg that is the worst luck imaginable xD

[@gregoryperez3599]

Hey Don, Could you update this build? a cyclone build as a starter maybe ? thanks for your content!

[@shiosuke4837]

Do you think this Build will be still able in 3.11? I mean it looks very nice and I think I will use this build also as Starterbuild! :) Thanks for your nice work! :)

[@DonTheCrown]

3.11 is so far away... nobody could say one way or another

[@Factyou916]

can you put a link to your character?the pob is a bit confusing,awesome build! i have changed tabula with a 60c Bronn's Lithe Cutthroat's Garb for extra perks

[@Phaerakh]

Considered and subscribed. Great guide!

[@mondae9073]

I love don's voice goddamit.

[@jacekstacher6347]

what type of character u are building with blade flurry dual wielder ? dont tell me its a gladiator ?:( ...i want something new.

[@bloodypuddle1124]

Thanks Don! I am playing this for the new league and only my second ever. Will you be updating at all for thenew league? Would you add you GGG profile please?

[@greedsin555]

god I hope this doesn't get nerfed

[@kirkus33]

Hate to ask this, but I'm a noob at crafting - For the chest, do you only use serrated fossils or do you stack others as well?

[@DonTheCrown]

serrated and pristine has been yielding good results for me

[@kirkus33]

@@DonTheCrown awesome, thanks for the reply! I'm going to give this build a shot - getting bored of playing summoner and miner

[@yup873]

Awesome channel very professional 👍

[@eksentrysyti]

"Frenji charges". I can't stop hearing that now.

[@aldodzb]

It would be nice to include the end game gear for the build. At this stage of the league its normal to have at least a couple+ exalteds free to spend in a second+ build, still nice to SC its potential.

[@grundybunch9944]

This build looks similar to bladestorm high block gladiator, how does it compare? MAx hp looks a bit low for metamorph bosses. Can get 1-shotted often.

[@AHappyWatermelon]

Does the terminus vs StarForce comparison include the effect of shock?

[@DonTheCrown]

Generally things that you'd hit hard enough to shock for a noticable amount are things like white mins where the shock didn't matter anyways

[@miktilk4818]

Sold...Subscribed.

[@paulreyes2114]

How do you feel about swapping your rare gloves for oskarms? cheap and it frees up cwdt for another skill that can save u.

[@adoniscorrea2352]

oskanr has low life, low res, no attack speed and no flat phys. Since the Immortal Call nerfs, CWDT is better with curses, and a rare glove can boost your dps by a lot.

[@damarh]

Was 5C, perfect rolled is now 5 Exa now. :D

[@BlackbeardKNAC]

10 ex now

[@silentscorn5072]

I dropped one and saw the price as 1 alc. I will consider checking the item rolls. Lol

[@spanglish_sensation8563]

@DonTheCrown I'm kinda new. So how do I go about the Body armor? After I get a 6 link, I alch it, then use a Potent Chaotic Resonator with a Serrated fossil inside on it? I'm sorta confused. Thanks for the great videos

[@DonTheCrown]

that tactic doesnt really work anymore, it needs to be an ilvl 85 warlord chest =/ im using -cost jewellry now

[@spanglish_sensation8563]

@@DonTheCrown I have a pretty close to identical build except for the armor because I'm still on tabula. What do you suggest that I do? Replace the rings on your PoB with - mana cost ones? and then a rare chest piece with HP etc?

[@DonTheCrown]

@@spanglish_sensation8563 yeah probably good, if you check my channel you could see what I did this league with champion, very close to this

[@spanglish_sensation8563]

@@DonTheCrown Yes I had already seen that video it was great. I didn't know if I was going to start a new character or just keep improving the Berserker. Great content 😀

[@N2Flashy]

Dope video, just found you on reddit. New sub here. Thanks bro!

[@DonTheCrown]

thanks!

[@lazytopaz]

What about "your physical damage can shock" on Starforge. If you count it in It actually buffs up your dps by about 50% comparing to terminus est (in my PoB Terminus 3x frenzy 1,8 mln dps went to 2,6 with starforge no frenzy but shocked - ofc shaper dps). Any thoughts on that/anybody?, and that +90-100 maximum life feels like a sweet cherry on top.

[@DonTheCrown]

that's not really how shock works at all, you're extremely unlikely to hit a 'full' shock check my shock video for more info

[@lazytopaz]

@@DonTheCrown Thx, watched it, and I must say (if the outdated data/info still holds somewhat), it probably saved me some exalts from being spent (which you've pointed out). Although that 90-100 max life sounds like a good upgrade to surivability (having more than 6k hp on melee char and all that).With your build I've done Sirius on Awakened lvl 5 deathless. So I guess I've saved those 8 or so exalts from being spent on smthg I don't really need. Serious upgrade I see for this build requires you to spend more than 10 exalts (up to a mirror) for crafted 2h exquisite sword. Which you can do either yourself or buy it off the market. Other than that you have my sincere thanks as this is the first league I'm able to see/do end game content. And it's my third league so far (didn't play much of synthesis).

[@BicBoi1984]

Dan the fucking God

[@ivangabriel3472]

Following atm! Would a Lorewave suit this build?

[@DonTheCrown]

loreweave is fine, obviously you dont take soul of steel then

[@ivangabriel3472]

@@DonTheCrown then what should i pick up?

[@ivangabriel3472]

@@DonTheCrown Also, what about the Pantheon?

[@crabs632]

Any tips on how to boost dps once you got a good amount of currency?

[@iskandarzone2719]

I dont want to use berzeker, im using slayer still good?

[@PequenoWiltord]

Why zerker tho? If you wanna go Zerker, why not go Facebreaker if you want a higher budget? I had 70m Shaper DPS. Isn't Slayer/Glad a much better league starter for a Cycloner/Melee?

[@DonTheCrown]

Zerker fast and high DMG. Facebreakers need special gear and can't leap slam. I think Slayer is kinda overrated and glad doesn't really have 4 good picks for ascend points if you don't want to block

[@slimi_jimi]

Great tips! I just noticed that path of building shows impale damage now...

[@raymondgoodwin5923]

how do u get it to?

[@bossl6982]

@@raymondgoodwin5923 you have to download another version. Search "path of building fork"

[@DonTheCrown]

check the description for the link to upgrade your PoB

[@EnjoylThelSilence]

hey mister Don, any chance this can be updated for 3.10?

[@DonTheCrown]

hey, im recording a slightly updated video; however, this guide is 100% still good to go

[@iskandarzone2719]

@@DonTheCrown i like use slayer is it good?

[@Ozzyswag]

hey man! great video, keep it up! I have a character that's lvl 90 already and I'd like to transition it to this build, I got some more currency tho so I'm wondering if you got any tl:dr for transitioning into the dual wield version? thanks!

[@rellik_kk9456]

Don, what about your dual zerker build? :)

[@mikelmrns4712]

do you think this will work on any of the duelist ascendancies? i just remember dying so many times playing frostblades zerker 3.8(my 2nd league ever- played frostblades raider in 3.7 and didn't die a lot) I literally got stuck at lvl 91 playing the zerker version so I was just wondering since I was planning to leaguestart with a terminus est since it's cheap and then respeccing into a bladeflurry or vaal double strike or flicker strike char

[@DonTheCrown]

yup that's likely what i'll be league starting with

[@yggow]

This build looks great, how is the survivability though? Zerker always deters me as they seem rather Squishy.

[@DonTheCrown]

The degen is noticable only on no or low regen maps and the fort nodes make you feel more tanky

[@yggow]

@@DonTheCrown I caught you mentioning that on my second watch. Thanks for the reply!

[@JacqiofallTrades]

Thanks for the video!

[@watashiwasmartphonega6601]

Would you recommend Vaaling that weapon for more dps?

[@urpwnned]

Is it recommended to spec into 2% life leech ascendancy and vaal pact?

[@defaltcm]

Maybe you could use oni-goroshi for more damage if you really want to as long as you are willing to spend around 10 hours you can get a really strong 1h(functions like 2h but buffs from 1h skills and things) 6l weapon for free (think the cheapest it goes is around 2 exalts so you could buy it but it will be harder for new people) but the dot effect might be really bad for a zerk build depends what other stats you have and what life regen or life leech is like, otherwise a weapon around 400 pDPS is enough to play all the game content, obviously more is better is possible but at a minimum I would say aim for a weapon with 400 pDPS which in this case Terminus Est is really good and people can acquire it easily.

[@DonTheCrown]

I've had several league starts where I make it to red maps before any of the multiple oni farmers get their swords. This league where for like an hour when act 6 could accidentally drop oni was the only time I've considered using it. Even then Oni doesn't really work with impale so scaling it on a shoestring budget is harder

[@Mortifix]

How does this hold up to coc cyc assassin that seems to be so popular right now?

[@Mahmutkobaner]

I wanted to play a melee build but couldnt find the one that melts content, im 84 now and melting everything i tried tier 7 maps( highest i tried so far ) are a joke as of now thanks alot for this great build. I changed the skill tree abit with crimson dance and sword and melee crits from left instead of right side of tree also getting some poison chance and poison from jewels, and mana leech comes from ring.

[@TheTerspet]

is it possible to play it as a slayer or is it especialy desgine around zerker?

[@DonTheCrown]

slayer is honestly not very good for this setup its main strength is making non-crit weapons go crit and terminus est is already a big boi crit weapon

[@TheTerspet]

@@DonTheCrown thanks for the response my man! tho i checked out your other videos and i decided to go with the champion version of yours, seriously keep up your work !

[@brandoncummins5100]

any new on when the next part of this was wonder what i should up grade to like weapon/ weapon's and anything else you said last time i was lurking in chat was something about you doing a video about next tear of gear and stuff

[@Michael-xq2sk]

This may sounds stupid but how do i handle mana without both - mana crafts? What should be dropped

[@DonTheCrown]

probably an aura

[@flowless1773]

hey crown can i respect these passives but using 2 paradoxica with attack speed + impale chance then instead using terminus est ?

[@DonTheCrown]

sure 2k im doing the same with the saviour + paradoxica just with a few small moves of the tree

[@flowless1773]

@@DonTheCrown is more powerful 2x paradoxica then a terminus est ? Thanks!

[@mcixi]

A shame that my school commitments prevent me from swapping over to this at this point in the league. This will make a great starter for next league though and I am excited to test it out personally.

[@tionemesis3575]

this build actually works in heist?

[@crazyawsome968]

Hi! I was wondering, I really don't like playing with cyclone, would you be able to use this build with another melee attack? Great build!

[@henri470x]

Blade Flurry is really nice.

[@DonTheCrown]

Yup, I've killed Awakener with lacerate or blade storm but breaking into other skills typically means more gear investment

[@MrChrBen]

how do you upgrade from this current setup? :)

[@JohnB-ws4ge]

Don do you think this could do around 250-300 delve as well? Very little melee experience

[@DonTheCrown]

haven't gotten that deep yet, but I'd assume you'd probably want to scale up the damage a bit

[@franciscoamaral2757]

Is there any build guide page that I can follow?

[@ducminh12]

I'm rolling a new zerker now

[@DonTheCrown]

enjoy!

[@TheZerosteel]

flawless savagery doesnt have that numbers since time ago

[@stonedleo]

Wouldnt champion have more dps than the berserker? And zerker has the need to build up rage and stuff

[@DonTheCrown]

Champion is tankier, bit more dps with full buffs. but yeah the sirus fight is so fast you don't get time to really crank up the rage

[@stonedleo]

@@DonTheCrown think im going with it then, i have some intimacy with duelist ascendancies more than i do with marauder's.

[@CreatioExNihiloAlpha]

have a stronger version of this build?

[@ahnguyen1]

how many links orb did it take for you to get a 6L for the sword?

[@DonTheCrown]

I never 6L'd the sword, I used div cards to get a 6L astral plate

[@vincesundara8579]

Great stuff.. I am super noob and need this .. SUBSCRIBED and Like boys ... this video guide deserves it...