POE 3.7 Slayer Most Popular Build - Crit Cleave Guide

This build is based around the Melee AOE skill Cleave and is played using the Slayer ascendancy for Duelist. While Slayer is strong this build has quite a few growing pains while going through Act 10 and Early Maps. If you are experience you can probably pull this off SSF however in my experience I found Path of Exile Uniques Items I bought (very common ones) were a saviour in transitioning to maps.

Using Winter Spirit we convert 40% of our Physical Damage to Cold Damage so that we can shatter and freeze enemies easier. Alongside Herald of Ice this will give us huge clear speed which is the premise of the build. On the tree we stack fat attack speed, fat dual wield mods and fat critical strike chance, giving us the ideal Cleave machine. Not only that but we go with ridiculous AoE cause why not. I chose Slayer as thanks to 3.7 almost every one of his Ascendancy points are insane, and we have easy access to quality of life things such as big crit chance, life leech and up to 50% Increased Area of Effect.

Pros & Cons:

+ Cheap

+ Boosted AoE Clear thanks to Herald of Ice shatters

+ Attack speed and Crit Multi is wilding thanks to 3.7 Duelist Area

+ Fun way to play a melee skill thats not Cyclone (Cyclone next build though Pog)

+ Can level from right after Hillock with Cleave

- Not a Jugg, you can't tank the world (I just meme and dream)

- Elemental Reflect is doable, but very awkward due to huge Cold Conversion

- Cleave itself can't compete with top tier Melee skills (It's fun though)

- A lot of travelling on the tree, can be awkward while levelling

Ascendancy:

- Overwhelm 

- Impact

- Headsman

- Bane of Legends

Bandits: Kill all.

Pantheons:

Major God - Soul of Lunaris or Soul of Solaris

Minor God - Soul of Garukhan or Soul of Shakari

Gems Setup:

Cleave - Multistrike - Pulverise - Faster Attacks - Concentrated Effect - Hypothermia

Vaal Double Strike - Melee Physical Damage - Vaal Ancestral Warchief - Ruthless

Whirling Blades - Faster Attacks - Blood Magic

Summon Ice Golem - Blood Rage - Dash

Herald of Ice - Curse on Hit - Punishment - Hatred

Flesh & Stone - Cast When Damage Taken Lvl 10 - Molten Shell Lvl 15 - Increased Duration

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Skill Tree: https://tinyurl.com/yxuf9naz

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