Dear exiles, Path of Exile 3.25: Settlers of Kalguur is coming. Today, MmoGah will share the top 6 melee starter builds from Daniel to help you strengthen your character and enhance your gaming experience.
1. Boneshatter Juggernaut
The first starter is the Boneshatter Juggernaut with the Marauder class. This build is perfect for the melee enthusiasts out there. Boneshatter strikes enemies with such force that it also injures your character, building up trauma stacks. Each trauma increases the damage you deal and receive. Therefore, it's crucial to boost both your attack speed and armor to accumulate numerous traumas and withstand their effects.
Pros
Great clear speed
Great boss damage
Godlike survivability
Awesome starter
Cheap
Easy to build
No mandatory uniques
Cons
Make sure to monitor your accuracy rating closely.
Melee leveling is not so easy.
2. Lightning Strike Trickster
Next, I have one for those who enjoy a little range in your melee, the Lightning Strike Trickster with the Shadow class. Lightning Strike was a fantastic skill that dominated the meta, but it declined in popularity after a few nerfs. The new Returning Proiectile support gem is back with more power than ever.
Pros
Super-fast clear speed with explosions
Awesome boss damage
Tanky
Easy to put together
Cheap
Immune to freeze and stuns
Cons
Needs a good rare Elemental Claw
3. Cyclone of Tumult Slayer
Third, I have my favorite melee build, the Cyclone of Tumult Slayer, with the Duelist class. The last PoE expansion brought the Transfigured Gems with it. This means an alternative version of Active Skill Gems. The cyclone skill got the Cyclone of Tumult, which is a cyclone that is wider and more powerful but with the downside of being a lot slower. However, with an easy trick, we can remove this downside and have a Cyclone with 33% more damage and 40% more area of effect.
Pros
Cheap
Easy to play
Great clear with huge AoE
Awesome boss damage
Always moving
Easy to build
Easy stun immunity
Cons
Not so easy leveling
4. Ultimate Sweep Slayer
The fourth build of our selection is the huge Ultimate Sweep Slayer with the Duelist class. Instead of many small hits like Cyclone, Sweep deals with a few big hits with an immense area of effect.
Pros
Cheap
Easy to play
Great clear with huge AoE
Awesome boss damage
Easy to build
Cons
Not so easy leveling
Stays very close to enemies
5. Infernal Flicker Strike Ascendant
Next, we have the super fast and strong Infernal Flicker Strike Ascendant with the Scion class. This build uses the unique sword Oro's Sacrifice to sustain the frenzy charges needed for you to keep flickering, but that's not any Oro's Flicker build. This ability also chills and shocks enemies, significantly increasing damage, clear speed, and survivability.
Pros
Cheap
Great boss damage
Awesome clear speed
Good league starter
Permanent fortify
Ultra-fast
High armour
High evasion
High chance to suppress spell damage
Cons
Stays too close to enemies
Little control over your character
6. Fire Cyclone Berserker
Finally, we have the Spin-to-Win Fire Cyclone Berserker with the Marauder class. This build converts 100% of Cyclone's damage into fire to clear endgame maps like an amazing flame tornado.
Pros
Easy to play
Great clear with big AoE and many projectiles
Awesome boss damage
Always moving
Easy to build
Cons
You stay very close to enemies.
Not so easy leveling
Final Thoughts
Here is the ending of these top 6 starters for the coming Path of Exile 3.25 league. There are also more powerful and fun starter builds like Ronarray's 9 great league starter builds, and Spicysushi's top builds tier list and league start plans. Please stay tuned on mmogah.com to view more great builds about PoE 3.25. Enjoy your building!
