PoE Rallying Cry Build 3.25 – Path of Exile: Settlers of Kalguur

Rallying Cry is a powerful Warcry skill in Path of Exile that taunts nearby enemies, provides a substantial buff to you and your allies, and exerts your next few melee attacks. This build focuses on optimizing the use of Rallying Cry to maximize damage output and support your team, making it an excellent choice for both solo and group play. This guide will walk you through the essential components of a Rallying Cry build for Patch 3.25, including skill setup, passive tree, gear, and combat strategy.

Key Features of Rallying Cry

Rallying Cry (Level 20):

• Warcry, AoE, Duration: Rallying Cry is a Warcry skill that taunts nearby enemies and provides a buff to you and your allies based on your weapon damage.
• Mana Cost: 19 Mana.
• Cooldown Time: 8.00 sec.
• Use Time: 0.80 sec.
• Quality: +20%.
• Requirements: Requires Level 70, 98 Strength, 68 Dexterity.
• Skill Mechanics:
  • Base Duration: 3.40 seconds.
  • Warcry Speed: 38% increased Warcry Speed.
  • Cooldown Recovery Rate: 40% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate.
  • Buff Mechanics: Grants Added Attack Damage equal to 4% of the Damage of your Main Hand Weapon per 5 Power, up to a maximum of 30 Power.
  • Power Calculation: Counts total Power of Enemies and Allies in Range.
  • Minion Buff Effect: Buff has 100% more effect on your Minions.
  • Exerted Attacks: Exerts the next 5 Melee Attacks you perform. Exerted Attacks deal 5% more Damage per affected Ally, up to a maximum of 25%.

Building Around Rallying Cry

1. Weapon Choice:

• High Physical Damage Weapons: Prioritize weapons with high base physical damage to maximize the effectiveness of Rallying Cry’s buff. Swords, Axes, and Maces are excellent choices due to their high damage output.

2. Passive Skill Tree:

• Focus on nodes that enhance Warcry effectiveness, melee damage, physical damage, and attack speed. Key clusters include Warcry nodes near the Marauder and Duelist areas, as well as melee and physical damage nodes.
• Path to notable nodes such as "War Bringer," "Berserking," and "Rampart" for increased Warcry effectiveness and melee damage.

Ascendancy Choices

1. Berserker:

• War Bringer: Grants life and mana recovery when using Warcries and provides a significant damage boost.
• Crave the Slaughter: Increases attack speed and movement speed, enhancing your overall damage output.
• Aspect of Carnage: Provides a substantial damage increase at the cost of taking more damage.

2. Champion:

• Inspiring Presence: Enhances the effect of Rallying Cry’s buff and increases Warcry duration.
• Unstoppable Hero: Grants increased attack speed, movement speed, and defenses while you have Fortify.
• First to Strike, Last to Fall: Provides an on-demand damage boost and increased survivability.

Support Gems

1. Main Skill Setup:

• Rallying Cry: Primary Warcry skill.
• Support Gems: Increased Duration, Second Wind, Enhance, and Increased Area of Effect.

2. Melee Attack Setup:

• Main Melee Skill (e.g., Cyclone, Earthquake, or Blade Flurry):
  • Support Gems: Melee Physical Damage, Brutality, Fortify, and Impale.

3. Utility Skills:

• Ancestral Warchief: Totem to boost melee damage.
• Support Gems: Multiple Totems, Melee Physical Damage, and Brutality.
• Blood and Sand: Aura to switch between stances for different combat situations.
• Flesh and Stone: Aura to reduce incoming damage and increase damage to enemies.

Armor and Accessories

1. Armor:

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

2. Accessories:

• Amulet and Rings: Focus on items that enhance physical damage, life, and resistances. Look for mods that increase attack speed and critical strike chance.
• 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.
• Sulphur Flask: For increased damage and life regeneration.
• Silver Flask: For increased movement and attack speed.

Combat Strategy

1. Engaging Enemies:

• Use Rallying Cry to taunt enemies and boost your damage. Follow up with your primary melee attacks to take advantage of the exerted attack bonus.

2. Utilizing Ascendancy Passives:

• Leverage the Berserker or Champion passives to enhance your damage and defenses. Use War Bringer for life and mana recovery and Crave the Slaughter for increased attack speed.

3. Managing Buffs and Debuffs:

• Maintain high uptime on Blood and Sand to switch between stances as needed. Use Flesh and Stone to reduce incoming damage and increase damage to enemies. Apply flasks to enhance your damage, resistances, and survivability during combat.

Example Build

Berserker Rallying Cry Build:

• Focus on increased Warcry effectiveness, attack speed, and melee damage.
• Utilize War Bringer and Crave the Slaughter to maximize damage and sustain.
• Use support gems that enhance Warcry duration and area of effect.

Conclusion

The Rallying Cry build for Path of Exile 3.25 offers a powerful and versatile playstyle for players who enjoy combining Warcries with melee combat. By focusing on maximizing physical damage, attack speed, and overall damage effectiveness, 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 rally your allies with the overwhelming force of Rallying Cry to decimate your foes and conquer the battlefield.