PoE Battlemage’s Cry Build 3.25 – Path of Exile: Settlers of Kalguur

The Battlemage’s Cry skill in Path of Exile offers a unique and powerful playstyle, combining warcry mechanics with critical strike boosts and the ability to trigger spells with melee attacks. This guide provides a comprehensive look at how to build around Battlemage’s Cry effectively in the 3.25 patch.

Key Features of Battlemage’s Cry

Battlemage’s Cry (Level 20):

• Warcry, Critical, Trigger, AoE, Duration: Battlemage’s Cry performs a warcry, taunting nearby enemies to attack the user and exerting subsequent attacks. The user and nearby allies gain a buff that boosts critical strike chance.
• Mana Cost: 19 mana.
• Cooldown Time: 8.00 seconds.
• Use Time: 0.80 seconds.
• Requires Level 70, 98 Strength, 68 Intelligence.
• Buff Duration: Base duration of 3.40 seconds.
• Warcry Speed: 38% increased warcry speed.
• Cooldown Recovery Rate: 40% increased cooldown recovery rate.
• Buff Mechanics: Counts total power of enemies in range.
  • Buff grants +0.5% to critical strike chance per 5 power, up to a maximum of 25 power.
• Exerted Attacks: Exerts the next 5 melee attacks you perform.
  • Exerted attacks trigger a supported spell with their first melee hit.

Battlemage’s Cry Support:

• Support Gem: Supports spell skills, causing them to be triggered by exerted attacks.
  • Supported skills deal 38% less damage.
  • Supported spells are triggered by attacks exerted by Battlemage’s Cry.
  • Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.

Building Around Battlemage’s Cry

1. Weapon Choice:

• One-Handed or Two-Handed Weapons: Choose weapons with high physical damage and attack speed to maximize your melee attack effectiveness. Swords, axes, and maces are all excellent choices.

2. Passive Skill Tree:

• Focus on nodes that enhance melee damage, critical strike chance, warcry effectiveness, and spell damage. Specific clusters to prioritize include those near the Marauder, Duelist, and Witch start areas.
• Consider pathing to nodes that increase warcry speed, warcry cooldown recovery, and critical strike multiplier.

3. Support Gems:

• Increased Duration Support: Extends the duration of the Battlemage’s Cry buff.
• Increased Area of Effect Support: Expands the AoE of Battlemage’s Cry, affecting more enemies.
• Multistrike Support: Increases the number of melee strikes, ensuring more exerted attacks.
• Ruthless Support: Adds significant damage on every third hit, which synergizes well with exerted attacks.
• Spell Echo Support: Increases spell cast speed and causes spells to repeat, enhancing triggered spells.
• Elemental Focus Support: Boosts elemental damage of supported spells but prevents them from inflicting elemental ailments.

4. Armor and Accessories:

• Look for gear that boosts your strength, critical strike chance, spell damage, and attack speed.
• Prioritize items with high life, armor, and resistances for increased survivability.
• Consider gear with bonuses to warcry speed and cooldown recovery to maximize the effectiveness of Battlemage’s Cry.

5. Flask Setup:

• Life Flasks: For quick healing during intense battles.
• Utility Flasks: Such as Diamond Flask for increased critical strike chance or Silver Flask for increased attack speed.
• Mana Flasks: To manage the mana cost of your skills.
• Quicksilver Flask: To enhance movement speed, improving mobility and positioning during fights.

Combat Strategy

1. Engaging Enemies:

• Use Battlemage’s Cry to taunt enemies and apply the critical strike chance buff to yourself and nearby allies. The exerted strikes will enhance your melee attacks, allowing you to trigger supported spells with each hit.

2. Utilizing Battlemage’s Cry:

• Activate Battlemage’s Cry before engaging groups of enemies or during boss fights. The taunt effect will draw enemies towards you, while the increased critical strike chance and exerted attacks will enhance your damage output.
• The increased warcry speed and cooldown recovery rate will allow you to use Battlemage’s Cry more frequently, maintaining the buffs and exerted strikes for continuous effectiveness.

3. Managing Buffs and Debuffs:

• Take advantage of the increased critical strike chance and spell triggering mechanics to maintain a high level of damage output. The exerted attacks will help you clear packs of enemies quickly, reducing the pressure on you during combat.
• Utilize your flasks to further enhance your critical strike chance, attack speed, and survivability during tough encounters.

Example Builds

1. Marauder Chieftain Battlemage’s Cry Build:

• Focus on high health, armor, and fire damage for maximum survivability and damage output.
• Utilize Battlemage’s Cry to enhance your melee attacks and trigger powerful fire spells.
• Invest in warcry effectiveness and cooldown recovery nodes to maximize the uptime of Battlemage’s Cry.

2. Duelist Gladiator Battlemage’s Cry Build:

• Prioritize life leech, attack speed, and critical strike chance for sustained damage and survivability.
• Use Battlemage’s Cry to enhance your melee strikes and trigger defensive spells, drawing enemies into your attacks.
• Enhance melee damage and critical strike multiplier with appropriate support gems and passive skill nodes.

3. Witch Elementalist Battlemage’s Cry Build:

• Focus on high elemental damage, spell damage, and critical strike chance for maximum damage output.
• Utilize Battlemage’s Cry to enhance your melee attacks and trigger powerful elemental spells.
• Invest in spell damage and critical strike nodes to maximize the effectiveness of your attacks.

Conclusion

The Battlemage’s Cry build for Path of Exile 3.25 offers a unique and versatile playstyle for melee enthusiasts who enjoy combining powerful strikes with spell triggering mechanics. By focusing on maximizing damage, attack speed, and critical strike chance, players can effectively dominate both single-target and group encounters. Proper gear selection, passive skill tree planning, and strategic use of Battlemage’s Cry will ensure that you unleash the full potential of this powerful skill. Equip your weapon, prepare your flasks, and unleash the power of your warcry with Battlemage’s Cry.