[1.3.0.8] (2H Melee) The Ironlord - 2H Tanky Phys Melee Commando [sr40] [cr180-200 ex] [All Celestials]

the Commando that was promised

gentlemen @x1x1x1x2 and @Yarik85, you’re welcome

also credits to @romanN1 for some minmaxing advices and for playing the build and to @nofika4u for the same.

Foreword

this is one of my favourites as well. very tanky (one of the tankiest builds of this patch I’d say) with decent damage output. also very easy to play - basically 1-button build. the release was postponed several times due to minmaxing issues but I finally found the setup I’m content with.

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*stats with Amplicorum,Terrobullum and Ulzaad’s Decree active

GRIMTOOLS LINK

_Granis, the Ironlord.zip (2.5 MB)

Gear and Gameplay

Gear is pretty straightforward, I’d say. Gameplay is even more straightforward - it’s a 1-button build with WC. very good tank due to high armor and BS mods, able to tank almost everything in the game. but that comes with a price of pretty much fixed ascended affixes.

What about Ascended affixes?

The OA ones are the best ones. Stack as much as you can. Also rolling 1-2 affixes for BS extension goes very far since with weapon’s own mod we can extend BS to ~25 sec, if I math the math correctly.

What about potion modifiers?

Amplicorum+Draculus/Sansochromatis for heal, Terrobullum+Ventorus for energy pot. For certain bosses like Calla and Bobr replace Ventorus with Primordis. For Uber Bobr 2 tdm potions are kinda mandatory.

Performance

buffed cr is about 4:50 on average, naked is all godd until wave 200 which is an absolute shitshow. sr30-31 and sr36 are easy, sr40 is also doable but hard and needs some luck.

cr200 ex

SR30-31

SR36

SR40

Superbosses

Giga Avatar of Mogdrogen

Ravager of Flesh

Callagadra, Scion of Sands

Crate of Entertainment

Bobr

Giga Bobr

The Dread

Summary and thoughts

I definitely hope that when Awakened Obsidian Grasp happens, it will have -% phys rr to Mines. also having a modless phys FS as your AA hurts a bit. definitely sth should be done about it!

Feel free to download the build, play it and share your thoughts. Hoots!

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Sweet, thanks a lot!
Now I gotta farm up all the gear and try it.

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This isn’t arnold. Give me Arnold :zantai please give us funny emojis:

how level? ten char

Same as any phys soldier, you can search for beginner guides on the forum and choose one that suits you.

GG Very nice build and results

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SICKO build, gg. Shard 40 is no joke.

Hello, can you explain how you’re able to wear those equipements with only 7 physique ? A friend of mine is struggling to equip it. Thanks for the answer

the trick is pretty simple and somewhat similar to self-sustaining devotions.

I buy several yellow items from the vendor with flat/% physique bonuses, equip them to match the requirements and then take off one by one and add physique if needed.
you can invest in veterancy as well to lower the requirements and then take those points back.

might add this to the OP since it’s a pretty frequent question.

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Dear friend I’d like to play this build , will you please explain the 7 physic because i can see you have 1016 total . Ty

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The rest I got from good rolls on gear. You can invest a couple more points in physique if lacking. How I equip armor etc I answered literally in the previous post.

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Ok thanks , it’s leveling time now :grin:

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this thing slaps hard. super hard. i havent rolled any good affixes on the MIs nor do i have any ascended affixes. great job

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I see that a certain someone is on a quest to make me a non pet player :scorv:.

Sharing thoughts - Build has Deathstalker, is a pet build :triumph:.
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Hey, I noticed all your greens are single rare.
In this day and age, who not double rares? (Especially considering you have all those ascended affixes).

The build is looking great BTW, bookmarking this.

I’m also at the moment starting rolling MI greens so shall i follow exactly your rolls ? Also for ascended rolls i didn’t understand if i shall aim for blasted shield or weapon covers this part alone . Tyvm

Because I need resists/speeds/raw stats that double-rares might not provide. But if you roll some double-rare belt or shoulders or w/e, who I am to argue if those cover all the holes.

Better to aim for the exact ones but, like, if you get “of the Flesh Hulk” on shoulders instead of “of Oleron’s wrath” or “of Alacrity” instead of “of Clout” on ammy etc, it won’t crumble for sure. For asc affixes, the best is to roll the Blast Shield mod on the weapon since it’s thrice as potent as the same mod on armor or jewelry.

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Once again thanks :pray: :slightly_smiling_face:

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This is a fantastic build and it has become my favorite. It is very fun and easy to play. Super tanky! I managed to kill uber bobr with only 1 tdm potion modifier (Aplicorum) so I guess it is enough since I am not a very good player.

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That’s pretty impressive I have to say! Good job!