PoE Earthshatter of Fragility Build 3.25 – Path of Exile: Settlers of Kalguur

The Earthshatter of Fragility build in Path of Exile is a potent melee setup that focuses on maximizing area-of-effect damage through ground-slamming fissures and shattering spikes. This build emphasizes creating multiple fissures that deal substantial damage and shatter after a short duration, making it an excellent choice for players who enjoy high-impact, explosive gameplay. This guide will provide a comprehensive overview of how to optimize an Earthshatter of Fragility build in the 3.25 patch, ensuring you maximize your damage output, effectiveness of added damage, and overall area of effect.

Key Features of Earthshatter of Fragility

Earthshatter of Fragility (Level 20):

• Attack, AoE, Slam, Duration, Melee: Earthshatter of Fragility is a melee attack that slams the ground, sending out rectangular fissures that deal area damage to enemies and thrust spikes from the ground when they end. The spikes shatter after a duration, damaging surrounding enemies.
• Mana Cost: 13 mana.
• Attack Speed: 80% of base.
• Attack Damage: 314.5% of base.
• Effectiveness of Added Damage: 314%.
• Quality: +20%.
• Requirements: Requires Level 70, 155 Strength.
• Fissure and Spike Mechanics:
  • Base duration is 1.50 seconds.
  • 19% more area of effect.
  • Shattering spikes deal 30% less damage.
  • Maximum 18 spikes.
  • Creates 6 fissures.
• Weapon Requirements: Works with Maces, Sceptres, Axes, Staves, and Unarmed.

Building Around Earthshatter of Fragility

1. Weapon Choice:

• High Physical Damage Weapons: Prioritize weapons with high base physical damage, attack speed, and added physical damage to maximize your initial Earthshatter hits and shattering spikes.

2. Passive Skill Tree:

• Focus on nodes that enhance physical damage, melee damage, attack speed, life, and area of effect. Specific clusters to prioritize include those near the Marauder, Duelist, and Templar start areas.
• Consider pathing to nodes that increase life regeneration, armor, and elemental resistances.

Ascendancy Choices

1. Juggernaut:

• Unflinching: Grants Endurance Charge generation and reduces physical damage taken.
• Unyielding: Increases the effectiveness of fortify and grants damage reduction.
• Unbreakable: Increases armor and grants life recovery based on physical damage prevention.
• Unstoppable: Grants immunity to stuns and slows, and increases movement speed.

2. Slayer:

• Headsman: Increases damage and grants culling strike.
• Bane of Legends: Grants increased damage against unique enemies and culling strike.
• Endless Hunger: Grants life leech effects that continue past full life.
• Brutal Fervour: Enhances leech effects and grants immunity to stun while leeching.

Support Gems

1. Main Skill Setup:

• Earthshatter of Fragility: Primary attack skill.
• Support Gems: Melee Physical Damage, Ruthless, Pulverise, Fortify, Increased Area of Effect/Concentrated Effect, and Brutality.

2. Secondary Skill Setup:

• Ancestral Warchief: Totem skill to enhance melee damage.
• Support Gems: Multiple Totems, Melee Physical Damage, and Ruthless.

3. Utility Skills:

• Leap Slam: For mobility.
• Steelskin / Immortal Call: For defense.
• Blood and Sand: To switch between Blood and Sand stances.
• War Banner: For increased accuracy and physical damage.
• Enduring Cry: To generate Endurance Charges and enhance survivability.

Armor and Accessories

1. Armor:

• Body Armor: Prioritize armor with high life, resistances, and physical damage reduction. Consider options like Belly of the Beast for increased life and resistances.
• Helmet, Gloves, and Boots: Look for items that boost physical damage, attack speed, life, and resistances. Consider using items with increased armor and defensive attributes.

2. Accessories:

• Amulet and Rings: Focus on items that enhance physical damage, life, resistances, and critical strike chance. Look for mods that increase physical damage and defensive attributes.
• Belt: A Stygian Vise with life, resistances, and increased physical damage is ideal.

Flask Setup

1. Life Flask:

• Instant Recovery: For emergency healing.

2. Utility Flasks:

• Granite Flask: For increased armor.
• Basalt Flask: For physical damage reduction.
• Quicksilver Flask: For increased movement speed.
• Jade Flask: For increased evasion.

Combat Strategy

1. Engaging Enemies:

• Use Earthshatter of Fragility to slam the ground, dealing high damage and creating fissures and spikes that shatter after a short duration. Maintain high uptime on your attacks and shattering spikes to maximize your damage and defensive capabilities.

2. Utilizing Ascendancy Passives:

• Leverage the Juggernaut or Slayer passives to enhance your defenses and damage output. Use Juggernaut for increased endurance charges and physical damage mitigation, and Slayer for life leech and culling strike.

3. Managing Buffs and Debuffs:

• Maintain high uptime on Blood and Sand stances and leverage the increased damage and control provided by each stance.
• Use your flasks to boost damage, resistances, and survivability during combat.

Example Builds

1. Juggernaut Earthshatter of Fragility Build:

• Focus on endurance charge generation and physical damage mitigation.
• Utilize Unflinching and Unyielding to maximize survivability and damage reduction.
• Use support gems that enhance physical damage and fortify effects.

2. Slayer Earthshatter of Fragility Build:

• Focus on life leech and culling strike.
• Utilize Headsman and Bane of Legends to increase damage and survivability.
• Use support gems that enhance physical damage and leech effects.

Conclusion

The Earthshatter of Fragility build for Path of Exile 3.25 offers a powerful and dynamic playstyle for melee enthusiasts who enjoy combining high damage with devastating area-of-effect attacks. By focusing on maximizing damage, attack speed, and physical damage mitigation, players can effectively dominate both single-target and group encounters. Proper gear selection, passive skill tree planning, and strategic use of ascendancy passives will ensure that you unleash the full potential of this powerful skill. Equip your weapons, prepare your flasks, and shatter through your enemies with the overwhelming force of Earthshatter of Fragility.